Most people who are going to read the articles and ask, "Who's chip does this use?" And pretty much everyone will say, "Oh these are FTDIs!" whether or not it's true.
So won't the result have people shying away from any of their chips in the future?
Seems like another reason why killing the devices is a bad move.
Think about it. When someone who doesn't know anything about Jeffery Baldwin sees the statue, what do you think they'll see? What do you think they'll always call it?
"That's the Jeffery Baldwin memorial", says nobody ever.
Most people are going to say, "That's the Superboy statue."
That's the confusion it'll cause. It will no long be a memorial to the tragically short life of a little boy. It's going to forever be remembered as a Superboy statue by everyone who'll forget about the details of his life and death in the future.
The Gutters had a great commentary about this. http://www.the-gutters.com/the-truth-amongst-the-outrage/
I've had this debate with newspapermen before. Newspapers have 2 customers: Readers and Advertisers.
The reader side of the revenue stream is pretty well covered, but people often neglect the negative impact that paywalls have on advertisers.
Advertisers pay for eyeballs. Paywalls reduce the eyeballs on ads, making adspace on their sites less valuable. Either advertisers won't want to pay existing rates for the now-less-valuable opportunity, or they'll just go straight to Google Adwords and host their own business site that's under their own control.
Paywalls are just a faster death to the paper, making the news site less relavent both in terms of a source of news, and as a marketplace for advertising.
Another issue may be that EA is publicly traded. It isn't just their management that needs to be convinced that DRM is bad, but their shareholders need to be educated too.
That's actually an interesting proposal. If a network made available their own torrents, commercials included, that would get a lot more eyeballs on their advertising.
Maybe I can patent a system in which it is used so that one party may be able to sue another party, and then I can send letters to both those parties for suing each other in violation of my patent...
Less offensive words have been created in the many languages of the galaxy, such as joojooflop, swut and Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish.
The use of bad language can have unforseen circumstances. One example is the war between the G'gugvunts and the Vl'hurgs, caused by a casual remark made by Arthur Dent being mistaken as a terrible insult.
Simultaneous Babel Fish translation also means that any being can be rude to any other being without the need for extensive explanations. This has also started many wars.
The reason the Earth has been shunned for so long is also due to a language problem. On Earth, Belgium refers to a small country. Throughout the rest of the galaxy, Belgium is the most unspeakably rude word there is.
I thought things like this would be covered by the various "Sunshine" laws. Here in California, we have the Brown Act protecting the right to know about how public officials do business.
Won't this drive business away from FTDI?
Most people who are going to read the articles and ask, "Who's chip does this use?" And pretty much everyone will say, "Oh these are FTDIs!" whether or not it's true.
So won't the result have people shying away from any of their chips in the future?
Seems like another reason why killing the devices is a bad move.
Re: Re: DC isn't wrong in this case.
Marketplace or not, it just means that the boy will be forgotten, and that's the real shame of it.
DC isn't wrong in this case.
Think about it. When someone who doesn't know anything about Jeffery Baldwin sees the statue, what do you think they'll see? What do you think they'll always call it?
"That's the Jeffery Baldwin memorial", says nobody ever.
Most people are going to say, "That's the Superboy statue."
That's the confusion it'll cause. It will no long be a memorial to the tragically short life of a little boy. It's going to forever be remembered as a Superboy statue by everyone who'll forget about the details of his life and death in the future.
The Gutters had a great commentary about this. http://www.the-gutters.com/the-truth-amongst-the-outrage/
Re: Re:
Christians already are warned against usury in the Bible, but they keep using banks anyway.
At first glance, if it wasn't for the cheap packaging, I would have thought Fluke too.
Newspapers have 2 customers
I've had this debate with newspapermen before. Newspapers have 2 customers: Readers and Advertisers.
The reader side of the revenue stream is pretty well covered, but people often neglect the negative impact that paywalls have on advertisers.
Advertisers pay for eyeballs. Paywalls reduce the eyeballs on ads, making adspace on their sites less valuable. Either advertisers won't want to pay existing rates for the now-less-valuable opportunity, or they'll just go straight to Google Adwords and host their own business site that's under their own control.
Paywalls are just a faster death to the paper, making the news site less relavent both in terms of a source of news, and as a marketplace for advertising.
Another issue may be that EA is publicly traded. It isn't just their management that needs to be convinced that DRM is bad, but their shareholders need to be educated too.
Now I just need to find..
... an actual Tandy Leather Company store...
Like they always say...
Too many chiefs, not enough Indians...
Oh wait..they're up to 1.2 billion Indians now? Oh, well then, I guess we've got plenty!
Didn't they do this already?
YouTube even has a video of The Shining, if the trailer was recut as a romantic comedy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0
Tase first, and let the lawyers sort them out! :-D
Re: Fox.
That's actually an interesting proposal. If a network made available their own torrents, commercials included, that would get a lot more eyeballs on their advertising.
Hmm.. Maybe...
Maybe I can patent a system in which it is used so that one party may be able to sue another party, and then I can send letters to both those parties for suing each other in violation of my patent...
Re: Amazon Canada...
Reminds me of the line from Scott Pilgrim vs The World..
"What's the address for Amazon.ca?!"
"Amazon dot C A"
Belgium
Belgium.
Less offensive words have been created in the many languages of the galaxy, such as joojooflop, swut and Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish.
The use of bad language can have unforseen circumstances. One example is the war between the G'gugvunts and the Vl'hurgs, caused by a casual remark made by Arthur Dent being mistaken as a terrible insult.
Simultaneous Babel Fish translation also means that any being can be rude to any other being without the need for extensive explanations. This has also started many wars.
The reason the Earth has been shunned for so long is also due to a language problem. On Earth, Belgium refers to a small country. Throughout the rest of the galaxy, Belgium is the most unspeakably rude word there is.
Re: My concern is
If you send me a letter, I pretty much own it to do whatever I please. How is that any different?
Is there a Federal equivalent to California's Brown Act?
I thought things like this would be covered by the various "Sunshine" laws. Here in California, we have the Brown Act protecting the right to know about how public officials do business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Act
Re: ?World Champion??
Canada!
Declarations...
I think the lawyer should just declare all the variables and constants he's going to be using in questioning IT people next time.
Parallels the tech industry
The TSA seems to be practicing what the tech industry called, "Security by Obscurity". It fails in tech. It fails everywhere else too.