Down in the business law section of that page (you know, the part pertinent to the discussion) we find this definition:
Monopoly A commercial advantage enjoyed by only one or a select few companies in which only those companies can trade in a certain area.
If we go back to my original post, which you obviously didn't read, we have this:
Ebay holds a fully locked down monopoly, and they need to be regulated as such.
Nowhere did I say Ebay is "illegal", just that they hold a commanding market position and need to prevented from making anti-competitive moves. Like the ones in TFA, which you also did not apparently read. Did you even read the/. summary?
But not in this case. As a seller, you can't go elsewhere because all the buyers are there, and as a buyer you can't go elsewhere because all the sellers are there.
Ebay holds a fully locked down monopoly, and they need to be regulated as such.
I imagine police forces would have a lot more cooperation on those things if so many people weren't worried that they'd turn on them for smoking the wrong thing.
If Canadian politicians don't respond to the wishes of their constituents, they have the option of replacing them. The current ruling party, for example, is only about 20 years old.
It's not comparable to the US system where Democrats have a monopoly on the left and Republicans on the right.
Firefox 2 popped up a warning dialog on self-signed certs, and that was just fine. People who didn't know what the fuck it was all about could just click through.
Those people aren't going to be able to navigate the process to add a cert in Firefox 3. It's effectively banned encryption for non-technical users.
This needs to be transparent for it to work. You've already lost the vast majority at "root cert". They have absolutely no fucking idea what you're talking about. That isn't going to change.
If it's not in the default install, it doesn't exist.
Apple's stock price has been buoyed not by it's PC offerings, but by iPods, and that only happened after they decoupled them from their PCs and let non-fanboys buy them.
Apple's hardware selection is certainly anaemic. They have, what, half a dozen models? For the vast majority of the market, their offerings just aren't suitable. A lot more people would be willing to shell out a few hundred dollars for OS X if Apple would be willing to sell it to them for the hardware they do want.
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To define "everybody" in a way that does not include Mini-DV camera owners. In the same way, I would define "everybody" not to include BetaMAX users.
Everyone else either abandoned firewire a long, long time ago or wisely never adopted it in the first place.
For a PCI or CardBus ieee1397 card.
For the 99.999% of the rest of us who never had a use for it in the first place, this cumulatively saves a lot more than $50.
You hereby agree to send me $5.
Down in the business law section of that page (you know, the part pertinent to the discussion) we find this definition:
Monopoly
A commercial advantage enjoyed by only one or a select few companies in which only those companies can trade in a certain area.
If we go back to my original post, which you obviously didn't read, we have this:
Ebay holds a fully locked down monopoly, and they need to be regulated as such.
Nowhere did I say Ebay is "illegal", just that they hold a commanding market position and need to prevented from making anti-competitive moves. Like the ones in TFA, which you also did not apparently read. Did you even read the /. summary?
Wow, would this be a craptastic game, and the community would just be horrid.
On the other hand, it'd bleed off a lot of retards from other MMO's, so it's too bad it got canned.
Because they control the online auction market. It's absurd to suggest otherwise.
The smart thing to do, though, would be to leave the farmers themselves alone, but infiltrate and watch the money trail.
When the gold reaches the end customer, just take it away.
Can you sell to the same market? Unless Ebay is listing those auctions, then no, you can't.
None of those places allow buyers or sellers to access the marketplace that Ebay has a monopoly on.
But not in this case. As a seller, you can't go elsewhere because all the buyers are there, and as a buyer you can't go elsewhere because all the sellers are there.
Ebay holds a fully locked down monopoly, and they need to be regulated as such.
It's more of a temporalocracy. Rule by those with the most spare time.
I imagine police forces would have a lot more cooperation on those things if so many people weren't worried that they'd turn on them for smoking the wrong thing.
They're evaluating the facts on the ground and adapting their business to profit from it. They're doing exactly what they're supposed to do.
Look, piracy is here to stay. It's not going away, period. Adapt or die. Target people who want to give you money, and ignore those that don't.
It would be more accurate to say the Progressive Conservative Party was purchased by the Reform Party, which was founded in 1987.
The Reform Party was founded in 1987. Sure, they change their name every 5 years or so, but still.
If Canadian politicians don't respond to the wishes of their constituents, they have the option of replacing them. The current ruling party, for example, is only about 20 years old.
It's not comparable to the US system where Democrats have a monopoly on the left and Republicans on the right.
The fact that Google won those suits, for the most part.
When you can have a walkthrough loaded up in seconds, too many people do so and then feel ripped off over the hour or so of gameplay.
You want to add a $50/year subscription to every cheap consumer router?
Who the hell do you think you are to tell people when they can or cannot encrypt their traffic?
Firefox 2 popped up a warning dialog on self-signed certs, and that was just fine. People who didn't know what the fuck it was all about could just click through.
Those people aren't going to be able to navigate the process to add a cert in Firefox 3. It's effectively banned encryption for non-technical users.
This needs to be transparent for it to work. You've already lost the vast majority at "root cert". They have absolutely no fucking idea what you're talking about. That isn't going to change.
If it's not in the default install, it doesn't exist.
If you don't need it to be Java.
Apple's stock price has been buoyed not by it's PC offerings, but by iPods, and that only happened after they decoupled them from their PCs and let non-fanboys buy them.
Apple's hardware selection is certainly anaemic. They have, what, half a dozen models? For the vast majority of the market, their offerings just aren't suitable. A lot more people would be willing to shell out a few hundred dollars for OS X if Apple would be willing to sell it to them for the hardware they do want.