It's been nearly a decade since I last had anything to do with a floppy, so take heart: It Can Be Done.
Interesting note, not everything computerized is as advanced or needs to be as the desktop pc. The building controllers for my former employer's security and cardreader system all booted from and ran off of floppies and 486 system boards.
You're living cheap in San Fran? Wow. Kudos there.
I'm tired of the support work too, and of having to charge more (customer perception) because I'm simply much more capable and efficient than the likes of Geek Squad. I can do the same virus/spyware cleanup in 1/3 the time if not faster, but the cost is comparable, and afterward the client won't nee me again if he follows my instructions.
My point is simply I'm already doing it now, and have been for a while. I'm smart enough not to have to wait for Apple to figure out how to make it simple for every Joe Shmoe, which they do very well, to their credit. Frankly I was hearing so mant rumors for so long I was really hoping something would have been out last year, but it wasn't so I went elsewhere. Frankly I don't care what business is pissing and moaning about what's fair, what I want is what I'm looking to use NOW. Market to me and you get my business, but be quick about it.
Oh and since you used the analogy, I'm currently redoing my house to meet my own needs, by my design. Silly person.
oh, dell still sends an actual OS cd. that's the only plus to buying from dell that i see...
This is what really ticked me off when I worked for higher ed. We had a site license for every OS we used, but still had to pay the MS tax on new machines.
Not that I'm a fan of Geek Squad but is that $25 and hour enough to cover yourself from liability when/if you do screw up and the client goes for his lawyer?
Most of independants are one lawsuit away from out of business.
And seriously dude, $25 an hour? You are either shafting yourself or you aren't worth any more.
Generally I'd agree with this, however I'll go one further and say the best thing a person could do is invest in a custom built system, built to purpose by a skilled tech. Properly designed for safe usage and fast recovery should something go wrong.
I just wonder when Microsoft, along with some board manufacturers, will get their collective heads out of their collective asses and realize the 1980s are over and people don't use floppys anymore.
What world are you living in? Nearly every single person I have to deal with still uses floppies to some extent. Floppies are utterly disposable. Pass them out like candy and don't care if they come back. Storage isnt that much but then again a few word docs and excel files aren't that big either.
"If someone hits you on one cheek, present the other" which was a reversal from the then current (violent) doctrine. It's a fundamental difference between old judaism and early christiannism
Sorry, but turning the other cheek is a jesture of defiance. Striking someone with the left hand was considered appropriate if you were hitting someone below your standing. Turning the other cheek after being smacked was meant to say that your assaulter is your equal, not your superior, and that he should strike you with his right hand instead. Defiance. Sadly no one seems to know this.
The concept of the universal release date is there to protect the small vendors indirectly and the publishers directly. Right now, the publisher has exclusive rights to the book and, if you want to sell the book, you have to come to them. This way the publisher has the ability to not only name the terms of the sale, but also to ensure the widest distribution available.
I disagree, it has nothing to do with wide distribution, and everything to do with hype. It does level the playing feild slightly for smaller retailers, but if customers are already buying from the Walmarts then what makes you think they'll choose the smaller retailers now?
Once you start allowing stores to sell a book as soon as they get it as opposed to a universal release date, this will give an advantage to the larger distributers, the ones who have their own supply chains, because they will "have" the books first. People will go to the larger distributers to get their next Harry Potter fix and you end up with a situation where it's the major stores that dictate the terms of selling the book. "If you want anybody to see your book on a store shelf anywhere, you have to play by our terms."
Is every retailer getting an equal number of books, and an equal number of customers? Larger retailers have an advantage because they are larger retailers to begin with. And when Walmart wants to tell JKR that they wont sell her stuff thats their choice, its their store, people will get it elsewhere.
This can already be seen to some extent in the music industry, where publishers have to cowtow to Wal-Mart's sense of morality.
Again, Walmart's choice. It isn't their fault, evil tho they may be, that publishers and customers have abandoned small stores.
So then you have the problem where, if 15 books is OK to let slip out, how about 16? 17? 1800? Where does the line get drawn?
Is someone violating the publishers copyright? That'd be where I'd put the line. If they dont want retailers to sell before date X, don't deliver before date X. Advance copies to critics have the potential to affect sales more.
There's also the issue of scalping and price gouging. If you have one of those books, they could go for a lot of money on eBay. Good for the seller, but the publisher sees no benefit from this (legal, yes, but there's also no reason to allow it if they can avoid it), it also reflects poorly on the publisher. People will start to whisper whether or not this really happened without the publisher's involvement, and whether or not this was really some cheap marketing scheme to drum up support for the book. A publisher's reputation can effect whether or not a profitable writer chooses to publish with them over a "more reputable" competitor.
Sure they might go for a lot on eBay, as will one of those signed bookplates. If its legal, tough, live with it. And as far as reflecting poorly on a publisher goes, first most who read it don't care who publishes it, second, there will be stupid opinions of all types no matter the facts, and third, I personally think the hype machine reflects on them worse than leaked copies.
How do any of these "security measures" kill terrorists?
You fight guerilla warriors (terrorists) with other guerilla warriors (covert ops), wars are one in the will, you need to beat your foe at his own game.
Uh, I don't follow. So a few copies were sold in advance, big woop. If the series has such a high sales growth trend do you really believe a few advance copies would destroy that? And so what if it did? The most logical reason for that outcome would be that the product sucks and perhaps the creater doesn't deserve the expected returns.
But please don't let me get in the way of any cultist fanatics or anything.
You do realize that every time you create one of these location specific "security devices" you create a likely potential target for a terrorist?
Hit the planes, people fear to fly. Hit the bus, same. Hit the train, more fear. Put in security stations, people relax a bit, line up and comply. Hit the security stations, people fear what the government puts up as a response to attacks.
This is what happens when no one in the gov't has the capacity to think like your aggressor.
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It's been nearly a decade since I last had anything to do with a floppy, so take heart: It Can Be Done.
Interesting note, not everything computerized is as advanced or needs to be as the desktop pc. The building controllers for my former employer's security and cardreader system all booted from and ran off of floppies and 486 system boards.
I fought an up-hill battle for all that type of proper IT structure for 4 years in higher ed, it's tough changing those people's minds.
And for the day to day average middle aged office folk (there are A LOT) who don't use things like that as second nature?
Why don't they start cleaning house of all the stupidity?
Seriously, why am I still paying for the Spanish-American War with every phone bill?
We had a license thru an agreement with the state and MS. Full versions of all OS's and Office suites we used were licensed, not upgrades.
So you'd give a few docs to a coworker on an $85 jump drive knowing full well you might not get it back?
Floppies won't be dead until there's another disposable storage media.
You're living cheap in San Fran? Wow. Kudos there.
I'm tired of the support work too, and of having to charge more (customer perception) because I'm simply much more capable and efficient than the likes of Geek Squad. I can do the same virus/spyware cleanup in 1/3 the time if not faster, but the cost is comparable, and afterward the client won't nee me again if he follows my instructions.
Email would be easier, and USB jump drives need to get cheaper. Floppies are basically free.
I love apple fanboy ACs.
My point is simply I'm already doing it now, and have been for a while. I'm smart enough not to have to wait for Apple to figure out how to make it simple for every Joe Shmoe, which they do very well, to their credit. Frankly I was hearing so mant rumors for so long I was really hoping something would have been out last year, but it wasn't so I went elsewhere. Frankly I don't care what business is pissing and moaning about what's fair, what I want is what I'm looking to use NOW. Market to me and you get my business, but be quick about it.
Oh and since you used the analogy, I'm currently redoing my house to meet my own needs, by my design. Silly person.
Yeah I've heard of Commodore 64, Amiga 500, Atari 800, TI-99/4A, and TSR-80 too, what was your point again?
And its Mac, not MAC, 2 different things.
Jebus dude, google!
oh, dell still sends an actual OS cd. that's the only plus to buying from dell that i see...
This is what really ticked me off when I worked for higher ed. We had a site license for every OS we used, but still had to pay the MS tax on new machines.
Not that I'm a fan of Geek Squad but is that $25 and hour enough to cover yourself from liability when/if you do screw up and the client goes for his lawyer?
Most of independants are one lawsuit away from out of business.
And seriously dude, $25 an hour? You are either shafting yourself or you aren't worth any more.
Generally I'd agree with this, however I'll go one further and say the best thing a person could do is invest in a custom built system, built to purpose by a skilled tech. Properly designed for safe usage and fast recovery should something go wrong.
But thats just me....
I just wonder when Microsoft, along with some board manufacturers, will get their collective heads out of their collective asses and realize the 1980s are over and people don't use floppys anymore.
What world are you living in? Nearly every single person I have to deal with still uses floppies to some extent. Floppies are utterly disposable. Pass them out like candy and don't care if they come back. Storage isnt that much but then again a few word docs and excel files aren't that big either.
http://www.archos.com/
I can already play video to tv from a "portable music player"
Color me unimpressed.
"If someone hits you on one cheek, present the other" which was a reversal from the then current (violent) doctrine. It's a fundamental difference between old judaism and early christiannism
Sorry, but turning the other cheek is a jesture of defiance. Striking someone with the left hand was considered appropriate if you were hitting someone below your standing. Turning the other cheek after being smacked was meant to say that your assaulter is your equal, not your superior, and that he should strike you with his right hand instead. Defiance. Sadly no one seems to know this.
Here's the problem: Define "few"
15 in this case
The concept of the universal release date is there to protect the small vendors indirectly and the publishers directly. Right now, the publisher has exclusive rights to the book and, if you want to sell the book, you have to come to them. This way the publisher has the ability to not only name the terms of the sale, but also to ensure the widest distribution available.
I disagree, it has nothing to do with wide distribution, and everything to do with hype. It does level the playing feild slightly for smaller retailers, but if customers are already buying from the Walmarts then what makes you think they'll choose the smaller retailers now?
Once you start allowing stores to sell a book as soon as they get it as opposed to a universal release date, this will give an advantage to the larger distributers, the ones who have their own supply chains, because they will "have" the books first. People will go to the larger distributers to get their next Harry Potter fix and you end up with a situation where it's the major stores that dictate the terms of selling the book. "If you want anybody to see your book on a store shelf anywhere, you have to play by our terms."
Is every retailer getting an equal number of books, and an equal number of customers? Larger retailers have an advantage because they are larger retailers to begin with. And when Walmart wants to tell JKR that they wont sell her stuff thats their choice, its their store, people will get it elsewhere.
This can already be seen to some extent in the music industry, where publishers have to cowtow to Wal-Mart's sense of morality.
Again, Walmart's choice. It isn't their fault, evil tho they may be, that publishers and customers have abandoned small stores.
So then you have the problem where, if 15 books is OK to let slip out, how about 16? 17? 1800? Where does the line get drawn?
Is someone violating the publishers copyright? That'd be where I'd put the line. If they dont want retailers to sell before date X, don't deliver before date X. Advance copies to critics have the potential to affect sales more.
There's also the issue of scalping and price gouging. If you have one of those books, they could go for a lot of money on eBay. Good for the seller, but the publisher sees no benefit from this (legal, yes, but there's also no reason to allow it if they can avoid it), it also reflects poorly on the publisher. People will start to whisper whether or not this really happened without the publisher's involvement, and whether or not this was really some cheap marketing scheme to drum up support for the book. A publisher's reputation can effect whether or not a profitable writer chooses to publish with them over a "more reputable" competitor.
Sure they might go for a lot on eBay, as will one of those signed bookplates. If its legal, tough, live with it. And as far as reflecting poorly on a publisher goes, first most who read it don't care who publishes it, second, there will be stupid opinions of all types no matter the facts, and third, I personally think the hype machine reflects on them worse than leaked copies.
How do any of these "security measures" kill terrorists?
You fight guerilla warriors (terrorists) with other guerilla warriors (covert ops), wars are one in the will, you need to beat your foe at his own game.
Uh, I don't follow. So a few copies were sold in advance, big woop. If the series has such a high sales growth trend do you really believe a few advance copies would destroy that? And so what if it did? The most logical reason for that outcome would be that the product sucks and perhaps the creater doesn't deserve the expected returns.
But please don't let me get in the way of any cultist fanatics or anything.
Follow much? Thin the herd!
You do realize that every time you create one of these location specific "security devices" you create a likely potential target for a terrorist?
Hit the planes, people fear to fly. Hit the bus, same. Hit the train, more fear. Put in security stations, people relax a bit, line up and comply. Hit the security stations, people fear what the government puts up as a response to attacks.
This is what happens when no one in the gov't has the capacity to think like your aggressor.
I always wanted to see someone go way overboard and make a suit of samurai armor out of 30-pin simms.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Well, it would seem we disagree only on some very minor issues although we do appear to have difficulties communicating this to each other.
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Its probably just your accent =P
Not at all. Although by now we are both seriously risking getting down-modded "offtopic"
I doubt many will have followed this long anyway, but this will be the end for me on this thread, may we meet again soon. I'll have a beer for you.
SCSI thong ....eeeeeewwwwwwww