I don't see the US giving a damn shit about adverse decisions of the WTO.
Exactly. The US will ignore any decision, leaving Ukraine with punitive sanctions as its recourse. If the US doesn't have enough trade with Ukraine to make that hurt, then the US will ignore that too.
everyone reading this using adblock should fucking be ashamed of themselves
Yes, it's shameful to find ads annoying isn't it? I'm ashamed of myself every time I skip ads with my DVR too but I manage to live with the shame somehow.
Oh, Playboy and reality TV are going strong, but the celebs who appear on them are often perceived as lacking any other opportunities.
My point is that Kickstarter is Playboy and reality TV in your analogy, so while it may turn out that it attracts has-beens, your example doesn't say anything about how successful it will be, only about the sort of celebrity it may attract. I'm sure Kickstarter would be thrilled to be as well-known, financially successful, and long-lived as Playboy (though without other aspects of their reputation of course).
If celebrity Kickstarter projects end up for most of them as the equivalent of reality TV and Playboy covers (what you do when your career is flagging), then it may put a damper on the concept.
I don't know, as far as I know Playboy and reality TV are both still going strong.
Congratulations for being the only one here (including Mr. Geigner) to surmise the real reason for this tragedy. Doctors and hospitals are required by law to report all gun-related (or suspected gun-related) injuries to the police.
There are at three other comments mentioning this issue.
"emulators created to play illegally copied Nintendo software"
If it's rephrased slightly to
"emulators that were created in order to play illegally copied Nintendo software" does it make more sense? You can see now that he's talking not about emulators in general but about emulators whose creators have in mind illegally copied Nintendo games?
I have do idea what his expenses are like but yeah Hollywood movies are seriously out of control.
Or maybe he shouldn't be doing projects so big that he can't self fund.
I don't agree with that. If he has a good idea that he needs, or just wants, extra funding for, he should be free to seek it.
Why does creativity need to cost anyone any money?
If you can find high quality all volunteer work and donated equipment and have the spare time to devote to it, great. Not everyone does, and it's a good thing that there are ways to raise money for creative endeavors.
It is reasonable for people to ask why someone who has already been well-paid by the system needs to crowdfund.
Sure, as long as you're open to answers, such as in this case "he's raising part of the money through crowdfunding and part from his own money because he doesn't want to be tied to Hollywood". I have no problem with the questions, it's the conclusion that "he shouldn't be doing this because he already has money" without asking the question that doesn't make sense.
Why do the "rich" need people to give them money?
This is not a question unique to crowdfunding. Why should I pay for a movie ticket when Tom Cruise is already rich? Why doesn't he just fund the movie and pay for my ticket? I'm sure he can afford it. This is really the same question just applied to a different business model, and how much money the person has is equally irrelevant. If you want to see the movie, you buy a ticket. If you want to ensure that the project is completed, you help fund it. If not, you don't.
What's to explain? If everyone agreed with you he wouldn't get any money donated. Clearly that's not the case since the project is working fine. If the facts don't fit your narrative, maybe you should reexamine your conclusion. On the other hand, I suspect you'll reexamine the facts instead. Probably all those people donating are just dumber than you and don't realize what they're doing, right?
The number of jobs 'saved' by bailing out X are equally offset by losses in other areas of the economy.
Unless you actually have facts to back that up, this assertion is at least as speculative as the reasoning leading to the bailout. I don't know the numbers, but when considering all the ancillary businesses that would be damaged or wiped out by GM and/or Chrysler going out of business, it may have been better to bail them out. How much would we have spent on unemployment benefits if we had not done so? What would the effect be on wages across the economy if we had that much higher unemployment?
Some creatives are concerned that Kickstarter will begin to ignore them and not put in any effort to help them out.
If they're expecting Kickstarter to put in effort to help them out, then they're in the wrong place. That's not what the site is about.
Although some of you think Kickstarter has no say in who gets to use it for fundraising, that isn't the case. Projects are rejected. And if everyone tried to use it, even if they had no chance to raise money, Kickstarter's failure rate would go up and reflect negatively on Kickstarter.
That makes them biased toward safe projects, not large ones. In fact they are well served by having lots of projects in many different areas more than they would by having a few large ones, because that reduces the risk of large scale failure.
Re: Bandwidth does not equal data amount used
Ergo, Data Cap(amount you can use) is pointless when trying to control Bandwidth issues(size of pipe).
Except that it will tend to cause customers to limit their use of high-bandwidth applications over mobile data.
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I don't see the US giving a damn shit about adverse decisions of the WTO.
Exactly. The US will ignore any decision, leaving Ukraine with punitive sanctions as its recourse. If the US doesn't have enough trade with Ukraine to make that hurt, then the US will ignore that too.
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everyone reading this using adblock should fucking be ashamed of themselves
Yes, it's shameful to find ads annoying isn't it? I'm ashamed of myself every time I skip ads with my DVR too but I manage to live with the shame somehow.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Not that easy even for celebs.
Oh, Playboy and reality TV are going strong, but the celebs who appear on them are often perceived as lacking any other opportunities.
My point is that Kickstarter is Playboy and reality TV in your analogy, so while it may turn out that it attracts has-beens, your example doesn't say anything about how successful it will be, only about the sort of celebrity it may attract. I'm sure Kickstarter would be thrilled to be as well-known, financially successful, and long-lived as Playboy (though without other aspects of their reputation of course).
Freedom and choice?
consumers already have lots of freedom, they just don't have many choices in how they exercise it.
WTH does that mean? How can we have lots of freedom with few choices?
Re: Re: Not that easy even for celebs.
If celebrity Kickstarter projects end up for most of them as the equivalent of reality TV and Playboy covers (what you do when your career is flagging), then it may put a damper on the concept.
I don't know, as far as I know Playboy and reality TV are both still going strong.
Re: Re: I am fairly certain the real reason was...
Congratulations for being the only one here (including Mr. Geigner) to surmise the real reason for this tragedy. Doctors and hospitals are required by law to report all gun-related (or suspected gun-related) injuries to the police.
There are at three other comments mentioning this issue.
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Except that's a ridiculous distinction that depends on guessing the motives of the developers.
I agree it's manipulative and makes little sense, but that is what he was saying.
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While a bit of an over-reaction, we don't know the level these kids were taking it to, or if there was a threatening overtone.
They're seven year olds playing with pencils who stopped when they were told. How bad could it have been?
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5) Cever put down a loaded weapon, unload it first.
Impossible due to rule 1.
6) Check its state of load on picking it up.
Unnecessary due to rule 1.
Hm, I think Argonel may have misstated rule 1. :-)
Re: Re: Zero Tolerance == Zero Intelligence
Why are summations being used as a term pertaining to equivalency yields?
== is computer programming notation for equality (in many languages).
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I guarantee you that if the players in the game were drinking a can of Coke EA would be sued to high heaven to pay licensing fees.
Coke would normally pay EA for product placement to get Coke into a game. Why do you think they would sue if it got put in for free?
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"emulators created to play illegally copied Nintendo software"
If it's rephrased slightly to
"emulators that were created in order to play illegally copied Nintendo software" does it make more sense? You can see now that he's talking not about emulators in general but about emulators whose creators have in mind illegally copied Nintendo games?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Growing the pie vs. taking a slice
Why do expenses have to be high?
I have do idea what his expenses are like but yeah Hollywood movies are seriously out of control.
Or maybe he shouldn't be doing projects so big that he can't self fund.
I don't agree with that. If he has a good idea that he needs, or just wants, extra funding for, he should be free to seek it.
Why does creativity need to cost anyone any money?
If you can find high quality all volunteer work and donated equipment and have the spare time to devote to it, great. Not everyone does, and it's a good thing that there are ways to raise money for creative endeavors.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Growing the pie vs. taking a slice
It is reasonable for people to ask why someone who has already been well-paid by the system needs to crowdfund.
Sure, as long as you're open to answers, such as in this case "he's raising part of the money through crowdfunding and part from his own money because he doesn't want to be tied to Hollywood". I have no problem with the questions, it's the conclusion that "he shouldn't be doing this because he already has money" without asking the question that doesn't make sense.
Why do the "rich" need people to give them money?
This is not a question unique to crowdfunding. Why should I pay for a movie ticket when Tom Cruise is already rich? Why doesn't he just fund the movie and pay for my ticket? I'm sure he can afford it. This is really the same question just applied to a different business model, and how much money the person has is equally irrelevant. If you want to see the movie, you buy a ticket. If you want to ensure that the project is completed, you help fund it. If not, you don't.
Re: Re: Re: Qrong question
What's to explain? If everyone agreed with you he wouldn't get any money donated. Clearly that's not the case since the project is working fine. If the facts don't fit your narrative, maybe you should reexamine your conclusion. On the other hand, I suspect you'll reexamine the facts instead. Probably all those people donating are just dumber than you and don't realize what they're doing, right?
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The number of jobs 'saved' by bailing out X are equally offset by losses in other areas of the economy.
Unless you actually have facts to back that up, this assertion is at least as speculative as the reasoning leading to the bailout. I don't know the numbers, but when considering all the ancillary businesses that would be damaged or wiped out by GM and/or Chrysler going out of business, it may have been better to bail them out. How much would we have spent on unemployment benefits if we had not done so? What would the effect be on wages across the economy if we had that much higher unemployment?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Growing the pie vs. taking a slice
Some creatives are concerned that Kickstarter will begin to ignore them and not put in any effort to help them out.
If they're expecting Kickstarter to put in effort to help them out, then they're in the wrong place. That's not what the site is about.
Although some of you think Kickstarter has no say in who gets to use it for fundraising, that isn't the case. Projects are rejected. And if everyone tried to use it, even if they had no chance to raise money, Kickstarter's failure rate would go up and reflect negatively on Kickstarter.
That makes them biased toward safe projects, not large ones. In fact they are well served by having lots of projects in many different areas more than they would by having a few large ones, because that reduces the risk of large scale failure.
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A "grammatically correct" dude who doesn't even capitalize his own nick?
I'm also rebellious, or inconsistent, or something.
Re: One potential logic error:
From their standpoint, any money earned through a pay system is a plus and bonus to the bottom line.
If they're showing ads to the payers, yes. If not then any time they spend on the site viewing premium content is time lost to advertising.