This is why the comparisons against derivatives are misguided. True derivatives are not physical things, but still, an option to buy pork bellies at a certian price in the future will not become worthless without pork bellies themselves becoming worthless. Whereas property on Second Life can become worthless for an infinite set of reasons.
I disagree. Pork bellies could become devalued for an also infinite number of reasons.
Competition. Fat free pork bellies could come out tomorrow, for a negligible price difference.
Risk. Pork bellies could be found to cause cancer.
So on, and so on.
You missed the point that the difference between tangible properties, such as real estate, are life necessities. Whereas, at least for the time being, intangibles are not. So the tangibles are driven by need, whereas intangibles are driven by want. When the economy takes a dive, which do you think gets cut first?
Did it occur to you that some of us have knowledge that is useful in every-day situations that you're completely ignorant of? All the while you're memorizing facts and formulas that will be useful to one in fifty million people, and calling others idiots for not knowing them - when parent was only making a joke. Get a life.
Because Amazon only pays about 3% commission. Every 3 months. Minimum of $100 payout. Not worth it. Look for sites that pay big and you'll find tons of spam. Also, they can't spider the blogs for spam, because a lot of times the blog links points to a junk domain the affiliate registers, for the sole purposes of filtering traffic back to the Casino. To figure out what sites are paying, you can check out www.cj.com, www.linkshare.com, etc.
Hope that helps clear up the confusion. I'm an affiliate marketer who only uses what I consider ethical methods, and I don't like to see good advertisers (PartyPoker actually is quite ethical, marketing-wise) get bashed.
If you guys want to slam someone, there are more than a few fortune 500 companies who buy advertising in software we all would consider adware. I'll leave the google exercise to you.
I think I've given everyone enough starting points. Let's vote with our wallets. If you don't support spyware, don't indirectly fund it by using these companies.
I believe GP is suggesting that the online poker places are not dealing from a limited 52-card deck, but are taking 52 random cards from N decks, which would skew the count for each card, obviously. While there is no way to be 100% positive, the reputable gaming sites are audited by 3rd parties, and you can find their results linked on their respective websites.
Before you flame the poker sites, understand that the people doing these ignorant and annoying advertising methods are affiliates, in their affiliate programs. Affiliates sign up via an online form, and are instantly given the tracking URLs for their account. They need only send traffic here, and get paid on any action. (I believe with PartyPoker they get a % of the rake.)
They have no realistic way to police how the affiliates promote their program, unless someone complains to them about a specific happening. Did you bother to e-mail them? Probably not.
I agree, I'd like to see these people burned at the stake. But let's be angry with the people responsible for it. And before you start with some rant, do some googling (I'm tired) and find out that probably 80% of the Fortune 500 companies that sell to consumers online have an open affiliate program. Just like PartyPoker.
What do you call Palm denying valid purchasers a working product until forced to do so under the settlement of a lawsuit? Oh, and this isn't their first such charade. The comments on that page span 2 years, now - starting in 2003. Yeah, my heart bleeds for Palm. </sarcasm>
The "why" is simple. With recent (past few years) advancements in SAMBA, the addition of their own LDAP server would allow them to completely replace domain controllers on Windows-client networks - allowing Linux to replace Windows Server.
I agree whole-heartedly with the bulk of this post. However, I must take issue with this:
most of the people working on the film AREN'T being paid what they're "supposed" to be paid. They're being paid the bare minimum they can be paid.
How do you define what "supposed to be paid" is? Isn't the value of something whatever the market is willing to bear? This is basic economic theory. If these people are offering such a service that cannot be replaced for cheaper, then they can simply demand more. If they're replaceable for a certain amount, then that is what the market is willing to bear and thus the value of that commodity. A free market creates such balances that the economic value in something is defined by its ability to generate income. If the same income can be generated for less expenditure, the market will yield to that.
Thanks to the DMCA, how will we (those of us in the US, or countries willing to extradite) even know if GPL code is in closed source software? We can't reverse engineer to find out!
I don't think it'll help, since none of us are lame enough to have Alexa toolbar installed.:) (Alexa ranking is only judged off people who have their toolbar installed.)
Don't be so sure that by that point in the future "foreign" countries will welcome US citizens with open arms (and open immigration). Just because you're American doesn't mean you can live in any country you want.
Holy RTFA. The alarms go off when the rfid tag CAN'T be found/contacted. You spent a lot of energy writing a post, with complete capital letters and linebreaks, that was clueless.
If I had been in possession of all the facts I was seeking, I wouldn't have posted a question. My question was prompted by seeing an endless stream of drivel about British broadband problems. I don't see posts about any other countries' broadband. I was looking to know what unique situation in the UK had caused this. I think the other replies to my GP answered this.
Can someone from that side of the pond clear up what the big controversy holding up affordable broadband in the UK is? I've been paying US40/mo for 5mbit cable since around early 1997. And I've not been in New York or any other large metro areas.
Go ahead and shut off your box(s). There have been several [hundred thousand] exploits written for applications written in C/C++ over the past couple decades. And guess what, it's safe to say that 99.9% of the software you use was written in C/C++ or have underlying components that require C/C++. (Visual Basic, Delphi, Etc. all are using C++ underneath)
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Tickets here are $9 for student discount, $10-12.50 for adult shows. Batman Begins at local theater. Gets more and more expensive every year.
You missed the point that the difference between tangible properties, such as real estate, are life necessities. Whereas, at least for the time being, intangibles are not. So the tangibles are driven by need, whereas intangibles are driven by want. When the economy takes a dive, which do you think gets cut first?
As long as you're not on their private property, tell him to go to hell. If it becomes physical, sue the hospital and retire.
Did it occur to you that some of us have knowledge that is useful in every-day situations that you're completely ignorant of? All the while you're memorizing facts and formulas that will be useful to one in fifty million people, and calling others idiots for not knowing them - when parent was only making a joke. Get a life.
eBay owns 25% of craigslist
Because Amazon only pays about 3% commission. Every 3 months. Minimum of $100 payout. Not worth it. Look for sites that pay big and you'll find tons of spam. Also, they can't spider the blogs for spam, because a lot of times the blog links points to a junk domain the affiliate registers, for the sole purposes of filtering traffic back to the Casino. To figure out what sites are paying, you can check out www.cj.com, www.linkshare.com, etc.
Hope that helps clear up the confusion. I'm an affiliate marketer who only uses what I consider ethical methods, and I don't like to see good advertisers (PartyPoker actually is quite ethical, marketing-wise) get bashed.
If you guys want to slam someone, there are more than a few fortune 500 companies who buy advertising in software we all would consider adware. I'll leave the google exercise to you.
Okay, I'll do some.
Investment Firms who are funding spyware
Yahoo is Largest Paying Advertiser on Gator ("Claria")
Blockbuster, Thrifty Rental Cars, Chase Credit Cards
I think I've given everyone enough starting points. Let's vote with our wallets. If you don't support spyware, don't indirectly fund it by using these companies.
I believe GP is suggesting that the online poker places are not dealing from a limited 52-card deck, but are taking 52 random cards from N decks, which would skew the count for each card, obviously. While there is no way to be 100% positive, the reputable gaming sites are audited by 3rd parties, and you can find their results linked on their respective websites.
Here I come, clue in hand..
Before you flame the poker sites, understand that the people doing these ignorant and annoying advertising methods are affiliates, in their affiliate programs. Affiliates sign up via an online form, and are instantly given the tracking URLs for their account. They need only send traffic here, and get paid on any action. (I believe with PartyPoker they get a % of the rake.)
They have no realistic way to police how the affiliates promote their program, unless someone complains to them about a specific happening. Did you bother to e-mail them? Probably not.
I agree, I'd like to see these people burned at the stake. But let's be angry with the people responsible for it. And before you start with some rant, do some googling (I'm tired) and find out that probably 80% of the Fortune 500 companies that sell to consumers online have an open affiliate program. Just like PartyPoker.
Did you just openly admit to working for EA on Slashdot?
Here, into this door! I can offer you protection!
What do you call Palm denying valid purchasers a working product until forced to do so under the settlement of a lawsuit? Oh, and this isn't their first such charade. The comments on that page span 2 years, now - starting in 2003. Yeah, my heart bleeds for Palm. </sarcasm>
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The "why" is simple. With recent (past few years) advancements in SAMBA, the addition of their own LDAP server would allow them to completely replace domain controllers on Windows-client networks - allowing Linux to replace Windows Server.
I agree whole-heartedly with the bulk of this post. However, I must take issue with this:
most of the people working on the film AREN'T being paid what they're "supposed" to be paid. They're being paid the bare minimum they can be paid.
How do you define what "supposed to be paid" is? Isn't the value of something whatever the market is willing to bear? This is basic economic theory. If these people are offering such a service that cannot be replaced for cheaper, then they can simply demand more. If they're replaceable for a certain amount, then that is what the market is willing to bear and thus the value of that commodity. A free market creates such balances that the economic value in something is defined by its ability to generate income. If the same income can be generated for less expenditure, the market will yield to that.
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Thanks to the DMCA, how will we (those of us in the US, or countries willing to extradite) even know if GPL code is in closed source software? We can't reverse engineer to find out!
I don't think it'll help, since none of us are lame enough to have Alexa toolbar installed. :) (Alexa ranking is only judged off people who have their toolbar installed.)
Don't be so sure that by that point in the future "foreign" countries will welcome US citizens with open arms (and open immigration). Just because you're American doesn't mean you can live in any country you want.
Holy RTFA. The alarms go off when the rfid tag CAN'T be found/contacted. You spent a lot of energy writing a post, with complete capital letters and linebreaks, that was clueless.
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So was your grandfather the pilot? And he was asleep?
If I had been in possession of all the facts I was seeking, I wouldn't have posted a question. My question was prompted by seeing an endless stream of drivel about British broadband problems. I don't see posts about any other countries' broadband. I was looking to know what unique situation in the UK had caused this. I think the other replies to my GP answered this.
Can someone from that side of the pond clear up what the big controversy holding up affordable broadband in the UK is? I've been paying US40/mo for 5mbit cable since around early 1997. And I've not been in New York or any other large metro areas.
Go ahead and shut off your box(s). There have been several [hundred thousand] exploits written for applications written in C/C++ over the past couple decades. And guess what, it's safe to say that 99.9% of the software you use was written in C/C++ or have underlying components that require C/C++. (Visual Basic, Delphi, Etc. all are using C++ underneath)
I realize I'm likely feeding a troll here, but..
What are these "php hacks" you speak of? Do you mean vulnerabilities? The PHP project is OSS and has a full-disclosure policy.