Here's an example of innovative sampling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQa60u1zPdE In my opinion this rap song is better than the original song. Alternatively you could think of the two songs complementing each other (one is the woman complaining; the other is the man apologizing).
>>>cord labels could lose sound recording copyrights they bought in 1978 starting in 2013, 1979 in 2014
I predict a sudden explosion of disco on the oldies radio stations. They won't be able to play that music for free (since it belongs to the artists), but I bet it will be a lot cheaper than what the megacorps are asking.
On the other hand, maybe Obama will come to the record companies rescue, and alter the law in some fast-track legislation.
Anon. Coward wrote: "Republican democracy", where anything the Republicans want is good and anyone who disagrees is a fascist-socialist-nazi-communist-traitor.
Ha. And now that we have a Democratic democracy, I get to be told I'm a redneck "who clings to his guns and his religion" (Obama) or else a racist (Carter, MSNBC, and many other people). I find that amusing considering my neck is not red, my collar is white, my college education is triple-degreed, and my two closest friends are Chinese and Hispanic. By gum, they're right! I am a racist, gun-clinging, religious nut! (rolls eyes)
ACTUALLY I THINK JUDGE NAPOLITANO WAS CORRECT: "We don't have two parties. We have ONE party - the Big Government party - with two branches, each trying to gather more power to themselves, and less freedom for us."
The answer can be found be answering this simple question - What reigns supreme?
The Majority (51%), or the Law? The answer is the Law - specifically the Constitutions (both U.S. and Stste level). Therefore it's a Republic, not a democracy. The fact we choose our lawmakers by vote does not change the fact the Law still reigns supreme above all (even the government itself).
You'd be wiser to go after the power-grabbing bureaucrats
- like the FCC Chairman who I just learned is dicussing turning-off TV broadcasts and turning-over channels 2-51 to cellphone usage. That of course would force me to upgrade from free television to $20 Comcast lifeline service. Joy. Also the RIAA chairman, the MPAA chairman, and so on.
The Congresscritters are mainly just puppets. The real power lies in front of them (corporate lobbyists) and behind them (bureaucrats).
Okay. But if you said, "An engineer - minimum 2-year Associates Degree," I suspect the HR people would overrule you. (And to be fair, they are probably just following written company policy.)
I'm an engineer, and I too had difficulty with math. In 6th grade I almost failed (the teacher was kind and gave each student one free A - that saved me), but then in 7th grade my understanding of math suddenly "clicked" and I sailed through with A's until 12th grade when I scored a D in Calculus. But then in college I repeated the same material and got an A in Calc 1, an A- in Calc 2, and then a W in Calc 3 (because I again had a D average). So I repeated the course, with a different professor, and got an A. The new professor even called my college adviser and said, "That guy is really bright." (Good thing he didn't look at my transcript.)
Sometimes perseverance matters.
And fair or not, that's what employers look for. As for calc's application to programming, it's pretty rare but sometimes you use computers to recreate real world problems - problems that need calculus to solve. If you don't understand calculus, you can't input into the machine.
Information is only free if you decide to give it away (i.e. hand someone a copy of your sheetmusic for you just-created song). NOBODY has a right to take it from you through force. If you want to give-away you DNA code, go ahead, but you should also have the right to keep it secret.
See the science movie Gattaca on the dangers of releasing your DNA to the wild.
Watch the movie GATTACA where people were denied jobs (or vice-versa promoted) strictly based upon their DNA. The ability for bosses, politicians, whoever to just look at your "program code" and filter for the best candidate is dangerous. It takes away opportunity who may be slightly dumber, but with more determination and focus to get the job done. (Again I recommend watching gattaca... one of the best science movies of the last two decades.)
What the heck are you talking about? Genetic compatibility means finding someone *opposite* to yourself. i.e. If you have a weakness in regards to poor eyesight, then you'd want somebody with keen eyesight so your baby will hopefully have keen eyesight too.
You certainly wouldn't want to marry your family members, who'd have many of the same weaknesses you do. That would produce a kid who's nigh-blind.
Yep. I've never used anything higher than my sophomore-level classes.
That means I could have just taken a 2-year associates degree and done the same thing I'm doing now (designing boards, programming FPGAs). But of course nobody would hire me to do that, since the "hurdle" set up by Human Cattle department requires a minimum of four years.
>>>Sounds like you're confusing education with schooling.
No. The original poster was right on. The longer you spend time in school (2, 4, or 6-year degrees), the greater value you have to the employer. It's a status thing... like jumping over hurdles to prove how "fit" you are to your boss.
The annoying thing is that having a high school degree used to be good enough to prove yourself competent enough to hold an office job, or technical job. But once everyone was getting HS degrees, suddenly the goalpost moved, and you need two years of college. If college education ever becomes universal, we can expect the goalpost to move even further away (you'll need a six-year masters degree). The Human Cattle...er, Resource people need to filter-out the "hirables" from the chaff somehow.
"Guru Meditation" is the Amiga's version of a kernal panic, and dates back to 1985. That's why I thought you making some in-joke about that machine (or else the website owner was). The screen looks like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation
Yippy. That just means stupid NBC aired the show out of order. I typically watch "Where No Man" as episode 1, and all the other season one episodes in production order. Not only are the set & unform designs more consistent that way, but also the story flows better from episode to episode. (I don't typically watch The Cage because it's not all that great of story, plus it's already covered in The Menagerie Parts 1 and 2, so why watch it twice?)
Season 1 of Star Trek is also a good bargrain to buy on DVD. You get 29(?) episodes each 51 minutes long, or almost 1500 minutes, whereas today's shows like Stargate Universe barely offer up 840 minutes per season
I don't understand. Are you saying you can hijack my DSL modem and make it point to your website, instead of my bank website? Does this flaw also affect traditional 33k or 56k dialup modems? Would swapping-out the hijacked modem for a new one eliminate this "hole"?
Another semi-related question:
If I swap my current DSL modem with the spare modem in my drawer, would that change my IP address?
>>>William Henry Harrison - Whig Abraham Lincoln - Republican National Union
So predictable. I knew somebody would list them when I was typing my last message. The Whigs were not a third party - they were an offshot of the major party called Democrats, and they replaced the major party Federalists (which had died). The Dems were major party #1 and the Whigs were major party #2. (Likewise the Republicans were essentially the Major Party Whigs with a new name.)
Now if either the Dems or Reps decide to fold-up, then yeah the Libertarians might be able to "move in" as the second major party, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
And of course, by definition, they wouldn't be a third party anymore. They'd simply be the second half of the reigning Duopoly.
>>>If it wins, everybody has to go back to the drawing board and field new candidates.
Nope. According to the Constitution, the States would then choose the Electors who would select the president, and if no clearcut winner emerges, then the Congress picks the final winner. That's how Thomas Jefferson won in 1800.
>>>Every vote that goes to a third party is one that helps further the belief that a third party candidate is viable.
Bullshit. When Ross Perot won ~20% of the vote in 1992 (and cost Bush Senior his election), all it did was reinforce the belief that voting for anyone other than R or D was like throwing-away your vote.
>>>Kerry was beaten, and the four years prior weren't exactly rosy.
(1) Barely beaten and (2) Most Americans still felt the war was going well (it had only been three years) and Bush had kept his promise to recover the economy, such that things were booming again.
Now if Kerry had run in 2008, then I think he would have won. People like to switch parties when the economy is crap. It happened in 1980 (switch from D to R president), 1992 (switch from R to D), in 2000 (switch from D to R president), and again in 2008.
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Oh what the heck. Here's another example of "sampling". I'm not going to try to claim it's "innovative" but it sure is funny:
BALTIMORE'S IN THE HOUSE! ;-) Sisqo - Thong Song
Original version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o-y5b9Blm8
MTV clean version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3bZZLGBlo
Ooops
Wild Wild West http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEaX4ApC_EU
Here's an example of innovative sampling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQa60u1zPdE In my opinion this rap song is better than the original song. Alternatively you could think of the two songs complementing each other (one is the woman complaining; the other is the man apologizing).
original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQa60u1zPdE
Other favorite sampling songs:
Will Smith - Wild Wild West http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eeyhtlJp5A
Naughty by Nature - O.P.P. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgFU3U4X_Y
Rihanna - SOS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eeyhtlJp5A
>>>cord labels could lose sound recording copyrights they bought in 1978 starting in 2013, 1979 in 2014
I predict a sudden explosion of disco on the oldies radio stations. They won't be able to play that music for free (since it belongs to the artists), but I bet it will be a lot cheaper than what the megacorps are asking.
On the other hand, maybe Obama will come to the record companies rescue, and alter the law in some fast-track legislation.
Anon. Coward wrote:
"Republican democracy", where anything the Republicans want is good and anyone who disagrees is a fascist-socialist-nazi-communist-traitor.
Ha. And now that we have a Democratic democracy, I get to be told I'm a redneck "who clings to his guns and his religion" (Obama) or else a racist (Carter, MSNBC, and many other people). I find that amusing considering my neck is not red, my collar is white, my college education is triple-degreed, and my two closest friends are Chinese and Hispanic. By gum, they're right! I am a racist, gun-clinging, religious nut! (rolls eyes)
ACTUALLY I THINK JUDGE NAPOLITANO WAS CORRECT: "We don't have two parties. We have ONE party - the Big Government party - with two branches, each trying to gather more power to themselves, and less freedom for us."
The answer can be found be answering this simple question - What reigns supreme?
The Majority (51%), or the Law? The answer is the Law - specifically the Constitutions (both U.S. and Stste level). Therefore it's a Republic, not a democracy. The fact we choose our lawmakers by vote does not change the fact the Law still reigns supreme above all (even the government itself).
You'd be wiser to go after the power-grabbing bureaucrats
- like the FCC Chairman who I just learned is dicussing turning-off TV broadcasts and turning-over channels 2-51 to cellphone usage. That of course would force me to upgrade from free television to $20 Comcast lifeline service. Joy. Also the RIAA chairman, the MPAA chairman, and so on.
The Congresscritters are mainly just puppets. The real power lies in front of them (corporate lobbyists) and behind them (bureaucrats).
Okay. But if you said, "An engineer - minimum 2-year Associates Degree," I suspect the HR people would overrule you. (And to be fair, they are probably just following written company policy.)
You make a good point.
I'm an engineer, and I too had difficulty with math. In 6th grade I almost failed (the teacher was kind and gave each student one free A - that saved me), but then in 7th grade my understanding of math suddenly "clicked" and I sailed through with A's until 12th grade when I scored a D in Calculus. But then in college I repeated the same material and got an A in Calc 1, an A- in Calc 2, and then a W in Calc 3 (because I again had a D average). So I repeated the course, with a different professor, and got an A. The new professor even called my college adviser and said, "That guy is really bright." (Good thing he didn't look at my transcript.)
Sometimes perseverance matters.
And fair or not, that's what employers look for. As for calc's application to programming, it's pretty rare but sometimes you use computers to recreate real world problems - problems that need calculus to solve. If you don't understand calculus, you can't input into the machine.
Information is only free if you decide to give it away (i.e. hand someone a copy of your sheetmusic for you just-created song). NOBODY has a right to take it from you through force. If you want to give-away you DNA code, go ahead, but you should also have the right to keep it secret.
See the science movie Gattaca on the dangers of releasing your DNA to the wild.
>>>DNA info? What's it good for?
Watch the movie GATTACA where people were denied jobs (or vice-versa promoted) strictly based upon their DNA. The ability for bosses, politicians, whoever to just look at your "program code" and filter for the best candidate is dangerous. It takes away opportunity who may be slightly dumber, but with more determination and focus to get the job done. (Again I recommend watching gattaca... one of the best science movies of the last two decades.)
What the heck are you talking about? Genetic compatibility means finding someone *opposite* to yourself. i.e. If you have a weakness in regards to poor eyesight, then you'd want somebody with keen eyesight so your baby will hopefully have keen eyesight too.
You certainly wouldn't want to marry your family members, who'd have many of the same weaknesses you do.
That would produce a kid who's nigh-blind.
>>>For example: "Queue awkward silence."
Maybe the author thinks "awkward silences" are supposed to line up? ;-)
Yep. I've never used anything higher than my sophomore-level classes.
That means I could have just taken a 2-year associates degree and done the same thing I'm doing now (designing boards, programming FPGAs). But of course nobody would hire me to do that, since the "hurdle" set up by Human Cattle department requires a minimum of four years.
>>>Sounds like you're confusing education with schooling.
No. The original poster was right on. The longer you spend time in school (2, 4, or 6-year degrees), the greater value you have to the employer. It's a status thing... like jumping over hurdles to prove how "fit" you are to your boss.
The annoying thing is that having a high school degree used to be good enough to prove yourself competent enough to hold an office job, or technical job. But once everyone was getting HS degrees, suddenly the goalpost moved, and you need two years of college. If college education ever becomes universal, we can expect the goalpost to move even further away (you'll need a six-year masters degree). The Human Cattle...er, Resource people need to filter-out the "hirables" from the chaff somehow.
"Guru Meditation" is the Amiga's version of a kernal panic, and dates back to 1985. That's why I thought you making some in-joke about that machine (or else the website owner was). The screen looks like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation
>>>It was aired as episode 3
Yippy. That just means stupid NBC aired the show out of order. I typically watch "Where No Man" as episode 1, and all the other season one episodes in production order. Not only are the set & unform designs more consistent that way, but also the story flows better from episode to episode. (I don't typically watch The Cage because it's not all that great of story, plus it's already covered in The Menagerie Parts 1 and 2, so why watch it twice?)
Season 1 of Star Trek is also a good bargrain to buy on DVD. You get 29(?) episodes each 51 minutes long, or almost 1500 minutes, whereas today's shows like Stargate Universe barely offer up 840 minutes per season
>>>Guru Meditation:
You're surfing the net from a Commodore Amiga? Isn't that 400 megahertz PPC processor kinda slow? ;-)
I don't understand. Are you saying you can hijack my DSL modem and make it point to your website, instead of my bank website? Does this flaw also affect traditional 33k or 56k dialup modems? Would swapping-out the hijacked modem for a new one eliminate this "hole"?
Another semi-related question:
If I swap my current DSL modem with the spare modem in my drawer, would that change my IP address?
None of which is U.S. enforced.
All the things you just described are State-level agreements. i.e. "If you find a criminal in your state, please arrest him. Thanks."
>>>William Henry Harrison - Whig Abraham Lincoln - Republican National Union
So predictable. I knew somebody would list them when I was typing my last message. The Whigs were not a third party - they were an offshot of the major party called Democrats, and they replaced the major party Federalists (which had died). The Dems were major party #1 and the Whigs were major party #2. (Likewise the Republicans were essentially the Major Party Whigs with a new name.)
Now if either the Dems or Reps decide to fold-up, then yeah the Libertarians might be able to "move in" as the second major party, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
And of course, by definition, they wouldn't be a third party anymore. They'd simply be the second half of the reigning Duopoly.
>>>If it wins, everybody has to go back to the drawing board and field new candidates.
Nope. According to the Constitution, the States would then choose the Electors who would select the president, and if no clearcut winner emerges, then the Congress picks the final winner. That's how Thomas Jefferson won in 1800.
>>>Every vote that goes to a third party is one that helps further the belief that a third party candidate is viable.
Bullshit. When Ross Perot won ~20% of the vote in 1992 (and cost Bush Senior his election), all it did was reinforce the belief that voting for anyone other than R or D was like throwing-away your vote.
>>>Kerry was beaten, and the four years prior weren't exactly rosy.
(1) Barely beaten and (2) Most Americans still felt the war was going well (it had only been three years) and Bush had kept his promise to recover the economy, such that things were booming again.
Now if Kerry had run in 2008, then I think he would have won. People like to switch parties when the economy is crap. It happened in 1980 (switch from D to R president), 1992 (switch from R to D), in 2000 (switch from D to R president), and again in 2008.
Longest name for a website?
http://www.gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com/
Or? http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/