A master's degree in just about anything will get you in the door for an interview at a lot of places. It demonstrates one's ability to persist at tedious tasks.
Ms PacMan is a testament to the strength of the womens movement. She may be PacMan's wife, but she took the title 'Ms' on purpose! The guy who built this machine is obviously a big proponent of feminism.
Regardless of what the Lego corporation wants, the vernacular indicates that 'legos' is a completely acceptable plural. Such guidelines for language are silly. The vernacular will dictate the proper form of the future. Language is Open Source...with a lot of renegade patches and forks.
So, now the iBook will actually ship with enough RAM to run the OS. That's great. What does OS 9 need to run? Somewhere near 40MB...and the orignal iBooks shipped with OS9 and only 32MB of RAM. So now that OSX beta is out, Apple beefs up the RAM...but OSX needs 128MB for the install.
I'll just keep using my five year old 6100 that I paid like $2000 for.
When I went to school a few years back, I subtly noticed that there were no Pepsi machines on campus. Not only that, but the Coke was way overpriced. We're talking about a fairly large school here, 30K students plus who knows how many support staff and personnel. I always wondered what kind of financial compensation the university got for the agreement with Coca-cola.
I figure that both the University and Coca-Cola must have made out pretty well in that arrangement. Students got screwed pretty bad though. Sure, sure, we don't have to buy soda. We could drink from the public water fountain or suckle cactus for nourishment, but it still doesn't seem right. If it were a private school, I could see the whole thing as legitimate. Let the private industries do what they want in that regard....but we're talking about a public school. Shouldn't a public school not be soda exclusive. I think so.
Every consumer who purchased a CD at an inflated price was abused. The economy of the entire world was abused. If people didn't have to shell out that extra $5 for Britney, then maybe they could've spent that money on other goods from other businesses.
I agree that we're talking about somewhat of a luxury item here. Obviously, jacking the prices of CDs isn't in the same boat as price gouging at the gas station during a natural disaster...BUT, where do we draw the line.
Your argument is two-fold. First, you seem to be saying that it isn't the governments job to regulate the economy. Second, you're saying that price gouging and racketeering(sp?) are OK when the service in question is not a survival good. Like it or not, the US government does have a duty to call corporations or organizations when they conspire to cheat our economy. AND, like it or not, although we don't need music to survive, people who want to buy music should have the right to be protected from such fiascos.
Your ideals are utopian. We don't live in a world where we can trust businesses to 'do the right thing'. Nor do we live in a society where people are very good at organizing themselves to protest the actions of abusive businesses. Perhaps the reason for this is because the business community has a stranglehold on our means of communication. Don't expect the government to stop watchdogging anytime soon.
Although your point is valid, the same could be said of any commoditized good. When an industry conspires to raise the price of such commodity well beyond a reasonable rate, the community and government do have a right to react. Whether or not this reaction is a boycott of these goods is really not for one individual to decide. People don't need music, but we do want music. Need is a little subjective, eh?
Marketing schmarketing. Apple sells by blatantly lying to itz customers. They constantly side-step the truth when it comes to making the sale. I realize that sales people in general do this on a regular basis...but in the end...a company that practices such methods will alienate every last customer.
I use BellSouth for my land line at home. They offer 'Anonymous Call Rejection'...but Anonymous is not the same as Unknown. Anonymous only applies to people who opt not to publish their number to CallerID. Anonymous Call Rejection does nothing to stop Unknown Name calls. So basically you end up paying for nothing with this service. Scam....si senor.
Here's a random thought...maybe we'll see a new generation of Open Source Music Advocates in the coming years. Kids might realize that only a select few get rich off recorded music and start putting out tons of tracks for free. Then musicians would actually have to play live to make money. Imagine...if there were less BIG bands, the small bands in your town might actually get an audience. AND then all these record company execs might have to learn a trade.
"art is being traded like a commodity" Yeah...but uh, for free? Kinda de-comodifies the commodity then, doesn't it? Get used to it. Ya can't stop the bum rush. Napster is probably screwed so... GO GNUTELLA!.
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A master's degree in just about anything will get you in the door for an interview at a lot of places. It demonstrates one's ability to persist at tedious tasks.
Ms PacMan is a testament to the strength of the womens movement. She may be PacMan's wife, but she took the title 'Ms' on purpose! The guy who built this machine is obviously a big proponent of feminism.
Regardless of what the Lego corporation wants, the vernacular indicates that 'legos' is a completely acceptable plural. Such guidelines for language are silly. The vernacular will dictate the proper form of the future. Language is Open Source...with a lot of renegade patches and forks.
So, now the iBook will actually ship with enough RAM to run the OS. That's great. What does OS 9 need to run? Somewhere near 40MB...and the orignal iBooks shipped with OS9 and only 32MB of RAM. So now that OSX beta is out, Apple beefs up the RAM...but OSX needs 128MB for the install. I'll just keep using my five year old 6100 that I paid like $2000 for.
This may be off topic but....
When I went to school a few years back, I subtly noticed that there were no Pepsi machines on campus. Not only that, but the Coke was way overpriced. We're talking about a fairly large school here, 30K students plus who knows how many support staff and personnel. I always wondered what kind of financial compensation the university got for the agreement with Coca-cola.
I figure that both the University and Coca-Cola must have made out pretty well in that arrangement. Students got screwed pretty bad though. Sure, sure, we don't have to buy soda. We could drink from the public water fountain or suckle cactus for nourishment, but it still doesn't seem right. If it were a private school, I could see the whole thing as legitimate. Let the private industries do what they want in that regard....but we're talking about a public school. Shouldn't a public school not be soda exclusive. I think so.
Every consumer who purchased a CD at an inflated price was abused. The economy of the entire world was abused. If people didn't have to shell out that extra $5 for Britney, then maybe they could've spent that money on other goods from other businesses. I agree that we're talking about somewhat of a luxury item here. Obviously, jacking the prices of CDs isn't in the same boat as price gouging at the gas station during a natural disaster...BUT, where do we draw the line. Your argument is two-fold. First, you seem to be saying that it isn't the governments job to regulate the economy. Second, you're saying that price gouging and racketeering(sp?) are OK when the service in question is not a survival good. Like it or not, the US government does have a duty to call corporations or organizations when they conspire to cheat our economy. AND, like it or not, although we don't need music to survive, people who want to buy music should have the right to be protected from such fiascos.
Your ideals are utopian. We don't live in a world where we can trust businesses to 'do the right thing'. Nor do we live in a society where people are very good at organizing themselves to protest the actions of abusive businesses. Perhaps the reason for this is because the business community has a stranglehold on our means of communication. Don't expect the government to stop watchdogging anytime soon.
Although your point is valid, the same could be said of any commoditized good. When an industry conspires to raise the price of such commodity well beyond a reasonable rate, the community and government do have a right to react. Whether or not this reaction is a boycott of these goods is really not for one individual to decide. People don't need music, but we do want music. Need is a little subjective, eh?
This has nothing to do with Transmeta. We're talking about the shape of the box here.
Mac enthusiasts are freaks. You just helped to prove that. There's a difference between hurtful stereotyping and humorous generalization.
Marketing schmarketing. Apple sells by blatantly lying to itz customers. They constantly side-step the truth when it comes to making the sale. I realize that sales people in general do this on a regular basis...but in the end...a company that practices such methods will alienate every last customer.
I use BellSouth for my land line at home. They offer 'Anonymous Call Rejection'...but Anonymous is not the same as Unknown. Anonymous only applies to people who opt not to publish their number to CallerID. Anonymous Call Rejection does nothing to stop Unknown Name calls. So basically you end up paying for nothing with this service. Scam....si senor.
I got your wigger right here, bub.
Do you think those Modest Mouse songs were endcoded from vinyl originals? Just a thought.
How would destroying trademarks even be possible? Hijacking domains? I'm curious.
Here's a random thought...maybe we'll see a new generation of Open Source Music Advocates in the coming years. Kids might realize that only a select few get rich off recorded music and start putting out tons of tracks for free. Then musicians would actually have to play live to make money. Imagine...if there were less BIG bands, the small bands in your town might actually get an audience. AND then all these record company execs might have to learn a trade.
The trend has already started! GO GNUTELLA
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Piracy schmiracy! Arrgh, matey! The word 'pirate' is misleading as all hell.
"art is being traded like a commodity" Yeah...but uh, for free? Kinda de-comodifies the commodity then, doesn't it? Get used to it. Ya can't stop the bum rush. Napster is probably screwed so ... GO GNUTELLA!.