That is precisely how the market DOES organically set price to value.
A seller is free to set a price on his product at whatever he wants.
If this price is at or below the perceived value of the product, then consumers will buy it. If it is below the perceived value, then consumers will buy more (each consumer buys more units or more consumers will buy). If the price is higher than perceived value, then consumers just won't buy it. They'll either find alternatives or just do without.
That's how the market works. Your position that the "transaction price is below what te (sic) buyer values a good at and above what a seller values at" doesn't work. You can only have a transaction if both parties actually connect at a price point where both parties overlap. If there's no overlap, there's no transaction -- both buyer and consumer walk away. No transaction means no "transaction price."
This is covered in every intro to economics course in the first few lectures.
OK. I see your point, but I still think my original point is valid. If you're wrecking property that isn't yours, the charge is going to be destruction of public or private property, not poaching. That means you'd be a vandal, not a hunter.
The article says that HUNTERS regularly TRIED to hit the insulators. That's like those jackasses that shoot up stop signs for fun. It's called VANDALISM, not HUNTING.
I'm guessing the animal rights nuts and anti-gun people are thinking that hunters go in the woods, get bored, and start shooting at random objects to pass the time..
That makes absolutely no sense. Regardless of what game you're going after, if you make any noise at all, any game in the vicinity will take off. If you fire off a shot, you can pretty much pack it up and go home. You're not getting anything that day.
In this particular scenario, it seems like Ebay is punishing itself.
The buyer can't get the page to work, so doesn't bid on the seller's stuff.
The item either doesn't sell or it sells for less.
Since Ebay's fee structure is a listing fee plus a percentage of the final sale price, they stand to make less if they choose to ignore this.
If they make the right choices, little or no training will be required except on the maintenance/IT side. All of the off the shelf Microsoft based applications have Linux or Java analogs that have near identical interfaces right down to appearance and keyboard shortcuts. When it comes to custom software, it will take some time to recode them for the Linux platform, but it's fairly easy to duplicate the interface there too.
If done right, I doubt anyone will even really notice the change over. You can set it up so that the differences are even smaller than the transition from XP to Vista. Remember that with the exception of the IT staff and developers, very few of the staff ever even see the command line, which is where the greatest differences lie between windows and Linux.
>This is legal but it's unhealthy. The return to the shareholders is short term and long term this >practice stands to damage employee morale...
That's one of the problems with the way performance is evaluated now. They're ALWAYS looking for the short term fix, because that's the timeframe used to gauge performance. If you institute a short term policy that looks good NOW, but hoses the country or the company later, by the time that happens, you'll have moved on, and it's someone else's problem. Further, there's absolutely no incentive to introduce stable long term solutions under these conditions, because all the credit for them will go to your successor, as he/she will be at the helm when the your decisions bear fruit. In the meantime, it's your fault for that great big hole in the budget (the cost of putting those solutions in motion).
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Yeah, but the terrorists aren't using Nuclear Weapons. Until Iran goes online, they don't have access to the materials, so they'll be using Biological and Chemical weapons. Do the public health hand washing campaign PSAs count as the modern equivalent?
According to the description, this card is for a new government employee ID. I'm Canadian, so I don't know for sure how this is for the US, but up here, if you work for the government, your government department is already going to have a lot of your personal information. While it's not required for all public service jobs, some positions require to get at least a minimal security clearance, and depending on how high a clearance you need to get, you might get fingerprinted. The only thing new here is that they're encoding all that digitally onto your staff ID card.
It should be rediculously easy to avoid getting one of these cards: Just don't apply for a government job.
Actually, I think that snippet of the GPL covers that as well.
IANAL, but I don't have to be, as that snippet seems pretty clear. As soon as Sony knows that the code is GPL'd, they have a choice of stopping distribution or agreeing to the terms. At this point, given how much of a s---storm this has become, someone at Sony must know of the legal status of the code by now. Whether it's a direct response to the GPL or to the public backlash of the rootkit itself, they would seem to be in compliance with that provision, because they've ceased distribution of the rootkit CDs.
The CDs that are already out there look to be a kind of free ride for Sony as far as the GPL goes, but if they resume distribution, it's as good as clicking "I Agree" -- whatever that's worth.
You'll still probably be able to, if you've got a few million bucks burning a hole in your pocket.
You'll just have to make arrangements with the Chinese or Russian governments, rather than booking on Pan Am, but at least the computer won't kill you -- not on purpose anyways.
The guy article says this guy welched on a verbal contract where he offered to give $10K to charity (still waiting apparently) if someone developed a game involving pissing on people and killing game store clerks. Apparently the game was made, because Penny Arcade stepped up and paid off the charity reward, which is part of this "harrassment".
The difference is that this particular episode being discussed was put online half a day after the episode originally premiered in the USA. On DVD, they don't release the episode until the last episode has premiered, or sometimes 6 months or longer after that. That means the stations have 8-14 months of exclusivity during which they, and only they can run and re-run those episodes for ad revenue. That exclusivity means they can charge a bit more for the airtime. It's that loss of exclusivity (and the potential loss in ad revenue that comes with it) that the affiliates are complaining about, and not allowing them to renegotiate the broadcast right fees to compensate for that.
If the producer (in this case, I guess it's ABC) was to release the episodes on episode single DVDs 24 hours after they premier in the USA, the affiliates would probably have the same problem with it.
From the Desk of ObsessiveMathsFreak (773371): >From Joe averages point of view. > >Step 1. Get arrested, detained and have DNA sample taken. >Step 2. Be released without charge. >Step 3. Have results of own DNA sold back to self. >Step 4. ??? >Step 5. Profit.
Sorry, but I'm just not seeing how Step 5 even belongs there.
1. The product won't become popular enough to warrant a v2.0 release
2. How will they ever catch all those early adopter bugs? A lot of bugs never show up until a large number of suc...people get their hands on the technology.
I for one salute the sacrifices of these noble early adopters:)
There's zillions of things that could possibly go wrong with the human body, so a guy could go broke testing for every possible disease -- assuming the disease has a biochemical indicator. Also, a common view point for hypochondriacs is that if you don't have 'it', that doesn't mean you can't catch 'it' tomorrow. These test kits could be like crack to these people, having to keep going back to the pharmacy for their weekly fix.
I don't see how iso-propanol would be any better. The stuff is still poisonous and flammable.
However, if you do some legwork on the technology, you'll find that they're not using straight alcohol for fuel cells. It's often a very dilute solution of 5% or so in distilled water. At that concentration, it'd take a lot of effort to ignite the methanol, and you're not likely to poison yourself with it at that concentration.
As for ethanol, it'd probably be just as diluted as the methanol for this application. Given that you'd probably have a very small tank of fuel solution in something the size of a AA or 9volt battery (about the right size for portable consumer electronics), you'd probably have to suck down a few hundred thousand batteries to get drunk. Add to that, the probable cost of each battery (even assuming they're as cheap as current alkalines), it would be cheaper and easier to just buy a bottle of Vodka.
You can't put QED there unless you've proven something. It means "That which has been demonstrated", and you haven't demonstrated anything, or even supplied a premise to start with.
If you truly care:
Facts on Farts by Brenna Lorenz, Megaera Lorenz, Malachi Pulte.
If you didn't want to know, you shouldn't have asked.
Aside from the privacy issues of governments, spouses, criminals, corporations, etc tracking people, a GPS device will need to emit a fair bit of EM radiation. We've already got concerns about long term intermittant cel phone use being a potential health hazard.
You're talking about a device stuck under the skin that's going to blast out EM radiation into you 24/7, continuously, or pulsed every few minutes. I can't see that as being very healthy.
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Not false.
That is precisely how the market DOES organically set price to value.
A seller is free to set a price on his product at whatever he wants.
If this price is at or below the perceived value of the product, then consumers will buy it. If it is below the perceived value, then consumers will buy more (each consumer buys more units or more consumers will buy). If the price is higher than perceived value, then consumers just won't buy it. They'll either find alternatives or just do without.
That's how the market works. Your position that the "transaction price is below what te (sic) buyer values a good at and above what a seller values at" doesn't work. You can only have a transaction if both parties actually connect at a price point where both parties overlap. If there's no overlap, there's no transaction -- both buyer and consumer walk away. No transaction means no "transaction price."
This is covered in every intro to economics course in the first few lectures.
British slang for "stuff"
Have you been on Youtube lately? Blowing crap up is a pretty common hobby among Americans.
The US government is conveniently exempted from the DMCA when national security issues become involved.
Pretty much anything to do with the armed forces can very easily be swept under that particular rug.
OK. I see your point, but I still think my original point is valid. If you're wrecking property that isn't yours, the charge is going to be destruction of public or private property, not poaching. That means you'd be a vandal, not a hunter.
The article says that HUNTERS regularly TRIED to hit the insulators. That's like those jackasses that shoot up stop signs for fun. It's called VANDALISM, not HUNTING.
I'm guessing the animal rights nuts and anti-gun people are thinking that hunters go in the woods, get bored, and start shooting at random objects to pass the time..
That makes absolutely no sense. Regardless of what game you're going after, if you make any noise at all, any game in the vicinity will take off. If you fire off a shot, you can pretty much pack it up and go home. You're not getting anything that day.
So, would it give her any protection in case of identity theft? Surely someone's causing market confusion about the product in that case.
In this particular scenario, it seems like Ebay is punishing itself. The buyer can't get the page to work, so doesn't bid on the seller's stuff. The item either doesn't sell or it sells for less. Since Ebay's fee structure is a listing fee plus a percentage of the final sale price, they stand to make less if they choose to ignore this.
If they make the right choices, little or no training will be required except on the maintenance/IT side. All of the off the shelf Microsoft based applications have Linux or Java analogs that have near identical interfaces right down to appearance and keyboard shortcuts. When it comes to custom software, it will take some time to recode them for the Linux platform, but it's fairly easy to duplicate the interface there too.
If done right, I doubt anyone will even really notice the change over. You can set it up so that the differences are even smaller than the transition from XP to Vista. Remember that with the exception of the IT staff and developers, very few of the staff ever even see the command line, which is where the greatest differences lie between windows and Linux.
>This is legal but it's unhealthy. The return to the shareholders is short term and long term this
>practice stands to damage employee morale...
That's one of the problems with the way performance is evaluated now. They're ALWAYS looking for the short term fix, because that's the timeframe used to gauge performance. If you institute a short term policy that looks good NOW, but hoses the country or the company later, by the time that happens, you'll have moved on, and it's someone else's problem. Further, there's absolutely no incentive to introduce stable long term solutions under these conditions, because all the credit for them will go to your successor, as he/she will be at the helm when the your decisions bear fruit. In the meantime, it's your fault for that great big hole in the budget (the cost of putting those solutions in motion).
Yeah, but the terrorists aren't using Nuclear Weapons. Until Iran goes online, they don't have access to the materials, so they'll be using Biological and Chemical weapons. Do the public health hand washing campaign PSAs count as the modern equivalent?
If they had, they might have gotten out sooner.
According to the description, this card is for a new government employee ID. I'm Canadian, so I don't know for sure how this is for the US, but up here, if you work for the government, your government department is already going to have a lot of your personal information. While it's not required for all public service jobs, some positions require to get at least a minimal security clearance, and depending on how high a clearance you need to get, you might get fingerprinted. The only thing new here is that they're encoding all that digitally onto your staff ID card.
It should be rediculously easy to avoid getting one of these cards: Just don't apply for a government job.
Actually, I think that snippet of the GPL covers that as well.
IANAL, but I don't have to be, as that snippet seems pretty clear. As soon as Sony knows that the code is GPL'd, they have a choice of stopping distribution or agreeing to the terms. At this point, given how much of a s---storm this has become, someone at Sony must know of the legal status of the code by now. Whether it's a direct response to the GPL or to the public backlash of the rootkit itself, they would seem to be in compliance with that provision, because they've ceased distribution of the rootkit CDs.
The CDs that are already out there look to be a kind of free ride for Sony as far as the GPL goes, but if they resume distribution, it's as good as clicking "I Agree" -- whatever that's worth.
Well, if you want to nitpick, sharks aren't technically fish either as they don't have a bone skeleton.
Of course, if you nitpick enough, you'll probably find this isn't true either.
The downside is coming into work on Monday and being handed a katana with the understanding you will "do the honorable thing."
Hmm...
A) Accept this decorative sword as a gift for exceptional service, with a nice 'thank you' note to follow
B) Pose menacingly for the upcoming 'Boyz of IT' calendar
C) Slaughter everyone in management
You'll still probably be able to, if you've got a few million bucks burning a hole in your pocket.
You'll just have to make arrangements with the Chinese or Russian governments, rather than booking on Pan Am, but at least the computer won't kill you -- not on purpose anyways.
The guy article says this guy welched on a verbal contract where he offered to give $10K to charity (still waiting apparently) if someone developed a game involving pissing on people and killing game store clerks. Apparently the game was made, because Penny Arcade stepped up and paid off the charity reward, which is part of this "harrassment".
So what ever happened to the game?
The difference is that this particular episode being discussed was put online half a day after the episode originally premiered in the USA. On DVD, they don't release the episode until the last episode has premiered, or sometimes 6 months or longer after that. That means the stations have 8-14 months of exclusivity during which they, and only they can run and re-run those episodes for ad revenue. That exclusivity means they can charge a bit more for the airtime. It's that loss of exclusivity (and the potential loss in ad revenue that comes with it) that the affiliates are complaining about, and not allowing them to renegotiate the broadcast right fees to compensate for that.
If the producer (in this case, I guess it's ABC) was to release the episodes on episode single DVDs 24 hours after they premier in the USA, the affiliates would probably have the same problem with it.
From the Desk of ObsessiveMathsFreak (773371):
>From Joe averages point of view.
>
>Step 1. Get arrested, detained and have DNA sample taken.
>Step 2. Be released without charge.
>Step 3. Have results of own DNA sold back to self.
>Step 4. ???
>Step 5. Profit.
Sorry, but I'm just not seeing how Step 5 even belongs there.
OK, but if nobody's an "early adopter", then:
:)
1. The product won't become popular enough to warrant a v2.0 release
2. How will they ever catch all those early adopter bugs? A lot of bugs never show up until a large number of suc...people get their hands on the technology.
I for one salute the sacrifices of these noble early adopters
There's zillions of things that could possibly go wrong with the human body, so a guy could go broke testing for every possible disease -- assuming the disease has a biochemical indicator. Also, a common view point for hypochondriacs is that if you don't have 'it', that doesn't mean you can't catch 'it' tomorrow. These test kits could be like crack to these people, having to keep going back to the pharmacy for their weekly fix.
I don't see how iso-propanol would be any better. The stuff is still poisonous and flammable.
However, if you do some legwork on the technology, you'll find that they're not using straight alcohol for fuel cells. It's often a very dilute solution of 5% or so in distilled water. At that concentration, it'd take a lot of effort to ignite the methanol, and you're not likely to poison yourself with it at that concentration.
As for ethanol, it'd probably be just as diluted as the methanol for this application. Given that you'd probably have a very small tank of fuel solution in something the size of a AA or 9volt battery (about the right size for portable consumer electronics), you'd probably have to suck down a few hundred thousand batteries to get drunk. Add to that, the probable cost of each battery (even assuming they're as cheap as current alkalines), it would be cheaper and easier to just buy a bottle of Vodka.
You can't put QED there unless you've proven something. It means "That which has been demonstrated", and you haven't demonstrated anything, or even supplied a premise to start with.
If you truly care:
Facts on Farts by Brenna Lorenz, Megaera Lorenz, Malachi Pulte. If you didn't want to know, you shouldn't have asked.Aside from the privacy issues of governments, spouses, criminals, corporations, etc tracking people, a GPS device will need to emit a fair bit of EM radiation. We've already got concerns about long term intermittant cel phone use being a potential health hazard.
You're talking about a device stuck under the skin that's going to blast out EM radiation into you 24/7, continuously, or pulsed every few minutes. I can't see that as being very healthy.