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We don't miss you Bush
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CyberSchnook3
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Blue Nowhere | Re: wtf? said by Diddledick:
All the other followers are foolhardy.
Foolhardy is "MBA" in English, right?
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footballdude
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| Re: wtf? said by CyberSchnook3  :
Foolhardy is "MBA" in English, right?
On behalf of MBAs everywhere, I'd say foolhardy would better describe people who think ill of highly paid business experts. Most really bad business decisions are made by accountants and sales people that don't listen to their experts. | |
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join:2002-01-07
Auburn Hills, MI | Apple and Pepsi Apple has the promo coming up with Pepsi, I didn't think Coke would just sit on their hands
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IN Vilseck Germany
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clubs:  | Re: Apple and Pepsi COULD this Be Another Joke news story ?
because lately it is becoming unclear .. | |
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join:2003-02-27
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| Re: Apple and Pepsi said by God :
COULD this Be Another Joke news story ?
because lately it is becoming unclear ..
Nope, it's true. The link above, MediaGuardian, is real. I'm looking forward to the crowded market. The more competition the better. Let's see who is going to outdo the other. Being that the profit margins are razor thin, that will indicate who is the strongest to survive. I'd say, after the dust settles, it'll iTunes, because they come out with it first; then Napster, because of name recognition. There might even be a couple 'em leftover to pick up the crumbs. | |
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
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| Re: Apple and Pepsi said by CrazyJr :
The more competition the better..
The problem is that their not competing to make money; they're competing to possibly maybe make money at some point in the future...maybe. Last time this happened was in the dot-com gold rush, and I should hope we all know the carnage that left (We're all wading thru it right now).
What scares me is they're all going to fight tooth and nail to out-do each other. I fear the one or two services left standing will claim victory only for a few months after which they will succumb to their gaping wounds bleeding the money they used to kill the others; they'll either be sold off or be dissolved in a bankruptcy.
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footballdude
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| Re: Apple and Pepsi said by Combat Chuck :
The problem is that their not competing to make money; they're competing to possibly maybe make money at some point in the future...maybe. Last time this happened was in the dot-com gold rush, and I should hope we all know the carnage that left (We're all wading thru it right now).
Actually, it's happening right now with wireless. Nobody is making much, if any, money from wireless but everyone is looking to expand their coverage while nobody is ready to sell. Sooner or later the bottom is going to drop out and some wireless companies are going to go belly up. | |
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martmann
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Federal Way, WA | It's only a joke if the winking girl picture is next to it. | |
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insomx
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Canada | This is just insane, Coke and Pepsi should be unique and not copy everything each other does. | |
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Poopsmith
That's Mr. Smith To You.
join:2003-03-12
Boulder, CO
| Re: Apple and Pepsi said by insomx :
This is just insane, Coke and Pepsi should be unique and not copy everything each other does.
Agreed. That lemon coke/pepsi twist was flat out digusting(at least coke didn't flamboyantly advertise it). The vanilla products from both were good. I have no idea how any of this is relevant.
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Sisqo
World Champs. Babe Who?
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| This is insane, I guess it's cool for the consumer. More choices is always good, whether they suck or not I don't care! For the simple reason that I don't see anyone beating out iTunes as far as quality goes.
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Julio
Bachatero y Que?
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clubs: | maybe.. BBR should also offer music downloads  | |
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mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
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North Babylon, NY |  might be best..
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SeVere
join:2001-01-06
Chicago, IL
| Re: the more the marrier? M2DEK said:
Now hopefully the consumer doesn't end up with the same rate across the board and same choices
They will for One reason and One reason only. The RIAA controls the music choice and selection. As long as you have one company controlling everything, you will have the same prices and the same selection. | |
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South Pole | Re: the more the marrier? You got a point there, then theres the unsigned artists and small record companies. | |
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Maggs
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Woodside, NY | Broadbandtunes.com That's a good domain name for broadbandreports' new music service.
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join:2001-03-22
Madison, NJ | Bottled Music? EOM | |
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Synon29
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Cabot, AR | Re: Bottled Music? Ditto, I think this is a good thing, the more competition the better. | |
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BIGMIKE
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Westminster, CA
| Tell Coke to Stop the Violence Welcome to Cokewatch, a website designed to keep an eye on The Coca-Cola Company, one of the world’s most well-known corporations.
You may be shocked to learn about the conditions under which Coca Cola products are produced and distributed.
In Colombia, for example, union workers who bottle Coca Cola products have been kidnapped, tortured and murdered. The largest Coca Cola union in Colombia has asked for an international campaign against Coke to stop the violence against workers, which has included a half-dozen murders at one plant alone in the mid-1990’s. Reports of these crimes sparked a historic lawsuit against the Coca Cola Company and their Colombian bottler by the International Labor Rights Fund and the United Steelworkers of America on behalf of the Colombian union
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1 edit | First of all that's not the same Coca Cola company which is here in the U.S .. Coca Cola USA is here in the U.S which also owns part of CCE Coca Cola Enterprise which is in every major city in the U.S. so that website needs to get its imfo right and not associate that crap in South America with the U.S owned Coca Cola . not even owned by the same Company. | |
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
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Union, NJ | they already do it go to www.cokemusic.com aqnd then hit the download link. | |
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At 12:01 I checked just for fun - now it says try after 4pm.
Pepsico must be laughing themselves silly...... | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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Phoenix, AZ | Euro only? Is this for euro people only? | |
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Alky
join:2001-08-12
Cleveland, OH | I predict... The RIAA will still be the ultimate winners. | |
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footballdude
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Imperial, MO
| Re: I predict... said by Alky :
The RIAA will still be the ultimate winners.
Unless WalMart gets them. WalMart has a well deserved reputation for driving prices down from distributors. I guarantee WM is not going to cough up 99 cents out of each dollar to the RIAA. They'll push that price down and put pressure on the RIAA to keep lowering it. | |
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Speedy8
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clubs: | Bah Too bad I can't find ANY albums I actually WANT on these services. Not to mention I wouldn't buy any unless they are 320kbit MP3s. | |
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Calgary, AB
| Re: Bah if u want 320,u just might as well hav it in a lossless format like FLAC which would be win win for all!!!(on broadband anywayz)
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Speedy8
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| Re: Bah Well, I use MP3s on my computer, in my car, and on the go. So I would end up re-encoding lossless anyway. But either would be fine to me. Actually lossless might be a bit better, because I usually re-encode lossless files to ver high bitrate VBR to save some space over 320k. | |
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join:2002-02-20
Allentown, PA
| thanks but no thanks The reason no one is making any money in this is because all the profit goes to the record labels, the ones who support RIAA. We can have all the competition in the world, and as long as anyone offering music for sale via download has to pay them a buck a tune, the price isn't going to drop to less than a dollar. And as long as they're charging us a buck or more a tune, I'll continue to download as much music as possible via Kazaa/Morpheus (of course, ahem, I am only downloading to back up original CD's which I purchased, for archival purposes. ahem) Sorry about the sore throat. | |
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1310nm Of Goodness
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Tulsa, OK | Re: thanks but no thanks Says at the bottom that the website is intended for use by people in Great Britain. | |
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Snakeoil
Taxes are Armed robbery.
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Mentor, OH | Over at Itunes there was a button for Pepsi Also one that button was a blurb saying 100 million free songs comming in feb.
»www.apple.com/itunes/
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| Why download music at all? Except for the whole instant gratification thing, why download music at all? iTunes and their competitors tend to cost $0.99 per song. I can buy a used CD off of Half.com or Amazon.com for about $5 or less most times. Assuming an average of 12 songs per CD, that comes to $0.42 per song. I can then rip the CD into whatever format/bitrate that I want. I also have the original CD to use as a backup in case something happens to my ripped copies. (And no, those ripped copies don't go onto P2P apps. They're strictly for my own personal use.)
In addition, none of that money goes back to the RIAA (despite the fact that they'd love to sink their teeth into the used CD market). I guess the only time I would buy from an online service would be if I just had to have a song today and I couldn't get a good deal on the CD or didn't like any other songs on the CD. Then again, when you can get the whole CD for $5 or less, you're more forgiving about songs you don't care about being on it.
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2 edits |  Pepsi vs. Coke. Who Gives A Sh!t? -- by Chris Yoch
Pepsi, Coke, Pepsi, Coke who cares. I am so sick of Pepsi and Coke commercials. Commercials exist to make consumers aware of products (typically new ones). Well who the hell is not aware of the 2 major soft drink enterprises: Pepsi and Coke?
This is what happens: You are born. You do not give a shit about soft drink products. You like milky boobs, putting stuff in your mouth, and shitting your pants. Then you get a bit older. Your mom or dad keep either Pepsi or Coke in the fridge. This will most likely dictate if you are a Pepsi or Coke fan (nobody likes both, everyone has a preference). So there you go. No commercial is going to convert a Coke fan to a Pepsi fan or vice versa. Some people probably like RC cola, food club cola, W cola, or some other generic brand cola.
So why all the crummy commercials? The worst commercials come from Pepsi. That stupid curly haired girl (curly sue) with the voice-overs and stuff just make me want to throw something heavy at my TV screen. And have you seen the new Pepsi commercial with Britney Spears. I mean have you seen this crap? Crossroads looks like it is going to be a great movie by the way "so it's about these girls who make the conclusion to go on a road trip and they find things out about themselves and really define their friendship and it is not at all a bit over-marketed to girls ages 4 - 10". Coke has Garth Brooks singing some dumb song. I do not need a celebrity selling me products. I sure hope Terry Bradshaw does another collect call commercial because he is so funny. A celebrity is used for 2 reasons.
1. To draw attention to the commercial.
2. To make you want the product because this celebrity is adored by some 85% of the general population.
Do you think Garth Brooks believes in the power of Coke, or maybe he just likes getting a check ever since Achy-Breaky heart stopped rocking the trailer parks.
I guess the bottom line is that you either like Coke or Pepsi, and no celebrity or commercial is going to change that. So please stop the painfully insulting commercials.
We need more commercials with guys getting hit in the nuts and stuff. Remember the Noid? How about the old Little Caesars commercials? Don't forget to throw in a monkey every now and then.
Chris.
I sent this letter to Coke and Pepsi. See Pepsi-Cola's reply below.
Hello!
Thank you for taking the time to contact us here at the Pepsi-Cola Company regarding our recent advertising. We genuinely appreciate your comments and your taking the time to share them with us. I can assure you; we attach a great deal of importance to the views of our valued consumers. As you'd probably guess, it's extremely important to us at Pepsi that our advertising serves to enhance the positive image that's helped place our brands among the world's most popular consumer products. Anything that we do that detracts from that effort, clearly, represents a less than desirable effect.
Therefore, your comments will be shared with our advertising department. We want them to be aware of your opinion regarding our advertising, and to make it a part of their considerations in future work. Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact us.
-The Pepsi World Webmaster
webmaster@pepsi.com
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| Re: Pepsi vs. Coke. Who Gives A Sh!t? -- by Chris Yoch Way to funny!
My opinion on coke/pepsi doing the mp3 downloads is nothing more than advertisement for their products. I'm sure the next thing will be.. buy a six pack, get 3 free downloads or something stupid like that. Didn't Pizza Hut do something like this..buy a pizza, we will make you a cd with x amount of songs on it? | |
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Anaheim, CA
| Music doesn't go with Coco Cola Coco Cola should stick with Coco Cola. They should have nothing to do with music since the company is all about beverage. They should spend more of their time finding new ingredients for the beverage to make it more tastier. Music and Coco Cola doesn't go together. | |
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1 edit | How about these...
Walmart now offers a computer-repair service.
Canadian Tire now offers long-distance phone service.
Loblaws offers financial services...
Its all about big business spending their money elsewhere in the hopes of making more money. Diversification.
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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1 edit | MSN Music service I was reading about the MSN music download service and I thought you might be interested in the representive for the service. The Tick states he is happy to be MSN's representative. The new motto for the service is "I have no Brain but I'll download all the same".
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