No, but the workers presumably had some value before the layoffs.
By my understanding of the article (I haven't been following this very much) their work had been redistributed by the miracles of the market economy while they remained in a job. Then, when there was no longer any reason for their continued employment, we find ourselves in the present. It's all just a general trend and you can't fight it. Your job's probably on the way offshore too as we speak. Did you read thisarticle?
There's some other good* ISPs around, but I've never used them. http://www.whirlpool.com.au/ has a Broadband Choice section if you want to compare plans and stuff.
I can vouch for Bizmail if you want to do insane amounts of data. I use the 256k/64k unlimited plan since this month as it's all I really need. I used to be on 512/128 which was fast but I couldn't justify the extra expense any longer. If you want to do insane amounts of data, you should try them out because I've did 45gb per month regularly. Very reliable too. Average pings.
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That wasn't five years ago. I remember leaving Telstra cable's 512/128 plan sometime at the end of 2001 when they introduced 4gb data limits. After making do with AOL:P I'm back on broadband again since October 2002. 256/64. I pay roughly 3/4 what I paid then.
I need unlimited data usage, not speed in particular. The always on aspect of broadband is enough for me. I can download more music than I can listen to on 256k down.
How does a third party compete on a console which Nintendo basically rules? Sure, there are some great 3rd party games, but they don't sell as well as they should. Can anybody say Super Monkey Ball DX and Viewtiful Joe on the Playstation?
Graffiti's fun, has anybody actually tried it?
I painted Iron Maiden and Axl Rose is God up with my friend one night when we were piss drunk. On phone booths, walls and everywhere. That was about 6 months ago - it's still there.
Actually, Nintendo used to offer a lifetime warrenty. You could get them to fix your NES if it overheated on its own, for example, due faulty workmanship.
I read it the other day in the booklet I got with my SNES.
Since the Gamecube and discs read by lasers, however, they've limited this lifetime warrenty to a year.
It's a real shame too because DV had a lot of stuff that was impossible to get hold of. It was also cutting the bottom out of any profitabiltiy releasing old movies on DVD had. I don't buy DVDs, I can't afford to. I rent them. I saw DV as a VERY convenient rental service. I would've paid to get rid of the ratio and have the quality of titles available without DRM.
Try http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternati ve.htmReal alternative
It does what RealPlayer does without the bloatware/adware which Realplayer has. It uses windows media classic which is a fairly lightweight media player for video mostly.
Well said and I think we can extend this to the advent of cheap hard drives and CD/DVD-R/Bluray discs. We keep things because we can, not because we can ever use all that data.
My ADSL runs at 256/64 kbit and with that I can get more music, more movies and more data than I will ever know what to do with. The internet is so vast, one could spend his entire life using it or consuming its products (files from P2P.) The question is not whether it's needed, but whether what we have achieved is enough and I think the answer is that until we have instantaneous access to all of the internet's resources, we have not completed its construction.
Nothing as of late, however. The most recent thing was Z Targeting in Zelda 64, I reckon. They still stand for quality games, though. I've stuck with them this generation on the GCN.
Is having an effect, but not a great one
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I live in a house with cable tv ($70 per month) and ADSL (256k down/64k up, $49 per month) - AUD. I would love to upgrade my ADSL to 512k/128k ($69 per month) at the expense of tv, but other members of the household don't agree. If they knew I could download the shows, however, and watch them on tv via a tv out cable (the computer is next to the tv) without advertising then perhaps I would have an arguement. We predominantly watch free to air programming. Sports are essentially the only thing that keeps us on cable tv.
I see it differently in that most ads on cable TV are for the CHANNEL SHOWING THE SHOW.
It's as if advertising executive have thought you are not conscious of the choice you are making to watch a show, which really reflects the standard of programming on the whole.
They operate on the basis that there are dozens of channels in competition for a viewer's time and that they must establish name/brand recognition in order to bring channel surfers back.
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This is actually a decent arguement and I would mod it up if I could because to reach a level of sustainable environmental development, we would not be producing enough in order to share our resources between all people AND maintain a standard of living comparable to our current (we all have the internet and leisure time to spend on slashdot) levels. Countries with comparative advantage in certain fields (US in technology for example) would lose it for the ends of global equality. Everyone WOULD be poorer, corporations included because without a wealthy market, consumer sovereignity loses out.
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- When I can buy a videogame from North American, Japanese, European AND domestic markets and play it in Australia.
- When Jackass the TV show is brought out in Australia, not on MTV, esp. since the movie was a huge success in terms of funds raised.
The GBA gave us NES remakes. Does that mean we now have to endure the onslaught of SNES direct ports that the GBA (stupidly) couldn't handle.
Original version of LttP. No thanks.
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No, but it's what is done with their intelligence that has always been the issue.
No, but the workers presumably had some value before the layoffs. By my understanding of the article (I haven't been following this very much) their work had been redistributed by the miracles of the market economy while they remained in a job. Then, when there was no longer any reason for their continued employment, we find ourselves in the present. It's all just a general trend and you can't fight it. Your job's probably on the way offshore too as we speak. Did you read this article?
There's some other good* ISPs around, but I've never used them. http://www.whirlpool.com.au/ has a Broadband Choice section if you want to compare plans and stuff. I can vouch for Bizmail if you want to do insane amounts of data. I use the 256k/64k unlimited plan since this month as it's all I really need. I used to be on 512/128 which was fast but I couldn't justify the extra expense any longer. If you want to do insane amounts of data, you should try them out because I've did 45gb per month regularly. Very reliable too. Average pings. ---- *It's all relative really.
That wasn't five years ago. I remember leaving Telstra cable's 512/128 plan sometime at the end of 2001 when they introduced 4gb data limits. After making do with AOL :P I'm back on broadband again since October 2002. 256/64. I pay roughly 3/4 what I paid then.
I need unlimited data usage, not speed in particular. The always on aspect of broadband is enough for me. I can download more music than I can listen to on 256k down.
And all the jobs are going to India.
Actually came out on this thing?
Illegal things like these are always well priced and competetive.
how big's your wang?
How does a third party compete on a console which Nintendo basically rules? Sure, there are some great 3rd party games, but they don't sell as well as they should. Can anybody say Super Monkey Ball DX and Viewtiful Joe on the Playstation?
Graffiti's fun, has anybody actually tried it? I painted Iron Maiden and Axl Rose is God up with my friend one night when we were piss drunk. On phone booths, walls and everywhere. That was about 6 months ago - it's still there.
As if you'd be able to get money back from a non-existant entity.
What's the bet a site like this takes their $9,000 and runs? Is there any onus on Loki once they receive the money?
Actually, Nintendo used to offer a lifetime warrenty. You could get them to fix your NES if it overheated on its own, for example, due faulty workmanship. I read it the other day in the booklet I got with my SNES. Since the Gamecube and discs read by lasers, however, they've limited this lifetime warrenty to a year.
It's a real shame too because DV had a lot of stuff that was impossible to get hold of. It was also cutting the bottom out of any profitabiltiy releasing old movies on DVD had. I don't buy DVDs, I can't afford to. I rent them. I saw DV as a VERY convenient rental service. I would've paid to get rid of the ratio and have the quality of titles available without DRM.
Try http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternati ve.htmReal alternative
It does what RealPlayer does without the bloatware/adware which Realplayer has. It uses windows media classic which is a fairly lightweight media player for video mostly.
Well said and I think we can extend this to the advent of cheap hard drives and CD/DVD-R/Bluray discs. We keep things because we can, not because we can ever use all that data. My ADSL runs at 256/64 kbit and with that I can get more music, more movies and more data than I will ever know what to do with. The internet is so vast, one could spend his entire life using it or consuming its products (files from P2P.) The question is not whether it's needed, but whether what we have achieved is enough and I think the answer is that until we have instantaneous access to all of the internet's resources, we have not completed its construction.
Soulseek, except the user interface has the potential to become 'broken'. It's not idiot proof.
Yes, and they're not called people.
Nothing as of late, however. The most recent thing was Z Targeting in Zelda 64, I reckon. They still stand for quality games, though. I've stuck with them this generation on the GCN.
I live in a house with cable tv ($70 per month) and ADSL (256k down/64k up, $49 per month) - AUD. I would love to upgrade my ADSL to 512k/128k ($69 per month) at the expense of tv, but other members of the household don't agree. If they knew I could download the shows, however, and watch them on tv via a tv out cable (the computer is next to the tv) without advertising then perhaps I would have an arguement. We predominantly watch free to air programming. Sports are essentially the only thing that keeps us on cable tv.
I see it differently in that most ads on cable TV are for the CHANNEL SHOWING THE SHOW. It's as if advertising executive have thought you are not conscious of the choice you are making to watch a show, which really reflects the standard of programming on the whole. They operate on the basis that there are dozens of channels in competition for a viewer's time and that they must establish name/brand recognition in order to bring channel surfers back.
This is actually a decent arguement and I would mod it up if I could because to reach a level of sustainable environmental development, we would not be producing enough in order to share our resources between all people AND maintain a standard of living comparable to our current (we all have the internet and leisure time to spend on slashdot) levels. Countries with comparative advantage in certain fields (US in technology for example) would lose it for the ends of global equality. Everyone WOULD be poorer, corporations included because without a wealthy market, consumer sovereignity loses out.
- When I can buy a videogame from North American, Japanese, European AND domestic markets and play it in Australia. - When Jackass the TV show is brought out in Australia, not on MTV, esp. since the movie was a huge success in terms of funds raised.
Which is why SBS and ABC are so much better. No ads duiring their shows.
The GBA gave us NES remakes. Does that mean we now have to endure the onslaught of SNES direct ports that the GBA (stupidly) couldn't handle. Original version of LttP. No thanks.