Thought #1: That fine adds up to peanuts to Valve: 550,000 euros. If I were Valve, I'd just pay the fine up-front and continue going about my business.
Thought #2: How would resale even work? Does this mean I could effectively transfer games between accounts by paying myself a virtual penny, or would you have to post the game for sale on an open market run by Valve? Can Valve take a cut on resales?
Not good enough. Would like to see kickstarter-style fundraising for individual bugs on launchpad, with Canonical giving at least half of the proceeds to whoever manages to fix the bug.
There are a number of Ubuntu bug reports that I follow with little hope of ever seeing fixed, and this new fundraising scheme is not going to help their chances in any way.
Thanks for at least reaching out, but I'm confused:
If I need to send email to some hidden address, then what is the point of the flag button next to the erroneous entry on my house's Zillow page that is supposedly for submitting corrections?
My wife and I have each used that flag icon to submit corrections several times or the past 1-2 years, and Zillow has ignored it.
I hope Zillow burns. They incorrectly list my mom's quit claimed off the title of my first house as a low-price sale. This led prospective renters to think that we were asking for too much in monthly rent when we put it on the rental market this summer.
Trulia seems to know the difference and does not show the quit claim in the sale history.
Wow. I worked at Taco Bell for a year after college, and they only put 1/3 to 1/2 as much meat in their tacos as depicted, using a special scoop for portion control. They also don't put any more cheese on top than what is fully in view in the picture.
The taco on the left is therefore clearly false advertising, unless it's actually legal to pile all of the meat and cheese on one half of a taco in advertisements but not in the actual product.
That's probably true, but it doesn't mean that Hollywood realizes it yet (much less acts on it). Things are changing so fast that big media producers are trying desperately to cling to every one of their distribution channels because they don't know which ones are going to dry up sooner or more quickly.
You guys aren't thinking cynically/paranoid enough. Clearly box office sales hype is a marketing tool used to boost DVD sales. There are a lot of people that don't bother going to the box office but that still look at how well a movie did there when deciding whether to buy it on DVD.
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Thoughts
Thought #1: That fine adds up to peanuts to Valve: 550,000 euros. If I were Valve, I'd just pay the fine up-front and continue going about my business.
Thought #2: How would resale even work? Does this mean I could effectively transfer games between accounts by paying myself a virtual penny, or would you have to post the game for sale on an open market run by Valve? Can Valve take a cut on resales?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Be careful what you wish for...
At least one each: Comcast is pulling out of Hulu and standing up Peacock. AT&T owns HBO.
lol Wired
Tried posting a link to this on the comments of that UK Wired article, but their moderators never approved it. I wonder why? ;)
Not good enough
Not good enough. Would like to see kickstarter-style fundraising for individual bugs on launchpad, with Canonical giving at least half of the proceeds to whoever manages to fix the bug.
There are a number of Ubuntu bug reports that I follow with little hope of ever seeing fixed, and this new fundraising scheme is not going to help their chances in any way.
Re: Quit Claim Deed
Rachel,
Thanks for at least reaching out, but I'm confused:
If I need to send email to some hidden address, then what is the point of the flag button next to the erroneous entry on my house's Zillow page that is supposedly for submitting corrections?
My wife and I have each used that flag icon to submit corrections several times or the past 1-2 years, and Zillow has ignored it.
Screw Zillow
I hope Zillow burns. They incorrectly list my mom's quit claimed off the title of my first house as a low-price sale. This led prospective renters to think that we were asking for too much in monthly rent when we put it on the rental market this summer.
Trulia seems to know the difference and does not show the quit claim in the sale history.
What about Sweden?
Why is Sweden not also implicated in the article title?
Or are you saying that Sweden has no Basic Values to betray?
Re: Fail
My thoughts exactly, except I noticed this years ago with poor integration of contacts in Gmail.
Re: Re: What else can we sue about that lies to us?
Wow. I worked at Taco Bell for a year after college, and they only put 1/3 to 1/2 as much meat in their tacos as depicted, using a special scoop for portion control. They also don't put any more cheese on top than what is fully in view in the picture.
The taco on the left is therefore clearly false advertising, unless it's actually legal to pile all of the meat and cheese on one half of a taco in advertisements but not in the actual product.
Re: Re: Other Mints
4 coins? I must be missing something: 97 = 50 + 20 + 20 + 5 + 2
Re: Re: Box office sets the pace
That's probably true, but it doesn't mean that Hollywood realizes it yet (much less acts on it). Things are changing so fast that big media producers are trying desperately to cling to every one of their distribution channels because they don't know which ones are going to dry up sooner or more quickly.
you're not thinking paranoid enough
You guys aren't thinking cynically/paranoid enough. Clearly box office sales hype is a marketing tool used to boost DVD sales. There are a lot of people that don't bother going to the box office but that still look at how well a movie did there when deciding whether to buy it on DVD.