Night Owls Chatterboxes - Part LXIII!
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Originally posted by QX179R:
highly illegal..
most likely they were trying to save costs..
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Originally posted by n4l:
Aiya, when wanbao/zaobao/tnp sees the thread and reports it, we'll know if its legal or not
Don't fantasise lar.
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
But are any of the cost savings passed back to the consumer?
Got.Maybe less kar zhua.
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
But are any of the cost savings passed back to the consumer?if LTA finds SBST guilty, sure kena fine big big..
then in turn, SBST will request for fare hike big big oso..
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Originally posted by fudgester:
*me mysteriously appears in a puff of smoke*
Just got back from jogging.
Oh, and before I forget.......
*me smashes a fluorescent tube over av's head*.......
fudgey is so violent tonight
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Originally posted by QX179R:
if LTA finds SBST guilty, sure kena fine big big..
then in turn, SBST will request for fare hike big big oso..
Sounds like a win-win situation for both parties: the LTA rakes in cash from the "fine" and SBST increases its operating revenue stream from the fare hike that the LTA is sure to approve.It smells almost like a conspiracy, with the ultimate losers being the consumers.
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
Sounds like a win-win situation for both parties: the LTA rakes in cash from the "fine" and SBST increases its operating revenue stream from the fare hike that the LTA is sure to approve.It smells almost like a conspiracy, with the ultimate losers being the consumers.
That's the usual.They raised fares citing fuel costs, now they tell us that fuel costs are not important enough to justify lower fares despite waaaay lower fuel costs now.
If they are aiming for price stability....fine.
But you dont come up with shitty excuses for not lowering the fares which includes citing other factors besides fuel, when fuel costs were cited as the MOST important reason back then.
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
Sounds like a win-win situation for both parties: the LTA rakes in cash from the "fine" and SBST increases its operating revenue stream from the fare hike that the LTA is sure to approve.It smells almost like a conspiracy, with the ultimate losers being the consumers.
ya, its a case of simply transferring your $$ from ur right pocket to ur left pocket nia..
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It's time to sleep.....good night.
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Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:
It's time to sleep.....good night.
Good night! -
nitey nites..
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*me presses the doorbell*
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*opens door*
I dun want to buy!
*slams door*
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Holy crap..... you guys just gotta check this out:
Jim Carrey imitates David Caruso!
I laughed so loud and hard!
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Originally posted by fudgester:
I laughed so loud and hard!
LOH? not LOL?
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Originally posted by xstryker:
LOH? not LOL?
Ok ok....
ROFLMAO!
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Ok ok....
ROFLMAO!
nah should be ROFLMAOHAL (hard and loud)
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Youtube now has advertisements?!
The Belgian kids were right all the long.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Youtube now has advertisements?!
The Belgian kids were right all the long.
I guess $$$$ dictates the bottom line.
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well, they got to have someway of sustaining operations, neh ? .....
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Originally posted by Fatum:
well, they got to have someway of sustaining operations, neh ? .....
To the extent of showing you ads before you can even start loading the videos? I think that's rather much, and is too similar to what television corporations put us through.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
To the extent of showing you ads before you can even start loading the videos? I think that's rather much, and is too similar to what television corporations put us through.
Ah well... the creators are definitely motivated by $$ when they created YouTube. What else can motivate them to do so? I doubt that altruism was top on their list.
And anyways, it being a free service, they can basically do whatever they want to generate revenue. It's kinda like, would you rather grin and put up with the ads or have them shut down the site altogether?
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Tamade... my firewall put a stop to my gleeful game-playing by deleting ALL the files with the word "generic" in it, thinking that they are all trojans!
The only way I could solve this was to disable the firewall. Not too smart a move, but whitelisting didn't work either and I was desperate... to... play my game...
Oh... make that gameS... -
I'm not so concerned about the money bit. However, the situation is slowly shifting from "you can put up whatever you like within the guidelines" (your own videos, slideshows and recordings from events) to one where you get only corporations want you to see.
Already, some ISPs are moving to provide exclusive content and faster access to websites that they tie up with. How different is that from watching TV?
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Originally posted by Rhonda:
Tamade... my firewall put a stop to my gleeful game-playing by deleting ALL the files with the word "generic" in it, thinking that they are all trojans!
The only way I could solve this was to disable the firewall. Not too smart a move, but whitelisting didn't work either and I was desperate... to... play my game...
Oh... make that gameS...
Oh, and hello Missy, nice to see you at this hour.