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Re:Why complain about choice?
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Lulu Introduces DRM
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I actually kinda like that Lulu is offering it. I don't expect it, but I hope that the sales numbers illustrate authors getting a solid f'ing black eye by opting for DRM. Then perhaps it could serve as a lesson to them... hate on your customers and they'll hate on you right back.
Yup. Why, have you found something that works better than a barracuda appliance?
Right now I might get 1 or 2 spam emails a week with the 'cuda. I haven't had a false positive in 2 years. When we had GFI + RBL's, I'd get about 20+ per day. So... roughly 140 per week down to 1 (sometimes 2). This is not a big company, roughly 3,000 emails per day across all users.
You're kidding, right? Did you just call PayPal a reputable company? You clearly haven't had an account seized for no particular reason... or the various other nefarious shit they're known for.
Agreed. We moved away from their spam filtering products a couple years ago and picked up a barracuda appliance. The GFI app was such a worthless hunk of crap, we've never looked back.
I think people will absolutely pay for news--but opinion is, as said upwards of here, worth exactly crap in terms of monetary value.
Already lots of pundits get to charge for "exclusive" access to their websites. Never underestimate a persons desire to surround themselves with other, like-minded people.
That's ridiculous. The Razr was a giant hit. Everyone wanted one when Paris Hilton got one. I don't think the sidekick fared as well.
As far as its actual merits as a phone... whatever. It worked well as a comm device and was pretty darn bulletproof compared to your average smartphone.
You notice that there's a billion dollars in risk here?
Sounds to me like there is considerable incentive to be an epic scale douchebag of the internet. You'd think he'd be a gajillionaire, right?
Except...
"As of October 2003, he is working as a DJ in Las Vegas, making weekly appearances at OPM nightclub (name changed to 'Poetry Nightclub' October 5, 2007) in Caesars Palace Forum Shops on the Las Vegas Strip. Wallace performs under the name DJ MasterWeb.[8]"
"Wallace filed for bankruptcy in June, 2009. On 2009-10-29, a Northern California District Court Judge awarded Facebook $711M in damages.[12]. Although unlikely to collect due to his bankruptcy, the presiding judge in the case also recommended Criminal Contempt charges against Wallace, who may face jail time as a result." -wiki
So uh, it's not like he's ridonculously wealthy as a result of being a sleezebag? What gives???
On the contrary, I don't care what my users keep... my quotas exist because I'm not Google and I don't have a 30 trillion dollars to spend on mail servers and backups of mail servers.
Also, moving a multi-GB mailbox from one server to another in exchange is a fucking nightmare.
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No. It's not.
One has chosen to kill people.
He's using the US version.
The US version used to fit US businesses pretty closely. It had the same effect you describe... we all thought of someone we'd worked for.
Then the show got wildly over the top and all the characters became overblown versions of their quirky selves. It no-longer resembles reality.
Someone wrote an article on this with an excellent breakdown of how ridiculous it's gotten, but I forget where it was. :(
That's not love, it's angina.
I say we just let them suffer until they HAVE to bring new products and services, and they still don't get to muck with my Tv hardware.
Oddly I'll always remember 3com for having bought up US Robotics.
Does that make me old? :(
"how much did we spend this month and what did we get for our money"
I actually kinda like that Lulu is offering it. I don't expect it, but I hope that the sales numbers illustrate authors getting a solid f'ing black eye by opting for DRM. Then perhaps it could serve as a lesson to them... hate on your customers and they'll hate on you right back.
It will make an excellent word problem in class.
Kids might even pay attention to this one. ;)
Doesn't matter. This is version 2.0 of the bomb divining rod.
Retails for about $280,562.99 here in the US.
You don't have clearance to see the flashy dots from the tracking beacons we were injected with.
Hey, if it worked in Hackers and Johnny Mnemonic...
Yup. Why, have you found something that works better than a barracuda appliance?
Right now I might get 1 or 2 spam emails a week with the 'cuda. I haven't had a false positive in 2 years. When we had GFI + RBL's, I'd get about 20+ per day. So... roughly 140 per week down to 1 (sometimes 2). This is not a big company, roughly 3,000 emails per day across all users.
Welcome to the schoolyard.
The fact that there are retards in the US doesn't mean we can't point at the retards in other places too.
Especially if they're being soaked, and doubly-so if it's my money.
It's not a violation of your agreement. Your agreement never promised you "X down/Y Up".
False advertising is a more reasonable accusation.
You're kidding, right? Did you just call PayPal a reputable company? You clearly haven't had an account seized for no particular reason... or the various other nefarious shit they're known for.
That story brightened my day a little.
Agreed. We moved away from their spam filtering products a couple years ago and picked up a barracuda appliance. The GFI app was such a worthless hunk of crap, we've never looked back.
Whoa, slow down there party animal.
If you want a Debian that stable, use Debian. :)
I think people will absolutely pay for news--but opinion is, as said upwards of here, worth exactly crap in terms of monetary value.
Already lots of pundits get to charge for "exclusive" access to their websites. Never underestimate a persons desire to surround themselves with other, like-minded people.
I think the Wall Street Journal has been tempting the rest of them a little too well.
That's ridiculous. The Razr was a giant hit. Everyone wanted one when Paris Hilton got one. I don't think the sidekick fared as well.
As far as its actual merits as a phone... whatever. It worked well as a comm device and was pretty darn bulletproof compared to your average smartphone.
You notice that there's a billion dollars in risk here?
Sounds to me like there is considerable incentive to be an epic scale douchebag of the internet. You'd think he'd be a gajillionaire, right?
Except...
"As of October 2003, he is working as a DJ in Las Vegas, making weekly appearances at OPM nightclub (name changed to 'Poetry Nightclub' October 5, 2007) in Caesars Palace Forum Shops on the Las Vegas Strip. Wallace performs under the name DJ MasterWeb.[8]"
"Wallace filed for bankruptcy in June, 2009. On 2009-10-29, a Northern California District Court Judge awarded Facebook $711M in damages.[12]. Although unlikely to collect due to his bankruptcy, the presiding judge in the case also recommended Criminal Contempt charges against Wallace, who may face jail time as a result." -wiki
So uh, it's not like he's ridonculously wealthy as a result of being a sleezebag? What gives???
On the contrary, I don't care what my users keep... my quotas exist because I'm not Google and I don't have a 30 trillion dollars to spend on mail servers and backups of mail servers.
Also, moving a multi-GB mailbox from one server to another in exchange is a fucking nightmare.
Don't pets travel there?