it's entirely demand
they feel that people *want* CDs more, so they charge more. not the way competitive market based economies typically work, but if you have a lot of control you can force it.
and sure there are some small cost increases, but i've done enough cd production for friends bands to see the costs. with all costs included it's still cheaper and easier to produce CDs than tapes. and a fair amount of 'bonus tracks' are already recorded, written and produced, they just get left out because some songs always get left out.
incidentally i am all for the new trend to include a dvd with CDs. again, most of the material is already produced--videos, give the band a miniDV camera in the studio, etc--but it's a nice bonus that some companies have begun to include.
botom line: buy more vinyl, and buy it from your local indie record store owner.
the problem i've had with riaa for a while now is the discrepency between cost and sell. if a cd costs several times less to produce than a cassette, why does a recorded cd cost up to twice as much. perceived value. incidentally i used to be the IT manager for a jewelry wholesaler and it opperates much the same way there.....and they are getting boned over these lab diamonds
there is nothing new about this idea; it's bean around for years. taken out of context, however, it leads people to the erroneous conclusion that if a bunch of virii are let loose on the net, all the systems that survive will somhow improve. to extend the bio-system analogy, that would be like dropping anthrax in time-square, figuring that whoever made it out would be better equipped to survive an attack. in reality, however, bio-systems are strengthened through either eons of evolution, or limited exposure to weakened strains. to extend this analogy, having a bunch of OS developers sitting in an isolated area studying the effects of a virus on a discreete system, then applying what was learned to the next itteration would help. thinking that letting worms loose to imporve the net as a whole is pure hooey.
is everybody with a gun a part of " A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state...?"
just curious.
there is a revolution comming.
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rather than sending jobs to india, lowering TCO is the way to go. as more companies--ie, ernie ball and now tivo--hail the benefits of open source the movement gains momenteum. eventually there will be a[nother] tech revolution......
i rarely have much of an opinion on the look of the gui, and this is no different. the buttons are too big, and the colors are the next itteration of the crappy xp default colors, but whatever
what seems important is that they are furthering the shift to task based computing that began with win xp.
this really gets me thinking, though, that ever OS that m$ has put out since win 3.1 seems like a half baked version of the next one. they put one out and the next one always makes me think "oh, that's what they were trying to do with the last one." and then there's some half assed features that will be implemented in the next one. quite a business model.
this hurts my friends as well. i have a friend who runs an indi record store. i spend all kinds of money there, but the majority is on used records--a point that's beaten to death on/.--and records from indi labels. a boycott is a kneejerk response which cause a tremendous amount of collateral damage.
spread the knowledge. let people know the cost of cd production v. the selling price. spread the word on how much actually goes to the artist, especially those out of the mainstream promote music purchased through alternate distribution chanels.
a boycott is usefull, but MASS education is better.
we are only as free as the least of us. true, i am currently tracked by my use of credit cards and online banking but this is really tantamount to eartagging homeless like so many deer.
the plan seems to put GPS chips in cell-phones and cars for those who have them, and ear-tag the ones who don't.
is not necessarily to get a job. it may be a nice side effect from time to time, but isn't there value in the learning itself.
for the record, i'm satisfied with certifications and an AA in computer science; philosophy is the only higher degree i persue.
why is it that, though a CD costs far less to produce than a cassette tape as is evident by the cost of the blank media, CDs retail for far higher than cassette tapes?
the first machine i bought with my own money was a 486dx2/66 with a cyrix chip.....ah the memories.... the last i saw it it was still working as a proxy server at my last job.
the first machine i bought with my own money was a 486dx2/66 with a cyrix chip.....ah the memories....brthe last i saw it it was still working as a proxy server at my last job.
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it's entirely demand
they feel that people *want* CDs more, so they charge more. not the way competitive market based economies typically work, but if you have a lot of control you can force it.
and sure there are some small cost increases, but i've done enough cd production for friends bands to see the costs. with all costs included it's still cheaper and easier to produce CDs than tapes. and a fair amount of 'bonus tracks' are already recorded, written and produced, they just get left out because some songs always get left out.
incidentally i am all for the new trend to include a dvd with CDs. again, most of the material is already produced--videos, give the band a miniDV camera in the studio, etc--but it's a nice bonus that some companies have begun to include.
botom line: buy more vinyl, and buy it from your local indie record store owner.
the problem i've had with riaa for a while now is the discrepency between cost and sell. if a cd costs several times less to produce than a cassette, why does a recorded cd cost up to twice as much. perceived value. incidentally i used to be the IT manager for a jewelry wholesaler and it opperates much the same way there.....and they are getting boned over these lab diamonds
there is nothing new about this idea; it's bean around for years. taken out of context, however, it leads people to the erroneous conclusion that if a bunch of virii are let loose on the net, all the systems that survive will somhow improve. to extend the bio-system analogy, that would be like dropping anthrax in time-square, figuring that whoever made it out would be better equipped to survive an attack. in reality, however, bio-systems are strengthened through either eons of evolution, or limited exposure to weakened strains. to extend this analogy, having a bunch of OS developers sitting in an isolated area studying the effects of a virus on a discreete system, then applying what was learned to the next itteration would help. thinking that letting worms loose to imporve the net as a whole is pure hooey.
is everybody with a gun a part of " A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state...?"
just curious.
rather than sending jobs to india, lowering TCO is the way to go. as more companies--ie, ernie ball and now tivo--hail the benefits of open source the movement gains momenteum. eventually there will be a[nother] tech revolution......
bring it on.
linux == slackware
i rarely have much of an opinion on the look of the gui, and this is no different. the buttons are too big, and the colors are the next itteration of the crappy xp default colors, but whatever
what seems important is that they are furthering the shift to task based computing that began with win xp.
this really gets me thinking, though, that ever OS that m$ has put out since win 3.1 seems like a half baked version of the next one. they put one out and the next one always makes me think "oh, that's what they were trying to do with the last one." and then there's some half assed features that will be implemented in the next one. quite a business model.
this hurts my friends as well. i have a friend who runs an indi record store. i spend all kinds of money there, but the majority is on used records--a point that's beaten to death on /.--and records from indi labels. a boycott is a kneejerk response which cause a tremendous amount of collateral damage.
spread the knowledge.
let people know the cost of cd production v. the selling price.
spread the word on how much actually goes to the artist, especially those out of the mainstream
promote music purchased through alternate distribution chanels.
a boycott is usefull, but MASS education is better.
i've always loved ernie ball--super slinky--and now there's one more reason.
plus you have to like this guy's non-confrontations zen like ability to learn from the crap that m$ dealt him.
we are only as free as the least of us. true, i am currently tracked by my use of credit cards and online banking but this is really tantamount to eartagging homeless like so many deer.
the plan seems to put GPS chips in cell-phones and cars for those who have them, and ear-tag the ones who don't.
why isn't brave new world required these days?
is not necessarily to get a job. it may be a nice side effect from time to time, but isn't there value in the learning itself.
for the record, i'm satisfied with certifications and an AA in computer science; philosophy is the only higher degree i persue.
instead, why not "look seriously" into building an OS that doesn't need a weekly patch?
why is it that, though a CD costs far less to produce than a cassette tape as is evident by the cost of the blank media, CDs retail for far higher than cassette tapes?
same question for DVDs.
actaully i meant as opposed to PSx where i still play gt2, bust a move, arcade classics, etc.... on my PS2 and should be able to do the same on ps3.
but, now that you mention it, i do remember buying the sega CD adapter for my genesis....and the x32 adapter too. sega was forward compatable.
i just wrote a check to SCO for $699....i thought this stuff was free?!?!?!?!
i don't get as many "reboot breaks"
developing a radical new product
so, once again, nintendo owners will have to go buy all new games.
politics are often worse in small companies. especially those that are family owned.
the severity of the ego battle is often inversely proportional to the number of egos involved.
i guess more and more people i know are signing up for safari. not exactly the same, but still they're paying for content.
At one point, "free" topped "sex" in web searches
only because people were searching for "free porn"
i don't subscribe, but i did buy the hat.
not sure how that happened
this was meant for the amd bought cyrix article
i'm so terribly embarassed.
the first machine i bought with my own money was a 486dx2/66 with a cyrix chip.....ah the memories....
the last i saw it it was still working as a proxy server at my last job.
the first machine i bought with my own money was a 486dx2/66 with a cyrix chip.....ah the memories....brthe last i saw it it was still working as a proxy server at my last job.
linux in a nutshell.
i hate to admit it, but here--at work--i have ASP in a nutshell.damn i feel dirty.