... given the insanity that is voting-stratagy related propaganda from the various political parties in New Zealand, i get to be baffled that you guys Can't see how this is a major deal.
if this timezone thing even came up here you can bet there'd be people changing their votes based on what happened in the earlier time zones... some parties would get written off compleatly, other people would change their votes to the one most likely to outdo someone they dislike rather than the one most likely to do what best represents them (we already have this problem on a major scale) ... the list of potentual abuses is insane.
we also have a couple of bans in place around elections: all the advertising must be down by polling day, no campaigning can be done on polling day, Nothing is reported until after the polls close... actually, election day proper always seems to be fairly quiet around here.
'course, before hand you get the typical campaign nonsense, and after you get anywhere from a couple of days to several Months of wrangling before we actually have a government (which is demented, because it's all over who agrees to support what and who gets which ministarial position... the first half of which is nonsense on so many levels it's not funny, and the second is just plain corrupt when you realise that the people making the deals actually have no right to be doing so... all ministers are Supposed to be apointed by the monarch... *headshakey* on paper our system is great. tradition and the westminster model's habit of filling in the gaps when someone stops doing their job however... )
ok, this was getting into a long and derailed rant, but the gist of it is that i can totaly see the logic of this law.
(now, somewhat massively more suspect is the law passed here a while back that forbid any third party entity saying ANYTHING about which party people should support for about six months before the election campaign without submiting all sorts of paper work so it could be counted against that party's campaign budget...)
if you think about it, it's worse. the guilds, at least, actually made something of use to the general population. their members were the creators, or at least a lot closer to them. of course, they still often gained far too much power and locked numerous towns and cities into economic strangleholds (one of the reasons london did so well historically was that its trade was NOT under the control of the guilds.)
where does this bitterness come from, and how does people claiming a lable and screwing up hundreds of years ago and/or in a compleatly different part of the world at all affect his current opinion on how he should behave based on the group he identifies with and his beleafs...
and these are just the first questions your anger raises off the top of my head. yeesh.
what's the definition of perjury? given that these things are typically settled out of court by the wrongfully accused person realising they can't afford to fight it and just paying up/folding before it even gets into the official system?
if, like far too many other companies, they are run by idiots and/or lawyers, sure.
otherwise, they find a way to be better, or serve a wider customer base, either of which leads to more sales for them (though the former also deprives FWK of customers, in theory, while the latter does not, also in theory)
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it baffles me how many people cannot grasp that it is not republican vs democrat but politicians and high-ranking corporate bosses (ie, plutocrats, really) vs the general public.
natch.
seems like trusting the Client is less akin to missing a possible entry point when booby trapping a house and more saving the assasin the trouble of getting in by wearing a target over your face and standing in the middle of the street.
my biggest problem is that i don't want to boycot about half the developers who actually make games i like...
and unfortunately they insist on publishing only on the PS3 (or market it all for the ps3 and then quietly slip a 360 logo on the 'released on this platform' bit a month before the game comes out so you never know if it's going to be on anything but the ps3 or not. (or randomly decide that from now on the series is going to be a Wii exclusive :S )
one better: price and value aren't the same, but people will pay more for things they value, and outright refuse to pay for things they place no value in (because they don't want it) if not compelled by outside forces.
price =/= value
in the same way that
effect =/= cause
supply =/= demand (the concepts there-of, specifically)
price is what you ask for something. value is how important having it is to the person you're asking to pay the price. the heigher the price is set, the more the person must value the item in question before the'll pay the price in order to obtain it.
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Re: Can you imagine...
if this timezone thing even came up here you can bet there'd be people changing their votes based on what happened in the earlier time zones... some parties would get written off compleatly, other people would change their votes to the one most likely to outdo someone they dislike rather than the one most likely to do what best represents them (we already have this problem on a major scale) ... the list of potentual abuses is insane.
we also have a couple of bans in place around elections: all the advertising must be down by polling day, no campaigning can be done on polling day, Nothing is reported until after the polls close... actually, election day proper always seems to be fairly quiet around here.
'course, before hand you get the typical campaign nonsense, and after you get anywhere from a couple of days to several Months of wrangling before we actually have a government (which is demented, because it's all over who agrees to support what and who gets which ministarial position... the first half of which is nonsense on so many levels it's not funny, and the second is just plain corrupt when you realise that the people making the deals actually have no right to be doing so... all ministers are Supposed to be apointed by the monarch... *headshakey* on paper our system is great. tradition and the westminster model's habit of filling in the gaps when someone stops doing their job however... )
ok, this was getting into a long and derailed rant, but the gist of it is that i can totaly see the logic of this law.
(now, somewhat massively more suspect is the law passed here a while back that forbid any third party entity saying ANYTHING about which party people should support for about six months before the election campaign without submiting all sorts of paper work so it could be counted against that party's campaign budget...)
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Anonymous Coward, Apr 29th, 2011 @ 12:29pm
where does this bitterness come from, and how does people claiming a lable and screwing up hundreds of years ago and/or in a compleatly different part of the world at all affect his current opinion on how he should behave based on the group he identifies with and his beleafs...
and these are just the first questions your anger raises off the top of my head. yeesh.
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Re: When you say...
yet, anyway.
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Re: Re: Why would they talk to consumers?
no. no you're not.
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about five cents worth*, but hey, it's gold.
*can't remember if this is US or NZ cents, but still.
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otherwise, they find a way to be better, or serve a wider customer base, either of which leads to more sales for them (though the former also deprives FWK of customers, in theory, while the latter does not, also in theory)
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Doublethink Exercise Proceeding According to Plan
baffles.
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seems like trusting the Client is less akin to missing a possible entry point when booby trapping a house and more saving the assasin the trouble of getting in by wearing a target over your face and standing in the middle of the street.
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like cutting down your fav. tree or something.
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Re: ouch
they can be just as evil or just as stupid. (though they seem good at not being evil and stupid at the same time, usualy. unlike sony.)
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and unfortunately they insist on publishing only on the PS3 (or market it all for the ps3 and then quietly slip a 360 logo on the 'released on this platform' bit a month before the game comes out so you never know if it's going to be on anything but the ps3 or not. (or randomly decide that from now on the series is going to be a Wii exclusive :S )
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Re: Re: Contradicting yourself?
price =/= value
in the same way that
effect =/= cause
supply =/= demand (the concepts there-of, specifically)
price is what you ask for something. value is how important having it is to the person you're asking to pay the price. the heigher the price is set, the more the person must value the item in question before the'll pay the price in order to obtain it.
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