Richard Branson is failing pretty hard with this one. In the time it took them to design and build this aircraft SpaceX has developed its reusable booster and heck even Amazon has been to space now. All Scaled Composites has to show for the millions invested and the time invested is a suborbital flight and a rather spectacular failure.
And lack of availability. There's absolutely nothing stopping content providers/publishers from streaming their own content for a small monthly fee - after all Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have proven there's a market and the setup is not a billion dollar investment. But these fuckers are too lazy to adapt their business, thinking they'll get away with charging inflated prices for their "scarce" crap forever.
Not really an ethical problem if you have a legal copy of the game, either. You are allowed to make a backup by law. Consider the "pirate" copy to be your backup.
Hah, the CEO is probably trying to figure out how to give himself more stock options now that they're cheaper. These greedy fuckers can never think past their multi-million payouts.
Many electrical companies bill industrial customers based on PEAK power consumption, so it's in your interest to spread the load as widely as possible.
Because music and sound in general adds another layer to film - an emotional layer. This can be achieved in books with good writing and far greater depth of character and plot. In movies - which are really just a brief synopsis of a story - you need to hammer your point home a lot faster.
Venezuela is struggling today because its economy is based on oil, and oil prices are low.
Absolute rubbish. Venezuela was in trouble at $100/bbl. Has been in trouble since Chavez, but Chavez was better at keeping his house in order. I'm sure Maduro would like to blame oil prices but the real problem is his corrupt out of control government. But I'm sure he and his buddies eat very well.
there aren't as many people to pay the relatively fixed costs to maintain the infrastructure.
No the problem is that big companies forget how to make money and start pissing all their profits away so the obvious solution is to squeeze the customer as much as they can.
"Content creators" lol. Yeah how many fucking times can you air the same episode of "Friends", "Die Hard", or "You've Got Mail" and still be called "creative". You get cable and pay up to $100 a month for exactly the same old shit on every channel. Then tell me how expensive it is to re-run all this stuff. How stupid do they think we are. No wonder people are cord cutting.
You're missing the point entirely. Money in the world willing to chase after dreams of a Bitcoin jackpot is limited. When money stops flowing in and begins flowing out, it will be the proverbial time of "wailing and gnashing of teeth". The problem with this kind of thing is that people who are buying in today are expecting to get out with a profit, not because they have any particular use or need for Bitcoin.
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I generally find it counterproductive to argue with retards. "Against fools the gods themselves argue in vain"
No, YOU aren't going to like the web, when your computer is constantly pwned and you're constantly doxxed and having your ID stolen.
I hope the booster won't set it on fire when it launches...
Richard Branson is failing pretty hard with this one. In the time it took them to design and build this aircraft SpaceX has developed its reusable booster and heck even Amazon has been to space now. All Scaled Composites has to show for the millions invested and the time invested is a suborbital flight and a rather spectacular failure.
Proving that Microsoft is systemically incompetent.
Because getting it free and reimporting it to the US encourages less of a grey market than getting it cheap. Logic fail.
If the content is so shitty, why do people pirate?
Because it's less shitty that what's actually on TV.
And lack of availability. There's absolutely nothing stopping content providers/publishers from streaming their own content for a small monthly fee - after all Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have proven there's a market and the setup is not a billion dollar investment. But these fuckers are too lazy to adapt their business, thinking they'll get away with charging inflated prices for their "scarce" crap forever.
Or shoot hookers on Eve.
Yup I bought my copy for $10 in a Steam sale years ago. Best $10 on a game I ever spent.
Not really an ethical problem if you have a legal copy of the game, either. You are allowed to make a backup by law. Consider the "pirate" copy to be your backup.
The CEO should accept full responsibility
Hah, the CEO is probably trying to figure out how to give himself more stock options now that they're cheaper. These greedy fuckers can never think past their multi-million payouts.
Many electrical companies bill industrial customers based on PEAK power consumption, so it's in your interest to spread the load as widely as possible.
I will not have an active internet connected microphone in my home.
If you have a laptop chances are you already do.
Because music and sound in general adds another layer to film - an emotional layer. This can be achieved in books with good writing and far greater depth of character and plot. In movies - which are really just a brief synopsis of a story - you need to hammer your point home a lot faster.
Of course countries simply respond by censoring ALL of Wikipedia.
Venezuela is struggling today because its economy is based on oil, and oil prices are low.
Absolute rubbish. Venezuela was in trouble at $100/bbl. Has been in trouble since Chavez, but Chavez was better at keeping his house in order. I'm sure Maduro would like to blame oil prices but the real problem is his corrupt out of control government. But I'm sure he and his buddies eat very well.
afraid that no matter how bad things are with Microsoft, they will be worse without Microsoft.
Also known as "battered user syndrome".
Judging by the comments, he's just trying to piss us off.
there aren't as many people to pay the relatively fixed costs to maintain the infrastructure.
No the problem is that big companies forget how to make money and start pissing all their profits away so the obvious solution is to squeeze the customer as much as they can.
"Content creators" lol. Yeah how many fucking times can you air the same episode of "Friends", "Die Hard", or "You've Got Mail" and still be called "creative". You get cable and pay up to $100 a month for exactly the same old shit on every channel. Then tell me how expensive it is to re-run all this stuff. How stupid do they think we are. No wonder people are cord cutting.
leaving almost pure CO2, which can be stored
And guess how much energy you need to "store" the CO2.
You're missing the point entirely. Money in the world willing to chase after dreams of a Bitcoin jackpot is limited. When money stops flowing in and begins flowing out, it will be the proverbial time of "wailing and gnashing of teeth". The problem with this kind of thing is that people who are buying in today are expecting to get out with a profit, not because they have any particular use or need for Bitcoin.
But money is limited. Hence the inevitable bust that comes with the boom.
Nah, there's still a lot of upside left. Human greed is phenomenal. When you see people mortgaging their houses to buy bitcoin THEN you get out.