That link to the Wayback Machine doesn't exactly have anything there (aside from the main page). Why don't you torrent the media and put the link up for all to see?
I seem to recall (from a Kansan friend) that all Kansans are entitled to admission to a state university (is KU the only one?). Thus, if you were insinuating that Kansans would not be admitted to university, I suspect the opposite is true.
1) I am religious and 2) I am also a scientist and see no conflict between religion and science
Hear, hear! Religious scientists need to present their beliefs and support of science in particular in public forums, because the loud Christians (and other religions are represented as well, I'm sure) are destroying the image of religion.
I had a Chinese person tell me yesterday that she believes all Christians hate science and believe science is not real. Seriously, what the fuck?
And so I don't get modded down for expressing a religious point of view on Slashdot: Religious, anti-science fundies need to shut up!
DRM-laden CDs are everywhere in Japan. When I lived there, I would find a CD I wanted to buy. Then I'd notice that it was a copy-protected CD, so I wouldn't buy it. Sony lost out on so many sales that way.
Since when does the price consumers are willing to pay for an item relate to its cost?
Since always. If you graph a demand curve and supply curve at a price vs number of units, you will find some point where the two lines intersect. If the public is willing to bear a higher cost than that, the supplier can make a shortage and raise the price (by effectively shifting the supply curve over to the left. Unfortunately, I am not adept at ASCII art renderings, so basically if the x-axis is # of units (manufactured/desired), and y-axis is price per unit, obviously as the price per unit goes up, the desired # of units by the consumer goes down. Thus, it's basically a decreasing function. Also, as the price goes up, the manufacturers want to sell more, so they want to make more. Thus, this graph is an increasing graph (higher value = more manufactured).
At some point, these two graphs must intersect (since one is monotonically decreasing and the other is monotonically increasing). This intersection point is based partly on what the public is willing to bear as cost. This intersection point is the ideal price for a unit.
If consumers aren't willing to pay a certain price, then obviously the graph would not pass through the ideal price point. If the price was still same, there would be a surplus of units to sell, which is stupid from a typical vendor's perspective.
So, I've briefly sketched how what the customers are willing to pay affects the cost. The reason CDs are so expensive is because there are enough people willing to pay the exhorbitant amount for the media. Just maybe not you.
$1.99 for tv shows seems to be a good deal as long as they cut the commercials out, or at least most of them.
If there's one thing that being in on the nostalgia scene has taught me, it's that 10 years after the show airs, the most entertaining part of the broadcast is the commercials.
I thought everyone in the foreign world spoke english if it was spoken loudly and slowly enough.
If the lameness filter wasn't there, I'd reply in all caps.
In any case, I had this happen to me while I lived in Japan -- I was getting a medical examination, and a nurse walked right up to me, looked me dead in the eye, and spoke in the clearest, slowest Japanese I'd ever heard (which I speak, for bonus humor in this example):
NIHOOOONGO GA WAKARIMAAASU KAAAAA? (DOOO YOOOU SPEAK EEEENGLIIIIIIIISH?)
They're like food. If you like them, it's bad for you. If you don't like them, they're good for you. Or you're gay. Not sure how that works into the metaphor though.
not some huge evil organization out to rape your wallets
Wake up, dude. That's the sole purpose of a corporation. From Wikipedia: In Anglo-American jurisdictions, business corporations are generally required to serve the best interests of the shareholders, a rule that courts have generally interpreted to mean the maximization of share value, and thus profits. Corporate directors are prohibited by corporate law from sacrificing profits to serve some other interest, such as environmental protection, or the improvement of the welfare of the community.
I'm always impressed and humbled when someone not from the US can quote our founding fathers -- hats off to you. I myself just began trying to learn past PMs of the UK to be more worldly.
I myself have called my representatives whenever there's an issue that is of concern to me (Real ID, USA PATRIOT Act, broadcast flag, etc.). Of course I also vote, and proselytize when I have the chance. So not all/.ers are merely bitching machines.
There's a doctrine in the US called in loco parentis, stating that the school has the right, nay, the requirement to administer authority on the children when it deems necessary. That is how dress codes are not deemed unconstitutional and how schools are able to administer punishment upon the child. It is also one reason truancy is a crime.
staying with your existing processor ($0) would give you a performance/price ratio of infinity.
No. What they're really talking about there with upgrading a CPU is change in performance/price, so we're talking about 0/0 when you're staying with your current processor, and that is an indeterminant form which is most assuredly not infinity.
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from $100,000,000 to $000,100,000,000.00?
I really hope that's not binary.
That link to the Wayback Machine doesn't exactly have anything there (aside from the main page). Why don't you torrent the media and put the link up for all to see?
I still can't believe no one has linked to Star Wars: The Musical yet. It's awesome, and freely downloadable.
Note: this is not the MIT play, as the one I link to is only a retelling of A New Hope.
Elton John created a Broadway play with Tim Rice; it's called Aida, and as you can tell by the reviews of non-critics, it's apparently very good.
GP's website is a .AU, so I'm guessing the whole thing was a discussion using Australian dollars.
AU$30-35 = US$22-25.70
At least it's not Japan, where new CDs run US$25-35 and there are no cheap outlets (and second-hand CD stores still charge around US$20+).
I just wanted to let you know that I get your sig. For those who don't, the humor is that you are not supposed to use 'to be' in E-prime.
I seem to recall (from a Kansan friend) that all Kansans are entitled to admission to a state university (is KU the only one?). Thus, if you were insinuating that Kansans would not be admitted to university, I suspect the opposite is true.
1) I am religious and 2) I am also a scientist and see no conflict between religion and science
Hear, hear! Religious scientists need to present their beliefs and support of science in particular in public forums, because the loud Christians (and other religions are represented as well, I'm sure) are destroying the image of religion.
I had a Chinese person tell me yesterday that she believes all Christians hate science and believe science is not real. Seriously, what the fuck?
And so I don't get modded down for expressing a religious point of view on Slashdot:
Religious, anti-science fundies need to shut up!
Finally, is there a non-Sony-provided version of an uninstaller for this crap? I don't trust them!
Yes, you're in luck! Microsoft has provided a removal tool -- it's called Reinstall Your Copy of Windows!
DRM-laden CDs are everywhere in Japan. When I lived there, I would find a CD I wanted to buy. Then I'd notice that it was a copy-protected CD, so I wouldn't buy it. Sony lost out on so many sales that way.
Since when does the price consumers are willing to pay for an item relate to its cost?
Since always. If you graph a demand curve and supply curve at a price vs number of units, you will find some point where the two lines intersect. If the public is willing to bear a higher cost than that, the supplier can make a shortage and raise the price (by effectively shifting the supply curve over to the left. Unfortunately, I am not adept at ASCII art renderings, so basically if the x-axis is # of units (manufactured/desired), and y-axis is price per unit, obviously as the price per unit goes up, the desired # of units by the consumer goes down. Thus, it's basically a decreasing function. Also, as the price goes up, the manufacturers want to sell more, so they want to make more. Thus, this graph is an increasing graph (higher value = more manufactured).
At some point, these two graphs must intersect (since one is monotonically decreasing and the other is monotonically increasing). This intersection point is based partly on what the public is willing to bear as cost. This intersection point is the ideal price for a unit.
If consumers aren't willing to pay a certain price, then obviously the graph would not pass through the ideal price point. If the price was still same, there would be a surplus of units to sell, which is stupid from a typical vendor's perspective.
So, I've briefly sketched how what the customers are willing to pay affects the cost. The reason CDs are so expensive is because there are enough people willing to pay the exhorbitant amount for the media. Just maybe not you.
$1.99 for tv shows seems to be a good deal as long as they cut the commercials out, or at least most of them.
If there's one thing that being in on the nostalgia scene has taught me, it's that 10 years after the show airs, the most entertaining part of the broadcast is the commercials.
That's why you point them toward Port Forward.
You want to know a good math chat? #math on EFNet. It's really, really good.
What ever happened to our dignity?
If you recall, about 7000 years ago Eve made Adam eat some damn apple...
NIHOOOONGO GA WAKARIMAAASU KAAAAA?
Actually, that reads "Do you speak Japanese?" not "Do you speak English?" It's 4am. Give me a break.
I thought everyone in the foreign world spoke english if it was spoken loudly and slowly enough.
If the lameness filter wasn't there, I'd reply in all caps.
In any case, I had this happen to me while I lived in Japan -- I was getting a medical examination, and a nurse walked right up to me, looked me dead in the eye, and spoke in the clearest, slowest Japanese I'd ever heard (which I speak, for bonus humor in this example):
NIHOOOONGO GA WAKARIMAAASU KAAAAA? (DOOO YOOOU SPEAK EEEENGLIIIIIIIISH?)
They're like food. If you like them, it's bad for you. If you don't like them, they're good for you. Or you're gay. Not sure how that works into the metaphor though.
If you like bananas, you also suck cocks?
not some huge evil organization out to rape your wallets
Wake up, dude. That's the sole purpose of a corporation. From Wikipedia:
In Anglo-American jurisdictions, business corporations are generally required to serve the best interests of the shareholders, a rule that courts have generally interpreted to mean the maximization of share value, and thus profits. Corporate directors are prohibited by corporate law from sacrificing profits to serve some other interest, such as environmental protection, or the improvement of the welfare of the community.
Of course not -- every true /.er knows that it will be
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GNU/Hurd!! I meant GNU/Hurd!!!
That reminds me of a joke:
RMS walks into a bar and says, "Hey, have GNU Hurd the news lately? We finished the kernel!"
I'm always impressed and humbled when someone not from the US can quote our founding fathers -- hats off to you. I myself just began trying to learn past PMs of the UK to be more worldly.
/.ers are merely bitching machines.
I myself have called my representatives whenever there's an issue that is of concern to me (Real ID, USA PATRIOT Act, broadcast flag, etc.). Of course I also vote, and proselytize when I have the chance. So not all
Just about as much as I'd wear a brand of clothes, that when spelled backwards, is "A Gay".
Let's see how many people remember that time of their life.
There's a doctrine in the US called in loco parentis, stating that the school has the right, nay, the requirement to administer authority on the children when it deems necessary. That is how dress codes are not deemed unconstitutional and how schools are able to administer punishment upon the child. It is also one reason truancy is a crime.
staying with your existing processor ($0) would give you a performance/price ratio of infinity.
No. What they're really talking about there with upgrading a CPU is change in performance/price, so we're talking about 0/0 when you're staying with your current processor, and that is an indeterminant form which is most assuredly not infinity.