That would be accurate if all you were getting just a blank cd.
A more accurate estimate of value (based on things I'e heard here on/.) would be:
CD: $.50
Songs: %.50x10 (assume 10 decent songs on a CD)
Total base: $5.50
So, $16 would be +150% markup?
On the other hand, lets take this to the other extreme that occasionally happens: one really good song and the rest of the CD is filled with utter crap, aka "filler tracks."
CD: $.50
Song: $.50 - $1 (hey, its a really good song)
Base: $1 - $1.50
Now, we're looking at a markup of about +1500-1700%, right?
Either way, Ms. Love's statement pretty much covers the fact that too much of it is going to the publisher.
The "loss leader" was allegedly the reason why they did what they did. Best Buy would advertise their CDs for $7.99 or $9.99 with the idea that once in the store, they'd have a better chance of selling things like CD players, discmans, TVs, etc.
So they enacted the "You must sell them for no less than $18" so that the exclusively music types of stores could fairly compete.
I can't confirm it but I have yet to receive any spam on my Hotmail account and I've had it for two years. My hotmail address is something that fits the description given to thwart spam.
Same here. At least for the/. audience that believed it to be a hoax and provided analysis as to why, at least they should feel pretty good in the fact that their reasoning was proved to be accurate.
Could someone explain to me why the exhaust trail in the images looks so different from the shuttle launches at Canaveral?
I'm curious as to why the plume is almost perfectly vertical along its edges and the rolling smoke appears to be merely kicked up dust. Is this the way that exhaust from a proton rocket actually looks or is this what PH believes it would look like rendered through something like Photoshop?
Also for those that are interested and didn't read more than the PM blurb...it appears that there will be an Oct 3, 2000 release of Vampire Hunter D on DVD.
God is a programmer, if there is a difference. HE made the greatest MUD of all time!
Now that God has other things to do, he just leaves the machine this MUD runs on hooked up. Occasionally, God will log in (invis, of course) make a few changes here or there behind the scenes or just hang out a bit and observe but that's about it for now.
Knowing someone (or being "someone") definitely helps get a spot on the beta. CmdrTaco, Pete Abrahms of sluggy.com, et al get in on the beta before the lottery for the rest are decided.
Now, how about the collector's edition of Diablo 2? For four days (the time you could buy it) I got absolutely nothing but busy signals and if CmdrTaco et al walk away with copies of the special edition, you can chalk that up to something other than mere coincidence.
There is a site (lost the URL) where you can answer a list of questions and then get a listing of ratings with all of the available candidates and potentials (Ralph Nader included).
Out of all the potential candidates, Ralph Nader scored the highest compatability with me at 68%. That means he was the only candidate that agreed with more (barely) than half of what I believe in.
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Perhaps but that rule only results in a subset of the primes at best.
2+1 = 3
(missed)= 5 (2x2+1)
2x3+1 = 7
11 (2x5+1)
13 (2x2x3+1)
17 (2x2x2x2+1)
19 (2x3x3+1)
23 (2x11+1)
29 (2x2x7+1)
2x3x5+1 = 31
His statement should have read more like, "no one has yet to discover *any* pattern that completely maps out the prime numbers."
:)
Veldrane
Yes, a trip that you could take the whole family with for a entertaining rendezvous(sp?).
If this was Nazi Germany it would have been "Papers, please" and then a bullet to the forehead.
That would be accurate if all you were getting just a blank cd. /.) would be:
A more accurate estimate of value (based on things I'e heard here on
CD: $.50
Songs: %.50x10 (assume 10 decent songs on a CD)
Total base: $5.50
So, $16 would be +150% markup?
On the other hand, lets take this to the other extreme that occasionally happens: one really good song and the rest of the CD is filled with utter crap, aka "filler tracks."
CD: $.50
Song: $.50 - $1 (hey, its a really good song)
Base: $1 - $1.50
Now, we're looking at a markup of about +1500-1700%, right?
Either way, Ms. Love's statement pretty much covers the fact that too much of it is going to the publisher.
-Vel
The "loss leader" was allegedly the reason why they did what they did. Best Buy would advertise their CDs for $7.99 or $9.99 with the idea that once in the store, they'd have a better chance of selling things like CD players, discmans, TVs, etc.
So they enacted the "You must sell them for no less than $18" so that the exclusively music types of stores could fairly compete.
I think that's the correct logic...
-Vel
Shouldn't that be "Dr. SuSE Linux"?
-Vel
I can't confirm it but I have yet to receive any spam on my Hotmail account and I've had it for two years. My hotmail address is something that fits the description given to thwart spam.
-Vel
This is the reason I don't play Everquest. Lack of LAN playability.
But D2 is definitely fun over my personal LAN.
-Vel
Same here. /. audience that believed it to be a hoax and provided analysis as to why, at least they should feel pretty good in the fact that their reasoning was proved to be accurate.
At least for the
-Vel
I know...same here. Do you recite it with Arnold's Austrian accent as well?
Thnx!
The Vikings already have a cool site:
dennygreensucks.com
*evil grin*
-Vel
P.S. Sorry if you don't find it humorous, I guess you have to be a Minnesotan.
Could someone explain to me why the exhaust trail in the images looks so different from the shuttle launches at Canaveral?
I'm curious as to why the plume is almost perfectly vertical along its edges and the rolling smoke appears to be merely kicked up dust. Is this the way that exhaust from a proton rocket actually looks or is this what PH believes it would look like rendered through something like Photoshop?
-Vel
Yeah, that's right. He ended up in a monastery though, didn't he?
Also for those that are interested and didn't read more than the PM blurb...it appears that there will be an Oct 3, 2000 release of Vampire Hunter D on DVD.
-Vel
And their first assignment is to track down the mysterious entity known as the "Daring Dragoon."
>;)
-Vel
Especially considering his parents are Mystique & Sabertooth (allegedly).
I also think he would have been a little young to be Quicksilver, Magneto's son. (I could be wrong on this but I'm confident I'm right.)
And created a new sig for each person containing itself so the person could be sending it out with each new e-mail they sent.
I believe a LOT of people caught the names of the students. Even vaguely hinted about them.
Trying to do our best not to spoil that aspect of the movie.
:)
-Vel
Yes, so perfect in absolutely every way that this being creates humans so they are imperfect.
I'm perfect in every way and I'm glad.
-Vel
P.S. Don't worship me.
God is a programmer, if there is a difference.
HE made the greatest MUD of all time!
Now that God has other things to do, he just leaves the machine this MUD runs on hooked up. Occasionally, God will log in (invis, of course) make a few changes here or there behind the scenes or just hang out a bit and observe but that's about it for now.
>;)
-Vel
Not to knock the Prey team but I thought I heard once that the sequel to Prey was released before the original (which isn't out yet, is it?)
Could someone clarify that for me?
-Vel
Only 8 players per session as far as I know...
-Veldrane
Knowing someone (or being "someone") definitely helps get a spot on the beta. CmdrTaco, Pete Abrahms of sluggy.com, et al get in on the beta before the lottery for the rest are decided.
Now, how about the collector's edition of Diablo 2? For four days (the time you could buy it) I got absolutely nothing but busy signals and if CmdrTaco et al walk away with copies of the special edition, you can chalk that up to something other than mere coincidence.
-Vel
It was Clinton & Dole, IIRC. :)
There is a site (lost the URL) where you can answer a list of questions and then get a listing of ratings with all of the available candidates and potentials (Ralph Nader included).
Out of all the potential candidates, Ralph Nader scored the highest compatability with me at 68%.
That means he was the only candidate that agreed with more (barely) than half of what I believe in.
-Vel