I disagree. Even though he was eventually cleared (but is still a dumbass), what comes to mind when you think of Pete Townshend? Sort of a different scenario, I know, but mud still sticks.
It's not so much about fear of actual jail/persacution as it is about fear of the shitstorm that arises in the time it inevitably takes for the truth to be found.
The charges were dropped against old Pete, but he still had his name mentioned in the same sentence as 'child porn' countless times in print and on the net.
Those places are probably subsidized by the Vegas Tourisim Comission.
If you are not familiar with them, kids play games to win tickets, which they use to buy stuff (read: crap -- spend 5 bucks in quarters to win enough tickets to buy a friggin Sponge Bob pencil). This has been going on for years with skee ball, whak-a-mole type games. A rip off, yes. But harmless fun.
But in the last several years roulette wheel type games have shown up, which actually have progressive jackpots to win x number of tickets. Not to be a prude, but I think we're letting kids get hooked on the excitement of the 'big win' (which is the allure of gambling more so than the actual money [or prize, tickets, etc.] won).
I read an interview with Steve Earl (Guitar Town, Copperhead Road, etc.) in which he openly admitted that he has a very small, select fan base and rarely sells over 100,000 copies of an album anymore. Yet he says he still makes 'more money than I should have a right to make' (which he later stated was roughly $350,000 a year) because of that small but dedicated fan base.
In the current system it seems you are either making a small amount of money (compared to a 'real' job) or are a millionare superstar. Something like this has the potential for creating a sort of 'middle class' for musicians. Hopefully it will allow hard working indie bands to make a better living.
". . . onboard components of a good PC: 400GB hard drive . .."
Um, I thought my 120 gig was pretty swell. If 'good' is 400GB, I wonder what constitutes 'great?'
You never noticed that before?
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What do you mean no? What if the song goes bad --then what will you do? Huh, punk? Labor alone will cost you at least $1.25. Did I mention the lemon clause? . . . ad infinium
On a message board I used to frequent (with about 20 other 'regulars') one of the regulars killed himself, and the only way we found out was that his mom posted to the message board on his personal website. We were obviously skeptical, but once we realized it was real (i.e. not him pulling a bad joke), his site became a sort of venue for friends to find out what happened, grieve, discuss his life, what have you.
When I first saw the sheet music machines you're talking about it seemed so brilliant -- you could actually print out music in your chosen key. And the thought that all this music was in this relatively small box was amazing (this was a LONG time ago, mind you, back when word perfect for DOS was the only software I'd used).
It was one of those rare moments of being absolutely in awe of both the idea and the technology.
Others I knew were equally awed . . . but they all still bought the pre-printed sheet music with the pretty semi-gloss pic of the artist on the cover.
I believe intelligence correlates with depression to some extent. Based on that, one might argue that since IT tends to consist of a 'smarter' set of individuals than average, the result is a higher rate of depression - i.e. unsatisfied workers.
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I dig how they say "Hobbit sized" to capitailize on LOTR's popularity. In '83 they would have said "Ewok sized".
I disagree. Even though he was eventually cleared (but is still a dumbass), what comes to mind when you think of Pete Townshend? Sort of a different scenario, I know, but mud still sticks.
It's not so much about fear of actual jail/persacution as it is about fear of the shitstorm that arises in the time it inevitably takes for the truth to be found.
The charges were dropped against old Pete, but he still had his name mentioned in the same sentence as 'child porn' countless times in print and on the net.
(Slightly off topic but related)
Those places are probably subsidized by the Vegas Tourisim Comission.
If you are not familiar with them, kids play games to win tickets, which they use to buy stuff (read: crap -- spend 5 bucks in quarters to win enough tickets to buy a friggin Sponge Bob pencil). This has been going on for years with skee ball, whak-a-mole type games. A rip off, yes. But harmless fun.
But in the last several years roulette wheel type games have shown up, which actually have progressive jackpots to win x number of tickets. Not to be a prude, but I think we're letting kids get hooked on the excitement of the 'big win' (which is the allure of gambling more so than the actual money [or prize, tickets, etc.] won).
I personally don't like it when my single-serving friends just up and start talking to me about math problems.
I would like one if it's not too much trouble. v93kv at yahoo.com .
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Damn. Time to change the combination on my luggage.
Worse yet:
Admiral Ackbar: "Luke, I am your date for the all-rebellion sock hop this Saturday."
Certainly agree. One would wind up wading through a ton of garbage.
And music seems too subjective for a universal rating system to be much use.
It's about finding your audience.
I read an interview with Steve Earl (Guitar Town, Copperhead Road, etc.) in which he openly admitted that he has a very small, select fan base and rarely sells over 100,000 copies of an album anymore. Yet he says he still makes 'more money than I should have a right to make' (which he later stated was roughly $350,000 a year) because of that small but dedicated fan base.
In the current system it seems you are either making a small amount of money (compared to a 'real' job) or are a millionare superstar. Something like this has the potential for creating a sort of 'middle class' for musicians. Hopefully it will allow hard working indie bands to make a better living.
--A 400 GB model that comes pre-loaded with porn.--
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. . . and get an honest (and true) answer. That's what I love about
". . . onboard components of a good PC: 400GB hard drive . . ."
Um, I thought my 120 gig was pretty swell. If 'good' is 400GB, I wonder what constitutes 'great?'
Any post that begins with/contains "I'm sure I'll get modded down for saying this, but . . ." automatically gets modded +5. It's a neat trick used by cutting-edge karma whores.
But I'm sure I'll get modded down for saying so.
It covers any major repairs, including labor.
What do you mean no? What if the song goes bad --then what will you do? Huh, punk? Labor alone will cost you at least $1.25. Did I mention the lemon clause? . . . ad infinium
. . . a good Linux distro for a n00b?
I'm bailing out before the other three arrive.
On a message board I used to frequent (with about 20 other 'regulars') one of the regulars killed himself, and the only way we found out was that his mom posted to the message board on his personal website. We were obviously skeptical, but once we realized it was real (i.e. not him pulling a bad joke), his site became a sort of venue for friends to find out what happened, grieve, discuss his life, what have you.
Don't feel bad. The site sucks with Flash, too. Consider yourself spared.
Very good post . . . sir.
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Now water that isn't wet.
Screwy, ain't it?
They need to lower the price of either the drives or the disks.
They must accept that they will need to take it in the shorts on one or the other to get people to buy into this.
When I first saw the sheet music machines you're talking about it seemed so brilliant -- you could actually print out music in your chosen key. And the thought that all this music was in this relatively small box was amazing (this was a LONG time ago, mind you, back when word perfect for DOS was the only software I'd used).
It was one of those rare moments of being absolutely in awe of both the idea and the technology.
Others I knew were equally awed . . . but they all still bought the pre-printed sheet music with the pretty semi-gloss pic of the artist on the cover.
lugging all that change.
How many quarters does it take to buy MS Orfice?
welcome our new internet policing overlords.
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I believe intelligence correlates with depression to some extent. Based on that, one might argue that since IT tends to consist of a 'smarter' set of individuals than average, the result is a higher rate of depression - i.e. unsatisfied workers.
Yes, I am basing this on assumptions.
Actually it degrades until it's a step worse.
Original: Han shoots first
Special Ed: Greedo shoots first. Han shoots in self defense.
In 50 years: They settle things over a heart to heart discussion moderated by a Hut that strangely resembles Dr. Phil.