It's a little more complicated than that. The truth is the commission is your price to get FAIRLY CONSIDERED on the MLS.
Standard commission where I am is 6%. Real estate agents don't highly consider the homes for sale at lower percentages.
While I can get on the MLS with a 1-2 percent commission the home won't be seriously considered.
This is CHANGING now that we have the aggregators showing the homes and people can find the homes faster than they can find a realtor.
The whole argument that the realtor is necessary for the inspections, offers, negotiation is specious.
I just bought a second home. I knew the seller and just drew up a simple for sale contract and took it to my bank and then chose a title company and they handled all the documents etc. It was inexpensive for the seller (Though there is still the title insurance scam) and it worked well.
I'd love to sell my other home myself. But the REALITY of the situation is that a realtor is presently a bonus convenience. I don't have to like it and I can certainly hope for a change in how things operate.
I'm (trying) to sell a home. What do realtors in my area do? Put it on the MLS. Then they wait. They wait for someone to have an interest. They make big noises about it getting on the aggregate sites (realtor.com, trulia, zillow) and that being a selling point. I've been through several companies - NOTHING differentiates one company from another. It's a scam. And I get to pay 6% of my selling price to someone who basically just inputs some data and WAITS.
There are ways to get into the MLS cheaper but realtors don't show these "low commission" homes.
So we sit here and basically pay a "tax" to get into the MLS so the home can sell. I'd love to be part of something BIGGER than the MLS that lets homes sell without paying this "tax". It is WAY out of line and this industry is RIPE for technological disruption. It can't happen fast enough for me.
We were eating breakfast and we had a little box of raisins. You know, the ones not marked for resale. So they didn't have any nutritional information on them. But they did have one of these QR Codes (Never knew they were QR before today). I used my phone to see if I could get the nutritional info - would have been nice if I could - but got an advertising site for sunmaid instead.
Anyway - they COULD be useful. But they usually aren't.
Techdirt is letting us mark comments as funny and insightful. How about letting us mark the original blog entries thusly? (Is that a word?). Anyway - I laughed all the way through this one!
I absolutely agree. The software is even FREE for distribution - no charge. The source is available. The only "problem" may be the fact that the source for the API's used in the Apple SDK are closed. Is that REALLY a problem with the GPL?
I don't think it's a fight apple wants to get into. So the easiest thing is to just remove the application. Sad but I can see where they would not want to assume legal liability for every application and developer.
I live in Tennessee. I pay sales tax on Amazon purchases.
What's the big deal with Amazon? The sales tax is nothing more than administrative and not onerous. They even get to earn interest on the money before they pay it. They SHOULD have been collecting it and passing it on. I'm willing to bet that they turn on the sales tax collection in Texas (anyone from Texas want to try to buy something to see?) and then settle with the state.
The letter of the law is on the states side here - not because of Woot but because of the distribution center.
Why even try to hide it as I said - the consumer is paying the sales tax.
Now if Amazon really wanted to get froggy they could go after their past customers for the back sales tax....
Funny. It's like a certain large retailer. Where a 25 foot garden hose is $5.00 but a 50 foot one is $15.00. A quart of milk for $1.99 or a half gallon for $5.00. I guess it's "New Math".
It's pretty clear on the web site that it's 5 cents per megabyte of overage. I'm still amazed there's not a better offering.
As to sprint - I have a sprint card too. It's on "holiday" right now but when active still has the 5gb cap as well as shoddy coverage compared to verizon. It is nice that they let you put it on holiday for a time though.
In self defense I added tethering to my iphone so I have a solution from each carrier.
Even so - just a moderate update to system software that happens in background can use 1/2 a gigabyte in a hurry. Do that on 5 connected machines and half the bandwidth is gone in an very short time.
If there's a mobile solution other than these 3 carriers I'm all ears.
This is also why being in bed with the RIAA appears to be good to the cable companies. They don't want unauthorized file sharing because it decreases the customer dependency.
Some people need cable for their internet connection. Some can't cut "basic cable" because they need it in order to have the internet. I lived at one place (I don't have a TV) where I had basic cable with no TV just so I could have high speed internet. To get the internet you had to have basic cable. Now, basic cable is nearly $50.00 a month near here --- NOT including internet or any "premium" content.
I don't think cable is going away because it's the infrastructure for the internet in many neighborhoods.
They actually benefit from the internet. If they didn't offer internet I know a lot more people would cut the cord.
Let's go to the source and see what is really being reported. There was no malware on the PLANE. It was on the ground - and even WITHOUT the malware this problem may not have been detected as it depended on mechanics to log the failures. The logging of the failures failed. Even so - it may not have prevented this accident. Bottom line: Pilot Error primary cause.
Secondary - failure of warning system to warn the pilot of the error.
This particular failure may have grounded the plane to fix the warning system. Or not.
I don't generally disagree with TechDirt positions but in this case I think you missed the boat.
Ap STORES (and the key word here is STORE) are great for developers the same way that supermarkets are great for eggs. CUSTOMERS have a centralized place to obtain goods - and don't have to go to Farm A to get eggs, Farm B to get Milk and Farm C to get meat.
Sure - a saavy shopper can go directly to the farm and save some money but the STORE is CONVENIENT. In that Ap Stores rule.
This feeds into how theaters get movies. This strategy might actually play into how smaller movie houses obtain their movies. You see, theaters bid for movies. They say how much they are willing to pay to show it.
Re: Re: Real Estate RIPE for disruption
It's a little more complicated than that. The truth is the commission is your price to get FAIRLY CONSIDERED on the MLS.
Standard commission where I am is 6%. Real estate agents don't highly consider the homes for sale at lower percentages.
While I can get on the MLS with a 1-2 percent commission the home won't be seriously considered.
This is CHANGING now that we have the aggregators showing the homes and people can find the homes faster than they can find a realtor.
The whole argument that the realtor is necessary for the inspections, offers, negotiation is specious.
I just bought a second home. I knew the seller and just drew up a simple for sale contract and took it to my bank and then chose a title company and they handled all the documents etc. It was inexpensive for the seller (Though there is still the title insurance scam) and it worked well.
I'd love to sell my other home myself. But the REALITY of the situation is that a realtor is presently a bonus convenience. I don't have to like it and I can certainly hope for a change in how things operate.
Real Estate RIPE for disruption
I'm (trying) to sell a home. What do realtors in my area do? Put it on the MLS. Then they wait. They wait for someone to have an interest. They make big noises about it getting on the aggregate sites (realtor.com, trulia, zillow) and that being a selling point. I've been through several companies - NOTHING differentiates one company from another. It's a scam. And I get to pay 6% of my selling price to someone who basically just inputs some data and WAITS.
There are ways to get into the MLS cheaper but realtors don't show these "low commission" homes.
So we sit here and basically pay a "tax" to get into the MLS so the home can sell. I'd love to be part of something BIGGER than the MLS that lets homes sell without paying this "tax". It is WAY out of line and this industry is RIPE for technological disruption. It can't happen fast enough for me.
raisins
We were eating breakfast and we had a little box of raisins. You know, the ones not marked for resale. So they didn't have any nutritional information on them. But they did have one of these QR Codes (Never knew they were QR before today). I used my phone to see if I could get the nutritional info - would have been nice if I could - but got an advertising site for sunmaid instead.
Anyway - they COULD be useful. But they usually aren't.
Funny and Insightful
Techdirt is letting us mark comments as funny and insightful. How about letting us mark the original blog entries thusly? (Is that a word?). Anyway - I laughed all the way through this one!
Not for Export...
Perhaps it contains technology that is not legal to export to the UK.
Not really "unknown"
I had to watch this in high school science class! In 1976.
Nullification
This is why jurors should be educated about nullification.
This jury could have come back with an award of $.01 per song. Nullifying the bad law.
Too bad they didn't know about nullification.
Re: Load of FUD from FSF, nothing more
I absolutely agree. The software is even FREE for distribution - no charge. The source is available. The only "problem" may be the fact that the source for the API's used in the Apple SDK are closed. Is that REALLY a problem with the GPL?
I don't think it's a fight apple wants to get into. So the easiest thing is to just remove the application. Sad but I can see where they would not want to assume legal liability for every application and developer.
Somebody is being stubborn
I live in Tennessee. I pay sales tax on Amazon purchases.
What's the big deal with Amazon? The sales tax is nothing more than administrative and not onerous. They even get to earn interest on the money before they pay it. They SHOULD have been collecting it and passing it on. I'm willing to bet that they turn on the sales tax collection in Texas (anyone from Texas want to try to buy something to see?) and then settle with the state.
The letter of the law is on the states side here - not because of Woot but because of the distribution center.
Why even try to hide it as I said - the consumer is paying the sales tax.
Now if Amazon really wanted to get froggy they could go after their past customers for the back sales tax....
Re: Don't know what you guys are complaining about...
Funny. It's like a certain large retailer. Where a 25 foot garden hose is $5.00 but a 50 foot one is $15.00. A quart of milk for $1.99 or a half gallon for $5.00. I guess it's "New Math".
Re: Not learning their lesson
It's pretty clear on the web site that it's 5 cents per megabyte of overage. I'm still amazed there's not a better offering.
As to sprint - I have a sprint card too. It's on "holiday" right now but when active still has the 5gb cap as well as shoddy coverage compared to verizon. It is nice that they let you put it on holiday for a time though.
In self defense I added tethering to my iphone so I have a solution from each carrier.
Even so - just a moderate update to system software that happens in background can use 1/2 a gigabyte in a hurry. Do that on 5 connected machines and half the bandwidth is gone in an very short time.
If there's a mobile solution other than these 3 carriers I'm all ears.
Why did he sue?
Money?
Seems like a good result.
What's happened so far as a result of these searches?
1 - has any laptop ever been searched?
2 - what was the negative consequence to the holder of the laptop? What's been done as a result of these searches?
Re:
This is also why being in bed with the RIAA appears to be good to the cable companies. They don't want unauthorized file sharing because it decreases the customer dependency.
But some people need cable...
Some people need cable for their internet connection. Some can't cut "basic cable" because they need it in order to have the internet. I lived at one place (I don't have a TV) where I had basic cable with no TV just so I could have high speed internet. To get the internet you had to have basic cable. Now, basic cable is nearly $50.00 a month near here --- NOT including internet or any "premium" content.
I don't think cable is going away because it's the infrastructure for the internet in many neighborhoods.
They actually benefit from the internet. If they didn't offer internet I know a lot more people would cut the cord.
Re: Let's get the blames right
Blame the flight crew. If they had put flaps and slats in proper position for takeoff, there would have been no crash.
Let's not flp out here.
Let's go to the source and see what is really being reported. There was no malware on the PLANE. It was on the ground - and even WITHOUT the malware this problem may not have been detected as it depended on mechanics to log the failures. The logging of the failures failed. Even so - it may not have prevented this accident. Bottom line: Pilot Error primary cause.
Secondary - failure of warning system to warn the pilot of the error.
This particular failure may have grounded the plane to fix the warning system. Or not.
See original via google transation:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&lay out=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elpais.com%2Farticulo%2Fespana%2Fordenador%2FSpanair%2Fanota ba%2Ffallos%2Faviones%2Ftenia%2Fvirus%2Felpepiesp%2F20100820elpepinac_11%2FTes&sl=es&tl=en
Another possible reason...
The visa form examined IS counterfeit.
Short sighted
I don't generally disagree with TechDirt positions but in this case I think you missed the boat.
Ap STORES (and the key word here is STORE) are great for developers the same way that supermarkets are great for eggs. CUSTOMERS have a centralized place to obtain goods - and don't have to go to Farm A to get eggs, Farm B to get Milk and Farm C to get meat.
Sure - a saavy shopper can go directly to the farm and save some money but the STORE is CONVENIENT. In that Ap Stores rule.
How theaters get movies
This feeds into how theaters get movies. This strategy might actually play into how smaller movie houses obtain their movies. You see, theaters bid for movies. They say how much they are willing to pay to show it.