Absolutely agree. I've taken telecourses and didn't learn a thing. Cram for each test and forget it the next day. I would only take such a class if I already knew most of the material and only needed the credit. If I were hiring someone, I would classify the distance learner as self taught. With some subjects like languages or math, studying 15 minutes a day is better than several hours once a week.
This is a legitimate beef. News gathering organizations spend a lot of money and sometimes put people in dangerous situations to get a story. Hopefully, they won't go all RIAA over this, but it's reasonable for them to expect some compensation from people who are profiting from their work.
As a disclaimer, I should mention that I work for a newspaper. At least for now.
I never heard of these guys so I thought I would check em out on the US Youtube. Gotta say, man they suck.
Incidently, I still purchase CDs, often after watching vids on Youtube. Whenever I hear of a new band, I do a search on youtube to see what they sound like. New bands always have vids posted. Geezer bands don't because they know their fans already have the CDs so promotion doesn't gain them any sales.
When I did jury duty, we had to go through security, metal detectors and all. The people who smoked had to keep matches because they wouldn't allow a lighter in the building. I think the judge should just clearly state that using such devices is prohibited. If you ignore him/her, it's contempt of court.
I am so sorry, you are absolutely correct. My sincere apologies for getting Hindu and Buddism mixed up in my response. I would edit my original, if I could.
Shiv Sena is a political party in India. They've been around since the mid-60s and are generally described as being far right wing conservatives. They tend to be Buddist and have been accused of violence against Muslims. When they oppose the message they are quick to protest movies or other media, such as bloggers.
Cruising sailors have dealt with this problem for years. If you don't know, "cruising" is where you quit your job and live on a sailboat in the Caribean, spending your days mostly looking for food and booze. I am so jealous of these folks. Anyway, "Cruising World" magazine might have some ads. I've heard of Sailmail, but don't know how their services rate. Might be a place to start anyway.
I had Sirius for a year and wasn't thrilled. The few stations I liked, repeated songs too often. Their version of 70's hits was virtually all disco, 60's hits were mostly folk and the "punk" station never played anything I liked. All Elvis, all the time got old real quick and they even wasted two channels on some guy named Howard. Blues and classical were alright. Comedy channels were a cute novelty on ocassion. The news shows were pretty standard fair. Perhaps I wasn't so impressed because we have good stations here in Detroit. I can keep up with music on 89X while I get the news on WJR and NPR. I have 6 CDs loaded with MP3s, if that's not enough. I was gonna resubscribe for $50 for 6 months then they raised the price so I lost interest. Nothing against it and I'm glad other people enjoy it. Part of my lack of interest may be because I like to "think" that my DJ has a hand in choosing the music he or she plays and the whole national programming thing completely destroyed the illusion.
I agree that national and international news is a problem area for newspapers. Most of it comes from news pools like AP or Reuters and you'll find the same stories and pictures on BBC, CNN or Al-Jazeera that your local paper is printing. Logistics means that TV and internet news sources can get the story to the public faster. However, in depth coverage is still the realm of the newspaper. TV news is limited to 30 second clips and the internet stories are usually very short.
Recently, The Detroit Free Press broke a local story about misconduct by the mayor of Detroit. Without a local news outlet, this story would have never seen the light of day. I'm sure a few bloggers would have printed rumors but nothing would have come of it. The prosecutor just filed 11 felony charges against the mayor as a result of the news article.
And we rule on sports coverage. Personally, I am more interested in the latest Warcraft patch then I am about sports but the people who care about such things tell me that our sports coverage is great.
Not dead yet and I doubt we will be in the near future. But changes are a coming and I don't know if there'll be room for my salary in the final structure. Time will tell.
I thought patch Tuesday was bad. A week without the World of Warcraft could lead to some severe withdrawl issues. I know one mom who's kids suffer greatly when the servers are down. This is a humanitarian issue here!
I can get use a phone instead of email or video conferencing. I can drive into the office instead of using a VPN. I could get my news from the cable folks. I can only play WoW over the internet.
It's not up to the carriers or anyone else to decide who's internet usage is more important.
Excluding online retailers, most 'business functions' on the internet are for convienece anyway, not necessity.
This is a property crime. If prescription information couldn't be gotten through the computer, someone might have had to call a doctor or possibly even go to a hospital.
I really doubt anyone would die. As someone else pointed out, the same situation could occur from a power outage. Remember recently when the whole northeast of the USA was dark? I had no lights for 24 hours or so. No one died here. I know hospitals have generators but I'm sure the data network was affected. If necesary, doctors can still read and write on clipboards.
I seem to remember reading an article recently stating that Romania was a scammers paradise. The article followed a woman who worked for ebay who had to work in Romania because that was the only way anyone would try to enforce the law.
Does anyone else remember 'Snoopy vs the Red Baron' by 'The Royal Guardsmen'? I was a little kid and loved that song when it came out but I doubt the RIAA would consider it profitable to re-release it. I'm sure they would consider it profitable to sue me for copying it though.;-)
Even the middle ages, weren't that dark a time in that aspect.
The Franks(France is named for them) who ruled Europe for most of the dark ages (around 500AD-1000AD) were largely iliterate. This is why they were dark. Charlemagne (around 800AD) is famous for his respect for education. Previously, educated men were only to be found in the priesthood. One gets the impression that a literate male would be often teased and taunted, because a true warrior wouldn't waste his time on such trivia. Women had no rights under the Franks.
I think everyone could tell a story or two of the Catholic Church supressing information. Remember Galileo?
Don't even get me started on Bush.:)
Educated people respect education. The people in power want to hold onto power. When those conflict, the truth is often the loser.
Don't take my cynicism for defeatism though. I agree with the sentiment. One of the scariest things I've ever heard was when I heard conservatives derisively refer to the educated elite.
My old E-machine plays WoW just fine with only 768mb of mem. My main system only has 2 gig and it's good for video editing. I am running XP on both but my next machine will be something else, I think.
Simply put, Vista has nothing in it that appeals to me. I have no particular loyalty or hatred for any OS. MS keeps making Windows less useful and more of a resource hog. Linux has matured enough that the drivers are not so hard to find, the office tools work well and there are plenty of games. I hear WoW plays well under Wine so I don't NEED MS anymore. I may use their software anyway if I WANT it, but they'll have to sell me on that one first. So far, Vista hasn't caught my eye but my nephew's I-Phone made me drool a bit. I don't think MS understands how to impress end users anymore. It's just a tired old OS by a tired old company. The only reason the whole world hasn't set a gravestone over the MS market dominance is that no one else is ready to take over right now. Apple hardware is too expensive and Linux doesn't have marketing.
There are several companies like this who have stopped responding to what their customer's want and are instead trying to make the customers buy what they want to sell. It will be interesting to see how well it works for them in the long run but I have my doubts. MS software is not oil or electricity, I can live just fine without it.
I work at a media firm that employs graphic artists and I work closely with the color experts. Yes, Photoshop is far superior to GIMP.
But at $400, it's not in every high school students budget. So, if someone spends a semester using an application that they may not see again for quite some time, what have they learned? Nothing useful! But if they learn to use an application that they can have on their own PC tonight and use to their hearts content, they gain a solid foundation to learn any other similar application.
Unfortunately, the 90% who signed are probably not in a position to protest. I agree in fighting for one's rights, but without a Trade Union to protect them, most folks would be quickly and quietly fired. For some, this may be the dream job they wanted all of their lives. Would you have the strength to give up your dream career, knowing that you may have to take a lesser job and maybe even be unemployed for a period of time? What if you have a family depending on you to support them? I think these would be hard decisions to make.
by your logic, why isn't USA in Sudan RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE? Do you know by UN estimates 1.5 million women and children has been killed, raped etc in Sudan.
Africans don't want Western troops in Africa. They would see it as a return to colonialism.
by your logic, why did USA turn their back when simular genocide was happening in Rwanda?
See above.
by your logic, why isn't USA invading Burm, sorry Mun-whetever its called?
China.
I can continue for a long long time you know. It would appear USA selectively decided who is bad and who isn't.
Of course there is a selection process.
Oh and also, remember that photo of Saddam and Rummy shaking hands back in 1980s-something? How come Saddam was good enough to do business with back then but NOT in 2003?
I doubt that Rummy and friends really liked Saddam in the 80s. He was just a pawn to use against Iran.
The constant warring of the ancient Israelites and Judeans against their neighbors and the Europeans (Rome) required constant military preparedness
Judea was conquered by Babylon in 589 BC I think. From then til 1948, Jews weren't in control of the territory. It was Greeks who lost control to the Roman General, Pompey the Great.
Online play get's too competitive. WII sports is just an introduction game anyway. Serious gamers can get other titles that allow online play.
When the Earth was young, my roommate and I used to spend hours playing the stupid skydiving game on my Atari. Basically, you raced to the ground and the first person to pull the ripcord slows down and loses the race but if you wait too long, the chute doesn't open and you crash. That's all there was to it and it kept us entertained for a long time because of the face to face competition.
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Absolutely agree. I've taken telecourses and didn't learn a thing. Cram for each test and forget it the next day. I would only take such a class if I already knew most of the material and only needed the credit. If I were hiring someone, I would classify the distance learner as self taught. With some subjects like languages or math, studying 15 minutes a day is better than several hours once a week.
Assuming this is accurate, the guy could go by Bob Lee or even Robert Lee. The only reason to add the E is for attention.
This is a legitimate beef. News gathering organizations spend a lot of money and sometimes put people in dangerous situations to get a story. Hopefully, they won't go all RIAA over this, but it's reasonable for them to expect some compensation from people who are profiting from their work.
As a disclaimer, I should mention that I work for a newspaper. At least for now.
I never heard of these guys so I thought I would check em out on the US Youtube. Gotta say, man they suck.
Incidently, I still purchase CDs, often after watching vids on Youtube. Whenever I hear of a new band, I do a search on youtube to see what they sound like. New bands always have vids posted. Geezer bands don't because they know their fans already have the CDs so promotion doesn't gain them any sales.
When I did jury duty, we had to go through security, metal detectors and all. The people who smoked had to keep matches because they wouldn't allow a lighter in the building. I think the judge should just clearly state that using such devices is prohibited. If you ignore him/her, it's contempt of court.
Doh!!!
I am so sorry, you are absolutely correct. My sincere apologies for getting Hindu and Buddism mixed up in my response. I would edit my original, if I could.
Took a bit to understand this story.
Shiv Sena is a political party in India. They've been around since the mid-60s and are generally described as being far right wing conservatives. They tend to be Buddist and have been accused of violence against Muslims. When they oppose the message they are quick to protest movies or other media, such as bloggers.
Cruising sailors have dealt with this problem for years. If you don't know, "cruising" is where you quit your job and live on a sailboat in the Caribean, spending your days mostly looking for food and booze. I am so jealous of these folks. Anyway, "Cruising World" magazine might have some ads. I've heard of Sailmail, but don't know how their services rate. Might be a place to start anyway.
http://www.sailmail.com/
I had Sirius for a year and wasn't thrilled. The few stations I liked, repeated songs too often. Their version of 70's hits was virtually all disco, 60's hits were mostly folk and the "punk" station never played anything I liked. All Elvis, all the time got old real quick and they even wasted two channels on some guy named Howard. Blues and classical were alright. Comedy channels were a cute novelty on ocassion. The news shows were pretty standard fair. Perhaps I wasn't so impressed because we have good stations here in Detroit. I can keep up with music on 89X while I get the news on WJR and NPR. I have 6 CDs loaded with MP3s, if that's not enough. I was gonna resubscribe for $50 for 6 months then they raised the price so I lost interest. Nothing against it and I'm glad other people enjoy it. Part of my lack of interest may be because I like to "think" that my DJ has a hand in choosing the music he or she plays and the whole national programming thing completely destroyed the illusion.
We all know the industry is shrinking. But...
I agree that national and international news is a problem area for newspapers. Most of it comes from news pools like AP or Reuters and you'll find the same stories and pictures on BBC, CNN or Al-Jazeera that your local paper is printing. Logistics means that TV and internet news sources can get the story to the public faster. However, in depth coverage is still the realm of the newspaper. TV news is limited to 30 second clips and the internet stories are usually very short.
Recently, The Detroit Free Press broke a local story about misconduct by the mayor of Detroit. Without a local news outlet, this story would have never seen the light of day. I'm sure a few bloggers would have printed rumors but nothing would have come of it. The prosecutor just filed 11 felony charges against the mayor as a result of the news article.
And we rule on sports coverage. Personally, I am more interested in the latest Warcraft patch then I am about sports but the people who care about such things tell me that our sports coverage is great.
Not dead yet and I doubt we will be in the near future. But changes are a coming and I don't know if there'll be room for my salary in the final structure. Time will tell.
I thought patch Tuesday was bad. A week without the World of Warcraft could lead to some severe withdrawl issues. I know one mom who's kids suffer greatly when the servers are down. This is a humanitarian issue here!
I can get use a phone instead of email or video conferencing. I can drive into the office instead of using a VPN. I could get my news from the cable folks. I can only play WoW over the internet.
It's not up to the carriers or anyone else to decide who's internet usage is more important. Excluding online retailers, most 'business functions' on the internet are for convienece anyway, not necessity.
This is a property crime. If prescription information couldn't be gotten through the computer, someone might have had to call a doctor or possibly even go to a hospital.
I really doubt anyone would die. As someone else pointed out, the same situation could occur from a power outage. Remember recently when the whole northeast of the USA was dark? I had no lights for 24 hours or so. No one died here. I know hospitals have generators but I'm sure the data network was affected. If necesary, doctors can still read and write on clipboards.
I seem to remember reading an article recently stating that Romania was a scammers paradise. The article followed a woman who worked for ebay who had to work in Romania because that was the only way anyone would try to enforce the law.
Out of print music should be freely transferable.
;-)
Does anyone else remember 'Snoopy vs the Red Baron' by 'The Royal Guardsmen'? I was a little kid and loved that song when it came out but I doubt the RIAA would consider it profitable to re-release it. I'm sure they would consider it profitable to sue me for copying it though.
Sure, make a product that I want.
My old E-machine plays WoW just fine with only 768mb of mem. My main system only has 2 gig and it's good for video editing. I am running XP on both but my next machine will be something else, I think.
Simply put, Vista has nothing in it that appeals to me. I have no particular loyalty or hatred for any OS. MS keeps making Windows less useful and more of a resource hog. Linux has matured enough that the drivers are not so hard to find, the office tools work well and there are plenty of games. I hear WoW plays well under Wine so I don't NEED MS anymore. I may use their software anyway if I WANT it, but they'll have to sell me on that one first. So far, Vista hasn't caught my eye but my nephew's I-Phone made me drool a bit. I don't think MS understands how to impress end users anymore. It's just a tired old OS by a tired old company. The only reason the whole world hasn't set a gravestone over the MS market dominance is that no one else is ready to take over right now. Apple hardware is too expensive and Linux doesn't have marketing.
There are several companies like this who have stopped responding to what their customer's want and are instead trying to make the customers buy what they want to sell. It will be interesting to see how well it works for them in the long run but I have my doubts. MS software is not oil or electricity, I can live just fine without it.
I work at a media firm that employs graphic artists and I work closely with the color experts. Yes, Photoshop is far superior to GIMP.
But at $400, it's not in every high school students budget. So, if someone spends a semester using an application that they may not see again for quite some time, what have they learned? Nothing useful! But if they learn to use an application that they can have on their own PC tonight and use to their hearts content, they gain a solid foundation to learn any other similar application.
Unfortunately, the 90% who signed are probably not in a position to protest. I agree in fighting for one's rights, but without a Trade Union to protect them, most folks would be quickly and quietly fired. For some, this may be the dream job they wanted all of their lives. Would you have the strength to give up your dream career, knowing that you may have to take a lesser job and maybe even be unemployed for a period of time? What if you have a family depending on you to support them? I think these would be hard decisions to make.
Africans don't want Western troops in Africa. They would see it as a return to colonialism.
by your logic, why did USA turn their back when simular genocide was happening in Rwanda?
See above.
by your logic, why isn't USA invading Burm, sorry Mun-whetever its called?
China.
I can continue for a long long time you know. It would appear USA selectively decided who is bad and who isn't.
Of course there is a selection process.
Oh and also, remember that photo of Saddam and Rummy shaking hands back in 1980s-something? How come Saddam was good enough to do business with back then but NOT in 2003?
I doubt that Rummy and friends really liked Saddam in the 80s. He was just a pawn to use against Iran.
First we don't like Iran, so we help Saddam.
:)
Then we don't like Saddam, so we give help to Iran.
I think we went back and forth a few more times. Right now, I think we like Iraq(the government anyway) and hate Iran.
I hated IBM but they haven't annoyed me for a while. I'm happy to use them against MS.
The constant warring of the ancient Israelites and Judeans against their neighbors and the Europeans (Rome) required constant military preparedness
Judea was conquered by Babylon in 589 BC I think. From then til 1948, Jews weren't in control of the territory. It was Greeks who lost control to the Roman General, Pompey the Great.
I agree.
Online play get's too competitive. WII sports is just an introduction game anyway. Serious gamers can get other titles that allow online play.
When the Earth was young, my roommate and I used to spend hours playing the stupid skydiving game on my Atari. Basically, you raced to the ground and the first person to pull the ripcord slows down and loses the race but if you wait too long, the chute doesn't open and you crash. That's all there was to it and it kept us entertained for a long time because of the face to face competition.
Just trolling. :)
Perhaps I should have said Muqtada al Sadr.
No good reason except that corporate America really hates him.