Perhaps the truth about the typical draconian recording company contract will come out, and the real destination of most of the profits will be exposed for all to see.
I think the artist should get a much larger cut, personally, but the internet might render a lot of the old stuff moot eventually in any case. Who needs a recording contract when you can record your music (or other works) digitally and stick them on a web site?:-)
Sorry about the rant, but I'm fed up about these brain dead measurement units used by only a minority of only three unimportant countries around the world. Time to wake up.
Er... Last time I was in England, Wales, and Scotland all three were using miles and miles per hour on all of their road signs. That doesn't sound "metric" to me.:-)
The site you link to is wishful thinking, not reality.
...and my unit still works. Those things are built like TANKS, and the buzzing sound while playing is music to my ears. They're *supposed* to sound like that. No, really!:-)
The original Vectrex Armor Attack has a bug that can be exploited for an almost infinite score, and the original Star Castle for the Vectrex is easy for an experienced player of the real arcade version to master (the Vectrex version gives you FOUR concurrent shots instead of three, making things too easy), but both games are still fun for the typical user, I suspect. Heck, I still enjoy them. I just don't... exploit... them.:-)
The original version of Minestorm started going crazy after level 13, skipping one or more levels before letting you play again, or showing strange shapes or even single dots instead of the traditional mines, but even the level that hits you with invisible mines is solvable -- teleport, then do sweeping shots, then teleport again, and repeat. With a little luck, you can get past. Once you hit the level up around 89 or so that has a single slow fireball on it, though, you're stuck. Once it leaves the screen, it's game over (we've never found a way past it).
I love my Veccie. I had it in college between 1981 and 1987, and at that time a video game was a rarity in the dorms, so it got a lot of use. From time to time it still does. It's one of the best pieces of electronics I've ever owned!
The choice of ODF over MSOOXML doesn't "sideline Microsoft" in any way -- they are always free to implement the ODF specification in their product lines, either natively or as a plug-in. THe full ODF specification is avaiable to them.
Instead, this action is directed at their arguably non-open OOXML format.
It's important to make this distinction, as many pro-Microsoft advocates take the position that a vote for ODF is a direct attempt to remove MS's product lines from the marketplace, and that simply isn't true.
Historically, the ISP provided basic internet access, but it also provided e-mail services, telnet services, FTP services, and eventually web, ssh, and other services to its users. Some provided (and still provide) a vast array of other services to their customers.
It wasn't just "access" even in the early days.
Besides, ISP is an entrenched term with an established meaning, and it makes perfect sense if you take into account what the entities referred to as ISPs are actually providing, at least in the general case.
I think IAP should mean "Internet Application Provider", and that "IAP" would fit Google and Yahoo far better...
I've been writing code in various forms for 40 years as a hobbyist and almost 20 as a pro. That's a lot of code.:-)
There is code I write as a quick-n-dirty one-off for personal use, code I write with the intent of exposing it to outsiders, code I write which is a modification to someone else's work and style, and code I write which was mine from the beginning and (hopefully) somewhat more stable and elegant.
Some of the solutions I've up with over the years I think were elegant, some were hacks I made because I couldn't think of a better way, and some were/are probably poorly thought out.
As I gain experience in a given language/environment/platform, it's often interesting to go back and view my first attempts at writing code in that context. More often than not I see a LOT wrong with my initial attempts, but that is what experience is all about.:-)
I don't begrudge commercial pilots a dime. Even though I wrote software that provided their takeoff and landing performance numbers via ACARS, it was *their* butt on the line if something went wrong, and they always doublechecked the stuff we gave them.
Routine flights are easy. A pilot is there for nonroutine incidents... and they can have them, IMO.
People have been questioning the likes of PC Magazine, PC Week, InfoWorld, and other publications for years and years. It's not like this whole issue is anything new.
Even though that might be true, overzealous corporations have been known to sue individuals over events and occurrences which have similar (or which have even more obvious) protections.
If you were sued for a tattoo, do you think you could actually afford to meet them in court?
With the advent of shirts which can display customizable electronic images, e-ink posters, and other similar portable display technologies, don't think that the media companies won't move to stomp out what they consider infringing uses of images and other similar things regardless of "fair use" protections.
Uh... A VPN connection over a normal home DSL or cablemodem internet connection is sufficient to do almost anything most telecommuting workers require, at least in terms of computer access.
Slashdot Mirror
No, really. Check it out...:-)
Perhaps the truth about the typical draconian recording company contract will come out, and the real destination of most of the profits will be exposed for all to see.
:-)
I think the artist should get a much larger cut, personally, but the internet might render a lot of the old stuff moot eventually in any case. Who needs a recording contract when you can record your music (or other works) digitally and stick them on a web site?
Er... Last time I was in England, Wales, and Scotland all three were using miles and miles per hour on all of their road signs. That doesn't sound "metric" to me. :-)
The site you link to is wishful thinking, not reality.
...and my unit still works. Those things are built like TANKS, and the buzzing sound while playing is music to my ears. They're *supposed* to sound like that. No, really! :-)
... exploit ... them. :-)
The original Vectrex Armor Attack has a bug that can be exploited for an almost infinite score, and the original Star Castle for the Vectrex is easy for an experienced player of the real arcade version to master (the Vectrex version gives you FOUR concurrent shots instead of three, making things too easy), but both games are still fun for the typical user, I suspect. Heck, I still enjoy them. I just don't
The original version of Minestorm started going crazy after level 13, skipping one or more levels before letting you play again, or showing strange shapes or even single dots instead of the traditional mines, but even the level that hits you with invisible mines is solvable -- teleport, then do sweeping shots, then teleport again, and repeat. With a little luck, you can get past. Once you hit the level up around 89 or so that has a single slow fireball on it, though, you're stuck. Once it leaves the screen, it's game over (we've never found a way past it).
I love my Veccie. I had it in college between 1981 and 1987, and at that time a video game was a rarity in the dorms, so it got a lot of use. From time to time it still does. It's one of the best pieces of electronics I've ever owned!
From YOUR childhood, maybe.
:-)
Now get off my lawn!
The choice of ODF over MSOOXML doesn't "sideline Microsoft" in any way -- they are always free to implement the ODF specification in their product lines, either natively or as a plug-in. THe full ODF specification is avaiable to them.
Instead, this action is directed at their arguably non-open OOXML format.
It's important to make this distinction, as many pro-Microsoft advocates take the position that a vote for ODF is a direct attempt to remove MS's product lines from the marketplace, and that simply isn't true.
Historically, the ISP provided basic internet access, but it also provided e-mail services, telnet services, FTP services, and eventually web, ssh, and other services to its users. Some provided (and still provide) a vast array of other services to their customers.
It wasn't just "access" even in the early days.
Besides, ISP is an entrenched term with an established meaning, and it makes perfect sense if you take into account what the entities referred to as ISPs are actually providing, at least in the general case.
I think IAP should mean "Internet Application Provider", and that "IAP" would fit Google and Yahoo far better...
I've been writing code in various forms for 40 years as a hobbyist and almost 20 as a pro. That's a lot of code. :-)
:-)
There is code I write as a quick-n-dirty one-off for personal use, code I write with the intent of exposing it to outsiders, code I write which is a modification to someone else's work and style, and code I write which was mine from the beginning and (hopefully) somewhat more stable and elegant.
Some of the solutions I've up with over the years I think were elegant, some were hacks I made because I couldn't think of a better way, and some were/are probably poorly thought out.
As I gain experience in a given language/environment/platform, it's often interesting to go back and view my first attempts at writing code in that context. More often than not I see a LOT wrong with my initial attempts, but that is what experience is all about.
...which explains, of course, why they've been using Linux (Maemo) in their internet tablet line...
Or Google?? Or Microsoft??
An ISP provides access to the net, not just web services.
That's the whole point behind the NOFRAMES tag.
The "Unisys Clearpath" brand is how Unisys markets their MCP and OS2200 mainframe lines these days.
(Burroughs A-boxes and Sperry 2200-series boxes, effectively)
Uh... Not Unisys Clearpath boxes.
I don't begrudge commercial pilots a dime. Even though I wrote software that provided their takeoff and landing performance numbers via ACARS, it was *their* butt on the line if something went wrong, and they always doublechecked the stuff we gave them.
... and they can have them, IMO.
Routine flights are easy. A pilot is there for nonroutine incidents
People have been questioning the likes of PC Magazine, PC Week, InfoWorld, and other publications for years and years. It's not like this whole issue is anything new.
Some software developers/architects already bill out considerably more than $350/hour.
:-(
Not me, sadly.
Sounds like Project Thor to me.
Claire the Cheerleader would survive it, and so would Peter Petrelli. Maybe also Superman. :-)
Attempts to influence power in oil-rich areas of the globe aer not quite the same thing as attempts to "steal" that oil. Are they?
Even though that might be true, overzealous corporations have been known to sue individuals over events and occurrences which have similar (or which have even more obvious) protections.
If you were sued for a tattoo, do you think you could actually afford to meet them in court?
With the advent of shirts which can display customizable electronic images, e-ink posters, and other similar portable display technologies, don't think that the media companies won't move to stomp out what they consider infringing uses of images and other similar things regardless of "fair use" protections.
I normally manage to avoid the idiot segment of the moderator population. :-)
I guess it's finally time for me to welcome my snide comment-making AC overlords.
Prooot!
Er... How on Earth is a post about telecommuting off-topic in a thread about telecommuting???
Uh... A VPN connection over a normal home DSL or cablemodem internet connection is sufficient to do almost anything most telecommuting workers require, at least in terms of computer access.
No dedicated hardware or lines required.
Many companies don't know enough to fire people who are damaging to their operations.
And how many other governments behave in a "moral" fashion?