December 1980 - Walt Disney Productions announces that it would enter the home video market. It proposes the first "authorized rental" plan to retailers, under which a retailer could pay a flat fee for a cassette and have the right to rent it as many times as possible for 13 weeks. Sellthrough units could be purchased separately."
"January 1981 - Columbia Pictures attempts to impose two-tier pricing for video, with red videocassettes for rental and black for sale and retailer contracts obligating them to abide by the rental and sale restrictions."
That article has a seriously flawed 'qualified' statement-- can't believe you aren't considering this.
part 1 " Consider this: Apple's retail market share is 14 percent, and two-thirds for PCs costing $1,000 or more. "
part 2 "The share data is for first-quarter brick-and-mortar stores, as tabulated by the NPD Group. "
ok.. two thirds of brick and mortar laptop sales-- NOT ALL LAPTOP sales...
think about that-- if YOU were gonna spend over 1k on a laptop- would you go to best buy? (I realize people do so) but what percentage of wintel laptops in B&M stores are even priced over 1k?
who is being naive? apple fans at the mall..... Ya know what! I bet they also 97% or more of all laptops depicting a piece of fruit as it's logo.
While first releases were often more expensive than perhaps a few months later,
until the mid 90's the method of studios recuping rental revenue was to have a different pricepoint for VHS videocasettes that were sold as licensed/ allowed to be rented, vs private home use casettes sold at Kmart Etc.
small video stores would literally pay 5-8times the price for a copy destined to be rented repeatedly.
"FatWallet also features a Cash Back rebate shopping section, where users can receive a percentage of purchases back from purchases made through referral links to hundreds of online retailers. Originally known as FatCash, this feature is where FatWallet got its start."
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why can't I just provide a forum for others
http://www.bartleby.com/66/40/63040.html
affects decisions based on ignorance/knowledge of what they ARE transporting
.cn hosts" there is no common carrier issue.
it has nothing to do with a refusal to connect two points.
it's a poor analogy- but
i.e. if Mama Bell won't connect you to 900 & 976 numbers it does not affect common carrier status.
if they say- we saw you downloading pro-life material, and won't let it go through any more-- thats one thing.
but they say "no more connecting to
imagine if I obfuscate all my emails, but always mention an item avaialble from amazon.
but to an elf- you look like a native of Brobdingnag with pores the size of quarters....
Yeah-- These guys
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=office+chairs+in+redmond,+wa&ie=UTF8&z=12
ask the pirate bay.
"how it's made" largely showcases canadian companies
MEGACORPS have to play by some rules little guys don't
100.19 per MONTH covers my highspeed COMMERCIAL connection from comcast
which I am not allowed to use to supply wifi to the public
I do anyway
I've never asked what the fee would be for a connection where I am allowed to do so.
now-- imagine a starbucks where commercial cable modems aren't available, and a T-1 is required.
100 per store won't cut it..
12 Mbps
10 MB
do you know what comparing apples to oranges means?
it takes 6.66 seconds to push 10 MegaBytes down a 12 MeagaBits pipe
the 45 million is FOR AN ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT STUDY
read the summary again.
I saw UAC, I was thinking ID's DOOM game... but-- Microsoft UAC-- much better fit for the situation...
I'm worried that you are oblivious to the 'real world'
except you wrote 'for now'
what do you really expect will happen going forward with Fios?
in windows (if you have it)
type in tracert gmail.com
EVERY computer/ip item listed-- takes your plaintext SMTP and passes it to the next item, and can keep a copy if they want to.
you really think this is wholly different than keeping it in googles gmail server?
as soon as I read your comment- I had to roll up and make sure it wasn't submitted by Roland.
http://www.cert.org/homeusers/email_postcard.html
there are, between my ISP and the destination ISP-- many many waypoints that a bored tech can use to copy all the packets moving through--
where do you get the light from when the Laser just doesn't 'do it' for the medium any more?
all SMTP passes in the open right?
google or not-- emails pass through third parties all the time.
Gosh- you haven't heard of it- it must not exist?
they do-- in lots of form factors and pricepoints.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=3d+scanner&spell=1
but-- even when these lines were laid, weren't they laid in duplicate/quad sets to the homes?
I know they have BUNDLES to boxes at endpoints.. why not use multiple lines for those who really need to be in the woods and need more speed?
read it- it's only counting LAPTOPS SOLD IN BRICK AND MORTAR STORES-- as in physical presence purchase.
If I'm spending a grand, (and I've spent 4,753 once recently) on a laptop, I'm not going into a store.
how many laptops even available in B&M stores are over 1k?
it's just crap statistics.....
http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:W8fbAqRwzqMJ:www.entmerch.org/industry_history.html+rental+version+vhs+cassette+blockbuster&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
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December 1980 - Walt Disney Productions announces that it would enter the home video market. It proposes the first "authorized rental" plan to retailers, under which a retailer could pay a flat fee for a cassette and have the right to rent it as many times as possible for 13 weeks. Sellthrough units could be purchased separately."
"January 1981 - Columbia Pictures attempts to impose two-tier pricing for video, with red videocassettes for rental and black for sale and retailer contracts obligating them to abide by the rental and sale restrictions."
That article has a seriously flawed 'qualified' statement-- can't believe you aren't considering this.
part 1 " Consider this: Apple's retail market share is 14 percent, and two-thirds for PCs costing $1,000 or more. "
part 2 "The share data is for first-quarter brick-and-mortar stores, as tabulated by the NPD Group. "
ok.. two thirds of brick and mortar laptop sales-- NOT ALL LAPTOP sales...
think about that-- if YOU were gonna spend over 1k on a laptop- would you go to best buy?
(I realize people do so)
but what percentage of wintel laptops in B&M stores are even priced over 1k?
who is being naive? apple fans at the mall.....
Ya know what! I bet they also 97% or more of all laptops depicting a piece of fruit as it's logo.
While first releases were often more expensive than perhaps a few months later,
until the mid 90's the method of studios recuping rental revenue was to have a different pricepoint for VHS videocasettes that were sold as licensed/ allowed to be rented, vs private home use casettes sold at Kmart Etc.
small video stores would literally pay 5-8times the price for a copy destined to be rented repeatedly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FatWallet
"FatWallet also features a Cash Back rebate shopping section, where users can receive a percentage of purchases back from purchases made through referral links to hundreds of online retailers. Originally known as FatCash, this feature is where FatWallet got its start."
Most people were shocked by crying game, because they watched it in the two years preceeding the release of stargate.