Come on people, we're talking about the MTV awards here, brought to us by MTV; the epitomy of modern pop and hype culture. We're talking about something hosted by a TV station aimed at 14 year old girls who faint at the sight of $current_hip_boyband and wish to be like $cheap_spicegirls_knock_off while flooding the rest of the market with artists like $random_teen_chick and $overhyped_guy_who_looks_gay...
Hmmm... the perfect formula to make money!!!
A handful of cases our of 600K is reasonable considering all the combinations of HW and SW out there...
Nonetheless... M$ should be more careful, especially because of the media sensasionalism.
Actually, there's also the possibility that the CEO's assitant is a middle aged, not-nice-to-anyone lady that is there because of her natural ability to say "No" to every request and her looks are "good" enough to provide no threat to the CEO's marriage.
really should make true gamers think about the future of videogames, with Sony and Microsoft wanting to create entertainment hubs, and Nintendo's demise looming, I guess we're not very far from a Holywood Syndrome.
Once Nintendo is out of the picture, the "true games" part of the equation will sucumb to more "interesting" business models such as "In-game advertising", more FMV, more pop music soundtracks, more movie-game translations, more "let's do what's in..." a.k.a "Bullet time on every production" etc.... it's the Industry's second death, and there will be no NES to save us....
"When Bush went to gain support from other UN countries, not once did he mention freedom for the oppressed Iraqis. He mentioned nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, weapons of mass destruction and terrorists. The reason countries like Canada decided not to support this war (which should have been your first clue, considering their participation in Operation Apollo) was because every reason Bush was presenting to the UN had no proof. It was all lies."
I believe that the US in the past has made a lot of mistakes, and many of those mistakes are caused because either times changed or intere$t$ changed.
Examples: Situation A: Communism and Latin America
Problem: We have to stop communism from spreading.
Solution: Let some military dictator take care of their country. We'll aid him to control the population.
Problems: Times have changed, comunism is no longer a treat and we see now that countries are more and more getting together as economic blocks, however, the US can't count on Latin American countries to compete with other blocks because political instabilities have provoked corruption and lack of economic development.
Situation B : We gotta get payback from Vietnam.
Solution: Hey. let's fight a proxy war with the USSR in Afghanistan;
And then: The war is over.. who's going to rule in Afghanistan...?? Hmmmm... I dunno... well.. there's a group called the Taliban that will take care.... Alright!!! let's get our American ass out of here.
Problems: We all know the ending of that tale.
Precedents like these hurt the US. The whole Iraq WMD thing SHOULD HAVE NEVER been about the US and the UN being pressured to prove that Iraq has a Smoking gun. It should have been about the world putting pressure on Iraq about their WMDs.
Sadly, I guess the background of our country and our leaders is against us. and If you add our "great skills" as diplomats ("Old Europe", "Axis of Evil" come to mind), then we're in for a very interesting ride.
Another key source of income for Apple is their AppleCare package, which gives minimum-hastle repairs / replacements to people who break thier Macs. This would not be availible to iBox users, so would help to differentiate the Apple brand.
What if he decides to add Evil bit support through hardware... then he'll have a MAJOR differenciator.
What about this...
Buy Windows Server 2005 to securely run a VM of Windows Server 2003 that can securely run a VM of NT 4.0 that can actually run your business critical app!!!
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I believe that mentioning the Car industry is a little bit off to do an accurate comparison.
These companies HAVE TO minimize exchange currency risk (E.g. Caterpillar VS Komatsu during the 80s)and have complex part/product distribution requirements.
Hence moving overseas was needed to continue in business. It's true that in many cases (Mexico) labor is cheaper, BUT this move was needed to stay competitive.
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Come on people, we're talking about the MTV awards here, brought to us by MTV; the epitomy of modern pop and hype culture. We're talking about something hosted by a TV station aimed at 14 year old girls who faint at the sight of $current_hip_boyband and wish to be like $cheap_spicegirls_knock_off while flooding the rest of the market with artists like $random_teen_chick and $overhyped_guy_who_looks_gay ...
Hmmm... the perfect formula to make money!!!
A handful of cases our of 600K is reasonable considering all the combinations of HW and SW out there... Nonetheless... M$ should be more careful, especially because of the media sensasionalism.
Actually, there's also the possibility that the CEO's assitant is a middle aged, not-nice-to-anyone lady that is there because of her natural ability to say "No" to every request and her looks are "good" enough to provide no threat to the CEO's marriage.
really should make true gamers think about the future of videogames, with Sony and Microsoft wanting to create entertainment hubs, and Nintendo's demise looming, I guess we're not very far from a Holywood Syndrome. Once Nintendo is out of the picture, the "true games" part of the equation will sucumb to more "interesting" business models such as "In-game advertising", more FMV, more pop music soundtracks, more movie-game translations, more "let's do what's in..." a.k.a "Bullet time on every production" etc.... it's the Industry's second death, and there will be no NES to save us....
"What is a date but a job interview that could end in bed?"
Jerry Seinfeld
"When Bush went to gain support from other UN countries, not once did he mention freedom for the oppressed Iraqis. He mentioned nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, weapons of mass destruction and terrorists. The reason countries like Canada decided not to support this war (which should have been your first clue, considering their participation in Operation Apollo) was because every reason Bush was presenting to the UN had no proof. It was all lies."
I believe that the US in the past has made a lot of mistakes, and many of those mistakes are caused because either times changed or intere$t$ changed.
Examples:
Situation A: Communism and Latin America
Problem: We have to stop communism from spreading.
Solution: Let some military dictator take care of their country. We'll aid him to control the population.
Problems: Times have changed, comunism is no longer a treat and we see now that countries are more and more getting together as economic blocks, however, the US can't count on Latin American countries to compete with other blocks because political instabilities have provoked corruption and lack of economic development.
Situation B : We gotta get payback from Vietnam.
Solution: Hey. let's fight a proxy war with the USSR in Afghanistan;
And then: The war is over.. who's going to rule in Afghanistan...?? Hmmmm... I dunno... well.. there's a group called the Taliban that will take care.... Alright!!! let's get our American ass out of here.
Problems: We all know the ending of that tale.
Precedents like these hurt the US. The whole Iraq WMD thing SHOULD HAVE NEVER been about the US and the UN being pressured to prove that Iraq has a Smoking gun. It should have been about the world putting pressure on Iraq about their WMDs.
Sadly, I guess the background of our country and our leaders is against us. and If you add our "great skills" as diplomats ("Old Europe", "Axis of Evil" come to mind), then we're in for a very interesting ride.
Another key source of income for Apple is their AppleCare package, which gives minimum-hastle repairs / replacements to people who break thier Macs. This would not be availible to iBox users, so would help to differentiate the Apple brand. What if he decides to add Evil bit support through hardware... then he'll have a MAJOR differenciator.
that carrying around a laser pointer will not only get you in trouble at the movie theater...
A loss of objectivity for the sake of art!!! Poor fool.
Virii: Anonymous Coward's way to say viruses.
What about this... Buy Windows Server 2005 to securely run a VM of Windows Server 2003 that can securely run a VM of NT 4.0 that can actually run your business critical app!!!
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We're screwed.. now the cheap and reliable Linksys products are going to become fre@king Xpensive just for having the cisco brand. :(
I believe that mentioning the Car industry is a little bit off to do an accurate comparison. These companies HAVE TO minimize exchange currency risk (E.g. Caterpillar VS Komatsu during the 80s)and have complex part/product distribution requirements. Hence moving overseas was needed to continue in business. It's true that in many cases (Mexico) labor is cheaper, BUT this move was needed to stay competitive.