No, it’s just you that doesn’t understand. But that’s OK.
No, it’s just you that doesn’t understand. But that’s OK.
I think the point Andrew made in there was about operating cost. For vehicles that are supposed to be used commercially this is a significant consideration.
Maybe not individuals, but if a company is looking to run a fleet as work trucks, a small difference in fuel economy can make a big difference in the profitability of the company.
Go spend some time with some Buddhist (wacky fun enlightened people) or study some Confucianism, not all religions are spiritual.
There is no Emotion, there is Peace
Fair point, allow me to rephrase: You can’t get it—it being Modafinil not Adrafinil—legally without a prescription if you live in the United States. It is a schedule IV controlled substance like Xanax and Valium.
What I’d like to see is a rising muggle threat to wizards. Some muggle scientists finding a method to detect magic. Study it, begin to simulate it and eventually create artificial magic. This coming to the attention of the ministry of magic; and the ramifications of Muggles beginning to wield magic in a methodic and…
This! A thousand times this! I will line up at midnight for that encyclopedia. Don't give me another book. I don't want another book, except that I have hopes that future books doing well might encourage that encyclopedia.
I’ve been saying for years that if the studios and distributors developed a platform like Steam for TV and movies they would be laughing all the way to the bank.
If the average brick-and-mortar retail operation treated theft like content owners treat digital piracy, they’d be out of business in no time. Yes, of course you take measures to prevent it, but hunting and pecking for every source and launching endless reams of takedown claims is, I’d imagine, a very expensive…
And letting the buyer of the movie actually own the movie. Like one buys a VHS tape and then that company goes out of business (or is bought out by another company) you can still play that VHS tape on your VCR without having to switch.
The man has a point, so much piracy exists only because the content producers are so ass-backwards about making their content easily and legally available.
Not really. There are two major flaws in your reasoning. In your example, that hardworking person no longer has a laptop, when the thief stole it.
When a pirate streams a movie, they are not depriving anyone of property.
Second, is the inherent assumption that the pirate would have paid for the movie if the…
As we’re seeing some indications of with Fantastic Beasts, the Harry Potter world is much better when it’s contained. When you start expanding it too much the suspension of disbelief becomes more and more difficult. I wouldn’t mind seeing the main story from other characters’ POVs. Or, dammit, write that damn…
I wish she would expand her world building. (At least a forward looking one. And not let’s go to the past.) I could not care less if I read another adventure of Harry, Ron or Hermione. However, I would love to get a war novel from Neville’s point of view. How did he become such a big leader during the fight? What did…
I think it’s just an itch she needs to scratch, or feels an obligation to feed the fans. Because it’s definitely not the money (that she’s giving away faster than she makes it, now), and her other novels have been successful enough to warrant adaptations.
Adulation, maybe, but if you think anything she does is for cash at this point... You don’t realize how rich Harry Potter has made her.