This may be somewhere else in the thread as well (I've given up trying to find it) but Dell's biggest problem with HP choosing iPod is no doubt due to the fact that they sell a competing portable music player that is a competitor to Apple's iPod. So HP may be helping consumers choose a high margin iPod rather than Dell's presumably high margin option. Dell can't like that at all.
It's just not cool to make fun of anyone's culture with the mocking quotes. By spending ten or so seconds looking at the article about Bhutan it says that they are getting an Indian cable feed. So should we also mock Indian "culture" as well?
As far as what American culture gets exported - hey - it's not like certain music, films, or television shows are purposely kept for the sole use of Americans on American soil. Demand is the decision maker. There is plenty of crap out there, and there is plenty of good stuff as well.
And one final point. Is the author suggesting that Bhutan is better off having no tv legally? Should they be kept from watching the news on the BBC or CNN? Should they not be allowed to watch a cricket match or soccer/football on Star Sports or ESPN? Should they be spared from the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Channel as well? Are those things for non-Bhutan residents of the world only?
Nice screen shot with the year 19100. Of course your screen shot is the best I can get right now since they're down again (and taking my site down with them).
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This may be somewhere else in the thread as well (I've given up trying to find it) but Dell's biggest problem with HP choosing iPod is no doubt due to the fact that they sell a competing portable music player that is a competitor to Apple's iPod. So HP may be helping consumers choose a high margin iPod rather than Dell's presumably high margin option. Dell can't like that at all.
It's just not cool to make fun of anyone's culture with the mocking quotes. By spending ten or so seconds looking at the article about Bhutan it says that they are getting an Indian cable feed. So should we also mock Indian "culture" as well?
As far as what American culture gets exported - hey - it's not like certain music, films, or television shows are purposely kept for the sole use of Americans on American soil. Demand is the decision maker. There is plenty of crap out there, and there is plenty of good stuff as well.
And one final point. Is the author suggesting that Bhutan is better off having no tv legally? Should they be kept from watching the news on the BBC or CNN? Should they not be allowed to watch a cricket match or soccer/football on Star Sports or ESPN? Should they be spared from the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Channel as well? Are those things for non-Bhutan residents of the world only?
Nice screen shot with the year 19100. Of course your screen shot is the best I can get right now since they're down again (and taking my site down with them).