DISQUS

I think I will buy more domains to increase my web empire, spend it on Blu-Ray movies or buy a webcam. Maybe I will do all of them since it's CHRISTmas.

Good Luck to All

I don't mind paying for a "demand versus offer" for the price of gas.That's the capitalist society we live in and must live with that. It's the "too much speculation" that is the bigger deal here every time something in the world happens. Any reason they have is used to rise the price.

Regulation or not some will find a way to make money. Recently, we had the first real case of fixing gas price at the pump in one small region of Quebec, Canada. Yes, those are rare but it took years to prove it even if it was done for a few months in 2005. An Ultramart(refiner) regional manager was also in that plot.Ultramart did agreed to pay 1-2 million fine.

Like I wrote in my post, lowering the price will only increase demand anyway. Like a CNN analyst said a few weeks ago, people have a short memory.

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Here a real world example I see often in the Quebec City. Someone build a gas station at a corner and a few months later the corner has 2 more gas station. They each offer gas but tweak the formula a bit by offering different services like a car wash or specialty coffees.

P.S. For Paul McCartney fans, he is coming to Quebec City for a free concert on July 20th. It's part of the 400th year celebration of Quebec City. Expecting a 250 000 crowd not cows. ;) Celine Dion, also free, 100 000 crowd might be move at the same place to get more people.

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I was tempted to see it but it's not even available in English here. It's only in French and I don't like translated versions. Then again, Transformer was not available in English last year. That one was weird. We get more English movies now.

Anyway, it means that the distributor don't think it will make money in English here. I wonder if I can track movie performance this way now ;)

"but I have to go back to doing the work others did poorly"
lol

The work place has also changed in that time. Employees are mostly seen as numbers and not persons in most companies but not all. So, employees don't have the same strong relation as before to their company. One minute, they work and the other they are laid off for many reasons. If a person gets laid off often, it's normal that they tend to work for the paycheck only. Most younger employees want to balance work and play and not be working machine like their parents.

What I hear around me is that most companies are worst than before. They cut jobs and increase workload(often too much) for the remaining workers. After that, they wonder why employees feel like they do.

When I was young, they talked about the 4 days of work per week society and often said: "Go to college or university and you will get an high paying jobs when you get out." They were sold a dream and they believe it that they think they are entitled. I can't blame them for that. One of my nephew told me that a counselor told a student that he would make 40K/year when he would got out of school. The funny thing is that it was in my field and it would had made 30K/year if very lucky.

Me, I work more hours than before because I have my own business now. It's not the same when you work for yourself than for someone else. ;)

I try to understand both side of the issue. This time, I look at their side ;)

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I agree that work is something that people are afraid of. I wrote a free ebook and looking at my stats now(400+ downloads), people are even afraid of a little work. You can't have everything for free.

And if you want to make money online, you need to invest time and some money(to go faster).

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Cap'n Schwartz is right.

Get the 40GB version of the PS3 like I did. It's silent too. You will save $50. But you will need the remote($25 at Walmart for the true PS3 remote not the fake at $20) unless you don't mind using the controller.

A part from the game, it starting to be a good multimedia machine(DivX, Xvid, WMV, MP3...). Sony talk about a 10 year life cycle for it. Yes, a PS4-5 will exist by then. But jr will be able to play games and they will be cheaper too.
Half-Life 2 in the $5 bin ;)

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Yes but you should had taken John ex-baby ;)

Million Euro Wiki - Business Cards
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Abdalla: With the price of shipping(oil), I think the "free shipping party" is long gone. With my cards offer, it's a bit higher $6-7 but I get 250 "free" cards and have an office in the UK. ;)

When I sold computer equipment in 1999-2000, one of my supplier was giving me free shipping even on a $1 order. When the price of oil started to rise, the minimum shipping was $5 per order even for a CRT monitor. Now, I don't know because I don't sell anymore. The price per liter was $0.55 but today it's $1.30. :(

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Steven: If a pizzeria is for sell, don't you think it would still make and sell pizzas until a new owner could be found? :wink:

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MillionEuroMan: When it's "free", you have less options. When I ordered mine, I used the same feature that people would get for free to make it a real test.

I'm sure John did the same here.

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I
posted the same thing in December but I got 250 free business cards with the one I used.

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... but Vic also mentioned that he will retire in 24 months. Are you?

A few persons can sleep 4 hours a night and still be functional. You could call it a curse or an opportunity. I could do 4 hours but I would not be that functional. :wink:

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Vic's style is not politically correct but he does have some real information when you take the time to read and view it He is a real anti-scammers and not afraid to post about it. When you know about his background, you understand why he hate scammers in general.

Sure, I would like it better if he would swear less so that young bloggers could read him too but ...One thing is good that he will answers to questions asked in the comments. Since he switch to video, the information is even better.

I too wrote about oenmansgoal too:
<a href="http://www.mcgrath.ca/2008/04/12/onemansgoalcom-sold-for-10k-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly" rel="nofollow">OneMansGoal.com Sold For 10K: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly using my own style.

In business, you will encounter many types of persons. If Court's stayed with him, it's because Vic can show results despite his public "persona".

In the show "Growing Pains", the father told his son: "You can like the music and not the singer". In this case, the information is the music and Vic is the singer.

And no, I'm not a mindless reader because I read many blogs in this niche. I'm old enough to make my own mind and I look at the results for me.

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I general, I'm against remakes. But in this case(Sci-Fi), I don't mind at all because the technology is now better than the cheesy special effects of the show. And with BG being a successful remake, V can also be good if they make it darker like BG.

I remember when Diana(alien scientist) would swallow a live rat. That got a lot of publicity for the mini-series back then. And yes, human were on the menu too. ;)

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lol Mike you forgot Chocolat ;)

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Yes, some part are boring and I don't like the camera work but I like the overall theme of the show. I'm not even a football follower. That's saying a lot. :)

I'm Canadian so I will have to wait for 2009 on NBC to watch it.

Jason: That's the kind of quality show that should get a better time slot/day. When they start in January on NBC, it may help them because the high school season will be over.

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Yes!

2001 to 2004

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Jason:
"I just wish more people would watch the “good� shows before they get canceled."
Yes to that!

Mike:
lol

One season may suck but could come back stronger the next season. For example, in Enterprise, the Xindi story arch was too long for most fans. The writers learned from that and decided to make shorter story arch in Season 4.The same thing with Veronica Mars. My point is that they adapted to fans. The last few Enterprise episodes were great(darker side angle).

I'm not ready to throw the towel yet. Let's see how they do.

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Jason, you have the right not to like Prison Break. I'm like Mike and I still like the show. One's person crap is another person's favorite show.

Now, I agree with you that many show are crap because they don't offer much like a drama/sci-fi. Think of all the reality shows available or game shows now available. I only watch 1 reality show because it last about 8-9 episodes. Deal or no deal, I can watch 5 minutes/month but for most of them, I don't watch them. I could do without Survivor.

For regular shows, I like NCIS but don't watch the 8 versions of CSI.

I also agree that many are canceled way too fast or put in the wrong time slot or night. Why can't they just use Saturday like they used to do? "The Commish" had 5 seasons(?) there. I would watch if new scripted show were there. For now, I don't watch nothing from the major networks because nothing for me to watch.

But bring back Journeyman! ;)

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Yes, it was good. Now, you have a reason to buy a blu-ray player. If lucky, LOTR(Extended) will be available before that one. ;)

I bet The Pacific will be available in 2009. It's been a while since I heard of it.

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It's a nice plugin and could be used for charity drive too.

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I did like the ending and the fact that it open new possible doors if it is picked up by a another station.

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I like Prison Break but also loved Jericho(Nuts 2 anyone? ;) ).

Di you read the network TV rant on the Digitalbits.

The funny thing is that I posted:
Is it my last year that I watch a new show on TV

Now, the strike did not help anyone.

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I got in the offer 2 months ago for $95/lifetime with them.That's right, it's like $1/year :mrgreen: I even blog about it and I guest most missed it. That's what happens when you don't read me. ;) Anyway, I created a niche blog but had troubles while installing Wordpress. Mind you, it's not my first installation of WP ;). They fixed most of the problems in email/live mode.I still have some issues but did not have time to contact them about(other project). I did not have problems with the affiliate side like you.

The funny thing is that their are in my own extended backward a few 2-3 hours away.