It suddenly becomes apparent that they *are* doing what the customers want: namely, full control of the distribution channel.
If I were the advertiser, I'd say they weren't doing their job. Their job is to get my message in front of the viewers, and they can't pull their shit together and get people to watch.
So really, shouldn't the advertisers be pissed that it takes 4 months for a show to hit the air? That has to negatively affect viewership. Hence the hubbub over BT downloads, right?
I don't see the attraction either. Plain face, boney body, bad attitude. I mean, its not like there is a shortage of little rich girls with no morals. She is far from the prettiest of the bunch.
Its not like she is talented either. Her biggest assets are just being rich and being a celebrity. WHY she is a celebrity is beyond me.
She's not just rich, she's damn rich. She also plays the part of being mentally handicapped quite well. In truth, I suspect she's quite smart and a ridiculously hard worker. You just can't be an idol to teens if you're way over their head and too normal to get attention. Perhaps some of us could even take a lesson, and learn to compromise some ego in return for some finacial success. Well, not me, but other people.:)
No, I expected it would be like Family Video operates. Unofficially, you can just never pay your fines. They did exceptionally well because when people had fines at BB, they just never rented there again. If you have fines at Family, you go in and just rent more movies. Which one makes more money on you?
When it turned out that it was 7days past due date they bill you for the movie, then you can return it in 30 days, then if you bring it back they charge you a seemingly arbitrary reshelving fee... it started getting a little bit confusing. I'm still not sure I have it exactly right.
Fortuantly, I DID get the info ahead of time, but it was not only a bit more complex than they suggested, it was more complex than I would have expected.
Even worse, I had to pry this information out of an employee who had been stricly instructed to only hand people pamphlets with legalese in them. He took mercy on me and gave me the quick lowdown.
Exactly the wave of dread that washed over me when I read that. Both parties have reasons to kiss entertainment industry ass on this, so I fear congressional action on this.
I'm just praying that Silicon Valley can buy us out of that one, if it happens. I guess we'll see in June.
What do the "business models" have to do with this? There are file sharing clients out there that are entirely free and have no company behind them to have a "business model". Not everybody's selling something.
From the article: "What you are suggesting is unlawful expropriation of property as a kind of start-up capital," said Justice Anthony Kennedy. "From an economic standpoint and legal standpoint, that sounds wrong."
What she meant, "We're no dummies... we know you started your company knowing it would only survive on illegal traffic. That's a shitty thing to do, at best."
I'm not a liar, coward. It said Kofi couldn't be charged with anything, but he "faulted him for not investigating the issue properly" [from your own article]. His son, of course, is in deep shit.
Christ, I listened to it from the investigators mouth. Flip on a TV every once in awhile.
Eh... no need for concern. The UN is totally impotent.
However, I particularly loved the part about how the UN is graciously going to fix the SPAM problem for us, but free speech is too delicate a subject to address. Typical power-grab garbage.
Oh by the way, the report about Kofi and his son came out today. Unsurprisingly, the inquiry indicates that they're scumbags. Expect to see a resignation.
And your point is well-taken, but the beef of this argument is with the corporate sector who have serious licensing issues to consider before they even evaluate some alternative application (much less an alternative desktop platform).
I'm confused. Java jres and jdks are free as in beer, and in some implementations, as in speech (right?). OO.o itself is free in both respects (right?). How is it less viable than a totally closed option like Microsoft's Office?
I'm really not trying to be an OO.o "zealot", or flame the other posters, I'm just confused about why using java is a problem.
I wonder if Shatner will use the same ghost writer this time?
So long as he doesn't sing the theme song.
Seriously though, I'm glad he went over that douchebag's head.
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Even I am not immune to this sort of scamming for info. While out drinking with friends (drunk actually) I was approached by an attractive female working for Marlboro. She would give me cheap cigarette coupons and a free Zippo lighter if I let them give me a survey. Drunk, distracted, and clueless, I swiped my license and took the survey. I have been getting coupons and various "gifts" in the mail since. I could have been completely duped by these people and not had a single clue. Luckily they were who they said they were and I'm not seeing any miscellaneous charges being rung up by any cigarette companies trying to cover their lawsuits with my money. Anyone (no matter how careful) can be owned. By the way - I don't even smoke cigarettes.
Yeah, the copper zippo! I have one. And I love that they send me the coupons, decks of cards, CDs, all kinds of cool stuff. If they're going to be my choice of cancer providers, at least they can give me cool shit to get buried with.
i thought the opposite, it reminded me of the kind of things some of my stoner friends would think up... "what if you could click on links i real life.... like on a web page.... but in real life......yea man you could click on it with your phone or something...." but the next day rather than realizing it was dumb they decided to actually do it.
Ha ha! I guess some people DO code better when they're messed up.
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It suddenly becomes apparent that they *are* doing what the customers want: namely, full control of the distribution channel.
If I were the advertiser, I'd say they weren't doing their job. Their job is to get my message in front of the viewers, and they can't pull their shit together and get people to watch.
So really, shouldn't the advertisers be pissed that it takes 4 months for a show to hit the air? That has to negatively affect viewership. Hence the hubbub over BT downloads, right?
Don't spend the money. You're welcome.
Now if only I'd take my own advice and ditch this worthless cable package.
I don't see the attraction either. Plain face, boney body, bad attitude. I mean, its not like there is a shortage of little rich girls with no morals. She is far from the prettiest of the bunch. Its not like she is talented either. Her biggest assets are just being rich and being a celebrity. WHY she is a celebrity is beyond me.
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She's not just rich, she's damn rich. She also plays the part of being mentally handicapped quite well. In truth, I suspect she's quite smart and a ridiculously hard worker. You just can't be an idol to teens if you're way over their head and too normal to get attention. Perhaps some of us could even take a lesson, and learn to compromise some ego in return for some finacial success. Well, not me, but other people.
Your fault huh? So just curious, how did you spend the million bucks on learning "DNS is like doughnuts... pretty good."
Doh! I was kidding, but I guess there really is a market for that.
Oh, there's an extra trailing slash on there.. but I saw it. Very cool!
I think I'm going to expand our line of geekwear from tinfoil hats to reselling designer jeans with wire mesh sewn into the pockets.
Can you guess what country I'm from?
Guess the rest reinstalled the OS and called it a day...
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Or hopefully reached for a knoppix disk.
I gave em out to friends.
holy shit, what were the odds? Johnny Cochran died today.
No, I expected it would be like Family Video operates. Unofficially, you can just never pay your fines. They did exceptionally well because when people had fines at BB, they just never rented there again. If you have fines at Family, you go in and just rent more movies. Which one makes more money on you?
When it turned out that it was 7days past due date they bill you for the movie, then you can return it in 30 days, then if you bring it back they charge you a seemingly arbitrary reshelving fee... it started getting a little bit confusing. I'm still not sure I have it exactly right.
Fortuantly, I DID get the info ahead of time, but it was not only a bit more complex than they suggested, it was more complex than I would have expected.
Even worse, I had to pry this information out of an employee who had been stricly instructed to only hand people pamphlets with legalese in them. He took mercy on me and gave me the quick lowdown.
Yeah, he'll be pulling an OJ Simpson soon.
I mean hiding his assets, not killing people.
But now that we're on the topic, jerk should have hired Johnny Cochrane.
a combination of civil and criminal action
I can see it now. They seize his mailing lists to contact everyone to join the class action lawsuit. A spam promising free money thats actually true!
Its assumed that anyone filing for bankruptcy protection with $50 million in debt, probably makes more than me.
Sir, that kid is talking out his ass and we know it.
That kid doesn't speak for us, and we congratulate you on your outstanding victory.
I don't think he even read your writeup, or he would have KNOWN that you booked through hotels.com.
Exactly the wave of dread that washed over me when I read that. Both parties have reasons to kiss entertainment industry ass on this, so I fear congressional action on this.
I'm just praying that Silicon Valley can buy us out of that one, if it happens. I guess we'll see in June.
What do the "business models" have to do with this? There are file sharing clients out there that are entirely free and have no company behind them to have a "business model". Not everybody's selling something.
From the article:
"What you are suggesting is unlawful expropriation of property as a kind of start-up capital," said Justice Anthony Kennedy. "From an economic standpoint and legal standpoint, that sounds wrong."
What she meant, "We're no dummies... we know you started your company knowing it would only survive on illegal traffic. That's a shitty thing to do, at best."
I'm not a liar, coward. It said Kofi couldn't be charged with anything, but he "faulted him for not investigating the issue properly" [from your own article]. His son, of course, is in deep shit.
Christ, I listened to it from the investigators mouth. Flip on a TV every once in awhile.
Eh... no need for concern. The UN is totally impotent.
However, I particularly loved the part about how the UN is graciously going to fix the SPAM problem for us, but free speech is too delicate a subject to address. Typical power-grab garbage.
Oh by the way, the report about Kofi and his son came out today. Unsurprisingly, the inquiry indicates that they're scumbags. Expect to see a resignation.
But.. the version that shipped with Fedora runs on an OSS jre. What's wrong with that?
Wow! I didn't send in the additional miles and such to reload that card, but I did get it and spend the original $10 (I think it was 10).
Anyway, I doubt this would apply in any court to lawsuits not relating to the "Rewards Program" itself. At least, I hope not.
Even us smokers hope those fuckers get nailed at every turn.
And your point is well-taken, but the beef of this argument is with the corporate sector who have serious licensing issues to consider before they even evaluate some alternative application (much less an alternative desktop platform).
I'm confused. Java jres and jdks are free as in beer, and in some implementations, as in speech (right?). OO.o itself is free in both respects (right?). How is it less viable than a totally closed option like Microsoft's Office?
I'm really not trying to be an OO.o "zealot", or flame the other posters, I'm just confused about why using java is a problem.
I wonder if Shatner will use the same ghost writer this time?
So long as he doesn't sing the theme song.
Seriously though, I'm glad he went over that douchebag's head.
Even I am not immune to this sort of scamming for info. While out drinking with friends (drunk actually) I was approached by an attractive female working for Marlboro. She would give me cheap cigarette coupons and a free Zippo lighter if I let them give me a survey. Drunk, distracted, and clueless, I swiped my license and took the survey. I have been getting coupons and various "gifts" in the mail since. I could have been completely duped by these people and not had a single clue. Luckily they were who they said they were and I'm not seeing any miscellaneous charges being rung up by any cigarette companies trying to cover their lawsuits with my money. Anyone (no matter how careful) can be owned. By the way - I don't even smoke cigarettes.
Yeah, the copper zippo! I have one. And I love that they send me the coupons, decks of cards, CDs, all kinds of cool stuff. If they're going to be my choice of cancer providers, at least they can give me cool shit to get buried with.
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Note to self... "syntap" userid 242090
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i thought the opposite, it reminded me of the kind of things some of my stoner friends would think up... "what if you could click on links i real life.... like on a web page.... but in real life......yea man you could click on it with your phone or something...." but the next day rather than realizing it was dumb they decided to actually do it.
Ha ha! I guess some people DO code better when they're messed up.