Hey man, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and all that.
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Bobby Fischer Found
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Personally I think it's quite sad. Bobby has a serious mental illness of some kind, and as it has run un-checked for so many years he is regarded widely as just being a nut-job. When he mostly just needs to get some psychiatric help.
I think it is a reasonable assumption that: 1. Bobby Fischer will try to defend himself 2. He won't be allowed and his lawyer will find him not guilty by reason of insanity.
Of particular interest are the hardware sales for consoles ("PlayStation 2 - 1,365,260... Nintendo Gamecube - 340,204... Xbox - 18,239"), million-selling games ("Pokemon Fire Red & Leaf Green - 2,136,737... Dragon Quest V - 1,572,497... Sengoku Musou - 1,002,312")
The submitter's hardware list doesn't list the GBA SP which sold 1,295,460 units in the described time frame, and the GBA which sold 158,516, yet it does list a GBA game, Pokemon. Thus, the total GBA system sales were almost 90,000 units more than the PS2.
What's even more interesting to me is that only the GBA SP and the GameCube sold more units in Q1/Q2 of 2004 than they did on Q3/Q4 of 2003.
Oh yeah, that, and that the XBox did not have a single software title in the Top 100. PS2 had 50, GBA had 38, and the GameCube had 12.
And one last bit: Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire sold its 5 millionth unit during the period.
I was just talking about the costs to develop/upgrade the existing apps -- you're totally right that the total economic effect would easily be in the billions.
You don't work with Engineers, do you? I can scare the poo out of a receptionist so that they never use their browser for non work related browsing. I cannot scare an engineer because "he knows what is dangerous and not". Trouble is, he doesn't know. When I was in support, the biggest problems came from Engineers who should know better, but don't. They also are not as afraid of being fired. Nor do they have sufficient fear to not try and resolve things themselves, thus causing bigger problems.
One of the most insightful things ever posted on slashdot. Reminds me of a very old saying, "Tell a man there are a million billion stars, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint, and he -has- to touch it."
because thousands of very large companies (you know, the ones which actually pay for symantec software?) standardised all of their internal applications on IE -- basically meaning they invested millions (billions?) of dollars writing internal web applications which work in IE but no other web browsers. a huge mistake, yes, but you're talking about re-write work on the order of a hundred or so million dollars.
ah yes, but with iTunes, anybody can be a "record company". when the artists start figuring out that they have a 100 Million-song distribution channel at their disposal, without having to give a penny to a "big" label... well I hope it happens soon.
The second post, which appears below the first post, yes? Your post #9550324 links to a list of mirrors. Your reply talking about "look above" is a child of post 9550318 which appears to me to be the first post to the article, so looking above would only have me looking at the article intro text. (Using default view of nested, oldest first). Hence you should have said "look at my link below".
And people wonder why MS is so hated. They sell a product bundle for $38 which sells for into the $500 range here. Sure, it's "missing some unspecified features" but what the hell. I'll go waaaaaaaaaaay out on a limb and suggest that there would be a probable reduction in US piracy of MS products on the order of 95% or so if this bundle was available at this price here. People know when they're being bilked. And here is just yet another example detailing example how much we're being bilked for.
I can't stand webmail. Where are the IMAP hosts. Paid, free, whatever, just want somebody to IMAP host "myname@mydomain.com". I don't want yet another email/gmail/hotmail e-mail address.
MS Works on Windows 3.1.1 was my personal document program of choice in the PC world. Of course, Claris Works on the Mac kicked its ass by leaps and bounds, but I only had access to that at school.
figured this article was as good a place as any to ask fellow slashdotters for their advice on picking an IMAP mail host. basically all I want is the ability to point my own DNS entries to use them as a mail exchange for my domain (even though there's only 1 e-mail account to be hosted).
I asked what groups Apple Computer represented and you listed the Beatles! Hold the presses! Apple Computer owns the publishing rights to the Beatles??!?? HOLY SH!T!!!
yeah like Windows, Passport, Mcdonalds, Sun etc etc
yup, just like them. none of them are worth a damn as trademarks. Also FYI, I can open a hamburger restaurant and put the name 'McDonalds Hamburger Shack' on it -- I just can't put big-ass golden arches in front.
I'm not too young to remember Apple Music, and I know they "are the Beatles record company". Your answer to the question "what groups does Apple Computer represent as a music label" being "The Beatles" shows your low reading comprehension.
please tell me the names of artists which apple computer represents as a music label.
oh yeah, there aren't any.
please tell me the ISBN numbers of any CDs which apple computer manufactures for sale.
oh yeah, there aren't any.
apple computer is not behaving as a music label. they are behaving as a website which acts as a 3rd party for music sales.
From your link: That contract stipulated Apple Computer could use the logo for computers, data processing and telecommunications, while the Beatles could retain it for music, according to documents filed by the pop group's lawyers at the High Court.
Apple Computer is providing a massive data processing environment (iTunes Music Store) and allows people to purchase music from -other- labels through this telecommunications link.
Besides the fact that an incredibly common fruit, the apple, being trademarked is absurd in the first place.
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Radiohead suck[s], Coldplay beyond sucks.
Hey man, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and all that.
Personally I think it's quite sad. Bobby has a serious mental illness of some kind, and as it has run un-checked for so many years he is regarded widely as just being a nut-job. When he mostly just needs to get some psychiatric help.
I think it is a reasonable assumption that:
1. Bobby Fischer will try to defend himself
2. He won't be allowed and his lawyer will find him not guilty by reason of insanity.
not a one, since I've no intention on paying $300 for a PSP.
Of particular interest are the hardware sales for consoles ("PlayStation 2 - 1,365,260... Nintendo Gamecube - 340,204... Xbox - 18,239"), million-selling games ("Pokemon Fire Red & Leaf Green - 2,136,737... Dragon Quest V - 1,572,497... Sengoku Musou - 1,002,312")
The submitter's hardware list doesn't list the GBA SP which sold 1,295,460 units in the described time frame, and the GBA which sold 158,516, yet it does list a GBA game, Pokemon. Thus, the total GBA system sales were almost 90,000 units more than the PS2.
What's even more interesting to me is that only the GBA SP and the GameCube sold more units in Q1/Q2 of 2004 than they did on Q3/Q4 of 2003.
Oh yeah, that, and that the XBox did not have a single software title in the Top 100. PS2 had 50, GBA had 38, and the GameCube had 12.
And one last bit: Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire sold its 5 millionth unit during the period.
I was just talking about the costs to develop/upgrade the existing apps -- you're totally right that the total economic effect would easily be in the billions.
You don't work with Engineers, do you? I can scare the poo out of a receptionist so that they never use their browser for non work related browsing. I cannot scare an engineer because "he knows what is dangerous and not". Trouble is, he doesn't know. When I was in support, the biggest problems came from Engineers who should know better, but don't. They also are not as afraid of being fired. Nor do they have sufficient fear to not try and resolve things themselves, thus causing bigger problems.
One of the most insightful things ever posted on slashdot. Reminds me of a very old saying, "Tell a man there are a million billion stars, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint, and he -has- to touch it."
The problem is that Apple refuses to deal directly with the artists. They'll only deal with *large* publishers.
wrong.
because thousands of very large companies (you know, the ones which actually pay for symantec software?) standardised all of their internal applications on IE -- basically meaning they invested millions (billions?) of dollars writing internal web applications which work in IE but no other web browsers. a huge mistake, yes, but you're talking about re-write work on the order of a hundred or so million dollars.
who wins here? the record companies.
ah yes, but with iTunes, anybody can be a "record company". when the artists start figuring out that they have a 100 Million-song distribution channel at their disposal, without having to give a penny to a "big" label... well I hope it happens soon.
If a US employee costs $300K and you need to cut costs by $1 Billion... and an employee based in India costs $30K...
Number of employees to move to India = ($1 Billion)/($300K - $30K) = 3703
my favorite extension is RadialContext, basically gives you mouse gestures for Mozilla and Firefox.
Me: Gun Nerd.
Gee, with a name like grassy knoll I would never have guessed...
The second post, which appears below the first post, yes? Your post #9550324 links to a list of mirrors. Your reply talking about "look above" is a child of post 9550318 which appears to me to be the first post to the article, so looking above would only have me looking at the article intro text. (Using default view of nested, oldest first). Hence you should have said "look at my link below".
Or you could just click on the link I posted above
s/above/below
Man I love the Fallout (GURPS?) system. I don't know how they'd transition a tactical, turn-based strategy RPG into an MMORPG though...
the biggest example of how MS's shared source license differs: no matter what, you can't ship your source code under any license.
In mid-December, Lieberfarb was fired with $10 million severance. A friend at Time Warner describes him as "a tragic figure," adding, "It's very sad."
Oh yeah. How ever will he get along with only $10 million.
(/sarcasm)
And people wonder why MS is so hated. They sell a product bundle for $38 which sells for into the $500 range here. Sure, it's "missing some unspecified features" but what the hell. I'll go waaaaaaaaaaay out on a limb and suggest that there would be a probable reduction in US piracy of MS products on the order of 95% or so if this bundle was available at this price here. People know when they're being bilked. And here is just yet another example detailing example how much we're being bilked for.
I can't stand webmail. Where are the IMAP hosts. Paid, free, whatever, just want somebody to IMAP host "myname@mydomain.com". I don't want yet another email/gmail/hotmail e-mail address.
MS Works on Windows 3.1.1 was my personal document program of choice in the PC world. Of course, Claris Works on the Mac kicked its ass by leaps and bounds, but I only had access to that at school.
figured this article was as good a place as any to ask fellow slashdotters for their advice on picking an IMAP mail host. basically all I want is the ability to point my own DNS entries to use them as a mail exchange for my domain (even though there's only 1 e-mail account to be hosted).
I asked what groups Apple Computer represented and you listed the Beatles! Hold the presses! Apple Computer owns the publishing rights to the Beatles??!?? HOLY SH!T!!!
yeah like Windows, Passport, Mcdonalds, Sun etc etc
yup, just like them. none of them are worth a damn as trademarks. Also FYI, I can open a hamburger restaurant and put the name 'McDonalds Hamburger Shack' on it -- I just can't put big-ass golden arches in front.
I'm not too young to remember Apple Music, and I know they "are the Beatles record company". Your answer to the question "what groups does Apple Computer represent as a music label" being "The Beatles" shows your low reading comprehension.
please tell me the names of artists which apple computer represents as a music label.
oh yeah, there aren't any.
please tell me the ISBN numbers of any CDs which apple computer manufactures for sale.
oh yeah, there aren't any.
apple computer is not behaving as a music label. they are behaving as a website which acts as a 3rd party for music sales.
From your link: That contract stipulated Apple Computer could use the logo for computers, data processing and telecommunications, while the Beatles could retain it for music, according to documents filed by the pop group's lawyers at the High Court.
Apple Computer is providing a massive data processing environment (iTunes Music Store) and allows people to purchase music from -other- labels through this telecommunications link.
Besides the fact that an incredibly common fruit, the apple, being trademarked is absurd in the first place.
fyi, "ephobophilia" is not a word. you mean ephebophila.
Golf TDI here, manual transmission baby. If only it had that 6th gear for even lower RPMs at highway cruising...