I actually played with that site a few years back to see which terms were acceptable and which weren't, and it appeared that the word 'labor' was not allowed.
Strange considering 'labor' is a fitting term to what one might do in running shoes.
This isn't people being ripped off, this is everybody getting a fair price. The tickets go at the price people are willing to pay. OK, so we no longer get the chance to get lucky with a good seat for no extra money, but then again we never get unlucky with a crappy seat for the same price that people in good seats pay.
While in the theory this is good, I doubt we'll see tickets become an unregulated commodity. There is no way that the bands/venues/promoters will let that nosebleed seat in an unsold out show go for a penny. All we'll see is the good seats get way more expensive, and the bad seats keep their price.
Actually, the bad seats will probably get more expensive too. As the average price starts to rise, promoters will begin to believe that people are willing to pay more on average, and the base price for all the seats will start to climb more quickly.
At first I read this article, and felt bad about the near monopoly that ticketmaster holds on the industry, but then I saw this article is from September 2003, and we haven't seen this yet. Maybe they thought better of the idea?
This is basically like recording music with a crappy old microphone with a $100,000 mixing console. You've got a really good recording of really bad information.
You can have a great quality CCD sensor of high resolution, but if you put a tiny crappy lens in front of it, it's not going to make the end quality any better.
I agree that all of these situations can't happen at once, but they all have got to be planned/engineered for, making the problem that much more difficult.
Shooting down a ballistic missile that you fire is hard enough. The scale of the problems is immense. They're trying to shoot down an object that is somewhere in 10 billion cubic miles of space, that's going as fast as 15,000 miles per hour. The physics of the problem are near impossible for graceful newtonian arcs, let alone the engineering of such a feat. The solution to the problem is such a tenuous single state solution that adding any other factors (zig-zagging missiles, decoy missiles, or something as expected as slight shift in air density) make the task functionally impossible, given the little or no warning that a nuclear missile attack tends to arrive with.
I don't know how this system is built, but it seems reasonable to limit people from acting like a large group to get quicker service.
If someone starts hitting their floor over and over again the system can stop assigning higher priority to a floor after a certain number of people going to that floor has been reached... say four. When the fifth person steps up and asks for that floor, he's told number for the elevator that's coming but the priority for the floor remains four. This way the impact of someone 'stuffing the ballot box' would decrease. You'll take a hit in efficiency overall, but it's probably smaller than if a few people act like a bunch of people.
I commute past this building, and it's only 18 stories tall! It seems like it would be best to premier the technology in a 40-60 story building where efficiency could be better improved by having more destinations.
If the warehouses are emptied out of G4 PowerBooks, they might think now is a good time cramming out a first version of an Intel based PowerBook. Otherwise, they are probably going to wait a little bit longer to avoid unnecessary losses (or get rid of the stocked up stuff for a great discount).
If Apple can do anything right, it's inventory control. They are masters of having exactly the right number of units available when a new product comes out... if they screw up, it's usually on the negative side, like when the iMac G5 came out and they were a few months short supply of iMac G4s.
I wonder how long it takes to pay off a 25,000 pound piece of equipment plus installation and maintenance with savings in electricity for street and traffic lights? I'm guessing a really long time.
Is it even worth it?
This should be very interesting. Finally the RIAA's methods of targeting and suing their customers is really going to be called into question.
If nothing else, finally it will actually start costing the RIAA cold hard cash to prove their cases, and maybe they'll start to understand the costs of willy-nilly litigation.
From TFA:
And as for those who claim they didn't download any music, the RIAA says that if defendants got a letter in the mail saying they or someone in their house illegally downloaded music, chances are it is true.
"The chances of it not being the right person or someone in that household are slim," said Stanley Pierre-Louis, senior vice president for legal affairs at the RIAA. "Let's face it, what we're doing is on the right side here. What these users are doing is violating the copyright laws."
I call bullshit.
This is exactly why I have a second unsecured access point in my apartment piped to the internet. Plausible denyabilty. Who know who's using it? My modem's IP address could be connected to any one of the 50 apartments in my building.
Check out TivoToGo, which allows you to download content off your Tivo and onto a computer where it can be burned on to DVD for easy viewing. Also allows downloads to mobile devices like Video iPod.
It's interesting that you name a Beatle in your example because they're exactly the reason Apple can't do this. Apple isn't allowed to enter the music business because of an agreement made with the Beatle's record label, Apple Corp. In exchange for being able to use the Apple name, they were forbidden to enter the music business. They've carefully tiptoed around by these restrictions by not using the apple name in any of their music sales (iTunes music store, not Apple music store). Apple Corp has filed suit, and rumor has it that there is a big settlement coming down the pipe
Now Apple Computer could just buy out Apple Corps or pay to end the settlement, but that would probably be a very expensive proposition, considering they own most of the Beatle's music. They're not nobodies in the music world.
Either way, I think your idea is a good one, as elliminating as many middlemen as possible is always best for everyone (except the middleman).
I think technically it would be illegal for Steve to barter a Pixar distribution deal for content for the Apple ITMS, as it would basically boil down to a conflict of interest.
Steve is responsible to both sets of share holders, and if he agreed to a give one for the other, he could possibly be robbing one set of share holders to give to the other.
I'm not saying that Pixar had nothing to do with the Disney/ITMS deal, but more than anything I think it could only have been a sign of good faith on Disney's side.
It's one thing to claim slashdotters have girlfriends... The law of averages would stipulate that this is somewhat plusable. Claiming that a slashdotter has a girlfriend and is getting ass on the side... never.
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Times haven't really changed
Luckily the download times have.
I remember spending all night downloading a 10 MB file, but now it downloads while I go to the fridge to grab a coke.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/24/23 5233
What will it take for them to learn?
Eliot Spitzer has been down http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/24/23 5233">this road once already...
Things must be going down, down, down, the tubes.
I actually played with that site a few years back to see which terms were acceptable and which weren't, and it appeared that the word 'labor' was not allowed. Strange considering 'labor' is a fitting term to what one might do in running shoes.
This isn't people being ripped off, this is everybody getting a fair price. The tickets go at the price people are willing to pay. OK, so we no longer get the chance to get lucky with a good seat for no extra money, but then again we never get unlucky with a crappy seat for the same price that people in good seats pay.
While in the theory this is good, I doubt we'll see tickets become an unregulated commodity. There is no way that the bands/venues/promoters will let that nosebleed seat in an unsold out show go for a penny. All we'll see is the good seats get way more expensive, and the bad seats keep their price.
Actually, the bad seats will probably get more expensive too. As the average price starts to rise, promoters will begin to believe that people are willing to pay more on average, and the base price for all the seats will start to climb more quickly.
At first I read this article, and felt bad about the near monopoly that ticketmaster holds on the industry, but then I saw this article is from September 2003, and we haven't seen this yet. Maybe they thought better of the idea?
This is basically like recording music with a crappy old microphone with a $100,000 mixing console. You've got a really good recording of really bad information.
You can have a great quality CCD sensor of high resolution, but if you put a tiny crappy lens in front of it, it's not going to make the end quality any better.
I agree that all of these situations can't happen at once, but they all have got to be planned/engineered for, making the problem that much more difficult.
Shooting down a ballistic missile that you fire is hard enough. The scale of the problems is immense. They're trying to shoot down an object that is somewhere in 10 billion cubic miles of space, that's going as fast as 15,000 miles per hour. The physics of the problem are near impossible for graceful newtonian arcs, let alone the engineering of such a feat. The solution to the problem is such a tenuous single state solution that adding any other factors (zig-zagging missiles, decoy missiles, or something as expected as slight shift in air density) make the task functionally impossible, given the little or no warning that a nuclear missile attack tends to arrive with.
Of course they really mean about 6000 years ago.
If you like being WRONG!Anna Nicole Smith was awarded $449,754,134 from her husband's estate. The case is currently before the supreme court. Link
I don't know how this system is built, but it seems reasonable to limit people from acting like a large group to get quicker service. If someone starts hitting their floor over and over again the system can stop assigning higher priority to a floor after a certain number of people going to that floor has been reached... say four. When the fifth person steps up and asks for that floor, he's told number for the elevator that's coming but the priority for the floor remains four. This way the impact of someone 'stuffing the ballot box' would decrease. You'll take a hit in efficiency overall, but it's probably smaller than if a few people act like a bunch of people.
I commute past this building, and it's only 18 stories tall! It seems like it would be best to premier the technology in a 40-60 story building where efficiency could be better improved by having more destinations.
If the warehouses are emptied out of G4 PowerBooks, they might think now is a good time cramming out a first version of an Intel based PowerBook. Otherwise, they are probably going to wait a little bit longer to avoid unnecessary losses (or get rid of the stocked up stuff for a great discount).
If Apple can do anything right, it's inventory control. They are masters of having exactly the right number of units available when a new product comes out... if they screw up, it's usually on the negative side, like when the iMac G5 came out and they were a few months short supply of iMac G4s.
I wonder how long it takes to pay off a 25,000 pound piece of equipment plus installation and maintenance with savings in electricity for street and traffic lights? I'm guessing a really long time.
Is it even worth it?
Actually, The Internet Is A Wasteland.
From TFA:
And as for those who claim they didn't download any music, the RIAA says that if defendants got a letter in the mail saying they or someone in their house illegally downloaded music, chances are it is true.
"The chances of it not being the right person or someone in that household are slim," said Stanley Pierre-Louis, senior vice president for legal affairs at the RIAA. "Let's face it, what we're doing is on the right side here. What these users are doing is violating the copyright laws."
I call bullshit.
This is exactly why I have a second unsecured access point in my apartment piped to the internet. Plausible denyabilty. Who know who's using it? My modem's IP address could be connected to any one of the 50 apartments in my building.
Check out TivoToGo, which allows you to download content off your Tivo and onto a computer where it can be burned on to DVD for easy viewing. Also allows downloads to mobile devices like Video iPod.
It's interesting that you name a Beatle in your example because they're exactly the reason Apple can't do this. Apple isn't allowed to enter the music business because of an agreement made with the Beatle's record label, Apple Corp. In exchange for being able to use the Apple name, they were forbidden to enter the music business. They've carefully tiptoed around by these restrictions by not using the apple name in any of their music sales (iTunes music store, not Apple music store). Apple Corp has filed suit, and rumor has it that there is a big settlement coming down the pipe
Now Apple Computer could just buy out Apple Corps or pay to end the settlement, but that would probably be a very expensive proposition, considering they own most of the Beatle's music. They're not nobodies in the music world.
Either way, I think your idea is a good one, as elliminating as many middlemen as possible is always best for everyone (except the middleman).
Leaked Picture link here!
Yup, that's it. I've heard it's going to retail for $999.
Can't I see the sun in 3-D right now, by looking out the window?
I think technically it would be illegal for Steve to barter a Pixar distribution deal for content for the Apple ITMS, as it would basically boil down to a conflict of interest.
Steve is responsible to both sets of share holders, and if he agreed to a give one for the other, he could possibly be robbing one set of share holders to give to the other.
I'm not saying that Pixar had nothing to do with the Disney/ITMS deal, but more than anything I think it could only have been a sign of good faith on Disney's side.
http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/volkswagen_ news/article_1526.shtml
Apple displays use DVI, and are fully compatible with your windows/linux workstation/laptop.
http://www.apple.com/displays/specs.html
It's one thing to claim slashdotters have girlfriends... The law of averages would stipulate that this is somewhat plusable. Claiming that a slashdotter has a girlfriend and is getting ass on the side... never.