I have to say, I have seen more than my share of incidents over the years where the average masses actually do think the stories in those publications are real. Hell, even real news outlets have self burned repeating Onion stories as fact.
$200 is still ridiculously expensive for a phone. My J3 Luna I bought about 2 years ago was $50 or $60, and does everything I need it to do as far as smartphones go.
I don't buy a new house every year, or a new car every year, or a new TV every year, or a new refrigerator every year. Why the fuck should I buy a new phone every year when what I have is working fine and will continue to do so for years to come?
It will be amusing to see the Antivaxxers infiltrate the U.S. military. There, if you are scheduled for vaccinations, you will get them, or you no longer qualify to deploy; which would likely mean also not qualifying to remain in the service.
Heck, at a concert I attended a couple years ago in Boise, neither Tesla, REO Speedwagon, nor Def Leppard minded their fans recording throughout the concert. And I am pretty sure all three bands gained quite a few new fans that night, though probably not all that many for REO Speedwagon. The old geezers still have it, but they still seemed out of place between the other two.
Another thing I noticed were the T-shirt sales at the concert. It was a pretty clever technique they used too. There were vendors outside selling for half the price the vendors inside were asking. To some of us, it was obvious that they were expecting most customers to think the outside ones were bootlegs, while the ones inside were legitimate. And that netted them plenty of shirt sales from both buying demographics: the ones who don't care about bootleg or legit buy up the cheap ones; and the more "conscientious" buyers would wait and buy at double the price inside.
Sounds like something out of the Ferengi playbook.:)
Thing with eBay is that sellers and buyers get each other's email address once payment is made. It is provided via PayPal and there is really nothing eBay can do about that, since PayPal is not exclusive to eBay and the email address is what PayPal payments are based around.
And even then, there is nothing stopping a seller from adding a business card or a thank you note to the package that has the seller's email address as well as other places they sell. In fact, that ability has been a big boost for me and has actually generated sales on both my eCrater stores and my Etsy store.
There are at least 2 factors that may have come in play.
1: Lower life expectancy meant not enough time for cancer to develop. 2: Until the 1940s, the planet had not been irradiated, though plenty of other poisons had already been dumped into the environment by then.
I remember when most arcades had a sit down Star Trek Strategic Operations Simulator that had been converted into a sit down Choplifter. Always a major annoyance.
My first Etsy sale for this month was a CYOA book, Prisoner of the Ant People. $10 for something that would have just lingered on the shelf or been donated to one of the various curbside little libraries we have around town.
Oops. You were going to turn to page 134 to side with the defendant, but you accidentally looked at page 135. You have fallen into a pit, impaled yourself on a spike trap, and got your corpse butt raped by the super horny dragon that set the trap.
Your adventure has ended. Best to go with cremation or closed casket, laddie. It is not a pretty sight.
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I have to say, I have seen more than my share of incidents over the years where the average masses actually do think the stories in those publications are real. Hell, even real news outlets have self burned repeating Onion stories as fact.
$200 is still ridiculously expensive for a phone. My J3 Luna I bought about 2 years ago was $50 or $60, and does everything I need it to do as far as smartphones go.
I don't buy a new house every year, or a new car every year, or a new TV every year, or a new refrigerator every year. Why the fuck should I buy a new phone every year when what I have is working fine and will continue to do so for years to come?
That is like saying the Onion or The National Enquirer are the most trusted sources for news.
So since you cheated on your Spanish test, you are now much more likely to say, "Mi papa tiene 50 anos" when you meant to say, "Mi papá tiene 50 años"
It will be amusing to see the Antivaxxers infiltrate the U.S. military. There, if you are scheduled for vaccinations, you will get them, or you no longer qualify to deploy; which would likely mean also not qualifying to remain in the service.
Same here. My excuse is it was still the start of my first cup of coffee for the morning. :)
Who else but Anonymous Coward!?
o/~ It's A-C, A-C. There's no knowing what he'll say next... o/~
Heck, at a concert I attended a couple years ago in Boise, neither Tesla, REO Speedwagon, nor Def Leppard minded their fans recording throughout the concert. And I am pretty sure all three bands gained quite a few new fans that night, though probably not all that many for REO Speedwagon. The old geezers still have it, but they still seemed out of place between the other two.
Another thing I noticed were the T-shirt sales at the concert. It was a pretty clever technique they used too. There were vendors outside selling for half the price the vendors inside were asking. To some of us, it was obvious that they were expecting most customers to think the outside ones were bootlegs, while the ones inside were legitimate. And that netted them plenty of shirt sales from both buying demographics: the ones who don't care about bootleg or legit buy up the cheap ones; and the more "conscientious" buyers would wait and buy at double the price inside.
Sounds like something out of the Ferengi playbook. :)
Perhaps it has something to do with twizzling the flurm?
Thing with eBay is that sellers and buyers get each other's email address once payment is made. It is provided via PayPal and there is really nothing eBay can do about that, since PayPal is not exclusive to eBay and the email address is what PayPal payments are based around.
And even then, there is nothing stopping a seller from adding a business card or a thank you note to the package that has the seller's email address as well as other places they sell. In fact, that ability has been a big boost for me and has actually generated sales on both my eCrater stores and my Etsy store.
I heard they were based off of Bing.
Even if Google complies, it is doubtful that DDG or any of the other search engines will do so.
Just had a peek out there about a half hour ago. Pretty cool in a creepy way.
Time to load another bowl and go ponder it further.
She needs to be spanked for that.
Reminds me of when I was playing Star Trek Online. One of my characters got the Lukari flying saucer ship and called it The Light of Venus.
Information wants to be free.
Meh. Don't anthropomorphize information. It hates that.
There are at least 2 factors that may have come in play.
1: Lower life expectancy meant not enough time for cancer to develop.
2: Until the 1940s, the planet had not been irradiated, though plenty of other poisons had already been dumped into the environment by then.
That's just my guess.
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I remember when most arcades had a sit down Star Trek Strategic Operations Simulator that had been converted into a sit down Choplifter. Always a major annoyance.
Prepare to joust, buzzard bait!
Wasn't bandersnatch a term coined and made popular by Lewis Carrol? Seems like we have a minor bit of irony going on here.
I was always more partial to the Endless Quest series myself. Mountain of Mirrors is one of my favorites.
My first Etsy sale for this month was a CYOA book, Prisoner of the Ant People. $10 for something that would have just lingered on the shelf or been donated to one of the various curbside little libraries we have around town.
Oops. You were going to turn to page 134 to side with the defendant, but you accidentally looked at page 135. You have fallen into a pit, impaled yourself on a spike trap, and got your corpse butt raped by the super horny dragon that set the trap.
Your adventure has ended. Best to go with cremation or closed casket, laddie. It is not a pretty sight.
Patents have nothing to do with this.