[Preview + Feedback] Digit December Mega Issue - Page 10

bala4digit · 23-12-2005, 04:42 PM

Ok Raaabo...this itself can be taken by you as a feedback....why you guys don't guarantee on your contents provided in the cd/dvd....please guarantee that no harm will be done to your pc!....you say that Cd contents are not guaranteed by you....any harm done will be sole responsibility of ourselves???..please this scares new users...do something....reply quickly RAAABo

hsnayvid · 23-12-2005, 04:43 PM

i'm sure that digit is going to offer subscribers something special (other than the regular issue) ometime soon. so relax guys, and now december is almost over too!

What is cooking for January Raaabo??

bala4digit · 23-12-2005, 05:26 PM

My Point was applicable to all issues...reply qucikly please...RAAABO!!!

~Phenom~ · 24-12-2005, 10:43 PM

Hell , I havent got my magazine yet.
It happens every month for the last 2-3 months.
Earlier I used to get my Mag in first week of the month.
But now , Its always a loooooong wait .
Even I had called to their Mumbai office on 11th and they said my issue has been dispatched four days before and will be reaching anytime.
But I m still waiting.
Now I wish , I should not have subscribed to digit.
There is no use of getting the Mag so late as by that time I had already read the Mag from my friends or my college library.
But then the point is , What is I m benefitting from Subscription.Hence I have dropped the idea of my renewal.
I used to love Digit but now I m afraid I couldnt continue that...

bala4digit · 25-12-2005, 02:17 PM

i thought that subriscption was mainly done by people to save money....man here you save a lot by subscribing to digit....i think u can compromise on time...neways its your wish.!!!

But digit is damn irresitable....!!

wise · 25-12-2005, 05:31 PM

My Last Post Removed?

Why Sir? Are you yellow or something? Can't stomach an unbiased view?
All I had written in that post was that instead of giving cheap trinkets along with the subscription, Digit would do well to give subscription at concessional rates. I subscribe the magazine for content and not for frebees ( Unless freebees are of sufficeintly good quality to really matter).

It is bad form to quote exaggerated prices of the freebees. Do you all think that the readers of the Digit are all dumb? I can understand your compulsions to promote some products but please do it judiciously, that is , by giving the subscribers freedom of choice. What will I do with a camera which is of no use to me.

That is why I opted to renew my subscription for one year only, because I really like to read the magazine and the booklet and would like to keep getting it regularly. The CD/DVD s are also good.

I hope that the next offer will be smarter.

cyberzook · 25-12-2005, 07:17 PM

Raaabo & anybody reply to my earlier post so that I can decide to order..

Tech&ME · 25-12-2005, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Raaabo

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Originally Posted by chippy

Dear Mr. Raabo,
Digit Team Left No Stone Unturned? WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU TO PRINT SANIA MIRZA'S PIC ON THE COVER? You could have saved money by simply printing some digital art made by your team & could give the stuff to the subscribers. Some other members have also posted similar views. I don't need that stuff but you kicked the butt of your subscribers. By the way your magazine has become a cr@p. Compare it with Chip. I made the wrong decision of subscribing to digit.
I would really be happy if you reply, sir.

Sania Mirza was gracious enough to accept being on our cover because the Zero1 awards highlight the best in their field in India. We decided on a sports theme, and the obvious choice was Sania, as she is the highest ranked Indian tennis player. It's sort of like trying to emphasize the whole "champions" thing.

Even if we got one of the biggest bollywood stars or the highest paid sportsman/woman on our cover, the payment would have not even been close to the losses we would have to incur by giving 40,000 subscribers the movie DVD for free.

You guys demanded a movie, we gave it to you but for an extra price, which is solely your choice. It would be helpful if someone would tell me what the exact price of a legal copy of terminator 2 costs in the market!

I have asked people to follow the forum rules, but you are crossing boundaries by mentioning competitor magazines. Perhaps you should look more closely at their offerings over the next few months, compare it to ours and then decide.

If you say that the magazine sucks I would appreciate feedback as to what you liked and what you didn't. Simply saying look at X they're better! is not helping. If you would be so kind as to elucidate I would be very grateful. Remember, no comparisons please, just suggestions for digit. Afterall this IS the feedback thread and it's what I was expecting to see here.

I welcome criticism, it can only improve us!

Raaabo

Raaabo dear,

Firstly before I start to comment, I would like to make it clear that whatever I am going to state in the followings lines must me taken as suggestions and NOT any comparision with other mags please.

Ok so, u mean to say that you/your company paid Rs 299/- each to acquire that DVD from the market and you are bundling that with the mag for FREE ?

This doesn't get digested.

So here is the low down on it. You people first go find sponsers for your mag and persuade companies other than yours to sponser products for low price purchase scheme with your mag. So, this people can earn some FREE advertisement and future programs/Carnivals guest invitees (like SKOAR! Lan party). Secondly this people can reach to wider array of customers accross India.

Now, you will ask how a DVD can help a company advertise in this case.
You have bundled Discovery shoot out with the DVD so, the Discovery people could be your sponsers in this case.

However, I agree that they might have not provided the DVD content FREE to you/your company but might have charged minimum, say Rs 50 or so. (NOTE: This is suggestive only). Hence, comparing the Terminator DVD with the one available in the market does not make any sense at all.

But yes, I appreciate your efferts to bring this DVD to bundle with the mag however.

Now, A little about Sania Mirza.

Well to say the list, a Sports Theme does not fit anywhere in a Tech Mag, be it competion highlight or Awards highlight. Instead why don't you fit in Bill Gates ?

He has got competetors lurking around him and he still the most successful man in the TECH WORLD. I don't criticise Linux or Mac, but you know better then me what really works in the DESKTOP section of most offices---- Microsoft., easy to configure, easy to learn, easy to work with..... that makes him successful. So, you can't you highlight his ++ to inspire developers do the correct jobs of developing easy to use softwares. (I don't say Linux of Mac is hard to use)

And yes, there is another angle to it. The money you paid to Sania Mirza could have been well utilized to give away the DVD FREE to the subscribers, after all they are your assets and not the newstand buyers. (that's my logic)

It takes time to build Assets for any company , be it your customers, your staff, anyone for that matter, and this needs to be taken seriously. You can't risk loose a good staff on your roll, just b'coz he took a leave for 5 days without informing his office b'coz there was an emergency. I hope you get my point.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

kato · 26-12-2005, 12:49 AM

dude to tell u newstand buyers are more faithful than the subscribers who start talking as they have to pay 75 extra(in case of outside mumbai) and who pay only 66 or sumthing for mag. We bought it for 200 and buy regular ones for hundred u can never say that only subscribers are there assets

wise · 26-12-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kato

dude to tell u newstand buyers are more faithful than the subscribers who start talking as they have to pay 75 extra(in case of outside mumbai) and who pay only 66 or sumthing for mag. We bought it for 200 and buy regular ones for hundred u can never say that only subscribers are there assets

Hey , What is this? :roll: Do you mean to say that a man spending Rs. 200 for a one night stand is more faithful to his (changeable) partner than a regularly married guy who once in a while has some sharp exchanges with his long time partner?

Not very convincing,huh?

wise · 26-12-2005, 06:16 PM

One thing I have observed in this thread is that people have been too much critical about the issue of what should be on the cover of Digit. It is a very subjective thing and it is useless to try to convince sombody as to what is good to have on the cover.

I would like to have a booklet fully dedicated to PHOTOSHOP, in Digit's typical user friendly language and of course, a 'smarter' subscription offer next time

Did I see a shooting star?

fizz · 26-12-2005, 09:07 PM

Here's what I feel was the best to read about the front page. Link

kato · 26-12-2005, 09:36 PM

A guy who compares a magazine to a mans relations truely has some issues anyways i dont get the hang of such things easily but one thing according to sales figure or even simple maths i can say is subcribers pay less and we pay more nothing else

premsharma · 27-12-2005, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kato

A guy who compares a magazine to a mans relations truely has some issues anyways i dont get the hang of such things easily but one thing according to sales figure or even simple maths i can say is subcribers pay less and we pay more nothing else

Then, why don't you subscribe?

tech_lover · 27-12-2005, 05:32 PM

Oh God, as a newbie I thought there would be something more exciting on the feedback. We buy from the street regularly and then decide to subcribe one day...period. And digit knows that. Hey Digit staff, I loved the issue and the movie...and do put sania or whoever you think fit on the cover...and do carry more stuff on buying guides and ergonomics...may be the stuff available in India and not just pictures of some ergo keyborads and mice and Herman Miller like chairs.

kato · 27-12-2005, 08:46 PM

Did in my any post i say that i m disatisfied from being a newstand buyer i guess not we all have our reasons and premsharma the arguement is not about why or why dont we subscribe, its about him saying that newstand buyers are not digit assets.

GURISING · 27-12-2005, 09:17 PM

dr. digit, don't you think that you have deceived the subscribers by demanding Rs. 50 extra for DVD's & cd. This is not fair. however I am sending the money for DVD's & cd as Rs. 50/- is not a big amount but the procedure to procure them is long and time consuming. I am a regular subscriber for last three years. In future kindly do not black mail emotionally.

hsnayvid · 27-12-2005, 10:20 PM

hi ya GURISING

have you read the whole thread?? read it and you will find the answers to your questions.

and welcome to digit forum!

kaliaraj · 28-12-2005, 11:15 AM

WHERE ARE THE CONTEST RESULTS FOR NOVEMBER ISSUE TO BE DECLARED ON 23 DECEMBER????????????????????

kaysquare · 28-12-2005, 11:45 AM

after having a long and useless chat with RAAABO for 45 minutes a couple of weeks ago i have decided to approach a consumer court questioning DIGITS right to charge money from subscribers.

( I cannot post the chat contents here because raaabo doesnt want it to be posted on the forum)

Raaabo,

I have consulted a lawyer(as you suggested in the chat) and took his suggestion also.

medigit · 28-12-2005, 01:03 PM

when will the results be declared???

.:deadman:. · 28-12-2005, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by medigit

when will the results be declared???

Wats the use.They won't give prize anyway

wise · 28-12-2005, 08:03 PM

To share my experience-

I had the biginner's luck with the contest and won a camera in my first try. Later I entered in many more digit contests without winning a straw. Then I figured that the probablity of winning is becoming lesser and lesser because of more and more participants entering into the contest. Then I just stopped paying attention to the contest altogether treating it as just another lottery.

swatkat · 28-12-2005, 10:58 PM

One thing about that Motocross Madness game. It installes a "spyware" called DSSAGENT. The file will be present in %Windir%\Bbstore folder.

AdAware has given a "threat" rating of 8 out of 10!

Here's an info about this:

Quote:

DSSAGENT is a tool that lets software developers push a new splash screen into a program at any time, e.g. for bug reports and product updates--but I think it's probably more centered around advertising

This program has been seen most often bundled with children's software titles from Mattel Interactive/Broderbund. I have also had a report of the module being installed by AOL 6.0 and hammering the DNS server with "MILLIONS" of requests for www.brodcast.net.

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An (apparently) discontinued spyware product of Brøderbund Software. Bundled with most Brøderbund and Learning Company titles until April, 2002.A desktop computer running DSSAgent might send over 10,000 DNS requests in 15 minutes, slowing network traffic. There are reports that it slows CPU processing as well.

Source
Source

DSSAGENT.EXE tries to connect to its server and downloads the "Splash screen" News or Ads or whatever.

This tool is bundled with Mattel Interactive, The Learning Company games.

However, it doesnt change any browser settings or any other system settings. But, its known to hog resource.

The removal tool can be downloaded here.

nedun_cheran · 29-12-2005, 01:01 PM

U Thank God.. I am not getting anything near Chengal put, Kancheepuram, and Arani cities???!!! in Tamil nadu

sujithtom · 31-12-2005, 07:44 AM

premsharma · 31-12-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kato

Did in my any post i say that i m disatisfied from being a newstand buyer i guess not we all have our reasons and premsharma the arguement is not about why or why dont we subscribe, its about him saying that newstand buyers are not digit assets.

I do not think that they think as asset of news stand buyers, otherwise, they would not have forced rs 200 issue. they could have given choice to buy without game & movie for rs 125. But such choice was not given to news stand buyers. Basically, they think that news stand buyers are a lot where they can enforce new policies and recover the cost of providing a movie & game if the subs cribers do not respond in large numbers.

I don't it was an issue to subscriber because they had option decide either way. For subscriber, it was as simple as don't take those extra useless stuff. I am having this useless game & useless movie. I can give it to any one free of cost. Just provide me Rs 25 for courier charges

Let's forget this issue & concentrate on future issues. Digit archiving software and present interface is of prime importance.

Captain Crime · 19-01-2006, 01:11 PM

base hv no problem with mirza.
but y the hell shes on the cover.
No article on her.
no interviews of her.

so wat the hell is she doing.

1 day we may see pamela anderson
and then angelina joile………..
Sucks