I agree, but they didn't need a fancy office in Multimedia gulch, they could have used freelancers living in SF, and other hip burgs and paid them well with all the money they saved by not having to pay for rent, Aeron chairs, etc.
Charging for content sealed Salon's fate
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A site like Salon, as excellent as it is/was, simply cannot make it by charging for content. Other then porn, content isn't something people will pay for on the web, especially what are basically magazine articles.
If Salon was serious about surviving, it should have canned it expensive SF offices and become basically a virtual company. Web space is cheap, and writer can live anywhere. Too bad they couldn't see the obvious.
The kid has a one in 10 chance that he is gay, so don't fall into the trap and assume he is interested in girls. He may like girls, he may like boys, he might not be sure.
...when this whole affair is over and done with, and it turns out that their taxes will be forced to increase to pay for the expensive losing lawsuit that their city has just gone through. If the city requires filters, they will get sued, and they will lose, because the precedent (Loudoun) is very clear here. I think the Family Research Coucil knows this. They might be right-wing ideologues, but their lawyers know what the law is. I suspect the FRC doesn't care. They will drag a small city into turmoil, lose a lawsuit, and cause a lot of pain --- but damn will they have great fodder for fundraising letters!!! And that's what this is all about.
No one can get your kids to "take up the gay lifestyle" -- do you think being gay is like choosing to take up golf or something? Get real -- nobody knows how you get gay, but whatever causes it, it is set very early in life and is not a conscious choice. Anyway, I think that people who like Windows are living a "negative lifestlye" -- but its not my business or the governments if people decide to use Windows, and if my kids end up using it, I hope they do the best with it that they can.
Someone mentioned college towns...they are nice...a lot of amenities of large cities without all the smog and crime.
FWIW, I live in Lawrence, KS, a prototypical college burg.
Good: Fast cable modems, good beer, lots of music, coffeehouses, 4 bookstores in one block, safe, tolerant, relatively cheap, a variety of weather, great downtown, 5 minute commute, the University.
Bad: Other than a few established companies, the tech culture could be better, it's in Kansas, winters suck, it's in Kansas, no DSL yet, did I mention it's in Kansas?
Besides the obvious (cheap high bandwidth and such) I want a city with a progressive cultural climate. In other words, the place has to have an eclectic mix of people and places, culture, lacceptance gays and lesbians, a good music scene, as well as an active techical culture (user groups, computer magazines, shows, etc)
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I agree, but they didn't need a fancy office in Multimedia gulch, they could have used freelancers living in SF, and other hip burgs and paid them well with all the money they saved by not having to pay for rent, Aeron chairs, etc.
A site like Salon, as excellent as it is/was, simply cannot make it by charging for content. Other then porn, content isn't something people will pay for on the web, especially what are basically magazine articles.
If Salon was serious about surviving, it should have canned it expensive SF offices and become basically a virtual company. Web space is cheap, and writer can live anywhere.
Too bad they couldn't see the obvious.
The kid has a one in 10 chance that he is gay, so don't fall into the trap and assume he is interested in girls. He may like girls, he may like boys, he might not be sure.
Wow, I didn't know Fred Phelps was a Slashdot reader.
...when this whole affair is over and done with, and it turns out that their taxes will be forced to increase to pay for the expensive losing lawsuit that their city has just gone through. If the city requires filters, they will get sued, and they will lose, because the precedent (Loudoun) is very clear here. I think the Family Research Coucil knows this. They might be right-wing ideologues, but their lawyers know what the law is. I suspect the FRC doesn't care. They will drag a small city into turmoil, lose a lawsuit, and cause a lot of pain --- but damn will they have great fodder for fundraising letters!!! And that's what this is all about.
No one can get your kids to "take up the gay lifestyle" -- do you think being gay is like choosing to take up golf or something? Get real -- nobody knows how you get gay, but whatever causes it, it is set very early in life and is not a conscious choice. Anyway, I think that people who like Windows are living a "negative lifestlye" -- but its not my business or the governments if people decide to use Windows, and if my kids end up using it, I hope they do the best with it that they can.
Sounds good, except that Jesse Helms is your Senator ;-)
Someone mentioned college towns...they are nice...a lot of amenities of large cities without all the smog and crime.
FWIW, I live in Lawrence, KS, a prototypical college burg.
Good: Fast cable modems, good beer, lots of music, coffeehouses, 4 bookstores in one block, safe, tolerant, relatively cheap, a variety of weather, great downtown, 5 minute commute, the University.
Bad: Other than a few established companies, the tech culture could be better, it's in Kansas, winters suck, it's in Kansas, no DSL yet, did I mention it's in Kansas?
Besides the obvious (cheap high bandwidth and such) I want a city with a progressive cultural climate. In other words, the place has to have an eclectic mix of people and places, culture, lacceptance gays and lesbians, a good music scene, as well as an active techical culture (user groups, computer magazines, shows, etc)