It's better than the April Fool... Phoenix became "Phallus", and the entire release page was changed for April Fools Day. Even MozillaZine had changed it's forums on that day to be "Phallus Forums"
The Phoenix Project
Announcement: After months of speculations, the new name has finally been decided. Phoenix will be called Phallus. The team has also decided not to release the long awaited 0.6 milestone and instead release 0.7. "The strong competition in the ongoing browser war and our lack of recent updates made this version jump necessary to keep up with the competition from Internet Explorer," said Asa Dotzler of Mozilla.org fame.
Opening Multiple Bookmarks: Not nessecairly implemented in Mozilla yet. Phoenix has "Open In Tabs" for folders on the quick link bar. Mozilla and Phoenix let you put groups of tabs on the quick link bar. As for the bookmark window, I don't believe that's implemented. (But, I could be wrong.)
Once us web developers wake up and more of us start using CSS and using relative font definitions (like 100%, or 85%, etc...) then we won't have to worry about that. Of course, it won't help with your web comics, unless they go to using CSS and CSS2 to position text on the screen... hmm... that could be interesting...
No, that's just "Vertical Integration", of the US Steel variety. That's one form of trust. The other is Horizontal Dominance, like SUN Oil Company. That's the other.
You decide for yourself. [ALL Capitals changed to lowercase letters to escape the lameness filter. Interesting that a $cientology page would be stopped by/.'s lameness filter, don't you?]
Piss off a big fish with a DMCA notice, and you're bound to be held to the "under penalty of perjury" clause by one of them.
As for the big fish with money (like RIAA, most of the people on your list, $cientology), you don't really scare them, and they'll be happy to sic a group of hound dog lawyers on you (or $cientology might just kill your hound dogs off), bleed you dry of all your money, and then send you up the creek without a paddle.
Why? They allow free recording and distribution of their live shows.
Moxy Fruvous is one such group. We had an active taper community when the band was still touring. Although they've stopped, we're still pretty much together as a group.
And as a group, we're still avid music lovers, having our own individual tastes, but still have a lot of the same groups in common.
Viral Marketing is the best. Just ask Russell Wolff about what he said was one of the best nights of his life, getting the chance to open for Fruvous, and us fans absolutley loving his stuff.
His popularity grew from being one small performer to being one... well, still small, but more well known performer.
Not so much for hte record companies. Most bands get to kepe most of the proceeds for merchandise at live shows. They also get a portion of the gate.
ClearChannel, on the other hand is the one that's making a killing off concerts. With their vertical integration of the music industry, they are able to tell the venues "only play our bands, or ELSE", the bands "only play our venues, OR ELSE." They own the promotional networks (the radio stations), so they'll only be promoting their own shows. Oh yeah, because ClearChannel is so big, if you fuck them over in one place, they fuck you over everywhere else.
Exactly. We have sites popping up like CDBaby and MapleMusic that handle their own distribution and serve as sort of a "Sure you can sell that CD here, if you're willing to pay for it" storefront.
Quite a few performers I know in music are going this route. Martha's Trouble is one of them. (Check out their CD "Sleeping Dogs", if you're into folk/alternative sounds) (I know!!! I know! Shameless plug!_
So then why should they sign with them? Produce the first album yourself, try to make a profit and invest that in the rest.
This is what a lot of artists do. One example is Sarah Slean. SHe released her first 2 cd's independently. After starting out small in touring, she's made a name for herself in the NE, getting her music into Dawson's Creek and FOX's Murder in Smalltown X. Now she's signed with Atlantic records, has released an EP, and an album last year.
There are only two choices when an area code becomes full, split or overlay. Over here in Western NY, we've gone the "split" route. Buffalo and Erie County kept the original 716 area code, and Rochester and parts east got the 585 area code.
There are good and bad things about the split. The good thing is that we keep 7 digit dialing for very local calls. We all kept the same 7 digit number, just the area code was different.
The bad part is that businesses in Rochester bore the brunt of the costs of the switch. Our businesses were the ones that had to invest in new business cards, new stationary, advertisements for the change in area codes for business, etc... Granted, the Buffalo phone company had to throw some cash at our phone company, but beyond that, businesses get no help.
If this didn't boggle your mind enough, Syracuse is 315, and there is an area to the east of Syracuse that is a third area code. There's actually a place to the east of here where one corner of an intersection is 585, another is 315, and the other side of the street is that third area code.
Any time that the RIAA says "for the consumer to benefit", I take it with a grain of salt, and make sure my watch is still on my wrist and my money is still in my wallet.
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In the USA, Prior Art must be documented 1 year prior to the challenged patent being filed for it to be legally meaningful.
You have a citation for that?
It's better than the April Fool...
Phoenix became "Phallus", and the entire release page was changed for April Fools Day. Even MozillaZine had changed it's forums on that day to be "Phallus Forums"
The Phoenix Project
Announcement: After months of speculations, the new name has finally been decided. Phoenix will be called Phallus. The team has also decided not to release the long awaited 0.6 milestone and instead release 0.7. "The strong competition in the ongoing browser war and our lack of recent updates made this version jump necessary to keep up with the competition from Internet Explorer," said Asa Dotzler of Mozilla.org fame.
But you forgot that the smack on the ass is a $5.95 recoupable charge.
Of course, the members of PETTG (People for the Ethical Treatment of Turkey Gibblets) will be holding a protest in Washington DC this weekend.
But where was the improvement? At least Mozilla got better. ;-)
Saving Windows: Not implemented as I'm aware of.
Opening Multiple Bookmarks: Not nessecairly implemented in Mozilla yet. Phoenix has "Open In Tabs" for folders on the quick link bar. Mozilla and Phoenix let you put groups of tabs on the quick link bar. As for the bookmark window, I don't believe that's implemented. (But, I could be wrong.)
Once us web developers wake up and more of us start using CSS and using relative font definitions (like 100%, or 85%, etc...) then we won't have to worry about that. Of course, it won't help with your web comics, unless they go to using CSS and CSS2 to position text on the screen... hmm... that could be interesting...
Getting what? Vanilla coke?
To some extent, yes, there are guides out there for doing stuff with human waste.
Of course, this isn't about generating methane gas from it, but, it's along the same lines.
That's because Windows XP has not, and will not ever get DOD certified. Too holey + with the automatic updating, it would fail miserably.
No, that's just "Vertical Integration", of the US Steel variety. That's one form of trust. The other is Horizontal Dominance, like SUN Oil Company. That's the other.
You decide for yourself. [ALL Capitals changed to lowercase letters to escape the lameness filter. Interesting that a $cientology page would be stopped by /.'s lameness filter, don't you?]
http://www.scientology.org/scnnews/scn_new.htm
"kirstie alley opens church of scientology mission in wichita"
"travolta fever"
"faith in scientology keeps him going"
"on the record: isaac hayes"
"bart simpson's voice credits her recent career success to scientology"
"straight, no chaser"
"eduardo palomo says that a book gave him his success"
And there's an RIT version mentioned in the Wired write up. Complete with a link straight to the press release RIT sent out soon after.
Yeah... but... umm...
There's that little Perjury aspect of the DMCA.
Piss off a big fish with a DMCA notice, and you're bound to be held to the "under penalty of perjury" clause by one of them.
As for the big fish with money (like RIAA, most of the people on your list, $cientology), you don't really scare them, and they'll be happy to sic a group of hound dog lawyers on you (or $cientology might just kill your hound dogs off), bleed you dry of all your money, and then send you up the creek without a paddle.
Why? They allow free recording and distribution of their live shows.
Moxy Fruvous is one such group. We had an active taper community when the band was still touring. Although they've stopped, we're still pretty much together as a group.
And as a group, we're still avid music lovers, having our own individual tastes, but still have a lot of the same groups in common.
Viral Marketing is the best. Just ask Russell Wolff about what he said was one of the best nights of his life, getting the chance to open for Fruvous, and us fans absolutley loving his stuff.
His popularity grew from being one small performer to being one... well, still small, but more well known performer.
generally fairly intercompatible
... Don't need no stinkin' Dubaya's that way.
Intercompatiable? Which one of Dubaya's handlers let him out of his cage and onto the internet?
There's a reason my bookmark is set to http://slashdot.org/
up2date -u --nox
At least that's how I do it.
I saw the headline, and I thought it was an ad for the next rehash of the Terminator movie franchise.
Not so much for hte record companies. Most bands get to kepe most of the proceeds for merchandise at live shows. They also get a portion of the gate.
ClearChannel, on the other hand is the one that's making a killing off concerts. With their vertical integration of the music industry, they are able to tell the venues "only play our bands, or ELSE", the bands "only play our venues, OR ELSE." They own the promotional networks (the radio stations), so they'll only be promoting their own shows. Oh yeah, because ClearChannel is so big, if you fuck them over in one place, they fuck you over everywhere else.
Exactly. We have sites popping up like CDBaby and MapleMusic that handle their own distribution and serve as sort of a "Sure you can sell that CD here, if you're willing to pay for it" storefront.
Quite a few performers I know in music are going this route. Martha's Trouble is one of them. (Check out their CD "Sleeping Dogs", if you're into folk/alternative sounds) (I know!!! I know! Shameless plug!_
So then why should they sign with them? Produce the first album yourself, try to make a profit and invest that in the rest.
This is what a lot of artists do. One example is Sarah Slean. SHe released her first 2 cd's independently. After starting out small in touring, she's made a name for herself in the NE, getting her music into Dawson's Creek and FOX's Murder in Smalltown X. Now she's signed with Atlantic records, has released an EP, and an album last year.
There are only two choices when an area code becomes full, split or overlay. Over here in Western NY, we've gone the "split" route. Buffalo and Erie County kept the original 716 area code, and Rochester and parts east got the 585 area code.
There are good and bad things about the split. The good thing is that we keep 7 digit dialing for very local calls. We all kept the same 7 digit number, just the area code was different.
The bad part is that businesses in Rochester bore the brunt of the costs of the switch. Our businesses were the ones that had to invest in new business cards, new stationary, advertisements for the change in area codes for business, etc... Granted, the Buffalo phone company had to throw some cash at our phone company, but beyond that, businesses get no help.
If this didn't boggle your mind enough, Syracuse is 315, and there is an area to the east of Syracuse that is a third area code. There's actually a place to the east of here where one corner of an intersection is 585, another is 315, and the other side of the street is that third area code.
So, you're saying that getting 100% of the project done takes 180% of the time budgeted?
Come to think of it... that may be right...
And what is the difference between the RIAA and the MPAA?
The difference is that when the MPAA releases a product into the wild, it has already made up a significant percentage of its cost at the cinemas.
When the RIAA releases a product, it usually hasn't received much money at all for its product.
Granted, there is a great discrepancy in the costs of cutting an album as opposed to making a major film.
Other than that though, I can't think of much of a difference.
Any time that the RIAA says "for the consumer to benefit", I take it with a grain of salt, and make sure my watch is still on my wrist and my money is still in my wallet.