Of course is they provided TV shows for easy download with the commercials it would kill the online market. But you would most likely FF right through them.
Actually they would not if you put a sign on it inviting people to do so, which is why his analogy is incorrect. (beyond the fact that it didn't much compare to accessing a publicly available site anyway)
BRD is the last of the breed and it will increasingly compete with online purchases. I imagine that BRD will never achieve the success of DVD just because of this factor. Unless that Japanese super high def comes here soon.
That is why countries like Finland, which has a higher divorce rate than the US, top the rankings?
Stop pushing your "morality" based agenda without facts to back it up.
Yeah, cause it is so much more important to be "awesome" than focus on saving lives and other uses of the money, or perhaps, saving the US economy. The trip to Mars is the biggest waste of money yet proposed in this government as providing almost zero benefit after billions of dollars. All the exciting space stuff is going on in the private sector, let them waste their own money instead of mine.
I saw the director's cut first when I was in junior high, had no problem understanding what was going on, and then saw the cloyingly narrated "original"... Is it really that confusing?
Middlemen generally exist in markets where they can provide particular expertise, distribution, production or other economies of scale. While labels certainly have a specialty in promotion (albeit to the detriment of taste perhaps), the other reasons for their existence are no longer relevant.
Frankly the market will evolve to "tastemakers" being the promoters. Just look at Pitchfork's ironclad grip on the "indie" music scene. Basically Pitchfork gives an album a 9 and everyone goes out and downloads it. The labels may exist in a diminished form to continue to pay off radio stations and try and dictate what sells, but they aren't really needed.
At this point, the only thing that will ever fix the patent system is going to be fixed is if it gets even worse and corporations decide that it isn't worth it... So I say let the lawsuits fly!
They should have just given consumers open access to the spectrum so that we could have something better than Wifi....
And why won't they just harmonize our frequencies with European carriers, or at least just pick some national broadcast standards.
They also have the second highest funding for their military despite it being ruled unconstitutional by their own judges, their fighter jets comply by having smaller fuel tanks (that are easily and quickly switched), and they refuse to sell us their military technology. They will eventually amend the constitution, partially cause we want them to balance against China.
Then Apple doesn't care about your issue of sorting files a certain way, because to add the ability to script iTunes to sort files a certain way would open up potential bugs, incompatibilities, and require resources for something that should essentially not matter. Who care that iTunes organizes your music for you really? It does so in a fairly logical manner even.
More importantly adding the feature is another preference box/interaction that makes the interface more complicated for the average family user, and they would lose more people than they would gain by including such a feature.
Even more to the point, you can do what you want. Just turn off the iTunes organization feature, script something to organize the files the way you want, and iTunes won't move them at all.
Not that I am defending Apple here, or the bloatware that is iTunes. They are definitely clamping down and enjoying their monopoly status in the MP3 market a bit too much... But there is no point in criticizing them for something that is esoteric and actually not true.
You are always welcome to come to Manhattan and pay $3000 a month for what amounts to a closet, get paid a bit more (but not nearly enough to cover the increased rent) and be able to have a choice in broadband.
To some extent, you want people with old cars to be hit with the tax if you are trying to discourage driving in fuel-inefficient cars. You want to shift the balance of the decision towards buying the new, efficient car, and you can either subsidize their purchase (which would be a nightmare) or penalize their use of gas. Gas taxes are a much better solution for paying for roads, because they tax all driving, and I seriously doubt that most people are driving on private roads.
Taxes are multipurpose and sometimes driven by cross-purposes. They are there to maintain the roads. They can also be used to discourage driving, encourage higher density living, and encourage the use of alternative transit. They can also act as a proxy for making people pay somewhat for all that "free" parking that the city provides for cars. If you are against taxes, you should take into account the benefits you receive from government and see if you would prefer to be charged by private entities (like parking on NYC streets which they should charge a fortune for but remains free).
Chicago used to be a big hockey town before they started blacking out games if they weren't sold out. Guess what? A whole generation basically never watched the games on TV and now they have no fans. Not that I really care about hockey.
They should just auction the visas. Then companies could bid on them up to the value the worker really has. Although I think that they should just have an unlimited number personally.
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So why don't they just break down and admit they are developing an OS that runs on top of other OSes?
Of course is they provided TV shows for easy download with the commercials it would kill the online market. But you would most likely FF right through them.
Actually they would not if you put a sign on it inviting people to do so, which is why his analogy is incorrect. (beyond the fact that it didn't much compare to accessing a publicly available site anyway)
Safari 3.1 is supposed to be really fast as well. How do they stack up?
BRD is the last of the breed and it will increasingly compete with online purchases. I imagine that BRD will never achieve the success of DVD just because of this factor. Unless that Japanese super high def comes here soon.
If they said it, the media would crucify them, being interested parties. So they don't dare say it.
That is why countries like Finland, which has a higher divorce rate than the US, top the rankings? Stop pushing your "morality" based agenda without facts to back it up.
Yeah, cause it is so much more important to be "awesome" than focus on saving lives and other uses of the money, or perhaps, saving the US economy. The trip to Mars is the biggest waste of money yet proposed in this government as providing almost zero benefit after billions of dollars. All the exciting space stuff is going on in the private sector, let them waste their own money instead of mine.
1. MRI scanners in the doorways.
2. Track people everywhere and if someone isn't chipped kill 'em.
3. Make people strip naked and wear comfy bathrobes through the whole flight.
See... easy.
I saw the director's cut first when I was in junior high, had no problem understanding what was going on, and then saw the cloyingly narrated "original"... Is it really that confusing?
Sorry, have to disagree. The voiceover is unnecessary and condescending. Put in there because they thought people wouldn't "get it"...
Hope that they smother you to end the pain...
Middlemen generally exist in markets where they can provide particular expertise, distribution, production or other economies of scale. While labels certainly have a specialty in promotion (albeit to the detriment of taste perhaps), the other reasons for their existence are no longer relevant.
Frankly the market will evolve to "tastemakers" being the promoters. Just look at Pitchfork's ironclad grip on the "indie" music scene. Basically Pitchfork gives an album a 9 and everyone goes out and downloads it. The labels may exist in a diminished form to continue to pay off radio stations and try and dictate what sells, but they aren't really needed.
I imagine if it is backed with a dilatant fabric it might actually be relatively comfortable compared to modern body armour.
At this point, the only thing that will ever fix the patent system is going to be fixed is if it gets even worse and corporations decide that it isn't worth it... So I say let the lawsuits fly!
This is weak. The government should not have settled as this sets no precedent and the fine is relatively paltry....
They should have just given consumers open access to the spectrum so that we could have something better than Wifi.... And why won't they just harmonize our frequencies with European carriers, or at least just pick some national broadcast standards.
They also have the second highest funding for their military despite it being ruled unconstitutional by their own judges, their fighter jets comply by having smaller fuel tanks (that are easily and quickly switched), and they refuse to sell us their military technology. They will eventually amend the constitution, partially cause we want them to balance against China.
Then Apple doesn't care about your issue of sorting files a certain way, because to add the ability to script iTunes to sort files a certain way would open up potential bugs, incompatibilities, and require resources for something that should essentially not matter. Who care that iTunes organizes your music for you really? It does so in a fairly logical manner even. More importantly adding the feature is another preference box/interaction that makes the interface more complicated for the average family user, and they would lose more people than they would gain by including such a feature. Even more to the point, you can do what you want. Just turn off the iTunes organization feature, script something to organize the files the way you want, and iTunes won't move them at all. Not that I am defending Apple here, or the bloatware that is iTunes. They are definitely clamping down and enjoying their monopoly status in the MP3 market a bit too much... But there is no point in criticizing them for something that is esoteric and actually not true.
You are always welcome to come to Manhattan and pay $3000 a month for what amounts to a closet, get paid a bit more (but not nearly enough to cover the increased rent) and be able to have a choice in broadband.
To some extent, you want people with old cars to be hit with the tax if you are trying to discourage driving in fuel-inefficient cars. You want to shift the balance of the decision towards buying the new, efficient car, and you can either subsidize their purchase (which would be a nightmare) or penalize their use of gas. Gas taxes are a much better solution for paying for roads, because they tax all driving, and I seriously doubt that most people are driving on private roads. Taxes are multipurpose and sometimes driven by cross-purposes. They are there to maintain the roads. They can also be used to discourage driving, encourage higher density living, and encourage the use of alternative transit. They can also act as a proxy for making people pay somewhat for all that "free" parking that the city provides for cars. If you are against taxes, you should take into account the benefits you receive from government and see if you would prefer to be charged by private entities (like parking on NYC streets which they should charge a fortune for but remains free).
Chicago used to be a big hockey town before they started blacking out games if they weren't sold out. Guess what? A whole generation basically never watched the games on TV and now they have no fans. Not that I really care about hockey.
I close to avoid the spray of stuff all over your bathroom caused by the flush. It is pretty gross not to.
Is it cheaper? And more important for my use, is it better than kevlar for my bike tires?
They should just auction the visas. Then companies could bid on them up to the value the worker really has. Although I think that they should just have an unlimited number personally.