Really?

There is the guys post. What is the fucking context, asshole?

He is not saying he wants to blow up the airport. He is saying he is going to blow up the airport if they don't run their operations in a manner he deems fit.

How are reporters going to be paid? Do you think they will work for free?

Selection Bias.

You are asking a group with a majority population which i against intellectual property. I think we all know what people are going to say.

But, like I showed, the example itself is false. And, in this case, the example doesn't apply because one is not getting a "cheaper" XBox. Rich or poor, one gets the same quality device. It is only how one pays for it that is different.

What you fail to see is that this is just another form of financing hardware via a contract for service. And, as far as financing goes, it is pretty good. It is less than 15%APR on the 2 years of the contract. One can buy one's way out of the contract and if one defaults on the contract, one loses the service, but gets to keep the hardware.

One who throws out boots because the soles have worn out is a fool for not having them resoled for a tenth the price.

Fiction is a bad place to pull examples.

A pair of $10.00 boots can be resoled with leather for about $1.00. If Sam Vimes buys a new pair of boots every time his soles wore out, he would be considered a wasteful fool.

What do you consider "quality living"? I am single and live in an expensive area in Tampa, FL in a large 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment that I pay $885 per month on, plus I have a garage at $100 per month. That is less than $1000 for housing and I am living large. I could move to a 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment in a middle class neighborhood and pay around $700. My basic utilities would be about $150. That is $850 per month for housing and utilities, which leaves$150 for food, etc. That is tight but doable. If I go to a lower class neighborhood, I can get a place for between $400 and $650. And, if one is making minimum wage, one is in the lower class. I worked at a company making large commercial signs out of metal (real physical labor) and made $8.50 an hour. I have been there.

Why are so many minimum wage earners still on government assistance? They waste money on cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, and eating out at fast food restaurants. They have sex for recreation and end up with kids. They spend a lot on entertainment and communication in the form of cable TV, cell phones, and game systems. They buy $2000.00 cars, spend thousands to paint it and modify it to accept over-sized wheels, then rent rims and tires.

Using just the numbers in the summary and assuming it is a simple loan with $99.00 down, $284 financed, and treating the $74.00 difference as interest, the interest rate is roughly 13%. That is the same or better than many credit cards. Before you start storming the walls, check out what the interest rate would be if you put it on your credit card or a no documentation, no credit check loan.

And, remember, you can't pay a penalty and be rid of a loan and keep the device. The device would be collateral and if you defaulted on the loan, they would come and take it back and keep all the money you had paid thus far.

Really, this isn't a bad deal considering the alternative financing available.

He is referring to the situation my company is in. We are huge, spread over several continents, and use do in-house data tracking with a mix of proprietary, free, and home-grown software in about equal proportions.

In the company I work for, we use home-grown and free for data collection, proprietary and free for analysis and storage, and a combination of the three for presentation.