Canon and Nikon, in their higher end non interchangable lense cameras use higher quality L series lenses for Canon or ED series lenses. You can get a Rebel XT and a lense for 1k but it's unlikely that lenses is an L lense. Plus for most people in this price range they usually carry one lense anyways. So I can see a market for this kind of camera, good lense, good sensor, without the need for interchangable lenses. Sony uses a Carl Zeiss lense. To get interchangable Carl Zeiss lenses, it would cost a lot more than the consumer grade Rebel Xt lense or the Nikon D lense.
This camera bridges the gap between those that would've bought something like a Canon Pro1 with an L lense, and someone buying a Rebel XT with a not so great lense. If you look at it like that, its not a bad deal. Unless it comes with some sort of rootkit.
going ahead it will be some other country but till that time the indian economy will have enough power to sustain itself.
But that's not really the case, if you look at Japan and Korea which were formally the countries the US used to outsource their production. Today Japan is still in a recession, and Korea and rest of the Asian Tigers suffered in the mid 90s and had to be bailed out by the international community. The problem is worse in India because India isn't a huge manufacturing source to the US, and relocating electronic bits is a whole lot easier than relocating factories.
The bitch comment is there because unless I am wrong, French, Japanese, German companies are not outsourcing to India. It is primarily the United States. And any sub contractor knows that when you rely primarily on one contractor you eat or die at the hands of that one contractor. When you are a contractor for Walmart you are Walmart's bitch. When you are a contractor for a US company you are that bitch.
My comments are not aimed at outsourcing is evilz. But responding to the fact that for some companies outsourcing to India is a pain and there may be a backflash of outsourcing to India, and what happens when the contractor leaves.
I'm not saying it's a great idea. But I can see why a lazy producer would want to go this route. There are successes where a small cult following resulted in a full fledged movie. One of the more notable successes is Office Space, it was based on the Mike Judge short. Office Space the Movie only had a little to do with Office Space the short and yet it did well in both theaters and dvd. Producer thinks, okay, a cartoon short can be made into a live action movie and make money, if Mike Judge can do it I can do it too. So producer looks at MTV, and sees an adult cartoon, and goes hey, I should do that. And ff you look at David Gale's producing credits, it looks like that's what he is doing, it includes such classics as, Beavis and Butthead Do America, Pootie Tang, Crossroads staring Britany Spears and Jackass the Movie.
Except the producers in this case made several bad choices, 1)the lack of involvement of Peter Chung, 2) choosing a director with little or no action movie experience 3) choosing an superstar Oscar winner as its heroine thereby driving the budget of the movie upwards.
Anyways, these producers make more money than you and I will ever see in a lifetime, so they must be doing something right.
Hollywood likes doing that, redoing a TV series without actually doing the work of redoing a series. So you have movies like Bewitched and the Brady Bunch movie. The reason is simple, it is easier to market something with a built in brand name, and face it the original shows that were on weren't even that great in the first place.
It was a "she" that directed the movie. She directed Girlfight. But it makes sense that she would use similar shots as in Girlfight if the leads weren't up to snuff, and I think having Charlize Theron doing her own stunts was a bad idea, which probably led them to use those tighter shots.I think have Charlize Theron was a bad idea, as she vetoed the original outfit, I think a no name, martial arts person would've been better for this kind of movie.
Someone else can add something about a woman directing a action movie but I'm not going to.
It may not be the problem. But Bill Gates's argument time and time again is the underfunded school system is the reason why he has to go to India to find decent programmers. It's not that the schools are bad, or American kids are dumb, it's because MS has historically paid less than other software companies. They got away with it in the past by relying on working perks, and a very very attractive stock options package, and a low cost of living in the Seattle area. Also MS had an advantage of being a company where people feel like it is the future of computing. Nowadays, places like Google, are the place to go. So MS has trouble hiring talent at lower costs like they used to, because of downturn in the stock market, increase in costs of housing in the Seattle market, and no more free cokes. That's my theory anyways. I bet someone will mention that Bill Gates donated money to college campuses and the like, and I agree that is great. But remember it's not MS giving money, none of the buildings are called Microsoft Hall.
Yes, if the Indian economy is not based on outsourcing, then it wouldn't have to rely on outsourced companies. Companies move when labor becomes too expensive in certain country. Japan used to be a cheap place to manufacture stuff, then it went to Korea, Malaysia, now unto China. An economy based on pure outsourcing is not sustainable because other cheaper labor/land will be available to exploit. You hit the nail on the head, companies have to move on to other things besides being cheap labor and raw goods. I don't care if MS moves all of their offices to Canada or Banglalore. MS employees are rather annoying anyways. But the reality is, MS isn't looking for quality programmers, as much as Phil Knight is looking for quality cobblers.
I didn't know the US colonized India. I blame the right wing education system that really must suck.
What people are bothered by is that large corporations expect certain level of education out of the system in the US. But mega corporations like MS avoid millions in taxes by setting up in places like Nevada. So people would have less problems with Mr. Gates, or Mr. Walmart, Mr. Gm if they paid taxes for better schools, and infrastructure instead of complaining about high wages, health insurance and lack of quality labor in America. Another problem is, if there are so many that lack skills in the US, then why does he hire temps, it doesn't make sense, why not train these temps to be full time employees, he doesn't do that to save money, he is not going to India to get better programmers, he is doing it to save money, once India realizes that, they don't have to beg at the teat of large mega corps and start their own firms and stop being an outsourcing bitch.
What evidence is there that you are not a plant from Google, or what evidence is there that I am not a monkey, or that these guys are actually guys. If you don't want at least a little bit of leap of faith, then you are better off reading the Onion.
Japan got the Nintendo DS second, and also Nintendo Wifi network after the American and European release. I am now wondering if Nintendo will release the Revolution in the US first as well.
I think most older people would respond that Vivendi is what killed Sierra and why it is what it is today. I present exhibit A) Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude.
F1 is quite popular around the world and the costs of running a F1 team, is much much higher than running a Nascar team. I'm willing to bet that most F1 fans have never set foot on a F1 live event.
A lot of sports stadiums are located in seedy parts of the city. So bringing in a stadium to that part of the city, also has a positive effect on neighboring businesses and the like. Also there is money coming in from tourism, food, hotels and other ancillary services. Sports stadiums are also used for conventions, car shows, boat shows, monster truck rallies, and concerts. So the entire money to fund stadiums is not wasted. Although personally if a billionaire like Paul Allen wants a stadium, he should build it and not rely on tax payers to fund it.
There are some new sports that came out of a cult following that now have mainstream audiences. Nascar auto racing, Poker, Wrestling, and Ultimate Fighting Championship. Of course purists will argue that none of the above are actually sports. But you get the idea.
You are giving MS too much credit, they did purchase Connectix, a company who also made a Playstation emulator for the Mac. Although that tech was sold to Sony. It's not like MS made the emulator from scratch.
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Canon and Nikon, in their higher end non interchangable lense cameras use higher quality L series lenses for Canon or ED series lenses. You can get a Rebel XT and a lense for 1k but it's unlikely that lenses is an L lense. Plus for most people in this price range they usually carry one lense anyways. So I can see a market for this kind of camera, good lense, good sensor, without the need for interchangable lenses. Sony uses a Carl Zeiss lense. To get interchangable Carl Zeiss lenses, it would cost a lot more than the consumer grade Rebel Xt lense or the Nikon D lense.
This camera bridges the gap between those that would've bought something like a Canon Pro1 with an L lense, and someone buying a Rebel XT with a not so great lense. If you look at it like that, its not a bad deal. Unless it comes with some sort of rootkit.
It's not the same Bill Nye. But most people from the northwest remember Bill Nye, not for his science, but for his speedwalking skilllz.
Champagne also usually has a higher alchohol content than wine as well.
A white russian with coke is actually pretty good. Kalua, Milk, Vodka and Coke.
going ahead it will be some other country but till that time the indian economy will have enough power to sustain itself. But that's not really the case, if you look at Japan and Korea which were formally the countries the US used to outsource their production. Today Japan is still in a recession, and Korea and rest of the Asian Tigers suffered in the mid 90s and had to be bailed out by the international community. The problem is worse in India because India isn't a huge manufacturing source to the US, and relocating electronic bits is a whole lot easier than relocating factories.
The bitch comment is there because unless I am wrong, French, Japanese, German companies are not outsourcing to India. It is primarily the United States. And any sub contractor knows that when you rely primarily on one contractor you eat or die at the hands of that one contractor. When you are a contractor for Walmart you are Walmart's bitch. When you are a contractor for a US company you are that bitch.
My comments are not aimed at outsourcing is evilz. But responding to the fact that for some companies outsourcing to India is a pain and there may be a backflash of outsourcing to India, and what happens when the contractor leaves.
I'm not saying it's a great idea. But I can see why a lazy producer would want to go this route. There are successes where a small cult following resulted in a full fledged movie. One of the more notable successes is Office Space, it was based on the Mike Judge short. Office Space the Movie only had a little to do with Office Space the short and yet it did well in both theaters and dvd. Producer thinks, okay, a cartoon short can be made into a live action movie and make money, if Mike Judge can do it I can do it too. So producer looks at MTV, and sees an adult cartoon, and goes hey, I should do that. And ff you look at David Gale's producing credits, it looks like that's what he is doing, it includes such classics as, Beavis and Butthead Do America, Pootie Tang, Crossroads staring Britany Spears and Jackass the Movie.
Except the producers in this case made several bad choices, 1)the lack of involvement of Peter Chung, 2) choosing a director with little or no action movie experience 3) choosing an superstar Oscar winner as its heroine thereby driving the budget of the movie upwards.
Anyways, these producers make more money than you and I will ever see in a lifetime, so they must be doing something right.
Some people think driving a car is natural. Driving a car is not natural! GET OVER IT
Hollywood likes doing that, redoing a TV series without actually doing the work of redoing a series. So you have movies like Bewitched and the Brady Bunch movie. The reason is simple, it is easier to market something with a built in brand name, and face it the original shows that were on weren't even that great in the first place.
It was a "she" that directed the movie. She directed Girlfight. But it makes sense that she would use similar shots as in Girlfight if the leads weren't up to snuff, and I think having Charlize Theron doing her own stunts was a bad idea, which probably led them to use those tighter shots.I think have Charlize Theron was a bad idea, as she vetoed the original outfit, I think a no name, martial arts person would've been better for this kind of movie.
Someone else can add something about a woman directing a action movie but I'm not going to.
Although 39k a year is not exactly poor. In Redmond, where median income for males is 58k. You be considered, lower middle class.
It may not be the problem. But Bill Gates's argument time and time again is the underfunded school system is the reason why he has to go to India to find decent programmers. It's not that the schools are bad, or American kids are dumb, it's because MS has historically paid less than other software companies. They got away with it in the past by relying on working perks, and a very very attractive stock options package, and a low cost of living in the Seattle area. Also MS had an advantage of being a company where people feel like it is the future of computing. Nowadays, places like Google, are the place to go. So MS has trouble hiring talent at lower costs like they used to, because of downturn in the stock market, increase in costs of housing in the Seattle market, and no more free cokes. That's my theory anyways. I bet someone will mention that Bill Gates donated money to college campuses and the like, and I agree that is great. But remember it's not MS giving money, none of the buildings are called Microsoft Hall.
Yes, if the Indian economy is not based on outsourcing, then it wouldn't have to rely on outsourced companies. Companies move when labor becomes too expensive in certain country. Japan used to be a cheap place to manufacture stuff, then it went to Korea, Malaysia, now unto China. An economy based on pure outsourcing is not sustainable because other cheaper labor/land will be available to exploit. You hit the nail on the head, companies have to move on to other things besides being cheap labor and raw goods. I don't care if MS moves all of their offices to Canada or Banglalore. MS employees are rather annoying anyways. But the reality is, MS isn't looking for quality programmers, as much as Phil Knight is looking for quality cobblers.
I didn't know the US colonized India. I blame the right wing education system that really must suck.
What people are bothered by is that large corporations expect certain level of education out of the system in the US. But mega corporations like MS avoid millions in taxes by setting up in places like Nevada. So people would have less problems with Mr. Gates, or Mr. Walmart, Mr. Gm if they paid taxes for better schools, and infrastructure instead of complaining about high wages, health insurance and lack of quality labor in America. Another problem is, if there are so many that lack skills in the US, then why does he hire temps, it doesn't make sense, why not train these temps to be full time employees, he doesn't do that to save money, he is not going to India to get better programmers, he is doing it to save money, once India realizes that, they don't have to beg at the teat of large mega corps and start their own firms and stop being an outsourcing bitch.
Hertzfield's account isn't really his, it's more a collection of stories from other people involved in the Mac project.
What evidence is there that you are not a plant from Google, or what evidence is there that I am not a monkey, or that these guys are actually guys. If you don't want at least a little bit of leap of faith, then you are better off reading the Onion.
Japan got the Nintendo DS second, and also Nintendo Wifi network after the American and European release. I am now wondering if Nintendo will release the Revolution in the US first as well.
I think most older people would respond that Vivendi is what killed Sierra and why it is what it is today. I present exhibit A) Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude.
Asking permission also brings you into the dangerous territory of wilful infringement, which results in treble damages.
F1 is quite popular around the world and the costs of running a F1 team, is much much higher than running a Nascar team. I'm willing to bet that most F1 fans have never set foot on a F1 live event.
A lot of sports stadiums are located in seedy parts of the city. So bringing in a stadium to that part of the city, also has a positive effect on neighboring businesses and the like. Also there is money coming in from tourism, food, hotels and other ancillary services. Sports stadiums are also used for conventions, car shows, boat shows, monster truck rallies, and concerts. So the entire money to fund stadiums is not wasted. Although personally if a billionaire like Paul Allen wants a stadium, he should build it and not rely on tax payers to fund it.
There are some new sports that came out of a cult following that now have mainstream audiences. Nascar auto racing, Poker, Wrestling, and Ultimate Fighting Championship. Of course purists will argue that none of the above are actually sports. But you get the idea.
Poker has been pretty profitable without a need for a large paying crowds. Then again, calling poker a sport. That's something else.
Airplane was shot before the PG 13 rating. You can show breasts in a PG 13 movie, it just doesn't happen that often.
You are giving MS too much credit, they did purchase Connectix, a company who also made a Playstation emulator for the Mac. Although that tech was sold to Sony. It's not like MS made the emulator from scratch.
In countries where these computers are going to, it's equivalent of buying a $10,000 computer for you and I.