My point exactly, they decided the price was 19$ for that dvd, but that was to be able to show great profit to their share holders, now with piracy, we have knocked them down a few notches, and now they have to remain competitive....so guess what Paramount wont show a profit of 3 billion dollars this year, even if they only made 500 million profit, they still made a PROFIT!!! Some people can't even make good money any more because of china, and your telling me that 500 million profit is not enough, OMFG......anyways, I am glad I am not the only one to think of them this way!
Where can I download it, do you have a website, I seem to be running all sorts of malware, this might get me free of all those, then I will never go on stock websites again, so problem solved!
Is that to say now we are f*cked because we don't have any "american" doctors, or engineers available...who cares if they go back to their country, it is not like we have only idiots here, we have Bush for Christ's sake, we will be alright! Yeeeeha!
Yeah the problem, is that for those lights to be useful at night, they need to stay on. They would have been better off setting up some lights that charge up during the day, and stay on all night , no?
Rapist> "I am going to do you now...." Victim> "Wait...let me wind up this lamp so I can see you face..." Rapist> "Umhhmm......ok?"
Ok, but how much materials did it take to create it, much less rpoduce it, 50cents max. Intellectual property does not cost anything, and idea does not cost resources to test and run safety test (like a car)....so again, when I pay today 15$ for a book, and 3 years from now I pay 5$ for the same book, and everybody still makes a profit, you are telling me that it was not taking advantage of the fact that it is new and therefor let's charge the hell out of it... I think not, also, you use an analogy that is not quite dependable, no one buys 100 books at a time, I am talking about Walmart that buys 100,000 copies at a time and gets it for 1$ a piece, what is THEIR reason for charging 15$ for the same book?
If you want to include Mom & Pop sores then I would change slightly the formula and say, yes we should all be charging this much, but then I could go out and say for a lower level computer support that you would get from BestBuy to fix your computer, I should charge as much because they do, even though I don't have the same level support to offer you. I understand you want to give your 2 cents on the books thing because you consider yourself part of that industry, but unless you call China everyday, and tell them to press you 100,000 copies of harry potter, and can tell me the price point margins on all your books, then I guess my opinion still stands
Books, Movies and Music, are 3 of the worst consumers rip-offs. Who decides the book is worth this much, or that song is worth this much...or that movie... Why is it that I go into Walmart and buy a movie for 5$ and everyone still makes money.... which means the blockbuster selling their same copy for 20$ is making a HUGE profit.
I know there is a point system for figuring out what you sell a piece of clothing or shoes etc... But that is because, it uses materials,...takes alot of space and even weighs alot more to transport.
I could download an ebook off the publisher's website for pennies compared to 20$ book from chapter's, and guess what the writer would still make his 2 cents.
I agree when you say that this system is corrupt....but the fact is, we keep buying so they keep shoving. The day we turn to other means(torrents) they will catch on...like Radiohead...coming out with their pay us what you want for their last album, and guess who jumps on THAT band wagon...Metallica, the worst of the bands to go against pirating...why because they understand things evolve...even the industry itself.
So when they say, we had a loss of 50 billion dollars because of piracy, I say BS... you never would have gotten that much for your movie anyways. Times are changing (thanks to walmart) and now we are seeing just how much things REALLY cost to make.
Why should you make 10$ profit when you can make 2$ profit...take care of your customers, they will appreciate it!
Or 3 in the case of Rush, (and they are the tightest I have ever seen a band be, being able to repeatedly play their music version for version,not for note... unless they are doing a medley!)
Yes, I have seen some kind of monster by Metallica, and you see exactly this, the problem with this is that like Led Zep in the day, when it comes time to play it live, the artists can't reproduce the track properly and end up disappointing their fans. I saw Metallica on the and justice for all tour, and the song dyer's eve, where the double bass drums are just amazing, does not get played the same live....trust me....makes a world of difference, especially if the cool thing about the song, was the double bass...but now its missing.
This is actually why we have so many different departments within a government which has no access to the other's information, so when you get your drivers or passport, you would think I AM ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM, JUST REISSUE DAMN YOU, well this is why....you can not have one piece used for something else other then what it was for initially, or even reused.
I had a parking ticket I wanted to pay, and the clerk told me that it was now too late to pay there, it was in the hands of city hall...I told him...I thought this was city hall...he said, no we are just the one's who give you the ticket, you have to see the ones who now enforce it.
Wasted another day driving downtown to city hall to pay a ticket that was a day past due....instead of near my house at one of the traffic centers.
Don't tell me about 1$ per watt until it is actually sitting at the walmart and anyone can go in and buy what they need for making their home kit a finished one. There ia always a 5 year delay or so.... for new technology to be mainstream....this isn't mainstream yet, although I am quite happy it will be shortly.
I know, I know, it was a game way back in the 80s that was for the commodore 64, but man, whenever that Jason would come out, because you spent too much time in one place trying to figure something out, it really got your heart pumping, maybe it was also because I was only 14 at the time......I don't know if today it would qualify, I would want to hear what others think though, if there is an emulator out there, and a copy of that game!
Actually it was R2D2 that was the flamer, you would not know it, but he loved to being behind Luke on the xwing...you could always hear him scream... "wreeeeeeeehhhh".
Well people you trust can be infected too and not know it and send you a picture of themselves on holiday, and you just viewed a.jpg that contained a hidden virus....it has happened. The whole email attachment bit is what I don't get, why send me attachments at all....unless I ask for them , then I get them....if you tell me the joke I wont need to download a 3mb powerpoint of it!!!
This is the finale, where they end up landing Atlantis on earth....right? Oh wait, you were talking about the REAL Atlantis, I thought it never existed.
We all know that VMware uses linux red hat as the backbone of their visualisation module. Now we have a real Red hat entry into the virtualisation world by teaming up with Xen. I myself do not like Xen, being that you absolutely need the new VC chips to use it.... where as VMWare always worked from the beginning.
Cool to know though, red hat is trying to do there part and compete against M$
This is great, just when the Americans said they would control the internet by having their own botnet, here come the Chinese before them to take over the internet. Lets see how many more zero day attacks are hosted on these websites now.
Ahhh, daniel-san, you forget, the most important lesson in life.....you will always get p0wned by me!
Your idea as simple as it is, is the greatest idea of all, yet we see this all the time. Why does adobe need to run javascript inside itself? THERE IS NO GOOD REASON. I see this as a conspiracy, to be able to add an attack vector to a software that claims 99% windows pc installation. With javascript, you can do ANYTHING. You have now been p0wned just because you opened an adobe file.... and guess what the new mandatory standard for file sharing between companies is....yes pdf!
We might get lucky, VMWare might feel the squeeze by this move and make some more of their "tools" free. They already have the server version for free, as well now they have the ESX version for free. I will be watching this one closely.
Did they not used to have netscape bundled in with previous windows. Could they not just re include the oldest version, so that anyone knowing browsers would know not to use it. Would that not solve this problem and basically tell them to f*ck off? Please, they are so technologically challenged that when they make these supposed "balanced" decisions, they don't even realize they are becoming the laughing stock of the IT world. I guess its inevitable now....M$ will rule the world.
Please...everyone knows their plow, say that an album was stolen , the tracks are missing, or that someone has caught some download of preview snips of a song, and presto, free advertising for their new album. They have done this so many times, I am ashamed to say that U2 used to be a band I respected because they actually tried to give messages to people about what was going on in other places then our own, but I guess this economic crunch has everyone in a bind!
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My point exactly, they decided the price was 19$ for that dvd, but that was to be able to show great profit to their share holders, now with piracy, we have knocked them down a few notches, and now they have to remain competitive....so guess what Paramount wont show a profit of 3 billion dollars this year, even if they only made 500 million profit, they still made a PROFIT!!! Some people can't even make good money any more because of china, and your telling me that 500 million profit is not enough, OMFG......anyways, I am glad I am not the only one to think of them this way!
Where can I download it, do you have a website, I seem to be running all sorts of malware,
this might get me free of all those, then I will never go on stock websites again, so problem solved!
Is that to say now we are f*cked because we don't have any "american" doctors, or engineers available...who cares if they go back to their country, it is not like we have only idiots here, we have Bush for Christ's sake, we will be alright! Yeeeeha!
Yeah the problem, is that for those lights to be useful at night, they need to stay on.
They would have been better off setting up some lights that charge up during the day, and stay on all night , no?
Rapist> "I am going to do you now...."
Victim> "Wait...let me wind up this lamp so I can see you face..."
Rapist> "Umhhmm......ok?"
Ok, but how much materials did it take to create it, much less rpoduce it, 50cents max.
Intellectual property does not cost anything, and idea does not cost resources to test
and run safety test (like a car)....so again, when I pay today 15$ for a book, and 3 years from now I pay 5$ for the same book, and everybody still makes a profit, you are telling me that it was not
taking advantage of the fact that it is new and therefor let's charge the hell out of it...
I think not, also, you use an analogy that is not quite dependable, no one buys 100 books at a time, I am talking about Walmart that buys 100,000 copies at a time and gets it for 1$ a piece, what is THEIR reason for charging 15$ for the same book?
If you want to include Mom & Pop sores then I would change slightly the formula and say, yes
we should all be charging this much, but then I could go out and say for a lower level computer support that you would get from BestBuy to fix your computer, I should charge as much because they do, even though I don't have the same level support to offer you. I understand you want to give your 2 cents on the books thing because you consider yourself part of that industry, but unless
you call China everyday, and tell them to press you 100,000 copies of harry potter, and can tell me the price point margins on all your books, then I guess my opinion still stands
Books, Movies and Music, are 3 of the worst consumers rip-offs.
Who decides the book is worth this much, or that song is worth this much...or that movie...
Why is it that I go into Walmart and buy a movie for 5$ and everyone still makes money....
which means the blockbuster selling their same copy for 20$ is making a HUGE profit.
I know there is a point system for figuring out what you sell a piece of clothing or shoes etc...
But that is because, it uses materials,...takes alot of space and even weighs alot more to transport.
I could download an ebook off the publisher's website for pennies compared to 20$ book from chapter's, and guess what the writer would still make his 2 cents.
I agree when you say that this system is corrupt....but the fact is, we keep buying so they keep shoving. The day we turn to other means(torrents) they will catch on...like Radiohead...coming out with their pay us what you want for their last album, and guess who jumps on THAT band wagon...Metallica, the worst of the bands to go against pirating...why because they understand
things evolve...even the industry itself.
So when they say, we had a loss of 50 billion dollars because of piracy, I say BS...
you never would have gotten that much for your movie anyways.
Times are changing (thanks to walmart) and now we are seeing just how much things REALLY cost to make.
Why should you make 10$ profit when you can make 2$ profit...take care of your customers, they will
appreciate it!
Or 3 in the case of Rush, (and they are the tightest I have ever seen a band be, being able to repeatedly play their music version for version,not for note... unless they are doing a medley!)
Yes, I have seen some kind of monster by Metallica, and you see exactly this, the problem with this is that like Led Zep in the day, when it comes time to play it live, the artists can't reproduce the track properly and end up disappointing their fans. I saw Metallica on the and justice for all tour, and the song dyer's eve, where the double bass drums are just amazing, does not get played the same live....trust me....makes a world of difference, especially if the cool thing about the song, was the double bass...but now its missing.
This is actually why we have so many different departments within a government which has no access to the other's information, so when you get your drivers or passport, you would think I AM ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM, JUST REISSUE DAMN YOU, well this is why....you can not have one piece used for something else other then what it was for initially, or even reused.
I had a parking ticket I wanted to pay, and the clerk told me that it was now too late to pay there, it was in the hands of city hall...I told him ...I thought this was city hall...he said, no we are just the one's who give you the ticket, you have to see the ones who now enforce it.
Wasted another day driving downtown to city hall to pay a ticket that was a day past due....instead of near my house at one of the traffic centers.
Don't tell me about 1$ per watt until it is actually sitting at the walmart and anyone can go in and buy what they need for making their home kit a finished one. There ia always a 5 year delay or so....
for new technology to be mainstream....this isn't mainstream yet, although I am quite happy it will be shortly.
Friday the 13th
I know, I know, it was a game way back in the 80s that was for the commodore 64, but man, whenever that Jason would come out, because you spent too much time in one place trying to figure something out, it really got your heart pumping, maybe it was also because I was only 14 at the time......I don't know if today it would qualify, I would want to hear what others think though, if there is an emulator out there, and a copy of that game!
I believe you, this is slashdot after all!
No it just means stop telling me all about how you stuck your c*ck up Jonny's *ss all night long,
or I am going to be sick to my stomach.
Actually it was R2D2 that was the flamer, you would not know it,
but he loved to being behind Luke on the xwing...you could always hear him scream...
"wreeeeeeeehhhh".
way off............wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy off!
Well people you trust can be infected too and not know it and send you a picture of themselves on holiday, and you just viewed a .jpg that contained a hidden virus....it has happened. The whole email attachment bit is what I don't get, why send me attachments at all....unless I ask for them , then I get them....if you tell me the joke I wont need to download a 3mb powerpoint of it!!!
I think he meant no script allowed, and not actually NoScript the product though...
This is the finale, where they end up landing Atlantis on earth....right?
Oh wait, you were talking about the REAL Atlantis, I thought it never existed.
We all know that VMware uses linux red hat as the backbone of their visualisation module.
Now we have a real Red hat entry into the virtualisation world by teaming up with Xen.
I myself do not like Xen, being that you absolutely need the new VC chips to use it....
where as VMWare always worked from the beginning.
Cool to know though, red hat is trying to do there part and compete against M$
This is great, just when the Americans said they would control the internet by having their own botnet, here come the Chinese before them to take over the internet. Lets see how many more zero day attacks are hosted on these websites now.
I guess that means linux now has a 33% market share...!
Ahhh, daniel-san, you forget, the most important lesson in life.....you will always get p0wned by me!
Your idea as simple as it is, is the greatest idea of all, yet we see this all the time.
Why does adobe need to run javascript inside itself? THERE IS NO GOOD REASON.
I see this as a conspiracy, to be able to add an attack vector to a software that claims
99% windows pc installation. With javascript, you can do ANYTHING.
You have now been p0wned just because you opened an adobe file....
and guess what the new mandatory standard for file sharing between companies is....yes pdf!
Welcome to our new adobe dark overlords!
We might get lucky, VMWare might feel the squeeze by this move and make some more of their "tools" free. They already have the server version for free, as well now they have the ESX version for free.
I will be watching this one closely.
Did they not used to have netscape bundled in with previous windows. Could they not just re include the oldest version, so that anyone knowing browsers would know not to use it. Would that not
solve this problem and basically tell them to f*ck off? Please, they are so technologically challenged that when they make these supposed "balanced" decisions, they don't even realize they are becoming the laughing stock of the IT world. I guess its inevitable now....M$ will rule the world.
Please...everyone knows their plow, say that an album was stolen , the tracks are missing, or that someone has caught some download of preview snips of a song, and presto, free advertising for their new album. They have done this so many times, I am ashamed to say that U2 used to be a band I respected because they actually tried to give messages to people about what was going on in other places then our own, but I guess this economic crunch has everyone in a bind!