If you go to New York City everyone and their mother is selling bootlegged stuff. There is not a single authentic DVD can be had in China Town. What is law enforcement doing about it? Nothing! In some cases companies sanction such acts. Apparently, if your shit is being bootlegged in NYC, it is a good thing.
Overnight conversion to other formats is perfectly acceptable to those that truly are in the business of pirating and making money on other people's copyrighted material.
Mitsubishi manufactures airplane parts and will start manufacturing wings/composites for Boeing. All of this is done with US supervision and approval. The F-15J is not a Japanese manufactured plane. This is a licensed airplane from an American corporation. They pay for the privilege to produce these planes. Not only that but the US withheld some of the technology from them. Please read the facts before opening your big mouth. You will note that Mitsubishi didn't even build the initial F-15J plans. Japan wanted to build its own airplane industry. It wanted design, develop and test home grown airplanes and was told by the US that that idea is a no go.
As for Japan's military, what exactly does it do? And what is 42.5 billion to Japan? Do you know how much it costs to fill up a non-nuclear ships?
The UN is controlled by 5 nations with VETO power. Guess what all these 5 nations have in common? They are all nuclear powers. It would be prudent to invest in nuclear technology because in the long run you never know when you're no longer part of the US's global interest. In the end there is only one way to ward off a US attack/domination and that's coming up with a weapon more devastating than even nuclear weapons. I'm not talking about biological weapons here. Biological weapons are double edge swords because if you can use them your enemy can turn around and use them against you. I'm talking about something capable of obliterating your enemy altogether. Something capable of destroying the continent of Australia altogether. Who ever has such a weapon at their disposal would control the world. Knowing US and its lust for power and world supremacy, the US government is probably already funding the research to build such a weapon.
Germany and Japan have constitutional laws preventing them from having a military. They both have peace keeping forces but no sizable armies to wage war or even protect themselves. If anyone, however, has the capabilities to raise a well equipped military they are it. Toyota and BMW can undoubtedly produce military caliber vehicles in no time. People don't know this but Japan once flirted with building infrastructure to manufacture and mass produce aircraft for the aviation industry but was deterred from doing so by the United States.
Lol...I'm afraid the men who created the system of checks and balances didn't have anything to do with the abomination that is executive orders. Perhaps a little history on the subject is in order.
You give too much weight to executive orders. They are typically nonsense/fluffy orders that can be overturned by either court orders or the next president.
Isn't this thing with DB's getting a little excessive? You're adding another layer and step to storing data which will in all likely hinder performance. I'm not sure the benefit out weight the cost.
The car insurance industry needs some serious tweaking. There is absolutely no justification for an insurance company to sit on 8 billion dollars while at the same time raising the rates on their customers. What we really need is cooperative insurance where everyone adds to the pool and the unused pool money gets returned to the contributors.
The executives at Netscape were trying to sell Netscape Navigator for $19.99 while Microsoft gave their Explorer away. You can't be free! Microsoft is going to go for a hell of a ride of its own soon enough.
You're close but not quite. The cost of development/marketing is insignificant compared to the benefit they can reap. These companies want to monopolize the format. They want everyone paying them royalty for every DVD produced.
Regular people? I don't think regular people can afford the asking price of $85 a share. The Google IPO is looking more and more like smoke and mirrors.
I'm glad you're able to look up the meaning of monopoly now lets do the critical thinking portion of my argument together.
1. iTunes provides cheaply had commodity. 2. iPod is exclusively owned through legal privilege, command of supply, and concerted action by Apple. 3. Apple has exclusive possession and control of the iPod product. 4. iPod is the most popular player on the market with 45% market share. 45% market share might not seem much, but it leads to 70% share for the iTunes store for online music sales. These numbers are slated to grow. 5. People want the iPod first then a place to purchase music. 6. If you want to buy music online, there is an idea, and you want to play it on your iPod you have to buy from, you guessed it, iTunes. 7. No one wants to buy a CD from a music store, go home, rip it into mp3 format and put it on their iPod. The whole point of digital audio revolution is to buy music online and make your own CDs. Capisca?
Apple is in fact a monopoly when it comes to online music. Everyone likes iPods including myself. I want one. If I get one I have to buy music from Apple. It's a clear case of consumer lock-in and a scheme to protect market dominance.
What you don't know is that 6 month to 12 months the market is going to be flooded with more Google shares. That's not good thing for initial buyers. Google is a hard sell for me right now. It would be best to get in after all the shares are out in public.
I hated the Real that was trying to sell me a free player but I think they have mitigated their mistakes. The free player link is right there on the front page. I don't hate Real but I am in fact starting to dislike Apple. They are monopolizing the online music sales industry. I have been buying music online for sometime and have stayed clear from iTunes because it isn’t good for the consumer. If the only player that can play the music is an iPod it isn’t worth my money. Same goes for Sony Connect store. It’s frustrating to know that only Sony products can play those files. What the industry needs is open standard. Maybe it’s time for someone to take the lead and bring to the table a variant of OGG with built in copy right protection.
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If you go to New York City everyone and their mother is selling bootlegged stuff. There is not a single authentic DVD can be had in China Town. What is law enforcement doing about it? Nothing! In some cases companies sanction such acts. Apparently, if your shit is being bootlegged in NYC, it is a good thing.
Overnight conversion to other formats is perfectly acceptable to those that truly are in the business of pirating and making money on other people's copyrighted material.
Mitsubishi manufactures airplane parts and will start manufacturing wings/composites for Boeing. All of this is done with US supervision and approval. The F-15J is not a Japanese manufactured plane. This is a licensed airplane from an American corporation. They pay for the privilege to produce these planes. Not only that but the US withheld some of the technology from them. Please read the facts before opening your big mouth. You will note that Mitsubishi didn't even build the initial F-15J plans. Japan wanted to build its own airplane industry. It wanted design, develop and test home grown airplanes and was told by the US that that idea is a no go.
As for Japan's military, what exactly does it do? And what is 42.5 billion to Japan? Do you know how much it costs to fill up a non-nuclear ships?
You can read the German Constitution here.
The UN is controlled by 5 nations with VETO power. Guess what all these 5 nations have in common? They are all nuclear powers. It would be prudent to invest in nuclear technology because in the long run you never know when you're no longer part of the US's global interest. In the end there is only one way to ward off a US attack/domination and that's coming up with a weapon more devastating than even nuclear weapons. I'm not talking about biological weapons here. Biological weapons are double edge swords because if you can use them your enemy can turn around and use them against you. I'm talking about something capable of obliterating your enemy altogether. Something capable of destroying the continent of Australia altogether. Who ever has such a weapon at their disposal would control the world. Knowing US and its lust for power and world supremacy, the US government is probably already funding the research to build such a weapon.
Germany and Japan have constitutional laws preventing them from having a military. They both have peace keeping forces but no sizable armies to wage war or even protect themselves. If anyone, however, has the capabilities to raise a well equipped military they are it. Toyota and BMW can undoubtedly produce military caliber vehicles in no time. People don't know this but Japan once flirted with building infrastructure to manufacture and mass produce aircraft for the aviation industry but was deterred from doing so by the United States.
what's in it for Intel?
Serious do-las I imagine. The question is can they do that and will companies like Cisco play along.
It's $800. I don't know if the value provided is worth 800 dollars.
You can take the law into your own hand by organizing a union! If your employer wants to play the bullshit game show them that you can play it too.
Lol...I'm afraid the men who created the system of checks and balances didn't have anything to do with the abomination that is executive orders. Perhaps a little history on the subject is in order.
You give too much weight to executive orders. They are typically nonsense/fluffy orders that can be overturned by either court orders or the next president.
wrong article...sorry for the inconvenience.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Perelman<nobr>.<wbr></wbr></nobr> jpg">The face of a true Scientist</a> is akin to the face of god.
Isn't this thing with DB's getting a little excessive? You're adding another layer and step to storing data which will in all likely hinder performance. I'm not sure the benefit out weight the cost.
Yes, on Mono!
The car insurance industry needs some serious tweaking. There is absolutely no justification for an insurance company to sit on 8 billion dollars while at the same time raising the rates on their customers. What we really need is cooperative insurance where everyone adds to the pool and the unused pool money gets returned to the contributors.
The executives at Netscape were trying to sell Netscape Navigator for $19.99 while Microsoft gave their Explorer away. You can't be free! Microsoft is going to go for a hell of a ride of its own soon enough.
You're close but not quite. The cost of development/marketing is insignificant compared to the benefit they can reap. These companies want to monopolize the format. They want everyone paying them royalty for every DVD produced.
Regular people? I don't think regular people can afford the asking price of $85 a share. The Google IPO is looking more and more like smoke and mirrors.
I didn't know Tom Brokaw was doing the Olympics.
Here is the deal name those stores you buy from. I'm talking about those with wide variety of selection. New selection.
People, Apple has no intention of allowing any one near the iPod.
I'm glad you're able to look up the meaning of monopoly now lets do the critical thinking portion of my argument together.
1. iTunes provides cheaply had commodity.
2. iPod is exclusively owned through legal privilege, command of supply, and concerted action by Apple.
3. Apple has exclusive possession and control of the iPod product.
4. iPod is the most popular player on the market with 45% market share. 45% market share might not seem much, but it leads to 70% share for the iTunes store for online music sales. These numbers are slated to grow.
5. People want the iPod first then a place to purchase music.
6. If you want to buy music online, there is an idea, and you want to play it on your iPod you have to buy from, you guessed it, iTunes.
7. No one wants to buy a CD from a music store, go home, rip it into mp3 format and put it on their iPod. The whole point of digital audio revolution is to buy music online and make your own CDs. Capisca?
Apple is in fact a monopoly when it comes to online music. Everyone likes iPods including myself. I want one. If I get one I have to buy music from Apple. It's a clear case of consumer lock-in and a scheme to protect market dominance.
What you don't know is that 6 month to 12 months the market is going to be flooded with more Google shares. That's not good thing for initial buyers. Google is a hard sell for me right now. It would be best to get in after all the shares are out in public.
I hated the Real that was trying to sell me a free player but I think they have mitigated their mistakes. The free player link is right there on the front page. I don't hate Real but I am in fact starting to dislike Apple. They are monopolizing the online music sales industry. I have been buying music online for sometime and have stayed clear from iTunes because it isn’t good for the consumer. If the only player that can play the music is an iPod it isn’t worth my money. Same goes for Sony Connect store. It’s frustrating to know that only Sony products can play those files. What the industry needs is open standard. Maybe it’s time for someone to take the lead and bring to the table a variant of OGG with built in copy right protection.