Here is how (I think) I would do it. I start to write a book. I will release a few chapters for free online. I could and would even solicit feedback from these chapters.
I now start a bounty. I would want X dollars for my work and a little bit to keep me going.
Once I have reached X dollars, I will finish my story and release it as an e-book - free for any and all to read, share and do pretty much anything with besides alter or make money off of.
If I fail to reach my bounty - it would be because people didn't want my story - why should I get paid for or release/finish something no one wants?
They key to this idea is that I get compensated what I believe I should and get compensated(until a movie studio wants to buy the movie rights). And no one gets denied my literary genius:)
The public does not even need to know how much my bounty is - maybe I would let them know what percentage has been obtained - and if unreached, I would guarantee refunds.
I agree wholly with you. But on the flip.
I do not object to religion or churches, I do disagree with segregation.
Ask me to justify beliefs and I will try. I am never going to state that I, Rome or any other church, book, theology has all the answers.
When being interviewed I can and will be questioned/nitpicked to the point where I have no answer. Often this is because I was unaware, unsure or had not previously thought about that aspect of theology.
Do not see my inability to justify every aspect of faith (which we all know boils down to the belief in the unknown/unprovable/improbable)as a victory for the side of atheists/skeptics as I see no sides - Just people with different belief systems.
I am usually worried whenever spirituality of any sort is brought up on slashdot for the reason above. It appears that many of the/. are the bigoted holier-than-thou atheist types.
Question the religions and the religious. But please stay tolerant of them and show respect.
You are never going to prove yourself better than others by pointing out other peoples misgivings. The only way to show you are a better person is by being a better person and trying to live a better life. This philosophy can work within a religious or secular context.
I have been using as a research tool http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ for years.
There are even a few Ask a Priest websites that are a quick google away.
I have partaken in Catholic Channels on IRC and Yahoo chat - This is where I discovered Protestant Spam bots trying to save my heathen RC soul.
I pay a premium to my insurance company who promise to indemnify me against the PHYSICAL LOSS of my PROPERTY under certain circumstances. Robbery is included.
As everything is insurable for the right price (Policies for alien abduction/ singers bottoms) maybe the recording/movie industry should look to insure themselves against such potential loss.
Or do you think that insurance companies would laugh at them when they come to claim that John Smith downloaded a Metallica record asking them to prove where loss took place?
The financial crisis of the last year and a bit was caused in a big part by much the same thinking that the record companies have now. .
The property market was in a boom. Everyone wanted a house (2 or three) because the value of these things just kept rising. People/banks and companies were highly over-inflating what a house/section or development was going to be worth to the potential buyers.
For a while they were right, but then something happened. The market decided that these things were not worth the over inflated cost. Suddenly People had debt which outweighed the "potential value" of their properties. And although John Smith still had a house. He no longer has the potential value he thought he was going to get for the house. John is now upset. He has his house, but no one is wiling to pay for it what he was hoping they would be willing to pay for it when the market was in boom. The market has changed.
The recording industry need to realise that the Market has changed. Distribution channels have changed. and the Potential Value they put on a copy of their product is not what they once thought it was.
Americans trying to look like they are outsmarting people? It would never happen. I thought that the "typical dumb yank" was a gimmick that you were all trying to live up to.
I never believed it to be completely true (well maybe in the southern states) But I thought it was some part of a master plan - a way to lure your enemies into a false sense of security.
I thought that by playing dumb and not being shy about it, you were walking around in the carnival of the world with a big chalk mark on your back. Only in reality, as a people, you are all ready and waiting for your opportunity to out carny the carnies.
My radio antenna was on the outside of my car meaning that this would not interfere with my radio reception.
Sorry, my tinfoil hat is still being fitted
Send some young prospect to commit a crime in view of a camera Report him to the authorities He goes to jail (or gets a slap on the wrists) and earns "Cred" for both you and your gang You get money Profit!
Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see?
But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury?
If I remember correctly, the same year the TV tax was dropped. Vehicle registration went up by the same amount. We all know the NZ gov never sends money where it is intended to go and thus all payments go to a slush fund. .
This was quite tricky of them as TV tax was only per household whereas vehicle registration is per car.
I remember staying in a student hostel whilst on a school trip in Singapore.
Once we arrived at the hostel, there were students in the cafeteria studying. (4 pm)
After going out for dinner and returning, (8 pm) many of these same students were at the same tables with their books.
After sneaking out and finding a place to drink upon return (3am) you guessed it, some students are still studying.
- It is wholly a cultural thing based around the importance of education.
Where I come from (New Zealand) qualifications are not counted as important as what you can do and have done. In many of these asian countries sited, where competition is high for all sorts of spots that Education and Qualifications are essential.
Of course, in every culture, a little bit of who you know goes a wee way.
They will get around it. All it will take is for some car manufacturer to put in a EULA that you can not read until you have purchased the car.
There will be no way to not accept this EULA. Starting the car to drive it back to the dealers will be seen as accepting all terms and conditions.
If you were to install a new component to your vehicle for either repair or upgrade, your cars computer will assume that you are now a thief and the car will refuse to run.
Wow! you are young.
Games advertising I can remember years before this on my Aminga
Zool and chuppa Chups,
James Pond and Pengiun Bars,
I know that there are more.. and earlier than these examples.
.. That he only intended getting three, but there was a language barrier between himself and the tattooist.
he would have stopped more marks being made but he later fell asleep during the proceedure
Last I Looked, (and I could be long, cause I have not looked very hard).
There is no country called "America" - there is a United States of America, but no America.. Simon and Garfunkel are still looking for it
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Here is how (I think) I would do it. I start to write a book. I will release a few chapters for free online. I could and would even solicit feedback from these chapters. I now start a bounty. I would want X dollars for my work and a little bit to keep me going. Once I have reached X dollars, I will finish my story and release it as an e-book - free for any and all to read, share and do pretty much anything with besides alter or make money off of. If I fail to reach my bounty - it would be because people didn't want my story - why should I get paid for or release/finish something no one wants? They key to this idea is that I get compensated what I believe I should and get compensated(until a movie studio wants to buy the movie rights). And no one gets denied my literary genius :)
The public does not even need to know how much my bounty is - maybe I would let them know what percentage has been obtained - and if unreached, I would guarantee refunds.
I agree wholly with you. But on the flip. I do not object to religion or churches, I do disagree with segregation. Ask me to justify beliefs and I will try. I am never going to state that I, Rome or any other church, book, theology has all the answers. When being interviewed I can and will be questioned/nitpicked to the point where I have no answer. Often this is because I was unaware, unsure or had not previously thought about that aspect of theology. Do not see my inability to justify every aspect of faith (which we all know boils down to the belief in the unknown/unprovable/improbable)as a victory for the side of atheists/skeptics as I see no sides - Just people with different belief systems. I am usually worried whenever spirituality of any sort is brought up on slashdot for the reason above. It appears that many of the /. are the bigoted holier-than-thou atheist types.
Question the religions and the religious. But please stay tolerant of them and show respect.
You are never going to prove yourself better than others by pointing out other peoples misgivings. The only way to show you are a better person is by being a better person and trying to live a better life. This philosophy can work within a religious or secular context.
I have been using as a research tool http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ for years. There are even a few Ask a Priest websites that are a quick google away. I have partaken in Catholic Channels on IRC and Yahoo chat - This is where I discovered Protestant Spam bots trying to save my heathen RC soul.
.. Wrestling! (which I believe is actually getting a reboot)
..Year of the Amiga Desktop
..Sitting on my arm until it goes numb so I can pretend I have a girlfriend
I have household contents insurance.
I pay a premium to my insurance company who promise to indemnify me against the PHYSICAL LOSS of my PROPERTY under certain circumstances. Robbery is included.
As everything is insurable for the right price (Policies for alien abduction/ singers bottoms) maybe the recording/movie industry should look to insure themselves against such potential loss.
Or do you think that insurance companies would laugh at them when they come to claim that John Smith downloaded a Metallica record asking them to prove where loss took place?
The financial crisis of the last year and a bit was caused in a big part by much the same thinking that the record companies have now. .
The property market was in a boom. Everyone wanted a house (2 or three) because the value of these things just kept rising. People/banks and companies were highly over-inflating what a house/section or development was going to be worth to the potential buyers.
For a while they were right, but then something happened. The market decided that these things were not worth the over inflated cost. Suddenly People had debt which outweighed the "potential value" of their properties. And although John Smith still had a house. He no longer has the potential value he thought he was going to get for the house. John is now upset. He has his house, but no one is wiling to pay for it what he was hoping they would be willing to pay for it when the market was in boom. The market has changed.
The recording industry need to realise that the Market has changed. Distribution channels have changed. and the Potential Value they put on a copy of their product is not what they once thought it was.
Americans trying to look like they are outsmarting people? It would never happen. I thought that the "typical dumb yank" was a gimmick that you were all trying to live up to.
I never believed it to be completely true (well maybe in the southern states) But I thought it was some part of a master plan - a way to lure your enemies into a false sense of security.
I thought that by playing dumb and not being shy about it, you were walking around in the carnival of the world with a big chalk mark on your back. Only in reality, as a people, you are all ready and waiting for your opportunity to out carny the carnies.
and like most NZers in trouble with the law, moved to Australia. Australia does have a extradition treaty with the U.S.
Oh, so you know Peter then. Say hi to him for me please will you
My radio antenna was on the outside of my car meaning that this would not interfere with my radio reception. Sorry, my tinfoil hat is still being fitted
Send some young prospect to commit a crime in view of a camera
Report him to the authorities
He goes to jail (or gets a slap on the wrists) and earns "Cred" for both you and your gang
You get money
Profit!
Half a bee, philosophically, Must, ipso facto, half not be. But half the bee has got to be Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see? But can a bee be said to be Or not to be an entire bee When half the bee is not a bee Due to some ancient injury?
... Thats got to sting!
If I remember correctly, the same year the TV tax was dropped. Vehicle registration went up by the same amount. We all know the NZ gov never sends money where it is intended to go and thus all payments go to a slush fund. . This was quite tricky of them as TV tax was only per household whereas vehicle registration is per car.
I remember staying in a student hostel whilst on a school trip in Singapore. Once we arrived at the hostel, there were students in the cafeteria studying. (4 pm) After going out for dinner and returning, (8 pm) many of these same students were at the same tables with their books. After sneaking out and finding a place to drink upon return (3am) you guessed it, some students are still studying. - It is wholly a cultural thing based around the importance of education. Where I come from (New Zealand) qualifications are not counted as important as what you can do and have done. In many of these asian countries sited, where competition is high for all sorts of spots that Education and Qualifications are essential. Of course, in every culture, a little bit of who you know goes a wee way.
He didn't even use de-speckle on it.
... Does it run linux?
They will get around it. All it will take is for some car manufacturer to put in a EULA that you can not read until you have purchased the car. There will be no way to not accept this EULA. Starting the car to drive it back to the dealers will be seen as accepting all terms and conditions. If you were to install a new component to your vehicle for either repair or upgrade, your cars computer will assume that you are now a thief and the car will refuse to run.
Wow! you are young. Games advertising I can remember years before this on my Aminga Zool and chuppa Chups, James Pond and Pengiun Bars, I know that there are more.. and earlier than these examples.
He's probably talking about how lean it is.. Have you ever seen an obsese crack whore?
.. That he only intended getting three, but there was a language barrier between himself and the tattooist. he would have stopped more marks being made but he later fell asleep during the proceedure
Last I Looked, (and I could be long, cause I have not looked very hard). There is no country called "America" - there is a United States of America, but no America.. Simon and Garfunkel are still looking for it
an unknown is an unknown is an unknown.
If this is the case, how do you know?
Am I the only one thinking that this would be a great concept for a Meatloaf Records cover art?