That would be awesome. Its even already got a cool story line: Humans encounter Turians. Turians blow up Humans. Humans send a small fleet that blows up the Turians, Turians send a bigger fleet to capture Shanxi, thinking it is the Human homeworld. Humans send a bigger fleet, kick the Turians in the teeth, and take back Shanxi. Council realizes that the whole thing was a big misunderstanding and brokers a peace treaty.
I would pay to see that. It sounds pretty awesome to me. Cue the sequels.
Cable companies do not see any revenue directly from advertisements.
Oh rly? Time Warner would seem to disagree. I mean, clearly you know more than I do, but doesn't that look at awful lot like a cable company selling commercial time? Look at the side bar, they even advertise what popular shows they still have spots for!
Reminds me of something from the movie:
"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof."
I think open source is much the same way. Most of the folks working on open source projects are not doing so out of boredom, they are doing so out of love or ideology. Neither of those changes because the economy has gotten a little bad. In fact, you could see quite the opposite. Out of work for a couple of months, need to keep those programming skills sharp? Join an OSS project and do some code contributing and bug fixing.
IT investments didn't provide companies with strategic advantages because when one company adopted a new technology, its competitors did the same. And if they don't adopt a new technology, all your competitors will abide by your decision and not adopt it either? Yea, right.
IT departments may not provide a competitive advantage, but you still have to have them because if you don't you give your competitors an advantage.
legalized drugs and prostitution (what do you think Mary Magdalene was???) etc. Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute, that is a common misconception. The prostitute you are thinking of was Mary of Bethany, sister of Martha and Lazarus.
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Mass Effect: First Contact
That would be awesome. Its even already got a cool story line: Humans encounter Turians. Turians blow up Humans. Humans send a small fleet that blows up the Turians, Turians send a bigger fleet to capture Shanxi, thinking it is the Human homeworld. Humans send a bigger fleet, kick the Turians in the teeth, and take back Shanxi. Council realizes that the whole thing was a big misunderstanding and brokers a peace treaty.
I would pay to see that. It sounds pretty awesome to me. Cue the sequels.
Cable companies do not see any revenue directly from advertisements.
Oh rly? Time Warner would seem to disagree. I mean, clearly you know more than I do, but doesn't that look at awful lot like a cable company selling commercial time? Look at the side bar, they even advertise what popular shows they still have spots for!
Robot Ninjas? My god, someone warn the pirates!
Reminds me of something from the movie: "Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof." I think open source is much the same way. Most of the folks working on open source projects are not doing so out of boredom, they are doing so out of love or ideology. Neither of those changes because the economy has gotten a little bad. In fact, you could see quite the opposite. Out of work for a couple of months, need to keep those programming skills sharp? Join an OSS project and do some code contributing and bug fixing.