Ha, they already do - at least in London and Edinburgh. We have people standing in town all the time, with some banner for a pizza hut or some chinese place - very popular. For one of them, it is the same chick every single day. Exciting!
Of course, the U.S. itself is very hostile to businesses because of the on-going mentality that if you're rich, you've done so solely through ill-gotten means and therefore need to be punished through taxation. The increasing conversion of the U.S. from capitalism to a federal socialism is also not conducive to corporations or frankly anyone who wants to work hard to achieve wealth because if you're rich, you're living unfairly and need to have your income forcibly removed so that the local, state, and federal governments can give it to others more deserving of your money than you. This is one of the reasons why so many companies have their corporate headquarters off-shore where they can't be subject to the taxes and regulations. Whether or not people think that's ethical, I think that anyone with any sense of economics can at least understand why corporations do that, particularly with so many other countries offering greatly reduced taxes or no corporate taxes at all.
Ha, this is where you gave us all a good laugh - the US is anti-rich. Unfortunate for your argument is that the US is controlled by this rich community, that you are probably a member of. This is a cry that we have heard to often, that the rich don't like paying taxes. Brilliant. So you seem to support the government from stopping the really large businesses, but the small business are being hard done by. So let me guess, you are a small to medium business owner?
So is your government - I don't need to know where you are, it is happening everywhere. My question to you, is what are you doing about it. This post to slashdot doesn't really count as doing anything about it.
Stop and think how is it that the governments of the world are able to do it? Because most people are apathetic, and perfectly happy. They aren't going to do anything. Are you any different?
Yeah, but you are the guy who thinks you are cool that everybody on slashdot would have noticed at least 6 years ago, and got excited about it then. So you can go home with your fat momma, and i won't be a bit jealous...fool. Maybe she will be impressed by your little trick.
The point he is trying to make is that the people who judge whether something is good or not (ie whether they will pick up the project), are not really that great judges. They have passed on making some great money -winners, so why should we listen to these people?
Wow, that was fun. Can't wait to see you at a party - you will be the fun guy, do little stupid experiments in the corner, that we all stopped doing when we hit puberty.
Your defence that it is a family run business doesn't really work. Their have been many family run businesses that have been bought by someone. There is a variety of methods of taking over a company when the managers don't want it. Don't think that Nintendo is above any other company in that regards.
Too late for those poor people, but I know feel totally justified in wearing mine to work. No need to hide it under a hat anymore. And sure the ladies might not like it now, but when everyone else is a bumbling maniac who can't string two words together, they might think a little differently. Our time is coming friends, our time is coming. (It is like revenge of the nerds all over again!)
It is slightly ironic that the Managers, and people who were really vying for such great office views, were the ones to be struck down. One for the little people.
And how do you tell if a Manager has a brain tumour? His head doesn't sound quite so hollow when you hit it with a bat?
Can tell you are one of the IT hardcore - goes home after starting at a computer for 15 hours, and logs onto slashdot. At this moment I am not regreting putting broadband on at home.
Not that I mind competition, but two monopolistic behemoth making odd
As much as I hate sony, I am not sure you can call the monopolistic - maybe monolithic was the word you were after. Even their minidiscs are/were produce by other companies. To be fair, you almost have to be this big to get a chance of starting a console, it is such a big deal these days.
Well, buying them out is a non-starter, as has been mentioned many times before. Nintendo's a 116-year old company. To them, Microsoft would be this little kid coming up and saying 'hey, I got 100 bucks from my parents, can I have your house?'
Yeah...right. Fanboydem aside (and I can say this because I dislike both companies), every company has there price, despite what you want to believe. The Japanese embraced capitalism almost as much as the US, and it is possible for Microsoft to buy out Nintendo.
Wow, it is great to see someone who is so exact, that they record deaths to 3 decimal places. Really, it is good. And I think traffic has killed way more than 400 people.
(Yeah, I am being a dick and want to lost karma.... that is the sort of mood I am in)
It is funny how these intelligent agencies keep screwing up, and not really stopping anything. Yet the solution to this seems to give them more money, and more power.
"The Genesis came out years before the SNES but only amounted to a fraction of Nintendo's sales."
If you read the original comment, posted about for your ease, he was right, the Genesis had 5/7 the sales as the SNES. You were talking about overall market share.
Bravo! Your post is EXACTLY what this thread needed.
Yes, it is, except for the fact that everbody knows this, especially everybody here at slashdot. The only people who but these new cards are hardcore gamers, or someone who has just won the lottery. The only people I can see this comment helping is a couple of teenagers in the US who are thinking about buying a new computer - well done. (And even they are reading at >2!)
Is this deliberate? That way, most will just say 'just give me the newest one!' Similar marketing system to mobile phone contracts, make it really confusing so nobody knows what is going on - not you, and certainly not the morons they hire to sell you the phones.
Yeah, I think the lesson is, just because you are unsinkable, doesn't mean you should start ramming icebergs. I guess that translated into the computer world as, even if you could create a microkernel, doesn't mean you want to design something like windows xp around it.
But if Apple Computer had adhered to the earlier ruling and refrained from entering the music business, two things would happen.
The earlier ruling said that they couldn't market music enhancements under the name Apple. They could still go ahead with the ipod and itunes, but under a different name. And it could also be something friendly and inviting.
Not sure if this aricle mentions it, but the one I read said that Apple Records would be appealing the case, so they are not out of the woods yet!
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, ive met your girlfriend too (I would say half of us here have)... she sure is a gooer!
Ha, they already do - at least in London and Edinburgh. We have people standing in town all the time, with some banner for a pizza hut or some chinese place - very popular. For one of them, it is the same chick every single day. Exciting!
Of course, the U.S. itself is very hostile to businesses because of the on-going mentality that if you're rich, you've done so solely through ill-gotten means and therefore need to be punished through taxation. The increasing conversion of the U.S. from capitalism to a federal socialism is also not conducive to corporations or frankly anyone who wants to work hard to achieve wealth because if you're rich, you're living unfairly and need to have your income forcibly removed so that the local, state, and federal governments can give it to others more deserving of your money than you. This is one of the reasons why so many companies have their corporate headquarters off-shore where they can't be subject to the taxes and regulations. Whether or not people think that's ethical, I think that anyone with any sense of economics can at least understand why corporations do that, particularly with so many other countries offering greatly reduced taxes or no corporate taxes at all.
Ha, this is where you gave us all a good laugh - the US is anti-rich. Unfortunate for your argument is that the US is controlled by this rich community, that you are probably a member of. This is a cry that we have heard to often, that the rich don't like paying taxes. Brilliant. So you seem to support the government from stopping the really large businesses, but the small business are being hard done by. So let me guess, you are a small to medium business owner?
So is your government - I don't need to know where you are, it is happening everywhere. My question to you, is what are you doing about it. This post to slashdot doesn't really count as doing anything about it.
Stop and think how is it that the governments of the world are able to do it? Because most people are apathetic, and perfectly happy. They aren't going to do anything. Are you any different?
Yeah, but you are the guy who thinks you are cool that everybody on slashdot would have noticed at least 6 years ago, and got excited about it then. So you can go home with your fat momma, and i won't be a bit jealous...fool. Maybe she will be impressed by your little trick.
I use opera mainly, but also have firefox open for a few pages that don't seem to work. I also prefer the find on Firefox.
The point he is trying to make is that the people who judge whether something is good or not (ie whether they will pick up the project), are not really that great judges. They have passed on making some great money -winners, so why should we listen to these people?
And escargot are good too, like little mushrooms covered in garlic and buttery goodness. But I wouldn't eat them every night.
Here's a fun experiment.
Wow, that was fun. Can't wait to see you at a party - you will be the fun guy, do little stupid experiments in the corner, that we all stopped doing when we hit puberty.
Your defence that it is a family run business doesn't really work. Their have been many family run businesses that have been bought by someone. There is a variety of methods of taking over a company when the managers don't want it. Don't think that Nintendo is above any other company in that regards.
Too late for those poor people, but I know feel totally justified in wearing mine to work. No need to hide it under a hat anymore. And sure the ladies might not like it now, but when everyone else is a bumbling maniac who can't string two words together, they might think a little differently. Our time is coming friends, our time is coming. (It is like revenge of the nerds all over again!)
It is slightly ironic that the Managers, and people who were really vying for such great office views, were the ones to be struck down. One for the little people.
And how do you tell if a Manager has a brain tumour? His head doesn't sound quite so hollow when you hit it with a bat?
Can tell you are one of the IT hardcore - goes home after starting at a computer for 15 hours, and logs onto slashdot. At this moment I am not regreting putting broadband on at home.
Not that I mind competition, but two monopolistic behemoth making odd
As much as I hate sony, I am not sure you can call the monopolistic - maybe monolithic was the word you were after. Even their minidiscs are/were produce by other companies. To be fair, you almost have to be this big to get a chance of starting a console, it is such a big deal these days.
Yeah, i really like cgi movies too. They really give a good idea of what the game will be like.
Well, buying them out is a non-starter, as has been mentioned many times before. Nintendo's a 116-year old company. To them, Microsoft would be this little kid coming up and saying 'hey, I got 100 bucks from my parents, can I have your house?'
Yeah...right. Fanboydem aside (and I can say this because I dislike both companies), every company has there price, despite what you want to believe. The Japanese embraced capitalism almost as much as the US, and it is possible for Microsoft to buy out Nintendo.
Wow, it is great to see someone who is so exact, that they record deaths to 3 decimal places. Really, it is good. And I think traffic has killed way more than 400 people.
(Yeah, I am being a dick and want to lost karma.... that is the sort of mood I am in)
It is funny how these intelligent agencies keep screwing up, and not really stopping anything. Yet the solution to this seems to give them more money, and more power.
Yes, Sony can like my balls too: [a href="http://www.danielherron.com/html/images/corp /04_SONY%20GIRL">lick my balls please
The real question is, will the Wii be any more than a gimmick - will it last the distance?
"The Genesis came out years before the SNES but only amounted to a fraction of Nintendo's sales."
If you read the original comment, posted about for your ease, he was right, the Genesis had 5/7 the sales as the SNES. You were talking about overall market share.
Bravo! Your post is EXACTLY what this thread needed.
Yes, it is, except for the fact that everbody knows this, especially everybody here at slashdot. The only people who but these new cards are hardcore gamers, or someone who has just won the lottery. The only people I can see this comment helping is a couple of teenagers in the US who are thinking about buying a new computer - well done. (And even they are reading at >2!)
Video games don't kill people, gamers do!
(sung to the tune of: Guns don't kill people, rappers do!)
Is this deliberate? That way, most will just say 'just give me the newest one!' Similar marketing system to mobile phone contracts, make it really confusing so nobody knows what is going on - not you, and certainly not the morons they hire to sell you the phones.
Yeah, I think the lesson is, just because you are unsinkable, doesn't mean you should start ramming icebergs. I guess that translated into the computer world as, even if you could create a microkernel, doesn't mean you want to design something like windows xp around it.
But if Apple Computer had adhered to the earlier ruling and refrained from entering the music business, two things would happen.
The earlier ruling said that they couldn't market music enhancements under the name Apple. They could still go ahead with the ipod and itunes, but under a different name. And it could also be something friendly and inviting.
Not sure if this aricle mentions it, but the one I read said that Apple Records would be appealing the case, so they are not out of the woods yet!