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What ever happened to advertising as a form of revenue?

In print publishing, all newspaper/magazine articles are typically space filler to direct your attention path to the accompanying ads.

With a decent sales staff and correct ad pricing there should be no reason to charge users to read an article online. Sure, printing costs are high, but repurposing content for online publication is cheaper by an order of magnitudes.

I've been in (newspaper/magazine) publishing over 30 years. I surfed through the waves of insanity when the internet started to become ubiquitous and publishers were pulling their hair out over fears that it would be the death of them. It's nothing more than an excuse for greed. It could have been handled properly by establishing ad revenue pricing structures early on, but it was easier for them to cry, complain and voluntarily remain ignorant of new tech while the owners of the publications bemoaned that their paper publication is not making enough money to stay afloat and keep their trophy wives in sport cars and designer jewelry at the same time.

I have no pity on these ignorant fools. If the New York Times goes bankrupt/offline it won't affect my life one bit. Other, more fiscally responsible individuals/organizations/bloggers will fill the niche and do it right.

But what if your steak knife product was called "Fatal Revenge Stabber for Ex-Girlfriends and Steak"?

Oh, it's Mr. Ultra-Hype again.

Sounds like this theory could lead to creating one heck of a weapon, Dr. Venture.

Bad biscuits make the baker broke, bro.

This whole alt-coin thing is just a passing fad. I recently cashed out all my BitCoins and put the money into Beanie Baby Collectables. They're these cool stuffed toys that everybody is collecting these days. I was able to get a bunch of them at a very reasonable price range. Their value is bound to skyrocket in the future as more and more people get into it.

I define freedom as choice.

You can choose what you want to do rather than being bound to someone else's agenda.

I'm a really nice person especially around xmas time, but nobody hardly notices.

I donate much more than 0.01% of my earnings to charities and nobody calls me a hero.

Who the heck does this Bill Gates guy think he is?

I think what you're trying to say is, since they have no proof of terrorists using virtual worlds to communicate, they have no legal reason to be spying on those innocent people who use them legitimately.

Problem is, tilting at windmills is what they do best. Job security for as long as they can keep it going.

Sorta like Microsoft Support Technicians.

I'll allow it.

I don't usually complain about this kind of thing, but I'm gonna anyway...

So many folks here just enjoy announcing that their oh-so-delicate sensibilities have somehow been disturbed. Go outside, or turn up your TV if you really want stuff to be a petty bitch about.

Jesus hates you. Deal with it.

I'm starting to think there's a reason he doesn't want us to know the reason.

Really, I sometimes enjoy reading the stupid comments. Do we really want quality control censorship on comments for all the "I Put Fireworks Down My Pants" videos? I think not.

(please ignore this retarded comment, faaaagots)