Weird Al tickets used to cost around $250-$300. I recently bought tickets to his Portland, OR show for $125 and for that, I got some scarce goods along with it. Yeah, it's still expensive, but My Weird Al beats your Terry McBride in understanding the "Sell the Scarce" strategy.
* S: (n) religion, faith, religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny) "he lost his faith but not his morality"
* S: (n) religion, faith, organized religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power) "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
By the very definition, atheists do not have a religion.
The idea when running a game (I'm a LARP game developer and have quite a bit of experience with game world economies) is that you never want to take things away from the players. It reduces their want to continue to get "money".
What they should have done is to keep the economy stable (if this amount would've thrown it off by to much) is to give everyone the money and then raise the prices on things. Yes, people would've still complained, but they just got some extra money, so it would be less of a sting to them.
Over time then, slowly remove the money from the economy and generally lower prices to match being careful not to have any inflation. Once the money is removed (as the players themselves remove it and not the "gods"), things will be back to normal except the users will remember when they got some extra money and had fun with it.
TLDR: Balance the Economy by increasing the money in circulation. Not by removing it and causing users to get upset.
So how were the users expected to separate a promotion to bring in more people and a promotion to.. well.. move people over to facebook?
Honestly, I think TechDirt should allow insiders to see what domain someone posts from and what domains they have posted from before because I suspect Michael that you would show up from Zynga.
Once you involve the courts, it becomes a 1st Amendment rights issue.
For example, Mike can choose to delete this comment if he wishes. No violation there.
If Mike sues me because of me posting, then (assuming he wins), it would be the justice system (hence, the government) telling me I can't post... That's when the courts overstepped their bounds.
I did find this.. But this seems to put it clearly into illegal activity to the letter senders...
The Hobbs Act defines "extortion" as "the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." 18 U.S.C. S 1951(b)(2).
Having worked in the CC industry, I can assure you, AOL would have used the checksum. If what you are saying is true from your point of view, then they were stolen credit card numbers.
YEAH! Those coffee houses that have seats in them to entice people to drink their coffee in the place (and perhaps get them to buy more stuff when the caffeine kicks in) shouldn't be allowed to have them. They are only used by people who want to sit down for free.
Sorry.. I was under the impression that just saying "First" was not allowed. I didn't. I included a link about the topic (or at least, somewhat on topic).
If saying the word First is not allowed at all in the first post, then please change the word to "Top Post". Thank you. ;)
On the post: Woman Caught Trying To Frame Ex-Boyfriend With Threatening Texts She Wrote Herself
Re:
On the post: Twilight Producers Aggressive IP Enforcement Strikes Again: Temporarily Shut Down Silly 8-Bit YouTube Game
Re: Re:
On the post: Twilight Producers Aggressive IP Enforcement Strikes Again: Temporarily Shut Down Silly 8-Bit YouTube Game
Re: Re:
On the post: Twilight Producers Aggressive IP Enforcement Strikes Again: Temporarily Shut Down Silly 8-Bit YouTube Game
On the post: Pakistani Lawyer Apparently Seeks Death Penalty For Facebook Founders Because Of User Contest
Re:
On the post: Pakistani Lawyer Apparently Seeks Death Penalty For Facebook Founders Because Of User Contest
Re: Re:
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=religion
Noun
* S: (n) religion, faith, religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny) "he lost his faith but not his morality"
* S: (n) religion, faith, organized religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power) "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
By the very definition, atheists do not have a religion.
On the post: Blaming Users When You Screw Up
Re: Re: Re: Pathetic
On the post: Blaming Users When You Screw Up
Re: Re: Re: Pathetic
What they should have done is to keep the economy stable (if this amount would've thrown it off by to much) is to give everyone the money and then raise the prices on things. Yes, people would've still complained, but they just got some extra money, so it would be less of a sting to them.
Over time then, slowly remove the money from the economy and generally lower prices to match being careful not to have any inflation. Once the money is removed (as the players themselves remove it and not the "gods"), things will be back to normal except the users will remember when they got some extra money and had fun with it.
TLDR: Balance the Economy by increasing the money in circulation. Not by removing it and causing users to get upset.
On the post: Blaming Users When You Screw Up
Re: Pathetic
"All of you guys who are whining are simply whining"
makes no sense. If you are whining, you are whining. Here. I have a facebook group for you to join..
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=336697012237
On the post: Blaming Users When You Screw Up
Re: Pathetic
Honestly, I think TechDirt should allow insiders to see what domain someone posts from and what domains they have posted from before because I suspect Michael that you would show up from Zynga.
On the post: Success Of Free D&D Online Leads To Free Lord Of The Rings Online, Too
Re: Re:
On the post: MLB Looks To Sue Annoying Commenters
Re: MLB Looks To Sue Annoying Commenters
For example, Mike can choose to delete this comment if he wishes. No violation there.
If Mike sues me because of me posting, then (assuming he wins), it would be the justice system (hence, the government) telling me I can't post... That's when the courts overstepped their bounds.
On the post: And We're Off: Hurt Locker Files First 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers
Re: Re: Extortion
I mean, if I tell someone, "Pay me or else I will tell the cops what you did"... That is blackmail. Isn't it?
On the post: And We're Off: Hurt Locker Files First 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers
Re: Extortion
The Hobbs Act defines "extortion" as "the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." 18 U.S.C. S 1951(b)(2).
On the post: And We're Off: Hurt Locker Files First 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers
Extortion
On the post: Mayor Gets City Council To Pass Law Demanding Critical Website Get Shut Down
I feel ashamed all of a sudden.
On the post: The Mathematics Of Proving (Or Disproving) Identity Fraud
Re: Re: Credit card numbers
On the post: Hurt Locker Producer Says That Criticizing His Plan To Sue Fans Means You're A Moron And A Thief
Re: Missed Opportunity
He gave no argument for or against downloading the movie.
On the post: German Court Says You Must Secure Your WiFi Or You May Get Fined
Re: Re:
On the post: If It's May It's Time For The Press To Parrot Bogus Stats Announcement From The BSA
Re: Re: Penn and Teller said it best..
If saying the word First is not allowed at all in the first post, then please change the word to "Top Post". Thank you. ;)
Next >>