This guy must be a member of the EU, who are tighting laws regulating forms of "Frankenfood" to all other EU countries. Of course all these laws are based on the way they "feel" and not actual science or facts.
(http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/new si d/20182/newsDate/17-Mar-2003/story.htm)
Makes no sense to me. If you can make nature better then why not do it? You guys are paranoid.
-- Which raises the question (a la Matrix): What good is freedom of speech, if no one is saying anything? --
Not saying something is still free speech.
Because there comes a point when you no longer need to say anything about it because you've been proven wrong. If a movie came out with a pro-terrorist message people wouldn't see it or support it because people know that terrorism is bad and this has be proven a million times.
It's like if I came out and said 1+1 = 1 and started complaining that no one was publishing my work. I have the right to say it, but others have the right not to say it which is just as powerful.
The problem with Egypt is that they only alow this right to a few people instead of all the people.
I disagree. I think maybe netflix has missed the people that don't really use thier computer much. I know a lot of people that have never heard of netflix and are amazed when I tell them about it. These people also shop at Walmart. If walmart starts to advertise in it's stores for it or on television it should grab plenty of customers.
Plus Walmart has the ablity to do this at it's stores since they are almost everywhere. If a person doesn't have a computer at home walmart could potentally have them sign up at the store and order either through the store or a catalog or something.
"I think I'd agree to this if it were federally mandated that "Basic Cable" be 100% free. Including all the wiring to your house. Wires, wireless, what's the difference?"
That's nuts, and it's against the way the free market works. There is no law saying the everyone is provided a TV. (Which is why almost everyone has one) There should be no law that says everyone should get free broadcast stations. (Which is why their is coverage almost everywhere)
If you are in a rural area that has no broadcast TV stations the government doesn't force ABC to set up a station for you!!
This would only put a strain on the cable companies by discouraging thier growth and forcing them to raise prices.
That's a great idea. Cutting out reducing bandwidth for TV would be a good move. It's still very profitable so you can't eliminate it completely. I don't think we should/would ever eliminat it completly.
Of course I wouldn't do this till there as a strong demand for the bandwidth to be used for something else. Wireless Lan's or Internet maybe?
I don't understand why we get a monthly cable bill at all. Why don't the Cable companies charge the Stations more to carry thier channel? Then everything would be supported by advertising(like the broadcast TV now)
--"He did not pay for these patterns," said Robert Hermann, CEO of McCall. --
The local store that threw them away probably already did pay for the patterns. So what is the big deal? Does he mean to say that he needs to get paid twice for the product to be sold only once?
I never thought this before, but sewing companies are a bunch of greedy bastards.
I believe has very little to do with pissing off the customer. As stated in the artical, the reason Google ads work is because you go to Google to go somewhere else and they can easly target you with related ads by using your search query.
I bet if Google had flashy annoying banners ads that were specific to what you are looking for people would still click on them.
You are 100% correct. Most people (excluding bloatware options) have a good computer and are not going to upgrade in the near future so pc sale will be lower and out done by handhelds.
The only people I can see buying a handheld have a pc already. What else are you going to link your handheld up to? Unless you are planning to type on the tiny keyboard and read on the tiny monitor.
I don't see thousands of people flocking to McDonald's to use their WI-FI network. Why not just set up the Wi-Fi let people use it as a perk for just being there. Don't force them to buy something first, that just complicates things. More often than not, if a peroson is in McDonald's (or around it) they will buy something.
Later if internet trafic became a problem then they could impliment a pay or buy something first model.
Why haven't there been 10k rpm drives before? What was stopping a IDE drive from going faster than 7200? Was it a power thing or an expense thing or a bandwith thing?
One less place for Arianna Huffington spew her babble about SUV's using too much gas supports terrorists and how drilling for oil in alaska is detromental to the wastland enviroment.
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This guy must be a member of the EU, who are tighting laws regulating forms of "Frankenfood" to all other EU countries. Of course all these laws are based on the way they "feel" and not actual science or facts.
w si d/20182/newsDate/17-Mar-2003/story.htm)
(http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/ne
Makes no sense to me. If you can make nature better then why not do it? You guys are paranoid.
-- Which raises the question (a la Matrix): What good is freedom of speech, if no one is saying anything? --
Not saying something is still free speech.
Because there comes a point when you no longer need to say anything about it because you've been proven wrong. If a movie came out with a pro-terrorist message people wouldn't see it or support it because people know that terrorism is bad and this has be proven a million times.
It's like if I came out and said 1+1 = 1 and started complaining that no one was publishing my work. I have the right to say it, but others have the right not to say it which is just as powerful.
The problem with Egypt is that they only alow this right to a few people instead of all the people.
I disagree. I think maybe netflix has missed the people that don't really use thier computer much. I know a lot of people that have never heard of netflix and are amazed when I tell them about it.
These people also shop at Walmart. If walmart starts to advertise in it's stores for it or on television it should grab plenty of customers.
Plus Walmart has the ablity to do this at it's stores since they are almost everywhere. If a person doesn't have a computer at home walmart could potentally have them sign up at the store and order either through the store or a catalog or something.
That's a horrible comparison.
"I think I'd agree to this if it were federally mandated that "Basic Cable" be 100% free. Including all the wiring to your house. Wires, wireless, what's the difference?"
That's nuts, and it's against the way the free market works. There is no law saying the everyone is provided a TV. (Which is why almost everyone has one) There should be no law that says everyone should get free broadcast stations. (Which is why their is coverage almost everywhere)
If you are in a rural area that has no broadcast TV stations the government doesn't force ABC to set up a station for you!!
This would only put a strain on the cable companies by discouraging thier growth and forcing them to raise prices.
That's a great idea. Cutting out reducing bandwidth for TV would be a good move. It's still very profitable so you can't eliminate it completely. I don't think we should/would ever eliminat it completly.
Of course I wouldn't do this till there as a strong demand for the bandwidth to be used for something else. Wireless Lan's or Internet maybe?
I don't understand why we get a monthly cable bill at all. Why don't the Cable companies charge the Stations more to carry thier channel? Then everything would be supported by advertising(like the broadcast TV now)
--"He did not pay for these patterns," said Robert Hermann, CEO of McCall. --
The local store that threw them away probably already did pay for the patterns. So what is the big deal?
Does he mean to say that he needs to get paid twice for the product to be sold only once?
I never thought this before, but sewing companies are a bunch of greedy bastards.
The flaw in this thinking is:
1. People that watch a lot of porn, do not go out and have sex with a lot of people
2. People that watch a lot of violence do not go out and kill a bunch of people.
I'd say that in both cases the people would do what they are going to do anyway because they are nuts. Not because they saw it on TV or a video game.
There was sex and violence before any kind of media was developed.
Jonathan, I've Named Designer of the Year ...and was confused?
I believe has very little to do with pissing off the customer. As stated in the artical, the reason Google ads work is because you go to Google to go somewhere else and they can easly target you with related ads by using your search query.
I bet if Google had flashy annoying banners ads that were specific to what you are looking for people would still click on them.
You are 100% correct. Most people (excluding bloatware options) have a good computer and are not going to upgrade in the near future so pc sale will be lower and out done by handhelds. The only people I can see buying a handheld have a pc already. What else are you going to link your handheld up to? Unless you are planning to type on the tiny keyboard and read on the tiny monitor.
I am now going to schedule my server to remind me not to visit slashdot on april 1st, and just to be safe April 2nd too.
I don't see thousands of people flocking to McDonald's to use their WI-FI network. Why not just set up the Wi-Fi let people use it as a perk for just being there. Don't force them to buy something first, that just complicates things. More often than not, if a peroson is in McDonald's (or around it) they will buy something.
Later if internet trafic became a problem then they could impliment a pay or buy something first model.
Why haven't there been 10k rpm drives before? What was stopping a IDE drive from going faster than 7200? Was it a power thing or an expense thing or a bandwith thing?
Just curious.
One less place for Arianna Huffington spew her babble about SUV's using too much gas supports terrorists and how drilling for oil in alaska is detromental to the wastland enviroment.