One must consider that the most popular shows are not always the strongest in terms of marketing results. Often, the most annoying commercials instill their message to the masses, and the flashiest or funniest commercials fail to sell products/services. Another major difficulty with immediate response is that often the commercials' real commercial value is delayed (as in when the customer remembers hearing a brand name somewhere and buys the product well after they saw/remembered the commercial). In short, the complexities of human social structure make properly targeted advertising a very difficult thing.
"Every time you see a story about a serial killer on TV, what do they do? They bring on the neighbor. And the neighbor says 'Well, he was always very quiet,' and someone in the room says, 'It's the quiet ones you gotta watch.' This sounds to me like a very dangerous assumption. I will bet you anything that while you're watching a quiet one a noisy one will fucking kill you! Suppose you're in a bar and one guy's sitting over on the side reading a book not bothering anybody and another guy's standing up at the front with a machete banging it on the bar saying 'I'LL KILL THE NEXT MOTHERFUCKER THAT COMES IN HERE!!!' "
--George Carlin
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Joking aside, 29 songs is probably enough material to take up at least two CDs, hence justify the higher price (along with extra bonus material which BNL has had on some of their previous CDs).
One big problem SGI has is that very little software is designed solely for IRIX. Most software available on IRIX is also available on an x86 machine (usually as a Windows program)...
I don't really understand how this phone is worth $900.00, when the Vodafone/Sharp V903 offers so many features around the $400-$500 price range (in Japan it's actually quite a bit cheaper). The v903 has a 3.2 megapixel camera (with a decent lens, containing autofocus AND 2x OPTICAL zoom). I've been using one of these in the US (T-Mobile) for weeks, and it's terrific. Interestingly enough, you can purchase a beta-unlocked Japanese version that has a few relatively minor bugs (which is what I did) or buy a completely unlocked UK version (only available in one color, has slightly different software and features). I haven't tried yet to roam in Japan through T-Mobile's service though, but apparently it even works in Korea...
Small phones used to be all the rage in Japan (around 5 years ago), but now they want phones that do everything...incidentally, if you're on 3G, the internet is quite fast on the phone.
Look up the Sharp v903SH. I've been using one for a few weeks now, and it has a 3.2MP camera with autofocus and 2x optical zoom. It also records good quality video and stores data on Mini SD cards (up to 1GB). It's the newest from Japan, and has been unlocked for use with any GSM carrier (www.vodafone.co.jp)...
I hate carrying more than a wallet, keys, and a cell phone around with me, and a PDA is generally larger than any of these. If I can get a phone that combines the basic PDA features (which I have, the Sharp v903SH) and gives me a decent camera (3.2MP w/optical zoom), then I see no reason to get a PDA.
I'm now using a Sharp 903SH, with 3.2 megapixels and 2X optical zoom, and I'm getting rid of my separate digital camera. I hate carrying lots of objects around with me, so I'm very happy that there is finally a phone with camera that takes passable photos. By the way, it works on US T-Mobile, and in Japan.
...in Japan, you can buy things by scanning in the barcode with your cell phone. These scannable barcodes really are everywhere there (you can even buy a soda from many vending machines using your phone)...
In Japan, all new mobile phones are required to make a sound when taking photos (and since the average Japanese upgrades their phone every 6 months, that now includes nearly every phone in use). This alerts all people nearby that the user is taking the photo (though this really has more to do with the men taking candid photos of the schoolgirls). Needless to say, my Japanese phone makes a shutter sound even when it's on silent mode.
Everything certainly isn't more expensive in Japan (many electronics and restaurants are a cheaper in Japan than the US, for example, and anybody who's spent a while there will agree), but media is definitely more expensive there. I recently went to a movie theather in Hokkaido where two tickets cost exactly ¥3600 (about $34). This is pretty normal I learned, and CDs are uncommonly expensive everywhere. As an aside, renting CDs is very popular among the Japanese. So, that means that a large portion of the population either listens to these rented CDs until they return them or simply copies them into their MP3 collections...in other words, purchasing CDs is less common.
I don't think NPR's financial state is too bad...I was a resident artist there (D.C.) last year when they received something like a $100-$200 million donation from the McDonald's heiress, and I remember people talking about how they didn't know what to do with all the money. Maybe they just aren't accustomed to seeing that kind of contribution...
There will always be a market for $200 million productions (as well as big-budget television shows). Why? Because with $200 million you can afford large numbers of people, each person working on a specific portion of the film. This (ideally) diverse group of people are a set of experts at what they do (including story development). Film-creation technology is improving, but unless the technology can actually replace a crowd of talented people, the home-made film (and mid-budget film) won't replace the big-budget production.
That's really the entire point of business (profit goals)...it's a bunch of numbers. Businesses do what they can to increase revenue and/or maintain profit. The ideal position for a company is often right on the border of what's legal at any given time (and often across the border).
...I think "chad" is not really a hatemongering kind of word. It's got one syllable, is easy to pronounce, and it's definition is precise: chad:Scraps or bits of paper, such as the perforated edges of paper for tractor feed printers or the tiny rectangles punched out from data cards.
In context, in what other ways could we shorten up "web log"? Wog? Elog? Leb? Gleb? My personal favorite is welo but it, unfortunately, is of the dual-syllable type...
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One must consider that the most popular shows are not always the strongest in terms of marketing results. Often, the most annoying commercials instill their message to the masses, and the flashiest or funniest commercials fail to sell products/services. Another major difficulty with immediate response is that often the commercials' real commercial value is delayed (as in when the customer remembers hearing a brand name somewhere and buys the product well after they saw/remembered the commercial). In short, the complexities of human social structure make properly targeted advertising a very difficult thing.
Actually, I think that's been done ;)
Parent is right. It doesn't really look any better or worse than a typical NYC block looks in general...
As a side note, you can actually get an ID card that's not a drivers' license before you're of driving age...
"Every time you see a story about a serial killer on TV, what do they do? They bring on the neighbor. And the neighbor says 'Well, he was always very quiet,' and someone in the room says, 'It's the quiet ones you gotta watch.' This sounds to me like a very dangerous assumption. I will bet you anything that while you're watching a quiet one a noisy one will fucking kill you! Suppose you're in a bar and one guy's sitting over on the side reading a book not bothering anybody and another guy's standing up at the front with a machete banging it on the bar saying 'I'LL KILL THE NEXT MOTHERFUCKER THAT COMES IN HERE!!!' " --George Carlin
Joking aside, 29 songs is probably enough material to take up at least two CDs, hence justify the higher price (along with extra bonus material which BNL has had on some of their previous CDs).
Am I the only one who misread that?
One big problem SGI has is that very little software is designed solely for IRIX. Most software available on IRIX is also available on an x86 machine (usually as a Windows program)...
Why all the different and unrelated names for each feature? This makes "World Wind" confusing to use at first...
Most programs are already delayed many hours anyway...
I don't really understand how this phone is worth $900.00, when the Vodafone/Sharp V903 offers so many features around the $400-$500 price range (in Japan it's actually quite a bit cheaper). The v903 has a 3.2 megapixel camera (with a decent lens, containing autofocus AND 2x OPTICAL zoom). I've been using one of these in the US (T-Mobile) for weeks, and it's terrific. Interestingly enough, you can purchase a beta-unlocked Japanese version that has a few relatively minor bugs (which is what I did) or buy a completely unlocked UK version (only available in one color, has slightly different software and features). I haven't tried yet to roam in Japan through T-Mobile's service though, but apparently it even works in Korea...
Out of curiosity, what would happen if the arm bands were gang-related? I assume this would fall under a different category, no?
Small phones used to be all the rage in Japan (around 5 years ago), but now they want phones that do everything...incidentally, if you're on 3G, the internet is quite fast on the phone.
Look up the Sharp v903SH. I've been using one for a few weeks now, and it has a 3.2MP camera with autofocus and 2x optical zoom. It also records good quality video and stores data on Mini SD cards (up to 1GB). It's the newest from Japan, and has been unlocked for use with any GSM carrier (www.vodafone.co.jp)...
I hate carrying more than a wallet, keys, and a cell phone around with me, and a PDA is generally larger than any of these. If I can get a phone that combines the basic PDA features (which I have, the Sharp v903SH) and gives me a decent camera (3.2MP w/optical zoom), then I see no reason to get a PDA.
Digital content, regardless of how you use it, still does have to be stored somewhere..
I'm now using a Sharp 903SH, with 3.2 megapixels and 2X optical zoom, and I'm getting rid of my separate digital camera. I hate carrying lots of objects around with me, so I'm very happy that there is finally a phone with camera that takes passable photos. By the way, it works on US T-Mobile, and in Japan.
...in Japan, you can buy things by scanning in the barcode with your cell phone. These scannable barcodes really are everywhere there (you can even buy a soda from many vending machines using your phone)...
In Japan, all new mobile phones are required to make a sound when taking photos (and since the average Japanese upgrades their phone every 6 months, that now includes nearly every phone in use). This alerts all people nearby that the user is taking the photo (though this really has more to do with the men taking candid photos of the schoolgirls). Needless to say, my Japanese phone makes a shutter sound even when it's on silent mode.
I'm willing to bet they introduce colored iPod nanos in time...it's typical marketing.
Everything certainly isn't more expensive in Japan (many electronics and restaurants are a cheaper in Japan than the US, for example, and anybody who's spent a while there will agree), but media is definitely more expensive there. I recently went to a movie theather in Hokkaido where two tickets cost exactly ¥3600 (about $34). This is pretty normal I learned, and CDs are uncommonly expensive everywhere. As an aside, renting CDs is very popular among the Japanese. So, that means that a large portion of the population either listens to these rented CDs until they return them or simply copies them into their MP3 collections...in other words, purchasing CDs is less common.
I don't think NPR's financial state is too bad...I was a resident artist there (D.C.) last year when they received something like a $100-$200 million donation from the McDonald's heiress, and I remember people talking about how they didn't know what to do with all the money. Maybe they just aren't accustomed to seeing that kind of contribution...
There will always be a market for $200 million productions (as well as big-budget television shows). Why? Because with $200 million you can afford large numbers of people, each person working on a specific portion of the film. This (ideally) diverse group of people are a set of experts at what they do (including story development). Film-creation technology is improving, but unless the technology can actually replace a crowd of talented people, the home-made film (and mid-budget film) won't replace the big-budget production.
That's really the entire point of business (profit goals)...it's a bunch of numbers. Businesses do what they can to increase revenue and/or maintain profit. The ideal position for a company is often right on the border of what's legal at any given time (and often across the border).
chad: Scraps or bits of paper, such as the perforated edges of paper for tractor feed printers or the tiny rectangles punched out from data cards.
In context, in what other ways could we shorten up "web log"? Wog? Elog? Leb? Gleb? My personal favorite is welo but it, unfortunately, is of the dual-syllable type...