They are trying to keep control. As soon as the artists realize they no longer need the RIAA, they will go directly through Apple's iTMS, or similar alternatives (as they are starting to). If its cheaper to buy a CD at the store, then people will probably go and buy the CD, stealing the sale from the online music stores.
I think its immoral and irresponsible to damper technology for everyone so that you can stay in power longer.
Liquid water + Gently flowing means the following:
Mars was once geologically active -magnetic field protecting from solar radiation - thus, thicker atmosphere, thus, warmer, warm enough for flowing, liquid water, possibly also hot springs or undersea vents.
.... or that they found a better place to fake it on Earth.:P
I ordered one on the 29th of February and they still haven't shipped it! According to their website it has already been built and tested, but has been sitting in the boxing stage for 2 weeks. I can't get a solid answer from the customer service team about when it is going to be shipped either!!!
Yeah... It's just that Dell's putting new cover sheets on all sales receipts now...
"Eminem has never nationally endorsed any commercial products and... even if he were interested in endorsing a product, any endorsement deal would require a significant amount of money, possibly in excess of $10 million," according to the 15-page lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
... ohh ok, let me just write a check. Silly me, to think playing a song would deprive the artist of profits. If anything, it spreads his content even further, for free! If people watching the ad say "ohh yeah that was a good song," maybe they'd download it and he'll get his.12 cents per copy. But no, this is clearly an endorsement by Eminem that was not authorized and has a financial impact of $10 million. Give me a break! (oops, I better pay John Stossel $10 million now)
Peter Cheuk of Daly City, Calif., is a computer technician, so installing his Upsolute chip wasn't a big deal. And he gained 18 horsepower and 70 foot pounds of torque in his modestly powered turbodiesel 1998 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Still, he plans to return to the stock chip. He said that the problem was that, because he now drives faster, he lost 10 miles a gallon in fuel economy and, even worse, is now trailed by clouds of black smoke. "But if it wasn't for the smoke, I'd be happy with it," he said.
me thinks he's better off sticking to computers than pursuing a career in the automotive field.
Anybody here ever heard of the Malayan Monkey Trap? It's a hollow log with a hole cut in it to the precise diameter of a monkey's empty hand. Next place a piece of fruit in the log. The first monkey to come along, will reach in and grab the fruit. The monkey being a monkey will die before letting go of that fruit. The hunter can now liesurly walk up to mister monkey and pack his ass into a nice little tote bag.
Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer wouldn't let go of the candy bar in the vending machine until they were ready to cut his arm off.
RealNetworks also makes you register a valid email address to download their products, which they will spam to hell. Winamp just lets you be on your way.
I find it interesting that nobody has pointed out that this is a working business model for RealNetworks.
We've heard from many of our fans that have been duped, and who have accidentally shelled out their hard-earned dineros.
Obviously they're profiting from it or they would have changed.
Is there any reason they do not just offer a few different formats? Real, WMV, and QT could all be used at the only expense of additional processing power. If they wanted to make it easy for customers, simply have WMV a 'recommended' solution for Windows users and QT for Macs users, as this software is packaged with each system.
There was an interesting article in Yahoo News that talks about how NH is one of the few states left that still uses paper ballots. I also find it interesting that New Hampshire passed a law requiring a paper record of every ballot cast, effectively banning touch-screen election computers that don't produce such receipts.
As great as technology is, some things are just easier to do the old fashioned way. I understand that geeks always want to improve something that isn't broken, but sometimes we need to better evaluate benefits vs. consequences; especially when its the government in charge. If this were a private company enforcing a computerized only voting system - fine, nobody gets hurt if it screws up except the company itself. When the government puts something like this in place, ultimately the citizens using the system are hurt.
To quote Kim du Toit: The difference is that when private sector fucks up, they get hurt. When government fucks up, people get hurt.
I'd disagree with your psychological theory (at least for Americans). We buy disposable items that have a permanent alternative all the time. Some examples that come to mind are cameras, silverware, mops (swiffer), batteries, pens, lighters - you get the idea. I haven't heard any complaints of being "ripped-off."
On all of the items you mentioned the consumer is in control of the rate at which it is used. For example, if I buy a disposable camera, batteries, etc, I can control (for the most part) how long that item will last. If I don't use my swiffer, it will be there for the next time; same with pens/batteries. In any of the cases, I can choose to extend the life of my product after I opened it by not using it. With these DVDs, once the item is opened, you are restricted by an arbitrary time frame set by the manufacturer. This is the same reason licensed MP3s failed and iTunes succeeded; with iTMS, customers own the music they purchased. With the alternatives, customers needed to continue paying fees, or they could no longer use them.
I also fail to see why Disney, of all companies, would push for this type of product. My little brother, like many young children, watch(es) childrens movies over and over again. I can remember one point where he would watch 101 Dalmations at least twice a day for 3 weeks straight until we decided to restrict TV usage. For an extra $3-5, why not purchase something without time restrictions and OWN the product. More adult films, however, have a certain sense of 'unique adverture' we can usually only capture once. After we watch the movie, we understand the plot and future watchings only lead us to bordem; childrens movies for some reason do not follow this pattern, as we can watch them repeatidly and still be entertained.
I still see this technology applicable in government/security situations. If the government wants to have sensitive data that will self-destruct after X days, this technology can guarantee its destruction at a set time. The problem of copying the data on the DVD still remains, and I do not know if it is possible to recover the data through other means after the disc has expired.
Who the hell is gonna open a 3kb executable from kazaa?
Just name it Pokemon porn britney spears orgy funny limp bizkit korn sex horney bi anime nysync bsb fingering 69 boob tit pussy wet girls guys gay game hot cp;d hpt tupac rap rock food fat cock cum chat cartoon (1)(1)(1).bmp.exe
..when so many corporations own patents on so many intangible things that a corporate dynasty like IBM can bring anyone in the world to their knees financially.
... In other news, SCO (news, websites) today started filing various Patents on methods to store data to various mediums such as hard drives, CD-ROMs, and Memory cards. SCO claims that anyone who wishes to read/write data to the listed mediums must contact its sales department and obtain a license to do so. When asked if these patents were legal or would damper innovation, SCO CEO Darl McBride responded, "We don't care."
If you are going to get off your lazy ass and actually build and install this in a VW Passat, let me know.
... I know, all that could be done in what, 2 hours? God damn i'm lazy for not wanting to setup an elaborate computer system which reports the same data as $10 gauges.
There was a recent article on Yahoo similar to this one, which eventually gets into Helium-3 Mining. One of the quotes behind the race to get to the moon before China that blew my mind was: "And if we could get a monopoly on that (Helium-3), we wouldn't have to worry about the Saudis and we could basically tell everybody what the price of energy was going to be," said Pike.
This demonstrates complete arrogance by the US. It's one thing to think that to yourself and amoungst fellow cabinet members, but you don't go and say something like that to the f'ing reporters!
The thing that pisses me off more about this yahoo article is a statement made two paragraphs above:
Among companies that could cash in on Bush's space plans are Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp., which do big business with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as well as with the Pentagon (news - web sites).
It would be interesting to just throw a dead animal carcus or a rotting deer or something on the surface. Bacteria is required to breakdown these dead animals. If we throw it on the surface and it rots, we'll know that bacteria exsists to decompose such animals. If we return next year and still see Bamby with all its fur, we can assume there is no life.
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I think its immoral and irresponsible to damper technology for everyone so that you can stay in power longer.
sounds like this guy.
Didn't George from Seinfield want to name his kid Seven?
Mars was once geologically active -magnetic field protecting from solar radiation - thus, thicker atmosphere, thus, warmer, warm enough for flowing, liquid water, possibly also hot springs or undersea vents.
Yeah... It's just that Dell's putting new cover sheets on all sales receipts now...
Didn't you get the memo?
me thinks he's better off sticking to computers than pursuing a career in the automotive field.
I don't think I'd want to buy a "Certified Pre-Owned / Factory Repack" one of these gadgets. I certainly hope they throw their returns away!
Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer wouldn't let go of the candy bar in the vending machine until they were ready to cut his arm off.
What I'm getting my girl... I know she'll love it!
try format C:
I find it interesting that nobody has pointed out that this is a working business model for RealNetworks.
Obviously they're profiting from it or they would have changed.
Is there any reason they do not just offer a few different formats? Real, WMV, and QT could all be used at the only expense of additional processing power. If they wanted to make it easy for customers, simply have WMV a 'recommended' solution for Windows users and QT for Macs users, as this software is packaged with each system.
There was an interesting article in Yahoo News that talks about how NH is one of the few states left that still uses paper ballots. I also find it interesting that New Hampshire passed a law requiring a paper record of every ballot cast, effectively banning touch-screen election computers that don't produce such receipts.
As great as technology is, some things are just easier to do the old fashioned way. I understand that geeks always want to improve something that isn't broken, but sometimes we need to better evaluate benefits vs. consequences; especially when its the government in charge. If this were a private company enforcing a computerized only voting system - fine, nobody gets hurt if it screws up except the company itself. When the government puts something like this in place, ultimately the citizens using the system are hurt.
To quote Kim du Toit:
The difference is that when private sector fucks up, they get hurt. When government fucks up, people get hurt.
I'd disagree with your psychological theory (at least for Americans). We buy disposable items that have a permanent alternative all the time. Some examples that come to mind are cameras, silverware, mops (swiffer), batteries, pens, lighters - you get the idea. I haven't heard any complaints of being "ripped-off."
On all of the items you mentioned the consumer is in control of the rate at which it is used. For example, if I buy a disposable camera, batteries, etc, I can control (for the most part) how long that item will last. If I don't use my swiffer, it will be there for the next time; same with pens/batteries. In any of the cases, I can choose to extend the life of my product after I opened it by not using it. With these DVDs, once the item is opened, you are restricted by an arbitrary time frame set by the manufacturer. This is the same reason licensed MP3s failed and iTunes succeeded; with iTMS, customers own the music they purchased. With the alternatives, customers needed to continue paying fees, or they could no longer use them.
I also fail to see why Disney, of all companies, would push for this type of product. My little brother, like many young children, watch(es) childrens movies over and over again. I can remember one point where he would watch 101 Dalmations at least twice a day for 3 weeks straight until we decided to restrict TV usage. For an extra $3-5, why not purchase something without time restrictions and OWN the product. More adult films, however, have a certain sense of 'unique adverture' we can usually only capture once. After we watch the movie, we understand the plot and future watchings only lead us to bordem; childrens movies for some reason do not follow this pattern, as we can watch them repeatidly and still be entertained.
I still see this technology applicable in government/security situations. If the government wants to have sensitive data that will self-destruct after X days, this technology can guarantee its destruction at a set time. The problem of copying the data on the DVD still remains, and I do not know if it is possible to recover the data through other means after the disc has expired.
Who the hell is gonna open a 3kb executable from kazaa?
Just name it Pokemon porn britney spears orgy funny limp bizkit korn sex horney bi anime nysync bsb fingering 69 boob tit pussy wet girls guys gay game hot cp;d hpt tupac rap rock food fat cock cum chat cartoon (1)(1)(1).bmp.exe
The arithmetic is left as an exercise for the reader.
:p
$340! Wow what savings!
..when so many corporations own patents on so many intangible things that a corporate dynasty like IBM can bring anyone in the world to their knees financially.
... In other news, SCO (news, websites) today started filing various Patents on methods to store data to various mediums such as hard drives, CD-ROMs, and Memory cards. SCO claims that anyone who wishes to read/write data to the listed mediums must contact its sales department and obtain a license to do so. When asked if these patents were legal or would damper innovation, SCO CEO Darl McBride responded, "We don't care."
They had something like this in 2000. It was shut down. See this article.
If you are going to get off your lazy ass and actually build and install this in a VW Passat, let me know.
... I know, all that could be done in what, 2 hours? God damn i'm lazy for not wanting to setup an elaborate computer system which reports the same data as $10 gauges.
:p
... but it is kind of cool.
sorry here's the correct link:m /20040118/pl_nm/space_weapons_dc
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/n
There was a recent article on Yahoo similar to this one, which eventually gets into Helium-3 Mining. One of the quotes behind the race to get to the moon before China that blew my mind was:
"And if we could get a monopoly on that (Helium-3), we wouldn't have to worry about the Saudis and we could basically tell everybody what the price of energy was going to be," said Pike.
This demonstrates complete arrogance by the US. It's one thing to think that to yourself and amoungst fellow cabinet members, but you don't go and say something like that to the f'ing reporters!
The thing that pisses me off more about this yahoo article is a statement made two paragraphs above:
Among companies that could cash in on Bush's space plans are Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp., which do big business with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as well as with the Pentagon (news - web sites).
To me, this basically means that we the American taxpayers are going to invest billions of dollars into developing a moon base and not see any return from it - the above companies will. It sounds a lot like GW's scam when he built the stadium for the Texas Rangers using taxpayers money and then cashed out for big personal gain - only this time he's using federal funds and screwing all of America.
Maybe its just Sierra in FBI jackets.
The evil has spread.
=)
But with Photoshop I'll be able to do much more than you'll be able to do in a darkroom.
...Unless you want to photograph money. =)
It would be interesting to just throw a dead animal carcus or a rotting deer or something on the surface. Bacteria is required to breakdown these dead animals. If we throw it on the surface and it rots, we'll know that bacteria exsists to decompose such animals. If we return next year and still see Bamby with all its fur, we can assume there is no life.