Mainly, plowing your money back into your local economy. Your local businesses collect sales tax, which goes to benefit you. Your local businesses pay local employees, which pay taxes, which also benefits you. When you buy online, all you're doing is supporting UPS.
Good. The sooner, the better. I can't wait to see the consumer-whores freak out over not being able to dodge sales tax at the expense of their local communities! Bring back local businesses. Make Net businesses compete on the same level as their brick-and-mortar counterparts.
It got me to thinking, what kind of credit limit do you think Bill Gates' credit cards have?
Well, of course, he has no credit limit. But I'd go a step further and suggest that he more than likely uses the American Express Centurion card. As far as I know, it's the best credit card available on the planet. I know of one person with one, and the actual physical credit card isn't plastic, but is actually made up of solid titanium. It feels like one of those thick security door cards that some big companies use.
But the SEO from multiple interconnects increases the chances that their site will be the one where you finally break down and buy something, wandering around in their hall of mirrors rather than starting a new search.
Exactly. If you're like the regular online porn consumer, you're gonna keep clicking until you find something that gets you off for free (hard to do), or you're going to buy some really good content. These "halls of mirrors" ensure that whether you know it or not, you stay within one person's network of sites until you buy something. Even if you're not seeing referring ID's in the querystrings doesn't mean that it's not happening (many sites pay based on referring URL from the headers). The porn industry has always been, and probably will always be at the leading edge of Web technology.
You're just regurgitating the age-old "Why should I worry about this draconian law? I'm not a criminal." argument. Buying a music file means that you buy a music file. Not a music file with extra unwanted information that might violate my privacy.
I certainly won't do business with Apple is any way, shape, or form.
So why do so many porn sites offer thumbnails that just lead to yet another porn thumbnail page? I could see them pushing some mutual advertising, but most of the clicks are to other sites, which doesn't seem to advertise anything well. Why do they spend so much resources just redirecting to other redirect pages?
It's a very, very precise way of funneling users to various sites. It has to do with 1. multiple attempts to sell various things ($40/month pay site, free pay site trial, and finally, give up an email for "free" porn), 2. Search engine optimization and 3. Getting a more accurate handle on what you like and what you're likely to buy.
I agree with the first half of your argument, but suggesting Bank of America is not such a good idea. Bank of America has one of the worst track records for private banks in the US, as far as customer service goes. I did business with them once.... Never again.
I tend to agree. I would consider playing an online RPG if I could find one that had a minimum age requirement. I quit my last online RPG game about a year or so ago because of the kids who played it AND moderated the message boards. If not for the annoying kids, I think I'd still be playing today. It was a great game.
If anybody knows of an online game for grown-ups only, I'd love to see it!
Well, that's neat and all, but that's not the point. I know what spam is. My point is that if you're paying for a service over which a private company has 100% control, there is no reason to receive spam. Whatever the technical limitations of their system is isn't the problem of the subscribers. I don't care if they have to hire armies of people to read and approve each and every message.
Hang on here... People PAY to play this game online, and they get spam? Spam comes via email because nobody owns the SMTP/POP system, per se. But this is a closed environment. One company owns the infrastructure here. There should be *zero* spam.
What kind of idiots put up with that? Could it be that it's a subset of the millions of people pay to watch commercials on cable TV, too? I can't really wrap my head around this one.
It's sad to see so many Slashdotters that have absolutely no inkling as to how business/government works. This is a lobbyist group, or a PAC (political action group). They're paid by the large industries to, in turn, pay politicians to vote a particular way. Happens every day in the US. Nothing at all unusual about this development.
Call me whatever you'd like, but as much as I would theoretically like this vaporware keyboard, there's no WAY I'm giving money to a group of Russians on the Net for a yet-to-be-made product with no details. For all of the people who actually "pre-order" one of these things, I have a great web site for you where you can "validate" all of your banking information.
Well, I wouldn't call it sane if anybody who is actively using XML and needs a DTD isn't hosting it right along with whatever web site they're using the XML for. Relying on somebody else to maintain a critical DTD that you use isn't sane. It's pretty dumb.
Well, I guess that when you come to expect that a company's news comes primarily from intentional and unintentional leaks due to their own secrecy, it makes sense that people would buy this. Maybe it's time Apple re-thinks their super-secret policies.
Look how well deregulation of the energy market worked for California, rolling blackouts, raging high prices, etc.
That's a headache because the deregulation was only partial. California said, "You can sell electricity to our customers, but you can't charge more than $x." Really simple... not enough utilities could make a buck selling at that price, hence, the shortage. In reality, the price for electricity in CA should be much higher than it currently is, and there'd be no shortages.
1. Nothing that the US government says these days is believable. As far as this topic goes, the administration has repeatedly ignored and simply falsified scientific evidence. I'm still waiting for the WMD's...
I'm confused... I thought that the official Slashdot Group Think said that Vista was a failure? What am I supposed to believe: facts, or Slashdot FUD? Decisions, decisions...
The only sad thing is going to be our grandkids asking us what it means to drive "stick".
I doubt it. There are lots and lots and LOTS of people such as myself that simply refuse to drive a vehicle with an automatic transmission. If it's 13 years from now, and all I can get is a 100% pure gasoline car with a standard, that's what I'll buy. A few bucks of gas savings a month isn't worth it to me to have to go with some crappy automatic transmission.
Why not have the community develop for you? Red Hat does just that and is a very profitable company.
From 2006 to 2007, Redhat sales increased 43%, and profit decreased by 25%. They're making a 15% return on their sales. RedHat isn't doing particular well.
During that same period, MS's sales increased by 11%, and their profit increased by 2.8%. They're making a 28.5% return on sales.
You might want to take a look at your own FUD you're spreading.
This guy has a song called "code monkey"? Jesus christ... I can't imagine a more boring/dorky subject for a song. This guy sounds like They Might Be Giants meets Public Radio. I'm open minded, but not open-minded enough to listen to a song called "code monkey". That's just terrible.
I would never insult a soldier for his actions in Iraq if he were under orders.
Really? Are you assuming that soldiers are Holy, and nothing they do could possibly be a Bad thing, or are you assuming that soldiers are too stupid to think for themselves?
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Mainly, plowing your money back into your local economy. Your local businesses collect sales tax, which goes to benefit you. Your local businesses pay local employees, which pay taxes, which also benefits you. When you buy online, all you're doing is supporting UPS.
Good. The sooner, the better. I can't wait to see the consumer-whores freak out over not being able to dodge sales tax at the expense of their local communities! Bring back local businesses. Make Net businesses compete on the same level as their brick-and-mortar counterparts.
It got me to thinking, what kind of credit limit do you think Bill Gates' credit cards have?
Well, of course, he has no credit limit. But I'd go a step further and suggest that he more than likely uses the American Express Centurion card. As far as I know, it's the best credit card available on the planet. I know of one person with one, and the actual physical credit card isn't plastic, but is actually made up of solid titanium. It feels like one of those thick security door cards that some big companies use.
But the SEO from multiple interconnects increases the chances that their site will be the one where you finally break down and buy something, wandering around in their hall of mirrors rather than starting a new search.
Exactly. If you're like the regular online porn consumer, you're gonna keep clicking until you find something that gets you off for free (hard to do), or you're going to buy some really good content. These "halls of mirrors" ensure that whether you know it or not, you stay within one person's network of sites until you buy something. Even if you're not seeing referring ID's in the querystrings doesn't mean that it's not happening (many sites pay based on referring URL from the headers). The porn industry has always been, and probably will always be at the leading edge of Web technology.
You're just regurgitating the age-old "Why should I worry about this draconian law? I'm not a criminal." argument. Buying a music file means that you buy a music file. Not a music file with extra unwanted information that might violate my privacy.
I certainly won't do business with Apple is any way, shape, or form.
So why do so many porn sites offer thumbnails that just lead to yet another porn thumbnail page? I could see them pushing some mutual advertising, but most of the clicks are to other sites, which doesn't seem to advertise anything well. Why do they spend so much resources just redirecting to other redirect pages?
It's a very, very precise way of funneling users to various sites. It has to do with 1. multiple attempts to sell various things ($40/month pay site, free pay site trial, and finally, give up an email for "free" porn), 2. Search engine optimization and 3. Getting a more accurate handle on what you like and what you're likely to buy.
I agree with the first half of your argument, but suggesting Bank of America is not such a good idea. Bank of America has one of the worst track records for private banks in the US, as far as customer service goes. I did business with them once.... Never again.
Unless you're too stupid to compile openoffice
Nice attitude. Have you considered that there are people who have better and more interesting things to do than to compile software?
I tend to agree. I would consider playing an online RPG if I could find one that had a minimum age requirement. I quit my last online RPG game about a year or so ago because of the kids who played it AND moderated the message boards. If not for the annoying kids, I think I'd still be playing today. It was a great game.
If anybody knows of an online game for grown-ups only, I'd love to see it!
Well, that's neat and all, but that's not the point. I know what spam is. My point is that if you're paying for a service over which a private company has 100% control, there is no reason to receive spam. Whatever the technical limitations of their system is isn't the problem of the subscribers. I don't care if they have to hire armies of people to read and approve each and every message.
Why's that? Have you already decided what all of the facts are going to be, if they ever come out?
Hang on here... People PAY to play this game online, and they get spam? Spam comes via email because nobody owns the SMTP/POP system, per se. But this is a closed environment. One company owns the infrastructure here. There should be *zero* spam.
What kind of idiots put up with that? Could it be that it's a subset of the millions of people pay to watch commercials on cable TV, too? I can't really wrap my head around this one.
Can anybody explain why this is "+5 Funny"?
It's sad to see so many Slashdotters that have absolutely no inkling as to how business/government works. This is a lobbyist group, or a PAC (political action group). They're paid by the large industries to, in turn, pay politicians to vote a particular way. Happens every day in the US. Nothing at all unusual about this development.
Call me whatever you'd like, but as much as I would theoretically like this vaporware keyboard, there's no WAY I'm giving money to a group of Russians on the Net for a yet-to-be-made product with no details. For all of the people who actually "pre-order" one of these things, I have a great web site for you where you can "validate" all of your banking information.
Well, even if you're not, then you should absolutely, positively, and without any doubt, at least in my mind, have a copy of all of your DTD's.
Well, I wouldn't call it sane if anybody who is actively using XML and needs a DTD isn't hosting it right along with whatever web site they're using the XML for. Relying on somebody else to maintain a critical DTD that you use isn't sane. It's pretty dumb.
Well, I guess that when you come to expect that a company's news comes primarily from intentional and unintentional leaks due to their own secrecy, it makes sense that people would buy this. Maybe it's time Apple re-thinks their super-secret policies.
Look how well deregulation of the energy market worked for California, rolling blackouts, raging high prices, etc.
That's a headache because the deregulation was only partial. California said, "You can sell electricity to our customers, but you can't charge more than $x." Really simple... not enough utilities could make a buck selling at that price, hence, the shortage. In reality, the price for electricity in CA should be much higher than it currently is, and there'd be no shortages.
1. Nothing that the US government says these days is believable. As far as this topic goes, the administration has repeatedly ignored and simply falsified scientific evidence. I'm still waiting for the WMD's...
2. The polar bear thing... read the article.
I'm confused... I thought that the official Slashdot Group Think said that Vista was a failure? What am I supposed to believe: facts, or Slashdot FUD? Decisions, decisions...
The only sad thing is going to be our grandkids asking us what it means to drive "stick".
I doubt it. There are lots and lots and LOTS of people such as myself that simply refuse to drive a vehicle with an automatic transmission. If it's 13 years from now, and all I can get is a 100% pure gasoline car with a standard, that's what I'll buy. A few bucks of gas savings a month isn't worth it to me to have to go with some crappy automatic transmission.
Why not have the community develop for you? Red Hat does just that and is a very profitable company.
From 2006 to 2007, Redhat sales increased 43%, and profit decreased by 25%. They're making a 15% return on their sales. RedHat isn't doing particular well.
During that same period, MS's sales increased by 11%, and their profit increased by 2.8%. They're making a 28.5% return on sales.
You might want to take a look at your own FUD you're spreading.
This guy has a song called "code monkey"? Jesus christ... I can't imagine a more boring/dorky subject for a song. This guy sounds like They Might Be Giants meets Public Radio. I'm open minded, but not open-minded enough to listen to a song called "code monkey". That's just terrible.
I would never insult a soldier for his actions in Iraq if he were under orders.
Really? Are you assuming that soldiers are Holy, and nothing they do could possibly be a Bad thing, or are you assuming that soldiers are too stupid to think for themselves?