Just because an illegal act makes them more money in the long run doesn't make any less illegal
I found out about this cool store once because I had ran in there earlier to escape the police who were chasing me. So, I decided to hold the place up. After I got home, I realized the store was totally cool, so now I shop there all the time.
Sure, I robbed them once, but I've more than made up for it by becoming a valuable customer! I'm sure they are glad that I know about their store.
I have no clue. I have honestly never seen a company seemingly TRYING to hamstring themselfs before this.
You must not follow companies much. I can think of lots of companies that have gone way out of their way to destroy customer goodwill and drive themselves to the brink of bankruptcy and beyond. Sony is far from being the first company to do that. In fact, they are not even the first video game company to do that. Remember Atari?
I can think of many other examples: General Motors, Ford, Apple under John Sculley to just name a few.
I don't see the appeal. If I wanted to look at pictures of animals, I would just watch a national geographic movie, or do a search on YouTube. The appeal of actually seeing animals in real life is a bit different (and I could probably just go to the zoo).
In my opinion, the democrats were stupid. Gore told everyone, stay back and give the florida people room to do the recount. The republicans sent activists to intimidate the people trying to do the recount. The democrats COULD have sent union thugs to get the result they wanted. They were stupid not to do so. FDR would have done it.
1. Price the Zune hardware low so that you can drive sales to the music store. 2. The purpose of the music store is to sell Zunes. 3. ??? 4. Make profit from accessories.
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I'd like to see some states ban vehicles over a certain weight from the roads - perhaps exclude certain commercial trucks provided they are driven in a safer manner than they are currently - but I think one reason why certain people feel the need to get huge land barges is because of safety issues. If everyone weren't driving a land barge, then people would feel safer with smaller, more environmentally friendly vehicles.
If I wanted to listen to New Kids on the Block without letting my Metallica friends know, I'd just go out and buy the tape and hide it in a different place than my regular tapes.
Vinyl has certain quirks to it that CDs don't have. The packaing is different from record to record. There is enough room for things like liner notes.
When I was a teen, I collected vinyl mostly from Indie punk bands. I don't anymore, but I still have my collection. I was very surprised that my daughter (who is eleven going on twenty) is actually very into it and thinks those records are much cooler than CDs.
Then why are they spending all that money on TV ads? People in Caleefornia recently threw a Governor out of office. The public has a louder voice than you think.
Because Congress and the press watch TV. Also the federal government doesn't have recall or initiative petition. Try throwing out the governor of New York and see how far you'd get. You can't because only the western states have recall.
You're implying here that they all died of smoking-related causes. True, or just a coincidence?
Cancer. I'm just saying, don't be fooled into believing that smoking a pipe or using chewing tobacco is "healthy", or even "more healthy than cigarettes".
So do I, but only a pipe. And, like almost all pipe smokers, I don't inhale the smoke.
When I was a child in BoyScouts we had two leaders who smoked pipes and several who didn't smoke at all. The ones who smoked pipes are all dead now and they have been for a long time. The ones who didn't smoke are still around. I'm glad my dad was one of the ones who didn't smoke.
Then, I would challenge you to quit immediately. It is very bad for you and you are likely to die an early death from smoking. I hope that you have family and friends that care about you and you should think about how your death and/or health problems will affect them. Also, I think that life is a precious thing and you should enjoy your life as healthy and long as you can. So, I would implore you to quit smoking today.
Burning cigarettes results (in part) in carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide being released into the air. So does burning fossil fuels. Both have been linked to global warming trend
Isn't there a huge difference in magnitude, though? Do cigarettes contribute a significant amount to the incrase of carbon in the air? People have been smoking, lighting candles, etc. for thousands of years with no problem. It is the massive use of automobiles and fossil fuel to create electricity that has caused the problems with global climate change.
That's not to say that cigarettes aren't bad for you and for society.
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I didn't mean it as a valid comparison - I just meant it as a wacky joke.
Just because an illegal act makes them more money in the long run doesn't make any less illegal
I found out about this cool store once because I had ran in there earlier to escape the police who were chasing me. So, I decided to hold the place up. After I got home, I realized the store was totally cool, so now I shop there all the time.
Sure, I robbed them once, but I've more than made up for it by becoming a valuable customer! I'm sure they are glad that I know about their store.
that link is not only flash but to the wrong video. It is just the music with the penut butter and jelly banana dancing to it.
You mean that the banana isn't Weird Al? I thought I read somewhere that he recently had cosmetic surgery to look more like a banana.
I have no clue. I have honestly never seen a company seemingly TRYING to hamstring themselfs before this.
You must not follow companies much. I can think of lots of companies that have gone way out of their way to destroy customer goodwill and drive themselves to the brink of bankruptcy and beyond. Sony is far from being the first company to do that. In fact, they are not even the first video game company to do that. Remember Atari?
I can think of many other examples: General Motors, Ford, Apple under John Sculley to just name a few.
I thought Japan had the highest suicide rate?
I don't see the appeal. If I wanted to look at pictures of animals, I would just watch a national geographic movie, or do a search on YouTube. The appeal of actually seeing animals in real life is a bit different (and I could probably just go to the zoo).
Oh what a load of horseshit! There are plenty of quality engineers delivering pizza in the United States.
.net who is willing to work for $18,500 per year.
By "quality" he means someone with at least 9 years of experience programming with C# and
In my opinion, the democrats were stupid. Gore told everyone, stay back and give the florida people room to do the recount. The republicans sent activists to intimidate the people trying to do the recount. The democrats COULD have sent union thugs to get the result they wanted. They were stupid not to do so. FDR would have done it.
1. Price the Zune hardware low so that you can drive sales to the music store.
2. The purpose of the music store is to sell Zunes.
3. ???
4. Make profit from accessories.
Bush has a point? What point?
It is on the top of his head.
I'd like to see some states ban vehicles over a certain weight from the roads - perhaps exclude certain commercial trucks provided they are driven in a safer manner than they are currently - but I think one reason why certain people feel the need to get huge land barges is because of safety issues. If everyone weren't driving a land barge, then people would feel safer with smaller, more environmentally friendly vehicles.
uxury/sports car that gets less than 20MPG
Many luxury cars get good gas mileage.
At this rate, he'll be retired in three years and be dead in five.
If I wanted to listen to New Kids on the Block without letting my Metallica friends know, I'd just go out and buy the tape and hide it in a different place than my regular tapes.
What is this "tape" you speak of?
He's posting from 1986.
Vinyl has certain quirks to it that CDs don't have. The packaing is different from record to record. There is enough room for things like liner notes.
When I was a teen, I collected vinyl mostly from Indie punk bands. I don't anymore, but I still have my collection. I was very surprised that my daughter (who is eleven going on twenty) is actually very into it and thinks those records are much cooler than CDs.
Who needs 48U of rackspace and that much cable in their HOME?
Maniacs.
Then why are they spending all that money on TV ads? People in Caleefornia recently threw a Governor out of office. The public has a louder voice than you think.
Because Congress and the press watch TV. Also the federal government doesn't have recall or initiative petition. Try throwing out the governor of New York and see how far you'd get. You can't because only the western states have recall.
Thank you. I'm not saying smoking a pipe is more healthy than smoking cigarettes, I'm saying it's less dangerous.
How about not smoking at all? Really, why not quit? You'll save money and maybe be alive longer. There's no downside.
I think the name "Core 2 Duo" is actually wonderful, however I wish they could introduce the concept of duality into the name somehow.
Well, given that my blog is not really Macintosh centric, those stats should be valid.
Thanks for saying that. I needed a good laugh.
Once Steve "I have a big ego" Jobs switched the Macintosh from the PowerPC to the Intel processor, the Macintosh lost its mystique
Yeah, because the end user got a free blow job every day from Motorola just for having a PowerPC processor. WTF?
You're implying here that they all died of smoking-related causes. True, or just a coincidence?
Cancer. I'm just saying, don't be fooled into believing that smoking a pipe or using chewing tobacco is "healthy", or even "more healthy than cigarettes".
So do I, but only a pipe. And, like almost all pipe smokers, I don't inhale the smoke.
When I was a child in BoyScouts we had two leaders who smoked pipes and several who didn't smoke at all. The ones who smoked pipes are all dead now and they have been for a long time. The ones who didn't smoke are still around. I'm glad my dad was one of the ones who didn't smoke.
OK, I smoke.
Then, I would challenge you to quit immediately. It is very bad for you and you are likely to die an early death from smoking. I hope that you have family and friends that care about you and you should think about how your death and/or health problems will affect them. Also, I think that life is a precious thing and you should enjoy your life as healthy and long as you can. So, I would implore you to quit smoking today.
Burning cigarettes results (in part) in carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide being released into the air. So does burning fossil fuels. Both have been linked to global warming trend
Isn't there a huge difference in magnitude, though? Do cigarettes contribute a significant amount to the incrase of carbon in the air? People have been smoking, lighting candles, etc. for thousands of years with no problem. It is the massive use of automobiles and fossil fuel to create electricity that has caused the problems with global climate change.
That's not to say that cigarettes aren't bad for you and for society.