I completely agree. What I see as a problem, though, is that to wake up a 330 million strong country is much different than waking up a small town in North Carolina. Waking up a town requires a leader, while waking up a country requires many leaders. Leaders are almost hard to find in a country that's asleep, and even if you did find them, you'd need some awesome leader to convince them that this is the way to go.
Funny, but yeah, he's got a point. We've got a really awkward body, by any stretch of the imagination. It's not really specialized in doing any one thing very well, like many other animals' bodies. Rather, it's more of a very versatile body, able to do many things decently well, that's limited only by the intelligence inside it.
Well, having the animals available kinda allowed us to have plants to harvest. If you have what is basically a wolf that you live with, it's easier to defend a small crop from the people you don't know.
Well, they may be able to prove that someone did share the music. But good luck proving who it was over that WEP 802.11, with all the technical hurdles involved. And, without proving exactly who, when, where, how, and why, you shouldn't be able to successfully bring a suit against someone. It would almost be like charging someone with murder, and not knowing for sure who did it, what weapon they used, what time it occured, where it happened, how they did it, and why. This is what they are trying to do - get regulation passed so they can enforce their policies without any due process.
Motley Crue sold like 40000 copies of "red white and crue", a compilation album. That alone netted a total income of about 7 million bucks.
Do you think they're going to give up the ability to make such a massive profit on a couple days' worth of work and tons of marketing? That's really their money machine, the marketing. It has nothing to do with the bands being good in alot of cases (Cases in point: Jonas Brothers, Britney Spears, and a million others). They can just sell the bejesus out of their product.
Imagine what would happen if these dudes got shut down, anyway. The guys in their marketing departments would end up in other industries, and I imagine many companies would end up going bankrupt extremely quickly because of pure marketing destruction.
....and the 900 numbers locate themselves in rural areas, and share in the extra (local) telco revenue from those charges. The charges apply no matter what type of number it is.
It also depends on the game, how many they expect to sell to begin with, and the starting price point of the game. It's not just a cut -and-dry, 20% as a magic number, type of deal.
Those Hollywood figures are including actors, sets, effects, and the fact that they are the publishers, so there's a step less in the chain that needs to reap profits. You didn't even bother to mention developer costs for games, or the cost of having the companies deal with publishers, and publishers deal with retailers, so your argument is null and void, sir.
Wasteful of money, sure, I agree. But if none of them have access to all the information in a country, they really can't abuse all of that information.
Also, on top of it, the 'one-upsmanship' is great for keeping them on their toes. They need to do better than the other guys, rather than ever fall into the "good enough" category. They should have to compete. What they shouldn't have is no one to give their high-risk-of-something-about-to-happen type of information to. They should have one guy that they all report to. Then, if that one guy hears about it from multiple sources, or it's significant enough of a threat, he knows how to step in and prevent a crisis, without actually being privy to everyone's private information at all times. The way it's set up, it essentially works out to a separation of powers within the intelligence community, since they can abuse their power so easily.
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I completely agree. What I see as a problem, though, is that to wake up a 330 million strong country is much different than waking up a small town in North Carolina. Waking up a town requires a leader, while waking up a country requires many leaders. Leaders are almost hard to find in a country that's asleep, and even if you did find them, you'd need some awesome leader to convince them that this is the way to go.
...but.....but.....we're using torx screws!
Funny that that genetic expression modifies behavior, which over time can modify genes.
A party with a vegetarian table? Jeez man, i know it's /. and all, but that's pathetic.
I imagined his descendants becoming more and more like the koopas from super mario bro the movie.
Yeah, creative problem solving. Just being highly adaptable to the environment is our strongest suit.
Funny, but yeah, he's got a point. We've got a really awkward body, by any stretch of the imagination. It's not really specialized in doing any one thing very well, like many other animals' bodies. Rather, it's more of a very versatile body, able to do many things decently well, that's limited only by the intelligence inside it.
Well, having the animals available kinda allowed us to have plants to harvest. If you have what is basically a wolf that you live with, it's easier to defend a small crop from the people you don't know.
Just give the Nigerian scammers something legitimate to imitate, why don't ya....
Well, they may be able to prove that someone did share the music. But good luck proving who it was over that WEP 802.11, with all the technical hurdles involved. And, without proving exactly who, when, where, how, and why, you shouldn't be able to successfully bring a suit against someone. It would almost be like charging someone with murder, and not knowing for sure who did it, what weapon they used, what time it occured, where it happened, how they did it, and why. This is what they are trying to do - get regulation passed so they can enforce their policies without any due process.
Hrm, might we have 3 already? Wouldn't each of the 2 (IIRC) mixtapes uploaded count?
Dude, you're missing one big point.
Motley Crue sold like 40000 copies of "red white and crue", a compilation album. That alone netted a total income of about 7 million bucks.
Do you think they're going to give up the ability to make such a massive profit on a couple days' worth of work and tons of marketing? That's really their money machine, the marketing. It has nothing to do with the bands being good in alot of cases (Cases in point: Jonas Brothers, Britney Spears, and a million others). They can just sell the bejesus out of their product.
Imagine what would happen if these dudes got shut down, anyway. The guys in their marketing departments would end up in other industries, and I imagine many companies would end up going bankrupt extremely quickly because of pure marketing destruction.
there is a ton of bad paintings, bad music, bad photography,
are.....Don't talk about grammar being sacred in non-creative works unless you intend to use it.
I'd imagine that the very bottom would also be reliant on connections. Also, the top scorers probably would be too.
I'd imagine this serves the "bell" portion of the bell curve much better than the rest, just like every other technology in existence.
....and the 900 numbers locate themselves in rural areas, and share in the extra (local) telco revenue from those charges. The charges apply no matter what type of number it is.
It also depends on the game, how many they expect to sell to begin with, and the starting price point of the game. It's not just a cut -and-dry, 20% as a magic number, type of deal.
What is this "beach" you speak of? Is it a dark place?
and I've spent pointless hours on it.
Learning how to survive with 3 other people against a horde of zombies is NOT pointless.
Those Hollywood figures are including actors, sets, effects, and the fact that they are the publishers, so there's a step less in the chain that needs to reap profits. You didn't even bother to mention developer costs for games, or the cost of having the companies deal with publishers, and publishers deal with retailers, so your argument is null and void, sir.
Go to your local library if they do this: $2, 1-week game rentals. That would help you out a lot.
Yeah, but the publishers are the problem. You think they're just going to let any company kick them out of the loop?
Wasteful of money, sure, I agree. But if none of them have access to all the information in a country, they really can't abuse all of that information.
Also, on top of it, the 'one-upsmanship' is great for keeping them on their toes. They need to do better than the other guys, rather than ever fall into the "good enough" category. They should have to compete. What they shouldn't have is no one to give their high-risk-of-something-about-to-happen type of information to. They should have one guy that they all report to. Then, if that one guy hears about it from multiple sources, or it's significant enough of a threat, he knows how to step in and prevent a crisis, without actually being privy to everyone's private information at all times. The way it's set up, it essentially works out to a separation of powers within the intelligence community, since they can abuse their power so easily.
Oh, I feel safer this way too. I'm just answering the question of why it is this way.
Ever heard of suing the cops for violating constitutional rights?