Has anyone seen actual, solid numbers from any business that prove that these marketing channels were worth the investment? If so, for what type of business?
That's much less true when the two things you are building are highly specialized equipment. It's not like there's a mars-rover assembly plant sitting in FL somewhere -- these things are hand-made in detail by highly paid scientists and engineers.
While I agree with you that cost is the issue, how can you call something priceless and then turn around and say the price on it is too high? Who, ultimately, decides how high the price should be? In a regulated capitalism such as we have, the market decides.
If that piece of paper gets you paid more, who is brighter: the kid who went and got the piece of paper and got paid more, or the kid who didn't and instead wants to complain about the kid who did?
I'd love to mod you insightful but I've already commented. I finished my Bachelor's in 2003 with about $18,000 in student loans. I also worked part time all the way through college and had summer jobs or picked up hours at my first job in the summer. I didn't go to Cancun for spring break, I didn't have every game system known to man (just built my own computer. Who needed games other than Battlefield 1942? & RTCW?), I didn't have a sports car. I lived in one room rented from a house a coworker of mine owned.
Basically, I just want to underscore your comment about money management, or the lack thereof. I consider myself decent, but not great with money management, yet I came out pretty in pretty good shape compared to a lot of other grads.
Good point. Also note that if you don't require a degree, you will likely get far more than 100 other resumes since there is no barrier to entry. Joe Schmoe who hasn't quite finished his GED can apply for your job, and while you may not hire him, it's one more resume you have to read and validate on the already-too-huge pile.
Degrees aren't just a way to sort & filter resumes that are submitted, they are also a way to prevent unqualified people from even submitting them in the first place. That, of course, is in addition to all of the other benefits mentioned elsewhere in the comments on this summary.
Also, most of the change-makers that sit next to vending machines will give you dollar coins as change for a 5, 10, or 20 dollar bill. The ones I've seen give you a couple dollars in quarters and the rest in $1 coins. Yes, it sucks to change a $20 bill for 28 coins since nobody usually buys $20 worth of stuff from vending machines!
So donate $1 here to get the bundle, and then donate the rest of what you had planned to donate over on the EFF's site. I don't understand the problem.
I don't know where you got your numbers, but from the humble bundle V (just now): Avg $8.53, Windows $7.98, Mac $9.99, Linux $12.49. Are you reporting something other than US dollars? Your total and number of purchases both match what the site tells me, so I suspect not. I'm really not sure where you got your number. Also, while those windows users contributed less per person, the total they contributed makes up around 70% of that $5 million. Remember, the 300 spartans may have stood up to Xerces in an impressive way, but they all DIED in the end.
I've already commented, so I can't moderate -- could someone please mod parent informative? The fact that SR3 comes as a separate key directly answers the GP's question.
Agreed. Here's a quote from a Humble Bundle rep from an article on Rock, Paper, Shotgun:
When THQ expressed interest in our pay what you want plus charity model and willingness to let us bundle so many top tier titles, we couldn’t believe it at first,” the rep explained to RPS. “But trying to turn up our noses at this epic chance to make gamers happy and help worthy causes like Child’s Play and the American Red Cross could only have been defined as arrogance. We had to try and we were extremely curious to see what would happen.
I agree with the "arrogance" observation. Childs Play & the American Red Cross are real, tangible causes, and as others mentioned, you can cause your entire donation to go to them and none of it to THQ or even HumbeBundle, if you like. The nerd rage against this bundle is completely inappropriate.
From my point of view, as long as they also keep doing the humble indie bundles, I have no problem with them throwing in partnered bundles like this. In fact, I quite enjoy them.
Ya, you're right, I'm just sick of the rationale for any political bad behavior being "Yeah, well your side does it, too!" as if that somehow negates the behavior. When one side is claiming to have the morale high ground yet the very people making those claims are doing things that are morally or ethically wrong, it really makes it impossible to listen to what they have to say.
Do you think that the GP having to uninstall and install various distros and try them out is going to make him feel like linux, as a whole, is somehow FASTER?
Several traffic violations are "decriminalized" but they are still civil offenses. Ever face a jury trial for speeding? No. Why? Because it's not a criminal offense, but it IS illegal. That's the difference. Something can be illegal without being a criminal offense.
In this case, small amounts of marijuana are actually LEGAL (not just non-criminal) -- at least according to state law.
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That's much less true when the two things you are building are highly specialized equipment. It's not like there's a mars-rover assembly plant sitting in FL somewhere -- these things are hand-made in detail by highly paid scientists and engineers.
If the high-stress areas are all in the upper receiver, then why did this lower receiver fail after 6 shots?
I think Fox News may have them beat with prior art...
I'd hardly call 5 years of working in retail a head start, since that kid can't get a job in the field without that piece of paper.
But that's socialism, which here in the USA is the same as being a Nazi and a communist, all wrapped up in one!! /s
While I agree with you that cost is the issue, how can you call something priceless and then turn around and say the price on it is too high? Who, ultimately, decides how high the price should be? In a regulated capitalism such as we have, the market decides.
If that piece of paper gets you paid more, who is brighter: the kid who went and got the piece of paper and got paid more, or the kid who didn't and instead wants to complain about the kid who did?
I'd love to mod you insightful but I've already commented. I finished my Bachelor's in 2003 with about $18,000 in student loans. I also worked part time all the way through college and had summer jobs or picked up hours at my first job in the summer. I didn't go to Cancun for spring break, I didn't have every game system known to man (just built my own computer. Who needed games other than Battlefield 1942? & RTCW?), I didn't have a sports car. I lived in one room rented from a house a coworker of mine owned.
Basically, I just want to underscore your comment about money management, or the lack thereof. I consider myself decent, but not great with money management, yet I came out pretty in pretty good shape compared to a lot of other grads.
Good point. Also note that if you don't require a degree, you will likely get far more than 100 other resumes since there is no barrier to entry. Joe Schmoe who hasn't quite finished his GED can apply for your job, and while you may not hire him, it's one more resume you have to read and validate on the already-too-huge pile.
Degrees aren't just a way to sort & filter resumes that are submitted, they are also a way to prevent unqualified people from even submitting them in the first place. That, of course, is in addition to all of the other benefits mentioned elsewhere in the comments on this summary.
For what it's worth, US $1 coins work much better for rolling across your knuckles than US $0.25 coins do.
Also, most of the change-makers that sit next to vending machines will give you dollar coins as change for a 5, 10, or 20 dollar bill. The ones I've seen give you a couple dollars in quarters and the rest in $1 coins. Yes, it sucks to change a $20 bill for 28 coins since nobody usually buys $20 worth of stuff from vending machines!
Or another example, "Barnes & Nobles Booksellers has CDs and Tablet PCs on sale this week."
You see the slider that says "humble bundle" next to it? Set that to zero. Job done.
You realize the thing we're talking about is the humble bundle, right? You do, in fact, know what humble means?
So donate $1 here to get the bundle, and then donate the rest of what you had planned to donate over on the EFF's site. I don't understand the problem.
Who got screwed over? How did they get screwed over?
I don't know where you got your numbers, but from the humble bundle V (just now): Avg $8.53, Windows $7.98, Mac $9.99, Linux $12.49. Are you reporting something other than US dollars? Your total and number of purchases both match what the site tells me, so I suspect not. I'm really not sure where you got your number. Also, while those windows users contributed less per person, the total they contributed makes up around 70% of that $5 million. Remember, the 300 spartans may have stood up to Xerces in an impressive way, but they all DIED in the end.
I've already commented, so I can't moderate -- could someone please mod parent informative? The fact that SR3 comes as a separate key directly answers the GP's question.
I agree with the "arrogance" observation. Childs Play & the American Red Cross are real, tangible causes, and as others mentioned, you can cause your entire donation to go to them and none of it to THQ or even HumbeBundle, if you like. The nerd rage against this bundle is completely inappropriate.
From my point of view, as long as they also keep doing the humble indie bundles, I have no problem with them throwing in partnered bundles like this. In fact, I quite enjoy them.
Source of quote: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/11/30/wait-what-the-humble-thq-bundle/
Ya, you're right, I'm just sick of the rationale for any political bad behavior being "Yeah, well your side does it, too!" as if that somehow negates the behavior. When one side is claiming to have the morale high ground yet the very people making those claims are doing things that are morally or ethically wrong, it really makes it impossible to listen to what they have to say.
Does that somehow make terrorist bombings of abortions clinics OK?
Do you think that the GP having to uninstall and install various distros and try them out is going to make him feel like linux, as a whole, is somehow FASTER?
Several traffic violations are "decriminalized" but they are still civil offenses. Ever face a jury trial for speeding? No. Why? Because it's not a criminal offense, but it IS illegal. That's the difference. Something can be illegal without being a criminal offense.
In this case, small amounts of marijuana are actually LEGAL (not just non-criminal) -- at least according to state law.
I have no mod points but, but thank you anyway for making the only sane comment I've read about this article so far.