Actually, they have. Back when I went to see Men In Black (1997-ish), the idiots interrupted the movie to give out M&Ms, which were just entering the market here. It must have pissed a lot of people off, because I've never seen it happening again.
You forgot import taxes. Like it is said below, in Brazil this tax is set at 60% of the price of the product (for electronics and such; imported books don't pay taxes, for example). Then they wonder why smuggling is such a big problem here.
What for? The video is widely avaliable in eMule, for example. I'd like to see someone try to sue every individual who uses P2P networks to share illegal content.
Sigh. It has been mentioned in every single OLPC discussion here in Slashdot that the laptop is not intended to be used in poor countries "where people starve all day inside their mud huts" (as people like to say here), but in places where kids have the most basic needs covered already, like Argentina, Lybia and [some parts of] Brazil.
I wonder if someone has already tried to patent "a novel method for exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between a gaseous and a liquid medium through an alveolar membrane using passive diffusion".
You're right in that they should form a group, but until that happens (if it happens) I don't think Dell's going to take their competitor's garbage. It does cost money, after all.
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The [allegedly] slow adoption of Vista is not due to DRM; it's because the OS is a resource hog.
Try visiting Orkut and you'll have a definitive answer. Not the one you'd like, though.
If you mean "novelty" as in "the palm of the hand", you might have a point.
Actually, they have. Back when I went to see Men In Black (1997-ish), the idiots interrupted the movie to give out M&Ms, which were just entering the market here. It must have pissed a lot of people off, because I've never seen it happening again.
Open a window after you nuke them, the resulting smell is just nasty.
Yeah, comparing the size of things to lined up schoolbuses is pointless unless you specify whether they're european or african schoolbuses...
*stings on drums*
You forgot import taxes. Like it is said below, in Brazil this tax is set at 60% of the price of the product (for electronics and such; imported books don't pay taxes, for example). Then they wonder why smuggling is such a big problem here.
I for one welcome our new labelling overlords.
*gets modded reduntant*
Studios and record companies would very much prefer that everyone paid full price for content, I guess.
What for? The video is widely avaliable in eMule, for example. I'd like to see someone try to sue every individual who uses P2P networks to share illegal content.
Wait...
Sadly, the game is ten months away. Rockstar should thank Mr. Thompson for starting the hype machine so early.
He turned the prize down. In fact, he didn't even show up at the ceremony.
Damn, too bad my mod points expired yesterday. Very nice post.
Where I live we have a saying that goes something like "A dog with two owners will starve to death"...
The sanctions are aimed specifically at Kim Jong-il and the people around him that are actually able to afford those products.
Sigh. It has been mentioned in every single OLPC discussion here in Slashdot that the laptop is not intended to be used in poor countries "where people starve all day inside their mud huts" (as people like to say here), but in places where kids have the most basic needs covered already, like Argentina, Lybia and [some parts of] Brazil.
No.
...arresting people for whistling unlicensed songs.
Seriously now, AFAIK a few music labels have special licences for bars and whatnot, but do they even apply to live performances?
Brazilian legislators are even more clueless than their American fellows. To them, your post is just an implementation detail.
A loud "crack" followed by a "Disc error" message?
All your MP3 players are belong to us.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
I wonder if someone has already tried to patent "a novel method for exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between a gaseous and a liquid medium through an alveolar membrane using passive diffusion".
You're right in that they should form a group, but until that happens (if it happens) I don't think Dell's going to take their competitor's garbage. It does cost money, after all.
It's up to the other PC manufactures to implement similar policies. Why should Dell worry about disposing other companies' equipment?
63 isn't prime.