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Comment Chinese government's "complex" as to what passes (Score 3, Interesting) 125

Our site http://1place.com.au/ is blocked which on has our work or intellectual property generally (e.g. art events, design, patents, copyright, latest trade mark disputes, great marketing podcasts...) .... However, the bare buttocks at the opera house as photographed by Spencer Tunick has no problems getting passed the great wall: http://thespencertunickexperience.org/2010-03_Sydney/Sydney_The_Base_2010.htm I was surprised. We were informed by a Chinese resident that: "Nudity is no probelm. It is subversive activity [of IP protection] such as your website that is blocked."

Comment Worst timing ever (Score 1) 344

You can't charge for the Web. The experience that most users get sucks. They are in IE on a PC and it sucks. There are too many other sources that also suck to bother paying, with very rare exception.

They should be making non-Web content to charge for. For example, iPad apps, or eBooks, and so on. And advertise that on your Web site.

Think of a Sunday newspaper with a magazine in it. Make the newspaper free (Web), charge a low price for the magazine (eBook). Make the part you pay for downloadable and rich in photos and videos and audio. Make the Web compete with that.

The reason HBO worked was it was something née and different from free ad-supported TV. They didn't try to take NBC to a paid model.

Comment Re:Absolutely BS (Score 1) 984

Yes, who do they think they are. Those prefixes only meant powers of ten for nearly two centuries before computers came along. I think you'd find your precious dictionary reference would reflect that as late as the 70's or 80's.

Just why do you think that you are so important that you can redefine a centuries old standard?

Comment Re:yeah (Score 1) 378

You're saying this "mom" doesn't understand or really need high end photo editing software. And she also can't afford to spend much on it.

So why should Adobe lower the price for her? She doesn't have the money or need the software. She's a lousy prospect.

So who cares if she goes out and pirates their software? That does not represent a lost sale. Adobe was never gonna have her business to begin with.

You don't "market" a product to everybody. Or if you hate the word "marketing" we can say this: you dont' create and sell a product and hope literally everybody and their brother will buy a copy for one dollar apiece. Different products appeal to different people. Photoshop is high end software programmed for people who need it and can afford to pay for it. People who aren't in the "market" for such a product because they don't understand it and can't afford it are a waste of adobe's time. Trying to appeal to them AND to the high end at the same time would result in software that is middling, and pleases no one. Adobe knows their audience, knows what it can afford, and knows how to please them.

Nothing to do with which college you went to. It's just about figuring out where the money is and not wasting your time with everyone else.

Comment Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score 3, Insightful) 248

No, I think it was a deliberate attempt to mislead. Best Buy already offers installation services on devices they sell, and by Best Buys response pretty much states that is exactly what this, just under a different name. 3d TV's are new, but TV's in general are not. Honestly any idiot can install a TV and home theater in a box and more people are realizing this and as such Best Buy is probably worrying that they are going to have a harder and harder time selling the essentially free money installation services. So they rename an existing service to make it sound like they are doing something special, that a trained professional is required for, that is essential for the enjoyment of the TV.

Comment Re:And in related news no one here cares about... (Score 3, Funny) 284

For Windows Mobile fans...

Fascinating! You seem to be implying that there is more than one!! And I had always thought they were just a myth. What truly amazing times we live in, where such people live right alongside the rest of us, and we don't even know they're there!

Tell me, is it true that you all have fingertips as pointed as sharpened pencils, which allow you to actual use the OS? Or is it, like my friend believes, that you are all atoning for some great, and unspeakable crime? Perhaps you were AOL developers in your past life?
:-P

Comment Heads (Score 2, Funny) 98

Using the size of the diners' heads as a basis for comparison, the Wansinks used computers to compare the sizes of the plates in front of the apostles, the food servings on those plates and the bread on the table.

Maybe people's heads have just been getting smaller? It would sure explain a lot.

Comment Hope (Score 1) 727

I hope your medical insurance will help you if you are insured. If you did military service they may pay as loud noise and combat or certain positions often result in hearing issues. If you can get Medicare a supplemental plan may cover your issues. You might even try for a disability check as deafness just might be a qualifier.
              I do not know your age but you are only seeing the tip of the ice berg. We need national health care. There is absolutely no excuse for anyone to even consider the cost of hearing aids. This is a medical issue and everyone deserves the best care available at all times. Money should never set care limits.
              Good luck and God bless you.

Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 727

And maybe better so, since a whole industry would dissappear almost completely.

Good thing we never invented the automobile, that would have put all those buggy drivers out of business. I can't imagine what would happen if people started making things better. Status Quo is the way to go!

Comment Re:It's about time (Score 1) 999

I live in one of the 10 largest metropolitan areas of the US, so I am not a hillbilly (not that I would mind). No, I hated the fact that the government created the telephone monopoly that it later broke up.
I do dislike health insurance, because it isn't really insurance and the fact that it exists is one of the factors contributing to medical costs rising faster than inflation (Medicare and Medicaid are the main factors in that).
Personally, I preferred when people helped those less fortunate than themselves out of the goodness of their hearts rather than at the point of a gun.

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