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Re: No subject |
Jan 31, 2004, 16:12 |
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>>>And lazy. And apathetic. And overly trusting.
>>I taught my dog to retrieve my remote control....that is lazy!
>AND overly trusting! There's gonna be spit all over the damn thing!
AND apathetic! Indifference over using a spit-covered remote.
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| News Comments > More 3000AD vs DreamCatcher |
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Re: is it me... |
Jan 31, 2004, 15:43 |
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The thing that's so preposterous about this whole "MSRP" thing is that royalties are usually based on a percentage, and the ultimate amount made on a game is usually determined by the total number of copies it sells. For instance, if my royalty is 10%, I'd much rather get 10% of 100,000 copies sold at $19.95, than 10% of 30,000 copies sold at $39.95.
I think that DS and DC are factoring in the "niche-factor" of the game. From some of DS's posts, it seems that he expects a clear lower bound on the sales of his game (the niche crowd that will without a doubt buy the game--presumably consisting partially of those losers that hang out at his forum). Also, since it's a niche product, I'm pretty sure they've figured an upper bound on the sales of the game, meaning that there's no way they'll ever sell more than that (because it's not a product for a general audience).
In the case of a product like this game, I don't think DS expects that lowering the price will increase the sales (maybe a little, but not enough to justify it). Instead, DS is banking on the lower bound of the game sales at the higher price. x units at $39.99 is better than x units at $19.99 because they're not expecting more sales based on the lower price.
That's the impression I got from DS's posts, at least. But if I were a believer in karma, I'd say he's had it coming for a long time now.
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: So...incredibly... |
Jan 30, 2004, 11:29 |
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What struck me as the dumbest part of the article wasn't that they were attempting to ban teaching evolution. Instead, they're attempting to ban the word evolution, but teaching the concept will still be allowed. I guess for teachers that don't want to teach evolution, it'll just make it easier for them to "sneak" the whole concept by the kids without the kids noticing.
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Re: Cool video |
Jan 28, 2004, 19:39 |
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2nd one was a Metallica cover of nothing else matters... probably Apocalyptica playing it?
18 posts late with that answer. 
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Re: Worst. Car. EVER. |
Jan 27, 2004, 22:28 |
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I had a Ford Escort like that...you never knew if, when you turned the key, it would actually start, or play dead (we're talking dead silence - NOTHING happening)
Sounds like a clear case of your car intermittently losing its connection with the battery. Like if you tried to start it one time, the cable would just happen to be making contact with the battery and so it'd work, but then after vibrating around while you drove it'd lose its connection. Probably a little late advice, but did you ever have the battery cables checked?
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| News Comments > Enemy Territory Source Code |
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Whoa! |
Jan 27, 2004, 21:05 |
indiv |
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Wasn't expecting this .. pretty cool.
Except it's already annoying having to download crap from every server, so I wonder what this'll do for the whole situation. 
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Golden Globes |
Jan 26, 2004, 22:56 |
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I'm glad that Mystic River and Lost in Translation as well as LOTR got recognition.
Ugh... Mystic River was full of great acting, but it ended up being such a bad movie. I thought it was predictable (although apparently the critics didn't...) and the ending had some major problems. I guess I'm kind of torn; I thought the movie was overall bad, but the acting was superb. Oh well.
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Re: Apple Case Mod |
Jan 25, 2004, 13:53 |
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Also, I only noticed one of the two thousand or so people wave to the camera.
As the camera got closer to the end, I noticed a lot more people turning away from the camera and hiding their faces, too. 
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: YES! |
Jan 20, 2004, 22:33 |
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PS: Indiv, you wouldn't understand what critical analysis and reasoning is if it bludgeoned you about the head reapeatedly. On my worst day and your best and it's not even a contest. So please...spare me.
Hey, it's not my fault that in your quest for knowledge you closed your mind from balanced thought. Don't take it out on me.
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Re: YES! |
Jan 20, 2004, 17:07 |
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You should be thanking me for attempting to enlighten you.
You should be thanking us for attempting to open your closed, one-track mind, devoid of any critical-thinking skills (i.e., having no ability to understand a viewpoint other than your own).
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Re: Quick observation |
Jan 20, 2004, 02:14 |
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Guilt is not the same as the concept of feeling bad for someone.
Revenge is not the same as justice.
And if just "copying data" isn't bad, and you wouldn't prosecute anyone if they "copied data" from you, post your credit card numbers, social security number (or equivalent), name, address, and phone number here in the forum. Obviously copying data isn't a big deal to you, so what's the harm if you put that data out for us to copy? Is it really a big deal if anyone gets your "secrets"?
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| News Comments > FBI Half-Life 2 Raids |
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Re: pointless raid |
Jan 19, 2004, 19:17 |
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and then he can get ANY network admin security job he wants
Well, except for those places that, say, don't want to hire people convicted of felonies.
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