I'd try porn and "great deals". Search around, follow all the links, enter contests. Get "free passwords" by email and stuff. Register at places that don't seem reputable.
Anywhere scummy and nasty should be a source of spam.
Federal law requires that auto manufacturers use only EPA estimates when promoting their vehicles' fuel economy, according to Toyota spokeswoman Nancy Hubbell.
They know they don't get that fuel efficiency, but they can't do anything about it. Any company that cares about customer satisfaction wants to set realistic expectations, unfortunately they are legally prohibited from doing so.
Question with your idea that nanotech will cause capitalism to collapse.
Why? We would still need, services (doctors to design), raw material, and energy. I'd think nanotech fabrication would only remove the manufacturing aspect, and this is happening in all the first world countries as we offshore it anyway.
I think anti piracy actions, and proper copyright enforcement is a good thing for free software.
Firstly the GPL (and other free licenses) get their strength from copyright law, without it they have much less value.
The second is that when people have to choose between expensive closed software, and cheaper free software, it will gain market share. Hopefully this will further development.
Is Ebay better then newspaper classifieds or a flea market? If I get ripped off at a yard sale, I can't blame the newspaper. If I get ripped off at a flea market, it isn't the building owner who is responsible, it is the seller.
Yes it could be abused. However most people are a little honest and won't be using it as a free rental service. The other thing is that buying it with no worries if it isn't quite right will encourage you to buy items you might not have. If you intended to use it as a free rental service, once you get it home and like it, you might even keep it.
Occasionally there are people banned from stores or disallowed returns because of abuse, but it is rare.
I haven't had any trouble. I have wandered in with damaged and defective Sears screwdrivers and gotten replacements with no receipt and issues. My wife orders clothes and if it doens't fit returns it without any problems. The staff is generally a step above much of the competition, both in knowledge, and customer service.
If you unlawfully aquire property, you do not gain any rights to that property.
This is also true of stolen property, as well as unlicenced property or information. Basically anything that is not yours, and aquired without permission by the 'owner' does not carry an inheirant right to use.
IIRC Microsoft has a common UI standard for all applications. I think it was published as a recommendation for Windows programmers back in the pre 3.1 days.
I can't imagine Microsoft winning a suit against someone for implementing their UI when they specifically recommended people keep a consistent UI for all applications.
The problem is that people install random crap that they don't need, and it causes trouble.
You only need a few plugins or helper apps. Flash is nice, Acrobat is a must, I grab mozilla too.
I don't find my online experience lacking, I get my emails, I find phone numbers, and get information on other stuff I need. Ebay and online banking work just fine.
Discouraging piracy is a more direct route to more sales. They want windows, make them buy it. They might use something else rather then buy Windows, but then they weren't gonna buy Windows anyway, so you don't have any lost sales.
Actually it is that simple. You are correct that the common mistake is wrongly assumed values. But if you guess wrong, any analysis based on that data will also be flawed.
That is why these management decisions should be done properly. It is also one reason why people complain about bad management, they just don't know the numbers going into the equation.
The proper way to account for sunk costs is to ignore them. Today I have windows, costs paid so far are irrelevant.
To move to Linux will cost $XXX over T years. To keep up to date with Windows will cost $YYY over T years. Cost of lost/gained functionality by moving to Linux is $ZZZ over T years
If ((XXX + ZZZ) YYY):
Move to Linux Else:
Stay with Windows
Why would it be wrong to promote your product now?
This is the right time to promote it, and the positive aspects compared to the current solution. You will likely have an easier time trying to point out some of the flaws with their current situation.
Actually at $0.25/device they're likely making really good money for it. They just sit back, and people send them money, they don't have to do any work. You don't need to license a patent to write a good implementation of a filesystem, only to distribute it.
People want Sports teams and Computers in classrooms.
They don't care that most kids can't count, they get calculators in grade school. Music programs are expensive, and the average joe doesn't understand the value of them. Lots of people have the attitude "I didn't do it and I turned out okay, so my kid doesn't need it either."
I know of kids who got out of required courses because their parents didn't think it was important. They skipped the foreign language requirement to go to play in the gym.
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I'd try porn and "great deals". Search around, follow all the links, enter contests. Get "free passwords" by email and stuff.
Register at places that don't seem reputable.
Anywhere scummy and nasty should be a source of spam.
Federal law requires that auto manufacturers use only EPA estimates when promoting their vehicles' fuel economy, according to Toyota spokeswoman Nancy Hubbell.
They know they don't get that fuel efficiency, but they can't do anything about it. Any company that cares about customer satisfaction wants to set realistic expectations, unfortunately they are legally prohibited from doing so.
One of the most valuable commodity to a spammer is known good email addresses. Why should we give him more.
The ISP should simply ignore the complaints, do a spot audit of his spamming, or just get rid of him because almost nobody wants spam anyway.
canned software sold at retail (subject to sales tax)
and software licensed or leased by the developer (currently not taxed)
Since (almost) all software is licensed not sold does that mean they are illegally taxing it?
So when there is no need for manufacturing companies, they will collapse. Isn't that the point of capitalism? Things that aren't needed don't exist.
Marketing will be important, I'd say more important. With nearly unlimited options you'll have trouble choosing the right or best one.
Copying other designs may happen, but then many will pay a premium for custom work.
I will trade a custom car design for some custom art.
Read a bit more science fiction, there are many solutions to these problems.
Oh, I thought most people wanted cheap or free music. I wouldn't say everyone, because that is clearly not true.
It's free on the radio, why shouldn't it be free on the net.
Question with your idea that nanotech will cause capitalism to collapse.
Why? We would still need, services (doctors to design), raw material, and energy.
I'd think nanotech fabrication would only remove the manufacturing aspect, and this is happening in all the first world countries as we offshore it anyway.
I think anti piracy actions, and proper copyright enforcement is a good thing for free software.
Firstly the GPL (and other free licenses) get their strength from copyright law, without it they have much less value.
The second is that when people have to choose between expensive closed software, and cheaper free software, it will gain market share. Hopefully this will further development.
Is Ebay better then newspaper classifieds or a flea market?
If I get ripped off at a yard sale, I can't blame the newspaper.
If I get ripped off at a flea market, it isn't the building owner who is responsible, it is the seller.
Yes it could be abused.
However most people are a little honest and won't be using it as a free rental service.
The other thing is that buying it with no worries if it isn't quite right will encourage you to buy items you might not have.
If you intended to use it as a free rental service, once you get it home and like it, you might even keep it.
Occasionally there are people banned from stores or disallowed returns because of abuse, but it is rare.
I haven't had any trouble.
I have wandered in with damaged and defective Sears screwdrivers and gotten replacements with no receipt and issues.
My wife orders clothes and if it doens't fit returns it without any problems.
The staff is generally a step above much of the competition, both in knowledge, and customer service.
If you unlawfully aquire property, you do not gain any rights to that property.
This is also true of stolen property, as well as unlicenced property or information. Basically anything that is not yours, and aquired without permission by the 'owner' does not carry an inheirant right to use.
Finding it is easy.
Simply not installing it is also easy.
IIRC Microsoft has a common UI standard for all applications.
I think it was published as a recommendation for Windows programmers back in the pre 3.1 days.
I can't imagine Microsoft winning a suit against someone for implementing their UI when they specifically recommended people keep a consistent UI for all applications.
I visit lots of sites. I get lots of email
The problem is that people install random crap that they don't need, and it causes trouble.
You only need a few plugins or helper apps.
Flash is nice, Acrobat is a must, I grab mozilla too.
I don't find my online experience lacking, I get my emails, I find phone numbers, and get information on other stuff I need. Ebay and online banking work just fine.
I don't understand the problem.
My wife is relatively computer literate. But it comes down to a simple rule.
Don't download anything, don't install anything. Ignore all those taskbars and toolbars and toys.
we've had no trouble.
If you do not lawfully aquire an item, you have no right to possess let alone use it.
Possession of stolen property does not give you any rights to that property.
Discouraging piracy is a more direct route to more sales.
They want windows, make them buy it. They might use something else rather then buy Windows, but then they weren't gonna buy Windows anyway, so you don't have any lost sales.
Well we're at it, why not do warranty repairs on stolen vehicles.
This is ridiculous, you have no right to use the software. What sort of obligation does ANYONE have to help you maintain it.
Actually it is that simple.
You are correct that the common mistake is wrongly assumed values. But if you guess wrong, any analysis based on that data will also be flawed.
That is why these management decisions should be done properly. It is also one reason why people complain about bad management, they just don't know the numbers going into the equation.
The proper way to account for sunk costs is to ignore them.
Today I have windows, costs paid so far are irrelevant.
To move to Linux will cost $XXX over T years.
To keep up to date with Windows will cost $YYY over T years.
Cost of lost/gained functionality by moving to Linux is $ZZZ over T years
If ((XXX + ZZZ) YYY):
Move to Linux
Else:
Stay with Windows
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How dare they suggest a solution that will improve my situation.
When someone breaks their leg or their computer, they should just suffer.
We have to stop these people preying on the vulnerable!!
(Guess who disagrees with you)
Why would it be wrong to promote your product now?
This is the right time to promote it, and the positive aspects compared to the current solution. You will likely have an easier time trying to point out some of the flaws with their current situation.
Actually at $0.25/device they're likely making really good money for it. They just sit back, and people send them money, they don't have to do any work.
You don't need to license a patent to write a good implementation of a filesystem, only to distribute it.
People want Sports teams and Computers in classrooms.
They don't care that most kids can't count, they get calculators in grade school. Music programs are expensive, and the average joe doesn't understand the value of them.
Lots of people have the attitude "I didn't do it and I turned out okay, so my kid doesn't need it either."
I know of kids who got out of required courses because their parents didn't think it was important. They skipped the foreign language requirement to go to play in the gym.