Posts by terry doyle 15 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Feb 2009
I like the direct subscription model. It makes the content provider really try to provide good coverage and info and build a real experience around it.
MotoGP already do direct subscriptions. I really like being able to watch the races live or later... my choice.
If only F1 would do the same. I am not the least bit interested in football/rugby/etc so there is no way I am paying Sky/whoever for a "Sports package" that has 95% stuff I don't want to see.
So you want to get paid for your work, a lot of which has visual results ... but you make sure no photographer ever gets a penny?
Interesting approach.
I suppose you would find it perfectly acceptable for web development clients to only use free or self made html templates .. so web developers don't get a penny ... ?
Exactly what does the Government do in the transaction?... Nothing at all.
You already paid up to 50% income tax on the money you are spending .. and now they want a further cut of it just because you are helping stimulate the economy by actually engaging in trade.
"What I am more bothered about is the belief that the gov should be demanding more tax from people instead of reducing it."
Exactly. First they take 50% in P.A.Y.E. and then when you try to spend whats left they take a further 25% in V.A.T.... that leaves the effective tax at 62.5%! What exactly is the government doing that they need that amount of workers hard-earned wages for?
Crazy!
"So I suppose the only "bad thing" would be if the NSA actually were spying on everyone indiscriminately, not just the "bad guys". And here we can just ignore the fact that even the NSA doesn't have the resources to spy on everyone,"
Once data is stored .. the data crunching power will come along sooner or later to trawl through it. You are saying no one will want to?.. maybe.
"Google is calling on Facebook to let users export any contact data they put into the service"
What Facebook are saying is that they are not going to let you export the data of other profiles. Your friends Facebook names form part of your profile information. You created your profile and you added your friends one by one. What Google is saying is the same thing ... they just don't realise it :-)
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