|  | Posted by fish. on 10/18/06 03:08 
In article <1161069715.575297.327070@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, feedback@hidef.com says...
 >
 > > My hobby doesn't require me to pay for nothing, not does it rely on my
 > > altruism.
 >
 > Unless your hobby is jerking off all day long, I am sure that in some
 > form or fashion, it costs you SOMETHING to participate in it whatever
 > it is...
 
 
 >
 > > > 2.) I am paying for the hosting.
 >
 > > In the hope that you can sell the domain name and indeed the site when
 > > you've convinced enough people to use it.
 >
 > I don't need to sell anything. Do all people who fix up old cars and
 > customize them only do so for the sake of selling them? Does someone
 > buy and raise their pet dog with the intent of selling it? Do people
 > raise their children so that they can turn a profit on them later? Do
 > people give money to the needy so that they can make money on them?
 >
 > You can't even begin to guess at my motivations, and you are a fool for
 > trying to without ANY facts to support your theories. You are
 > projecting your own intentions and view of the world on someone else
 > and expecting it to logically stick.
 >
 > If I wanted to sell HiDef.com believe me I could do it right this
 > second quite easily.
 >
 > I don't need any more money. You can only buy so much stuff.
 >
 > > > 3.) The big companies send me stuff because I ask for it. That simple.
 > > >
 > >
 > > See my point above,.
 >
 > Umm...no, see my point above...
 >
 > > The downside is, you're offering nothing but HD frames of any old shit
 > > that the corporations feed you, which you then gush over, and need to
 > > post to various newsgroups in the hope that one day you'll be able to
 > > recoup your losses with either ads or by selling something down the
 > > track (I would imagine HD titles).
 > >
 >
 > First of all, we pull our own screenshots. Rarely are they given. In
 > fact, we've received screenshots from a studio only ONCE. The rest, we
 > pull ourselves.
 > We starting to offer more than HD frames, such as HD-DVD giveaways,
 > video game giveaway, and soon there will be reviews, wider news
 > coverage including sports that are broadcast in HD, etc...
 >
 > We aren't selling anything. We don't have to. It would have to be a
 > very special case for us to decide to sell something directly. Like I
 > said, there are no ADs, no fees, no secret agenda, etc. Just a cool
 > place to hang if you are into Hi Def stuff. It's a shame that you are
 > so conditioned that you can't accept the existence of such a thing.
 > That says a lot about you.
 >
 > > Either that or you're absolutely stupid and enjoy being taken for a ride
 > > by people who chew all your bandwitch by downloading single frames at
 > > 1080p, and guve you nothing in return.
 > > >
 >
 > Dude, its a hobby. Perhaps it is beyond your comprehension for someone
 > to do something just for the fun, distraction, or challenge of it. I'm
 > guessing that you are still a kid, who thinks he has all the answers.
 > If not, I feel really bad for you, because your life must be laden with
 > self created issues with the kind of thought processes going on with
 > you.
 >
 > > Hahah decency doesn't involve you trying to flog your website, for
 > > nefarious reasons.
 >
 > What nefarious reasons? You are looking for something that isn't
 > there...You should probably go back to your work on the "Bush planned
 > the 9/11 attacks" conspiracy theory...
 >
 >
 
 
 Blah blah blah, and here you admit your lie:
 
 "You can't even begin to guess at my motivations, and you are a fool for
 trying to without ANY facts to support your theories."
 
 I'm sorry, but you said before it was a hobby, and now you have
 motivations, which apparenlty are so big, that I can't even guess at
 them.
 
 FFS just admit you're doing this to make money.
 
 
 
 --
 "What's that got to do with my KNOB?"
 
 Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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