Dude.
So would "90% of games I've played fucking suck" be ok?
I played the Bioshock demo and immediately reinstalled and played through System Shock 2 again. It's just better.
And while we're here. Could a glacier exist on mars with its little gravity and no atmosphere? Obviously not; if there aren't any.
So what conditions have changed in the last 10-100 million years? The gravity shouldn't have changed - no large scale reduction in mass there. Probably no magnetic field due to no spinning around an iron core - this means an atmosphere that doesn't get blasted away by any sort of solar flare would be nigh impossible to keep up. There is next to zero atmospheric pressure on the surface (obviously) and the whole place is "frozen" due to extreme cold.
If anything, these structures/geological features seemingly formed by glaciers would have been formed more probably by a "glacial" type object but not made out of water. A different species of rock formation (for example a solid piece of granite in a tray of sand -- not this extreme) "floating" over millions of years across the surface - harder and more solid than surrounding soils and possibly pushed to surface by a rotational force. You'd see the remains on the surface as small rocks/boulders strewn over hundreds of kilometers.
But I'm getting fanciful; and this is all pure conjecture.
Honestly, the music landscape is changing; the format is changing. It isn't a bad thing that corporations will have to find other sources of revenue due to society changing the way it obtains/listens to/communicates the media of music.
There may be less money in music after the dust has settled but extortion is not the answer. Diversify or fall.
Its interesting. Usually changes in industry require new technologies - new hardware technologies. Think digital cameras vs film. Alot of film corporations (agfa, konica) no longer exist in that aftermath. This is subtlety different; it is a change in social thinking. If 80% of kids pirate, then it should not be considered pirating. It should be legalized and the new way of doing things. There are new ways to make money from this.
Where will the corporations put the money gained from isps? Obviously into new lawsuits.
But sometimes industries - whole structures of society - become redundant. And "die". It is not always a bad thing. A new generation of music to listeners is already being founded; why should people have to pay a $5 fee to subsidize a sinking ship of an industry?
Obviously the death rattle that such money wielding corporations sound is quite powerful, but no-one should even for a second consider accepting they should have to pay this fee.
That being said I think I'd be happy for the government to silently take a bit of money out of my already paid taxes to make the transition from current-to-future music industry not destroy the lives of all the employees and families who garner their income from it.
I'm employed in the photography business and i've seen many corporations fall due to the advent of digital media. But at the same times alot of new businesses and corporations have been created.
Change begets change.
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Dude. So would "90% of games I've played fucking suck" be ok? I played the Bioshock demo and immediately reinstalled and played through System Shock 2 again. It's just better.
Ice Ice Baby...
Hammertime! = No more glaciers.
And while we're here. Could a glacier exist on mars with its little gravity and no atmosphere? Obviously not; if there aren't any.
So what conditions have changed in the last 10-100 million years? The gravity shouldn't have changed - no large scale reduction in mass there. Probably no magnetic field due to no spinning around an iron core - this means an atmosphere that doesn't get blasted away by any sort of solar flare would be nigh impossible to keep up. There is next to zero atmospheric pressure on the surface (obviously) and the whole place is "frozen" due to extreme cold.
If anything, these structures/geological features seemingly formed by glaciers would have been formed more probably by a "glacial" type object but not made out of water. A different species of rock formation (for example a solid piece of granite in a tray of sand -- not this extreme) "floating" over millions of years across the surface - harder and more solid than surrounding soils and possibly pushed to surface by a rotational force. You'd see the remains on the surface as small rocks/boulders strewn over hundreds of kilometers.
But I'm getting fanciful; and this is all pure conjecture.
Break it down!
...of a dying industry.
Honestly, the music landscape is changing; the format is changing. It isn't a bad thing that corporations will have to find other sources of revenue due to society changing the way it obtains/listens to/communicates the media of music.
There may be less money in music after the dust has settled but extortion is not the answer. Diversify or fall.
Its interesting. Usually changes in industry require new technologies - new hardware technologies. Think digital cameras vs film. Alot of film corporations (agfa, konica) no longer exist in that aftermath. This is subtlety different; it is a change in social thinking. If 80% of kids pirate, then it should not be considered pirating. It should be legalized and the new way of doing things. There are new ways to make money from this.
Where will the corporations put the money gained from isps? Obviously into new lawsuits.
But sometimes industries - whole structures of society - become redundant. And "die". It is not always a bad thing. A new generation of music to listeners is already being founded; why should people have to pay a $5 fee to subsidize a sinking ship of an industry? Obviously the death rattle that such money wielding corporations sound is quite powerful, but no-one should even for a second consider accepting they should have to pay this fee. That being said I think I'd be happy for the government to silently take a bit of money out of my already paid taxes to make the transition from current-to-future music industry not destroy the lives of all the employees and families who garner their income from it. I'm employed in the photography business and i've seen many corporations fall due to the advent of digital media. But at the same times alot of new businesses and corporations have been created. Change begets change.