I know it's fashionable (and fascistic) for the US government to ignore portions of, or even outright contradict the Constitution, but wouldn't a $1.5 mil fine be grossly disproportionate to the actual cost of infringing 10 songs on a CD? Do the words of the 18th Amendment even apply here?
Probably not, but a $1.5 million fine per CD is as stupid an idea as what the 18th Amendment instituted.
The French tried Decimal time (aka French Revolutionary Time) for a while, although of course the Chinese invented it.
Decimal time always reminds me of the scene in Metropolis with two clocks on the office wall -- a 24-hour clock and a 10-hour clock (the length of the workers' shifts).
So you spend 3 years obsessively watching the ground for small metal bits and get $40 for your trouble.
Whereas you could get a minimum wage-ish job for $8/hour, work 5 hours and quit, and get the same money (not counting taxes).
Here's what you do:
1. Have kids (complicated step, I know). 2. When they can walk, brainwash them into watching for coins for you. They're closer to the ground, so it's easier. 3. Tell them they get to keep 10 cents for every 1 dollar they give you. 4. Tell them that it's better to get the 10 cents, since they get 10 things instead of 1 thing.
Guesstimating wildly, by the time they're smart enough to realize the scam, say 9 years later, you'll make $120 per kid, minus $12 for their take.
Of course, children cost thousands of dollars to raise, so you'll probably want to outsource this to third-world children. You could probably make a bundle on the currency exchange markets if you know what you're doing.
I'm not sure about the diet side of things. I do know that nutrition is not a science I wouldn't put much faith into it. What is believed to be healthy diet continually changes and often directly contradicts what we 'knew' a few years ago.
If it didn't continually change and often directly contradict what we "knew" a few years ago, it wouldn't be a science.
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy digital audio compression scheme. It is a method of compressing audio files, such as WAV, AIFF or imported from a CD.... AAC was developed with the cooperation and contributions of companies including Dolby, Fraunhofer (FhG), AT&T, Sony and Nokia, and was officially declared an international standard by the Moving Pictures Experts Group in April 1997.
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Other days I just don't see the point. I mean why even bother reading ANYTHING? We're all just going to die eventually anyway.
:)
I think you answered your own question there.
Everybody thinks it's just ducky until they get the bill.
that was like eight or nine years ago.
September 1993. Forever and ever.
Coincidentally, it's also the 30th anniversary of that joke. :P
Someone driving one of these and talking on a cell phone.
;)
Myself, I can't wait to be driving one of these and see someone else talking on a cell phone.
I know it's fashionable (and fascistic) for the US government to ignore portions of, or even outright contradict the Constitution, but wouldn't a $1.5 mil fine be grossly disproportionate to the actual cost of infringing 10 songs on a CD? Do the words of the 18th Amendment even apply here?
Probably not, but a $1.5 million fine per CD is as stupid an idea as what the 18th Amendment instituted.
The story of Galileo is a tad more complicated than the simplistic version we're used to. I'm no Roman Catholic, but this meme needs to be corrected.
;)
The story of Jesus is a tad more complicated than the simplistic version we're used to. I'm no Roman Catholic, but this meme needs to be corrected.
They're working on it, but haven't been able to get the camera cars up to the requisite 88 mph.
"Nope your not. I hate them with a passion."
;)
quoth Lord Apathy.
The French tried Decimal time (aka French Revolutionary Time) for a while, although of course the Chinese invented it.
Decimal time always reminds me of the scene in Metropolis with two clocks on the office wall -- a 24-hour clock and a 10-hour clock (the length of the workers' shifts).
Martin Short has generously offered to pilot the device.
And Stephen Boyd punches Martin Short in the nose.
Only because american cops are dumb hicks who think that it's okay to shoot people while they're working
Well, you can't really expect them to go around shooting people on their days off, can you?
Stupid machine. Oh, wait a minute -- this isn't the Interferometer, it's the Telescope Exaggerator!
Mm-hi.
on further thought, where is that thing pointed?
Well, you know the Asteroid Belt...
McCoy: You realize that by giving him the formula you're altering history.
Scotty: Why? How do we know he didn't invent the thing?
If it comes that close again, we should land something on it.
"Oh, man, check out that thing, man!"
"What do you want to do with it?"
"Let's launch over it!"
Would you buy if the Newton came back?
May the force be with me.
So is there anything that Boston authorities WON'T mistake for a bomb?
;)
The 2007 Red Sox?
Oh, wait...
(Dodger fan. I feel your pain.)
So you spend 3 years obsessively watching the ground for small metal bits and get $40 for your trouble.
...
Whereas you could get a minimum wage-ish job for $8/hour, work 5 hours and quit, and get the same money (not counting taxes).
Here's what you do:
1. Have kids (complicated step, I know).
2. When they can walk, brainwash them into watching for coins for you. They're closer to the ground, so it's easier.
3. Tell them they get to keep 10 cents for every 1 dollar they give you.
4. Tell them that it's better to get the 10 cents, since they get 10 things instead of 1 thing.
Guesstimating wildly, by the time they're smart enough to realize the scam, say 9 years later, you'll make $120 per kid, minus $12 for their take.
Of course, children cost thousands of dollars to raise, so you'll probably want to outsource this to third-world children. You could probably make a bundle on the currency exchange markets if you know what you're doing.
So, to make it official:
5.
6. Profit!
I'm not sure about the diet side of things. I do know that nutrition is not a science I wouldn't put much faith into it. What is believed to be healthy diet continually changes and often directly contradicts what we 'knew' a few years ago.
If it didn't continually change and often directly contradict what we "knew" a few years ago, it wouldn't be a science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Codin
"...and then riddle them with DRM?"
Fairplay: DeDRMS, PlayFair, QTFairUse, and Hymn
Or just, you know, don't buy iTunes tracks and use your ripped MP3s instead. Or don't.
*cough* *cough* *couch*
;)
That last one hurt, did it?
Sounds fishy to me.
Dust off and nike the website from orbit. It's the only way to just do it.
I need sleep. I only got 2 hours last night.
;D
That's why you're a geekoid instead of a geek -- real geeks don't sleep.