But will they? Considering that Elton John, The Eagles, Offspring, etc, have made millions (or at least hundreds of thousands) off the RIAA, doesn't it sort of seem to prove their whole protest idea false?
I can see the general reaction: here's Elton John the millionaire telling me that the RIAA is screwing artists out of money and I don't buy it.
That reaction makes perfect sense if you just look at the people who are taking part in this concert.
Anyone else think this is largely hypocritical of the majority of the artists involved?
Stage a "protest" on one hand, accept a Grammy on the other. E.g. Elton John, perhaps others, certainly all of them given the chance.
The Grammies are more or less a way of rewarding the artists who help the RIAA the most by largest sales. Call me cynical, but no worthwhile music is rewarded with anything these, but certainly large profits are.
This whole thing is only skin deep, but what shoudl we expect anyway from "major recording artists"?
"Can anyone actually confirm this since it looks kinda sketchy."
Real professional, guys. "Well, we heard about this bad thing that involves Microsoft, so we're posting it. We're not sure it's true, hell, we read about it on young Tim Walrus's website; he's a seven yeard elementary shooler in Omaha. Apparent, IE 6 will kill your parents in their sleep."
Does anyone else get tired of the constant MS bashing on here? I realize I'm going to get modded down for this, but the constant barrage just reeks of some sort of jealousy / geek insecurity.
Scary... they write poor encryption nowadays and make up for it by simply arresting anyone who cracks it.
That's some excellent logic. We should have arrested the families that lost people in the Ford/Firestone wrecks because they managed to find a way to strip their tires of tread.
What's next? Are judges going to shut down university computer systems because obviously, some kids somewhere in the system are using their home directories to store w4r3z?
I realize that the judge is really just trying to do the RIAA favor and really stop Napster's heartbeat, but this silly.
People ship CDrs with pirated software through the USPS-- better shut them down, too!
Coming from a baseball fan, I don't see how an 8-axis robot is going to imitate real MLB pitchers, considering that there's much more than the simple location and velocity of a given pitch.
I can't see a robot imitating the movement of a Tim Wakefield knuckler, or the movement on a Hideo Nomo split-finger.
There are just too many variables, I would think, for this truly be of signifcant use for a hitter.
I have cable modem service w/ AT&T broadband and have been running my Debian server for about a year (handling my domain: e-mail, web, that sort of thing).
It may not be allowed, but I've never had a problem.
Don't waste your time, and don't listen to these bufoons heaping praise upon it.
It has approximately 30 minutes of decent material, and even at its best is a cheap Bladerunner ripoff.
The ending, rather; the last fourty five minutes of the movie is trite garbage, comparable to Mission to Mars. It contains some of the worst pulled-out-of-ass- dialogue I've heard in years. I can see guys in the editing room with Spielburg going "Yo, Steve. This is costing us money, man. This isn't funny. Come on."
News at 11: Kubrick's corpse found rolling over in grave.
This is Spielburg at his fucking _worst_: the camera floats all over the fucking scenes, something Kubrick would have never done. The dialogue is garbage, reminscent of poetry I wrote when I was fourteen. Everyone involved with this effort except for Jude Law and Teddy should be ashamed. Okay, Haley Joel is okay, but is given vomitous lines to work with.
Avoid this trash at all cost. If you really want to watch transparent psuedo-sci-fi, you can go rent Mission to Mars.
Spielburg, fuck you. I want my money back and I'm sure Kubrick probably wants his legacy back.
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But will they? Considering that Elton John, The Eagles, Offspring, etc, have made millions (or at least hundreds of thousands) off the RIAA, doesn't it sort of seem to prove their whole protest idea false?
I can see the general reaction: here's Elton John the millionaire telling me that the RIAA is screwing artists out of money and I don't buy it.
That reaction makes perfect sense if you just look at the people who are taking part in this concert.
Anyone else think this is largely hypocritical of the majority of the artists involved?
Stage a "protest" on one hand, accept a Grammy on the other. E.g. Elton John, perhaps others, certainly all of them given the chance.
The Grammies are more or less a way of rewarding the artists who help the RIAA the most by largest sales. Call me cynical, but no worthwhile music is rewarded with anything these, but certainly large profits are.
This whole thing is only skin deep, but what shoudl we expect anyway from "major recording artists"?
What's wrong with you? The karma cap is unfair? You're acting like it's somehow important or something beyond the useless, trivial thing it is.
you, sir, need help.
And that's the guy running your company.
Time to find a new job.
"Now Outlook can start facing some serious competition..."
C'mon! Are you serious? I realize it's cool that it's released, but don't be a moron. I'm sure MS and all are just quakin' in their boots.
"Can anyone actually confirm this since it looks kinda sketchy."
Real professional, guys. "Well, we heard about this bad thing that involves Microsoft, so we're posting it. We're not sure it's true, hell, we read about it on young Tim Walrus's website; he's a seven yeard elementary shooler in Omaha. Apparent, IE 6 will kill your parents in their sleep."
Stupid.
Does anyone else get tired of the constant MS bashing on here? I realize I'm going to get modded down for this, but the constant barrage just reeks of some sort of jealousy / geek insecurity.
Stop it.
Are you trying to say there may be some sort of flaw or shortcoming of Linux?
You can't say those things around here. What's wrong with you?
Is there any info on what the spyware content of the Win32 Audiogalaxy client is? I'm curious.
Pshaw.. They turned Metroid into a FPS.
I knew Metroid. That, sir, ain't no Metroid.
Scary... they write poor encryption nowadays and make up for it by simply arresting anyone who cracks it.
That's some excellent logic. We should have arrested the families that lost people in the Ford/Firestone wrecks because they managed to find a way to strip their tires of tread.
I love America.
Shoulda called it KilleveryoneatyourhighschoolbecauseofQuake.
Imagine!
... makes me want to install Red Hat.
This is a horrible judgment. It's insane.
What's next? Are judges going to shut down university computer systems because obviously, some kids somewhere in the system are using their home directories to store w4r3z?
I realize that the judge is really just trying to do the RIAA favor and really stop Napster's heartbeat, but this silly.
People ship CDrs with pirated software through the USPS-- better shut them down, too!
Crap, I tell you. Crap.
Yeah, but unfortunately this doesn't necessarily result in sturdy console games, but rather buggy games that _really_ piss people off.
I'll stick to a PC for gaming. Except for Grand Tourismo 3!
Yeah, or it has Jason Kendall dropping routine fly balls out in left :)
Coming from a baseball fan, I don't see how an 8-axis robot is going to imitate real MLB pitchers, considering that there's much more than the simple location and velocity of a given pitch.
I can't see a robot imitating the movement of a Tim Wakefield knuckler, or the movement on a Hideo Nomo split-finger.
There are just too many variables, I would think, for this truly be of signifcant use for a hitter.
I have cable modem service w/ AT&T broadband and have been running my Debian server for about a year (handling my domain: e-mail, web, that sort of thing).
It may not be allowed, but I've never had a problem.
Soul Reaver for the DC and other consoles had very solid voice acting... I hope the second one fares as well.
Don't waste your time, and don't listen to these bufoons heaping praise upon it.
It has approximately 30 minutes of decent material, and even at its best is a cheap Bladerunner ripoff.
The ending, rather; the last fourty five minutes of the movie is trite garbage, comparable to Mission to Mars. It contains some of the worst pulled-out-of-ass- dialogue I've heard in years. I can see guys in the editing room with Spielburg going "Yo, Steve. This is costing us money, man. This isn't funny. Come on."
News at 11: Kubrick's corpse found rolling over in grave.
This is Spielburg at his fucking _worst_: the camera floats all over the fucking scenes, something Kubrick would have never done. The dialogue is garbage, reminscent of poetry I wrote when I was fourteen. Everyone involved with this effort except for Jude Law and Teddy should be ashamed. Okay, Haley Joel is okay, but is given vomitous lines to work with.
Avoid this trash at all cost. If you really want to watch transparent psuedo-sci-fi, you can go rent Mission to Mars.
Spielburg, fuck you. I want my money back and I'm sure Kubrick probably wants his legacy back.
Avoid this!
I read Extreme Coding and I was prepared to read about guys coding while falling from orbit or snowboarding down the sides of skyscrapers.
Oh well.
I keep hearing about the dot-com culure, but want I really want to see is a one-man act about the dotorg culture.
And please, no fat people.
You could, uh, well, try calling your "friends".
Hell, I was just trying to get two girls to make out.
And I never could.
What are the real-world implications of that?
Wow. Disney's doing Python. That's great.. Some things we can look forward to:
1. A complete misrepresentation of Python's history.
2. Horrible, obnoxious, loathesome songs by Elton John singing the praises of Python and the open-source movement.
2. Python coders being paid $0.10 a day in faraway lands to produce Disney-related work.
3. Erections and sexually-related messages secretly embedded into all Python code.
I love it!
Mein Mickey, I can walk!