James, i was really just making a joke about Hal's new minimum wage rate. I tried to convince him to raise his rate a little, but he keeps saying "Why do i need more than $5.15/hour? At this rate, i'll have my Gremlin paid off in only 122 months!"
You do make a good point about what is worth paying for and what is not. Steve Nelson James Husum wrote: > Greetings, > > Steve, I can't argue with your basic premise (that Hal should get paid for > his work and get proper credit) but I must disagree with your argument > below. Writers do not get paid by the hour. If that were true I'd be a > millionaire by now. At best, you might get paid by the word (usually for > articles and short stories.) You often get a flat rate or royalties. If you > ever open a publishing firm and are going to pay writers by the hour, > please let me know. :-) > > This does raise the question though of how much is intellectual property > worth. Much like everything else I guess it depends on what the buyer is > willing to pay for it. I would love to take one of Hal's classes or get to > more of the gatherings (like the recent CFNorth) but finances don't always > permit it. But can I afford the books that have been put out on Fusebox? > Yep. Have I bought any of them? Yep. Is this helping to support the Fusebox > community at large and the authors in particular? I hope so. > > I'm very thankful for the Fusebox community that we have. I've learned a > great many things from it, and have gotten some very useful tools from it. > And when asked about the tools or the techniques I always give credit to > the community. I'm very glad that Hal has put his writings on the web, and > that you and he and others have all developed and released tools to the > community for free. Would I pay for the Fusebox architecture itself? Maybe > not. Would I pay for the tools released if the Fusebox architecture was > free and the tools had a price? Maybe (depends on the tool and how useful > it is. I bought a copy of Adalon since I find it very useful.) > > Anyway, just my $.02 worth of ramblings. > > At 09:06 PM 6/2/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >ha! I wasn't talking about paying for the pdf. I was really talking about the > >150 pages of information he wrote. Let's do some theoretical math... > > > >150 pages in a book > >3-4 hours per page, let's go on the lite side, say 3 hours per page > >Apparently Hal's information isn't that valuable, BUT minimum wage is still > >$5.15/hour > > > >So.... > > > >150 pages * 3 hours/page * $5.15/hour = $2317.50 > > > >To hire Hal at $5.15/hour to write you this book would cost you a little over > >two grand. > > > >I'd say $10-15 is a steal! :-) > > > >Sorry for sounding so sarcastic, I just wanted to stick up for a good > >friend of > >mine. I'd do the same for any of you when you all write your Fusebox books > >(hint, hint) > > > >Steve Nelson > > > >Troy Murray wrote: > > > > > "Hal charged $10-15 for it" > > > > > > Just to print his HTML pages to PDF? I re-tract my motion then. I'll > > > do it myself and send you a copy John. > > > > > > -T > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Steve Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 4:18 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Hal Helms latest writing > > > > > > I third the motion IF AND ONLY IF Hal charged $10-15 for it. > > > > > > Steve Nelson > > > > > > Troy Murray wrote: > > > > > > > I second that motion (PDF). > > > > > > > > -T > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John Jonathan Kopanas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:05 PM > > > > To: Fusebox List > > > > Subject: Hal Helms latest writing > > > > > > > > I know beggars can't be choosers but is there anyway you can create a > > > > pdf of your notes and/or create an index? I just hate reading off the > > > > > > > screen :-). It is starting to get nice out and I enjoy reading on the > > > > porch at night :-). Can you blame me and no I don't have a laptop and > > > > > > > a wireless LAN which would solve my problem. > > James Husum > BiznizWEB, Inc. > http://www.biznizweb.com/ > http://www.scifitvfans.com/ > http://www.brainsludge.com/ > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
