You do realize monopolies are restrained by law because they subvert the free market forces, right?
False. Well, there are two kinds of monopolies. The government enforced ones (in the US we have the postal service with a government mandated monopoly that is often flaunted by FedEx/UPS). And then there are natural monopolies and they work in with market forces.
You are complaining about a process that subverts... well, what you want the outcome to be. But this democratic process subverts something else: market forces.
Now I realize that ISO is not a government but rather a governing body of a standard, and that all organizations need to make decisions like this.
However, the deck stacking of allowing some kind of democratic system where all companies get an equal voice regardless of their size, their revenue, or their contributions to the group (apart from the standardmembership dues) is also pretty subversive to a decision making process.
Look - if ISO is suppose to be resolved by all the companies in a coutry, and then all of them show up and vote for OOXML (as awful as it is based on my current assessment), then there isn't anything to complain about.
If only the decision were made by a single corporation that had a profit motive, they would be more inclined to make the best decision and dump OOXML.
The service has very high speed - bursts they say - because for the average user, the few times they download a song off of Itunes or a video or game demo, they want it to go down the tubes with a BANG.
The speed argument is one of their big sticks against DLS. Surely you've seen the Slowskies commercials, right?
Besides, don't get your panties in a knot. This is all temporary as the wireless solutions are being martialed, DSL and cable net will become much less relevant.
VHS and shoes are a perfect example of marketing outweighing superior quality.
No, shoes are not. And VHS is certainly not.
I know maybe 100 people- personally - none of whom by their running or cycling shoes on the basis of marketing.
And VHS? Beta had many limitations. Like not being able to fit a football game on a single tape, slow ff/rw, and had no better quality when competing with extended play. .
No, good marketing does not overcome a bad product. If it looks like it does, that's because you aren't using the same metric as the consumers are. Or you are just out to lunch - witness your comments on VHS.
There are two flaws with your evaluation. I can't believe you got modded 5.
First, you don't buy games based on the percentage of all games that are over 80, you buy games that are over 80 (assuming that means good). So 360 has the most games over 80 - 3 times as many as PS3.
As a more complicated evaluation, you should not necessarily include cross platform in evaluating 360/PS3 unless there is a substantial difference in the games. This is what is bringing the 360 down - the cross platforms average higher than 80 - so if you remove them, PS3 will have even less games over 80 and possibly a lower percentage over 80.
The crux of this is the number matters, not the percentage. There was a massive amount of shovelware for the PS1/PS2 - remember? But that didn't detract from GTA, etc.
You realize that having other vendors there brings in an 'economy of scale' factor that lowers the cost of having a booth and lowers the 'break even' point for the small non-electronic firms deciding whether or not to go there, right?
The example you give is a silly one. Shoes are, for most, a fashion item meant to display an association with someone else or with a certain wealth or with a certain social status.
However, for shoes that are performance related, you will quickly find that people choose these on the bases of results, fit, etc. Fashion comes in a distant place. You should see the ugly Newton Running shoes I am wearing now because they are that good - and see all the other people wearing them too.
If you DO think that markteting is overcoming product deficit, it's because you're a snob who thinks people are too stupid to know what's best and are making the falacious assumption that what is best for you is not what is best for someone else.
Capitalism has nothing to do with the "best ideas rising to the top"
Actually, yes it does and it is here, too. It happens on a broad aggregate over time.
Capitalism makes a great omelet but requires breaking the egg. It's not always 100% pure gross for everyone all the time, but is is a damn good net gain for everyone over time.
Besides, there are so many limitations on capitalism that the real yield to the 'common man' is hindered on every level by anti-trust. Like XM and Sirrus having trouble merging, for example.
I have four local coaches and belong to a gym, a masters swimming group, and a running club. I also jaunt up to NYC from time to time to see another coach.
As for the gym, I don't really want to buy the power cage for the squats and deadlifts, a decline, flat and incline bench, a dip bar with a weight belt, and all the weights that the gym has so I can tune my lift to 2.5lbs of exactly how much I want to be moving. Besides, I need a spotter for the bench work.
I prefer to lift around 2-3PM anyway when I'm downtown at my office, so it works out.
I DO have a door gym though for the wake-up routine of pullups and pushups - that thing travels with me.
Wait - so as a student, you don't get to use the gym for free?
I went to the most expensive Uni in the US and they looked for every opportunity to nickel-and-dime you - but they had a great gym (though the pool was a little lacking) and we didn't get charged to access it.
It's not expensive. Do decently in HS and a combination of scholarship and loans and means-tested grants will make it easy for you.
However, the government's added debt and taxes to fund this will make education more expensive. Every increase in government tuition assistance is met with an increase in tuition costs. Further, the additional burden on the economy that these taxes create will hamper individuals ability to afford loans or to earn money necessary to pay for college.
I do agree with the premise of restricting it to math/science/engineering and not to stupid majors like liberal arts for hippies.
Anyway, back to you thinking it's a good idea.... why not have the government pay for all the necessities in life - why stop at college tuition? After all, total government control over the pre-college education system in this country has made it the envy of the world, right?
Did you consider that if MTV had done a half-decent job marketing Urge, MS might have kept it for Zune or might have put more effort into it as well?
What was MTV bringing to the relationship? Anything? Supposedly cache of some kind - but it didn't materialize - just as it's not going to do a whole helluvalot for Real.
You need an advanced data extraction tool to tell you that there aren't enough Warthogs for the player to use?
Yes, you do. The play testers themselves aren't likely to realize this - they may be thinking that the warthogs are FOR the ai guys or they may think 'my fault- I should have run to the warthog faster.'
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False. Well, there are two kinds of monopolies. The government enforced ones (in the US we have the postal service with a government mandated monopoly that is often flaunted by FedEx/UPS). And then there are natural monopolies and they work in with market forces.
Alan Greenspan does a better job explaning this than I can if you are interested in learning more.
Why is it nicest?
Now I realize that ISO is not a government but rather a governing body of a standard, and that all organizations need to make decisions like this.
However, the deck stacking of allowing some kind of democratic system where all companies get an equal voice regardless of their size, their revenue, or their contributions to the group (apart from the standardmembership dues) is also pretty subversive to a decision making process.
Look - if ISO is suppose to be resolved by all the companies in a coutry, and then all of them show up and vote for OOXML (as awful as it is based on my current assessment), then there isn't anything to complain about.
If only the decision were made by a single corporation that had a profit motive, they would be more inclined to make the best decision and dump OOXML.
But don't let logic or common sense get in your way.
The service has very high speed - bursts they say - because for the average user, the few times they download a song off of Itunes or a video or game demo, they want it to go down the tubes with a BANG.
The speed argument is one of their big sticks against DLS. Surely you've seen the Slowskies commercials, right?
Besides, don't get your panties in a knot. This is all temporary as the wireless solutions are being martialed, DSL and cable net will become much less relevant.
Excellent! Thanks!
Gee, thanks. I thought they were visiting the Wizard.
Uh....WHAT?
What the hell is the Emerald City?
No, shoes are not. And VHS is certainly not.
I know maybe 100 people- personally - none of whom by their running or cycling shoes on the basis of marketing.
And VHS? Beta had many limitations. Like not being able to fit a football game on a single tape, slow ff/rw, and had no better quality when competing with extended play. .
No, good marketing does not overcome a bad product. If it looks like it does, that's because you aren't using the same metric as the consumers are. Or you are just out to lunch - witness your comments on VHS.
They aren't stupid; they are learning. Just like the person who posted the story that this thread linked to.
My point was that your inclusion of percentages was useless. That was all.
Since when are 'stupid' users trolling around in their registry or running root kit detectors?
First, you don't buy games based on the percentage of all games that are over 80, you buy games that are over 80 (assuming that means good). So 360 has the most games over 80 - 3 times as many as PS3.
As a more complicated evaluation, you should not necessarily include cross platform in evaluating 360/PS3 unless there is a substantial difference in the games. This is what is bringing the 360 down - the cross platforms average higher than 80 - so if you remove them, PS3 will have even less games over 80 and possibly a lower percentage over 80.
The crux of this is the number matters, not the percentage. There was a massive amount of shovelware for the PS1/PS2 - remember? But that didn't detract from GTA, etc.
You realize that having other vendors there brings in an 'economy of scale' factor that lowers the cost of having a booth and lowers the 'break even' point for the small non-electronic firms deciding whether or not to go there, right?
False. Witness Examples to the Contrary:
The example you give is a silly one. Shoes are, for most, a fashion item meant to display an association with someone else or with a certain wealth or with a certain social status.
However, for shoes that are performance related, you will quickly find that people choose these on the bases of results, fit, etc. Fashion comes in a distant place. You should see the ugly Newton Running shoes I am wearing now because they are that good - and see all the other people wearing them too.
If you DO think that markteting is overcoming product deficit, it's because you're a snob who thinks people are too stupid to know what's best and are making the falacious assumption that what is best for you is not what is best for someone else.
Geez do I seem like such an old geezer? Try GWU.
Actually, yes it does and it is here, too. It happens on a broad aggregate over time.
Capitalism makes a great omelet but requires breaking the egg. It's not always 100% pure gross for everyone all the time, but is is a damn good net gain for everyone over time.
Besides, there are so many limitations on capitalism that the real yield to the 'common man' is hindered on every level by anti-trust. Like XM and Sirrus having trouble merging, for example.
As for the gym, I don't really want to buy the power cage for the squats and deadlifts, a decline, flat and incline bench, a dip bar with a weight belt, and all the weights that the gym has so I can tune my lift to 2.5lbs of exactly how much I want to be moving. Besides, I need a spotter for the bench work.
I prefer to lift around 2-3PM anyway when I'm downtown at my office, so it works out.
I DO have a door gym though for the wake-up routine of pullups and pushups - that thing travels with me.
Too bad it doesn't work like that for me in the real world where I'm paying several times that a month for training and access to fitness.
I went to the most expensive Uni in the US and they looked for every opportunity to nickel-and-dime you - but they had a great gym (though the pool was a little lacking) and we didn't get charged to access it.
Wow. Word of the day followed by insult of the day. Very nice. You definitely have some cachet.
However, the government's added debt and taxes to fund this will make education more expensive. Every increase in government tuition assistance is met with an increase in tuition costs. Further, the additional burden on the economy that these taxes create will hamper individuals ability to afford loans or to earn money necessary to pay for college.
I do agree with the premise of restricting it to math/science/engineering and not to stupid majors like liberal arts for hippies.
Anyway, back to you thinking it's a good idea.... why not have the government pay for all the necessities in life - why stop at college tuition? After all, total government control over the pre-college education system in this country has made it the envy of the world, right?
What was MTV bringing to the relationship? Anything? Supposedly cache of some kind - but it didn't materialize - just as it's not going to do a whole helluvalot for Real.
Yes, you do. The play testers themselves aren't likely to realize this - they may be thinking that the warthogs are FOR the ai guys or they may think 'my fault- I should have run to the warthog faster.'