The trouble with this approach is that it's prone to misunderstanding. People are used to seeing the name of the recepient before the @.If you're applying with a company/HR that doesn't know what you're doing, then they wonder why you seem to be claiming to be them. Or they look at the address and say, "OurCompany@hisdomain.com, that can't be right. He must be confused."
What we need is sellers like Steam, Gamers-Gate, and Good Old Games for the ebook market. Give me weekend deals, give me surprise specials on publishers, give me a discount if I buy an author's entire catalog. From what I've seen, there's little incentive to go ebook over dead-tree. They should be taking advantage of the low cost of distribution and selling as much as they can. If I can't get it for cheap online then I'm either going to pick it up used or from a library, I'm guessing neither of which profits them as much as if I get it directly.
I don't mind Steam-like DRM. Make it easy to use and make sure it WORKS and people will love it. There are customers now who try to buy on Steam whenever possible, sometimes even when the same product available elsewhere with no DRM and at a lower price.
That's not to say I wouldn't prefer something like RTF. Good Old Games is selling tonnes (how many bits are there in a gram?) of games DRM-free and are constantly adding to their catalog. There was nothing stopping me from pirating Fallout 2, but I bought it from GOG anyway because it was cheap enough to be a no-brainer. Older books, discounted, and DRM-free in a GOG-type store would be great and would make a lot of money.
Unfortunately, ebooks are more likely to go towards the Microsoft XBOX Live store model. Sales are rare and often lame. Microsoft just added the ability to buy XBOX 360 games online. The main problem is, it's twice or three times as expensive as picking up a physical copy.
Maybe someone with a little more clout than The Daily Show needs to be confronting these guys. Someone who can bring about actual consequences would be a start.
If the Whitehouse is putting more down in writing, on the Internet where it can easily be archived and searched through, will this lead to greater scrutiny from the public? Will they be more likely to be called on their backtracking?
Or, more likely, will they just make sure to never say anything of substance?
I'm annoyed because people are continually replying to one of the first >0 rated posts so that their comment is at the top.
Realistically, I'm not sure Slashdot can really do anything (Allow mods to move the comment so it's not a reply? That sounds like it could be trouble). The only reason I suggested it is because asking people to exercise self restraint is even more foolish. Just look at those guys who use the code tag over all their comments.
The original comment you replied to said this: Bundling doesn't crearte market share? Tell that to anyone who refers to the blue 'E' as "The Internet".
And then you ask: Why yes, there are some really ignorant people out there... and? What about them? Oh, that's it?
Well obviously the point is that there are several users who will use whatever you bundle with Windows and therefore bundling does create market share. The comment gives an example of a type of user who is affected by this bundling and who we've probably encountered personally. Where in the comment's two sentences did you miss his point?
Here's mine: 20 GB (20,000 MB) of free data transfer per month (incremental usage billed at $10/GB). Yellowknife $89.95 Whitehorse $89.95 Fort Nelson $79.95 High Level $79.95 Northwestel Cable
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It's crazy how everyone looks at business these days. If you're not experiencing explosive growth then your company is dying, sorry.
test results will help students make decisions about their diet and lifestyle.
Your test results have shown that you would benefit most from a healthy diet and active lifestyle.
Oh my god! You've figured it out!
The obvious thing to do here is listen to what the medical community says, and then do the exact opposite!
I anxiously await your findings.
How do I get that job?
The trouble with this approach is that it's prone to misunderstanding. People are used to seeing the name of the recepient before the @.If you're applying with a company/HR that doesn't know what you're doing, then they wonder why you seem to be claiming to be them. Or they look at the address and say, "OurCompany@hisdomain.com, that can't be right. He must be confused."
This isn't Twitter.
Could you use the upward lift to generate power for the city?
Nice, thanks. Now we just something for Canada, I guess.
What we need is sellers like Steam, Gamers-Gate, and Good Old Games for the ebook market. Give me weekend deals, give me surprise specials on publishers, give me a discount if I buy an author's entire catalog. From what I've seen, there's little incentive to go ebook over dead-tree. They should be taking advantage of the low cost of distribution and selling as much as they can. If I can't get it for cheap online then I'm either going to pick it up used or from a library, I'm guessing neither of which profits them as much as if I get it directly.
I don't mind Steam-like DRM. Make it easy to use and make sure it WORKS and people will love it. There are customers now who try to buy on Steam whenever possible, sometimes even when the same product available elsewhere with no DRM and at a lower price.
That's not to say I wouldn't prefer something like RTF. Good Old Games is selling tonnes (how many bits are there in a gram?) of games DRM-free and are constantly adding to their catalog. There was nothing stopping me from pirating Fallout 2, but I bought it from GOG anyway because it was cheap enough to be a no-brainer. Older books, discounted, and DRM-free in a GOG-type store would be great and would make a lot of money.
Unfortunately, ebooks are more likely to go towards the Microsoft XBOX Live store model. Sales are rare and often lame. Microsoft just added the ability to buy XBOX 360 games online. The main problem is, it's twice or three times as expensive as picking up a physical copy.
Seriously. The obvious mod whoring is blinding.
If it's just sitting there, why use a more expensive 2.5" drive?
The iPhone resolution is half that, and it's doing fairly well, last time I checked.
I think you need to redefine what you think of when you see the word "computer".
Apparently him sensing it causes "dizziness, confusion and nausea". Maybe his sensor has a longer range than his "allergy"?
There's a lot of things in this article and this condition to be skeptical of, but I don't think this is one of them.
Yeah, that's a really good point.
Look at the whole WMD in Iraq debacle.
Maybe someone with a little more clout than The Daily Show needs to be confronting these guys. Someone who can bring about actual consequences would be a start.
If the Whitehouse is putting more down in writing, on the Internet where it can easily be archived and searched through, will this lead to greater scrutiny from the public? Will they be more likely to be called on their backtracking?
Or, more likely, will they just make sure to never say anything of substance?
I'm annoyed because people are continually replying to one of the first >0 rated posts so that their comment is at the top.
Realistically, I'm not sure Slashdot can really do anything (Allow mods to move the comment so it's not a reply? That sounds like it could be trouble). The only reason I suggested it is because asking people to exercise self restraint is even more foolish. Just look at those guys who use the code tag over all their comments.
What the hell does your post have to do with the parent post?
I'm getting really tired of this type of thing. Slashdot should really fix their commenting system.
What the in hell are you talking about?
The original comment you replied to said this:
Bundling doesn't crearte market share?
Tell that to anyone who refers to the blue 'E' as "The Internet".
And then you ask: Why yes, there are some really ignorant people out there... and? What about them? Oh, that's it?
Well obviously the point is that there are several users who will use whatever you bundle with Windows and therefore bundling does create market share. The comment gives an example of a type of user who is affected by this bundling and who we've probably encountered personally. Where in the comment's two sentences did you miss his point?
Here's mine:
20 GB (20,000 MB) of free data transfer per month (incremental usage billed at $10/GB).
Yellowknife $89.95
Whitehorse $89.95
Fort Nelson $79.95
High Level $79.95
Northwestel Cable
and then transfer the pieces to your destination.
STALKER is fairly well liked and is $5 on Steam this weekend.
You're welcome.
So put a Faraday cage around it?
DeBeers owns a Canadian mine already, Snap Lake.
They own two Canadian diamond mines: Snap Lake and Victor.
Yeah, atually trying it out would be too hard. Let's just guess at the results.
What happens if you already have Greasemonkey? Would it stop working or does the malware work fine alongside it?