I feel sorry for a lot of the kids who might otherwise have read the book
Since when will a movie, regardless of how badly translated, actually keep a kid from reading the book? If they're interested, they'll go looking for it. Just ask any children's librarian how much interest in the books increased after the first movie came out. The only thing that'll slow them down is whiny adults.
For less than $200: 1. Turn on fax machine 2. Wait for it to warm up 3. Fax document 4. Get fax transmission receipt 5. Done
- vs -
1. Turn on computer 2. Wait for Windows, OSX, Linux, etc. to boot 3. Fire up scanning application 4. Scan document 5. Rescan document because first one was unreadable 6. Futz with document because it's still unreadable 7. Attach to e-mail 8. Send e-mail 9. Call recipient to see if they got e-mail (not all companies forward return recipts) 10. Re-send 'cause they didn't get it 11. Recompose because they don't have the same document processing software you do. 12. Follow steps 7 - 10. 13. Go home because it's quitting time.
Cost? $500 for a cheap PC, $100 or more for document processing software, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera...
Why is it such a shock that faxes are still around?
>So my point is gov't subsidies may be the wrong way to go.
If you are so upset about government subsidies, you may want to stay off the US's Interstate highway system. Since its inception in the 50's *every single mile* was, has and always will be built with government (your) money. If the system had to exist based upon tolls and tariffs, how many miles of freeway do you think would be built?
A perfect example of this was the degradation of the system that occurred in the last part of the 20th Century. Federal and local money for highway maintenance largely dried up due to changing priorities. The result? Potholes, rotting and rusting bridges and very few new freeways.
Did private industry step in to fill the void? Not a chance. Did the oil companies, car companies and other businesses whose continued good health depends upon the highways remaining in good repair offer a cent to fix the problem? No. They did what they always do--complained to local Congressperson.
"Roadways are too crowded and it's affecting deliveries", they said.
"Potholes are causing damage to our trucks", they complained.
And thus the highways were "fixed" (sort of) with a new round of Federal spending. Was this paid for with tolls, taxes or other revinue received directly from the highways themselves? No, that money stays largely in the states. The money came out of the general budget, therefore, a subsidy.
I think capitalism is largely good, too. It just doesn't seem work well for massive projects such as country-wide transportation systems or (I know I shouldn't mention this...) the precursor to the Internet.
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Isn't this a bit complex? If you're planning to lift the garment anyway, why not just lift it the first time and save the energy...
Since when will a movie, regardless of how badly translated, actually keep a kid from reading the book? If they're interested, they'll go looking for it. Just ask any children's librarian how much interest in the books increased after the first movie came out. The only thing that'll slow them down is whiny adults.
Yes, it would have done ever so much better if it had been released directly from Studio Ghibli. That's a well known name here in the US...
For less than $200:
1. Turn on fax machine
2. Wait for it to warm up
3. Fax document
4. Get fax transmission receipt
5. Done
- vs -
1. Turn on computer
2. Wait for Windows, OSX, Linux, etc. to boot
3. Fire up scanning application
4. Scan document
5. Rescan document because first one was unreadable
6. Futz with document because it's still unreadable
7. Attach to e-mail
8. Send e-mail
9. Call recipient to see if they got e-mail (not all companies forward return recipts)
10. Re-send 'cause they didn't get it
11. Recompose because they don't have the same document processing software you do.
12. Follow steps 7 - 10.
13. Go home because it's quitting time.
Cost? $500 for a cheap PC, $100 or more for document processing software, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera...
Why is it such a shock that faxes are still around?
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Sorry to burst your hyperbole, but the greatest communication revolution in human history was moveable type.
>So my point is gov't subsidies may be the wrong way to go.
If you are so upset about government subsidies, you may want to stay off the US's Interstate highway system. Since its inception in the 50's *every single mile* was, has and always will be built with government (your) money. If the system had to exist based upon tolls and tariffs, how many miles of freeway do you think would be built?
A perfect example of this was the degradation of the system that occurred in the last part of the 20th Century. Federal and local money for highway maintenance largely dried up due to changing priorities. The result? Potholes, rotting and rusting bridges and very few new freeways.
Did private industry step in to fill the void? Not a chance. Did the oil companies, car companies and other businesses whose continued good health depends upon the highways remaining in good repair offer a cent to fix the problem? No. They did what they always do--complained to local Congressperson.
"Roadways are too crowded and it's affecting deliveries", they said.
"Potholes are causing damage to our trucks", they complained.
And thus the highways were "fixed" (sort of) with a new round of Federal spending. Was this paid for with tolls, taxes or other revinue received directly from the highways themselves? No, that money stays largely in the states. The money came out of the general budget, therefore, a subsidy.
I think capitalism is largely good, too. It just doesn't seem work well for massive projects such as country-wide transportation systems or (I know I shouldn't mention this...) the precursor to the Internet.