I've been using LEDs for indoor lighting for something like ten years now, but I don't generally use them "naked." I usually make Japanese style laterns with them and can use various paper colors as a filter to get something other than harsh white light, which I reserve for spot lighting where needed.
One of the things I like best about LEDs is that their low power use means it's really practical to go wireless with batteries, without the mess inherent with oil lamps (which I still love, in part for the warm, yellowish glow that even an incandescent electric bulb can't match. I like fire . ..but, I don't like oily soot).
My uncle Al got boned by his department head once upon a time. This led to his getting boned by the Nobel Committee, despite the fact that uncle Al, like Nakamura, was given a settlement (out of court) on the royalties and a public statement asserting that he was rightful codiscoverer, published in the NY Times.
The Nobel Committee has never recognized the error, but at least ten years before he died he received the Rutgers Medal from the university at which he had done the research, from which he gained some satisfaction.
Anyone interested in how one can get boned in the sciences might find the book "Finding Dr. Schatz" interesting, an "as told to" book finished after his death last year by coauthor Inge Auerbacher (I Am a Star-Child of the Holocaust, Beyond the Yellow Star to America, and Running Against the Wind; also worth reading):
I picture some zealots crushing his tomb stone. ..
Anticipation of that is why he is going into the "philanthropy biz."
It's SOP for those who know their tombstones deserve crushing. Some of them even go so far as to hide their tombs (See Alexander, Temujin, most of the Pharoahs, etc.).
No, I said subsidiary of the RIAA. Sony is part "owner" of the RIAA, but the RIAA is the "owner" of an organization responsible for collecting royalty monies for Sony. It is that entity to which I refered.
Subsidiary means "member of" only to the extent that that means "controled by." There is a heirarchy of organizations and the RIAA is in the middle of it.
I am, in most respects, agreeing with you. What I am doing, however, is pointing out that the very reason for the existence of the RIAA is to give the appearance of seperation from the label.
In either case, the RIAA is a separate organization which is employed by the labels. ..
It would, perhaps, be more accurate to say that the RIAA is comprised of its member organizations; i.e. the labels.
. . . for tasks which have nothing whatsoever to do with the terms of the contract with Weird Al.
Do you not consult with your attorney when constructing a contract? Particularly that attorney who will be held responsible for enforcing it?
And just what is it that the RIAA lobbies for?
Why, the legal climate under which contracts are constructed.
I am not disagreeing with you that the label is the relevant party. I am simply pointing out that the RIAA in certain terms shares identity with the label. They are part of the legal branch of the label. Created by and subsidiary to the labels and not simply "for hire."
Whereas it cannot be presumed that Sony has any legal or pecuniary interest in the company they order pizza from.
It's too bad that most companies are only in business to line the pockets of the top execs this quarter, and damn the next financial period; we'll figure that out later.
It goes a bit deeper than that I'm afraid.
The modern model for business structure requires hiring and treating people as interchangable parts in a machine. This has nothing to do with short term greed, but is rather aimed at the sustainability of the business itself.
This is one of the reasons that new, small businesses can out perform older, larger businesses. They tend to be more reliant on high performing and essentially irreplacable personel. Say; the founder.
One of the reasons that new, small businesses tend to fail is because. ..they tend to be more reliant on high performing and essentially irreplacable personel.
So both short term greed and long term surviability can lead to an air of people not mattering. The opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference. In the average company they aren't actually out to get you, they simply don't give a fuck about you.
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I've been using LEDs for indoor lighting for something like ten years now, but I don't generally use them "naked." I usually make Japanese style laterns with them and can use various paper colors as a filter to get something other than harsh white light, which I reserve for spot lighting where needed.
.but, I don't like oily soot).
One of the things I like best about LEDs is that their low power use means it's really practical to go wireless with batteries, without the mess inherent with oil lamps (which I still love, in part for the warm, yellowish glow that even an incandescent electric bulb can't match. I like fire . .
KFG
... you all drive at snail 55 mph pace on the highway. . .
Ahhhhhhhh! That explains all the speeding tickets I get in Vermont.
KFG
It ain't really hardware yet 'til it's got some duct tape on it. 'Til then it's just a poser toy.
KFG
My uncle Al got boned by his department head once upon a time. This led to his getting boned by the Nobel Committee, despite the fact that uncle Al, like Nakamura, was given a settlement (out of court) on the royalties and a public statement asserting that he was rightful codiscoverer, published in the NY Times.
The Nobel Committee has never recognized the error, but at least ten years before he died he received the Rutgers Medal from the university at which he had done the research, from which he gained some satisfaction.
Anyone interested in how one can get boned in the sciences might find the book "Finding Dr. Schatz" interesting, an "as told to" book finished after his death last year by coauthor Inge Auerbacher (I Am a Star-Child of the Holocaust, Beyond the Yellow Star to America, and Running Against the Wind; also worth reading):
Finding Dr. Schatz
KFG
LED toner downer
LED turner offer
KFG
... it's a republic.
Which has its upside and its downside:
The upside is that it is resistant to blowing in the wind of the mere will of the people.
The downside is that it is resistant to blowing in the wind of the mere will of the people.
KFG
Director of the FBI: Get me the file on this guy who filed for it under the Freedom of Information Act; and if he doesn't have a file - start one!
KFG
Get out and shout and vote until it's legal again. The US government . . .
.is not a democracy.
. .
KFG
"people who drive on the left side of the road are driving illegally." It's true in the U.S... but not everywhere.
How do you suppose we pass in the US?
KFG
They are for telling you what to do; and think.
Preferably for a profit.
KFG
Language is a funny thing, innit?
KFG
It raises the question.
How on Earth does one ad yeast to a question?
KFG
I picture some zealots crushing his tomb stone. . .
Anticipation of that is why he is going into the "philanthropy biz."
It's SOP for those who know their tombstones deserve crushing. Some of them even go so far as to hide their tombs (See Alexander, Temujin, most of the Pharoahs, etc.).
KFG
How many of these private companies offer free, lifetime vacations in Cuba based on what they think of your data?
KFG
Why not use your real money in Monopoly to buy Monopoly money?
Game balance.
KFG
. . . irreplaceable personel . . . a highly competitive environment. . .
An oxymoron.
KFG
Do not overlook the point that my question also implies there may be entities whom their defintion of "secure" does not cover.
KFG
No, I said subsidiary of the RIAA. Sony is part "owner" of the RIAA, but the RIAA is the "owner" of an organization responsible for collecting royalty monies for Sony. It is that entity to which I refered.
Subsidiary means "member of" only to the extent that that means "controled by." There is a heirarchy of organizations and the RIAA is in the middle of it.
KFG
I am, in most respects, agreeing with you. What I am doing, however, is pointing out that the very reason for the existence of the RIAA is to give the appearance of seperation from the label.
KFG
In either case, the RIAA is a separate organization which is employed by the labels. . .
It would, perhaps, be more accurate to say that the RIAA is comprised of its member organizations; i.e. the labels.
. . . for tasks which have nothing whatsoever to do with the terms of the contract with Weird Al.
Do you not consult with your attorney when constructing a contract? Particularly that attorney who will be held responsible for enforcing it?
And just what is it that the RIAA lobbies for?
Why, the legal climate under which contracts are constructed.
I am not disagreeing with you that the label is the relevant party. I am simply pointing out that the RIAA in certain terms shares identity with the label. They are part of the legal branch of the label. Created by and subsidiary to the labels and not simply "for hire."
Whereas it cannot be presumed that Sony has any legal or pecuniary interest in the company they order pizza from.
KFG
I am more curious about their definition of "secure."
Secure against whom?
KFG
It's too bad that most companies are only in business to line the pockets of the top execs this quarter, and damn the next financial period; we'll figure that out later.
.they tend to be more reliant on high performing and essentially irreplacable personel.
It goes a bit deeper than that I'm afraid.
The modern model for business structure requires hiring and treating people as interchangable parts in a machine. This has nothing to do with short term greed, but is rather aimed at the sustainability of the business itself.
This is one of the reasons that new, small businesses can out perform older, larger businesses. They tend to be more reliant on high performing and essentially irreplacable personel. Say; the founder.
One of the reasons that new, small businesses tend to fail is because. .
So both short term greed and long term surviability can lead to an air of people not mattering. The opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference. In the average company they aren't actually out to get you, they simply don't give a fuck about you.
KFG
Maybe kissing isn't sex.
KFG
. . .the RIAA is merely a lobby group that represents the labels.
No it isn't. It is also the group responsible for enforcing certain rights. It is attorney to the labels.
KFG
Your posts are generally far more thought-out than this.
Yes, they are. See also my recent fucking up of dates B.C.
KFG