No you said "Isn't it ironic that those arguing that sex and violence in moves and video games have no influence on children were same ones who lobbied to have Joe Camel banned?"
implying that the same people who believe that children are vulnerable are the same people who voted down tobacco advertising.
remember that it was all advertising that got reduced...not just those targeted at kids. Im sure there was an amount of people that were just tired of seeing tobacco advertisements everywhere who were also involved.
don't assume to put a label on people just because they act in a certain way.
I don't think thats a fair statement. I'm sure there were people on both sides of the 'children vs media influence' argument that still thought it best to have tobacco advertisements 'banned'.
actually, yes. My grandfather's funeral cost about $5000 all total. More than half of that was on the coffin/vault/plot. I can't see spending that much money on my dead body. Besides, whatevers left over would go to my family, i'd rather them have the money.
its a handling cost, more than not. Also, for the most part, they ship fedex 2 day. This costs a bit more than the bulk mailing that aol uses.
Here's one for ya...i'm actually interested in the answer. Call up microsoft. tell them your xp disk was damaged/destroyed, although you have the remains, plus all the documentation. Ask them how much a replacement is.
W2K sp3 costs 14.95 plus $5 shipping and handling.
Lucasarts used to state in its packaging that they would send you a replacement disk for $5, provided you sent back your original. That was 5 years ago. i'll take a chance and say that that was not a priority package, nor a full sized software box they were shipping. it was probably a disc in a cardboard mailer-practically a bulk mail package sent to a single address.
You're not paying for materials, your paying for effort.
gee, if you can get idvd to work on a dvd-rom, i'd like a copy.
Honestly, if you already have an internal drive, why would you want to spend $400 more for the external drive? the only reason that i could think of this is make multiple copies of the same dvd, which idvd doesn't allow anyway.
there's nothing 'wrong' with xp, its just redundant. moving from 98 > 2k was an improvement. Stability and security, finally. but xp is just adding pretty colors (sound familiar) and a bunch of updates to a 2 year old OS.
The problem is ms is trying to sell the same thing over and over. They just bloat it so you need to upgrade your machine. But honestly, what does xp (os or office, doesn't matter) offer that 2k doesn't?
$250K....sounds like someone's using creative accounting (do the words Enron or Worldcom mean anything to these people?) to come up with this figure. I'll bet its more like that these guys used x amount of bandwidth, and the average consumer uses y and pays $40 an month for it, so (x/y) * 40 = $250,000 in possible lost revenue, hence cost 'us' $250K (6250 $40 monthly subscriptions)
I guess if they figure the software and recording industries can use that type of math, then so can they.
It's been communicated to me that when someone says 'whatever', its really just a somewhat polite way of saying 'Fuck you'. With this guy, i wouldn't be polite.
On the other hand, Microsoft didn't exactly do any R&D on the console itself
oh sure they did. they developed the uncrackable security on the device.
Actually, the idea has come to light that the xbox only lacks a way to input a/v and a larger hard drive that is preventing it from already being a PVR. The video chip should be able to handle the compression, and the processor has more than enough power, as long as its not running games. Personally, i don't see why they have to tack an extra $300 on the price.
The camera feature could be really helpful if you live with roomates. You could set it to take a snapshop when they close the door to determine who drank your last beer or who ate your leftovers.
The Blockbuster point kinda has me worried. I went searching for John Water's Pecker a few weeks ago at the local BigBlueBastard and guess what format i found it in? The cashier was sure they had it at one time in DVD, but not anymore.
Actually, it says 'VHS product'. The article does quote a guy saying "How much profit margin can be left in selling VCRs?". They aren't really to specific as to whether or not this means blank VHS and decks, but i wouldn't doubt it.
Actually, i'd bet this is simply a way to get back valuable shelf space from a low-profit-margin, slow selling product. DVD players sell much better now, and with the prices down below $100 for an 'acceptible' player, there is simply no real signifigant demand for VHS decks.
I agree with the earlier comment: this is the company that believed in Dixv (the crappy DVD version). Hell, this is the company that made me give them my name, address and blood type just to buy a spindle of Cdr's. They aren't really the type that are very good at looking forward.
It kind of makes you wonder exactly how much useless crap gets shipped. This was an older virus, so that's why this is so public; but how many stray files are just ignored? Isn't there some type of accounting procedure that should be run before you ship a package like that?
Pretty simple. Just like any type of social activity, some people out there thrive on either A: showing off to impress everyone or B: causing trouble to irritate everyone. Some people can't be themselves. They hide behind some false identity to lessen the backlash and do whatever it takes to get attention. I think half the problem would go away if some accountability was introduced. That idea conflicts with many of the principles of an online society, so the problem may never go away completely.
I believe when the SNES was introduced, Nintendo actually promised all it's games would cost $30. If im not mistaken, they kept to that for at least the first 2 years (zelda and i believe metroid both where $30, though third party games ignored that, i think i spent $45 on SFII)
I can understand the 'shame' that they aren't producing any more (losing a brand name, like the GM / Olds idea) or that they weren't making any money (like the GM / Olds), but with the possible exception of the Aurora, its not like those cars are going away. All thats lost is a few pieces of sheet metal and a nameplate. If Hitachi is buying IBM out of the HD business, its the same thing. Deskstars will still be out there, they'll just be under different names (Does IBM make HD's for other companies and rebrand, or is it the other way around?)
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"Isn't it ironic that those arguing that sex and violence in moves and video games have no influence on children were same ones who lobbied to have Joe Camel banned?"
implying that the same people who believe that children are vulnerable are the same people who voted down tobacco advertising.
remember that it was all advertising that got reduced...not just those targeted at kids. Im sure there was an amount of people that were just tired of seeing tobacco advertisements everywhere who were also involved.
don't assume to put a label on people just because they act in a certain way.
I don't think thats a fair statement. I'm sure there were people on both sides of the 'children vs media influence' argument that still thought it best to have tobacco advertisements 'banned'.
well, then mandrake offers update cds for $15. Apparently, its a summer special, and they are not charging for shipping.
actually, yes. My grandfather's funeral cost about $5000 all total. More than half of that was on the coffin/vault/plot. I can't see spending that much money on my dead body. Besides, whatevers left over would go to my family, i'd rather them have the money.
its a handling cost, more than not. Also, for the most part, they ship fedex 2 day. This costs a bit more than the bulk mailing that aol uses.
Here's one for ya...i'm actually interested in the answer. Call up microsoft. tell them your xp disk was damaged/destroyed, although you have the remains, plus all the documentation. Ask them how much a replacement is.
W2K sp3 costs 14.95 plus $5 shipping and handling.
Lucasarts used to state in its packaging that they would send you a replacement disk for $5, provided you sent back your original. That was 5 years ago. i'll take a chance and say that that was not a priority package, nor a full sized software box they were shipping. it was probably a disc in a cardboard mailer-practically a bulk mail package sent to a single address.
You're not paying for materials, your paying for effort.
gee, if you can get idvd to work on a dvd-rom, i'd like a copy.
Honestly, if you already have an internal drive, why would you want to spend $400 more for the external drive? the only reason that i could think of this is make multiple copies of the same dvd, which idvd doesn't allow anyway.
Hell, i'd be happy if it was just equally comparable to a cd.
If the labels had done this 3 years ago, and offered high-bitrate mp3 downloads at about a buck a track, i'd have been a customer.
Hell, the reason i want to be cremated is because its cheaper....these damn things start at $4,000.
there's nothing 'wrong' with xp, its just redundant. moving from 98 > 2k was an improvement. Stability and security, finally. but xp is just adding pretty colors (sound familiar) and a bunch of updates to a 2 year old OS.
The problem is ms is trying to sell the same thing over and over. They just bloat it so you need to upgrade your machine. But honestly, what does xp (os or office, doesn't matter) offer that 2k doesn't?
You *need* a submachine gun to protect yourself? are you that bad of a shot??!?!
My drinks keep slipping off the damn thing!
$250K....sounds like someone's using creative accounting (do the words Enron or Worldcom mean anything to these people?) to come up with this figure. I'll bet its more like that these guys used x amount of bandwidth, and the average consumer uses y and pays $40 an month for it, so (x/y) * 40 = $250,000 in possible lost revenue, hence cost 'us' $250K (6250 $40 monthly subscriptions)
I guess if they figure the software and recording industries can use that type of math, then so can they.
It's been communicated to me that when someone says 'whatever', its really just a somewhat polite way of saying 'Fuck you'. With this guy, i wouldn't be polite.
On the other hand, Microsoft didn't exactly do any R&D on the console itself
oh sure they did. they developed the uncrackable security on the device.
Actually, the idea has come to light that the xbox only lacks a way to input a/v and a larger hard drive that is preventing it from already being a PVR. The video chip should be able to handle the compression, and the processor has more than enough power, as long as its not running games. Personally, i don't see why they have to tack an extra $300 on the price.
The camera feature could be really helpful if you live with roomates. You could set it to take a snapshop when they close the door to determine who drank your last beer or who ate your leftovers.
The Blockbuster point kinda has me worried. I went searching for John Water's Pecker a few weeks ago at the local BigBlueBastard and guess what format i found it in?
The cashier was sure they had it at one time in DVD, but not anymore.
Actually, it says 'VHS product'. The article does quote a guy saying "How much profit margin can be left in selling VCRs?". They aren't really to specific as to whether or not this means blank VHS and decks, but i wouldn't doubt it.
Actually, i'd bet this is simply a way to get back valuable shelf space from a low-profit-margin, slow selling product. DVD players sell much better now, and with the prices down below $100 for an 'acceptible' player, there is simply no real signifigant demand for VHS decks.
I agree with the earlier comment: this is the company that believed in Dixv (the crappy DVD version). Hell, this is the company that made me give them my name, address and blood type just to buy a spindle of Cdr's. They aren't really the type that are very good at looking forward.
It kind of makes you wonder exactly how much useless crap gets shipped. This was an older virus, so that's why this is so public; but how many stray files are just ignored? Isn't there some type of accounting procedure that should be run before you ship a package like that?
Pretty simple. Just like any type of social activity, some people out there thrive on either A: showing off to impress everyone or B: causing trouble to irritate everyone. Some people can't be themselves. They hide behind some false identity to lessen the backlash and do whatever it takes to get attention. I think half the problem would go away if some accountability was introduced. That idea conflicts with many of the principles of an online society, so the problem may never go away completely.
So, in an effort to make windows more modifiable, they add more bloated software?
I believe when the SNES was introduced, Nintendo actually promised all it's games would cost $30. If im not mistaken, they kept to that for at least the first 2 years (zelda and i believe metroid both where $30, though third party games ignored that, i think i spent $45 on SFII)
great idea! If they were losing money on each $299 system, forcing about 20 million purchases of the $199 price will drive ms into the red!
Oh..you probably meant they should buy games too.
I can understand the 'shame' that they aren't producing any more (losing a brand name, like the GM / Olds idea) or that they weren't making any money (like the GM / Olds), but with the possible exception of the Aurora, its not like those cars are going away. All thats lost is a few pieces of sheet metal and a nameplate. If Hitachi is buying IBM out of the HD business, its the same thing. Deskstars will still be out there, they'll just be under different names (Does IBM make HD's for other companies and rebrand, or is it the other way around?)
Go for it.