Obviously this is just an attempt by the democrats to distract from the nation's problems as Obama takes office. They should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting the public's interest in atom interferometry this way.
If I didn't think you might be joking, my comment would've been far more troll-ish. That said, I thought it was pretty unlikely. Given the number of white knights, or "feminists" of the condescending variety, or people who just make stuff up because it fits their ideologies, I'd say odds are on my side. Hell, this comment uses the same information I posted as evidence that there are women competing at the highest levels of chess. If you only had the first sentence of his response to go on (which contains more information than your post), would you think he's joking? It's probably safe to invoke Poe's Law here.
That link says "men" in it, but in fact includes women as well... or rather one woman, Judit Polgar, at #27. The 2nd ranked woman doesn't make the top 100 (ELO: 2618).
FTFA: "The root cause is not the labels - chances are if you were running a label you would make the same demands, since the law permits it."
Unless, of course, you didn't. The law also permits playing a guitar exclusively in a soundproof booth in the middle of nowhere so that no one will ever be able to hear your music, much less consider purchasing it, which seems like the business model the major labels are moving towards.
You could, for instance, start your own label specifically to avoid this, avoid DRM, allow anyone to stream your catalog as much as they want, offer a variety of formats and purchase options, etc. I think the law permits that too.
As for viability, it might have some issues, but Magnatune has been doing that for five years now and doesn't seem about to stop.
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Obviously this is just an attempt by the democrats to distract from the nation's problems as Obama takes office. They should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting the public's interest in atom interferometry this way.
So people can now pretend to play a fake guitar?
I know I should be snarky, but this is strangely appealing to me.
Is that the tip of a stone weapon embedded in your vertebra or are you just happy to see me?
If I didn't think you might be joking, my comment would've been far more troll-ish. That said, I thought it was pretty unlikely. Given the number of white knights, or "feminists" of the condescending variety, or people who just make stuff up because it fits their ideologies, I'd say odds are on my side. Hell, this comment uses the same information I posted as evidence that there are women competing at the highest levels of chess. If you only had the first sentence of his response to go on (which contains more information than your post), would you think he's joking? It's probably safe to invoke Poe's Law here.
http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men
That link says "men" in it, but in fact includes women as well... or rather one woman, Judit Polgar, at #27. The 2nd ranked woman doesn't make the top 100 (ELO: 2618).
As far as I can tell, this is a for-profit venture, so while I agree with your point, it doesn't seem to be relevant.
As a programmer I constantly refer to Murhy's law.
Are you sure it's not rational?
FTFA: "The root cause is not the labels - chances are if you were running a label you would make the same demands, since the law permits it."
Unless, of course, you didn't. The law also permits playing a guitar exclusively in a soundproof booth in the middle of nowhere so that no one will ever be able to hear your music, much less consider purchasing it, which seems like the business model the major labels are moving towards.
You could, for instance, start your own label specifically to avoid this, avoid DRM, allow anyone to stream your catalog as much as they want, offer a variety of formats and purchase options, etc. I think the law permits that too.
As for viability, it might have some issues, but Magnatune has been doing that for five years now and doesn't seem about to stop.
http://www.magnatune.com/