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Time Crunched Plan Results8 weeks ago a reasonable ride for me would be 40km at about 23kph avg. I wouldn't be destroyed at the end but it would be near the "I've had enough" level. I just spent the last 8 weeks following Carmichaels Time crunched plan (Novice Century plan), riding primarily on the trainer doing low volume (6 hrs a week) mix of intervals and endurance rides. Mid-week intervals were aimed at either pushing or pulling my FTP up (sweet spot, threshold, over-unders and power intervals) mixed with longer endurance rides at the weekend. Over the 8 weeks I saw an 11% rise in FTP to 217w (Take absolute values with a pinch of salt as I use trainerroad virtualpower... but the relative change should be reasonably accurate).
Today after a week of rest to get my stress balance +ve I just completed my first ever metric century ride in just under 4 hrs (25.9 avg). It was challenging in the last 10km but that was more due to poor hydration than anything I think. I'm chuffed though that the interval work paid dividends. I'm having 3-4 weeks of easy-ish riding then hitting the intervals again to raise my FTP. It's addictive In my opinion for newcomers to structured training you can't really go wrong with the combo of trainerroad + time crunched + sufferfest vids (I swap some of the intervals out for these vids for staying sane on the trainer). I expect gains will be harder to come by later and I'll need to immerse myself more in training theory but for a starting point it definitely gets results. Just follow the plan. It is hard though ... and some intervals make you want to wretch
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsThat's a good effort there Sloth.
Foo I don't suffer fools easily and so long as you have done your best,you should have no regrets.
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Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsGood stuff, the first 100k is a big milestone .
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Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsI don't understand how average speeds on a ride can be used as a comparison tool (not knocking you, Sloth, just a general question)? Surely the terrain and weather conditions are different on most rides, even if the distance is the same, so I would think it hard to compare and therefore not accurate.
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsIf you're doing the same rides, then you will know what your average speed is on each of those rides from previous attempts. Well that's how it was for me.
Foo I don't suffer fools easily and so long as you have done your best,you should have no regrets.
Goal 6000km
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsHi Ross, you're right. I don't use avg speed for a direct comparison. I monitor my improvement or reaction to training purely through measuring my FTP by periodically doing an FTP test protocol on the trainer. The improved FTP results in improvements in avg speed but I wouldn't use speed as a direct measure of improvement - too many variables as you point out. I just threw it out there as its a metric that is easily related to.
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsGood to hear of your success Sloth. I'm about to embark on the TCTP this week, New Competitor plan for me. I had my first year racing last year and had some success but I want more and being self employed and spending far too much time working the time crunched plan looks like it will suit my needs. Time will tell.
Scott CR1, Kuota Kharma
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Let us know how you get on. I'm doing an FTP "accelerator" plan after my endurance/recovery block then i will probably come back to the TCTP and was thinking the new competitor plan ...
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsWill do Sloth, hope to do the field test Wednesday evening, work permitting, something to look forward to
Scott CR1, Kuota Kharma
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsSloth, what intervals are you completing to increase FTP...and how are you building?
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsThis sounds interesting
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsI went out last night and did the 2 x 8minute time trials to establish my base HR for the intervals (173bpm) and planned the first two weeks training. I'll have to put that on hold for a couple of weeks with the TDU in Adalaide and a couple of 100klm+ charity rides I'll be riding way too much to fit it in.
What struck me was how much I'll have to back off for those first two weeks, they look real easy compared to what I'm doing now. The program does ramp up a bit after that and a mate of mine who did this last year tells me i will grow to hate power intervals. It worked for him so I'm hoping to see similar results. Time will tell. Scott CR1, Kuota Kharma
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Training with heart rate can be a little more difficult to establish a baseline, because of the inherent variability in heart rate (how much you ate, how much you slept, how much alcohol you consumed recently, the position of the moon etc etc)...I would ensure that you do a few sessions to average and establish your baseline so that you can pitch your intervals at the right level...
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Agreed. A power meter is on the wish list, just don't tell my missus . The HR during the test I did was pretty much what I expected based on readings over a long period of time including some hard efforts racing. Scott CR1, Kuota Kharma
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsSlightly OT... but have not heard much comments from Carmichael over the last couple of months happenings.
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsPerhaps he'll add a chapter on doping in the next edition.
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Hi, Sorry for the late reply - life got in the way of cycling this month. I'm doing the novice century plan. Basically each week contains 2-3 weekday workouts and 1-2 weekend rides that typically involve intervals ranging from slightly below my FTP up to short, all-out efforts. It is essentially a mix of longer endurance rides (at the weekend), steady state threshold rides, over-unders and what he calls steady effort power intervals. All designed to either push or pull up FTP. The 11 weeks looked like this: Workouts 44 TSS 3656 TSS/Week 332 Average Volume Per Week 5.66 hours Average Intensity Factor 77.66 I banged out a metric century in early Jan which went pretty well so I'd say that I saw "real-world" benefits other than just a change in FTP. Interestingly I started on intervals last week again after a rest period and man did I struggle to hit the power numbers I was hitting at the end of the program. To be fair he does warn that the program is aimed at getting you to a good (relative for you) level a couple of times a year but those gains are lost. I'll probably need to retest FTP if I'm consistently struggling to hit the prescribed intervals (I've been mixing in some running so it may account for the fatigue). The downside of this approach is you can only do two or maybe three of these build periods a year .... but as I don't have the luxury of high volume its probably the best approach for me. I use an online service (trainerroad) which allows me to use my kurt trainer and my mac like a computrainer - so essentially my interval sessions are really just following the powerprofile trainerroad specifies for my FTP (although to prevent boredom I do substitute some sessions for a sufferfest vid now and again). Trainerroad have the Carmichael plans on their site so I just followed. Pretty straightforward and not too much thinking. I realise I have a lot to learn with training with power and at the moment I'm at the level where I can get decent gains by blindly following "off the peg" plans. I expect as I improve I'll need to think about being more specific but this works for now.
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I expected this comment when I started the thread Unfortunate association, but I don't think it devalues the basics of the plan he presents. I'd be surprised if there is a next edition now he's tainted
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsInto week 3 of the plan at the moment. I'm finding it hard to maintain the correct HR in some of the narrow bands expected ie 160-164bpm. I get to 164 and ease up slightly and it drops too low, put in a tad more effort and it goes too high, although i think I'm sticking to the principles of what I should be aiming for. I think it's difficult maintaining it die to undulations and gusty winds on my usual training route.
I've had to drop one or two of my usual rides with mates so I can fit the TCC plan into my schedule which is a pity, the plus side is it's giving me some motivation to stick with it and make sure I get out on the prescribed day(s) when I could be home watching MKR on the TV. Started on power intervals last night, they are fun, NOT Scott CR1, Kuota Kharma
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Drugs only make recovery faster, and gains stronger... they don't change the laws of human biology. The plan is still going to be solid... you just can't expect to win the TdF using it without some help.
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I'm not surprised ... and yet I am also not surprised that Carmichael would add something like that in there.
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Much easier going by power - TrainerRoad with "virtual power" seems to work fine and is cheap
Re: Time Crunched Plan Results+1 to virtual power. I'm a fast beater so it's futile trying to stick to prescribed HR ranges .... Power is definitely they way to go
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsI found TTCC to be of extremely limited use, with poor results. It really sucked the enjoyment out of my sessions on the bike and gave me worse results than my usual plan, which is based on Mark Fenner's 100km mtb endurance race program, and is more in the Joe Friel school of periodization.
Personally, I think it belongs in the same section as the rest of The Armstrong Club books, in Fiction. If anybody wants mine, it's theirs for the price of postage, or I can hand it to you in Sydney's CBD. PM me. Otherwise, I think I'll toss it in with the paper recycling.
Re: Time Crunched Plan ResultsI'll reserve judgement until I've finished the plan TG but I reckon I was getting better results previously with my usual rides and group training stuff. It has helped in as much as it's kept me motivated to get out for every session and put in the hard yards but with one of my mates now kicking my butt in club races that motivation is there anyway without the plan.
I'll go back to chasing faster riders 2/3 times a week, that seemed to be giving me better results. I think any plan is better than just riding around racking up kms, but this one seems a bit gimmicky, a bit like the lose 10kgs in 5 weeks diet books you see in the shops. Scott CR1, Kuota Kharma
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jb3301 wrote:looks like there will be more bags before the end of the woot-off. Don't lose hope
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clay0miller wrote:Okay, seriously, who wants one of these that has not already purchased one?
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and the wootoff is killed. there will be bags, and hopefully a "lumbar" bag
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Here's a review of the xv-11.
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emmyhatesyou wrote:you think so? Man, I was literally RIGHT on top of it last time and missed it again. Hopefully there will be another offering.
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Calantorntain wrote:I bought one of these, and quite like it He's named Mario, because he has a mustache and looks like a Nintendo
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Jailbreak, app piracy, and the true cost of theft
Now that the iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak is available for the iPhone 4S, new iPad, and older devices, the subject of jailbreak in general is getting a lot of attention again, and with it, the dark side of jailbreaking. It seems whenever someone wants to attack the very concept of jailbreak, one of the first salvos unleashed is app piracy. The sad, ugly truth is that those attacks are made possible because some people who jailbreak do so mainly or entirely to get "free" apps. And the sadder, uglier truth is that there's no such thing as "free". Everything has a cost. Even and especially theft.
We're going to use the words "theft" and "steal" here instead of piracy because that's what we're talking about. Steve Jobs once raised a pirate flag at Apple as a symbol of their counterculture and ideals, and the jailbreak community has embraced that spirit.
By no means has the jailbreak community embraced theft.
Both iMore and Mobile Nations have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to even the discussion of piracy. We place an incredibly high value on developers and the apps they make, and don't want to play any part, directly or indirectly, in disseminating information that hurts developers, the iOS platform, and the legitimate jailbreak community.
Likewise, prominent jailbreak developers have gone out of their way, numerous times, to distance themselves from app theft and ask those using their software not to steal apps.
There's a reason for that. App theft is not a victimless crime. It hurts the iOS platform, it hurts iOS developers, and because of that, it ultimately hurts iOS users.
Stealing apps isn't free. It comes with a very real cost.
Getting the excuses out of the way
For years people have been copying CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray movies, games, and anything else they could get their hands on. Ever since media became copyable, people have been copying it. Some have applied philosophical wrappers around it -- that all bits should be free. Others think that since the original version remains, copies don't equate to theft -- you're not taking it away from anyone else. Others justify their actions based on the hostility often displayed towards users by traditional media companies.
The law does allow for copying in some situations, in some jurisdictions. It sometimes allows for copying to make a backup or change format, for example ripping a CD to iTunes or copying iTunes music to a disk. But none of them make allowances for theft.
Another common excuse is availability and price -- if content could only be bought immediately, and at a fair cost, there'd be no content theft. Game of Thrones is the most common current example. HBO won't release it for sale for months, so users go elsewhere to get it. If HBO would only put it on iTunes, Amazon, etc. in a timely manner, the argument goes, no one would be going elsewhere.
Well guess what -- in almost all cases, the App Store and apps do just that.
And not only that, apps are incredibly inexpensive by any reasonable standard. Paid apps are often $0.99 and most iPhone apps top out at $4.99 with very few exceptions. In most cases they're not only less than a cup of coffee or a movie, but substantially less.
Also, Apple allows users to re-download purchased apps. If you deleted an app by accident, it stopped working right, or you got a new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch you have the ability to re-download your content without having to re-purchase anything. Your purchases are tied to your iTunes ID, not a specific device. Apple even allows you to authorize content on up to 5 computers and, when it comes to apps, practically as many iOS devices as you'd like.
Easily available, cheaply and fairly priced, and automatically backed up. That removes many of the rationalizations and justifications.
Note: There are some regions that don't support the App Store, or specific parts of the App Store, due to local policies on rating requirements or other licensing issues. In those particular cases, in those particular places, stealing apps may seem like the only way for these users to obtain App Store apps or games. This problem typically arises in countries that don't carry the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, in areas where iTunes payments are difficult or challenging, or where Apple is simply not allowed to provide a legitimate service. Still there are legitimate workarounds, like using a U.S. App Store account and loading it with gift cards. If you want to support developers, you'll find a way.
The cost to app developers
When you jailbreak to steal apps you're essentially taking money out of someone's hand, whether it's an independent developer or a development company. App development takes a lot of time and a lot of money.
Apps can and do cost tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop. That means every sale is important and can make all the difference to a developer -- the difference between continuing an app or canceling it, making payroll or not making it, feeding their family or not feeding them.
If recent statistics are accurate, almost 60% of developers don't break even on costs when developing and executing an app. These costs typically involve marketing, development, graphic design fees, software licensing, and anything else that goes into submitting a fully polished app to the App Store.
These costs don't stop once the app is submitted to the App Store. If the app uses push notifications or has a web server back end, that costs money. Sometimes a lot of money. If a developer wants to provide technical support to their users, a service we've all come to expect, that's also a lot of money. There are considerable recurring costs for any development team that plans on supporting their app and updating it regularly.
Making, maintaining, supporting, and updating an app is incredibly expensive. And there's no promise every developer will ever get all that money back.
That's the cost to developers, and to users who may get less apps developed or updated because of it.
The cost to Apple
Apple owns the iOS platform. Anything that hurts developers hurts Apple. To that end, Apple has tried to implement services such as in-app purchases and iAds so developers can keep prices down and still earn a living. Yet there's more Apple can and should do.
There have been several developers who have reported seeing more players active on Game Center than have actually purchased their game via the App Store. Sometimes by a factor of 10 or more. There needs to be a way to shut stolen apps out of Game Center so there's less incentive to use the stolen versions of games. iTunes knows which apps we've bought. If a game isn't on our purchased list, it shouldn't work in Game Center. That removes the ego gratification of leader boards and the fun of multiplayer unless and until a legitimate copy of an app is purchased.
The same could be done with iCloud for non-game apps. If an app isn't on our purchased list, it doesn't sync, it doesn't back up.
I'm not pretending to know how complicated such a system would be to deploy, or how much it would disincentivize app theft, but it doesn't seem beyond the realm of possibility.
The more popular an app or game is, the higher the likelihood it will be stolen, and the less money a developer will make from it. If developers find they can't make enough money, they'll stop developing those popular apps. That not only hurts users who want great software, but it hurts the platform.
That's the cost to Apple.
The cost to jailbreak's reputation
I've been jailbreaking since iOS 1.x and I've never once stolen an app. For myself and many others out there, jailbreak is a tool to add functionality to our iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, and iPods -- functionality that Apple won't or hasn't give us stock. I actually think I've spent almost as much money on jailbreak apps as I have stock apps. Yet even though many jailbreakers don't steal apps, the conception that jailbreak is a gateway to app theft is impossible to escape.
I've had people come to me for help with their iPhone, people that don't even know how to use iCloud, but who know all the ins and outs of app theft. They can't be bothered to back up their own data but they'll spend hours and hours figuring out how to screw a developer out of $0.99 or $4.99.
And they cost jailbreak its reputation. They enable jailbreak to be called a tool for app theft instead of a breeding ground for innovation. They enable those who would like to see jailbreak made illegal to couch their self-interest in the flag of criminal justice.
That's the cost paid by the jailbreak community, and by those who jailbreak for legitimate reasons.
The cost to users
I'm not here to give anyone a lecture on morals or ethics. If you're stealing apps, one article probably won't change your mind. Maybe you already know that you're costing developers money, that you're tarnishing the reputation of the jailbreak community, and maybe even that you're hurting the iOS platform. Perhaps you've justified it to yourself by saying developers are rich and you're copying not stealing, or you don't care about the jailbreak community, or that Apple has so much money nothing could ever hurt iOS.
But what about us?
We're all connected.
If you're stealing apps it's because you want apps. Keep stealing them, and the quality and quantity of apps will eventually diminish. If you're jailbreaking, you need the jailbreak community to keep releasing tools for jailbreak. Keep using jailbreak to steal apps and either laws using you as an excuse, or jailbreak developers fed up with how you're misusing their tools will stop providing them. And all of this is dependent on Apple not figuring out a way to shut it all down or make it so time consuming that it might as well be shut down.
I'd like to envision a strong future for jailbreak and for stock iOS. Stealing apps is simply the right way to get all the wrong attention, and to hurt everything you enjoy.
On the other hand, buying the apps you like rewards developers for their hard work and helps ensure they can continue to update those apps, and make more of them, now and into the future. It shows the world that jailbreak is about adding functionality and not stealing money. And it shows Apple that their time and attention is better spent being inspired by jailbreak rather than shutting it down.
If that's not enough, consider the threat: On desktop computers, it's not unheard of for bad guys to modify stolen apps before distributing them, infecting them with malware to infect systems and steal information. That's not meant a as scare tactic, but a warning. "Free" could eventually come at the price of your
Losing apps, losing jailbreak tools, and ultimately losing jailbreak is the cost to users.
For years we've been clamoring for great content, readily available and priced fairly. With the App Store, we have it. The best defense against accusations that jailbreak is all about app theft is simply not to steal apps. The best way to get more great apps is simply to buy the great apps we have today.
There's no such thing as free. Even theft has its price. And we can all choose not to pay it.
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Jailbreak, app piracy, and the true cost of theft
I really want to make excuses for piracy, but when apps are so cheap I really don't see any justification. However, as mobile technology becomes more complex, I do not think small developers can survive. Also, I don't think that 60% of those developers not being able to cover their costs is because of piracy. As mobile apps become big business, small developers will disappear, and prices will go up.
One thing that was missed in the article was the risk of the app code being modified. Not sure if this has been done before for an iPhone app, but with computers, viruses, trojans, key logging etc., can be added.
Anyway, very well done Allyson.
Honestly, cliche as it sounds, there IS truth to the "If they want so badly to steal it, they probably wouldn't have bought it anyway" argument.
It's a shame, and those users still need a slap upside their heads, but the people that steal have such a minimal impact towards the real numbers that I cannot imagine it being such a deathly fear for Apple or the Developers.
I remember reading an article from a developer who created a fairly specific app designed for kids stating that there was a major influx in pirated app usage shortly after it was released. Now, in reality was that honestly from would-be buyers to your app, or is it from the mass thrives who would just download anything because they can and that's where the traffic is from. I believe it's from the latter.
But no one really knows. I'm sure if people put their energy into it, they'd see obvious influx of piracy as soon as a jailbreak is released, but hell, people had to roll with a stock OS for months upon months when their various idevice launched, they obviously couldn't steal then...
I'd really like to see real numbers.
First, how many jailbreakers there are, then how many that run various stolen apps/games and such. I sometimes think that there is more risk for theft of the jailbreak apps (bitesms, lockinfo, etc) than of App Store stuff.
Until more devs start to share real numbers, we're left with a big question mark. As Dev A could have seen a 200% spike in stolen apps, which sounds lime a ton, but not if you're dealing with developers that sell maybe 50 copies, and have, say, 100 steal their creation.
Wrong. All her arguments depend on the basis that pirates would have paid for the apps they pirate--aka 'potential sales'. The truth is they wouldn't.
Most people who pirate wouldn't have bought the app anyway, and for those that would, piracy is the only means of a demo. Besides, piracy spreads awareness and increases the likelihood that paying customers will see your app.
This doesn't hurt developers at all. What does truly hurt developers is when script kiddies pirate stuff off of indie devs' private servers, costing them real money. (Case in point: Project Zomboid - http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/20/project-zomboid-stricken-by-p...)
There's no way to tell if someone would or wouldn't pay for a an app, especially not at a $0.99 price tag.
Likewise, if developers WANT to spread word and provide demos, they can release LITE and FREE versions of their apps.
If they choose not to, and you steal it, your STEALING it. It might make you feel good to rationalize that you're helping them. You're not. Help them by buying their app so they can afford to support it and make another one.
i think this is true. there is merit to both arguments. there is not garuantee i'd buy all the apps ive pirated. i won't. And there's not telling whether "everybody" will buy an app at 99c or not.
i don't use twitter often but i tried 6 or 7 pay twitter clients simply because i could. If i didn't jailbreak i'd use a free twitter client simply because i use twitter maybe 3 times a month to check a few people. It's not worth the cost. Second were i inclined to paying for a twitter app i'd have only paid for one, i'd never had paid for 7 simply to test 7. i'd never burn money like that'. i'd research, choose one, and live with my choice. even for just 99c i wouldn't just take a chance.
Another thing is take games. i got two extremely popular but, i think over $7 games. If i was capable of paying i'd never buy those. Games are not that interesting to me and even after having pirated versions i don't play them. Free games satisfy me more.
then there are a few cases where i would buy an app i pirate. it's rare but there are a few.
exact same tune. making illegal copies of music or movies is still against the law. they are all covered in this country by the copyright act. It changes nothing that it's a torrent. Some person or group of people paid millions to make movies or music and in doing so they get the right to copy and distribute that artform. That i use a torrent, and i have, doesn't justify what i've done. it doesn't make it right. it doesn't change the violation. people just want to rationalize stuff. They need to at least be man enough to admit what they are doing.
You can call it "hollywood" as a pejorative, like that changes stuff but those are real people funding those movies. Sometimes investing 10s of millions of their own money to make movies. And if it's sold to a studio they employ writers, seamstresses, makeup, catering, office staff, medical professionals, safety people, accountants, lawyers, sales people, etc etc etc. And there are tons of businesses like camera rental companies and film distribution companies etc that live off the industry. And they support communities all over Burbank, studio city, and all the other towns in all directions that thrive off of the economy. The tax revenue from employing those people funds education, fire and safety in those communities allows them to buy a home and pay property taxes that support their community. many of which are in dire financial straights. Saying "hollywood" doesn't change anything. These are people. They live off the work that what you smuggly call "hollywood" like it's evil do. Their jobs endure off the profits of the films, tv, books, music etc they make, the content and media they make. They aren't the Taliban or anything. They aren't Blackwater security. They don't kill people. So to act like somehow they deserve to have their businesses harmed i think is wrong and simplistic. That they somehow deserve to have their businesses stolen is laughable.
This maybe true, but also totally irrelevant. Why? The app developer gets to decide who gets access to their copyrighted app or not. They chose to sell it via Apple, they did not decide to give it away for free.
No amount of argument or whether people would have bought or not is any form of justification.
In addition to this, when it comes to backend servers for push, etc the more 'free' users actually HARMS the system for REAL customers. The more pirated users you have to support the less server resources you have available for true customers.
This is a joke right? While I realize that good devs should be supported, there are far too many bad devs to justify a zero tolerance attitude to copying apps. A better model is the one commonly employed by Indy android devs who release free apps and have a PayPal link in settings to donate what you can if you like the app. the poor attitude of devs who expect me to front them money with no assurance of a finished product being delivered is laughable.
Also shedding tears for Apple's bottom line is ridiculous.
Also, this poorly written article claimed that file sharing IS theft, explained how by retaining the original copy it ISN'T theft, then concluded with no new evidence that it IS theft.
Is imore in bed with the RIAA/MPAA now or something?
utterly poor reasoning. Bad devs deserve to be pirated? Ridiculous. just like a bad record or a good record a bad app or good app or mean singer or nice singer has the same rights when they make a copyrighted work. Their rights don't change because you don't like them or their work.
Apple's bottom line is apple's. i'm not shedding a tear but it's their work. I have no right to it.
In bed with riia? Look at the bottom of this page. See that copyright symbol? It's their for a reason. Guess what pretty much every website is in favor of not having their copyrighted content reproduced without their permission. What do you think Mobilenations would do if i opened my own website named mobilenationsx, with imorex, crackberryx, and webosxetc, and started verbatim cutting and pasting ever single article they wrote onto my website, copied every image on the sight, essentially cloned the sight and put my name only on it and started getting ad dollars and page views from them? They'd at the very least send a strongly worded cease and desist letter based correctly on their copyrights claims. And they'd be correct. In bed with RIIA? They don't need to be in bed with them to be square with copyright laws across the globe.
"claimed that file sharing IS theft, explained how by retaining the original copy it ISN'T theft, then concluded with no new evidence that it IS theft." i'm not exactly sure what part of the article you're referring to but i think you confuse the right of a purchaser to make a backup for their own purposes, with the right to make copies for other purposes or the the right to distribute copies over the internet by filesharing with a purchaser does not have merely by buying a cd of dvd.
Isnt that what imore does? They read articles from other websites and rewrite here. Nonsense. Bloggers are the worst form of media. They don't need to back up anything they write and pretty much they can say anything they want. Hence many childish post you see here. Secondly now going on topic, I have gotten ripped off so many times in the AppStore that I will never buy again. I am not jailbroken and I don't plan to pirate garbage. I haven't bought an app since last year christmas. Noone will get my money.
Hahaha you people are ridiculous. Yes BAD DEVELOPMENT DESERVES PIRACY. If you can't produce a complete product you can't expect full payment.
Also @9wonder, plagiarism is not the same as file sharing. So I have no idea where you got that from.
The logic behind file sharing is sound. To steal is to remove something from your possession. Copying doesn't remove the original so it doesn't fit within the definition of theft.
Like I said, good indy development deserves support and I'm happy to pay what something is worth. Big data mining corporations and bad developers shouldn't expect anything.
To reiterate @Lou, I've never stolen anything. my copy of dead space doesn't mean anyone who wanted it next couldn't get it, just that EA couldn't get my money. Ergo nothing was taken, merely reproduced in an unofficial way.
You're right in everything here, but such theft goes both ways. EA is notorious for stealing from its customers. Just ask Rock Band users. Sure, the game didn't stop working, but all of our DLC is gone from both Rock Band games. No explanation, no apology, no refund. Why is it OK for EA to steal from me? I won't pirate apps (and I don't jailbreak either), but I would understand anyone who "steals" apps back from EA.
Some companies suck at support. The way I've dealt with them is to stop buying their media. I know I'm just one person but many people have that mentality. If they had a bad experience, they'll remember their name even more than they would a good experience, and they'll probably shy away.
Not in all cases, but most dig their own graves or get hurt on their own that way.
that's bad but technically that's not cutting both ways. That's not copyright infringement what EA did. It's bad customer service yes but what they are not doing is taking content that you, the customer created, and making a copy and redistributing it. Now it's stupid and bad PR but it is not analogous.
Leaving all reasons and justifications for pirating apps aside, there is only one way to stop it, and that would be stopping jailbreaks. I have my iOS devices jailbroken myself, but I accept that there's no way around. While a jailbreak exists for an iOS device, piracy will exist too. And this depends on jailbreakers, as they are the only ones who can make the cat & mouse game stop. Apple cannot achieve this, as there will always be a hole in the OS to exploit.
As with other platforms and services, I wouldn't be surprised if the "dark side" of jailbreaking is actually one of the greatest factors in its viability. Perhaps scores more are interested in jailbreaking so that they can beat the system. They boost the numbers (and probably do buy some stuff) and make it look like the platform's got legs. And apparently, it does.
I also agree with the above poster that the writer cannot be sure that those who "steal" apps (sorry, but I do think there are worthwhile distinctions in there) represent lost revenue, because we do not know if he or she would have purchased it.
I saw that Rene disagreed with the poster, saying that we don't know what the "thief" would've or would not have purchased. That's kind of the point.
Yet, despite all that I've typed here, I also agree with the writer that I dislike how that "theft" casts a shadow on the jailbreak community as a whole. I don't steal apps and I don't "steal" apps. I just have a serious problem with some of the restrictions Apple and the carriers have placed on these devices.
To make this even LONGER, I guess that one could say that jailbreaking at all is "stealing" because those who get apps (paid-for or not) from Cydia might've gotten spent that money or time in the official app store. It's a leap, but not much more than saying someone who grabbed App X for free would've paid for it, if there'd been no free option.
A pirated app is not downloaded from the app store and not tracked as a download for that app. So solely counting iAds revenue, any pirate download does create a revenue loss for a developer.
Conversely, by not downloading even the free trial versions or even free premium version promos from those developers that have historically burnt me, and other consumers, on app downloads (the above mentioned EA comes to mind)I can actively cut into the iAds revenue (and other revenue streams) of those shady developers. I tend to be less forgiving of larger developers/software publishers, such as EA, that have the resources to do it right and give users great app expreinces but have failed where so many indy developers, with less resources, have delivered.
First off, excellent piece. I agree with you 120% but you left out one very important piece. You also have to take into account the end user demographics. How many jailbreakers are teens? I work in an inner city high school where a large number of students own ipod touches because their parents saved up to buy them as gifts. however, they do not work and do not have access to credit cards, even gift cards in this community are not easy to use since most cant afford to have internet at home. I'm not saying its ok, that these teens pir...um.. steal apps, but that it is our responsibility as adults to set the example.
I feel so guilty for jail breaking after reading this and I don't even pirate apps. I paid even for jailbreak apps. Not everybody pirates stuff. If devs are looking that much mone they need to find a work around. Business take losses every year even to shoplifters. So is the app store immune to financial loss? Yea I don't think so.
Once again, you see only your side of the story. USA is not the only country in the world using iDevices and there are different economy everywhere. There are many countries which are poorer and don't have enough money to spend it on apps. I used to pirate myself, however now I have enough money to spend on apps and don't even bother jailbreaking
The Jailbreak community, no matter how noble the intent, has to take 100% of the blame for the theft of iOS apps. If you are the ones blowing the lock off the safe, you are responsible for what gets stolen from it.
You want extra features that the iPhone doesn't have, but that comes at the price of the devs. I say either live with the limitations or move to another device. It's your phone but NOT your OS to tinker with. iOS is not android.
"The Jailbreak community, no matter how noble the intent, has to take 100% of the blame for the theft of iOS apps."
Then by your logic, 100% of gun manufactures are responsible for every death by a gun. How about 100% of baseball bat manufactures are responsible for every beating received by a baseball bat. 100% of knife manufactures are responsible for every stabbing.
You've basically taking personal responsibility out of the equation. A thief decides to steal because he or she wants to. Nobody or no company pushed them into it.
Honestly. I'm jailbroken and there's absolutely nothing tweakwise that i need so bad that i'd jailbreak. I have only one jailbreak tweak installed. I really only jailbroke for apps. And honestly only cause i'm broke at the moment. when i'm financially better off i intend to buy all the apps i currently steal because it's not many and i'd simply never have to jailbreak again. And let's not lie, yeah it's stealing. And no i'm not gonna make names for it or try to justify it. No matter what you call it i've made an illegal copy. That's the rule. that's the law. I'm not going to try and rationalize or justify it as right what i do. It's not. But i can't wait till i can afford it. I'm literally live below the poverty level and had a pretty catastrophic medical event that bankrupted me. so when i'm back i'm paying and some apps i stole i i'd probably never pay for either way like expensive games. I enjoy free words with friends of free poker or free chess much more anyways. hell i only got an iphone cause my old phone died and i got a discount and a credit that made it almost the same as a dumbphone.
Agreed on theft(not purchasing)of apps. I for one, would appreciate an option for demo with trial periods per app. Although, that is another topic !
I do appreciate the ability to customize a users phone for more functional options. Example: Calendar on my lock-screen for future appointments. I do buy Cydia Apps but really like tweaking for functional use.
Excellent piece and as an aspiring app developer I agree that there is a cost to everyone when stealing/pirating apps takes place. That being said, I did have what I felt was a justifiable reason to pirate some apps shortly after the first iPad was released. I purchased an iPad in hopes of replacing my tablet laptop that I used for taking notes in class. The iPad offered unparalleled battery life and was at least half the weight of my laptop. There was just one issue, no native handwriting support, so I had to turn to note taking apps, which were prevalent in the App Store. This is where I ran into another problem; 100% of the apps I was looking into for note taking didn't offer a trial period. After looking at some reviews I still wasn't confident in which App I wanted to purchase for my note taking. I was left with only two options, hunt down people that had these apps and ask them if I could try it out or pirate the apps to facilitate my own trial period. Since I didn't know anyone else with an iPad I choose the second option and fully intended to legally purchase the app once I made up my mind. About two weeks and roughly 15-20 note taking apps later I wiped my iPad and sold it on eBay because my college bookstore would not accept returns. I then continued my search for a new tablet laptop that had better battery life than my current one. If the app developers had offered even a 10 minute trial period I would not have needed to pirate their apps nor would I have wanted to. I do Jailbreak my iPhone and have purchased several apps from Cydia and to this day have never needed to pirate apps again. It's just like test driving a car to me, I'm not going to walk into a car dealership and buy the first car I see, I always compare them and take at least two for a test drive. If you don't like that example, think of it as asking the bartender for a sample of that new beer that you want to try; they give you an ounce of beer in the hopes that you will then want to purchase a full pint. Free trials, or samples, exist in almost every other form of market but not in the App Store. Until free trials are offered by more companies in the App Store I don't see the piracy epidemic slowing any time soon.
Indeed. When i got my iphone i had to leave my old calendaring program behind. The default calendar was completely worthless for what i needed, and the most promising-looking calendar apps were all on the expensive side. With no ability to trial them out IRL legitimately, i pirated the tgree most promising, and wihin a few days had a winner, all the losers were deleted and i bought the program i judged best. I do not believe tgat the other developers were harmed by fhe piracy, because theyvhad a chance of a sale from it, and i had no intention to use the ones not bought. Its ridiculous to suggest that i should have bought 4 or 5 calendars with prices up to $20 for the privilege of testing and rejecting all but 1. Trial periods are essential for certain types of productivity apps, and the app store needs some sort way to provide them.
I haven't pirated any other apps. I've bought many apps from both the app store and cydia, as i agree that app and tweak developers deserve to get paid.
There is a small percent of "thieves" (myself included) that steal apps/jailbreak tweaks in order to test them.
You can say that this group of people are somewhat "forced" to steal because the App Store doesn't offer app trials. Sure, devs can make "Lite" versions, but not all do.
Let me give you an example: I was looking for a podcatcher a year ago and I "stole" all of them, eventually settling on one which I then purchased legitimately. It cost me around $4. If I had to play by the rules, I would've spent $40 on apps I would've launched just once.
I agree. I've pirated apps a few times to test them out. Every one that I wound up and meeting my needs, I've purchased and the ones I didn't, I deleted. Case in point, I pirated several image editing iPad apps to find the ones that met my needs, then bought the ones that offered the functionality I wanted. I purchased the ones that did and deleted the ones that didn't.
I agree that there are potentially bad things that can come from piracy.
However, "stealing" and "theft" are not the right words to use. This is more akin to counterfeiting where product is copied, not taken. There is no direct loss to the developer and to automatically assume that every download was a loss sell is entirely disingenuous.
Beyond that, I am not convinced that app piracy is a big problem or ever will be. The best estimates I've seen put Jailbreaks at ~10% of iOS population, and there are suggestions that the numbers are falling as Apple continues to create a more capable OS. Even if half of those are doing it just to steal apps we're talking about just 5% of the iOS market -- thats not enough to make or break a successful app.
I'll end this by saying that I am an iOS pirate. Keyword: Pirate. I don't agree with the lack of a proper "try and buy" solution in the App store, so I use it as a way to demo apps and decide which I like better.
I have to agree with E-Man with apps being so cheap it really makes no sense to steal them . I will admit early one I was one who would spend 10$ on a number 1 at BK and not spend .99$ for an app that woud last me as long as I had the device. Also I would like to point for those who steal apps and depend on them you have to understad that they can go bad on you at anytime this is what make me stop jailbreaking because my iDevice would always act up at the wrong time.
Now to jump to the other side of why i have returned to jailbreaking: lets be blunt with all the money and technology apple has they could just listen to the consumer and make some of the tweaks made possible by jailbreaking readily available. Right now i have jailbroken my ipad mainly for TV2mirror apple will not lose money if they made this feature available even if they sold it as an app store purchase. I went out and bought the AV composite cables from apple and am using an apple iPad so in the end to make me have to by an apple tv to get a crappy version of mirroring is apple stealing from me now. Secondly apple needs to make a way for people to test an app for a trial before ultimately purchasing it a good example this woud be an app like the "Bible Experience" I already had the CD's and thought that an ioS version would be awesome however 32$ later the app sucks, the developer does not respond to numerous complaints from myself and many others, and till this day the app has yet to be updated. So no matter how self righteous we want to sound or get in the end apple brought this problem upon themselves and ultimately if they wanted to could resolve this with a simple update.
Theft is theft. No matter the excuse, or justification. Some will say if it was not for jail break, there would be no theft of apps. Wrong, they will just find another way. Just like the credit card frauds, the bank frauds. It affects all if us. The developer will have to charge more to recover losses. The banks will tack on fees to recover losses. May be it is a time for a new term. "Team Jailbreak Pure" you jailbreak to never steal an app, or anything. Has a nice ring to it, and even a good feeling inside. Leave the dark side and join team jailbreak pure. iMore feel free to use that new term. You have my permission.
Well I have to agree with a lot of people posting here. Jailbreaking is not stealing. Stealing is stealing. I jailbreak to save money in the most obvious way. On my monthly phone bill. I need to jailbreak so I can change the APN info to be able to use my phone on a cheaper network. I for one don't want to pay ATT an extra 60-70 a month because apple doesn't make it possible to change my network settings so I can go to H2O or RedPocket and get the same service ATT is stealing an extra 60-70 dollars a month for.
If I see any app that I think I would like, I would love to have the option to try before I buy, just too many lemons out there. I support everyone I get software from even Adobe and I have sent money by paypal to a dev for a free app because it was so cool.
Very nicely written, I support it 98%. :)
But there is something missing.
I like to try out an app before I buy. Apple does not allow that functionality. You have to buy to find out that the app does not deliver what it promised. I got screwed like that to many times - because of developers wanting to score quick cash and promising to much in the description / functionality.
So now I try an app first via jailbreak community and if I am satisfied then I buy it from App store.
It is not much to pay, but why should I pay for something I am going to delete after disappointing 10 seconds of use?
This is a very small part of what I use JB comunity (2%), but until Apple enables try out apps I will keep doing it. Money does not grow on threes, so I can throw it away on poorly executed apps.
Apple themselves consider jailbreaking wrong. So wouldn't it be even worse for paid jailbreak app makers since they are charging for something that Apple doesn't want you to be able to have and i'm sure they're not giving Apple their 33% of the money their making off of their devices. Seems to me everyone from the top to the bottom is stealing from someone. Looks like the nature of jailbreaking is to steal, don't you think.
I've been saying that they should put some anti-piracy stuff into the jailbreak itself. I was saying earlier last week how I wanted to Jailbreak my phone to a coworker, and they said "I pay for all my apps". Took me a while to explain I don't steal apps. I do however wish that they'd enable like a 24 hour trial period or something, at the developer's choice maybe. Since some apps might only have a one time usefullness or whatever.
The true cost of app piracy can never be know for certain. The combined cost of people illegally downloading a $4.99 app is not costing the developer $4.99 per download, or even the 70% of that that apple doesn't get. You would have to be able to quantify how many of those downloads were actually lost sales, which I would guess is only a small part of the total.
Also, as others have said, it isn't analogous to theft. If I steal a TV from Wal-mart, that is theft, as they can now not sell it to someone else, but even that isn't stealing from the manufacturer, as they have already gotten their money for that TV, it's only a theft from Wal-Mart. With a download of an app, no one is losing a physical copy they can sell. And most of the time, it isn't costing any company the bandwidth the app would use, as it comes from a different source. Sure, piracy is bad, but not as actual theft.
Psssh if you pirate an app, I wonder how you got that iPhone because obviously you're poor.
Listen, if an app sucks, the .99 isn't going to hurt me. Even 4.99. Generally, a 4.99 isn't going to suck anyway. I don't need to try before I buy because it's likely that I can't test the app the way I would use it in a certain situation.
Welcome to capitalism, Folks. It great that developers get a chance to make good money using their talents. I am thankful to live in the US where many times, we are the first to get good content. Often the only ones.
This reminds me of the people I knew that would steal cable and or channels with a box in the 90s. I pay for apps, music, and video. If I feel its not worth what stores are charging I don't buy it. That's just me. There will always be people stealing contant. What I love with android is the 15 min window. For most apps i can tell if I want it in that time. But I have been burned as well. But if its less than 3 bucks, oh well. I've bought more junk at Walmart for that price.
The matter has a lot of grey area. As Ahit said, what if the person living in Non-US area have to do to get a software, which app store will not sell in some other country? Any one paying for the iPhone pays cash for the phone and he is entitled to get the same software which is available in USA to be available in Indonesia too. As long as Apple tries to give more preference to a specific area or restrict some software to a specific area, piracy will exist.
Another issue is no trial period in some apps. I'll buy a software if I find it useful to me. I have seen some people saying it's only 0.99. But for people like us whose money is much higher converted from $0.99. It can get me a good square meal in my country of origin. So saying it's only .99 isn't too good for non US people. Also after spending whatever the cost is, if you don't get a support, what do you want to do? Cry for your money? or is Apple responsible for the getting back the money?
I use pirated software's only for testing, if the app doesn't have trial period. And if I like it, I'll buy it straight away. If the App developer is willing to give a few days trial period then there will be more purchase.
Even without pirated apps, jailbreaking is stupid. I strongly recommend that no one here jailbreak.
First of all, if you want to talk about moral and ethics, jailbreaking is a violation of Apple's Terms and Conditions for using iOS. Second, in some instances, jailbreaking can brick your device if not done correctly or you don't know what you're doing. And if you try to get it fixed, voila! Voided warranty from Apple! Thirdly, there's just no point to it. The reason I hear most that people jailbreak is to get custom app icons or shortcuts to Settings. I have an app - on non-jailbroken iOS - that does exactly that. And there are many out there. So really, jailbreaking is risky, and you really don't need to do it. You may find yourself with an incurable white screen, frozen at the Apple logo, just won't turn on at all, or unable to restore, just to name a few.
Game Center "lock out" logic is flawed. My wife and son use the same iTunes account to download apps I've purchased, but they have their own Game Center account using a separate Email. Could this fact also contribute to devs seeing additional Game Center activity that doesn't match their sells?
Hi, um, I'm just a teen, and I know stealing is wrong wrong wrong, it's a bad thing to do, but hear me out. I live in a small town, not very many jobs, and when there are job openings they go to adults, not teens. My Mom doesnt make enough to give me an allowance every week, and no one will hire me for a job, so I have no way of paying for anything. I didn't even pay for my iPod, I got it as a gift from a relative. So the only way I can get any of the genuinely good apps is by the App theft. But! I plan on paying for the apps I use when ever I get a job, which I have in several applications at the moment. Or whenever I get a iTunes card for a birthday or Christmas. So yes, I know it's wrong, and most people would say "If you can't afford it, go without" But, I don't have any music on my iPod, and without having any apps, what would be the point of an iPod? But yes, stealing is wrong, and I think that even what I'm doing is wrong, but it's even worse if you're just stealing because you can and dont plan on paying for it later, like you should do.


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by Hope Yen
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September 22nd, 2005
Government auditors are questioning whether several multimillion-dollar Katrina contracts including one involving a subsidiary of Houston-based Halliburton Co. invite abuse because they are open-ended and not clearly defined.
IRAQ: Contractor Charged in Baghdad Badge Scam
by Jerry Markon and Josh White
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September 21st, 2005
A military contractor returning from Iraq was charged yesterday with distributing identity badges that control access to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to people not allowed to receive them, including an Iraqi woman he was dating.
IRAQ: Poor Planning and Corruption Hobble Reconstruction of Iraq
by Craig S. Smith
The New York Times
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In April, Najaf's main maternity hospital received rare good news: an $8 million refurbishment program financed by the United States would begin immediately. But five months and millions of dollars later, the hospital administrators say they have little but frustration to show for it.
US: Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions
by Eric Lipton and Ron Nixon
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Topping the federal government's list of costs related to Hurricane Katrina is the $568 million in contracts for debris removal landed by a Florida company with ties to Mississippi's Republican governor. Near the bottom is an $89.95 bill for a pair of brown steel-toe shoes bought by an Environmental Protection Agency worker in Baton Rouge, La.
INDIA: Bechtel Sells Its Stake In Dabhol Power Plant
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July 14th, 2005
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Iraq: Cellular Project Leads to U.S. Inquiry
by T. Christian Miller
Los Angeles Times
April 29th, 2004
A senior Defense Department official is under investigation by the Pentagon inspector general for allegations that he attempted to alter a contract proposal in Iraq to benefit a mobile phone consortium that includes friends and colleagues, according to documents obtained by The Times and sources with direct knowledge of the process.
IRAQ: 10 US Contractors Penalized
by Matt Kelley
Associated Press
April 26th, 2004
Ten companies with billions of dollars in U.S. contracts for Iraq reconstruction have paid more than $300 million in penalties since 2000 to resolve allegations of bid rigging, fraud, delivery of faulty military parts and environmental damage.
Iraq: Families of Hostages Say They're Being Kept in Dark
by Bill Murphy
Houston Chronicle
April 25th, 2004
Family members of KBR employees taken hostage by insurgents in Iraq say they are still being kept in the dark about their status
Iraq: Iraqis Investigate Halliburton over Allegations of Bribery
by Clayton Hirst
London Independent
April 25th, 2004
The probe centres on allegations that staff working for the Houston-based company took bribes for awarding sub-contracts in Iraq.
US: Bechtel's 2003 Revenue Breaks Company Record
by David R. Baker
San Francisco Chronicle
April 20th, 2004
Bechtel Corp., the San Francisco engineering giant rebuilding Iraq, today will report record revenue of $16.3 billion in 2003, reversing a three- year slide.
Iraq: Companies Wait for the Smoke to Clear
by Tim Webb and Clayton Hirst
April 18th, 2004
Iraq was supposed to provide rich pickings, with billions of dollars' worth of contracts up for grabs. But as kidnappings and killings undermine security still further, Tim Webb and Clayton Hirst ask if the reconstruction effort is about to unravel
Iraq: KBR contractors weigh heavy risks
by Jenalia Moreno and Bill Hensel Jr.
Houston Chronicle
April 14th, 2004
For more than a week, KBR officials have tried to prepare new hires like Michael Tovar, 29, for the risks they'll face as contractors in Iraq.
Iraq: Trade Fair Postponed Over Security Fears
by Joshua Chaffin and Salamander Davoudi
Financial Times
April 1st, 2004
The deteriorating security situation in Iraq has prompted the postponement of a US-led trade fair aimed at accelerating reconstruction in the country amid heightening concerns about the safety of foreign civilians working there. Organisers of Destination Baghdad Expo, that was due to begin on Monday, postponed the event following the gruesome killings on Wednesday of four western contract workers in the city of Falluja.
Iraq: Rebuilding Plan Reviewed
by Jackie Spinner and Mary Pat Flaherty
Washington Post
March 31st, 2004
The new inspector general of the U.S.-led interim authority in Iraq reported yesterday that though he is just beginning his own audits of reconstruction spending, he is concerned about the oversight of spending and control of cash.
Iraq: Security Pushes Up Contract Costs
by Sue Pleming
March 31st, 2004
Soaring security and insurance costs are driving up the price of contracts to rebuild Iraq and more funds may be needed, said a report on Wednesday by the U.S.-led authority's chief inspector in Iraq.
Iraq: Parsons Corp. Wins $900 Million Contract
March 30th, 2004
California's Parsons Corp., one of the most active U.S. companies in Iraq, said on Tuesday it won a contract worth up to $900 million from the U.S. military for security and justice work in Iraq. The privately-owned engineering and construction company said the latest deal includes the restoration and construction of bases for the Iraqi security forces, police stations, border control stations, fire stations, courthouses and prisons.
Iraq: Halliburton Continues to Profit
by Matt Kelley
Associated Press
March 30th, 2004
Halliburton Co. has reaped as much as $6 billion in contracts from the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but improprieties in those military contracts have also given Vice President Dick Cheney's former company high-profile headaches. Pentagon auditors have criticized Halliburton's estimating, spending and subcontracting, and they plan to begin withholding up to $300 million in payments next month. The Justice Department is investigating allegations of overcharges, bribes and kickbacks. Democrats have accused the company of war profiteering.
UK: Pentagon Warns British Contractors
by David Gow
Guardian (London)
March 27th, 2004
The Pentagon yesterday warned British firms winning contracts under its $ 18.4bn (£10bn) Iraqi reconstruction programme that they would be thrown out if they failed to give a minimum 10% of the work to US small businesses.
Iraq: Violence Slows Bechtel in Iraq
by David R. Baker
San Francisco Chronicle
March 23rd, 2004
Violence has slowed or interrupted work at approximately 10 percent of Bechtel Corp.'s reconstruction sites in Iraq, government and company representatives said Thursday. Two of its subcontractors forced to curtail or suspend operations at hostile sites.
US: Carlyle Stands to Profit from Disaster
by David Lazarus
San Francisco Chronicle
March 21st, 2004
The Washington investment firm, run by a who's who of Republican heavyweights, including former Secretary of State James Baker and former Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci, has put money into about 300 different companies and properties. Those investments include United Defense Industries, a maker of combat vehicles, naval guns and missile launchers; and Sippican, a maker of submarine systems and countermeasures to protect warships
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Jordan Zimmermann looks to extend the Nats' winning streak to five tonight.
Well, well, well. Look who is suddenly on a four-game winning streak, with a chance to sweep its second straight doubleheader this evening? Quite a turn of events in NatsTown.
If the Nationals are going to make it five in a row, they're probably going to need a quality performance from Jordan Zimmermann, who certainly did that last week in carrying a perfect game into the sixth against the Phillies. Tonight, though, they really need Zimmermann to churn out six or more innings and take some pressure off a bullpen that required the prolonged services of both Tyler Clippard and Drew Storen in Game 1.
Wilson Ramos, Michael Morse and Jerry Hairston are all playing tonight as Jim Riggleman stacks his lineup with right-handed bats against Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia.
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NATIONALS at CARDINALS
Where: Busch Stadium
Gametime: 8:15 p.m.
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM), XM 186
Weather: Cloudy, 55 degrees, Wind 8 mph LF to RF
2B Danny Espinosa
CF Rick Ankiel
RF Jayson Werth
1B Adam LaRoche
- Sunshine_Bobby_Carpenter_Is_Too_Pessimistic_For_Me - Apr 20, 2011 at 11:05 PM
Let's play two. Let's take two. Go, Riggs & Co.
- Big Cat - Apr 20, 2011 at 11:23 PM
Darn Phillies came back to win this afternoon. We are 1.5 games back going into tonight.
- Unkyd - Apr 20, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Lousy Phillies……….
- The DirtyHammer - Apr 20, 2011 at 11:37 PM
Go CAPS as well
- Tim - Apr 20, 2011 at 11:42 PM
Need Morse & Werth to break out. I really like the blend of vets and youth on this team.Burnett and Storen might be available for an out or two, and Riggleman has said that Clippard gets better the more work he gets. I thought all our relievers looked a little too amped up today with all the rest. We might be okay to pitch a couple of em back-to-back games.
- natsfan1a - Apr 20, 2011 at 11:49 PM
Yes, let's take two, like it says in the Game 16 post headline. What? Oh. Never mind…
- Cwj - Apr 20, 2011 at 11:52 PM
Agreed Tim. The big 3 looked a wee bit rusty, but nevertheless got the job done.All 3 have very durable rubber arms so I wouldn't be surprised to see one or two of them tonight.Even though Werth's stats don't exactly look impressive so far, he is still playing very well.He always seems to do something to help the team.Can't wait til he truly catches fire!Go Nats
- Carl in 309 - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:15 AM
Trouble in Dodger town–ESPN is reporting that Bud Selig is taking over control of the team, and that our own Stan Kasten is an option to head up the interim leadership. See http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=6397488.Shame we don't play them until July; MLB's track record on running teams would be a blessing to others!
- Unkyd - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:16 AM
I wonder who's in charge of radio coverage, for this team…. I live up between Frederick and Harpers Ferry, and would love to not have to use so much data time on iPhone to listen. Times are very tight, and I have no pay TV, and no Sirius radio. I'm not mad, I'm just wondering if it's finally come to this: if you're not close in, you have to pay, even to just listen. It seems reasonable to me for the team to cover something like a 100 mile radius, but I guess there's not enough interest, at this point, to attract enough advertising $$. Maybe next year, in August, when we're contending, and Desi has come into his own, making me look clairvoyant (hehe)…. Maybe then there'll be a clamor….go nats go nats Go Nats Go Nats GO NATS GO NATS!!!!
- phil dunn - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:21 AM
Bud "Sleaze" Selig and MLB have taken over the Dodgers from the feuding McCourts. I wonder if Bud will destroy what remains of a once model franchise like he destroyed the Expos.
- Cwj - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:22 AM
@Unkyd- You live pretty close to me (I'm in Harpers Ferry). You don't get 106.7 FM?
- Anonymous8 - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:26 AM
LaRoche with another nice stop!
- Rob Dibble's Ghost - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:27 AM
@Unkyd: 820AM out of Frederick carries most games (they simulcast 1500AM). The only exceptions would be when the Caps are playing at the same time, as they are tonight.
- Andrew - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:29 AM
JZim freezes Phat Albert. Glad the ump didn't let Pujols get away with that one!Best 1st inning I have seen JZim pitch!
- Cwj - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:30 AM
JZimm looks to be on his A game. What a great K of Pujols!One of the many things I like about JZimm is how fast he works. That seems to be what really great starting pitchers do. I often wonder why some pitchers work so s-l-o-w
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:33 AM
Unkyd, MLB.com radio. $20/year, every team, every game, live or recorded, home and away team broadcasts, no blackouts.
- Grandstander - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:40 AM
Come on Desmond, get in front of the damn ball! Don't give me this "olé" bullshit!
- JaneB - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:42 AM
Sec3, that's true. But some pho e plans require extra charges for data. I think that's what Unkyd is talking about. Or writing about.Go Nats!
- Anonymous - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:44 AM
Desmond is pathetic beyond belief at SS. He's not even Little League caliber. How long can the Nats put up with this huge hole in the infield?
- Unkyd - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:47 AM
Focus, Desi…focus….Thanks for the tips! 105.9 works on the car radio, but none of the house boxes gets it. The 820 signal sounds good! So once the caps win out, I'll be good. MLB radio is what I am listening to now, on iPhone, but I'm scared of how many mb I'm using up, I'm getting plenty! Thanks again…
- Anonymous8 - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:49 AM
2 great defensive plays by this kid Descalso. Definitely robbed Espinosa!
- Andrew - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:53 AM
BTW, Detwiler finished his night with Syracuse pitching a tough 6 innings so we won't see him in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
- JaneB - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:07 AM
Andrew…we won't see him because he didn't do well, or because he threw too many pitches to pitch on short rest?
- Andrew - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:11 AM
JaneB, Threw too many pitches.
- Anonymous8 - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:22 AM
That MASN commercial with Riggleman is kind of mind-boggling on "Small Ball" that Riggleman calls "Smart Ball". I think they picture in the commercial mostly departed players if I saw it right with Nyjer, Cristian Guzman and Willie Harris.Can't MASN come up with any other video that fits that basic theme with current players?
- Andrew - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:35 AM
Bryce Harper went 2-5 with a double for Hagerstown tonight.
- Unkyd - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:37 AM
Does Espi have any brothers we should be scouting…? This kid knows how to play some BALL!!!!
- Unkyd - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:40 AM
Atta BOY, Desi!!!
- RickH - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:42 AM
Attaboy, Bryce!!!
- Mark'd - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:44 AM
I thought Ankiel was supposed to be poor in left/left matchups? Having a nice night!
- JaneB - Apr 21, 2011 at 2:00 AM
He is! And that Hairston got tha hit when he was in the middle of asking for a ti e out is mind boggling. I'm also in love with the fact that Ankiel took out an ad in the local paper thanking the fans for supporting him for so long. Nyjer didn't do one for US, I noticed.
- Jim Webster - Apr 21, 2011 at 2:07 AM
Unkyd makes an excellent point, "…I wonder who's in charge of radio coverage, for this team…."We had a place on the eastern shore near Ocean City for several years and you couldn't tell that DC had a baseball team … had to beg cable provider to add MASN and pleaded with sports bars to put on Nats (some didn't know what satellite channel it was on) and there was no AM or FM radio coverage. Someone in Nats marketing department needs to spread the gospel.
- Anonymous - Apr 21, 2011 at 2:22 AM
Even if you're close enough to get 106.7 you're not missing a whole lot. The "flagship" station hasn't carried half the games so far this year.
- FS - Apr 21, 2011 at 3:04 AM
Tough loss. our offense just could not pick up JZ again and again. I don't understand why he does not do well against Cards. Anyways, Kyle Lohse against Tom G. tomorrow. We could take the series tomorrow. Go nats!!!
- Anonymous - Apr 21, 2011 at 3:09 AM
I'm so tired with all that "happy talk" from Bobby Carpenter and FP. The $126 million dollar man, Werth, better start hitting or he will be blamed for all the close losses! I'm tired of hearing that Werth is "worth his weight in gold" by being a mentor for the "young kids!" He's not getting $126 MIL to mentor kids! If that's what he was hired to do, send him to Little League Baseball to mentor the REAL kids!!!!
- Anonymous8 - Apr 21, 2011 at 3:20 AM
Riggleman showed where his confidence level is on Stairs. He went with Nix who he was hoping to hit another long one.
- Mark'd - Apr 21, 2011 at 3:26 AM
Anon8, maybe a better matchups or going with the hot hand but why use Cora as a PH when you have both Nix and Stairs sitting there
- JaneB - Apr 21, 2011 at 3:31 AM
It's easier to lose one when you've already won one the same day. I hope Kyle has an off day tomorrow.
- FS - Apr 21, 2011 at 3:56 AM
People need to understand one thing. Was Werth worth $126 million? No. Will he ever prove his contract? No. It is difficult to play to prove that huge contract. Defensively he is an improvement. Offensively he has not started doing his job yet. Give him some time. Even I hated that huge contract but come on, he is on our team now. Move on and support him, instead of just complaining about him all the time.Another thing I noticed, people praying for other teams' losses so we could catch up in the standings. We should do our job, without paying attention to where other teams are in the division. We win games based on how we play, we will be in good standings. Let's not worry too much.
- JaneB - Apr 21, 2011 at 3:58 AM
FS, you are right. I shouldn't have wished Kyle an off day. Just a GREAT day for Werth and Morse, so they catch up with the better offense of the rest of our guys. Go Nats!
- Anonymous - Apr 21, 2011 at 5:38 AM
The heck with Kumbaya. I hope the rest of the division loses and Kyle's arm falls off.
- Drew8 - Apr 21, 2011 at 6:26 AM
In other news, there's a big development in the June baseball draft. MLBTR picks up a report from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that TCU's star lefty, Matt Purke, has been shut down with shoulder soreness and is going to see Dr. James Andrews. Uh oh.Purke was a possibility for the Nats, who have the No. 6 pick in a pitcher-heavy draft. All of the mock drafts have stud college pitchers flying off the board in the top 10 — Gerrit Cole of UCLA, Danny Hultzen of U.Va., Sonny Gray of Vandy, Purke of TCU.This could change the calculus for the Nats. Scouts apparently also like Taylor Jungmann, a big flamethrower for the Texas Longhorns.
- Will - Apr 21, 2011 at 9:59 AM
I'd like to see the Nats give a long look at Hultzen. He's a local kid from Bethesda, who went to St. Alban's.Either way, it doesn't look like we'll have a shortage of good options, especially with some nearly-big-league-ready college arms that could have an impact in 2012.
- NatsJack in Florida - Apr 21, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Hultzen will be long gone by the time the Nats get their pick.
- natsfan1a - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Just catching up with posts after a late (for me) night. Upon seeing the Dodgers news, I said to my husband – watch Kasten's name get bandied about. Interesting to see the ESPN link posted above. Wonder whether Stan had an idea the takeover might happen all along. Re. Nyjer/Ankiel (not picking on Jane as I know she cheered for Morgan last week, but I've seen the same thought posted elsewhere): I would opine that it's apples and oranges. I believe that Ankiel was a top draft pick for STL (i.e., home grown) as a pitcher. After he lost effectiveness, he nearly quit baseball entirely. He then came back, through a long stretch the minors, reinvented as a position player. He also had some PED issues, if memory serves (although that part's on him). He was crediting fans for sticking with him through all that. Morgan came to us via trade, didn't experience the same level of adversity, and was a relative short-timer with the Nats compared to Ankiel's time in STL (at least 10 years, I believe). As for Nats fan support for Morgan, um, I don't think it approached the level of that for Ankiel in STL, particularly after the ardor for Nyjer had cooled. Don't get me wrong, I had my share of fits of pique at him (cough…glove throwing incident), but I don't harbor any ill will towards him, and he just may have a point about DC's status as a baseball town. Start winning, though, and all that could change (i.e., how about those Caps? Actually, I don't really care about them, as I'm an all baseball type of gal, but you get my point). Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll just don my asbestos suit and duck.
- NatsJack in Florida - Apr 21, 2011 at 12:56 PM
natsfan1a…. Kasten was who immediately came to mind when I heard the Dodger/MLB news. Too bad Sandy Alderson got snagged into the Mets mess because he would have been perfect for the LA gig.And there is no comparison between Nyjer Morgan and Rick Ankiel… one is a ballplayer and the other is a hockey player playing baseball.
- natsfan1a - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:13 PM
NatsJack, will be interesting to see what happens there.Re. Morgan/Ankiel, I was responding to the comparisons regarding (thanks for) fan support. Those comparisons didn't address play so much as fan/player interactions.
- NatsJack in Florida - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Yes, I understood…. but I couldn't pass up the opportunity because the defense in CF is so markedly improved. And while I'm at it, when press people acknowledge the new found air of professionalism in the locker room, that is another indictment of Adam (I'm such a lovable OAF) Dunn. Aside from his obvious defensive inability, he is always happy go lucky, win or lose. Great guy, no fire-in-the-belly.
- natsfan1a - Apr 21, 2011 at 1:51 PM
Agreed, NatsJack. I, too, appreciate what Ankiel is bringing.Re. Dunn, I must admit that I was one of those on the "Sign Adam Dunn" bandwagon. However, as noted in another venue, I'm thinking of making a tape recording to be used at my next in-person Nats game. I would hit the "play" button after a nice defensive move by LaRoche and thus save my voice for general rooting. Click. "Adam Dunn doesn't make that play. This is a recording. We now return you to your regularly scheduled rooting."
- JaneB - Apr 21, 2011 at 2:07 PM
natsfan1a, can I borrow that recording when you make it?
- natsfan1a - Apr 21, 2011 at 2:11 PM
Sure, JaneB. We can delete the "past a diving Guzman" one to save space (sorry, Guzy).
- ronnied - Apr 21, 2011 at 3:35 PM
defense wins in the nfldefense beats offense in the nbadefense wins the cup in the nhlwhy wouldn't defense be the key in major league baseball??no walks – no errors – hits will come eventuallyyesterday is the perfect example


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- Pre-packaged case
- Stainless steel watch
Special event items are produced by manufacturers only after the outcome of a game
or event. These are advanced sale items and will ship immediately after they are
received in our warehouse.
Manufacturer direct items are shipped directly from the manufacturer. These items
are not available for international or expedited shipping.
Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite
number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.