If the inventor is making millions whilst the VC makes billions, then the inventor must have given away 99.9% equity, which is pretty much his own fault.
It may have made a bit of money, but not enough to make it worth the risk. If they make another one, it will probably cost a similar amount to produce, but may bring in less money.
If we assume the people who saw the first film out of curiosity don't come back and watch the second, then it could end up losing 10-20 million. The actors will probably want a payrise for a second film as well.
The cost of video recorders goes down and their quality goes up. This is going to lead to the democritization of video entertainment. The only barrier to making something will be time, not money and finding distribution channels.
If only you only needed a video recorder to make a TV show. What about microphines, makeup, costumes, sets, location shooting, scores, all that crap, do you think people are going to do it for free?
If anything, it's the other way around, the bad performers get promoted so they can do less harm.
Of course, if Dilbert says so it must be true. It's not just something that the bottom-rung workers say to themselves to make them feel better about their own lack of progress...
but on the whole I don't really know what to do with most of the money I'm paid anyway.
Many people spend their money on things like bills, mortgage payments, and savings for when they lose their job. But maybe those things don't apply to you.
Actually Britain is very overcrowded. There's barely any room for anything, houses are tiny, many people can't get a house at all, there's no room to build anymore without building over what little countryside is actually left.
Roads are small, winding and congested because there's no room to build bigger roads.
Why should you be forced to sell your house because some other people want to take control of it? My house is my property, and if I want to paint it bright orange that is my business.
Why should the desires of the one automatically outweigh the desires of the many?
You're verging on communism here. Funny how America, where they hate communism/socialism, are obsessed with these home-owners associations where everyone's property is assumed to be owned by a collective?
That's the beauty of the free market: people are free to set up socialist systems such as homeowner's associations within it and you are free to buy into them or not.
A free market would mean I am free not to be part of a homeowners association. The fact that people are FORCED to have their property part of collective is not a free market, it is communism.
Philosophy though can seek to define the issues at hand and tackle them through critical thinking.
Philosophy doesn't tackle or solve anything, it's just masturbation. But I suppose it's easy to 'tackle' issues when you don't have to prove your findings.
Religion seeks to solve a lot of these philisophical questions.
And how many of them does it solve? That's right, none.
Religion exists because it was invented by primitive people as a way to explain phenomena they didn't understand. Now such phenomena can be explained properly, religion hangs only solely through tradition and intellectual laziness.
Science is about theories based on evidence and reality. Religion is about believing things because someone told you, and it's 'traditional'. The two are completely opposed.
However, if the inner-core of the customer base [i.e. Forum geeks] is beginning to feel disillusioned with the constant PS3 problems...then it is only logical that the annoyance is spreading outwards to the 'casual gamer'.
Hardcore geeks are not an inner core. They're not even an outer core. And they're the sort who whine about everything, things that the casual gamer doesn't give a damn about.
We will see...its really intersting and exciting.
If you find rumours and hearsay about future consoles interesting and exciting, then you're not representative of the market.
I think Asda is closest to Walmart as they're both scruffy and low-quality.
I don't know of any Tescos equivalent in America. They're slightly more expensive than Asda but far better run, and a much more pleasant shopping experience.
It's because of people like Tesco, Sainsburys, Walmart that everybody needs a car. Before the supermarket, there were thing called grocers, butchers, fishmongers etc etc. In other words, people making a living from selling a product locally.
They still exist, it's just that no-one wants to use them because they're absymal. Believe it or not we don't all like trapsing round dozens of little shops in the rain, putting up with dreadful, inconsistent customer service and poor product variety.
What exactly is wrong with that? If previously the Chinese tennants were paying lower rent than other people were willing to pay, then this is merely the market correcting itself. Unless you think being Chinese entitles you to pay lower rent than the market rate?
Even though they may think they do, tennants don't own the property they rent, and the owner may charge a higher rate if they wish to do so.
Independent butchers, bakers etc destroyed themselves through poor customer service. My local butcher's for instance is CLOSED every time I go shopping. On the other hand Tesco's is open every time I need it.
You can't close your doors and complain you're not getting business.
Have you ever considered that Open Office doesn't suit their purposes? Last time I used it (about a year ago), it was very bloated and convoluted.
Maybe their Tesco Office is leaner and simpler, so support is easier and people will be more satisfied with it.
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If you're only interested in scanning the major plot details, you're missing the point of most books. You may as well just watch the film, or read Dan Brown.
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Good games you can play for hours every day, for years and not get bored of them. If the weather was particularly bad, you could finish Yakuza in a weekend.
Even now, Firefox is gaining, but many people still have reasons for keeping MSIE which stem from its integration with the OS. What about the people on dialup who don't want to download Firefox?
Surely for people who don't like downloading it makes sense for a browser to be included? Unless you want people on dialup to have to spend hours downloading things when they get their new computer.
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If the inventor is making millions whilst the VC makes billions, then the inventor must have given away 99.9% equity, which is pretty much his own fault.
There is a crisis as Britain's prisons are full...
It may have made a bit of money, but not enough to make it worth the risk. If they make another one, it will probably cost a similar amount to produce, but may bring in less money.
If we assume the people who saw the first film out of curiosity don't come back and watch the second, then it could end up losing 10-20 million. The actors will probably want a payrise for a second film as well.
Warcraft isn't a role-playing game. It's an adventure game combined with an AOL chatroom. There's as much roleplaying there as there is in tetris.
Warcraft hasn't invented or innovated anything, they've just taken an existing format and dumbed it down for the masses.
And if making the most money is what defines a good game, then we may as well cancel the game industry.
Equipment and distribution is just a small part of the cost. And equipment isn't going down. Cameras are just one piece of equipment of many.
The Blair Witch Project may have been successful, but if every programme was like that the novelty would wear off very fast.
If only you only needed a video recorder to make a TV show. What about microphines, makeup, costumes, sets, location shooting, scores, all that crap, do you think people are going to do it for free?
Of course, if Dilbert says so it must be true. It's not just something that the bottom-rung workers say to themselves to make them feel better about their own lack of progress...
Many people spend their money on things like bills, mortgage payments, and savings for when they lose their job. But maybe those things don't apply to you.
Actually Britain is very overcrowded. There's barely any room for anything, houses are tiny, many people can't get a house at all, there's no room to build anymore without building over what little countryside is actually left.
Roads are small, winding and congested because there's no room to build bigger roads.
Why should you be forced to sell your house because some other people want to take control of it? My house is my property, and if I want to paint it bright orange that is my business.
You're verging on communism here. Funny how America, where they hate communism/socialism, are obsessed with these home-owners associations where everyone's property is assumed to be owned by a collective?
A free market would mean I am free not to be part of a homeowners association. The fact that people are FORCED to have their property part of collective is not a free market, it is communism.
I'm not being one of those sad fucks who takes bags to the supermarket. As far as I'm concerned they should provide them.
Philosophy doesn't tackle or solve anything, it's just masturbation. But I suppose it's easy to 'tackle' issues when you don't have to prove your findings.
And how many of them does it solve? That's right, none.
Religion exists because it was invented by primitive people as a way to explain phenomena they didn't understand. Now such phenomena can be explained properly, religion hangs only solely through tradition and intellectual laziness.
Science is about theories based on evidence and reality. Religion is about believing things because someone told you, and it's 'traditional'. The two are completely opposed.
Hardcore geeks are not an inner core. They're not even an outer core. And they're the sort who whine about everything, things that the casual gamer doesn't give a damn about.
If you find rumours and hearsay about future consoles interesting and exciting, then you're not representative of the market.
I think Asda is closest to Walmart as they're both scruffy and low-quality.
I don't know of any Tescos equivalent in America. They're slightly more expensive than Asda but far better run, and a much more pleasant shopping experience.
Home made burgers are shit. They don't keep their shape (turn into balls when you grill them), and they don't taste of anything.
They still exist, it's just that no-one wants to use them because they're absymal. Believe it or not we don't all like trapsing round dozens of little shops in the rain, putting up with dreadful, inconsistent customer service and poor product variety.
You need to use a lot of bags at Tescos, the bags they have nowadays are barely big enough to be used as condoms.
What exactly is wrong with that? If previously the Chinese tennants were paying lower rent than other people were willing to pay, then this is merely the market correcting itself. Unless you think being Chinese entitles you to pay lower rent than the market rate?
Even though they may think they do, tennants don't own the property they rent, and the owner may charge a higher rate if they wish to do so.
Independent butchers, bakers etc destroyed themselves through poor customer service. My local butcher's for instance is CLOSED every time I go shopping. On the other hand Tesco's is open every time I need it.
You can't close your doors and complain you're not getting business.
Have you ever considered that Open Office doesn't suit their purposes? Last time I used it (about a year ago), it was very bloated and convoluted.
Maybe their Tesco Office is leaner and simpler, so support is easier and people will be more satisfied with it.
If you're only interested in scanning the major plot details, you're missing the point of most books. You may as well just watch the film, or read Dan Brown.
Good games you can play for hours every day, for years and not get bored of them. If the weather was particularly bad, you could finish Yakuza in a weekend.
Surely for people who don't like downloading it makes sense for a browser to be included? Unless you want people on dialup to have to spend hours downloading things when they get their new computer.
When the students signed up, I doubt there was any guarantee of Skype connectivity.