The free market involves pain... no pain, no gain. If the government keeps jumping in and "solving" inefficencies before they anyone feels the pinch then we don't get the motivational benefits of having a free market.
Thank god there are some people out there who have an understanding of free market economics!
I second everything the parent said about Magnatune. They have very high quality artists, no DRM (#1 consideration for me), a choice of formats (#2 consideration), and reasonable prices. They even encourage file sharing as another way to market their artists.
Oh, you can also listen to every song in their catalog at 128kbps mp3 (and even download them for free, if 128 is enough for you) before you buy.
Kudos on the 1970's commercial reference. At least now I know there's a possibility of my not being the oldest slashdot reader. (For some reason, I was thinking it was "Agree" shampoo, though... Well, it was a long time ago).
Oh, yeah. I understand what you're saying, I just don't like it. It's what burns me up about our society today when so few people are willing to take personal responsibility for their actions (or their ignorance).
Hey, would this mean ignorance of the law IS an excuse?
Now, I'm sure someone will point out the hole in my logic, but what if there was no phone in the house to begin with? You can't very well dial 911 without a phone can you? Should the Phone company then be sued for not providing a phone with which 911 can be called? Should the building codes be ammended to require a land-line in every dwelling?
Ok so what is my point? Just as it is an individual's responsibility to get in touch with the phone company to get (traditional) phone service hooked up, it is the individual's (The home owner, in this case) responsibility to set up their Vonage 911 feature. And, yes, Vonage does make it very clear that their 911 service is different from 'real' 911 (I have Vonage and I know and I'm not that smart). Now if Vonage out and out lied about how their 911 works, it would be a different story but they don't and they didn't - case closed.
Please everyone think about who's really responsible for screwing up your life (hint: look in a mirror).
They claim that they were expected to perform at the same level of expectations as HP workers and thus should be given the rights and privileges of HP workers.
No. They should be given the rights and privileges that were spelled out in the contract.
Wonder Woman sued the University of Pennsylvania over Intellectual Property involving invisibility technology. No one on campus could be found for comment.
I used to use Yahoo Companion for bookmarks as well, until I discovered a Firefox extension called 'Bookmarks Synchronizer' which works just as well, without the bloat and wasted screen real estate of another toolbar.
cartalk.com
Informative AND funny - very entertaining even if you aren't a gearhead. They back up almost all their stuff with sound engineering and science.
AllofMP3 is a Russion site that sells scads of mainstream popular music for $0.01/MB. Magnatune is an Indie lable that lets you decide how much to pay and the artist gets a HEFTY chunk of it. Both services let you chose between mp3, ogg, flac (Allof MP3 has even more choices - It impressed the hell out of me.)
Both services also alow you to preview the whole song or album before you buy it.
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The free market involves pain... no pain, no gain. If the government keeps jumping in and "solving" inefficencies before they anyone feels the pinch then we don't get the motivational benefits of having a free market.
Thank god there are some people out there who have an understanding of free market economics!
Stop talking about what? ;-)
Damn! Now Usenet is no longer "under the radar". I knew this would happen eventually, but I was hoping for later rather than sooner.
It was very nice knowing you, Usenet. You will be missed.
OK. So what do you call the place where you pop in to get a cup of Joe and a donut?
Amen.
I second everything the parent said about Magnatune. They have very high quality artists, no DRM (#1 consideration for me), a choice of formats (#2 consideration), and reasonable prices. They even encourage file sharing as another way to market their artists.
Oh, you can also listen to every song in their catalog at 128kbps mp3 (and even download them for free, if 128 is enough for you) before you buy.
...But the real question is can they use it's DNA to create a spider with four asses?
Kudos on the 1970's commercial reference. At least now I know there's a possibility of my not being the oldest slashdot reader. (For some reason, I was thinking it was "Agree" shampoo, though... Well, it was a long time ago).
Oh, yeah. I understand what you're saying, I just don't like it. It's what burns me up about our society today when so few people are willing to take personal responsibility for their actions (or their ignorance).
Hey, would this mean ignorance of the law IS an excuse?
Now, I'm sure someone will point out the hole in my logic, but what if there was no phone in the house to begin with? You can't very well dial 911 without a phone can you? Should the Phone company then be sued for not providing a phone with which 911 can be called? Should the building codes be ammended to require a land-line in every dwelling?
Ok so what is my point? Just as it is an individual's responsibility to get in touch with the phone company to get (traditional) phone service hooked up, it is the individual's (The home owner, in this case) responsibility to set up their Vonage 911 feature. And, yes, Vonage does make it very clear that their 911 service is different from 'real' 911 (I have Vonage and I know and I'm not that smart). Now if Vonage out and out lied about how their 911 works, it would be a different story but they don't and they didn't - case closed.
Please everyone think about who's really responsible for screwing up your life (hint: look in a mirror).
A Hee Haw Reference on Slashdot. Now there is no doubt that the world will be ending today. ... If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all ...
You must be a relatively old codger like me.
Wonder Woman sued the University of Pennsylvania over Intellectual Property involving invisibility technology. No one on campus could be found for comment.
Denied.
I used to use Yahoo Companion for bookmarks as well, until I discovered a Firefox extension called 'Bookmarks Synchronizer' which works just as well, without the bloat and wasted screen real estate of another toolbar.
Sorry. I just had to reference this: http://www.bartleby.com/1001/.
Finaly! I was wondering when someone was going to get an assfull of the French... It had to happen sooner or later!
Here you go...
Raw Digital Photo Decoding in Linux
Even more interestingly, Janet Leigh was also in this gem...
She died yesterday.
Much as I loved Deforest Kelly, I doubt he's rolling in his grave.
Don't forget, Mr. Kelly had a role in "Night of the Lepus" - a film about mutated giant Bunny Rabbits!!
DeForest was obviously a little desparate for work after the original series.
cartalk.com
Informative AND funny - very entertaining even if you aren't a gearhead. They back up almost all their stuff with sound engineering and science.
AllofMP3
Magnatune
AllofMP3 is a Russion site that sells scads of mainstream popular music for $0.01/MB. Magnatune is an Indie lable that lets you decide how much to pay and the artist gets a HEFTY chunk of it. Both services let you chose between mp3, ogg, flac (Allof MP3 has even more choices - It impressed the hell out of me.)
Both services also alow you to preview the whole song or album before you buy it.
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Go to Google
Search "mars spirit operating system"
You're Welcome.
Nick Burns? Is that you? M O O V E !
Yeah. Didn't the TIE stand for Twin Ion Engine?
Like your money?