However, you can't expect a multi billion dollar company to change its spots overnight. I think they are testing the waters with this move. Unfortunately, if the majority of movie fans come to the same conclusion you've elucidated, no one will use the service... leading the WB execs to believe there is no money to be made in legit P2P/ BT distribution.
Huge companies have a huge amount to lose. This is why I see the inevitable move to this distribution method first becoming useful from the hands of a smaller, less risk adverse company.
'The problem is that when we show it, people are going to be like, Yeah, whatever. Honestly, at this point we just want to finish it.'"
What kind of terrible attitude is this? I read this as "we realized we really screwed up, and that the product isn't even really very good... we are all sick of it and just want to put it behind us".
I'd feel a little more loyalty to the product after investing 10 years of my life into it, and if I didn't... I'd know it was time to admit defeat, chalk it up to (extremely painful) lessons learned, and move on to something else.
You know what Bill has left when he gives 99% of his money away? Enough money to buy anything in the world, still. I'm happy he is donating but let's be serious, there is nothing else to do when you have that much money other than bank it for your kids (which I believe he is opposed to for other reasons).
He basically bought that People Of The Year award for lack of anything better to do.
My idea during the.com era was to sell hard drives... WITH PORN ALREADY ON THEM!!! What a great deal, you can just overwrite it if you want, but now your 10 gig drive is chalk full of porn upon purchase, saving you valuable surfing and downloading time.
I was going to sell water sports porn on Seagate drives:/
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My thoughts as well.
However, you can't expect a multi billion dollar company to change its spots overnight. I think they are testing the waters with this move. Unfortunately, if the majority of movie fans come to the same conclusion you've elucidated, no one will use the service... leading the WB execs to believe there is no money to be made in legit P2P/ BT distribution.
Huge companies have a huge amount to lose. This is why I see the inevitable move to this distribution method first becoming useful from the hands of a smaller, less risk adverse company.
that's not really all that funny
'The problem is that when we show it, people are going to be like, Yeah, whatever. Honestly, at this point we just want to finish it.'"
What kind of terrible attitude is this? I read this as "we realized we really screwed up, and that the product isn't even really very good... we are all sick of it and just want to put it behind us".
I'd feel a little more loyalty to the product after investing 10 years of my life into it, and if I didn't... I'd know it was time to admit defeat, chalk it up to (extremely painful) lessons learned, and move on to something else.
From TFA:
For many, it's like any sporting event -- just with lines of computer code instead of balls
That seems really unprofessional and childish, even for a Yahoo story.
America.... FUCK YEA!
RIM would take care of that
You are fat, and got picked on in high school.
You feel no empathy for fat kids who get picked on in high school.
I'll continue to stand behind the glass, tapping away, wondering which of us is on display.
Isn't that a lyric from the new Nine Inch Nails album?
In Mortal Kombat 2, A JAX fatility showed a large African American man rip the arms off his enemy.
Kafk0wnage!
I prefer to call it "Han Solo mastering the Light Saber"
Tell me more about slightest chance to connect to the internet, we could all be in a world of pain.
Well, what's it gonna to do, bleed on us?
You know what Bill has left when he gives 99% of his money away? Enough money to buy anything in the world, still. I'm happy he is donating but let's be serious, there is nothing else to do when you have that much money other than bank it for your kids (which I believe he is opposed to for other reasons).
He basically bought that People Of The Year award for lack of anything better to do.
True, and it is mathematically provable that a Robot (based on a turing machine) can NOT become self aware (Halting Problem)
Dear god what Phluffy ever do to Oracle?
i'd be frustrated too after 8 months filled with days spent trying 'emerge longhorn'
fuck china
It's like when your sister glues your hand to the car because she caught you with the cat
finally a metaphor i can relate to
where'd you grow up, idaho?
I don't understand how this relates to GOOGLE at ALL.
we're gonna need HOSTNAMEv6 !
I look for a scientific article, I go directly to wikipedia..
When I read "scientific articles" on wikipedia, I go directly to the bathroom and vomit
Putting 'e' in front of everything is really e-nnoying
My idea during the .com era was to sell hard drives... WITH PORN ALREADY ON THEM!!! What a great deal, you can just overwrite it if you want, but now your 10 gig drive is chalk full of porn upon purchase, saving you valuable surfing and downloading time.
:/
I was going to sell water sports porn on Seagate drives
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