Completely disagree. Amazon put that clause in the contract for this very purpose. They didn't want to wait 2 years for a delayed Vista to get Valentine.
Anyone else notice that as the Olympics has shifted from Nationalism to Commercialism it's viewership and worldwide interest has dropped dramatically? I wonder when the people who run the Olympics will notice that.
My guess: once it starts losing money.
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I) A professor did not realize people would not play his game if it wasn't fun. B) Someone in charge of $250k did not realize this. or 3) He doesn't realize that if Arden wasn't fun, no one will even look at Arden 2 Conclusion) Now he's got funding for an Arden2???
I played Oregon Trail. I learned that Dysentery is a bad thing and can kill me and wreck my trip.
I played Doom. I learned that you can modify things you buy to make them more fun, like Barney. I learned how to use my computer to modify the aliens into Barneys, and now I use computers every day in my job.
I played Warcraft. I learned that the key to winning games is not how hard you fight, but how great of control you have over your resources. This is true in games, war, politics, and business.
I played Grand Theft Auto. I learned that if I steal cars, cops will come. If I shoot at them, they will get mad and I will eventually die to a tank.
I played Socom. I learned that if I was in the Army, I'd die. I learned that a lot.
I think games reinforce the reality of this world, and individuals that do not let it impact their academic/professional lives benefit greatly from them.
"The first one to come out with a 30 dollar player will win the war."
The problem isn't the player, it's the discs. The first one to get movies to me for a $10-$20 price point, and not the $35-$40 price point, wins in my book.
Does this mean the record industry has successfully convinced everyone the price of an album should be around $10? Or does it mean that the record industry actually set the right price point? Does it mean that cheaper priced albums might sell more quantity, but generate less revenue?
I think it was the ATI in the new powermacs. I think ATI spilled the news of powermacs before an apple keynote, and Jobs cut them out of the entire keynote.
I love how everyone blames executive compensation for high priced goods. $5m for a CEO in a large company is nothing. It probably wouldn't even affect EPS for a full year. The job of a CEO isn't about how many excel sheets he can go through in an hour, i'd guess a tenth of that of a normal employee. The job of the CEO is to make the right call once or twice a year, and thereby making the difference in revenue (either increasing it by 20%, or stopping it from decreasing by 20%).
CEO's aren't the reason games cost so much. Gamers demand better games. Better games take more time. You can't honestly tell me if someone released a game like the original Zelda today you'd be willing to buy it, even at $30.
The CEO is correct though. The way to grow the industry is to correctly price the lower quality games. I'd probably buy more games if the "sorta fun" ones were $20 a pop and less time to consume.
That means sticking with Microsoft's solution in the workplace. At least it will have someone guaranteeing support 5 years from now (even if it's crappy support).
I can't believe they bailed on ODF that quickly. Just makes my decision a no-brainer concerning other document standards they push in the future.
I imagine most who wanted Manhunt were disinterested with the reports of the gore being blurred. I think anyone who still intended to buy the game is now much more likely to download it illegally.
The US changed its policy, and withdrew gambling from its free trade commitments The only thing wrong with this is that it should have never been on the list of commitments to begin with.
Luckily, the WTO has no army or ability to enforce its rulings, so they can GTFO.
Honestly, it's not fun to play against mouse users with a controller. I prefer controller FPS's, since aiming is more of a challenge and I feel strategy comes into play more than point-click.
"We have too few engineers and no manufacturing infrastructure. We will have to train a whole new class of workers and build many new factories."
Those two functions have proven that they generally go to the lowest bidder. There is no value proposition to having those functions domestic.
We're lucky, in America. We're the Microsoft Office of the world. The big companies are here, which means executives are here, which means service-oriented products are here. When the Forbes 500 relocates their headquarters to other countries, then we worry.
Every day Slashdot posts some obviously answered question on the front page, and every day I click on "Read More...". Here's tomorrow article: With all the new processors coming out, will 4Ghz be fast enough for everyone?
You at least pick up that section of the newspaper and look at it to throw it away. With adblock, you never even get the chance to see the ads.
It's great. Everyone's "entitled" to block ads. So what happens when all the sites that provide stellar content get sick of your "push back" and start charging subscriptions? Then people go to the less reputable sites, and we get Dvorak as our reliable source of journalism.
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The price cut was planned but not for the reasons analysts are speculating.
The price cut was to compete with its own product, the iPod. The goal is to convert iPod users into iPhone users. And really, at that price why not? People are used to paying $200-$300 for their iPod, so the iPhone now looks like a very good bargain.
With that, apple adds revenue streams from ATT, even better integration with the iTMS, and the opportunity for even more revenue streams through new WiFi/Edge services (Starbucks, Ringtones, etc). Freakin' Brilliant.
Now the crazy parents who don't keep track of their children can use this instead of parenting....And they can stop trying to pass legislation to restrict MY television viewing.
"In court records, the MPAA said that the person who obtained the e-mails did so before approaching the group with an offer to sell the information and that he signed a contract stating he had come by the correspondence through lawful means."
While I'm sure the RIAA knew they were in a gray area, they did cover their asses.
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I could say the same exact thing for Finance, HR, Payroll, Facilities, Legal... etc. They're all just as important as IT.
Basically, bad management will be bad, and good management will be good.
Completely disagree. Amazon put that clause in the contract for this very purpose. They didn't want to wait 2 years for a delayed Vista to get Valentine.
Anyone else notice that as the Olympics has shifted from Nationalism to Commercialism it's viewership and worldwide interest has dropped dramatically? I wonder when the people who run the Olympics will notice that. My guess: once it starts losing money.
I don't get it. McCain is a bad choice because he's "Not electable", but then you push for Ron Paul?
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I don't know what's more impressive to me:
I) A professor did not realize people would not play his game if it wasn't fun.
B) Someone in charge of $250k did not realize this.
or
3) He doesn't realize that if Arden wasn't fun, no one will even look at Arden 2
Conclusion) Now he's got funding for an Arden2???
The FBI isn't enforcing it here, somehow the courts let the RIAA/MPAA gather information from ISPs without a warrant. That's the big problem here.
He may have calculated 6 moves ahead, but in the real world there's no guarantee he gets a second move.
I play violent video games all the time.
I played Oregon Trail.
I learned that Dysentery is a bad thing and can kill me and wreck my trip.
I played Doom.
I learned that you can modify things you buy to make them more fun, like Barney. I learned how to use my computer to modify the aliens into Barneys, and now I use computers every day in my job.
I played Warcraft.
I learned that the key to winning games is not how hard you fight, but how great of control you have over your resources. This is true in games, war, politics, and business.
I played Grand Theft Auto.
I learned that if I steal cars, cops will come. If I shoot at them, they will get mad and I will eventually die to a tank.
I played Socom.
I learned that if I was in the Army, I'd die. I learned that a lot.
I think games reinforce the reality of this world, and individuals that do not let it impact their academic/professional lives benefit greatly from them.
"The first one to come out with a 30 dollar player will win the war."
The problem isn't the player, it's the discs. The first one to get movies to me for a $10-$20 price point, and not the $35-$40 price point, wins in my book.
Does this mean the record industry has successfully convinced everyone the price of an album should be around $10?
Or does it mean that the record industry actually set the right price point?
Does it mean that cheaper priced albums might sell more quantity, but generate less revenue?
I think it was the ATI in the new powermacs. I think ATI spilled the news of powermacs before an apple keynote, and Jobs cut them out of the entire keynote.
I love how everyone blames executive compensation for high priced goods. $5m for a CEO in a large company is nothing. It probably wouldn't even affect EPS for a full year. The job of a CEO isn't about how many excel sheets he can go through in an hour, i'd guess a tenth of that of a normal employee. The job of the CEO is to make the right call once or twice a year, and thereby making the difference in revenue (either increasing it by 20%, or stopping it from decreasing by 20%).
CEO's aren't the reason games cost so much. Gamers demand better games. Better games take more time. You can't honestly tell me if someone released a game like the original Zelda today you'd be willing to buy it, even at $30.
The CEO is correct though. The way to grow the industry is to correctly price the lower quality games. I'd probably buy more games if the "sorta fun" ones were $20 a pop and less time to consume.
That means sticking with Microsoft's solution in the workplace. At least it will have someone guaranteeing support 5 years from now (even if it's crappy support).
I can't believe they bailed on ODF that quickly. Just makes my decision a no-brainer concerning other document standards they push in the future.
I don't want to hear it until they start developing a new Monkey Island. Like the first two, not the crap that came after it.
Hell, even re-release the first two on Xbox Live Arcade and I'll be happy. LeChuck's revenge was my favorite.
I imagine most who wanted Manhunt were disinterested with the reports of the gore being blurred. I think anyone who still intended to buy the game is now much more likely to download it illegally.
The US changed its policy, and withdrew gambling from its free trade commitments The only thing wrong with this is that it should have never been on the list of commitments to begin with.
Luckily, the WTO has no army or ability to enforce its rulings, so they can GTFO.
Honestly, it's not fun to play against mouse users with a controller. I prefer controller FPS's, since aiming is more of a challenge and I feel strategy comes into play more than point-click.
"We have too few engineers and no manufacturing infrastructure. We will have to train a whole new class of workers and build many new factories."
Those two functions have proven that they generally go to the lowest bidder. There is no value proposition to having those functions domestic.
We're lucky, in America. We're the Microsoft Office of the world. The big companies are here, which means executives are here, which means service-oriented products are here. When the Forbes 500 relocates their headquarters to other countries, then we worry.
Every day Slashdot posts some obviously answered question on the front page, and every day I click on "Read More...". Here's tomorrow article: With all the new processors coming out, will 4Ghz be fast enough for everyone?
You at least pick up that section of the newspaper and look at it to throw it away. With adblock, you never even get the chance to see the ads.
It's great. Everyone's "entitled" to block ads. So what happens when all the sites that provide stellar content get sick of your "push back" and start charging subscriptions? Then people go to the less reputable sites, and we get Dvorak as our reliable source of journalism.
Last week on Slashdot: We don't have enough engineers! Should we subsidize those majors in college?
This week on Slashdot: Too many engineers! Salaries are falling!
The price cut was planned but not for the reasons analysts are speculating.
The price cut was to compete with its own product, the iPod. The goal is to convert iPod users into iPhone users. And really, at that price why not? People are used to paying $200-$300 for their iPod, so the iPhone now looks like a very good bargain.
With that, apple adds revenue streams from ATT, even better integration with the iTMS, and the opportunity for even more revenue streams through new WiFi/Edge services (Starbucks, Ringtones, etc). Freakin' Brilliant.
Now the crazy parents who don't keep track of their children can use this instead of parenting. ...And they can stop trying to pass legislation to restrict MY television viewing.
"In court records, the MPAA said that the person who obtained the e-mails did so before approaching the group with an offer to sell the information and that he signed a contract stating he had come by the correspondence through lawful means."
While I'm sure the RIAA knew they were in a gray area, they did cover their asses.