In the Back to the Future trilogy, we see that once the DeLorean has traveled to the future (the far off 2015), everything is set. That is, all of the characters' actions, choices and decisions are determined in a way so that that specific 1985 is the one that will occur.
The characters may believe they have free will, but by the simple fact that the DeLorean has knowledge of 2015, all intervening acts between 1985 and 2015 are already determined. Thus, if every choice is determined, then there is no free will.
In the end, we find out that only by destroying the time machine do the characters regain free will.
The rest of the Buffalos in the US have a combined population of about 1/10th of Buffalo NY's population, and the second largest is in Minnesota, with a population of 10,000 (ie 1/30th Buffalo NY).
It being by far the largest (and the only one with professional sports teams) is why they didn't feel the need to specify state. Similarly, when somebody mentions Boston, it assumed to be the one in Massachusetts, and not the Bostons Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania or Texas.
This is a response from Virgil Dickerson of Suburban Home Records and the Vinyl Collective to a Wired article written a few years ago about the "recent rise in vinyl sales." I think it covers fairly well why records are making a resurgence, while downplaying the hype surrounding it (it seems "vinyl comeback!" is a great rainy day article).
Have fun reading.
Wired recently published a piece called, “Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD’s Coffin”. It is an interesting look at Vinyl’s recent rise in popularity which has become a hot topic amongst various publications. Since this piece ran on Monday, I have had at least a dozen links to the story forwarded to me. I would like to offer my own thoughts on the post.
I run a vinyl-only online store and vinyl imprint called Vinyl Collective. I started this in August of 2006 when I had a strong feeling that a focused vinyl site and community might receive a favorable response. I had been releasing vinyl through my label, Suburban Home, since the very beginning and as a music fan, I have long loved the format. I have released vinyl for bands like Every Time I Die, Minus the Bear, Fear Before the March of Flames, Portugal the Man, Drag the River, Tim Barry, and I have upcoming records coming out from Sparta, the Playing Favorites, Minus the Bear, Every Time I Die, Norma Jean, Poison the Well, Portugal the Man, and more. As I type this on the final day of October, I can attest to the fact that Vinyl’s momentum is on the rise. Our sales for the month doubled what we did in September and September was previously our best month. We have been so busy that we have decided to hire a part-timer to help out with orders, a decision we were very careful in making as we recently downsized our operations in May of this year due to our declining revenue from CD sales.
As much as I can back up Wired’s claim in a rise in vinyl sales, it is in no way the final nail in CD’s coffin. I offer the following data with a release we licensed for vinyl, Minus the Bear’s “Planet of Ice”. As of last week, the album has soundscanned 31,000 copies (digital and CD sales combined); we have sold nearly 3,000 copies of the double LP version of the album. I expect this album to soundscan around 100,000 copies by this time next year and IF we continue to repress the album on vinyl, it might be possible that we could do 10,000 copies on wax. I might also add that when speaking of Soundscan (they were quoted in the Wired piece as saying, “Our numbers, at least, don’t really point to a resurgence,”), they have no idea what they are talking about. I mentioned selling nearly 3,000 copies of “Planet of Ice” and you know how many were registered through Soundscan? Zero! I made the decision not to put a barcode on the record and have made no attempts to sell it to chain stores. Chain stores don’t know what to do with vinyl and I would rather indie stores make money off of my products. Nearly all of the records have been sold through the Vinyl Collective website or through mom and pop retailers, many of which don’t even report to Soundscan. Soundscan is an antiquated gauge of sales and only scratches the surface with regards to vinyl sales. Labels like No Idea, Fat Wreck, Death Wish, Bridge 9, Asbestos, and so many more sell a bulk of their vinyl pressings directly to customers and not one of them report those sales to soundscan.
I would like to offer my opinion on why I think vinyl sales are on the rise. In this absolutely fucked up, fast paced world we live in, there is something therapeutic about physically picking up a needle, placing it on Side A of a record, and sitting back enjoying the music that comes out of your speakers. CDs and digital has made music disposable and of little to no value and in most cases, it has become background noise for our crazy lives. With vinyl, you have something real, something tangible, something with beautiful artwork, something that soun
Yes, but the issue isn't that she illegally downloaded the songs. It's that she distributed the songs.
You can hardly argue that a license to distribute the music is worth more than $1, and indeed more than $200 or even $750 per song.
The issue is that she (likely) had no intent to distribute the music, and may not have been fully aware she was doing so.
Therefore, the question is whether it really makes sense to hold this person liable to the same extent as a someone who makes a profit selling bootleg copies. Most people (especially here on Slashdot) find that this doesn't make sense, though it is in the RIAA's best interests that the law be held to the letter.
In my view, yes, she should be punished. $200 per song seems reasonable (though still a bit steep), considering her offense. It was in the RIAA's best interest to have settled earlier, especially if new caveats are created in the law for such cases in order to distinguish bootleggers from people who simply don't understand P2P programs. The RIAA is run by filthy, greedy scum liars.
I'm all for parents taking some of the responsibility.
However, government "babysitting" is necessary when parents can't be 100% involved in their children's lives.
Let's say for example, there is a gas station between a school and a residential area that stocks alcohol, tobacco and porn magazines. In order for a parent to be certain their 15 year old is not partaking, they can:
a) Trust that they have successfully taught their child that he should abstain from buying these products until he turns 18/21/18. (note that many will try such things, even with the best attempts by their parents) b) The parents can walk/drive their child home from school every day. c) They can call for a law setting age restrictions on these items.
The first writes his book. After it's finished, he decides to publish a short story which goes along with the book, but sells it separately. Perhaps it's about a secondary character, possibly building on a chapter that didn't make it into the final book, maybe a way of pulling together some of the loose ties at the end of the story, or even as the first in a series to build on the end of the book. However, the book is able to stand on its own.
The second, seeing how the first made a killing selling the short in addition to the book decides to cash in on the success. Instead of adding on to his novel, though, he edits it in a way that he can leave out one of the chapters, which he sells as a short story. Seeing as it explains a sizable chunk of the plot, it does very well. Also, since it was well edited, the original book holds up on its own.
The third sees the success of the first two, and wants in as well. He sells his book in its original form, but simply leaves out a chapter. Then, within a week of the release of the novel, he starts selling the other chapter separately. The original book is terrible on its own, and only makes sense when the omitted chapter is added back on. Thus the added short does extremely well, but many readers are left with a bad taste in their mouths.
Of course none of the authors here owes me anything. However, that doesn't mean that I shouldn't be pissed because they (the third and second authors, especially the third) screwed me over.
You wouldn't dare take seriously a scientists that was also an astrologist, or one that claimed aliens visited him daily.
I may not take their belief in astrology or their claimed extraterrestrial visits seriously, but why would I discredit their valid scientific findings based on unrelated fantastic claims?
I still think Newton was a great scientist, for example, despite his eccentricities and his extensive occult studies.
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In the Back to the Future trilogy, we see that once the DeLorean has traveled to the future (the far off 2015), everything is set. That is, all of the characters' actions, choices and decisions are determined in a way so that that specific 1985 is the one that will occur.
The characters may believe they have free will, but by the simple fact that the DeLorean has knowledge of 2015, all intervening acts between 1985 and 2015 are already determined. Thus, if every choice is determined, then there is no free will.
In the end, we find out that only by destroying the time machine do the characters regain free will.
No, that's up in Centralia, PA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania
A buffalo can be defined as either the animal, or a person who is buffaloed - hence a confused person.
To be fair, London is the 15th largest city in Canada, and is directly between Buffalo and Detroit.
(To specify, London, ON, Buffalo, NY, and Detroit, MI, respectively)
So you're saying that confused people from Buffalo who confused people from Buffalo confuse confuse confused people from Buffalo?
Seems straightforward to me.
The rest of the Buffalos in the US have a combined population of about 1/10th of Buffalo NY's population, and the second largest is in Minnesota, with a population of 10,000 (ie 1/30th Buffalo NY).
It being by far the largest (and the only one with professional sports teams) is why they didn't feel the need to specify state.
Similarly, when somebody mentions Boston, it assumed to be the one in Massachusetts, and not the Bostons Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania or Texas.
Well, it was a medical grade sandwich bag.
You're charged more in order to subsidize the testing.
Sorry:
Links:
http://www.vinylcollective.com/2007/10/31/response-to-wireds-vinyl-maybe-be-final-nail-in-cds-coffin/#more-345
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/10/listeningpost_1029
This is a response from Virgil Dickerson of Suburban Home Records and the Vinyl Collective to a Wired article written a few years ago about the "recent rise in vinyl sales." I think it covers fairly well why records are making a resurgence, while downplaying the hype surrounding it (it seems "vinyl comeback!" is a great rainy day article).
Have fun reading.
Wired recently published a piece called, “Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD’s Coffin”. It is an interesting look at Vinyl’s recent rise in popularity which has become a hot topic amongst various publications. Since this piece ran on Monday, I have had at least a dozen links to the story forwarded to me. I would like to offer my own thoughts on the post.
I run a vinyl-only online store and vinyl imprint called Vinyl Collective. I started this in August of 2006 when I had a strong feeling that a focused vinyl site and community might receive a favorable response. I had been releasing vinyl through my label, Suburban Home, since the very beginning and as a music fan, I have long loved the format. I have released vinyl for bands like Every Time I Die, Minus the Bear, Fear Before the March of Flames, Portugal the Man, Drag the River, Tim Barry, and I have upcoming records coming out from Sparta, the Playing Favorites, Minus the Bear, Every Time I Die, Norma Jean, Poison the Well, Portugal the Man, and more.
As I type this on the final day of October, I can attest to the fact that Vinyl’s momentum is on the rise. Our sales for the month doubled what we did in September and September was previously our best month. We have been so busy that we have decided to hire a part-timer to help out with orders, a decision we were very careful in making as we recently downsized our operations in May of this year due to our declining revenue from CD sales.
As much as I can back up Wired’s claim in a rise in vinyl sales, it is in no way the final nail in CD’s coffin. I offer the following data with a release we licensed for vinyl, Minus the Bear’s “Planet of Ice”. As of last week, the album has soundscanned 31,000 copies (digital and CD sales combined); we have sold nearly 3,000 copies of the double LP version of the album. I expect this album to soundscan around 100,000 copies by this time next year and IF we continue to repress the album on vinyl, it might be possible that we could do 10,000 copies on wax. I might also add that when speaking of Soundscan (they were quoted in the Wired piece as saying, “Our numbers, at least, don’t really point to a resurgence,”), they have no idea what they are talking about. I mentioned selling nearly 3,000 copies of “Planet of Ice” and you know how many were registered through Soundscan? Zero! I made the decision not to put a barcode on the record and have made no attempts to sell it to chain stores. Chain stores don’t know what to do with vinyl and I would rather indie stores make money off of my products. Nearly all of the records have been sold through the Vinyl Collective website or through mom and pop retailers, many of which don’t even report to Soundscan. Soundscan is an antiquated gauge of sales and only scratches the surface with regards to vinyl sales. Labels like No Idea, Fat Wreck, Death Wish, Bridge 9, Asbestos, and so many more sell a bulk of their vinyl pressings directly to customers and not one of them report those sales to soundscan.
I would like to offer my opinion on why I think vinyl sales are on the rise. In this absolutely fucked up, fast paced world we live in, there is something therapeutic about physically picking up a needle, placing it on Side A of a record, and sitting back enjoying the music that comes out of your speakers. CDs and digital has made music disposable and of little to no value and in most cases, it has become background noise for our crazy lives. With vinyl, you have something real, something tangible, something with beautiful artwork, something that soun
Except this is often made unnecessary. Many record companies provide a free download code for the album with the vinyl record.
Granted, it's more common among smaller (non-RIAA) companies.
Yes, but the issue isn't that she illegally downloaded the songs. It's that she distributed the songs.
You can hardly argue that a license to distribute the music is worth more than $1, and indeed more than $200 or even $750 per song.
The issue is that she (likely) had no intent to distribute the music, and may not have been fully aware she was doing so.
Therefore, the question is whether it really makes sense to hold this person liable to the same extent as a someone who makes a profit selling bootleg copies. Most people (especially here on Slashdot) find that this doesn't make sense, though it is in the RIAA's best interests that the law be held to the letter.
In my view, yes, she should be punished. $200 per song seems reasonable (though still a bit steep), considering her offense. It was in the RIAA's best interest to have settled earlier, especially if new caveats are created in the law for such cases in order to distinguish bootleggers from people who simply don't understand P2P programs. The RIAA is run by filthy, greedy scum liars.
The Power of Christ compels you!
Because "corn" means a large grain.
Such as peppercorns, barleycorns, maize corns or (such as in the naming of corned beef), salt corns.
I'm all for parents taking some of the responsibility.
However, government "babysitting" is necessary when parents can't be 100% involved in their children's lives.
Let's say for example, there is a gas station between a school and a residential area that stocks alcohol, tobacco and porn magazines. In order for a parent to be certain their 15 year old is not partaking, they can:
a) Trust that they have successfully taught their child that he should abstain from buying these products until he turns 18/21/18. (note that many will try such things, even with the best attempts by their parents)
b) The parents can walk/drive their child home from school every day.
c) They can call for a law setting age restrictions on these items.
Let's say three authors each write a book.
The first writes his book. After it's finished, he decides to publish a short story which goes along with the book, but sells it separately. Perhaps it's about a secondary character, possibly building on a chapter that didn't make it into the final book, maybe a way of pulling together some of the loose ties at the end of the story, or even as the first in a series to build on the end of the book. However, the book is able to stand on its own.
The second, seeing how the first made a killing selling the short in addition to the book decides to cash in on the success. Instead of adding on to his novel, though, he edits it in a way that he can leave out one of the chapters, which he sells as a short story. Seeing as it explains a sizable chunk of the plot, it does very well. Also, since it was well edited, the original book holds up on its own.
The third sees the success of the first two, and wants in as well. He sells his book in its original form, but simply leaves out a chapter. Then, within a week of the release of the novel, he starts selling the other chapter separately. The original book is terrible on its own, and only makes sense when the omitted chapter is added back on. Thus the added short does extremely well, but many readers are left with a bad taste in their mouths.
Of course none of the authors here owes me anything. However, that doesn't mean that I shouldn't be pissed because they (the third and second authors, especially the third) screwed me over.
You wouldn't dare take seriously a scientists that was also an astrologist, or one that claimed aliens visited him daily.
I may not take their belief in astrology or their claimed extraterrestrial visits seriously, but why would I discredit their valid scientific findings based on unrelated fantastic claims?
I still think Newton was a great scientist, for example, despite his eccentricities and his extensive occult studies.
Goddamn Canucks!
Some people are freer than others.
Sadly, corporations now have the rights of people.
Fixed the subject for you.
You're just being ironic now!
Also, watch while the government doesn't provide any funding to schools to combat piracy.
"We're about to find out!"
I think that these are the words that every scientist strives for.
They don't come out too often, but when they do...
Mmm...pasta...
New York County contains about 1.6 million people.
New York City contains about 8 million people.
New York State contains about 20 million people.