Arista Records BMG U.S. Latin Buddha BMG Asia Pacific J Records Yclef Records Logic RCA Records RCA Victor Group (includes Private Music, RCA Victor, Red Seal, and Windham Hill) Robbins Entertainment Zomba Label Group (includes Brentwood, Jive, Jive-Electro, Reunion, Silvertone, and Verity)
They also distribute ATO, Kinetic Records, Milan, Razor & Tie, Restless, Santuary Records Group, V2 and Wind-Up.
Sorry, but you're wrong. They are editable, to an extent. With Pit Stop or Quite Imposing, you can make all kinds of changes. By "importing" the.pdf into Photoshop, you can make many other types of changes.
Obligatory response about how people can have one view of the films and film-makers and an entirely different view about the PAC that is determined to make as much money as possible off of the movies, while simultaneously screwing the viewing public and film-makers.
Montana? Excessive influence? Sonny boy, with that statement, you've shown you know two things about the way the electoral college works: Jack and shit.
Montana has three electors. Three. That's the least you can possibly have. There are 538 total electoral votes. You need 270 to "win" the Presidency.
Unless it's a god-awful close election, Montana and other small states get ignored, because it's much more effective, politically, to focus on states like California (54 electoral votes), New York (33 electoral votes), Texas (32 electoral votes), and Florida (25 electoral votes).
With those 4 states, you have 144 electoral votes. Just over half of the total you need. Throw in Ohio (21), Illinois (22), and Pennsylvania (23), and you're at 210 electoral votes. 60 shy of what you need, with 7 states.
Get a few other states sewn up, and you're set.
Montana and other rural states get screwed.
The electoral college system should not be used as the end-all, be-all system. We need something that actually works.
I must still be missing the point here. So what? So there's a new TLD or twelve. So they have to register www.ibm.qws or www.ibm.xyz or whatever. So what?
How much does it cost to register a domain? Surely IBM can afford it....
Thing is, Reuters didn't just "look". They published. Which, using the same analogy, would be looking into your house, and reporting to any and all passers-by what was going on inside.
Furthermore, there are "Peeping Tom" laws for residences and businesses. So, even looking in, if I leave the blinds up, can be illegal.
Yeah, but I daresay the difference lies in that most people don't care if the supermarket knows what you're buying, as they can freaking well notice what your purchases are as the cashier rings them up. Big deal that they're "spying" on that. And quite frankly, it's somewhat helpful, as products that get purchased a lot get placed in locations that are easier to access (the middle shelves, for example).
Sure, I might get some more snail-mail spam (oh wait, no, I'm not), but to compare this computer spyware to the grocery card thing is a bit much.
Frankly, the computer spyware upsets me more. Side note: Anyone know how much (if any) spyware that Dell/Gateway/whoever stick on laptops and computers they sell?
The person that owns the computer is not bound by the EULA if they did not accept it. In this case, with the "circus technician" clicking all the EULAs, the owner should delete all that crap with no qualms whatsoever.
Actually, it's incredibly likely that Microsoft will seek a settlement if the preliminary ruling makes the final ruling look really bad. How much money can they throw at this to make it go away, after all?
Well, I remember a "3-D" version of Tetris called Quatris. I mean, it was still on the computer, and not in a holographic tank or anything, but the blocks could be shaped in x, y, and/or z directions. You could have a 2x2x2 cube, for instance.
And not just music or movie bootlegs. Collectable toys and such too. There are a few people who make quite a bit of money by false advertising on eBay (and shockingly enough, they have damn high ratings).
New and upcoming music... what is this that you speak of?
I'm serious. Out of the stations I can receive, I have:
1) Classic rock. Pretty good, but the most recent stuff they play is early-mid 80s.
2) Pop music. Needless to say, I do not care to hear the latest Britney/Christina/N'SYNC/whatever songs.
3) Rap/R&B station. I can listen to this for about 15 minutes usually before hearing yet another artist teaming up with Ja Rule. *click*
4) Classical music. I wouldn't mind this, but at the times I listen to it, they seem to be on a Chopin or Berlioz piece, and again, I can't stand them. (What can I say, I prefer Wagner.)
That's pretty much it. I have friends who will loan me CDs or mix tapes of new stuff, and I will listen to those if I am in the mood for something new.
Okay, I won't knock the $2 mil a month in revenue, but it's not net profit. They still have to pay their staff out of it (and yes, I know, so does the radio station), and meet any other expenses. And while radio stations have a decent number of expenses (but I'll bet you'd be surprised how much free shit they get), they aren't having to pay to keep a satellite up.
Something goes wrong with Z-100's main antenna, they can at least get a technician or twelve physically to the location and start figuring out what went wrong. Something goes wrong with a satellite, and you have to schedule with NASA to get that fixed.
On the plus side, they aren't bound to a specific geographic location. Outside of stations changing their formats and a lot of people finding new radio stations because of that, I daresay a lot (most?) radio stations have fairly stable listener bases. If XM Satellite can stay a going concern long enough, they can continue, even with a slow-growing customer base. But I'd say they need some more customers, fast so they can even have the option of slow growth.
Exactly. Or if you already have a nice music collection on tape/CD/mp3 player for your car. Music without commercials? I can do that already. Music all along a typical "theme" like Rap or Hard Rock? I can do that too. And I can guarentee that I will like all the songs I play, as opposed to shelling out for this system and still having to flip channels to find something I like.
You mean satellite radio ever began? I mean, sure, I've seen commercials for it, but I know of no-one who has it, and I know so many tech-geeks who go out and buy the latest and greatest just because it's new (well, okay, not so often in this economy), and yet none of them have it.
I can think of a lot of reasons why it wouldn't be doing so well though... how much does it cost to put a satellite into orbit or "rent" one of the ones already up there? And how much are they charging customers per month for the service?
200,000 customers? In a major metropolitan area, like New York City, one radio station can have that many listeners. It sounds like a lot, but it isn't.
That's how I'd like to see it handled. If the copy protection isn't effective, the law shouldn't be enforced. ROT-13'ing something isn't effective, as one example.
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Arista Records
BMG U.S. Latin
Buddha
BMG Asia Pacific
J Records
Yclef Records
Logic
RCA Records
RCA Victor Group (includes Private Music, RCA Victor, Red Seal, and Windham Hill)
Robbins Entertainment
Zomba Label Group (includes Brentwood, Jive, Jive-Electro, Reunion, Silvertone, and Verity)
They also distribute ATO, Kinetic Records, Milan, Razor & Tie, Restless, Santuary Records Group, V2 and Wind-Up.
And I'm sure I've missed a few....
Kierthos
Sorry, but you're wrong. They are editable, to an extent. With Pit Stop or Quite Imposing, you can make all kinds of changes. By "importing" the .pdf into Photoshop, you can make many other types of changes.
Kierthos
Obligatory response about how people can have one view of the films and film-makers and an entirely different view about the PAC that is determined to make as much money as possible off of the movies, while simultaneously screwing the viewing public and film-makers.
Kierthos
Fuck 'em. I fly Delta.
Kierthos
Montana? Excessive influence? Sonny boy, with that statement, you've shown you know two things about the way the electoral college works: Jack and shit.
Montana has three electors. Three. That's the least you can possibly have. There are 538 total electoral votes. You need 270 to "win" the Presidency.
Unless it's a god-awful close election, Montana and other small states get ignored, because it's much more effective, politically, to focus on states like California (54 electoral votes), New York (33 electoral votes), Texas (32 electoral votes), and Florida (25 electoral votes).
With those 4 states, you have 144 electoral votes. Just over half of the total you need. Throw in Ohio (21), Illinois (22), and Pennsylvania (23), and you're at 210 electoral votes. 60 shy of what you need, with 7 states.
Get a few other states sewn up, and you're set.
Montana and other rural states get screwed.
The electoral college system should not be used as the end-all, be-all system. We need something that actually works.
Kierthos
Well, I'd also say that part of Metallica's loss of "credibility" among metal fans has to do with:
1) Starting their rise to fame on the power of bootlegs passing between fans, but slamming Napster once they were famous.
2) Jason Newstead leaving the group, for various reasons. (What, you think I listened to Metallica for Lars' drumming?)
Kierthos
I must still be missing the point here. So what? So there's a new TLD or twelve. So they have to register www.ibm.qws or www.ibm.xyz or whatever. So what?
How much does it cost to register a domain? Surely IBM can afford it....
Kierthos
Thing is, Reuters didn't just "look". They published. Which, using the same analogy, would be looking into your house, and reporting to any and all passers-by what was going on inside.
Furthermore, there are "Peeping Tom" laws for residences and businesses. So, even looking in, if I leave the blinds up, can be illegal.
Kierthos
Ooooo... I want one. I particularly like the Masamune Shiro design, in black.
So, how the Hell(tm) would I go about ordering one of these?
Kierthos
Maybe I'm missing something terribly important here, but why would IBM care, one way or the other, about new TLDs?
Kierthos
Yeah, but I daresay the difference lies in that most people don't care if the supermarket knows what you're buying, as they can freaking well notice what your purchases are as the cashier rings them up. Big deal that they're "spying" on that. And quite frankly, it's somewhat helpful, as products that get purchased a lot get placed in locations that are easier to access (the middle shelves, for example).
Sure, I might get some more snail-mail spam (oh wait, no, I'm not), but to compare this computer spyware to the grocery card thing is a bit much.
Frankly, the computer spyware upsets me more. Side note: Anyone know how much (if any) spyware that Dell/Gateway/whoever stick on laptops and computers they sell?
Kierthos
The person that owns the computer is not bound by the EULA if they did not accept it. In this case, with the "circus technician" clicking all the EULAs, the owner should delete all that crap with no qualms whatsoever.
Kierthos
Actually, it's incredibly likely that Microsoft will seek a settlement if the preliminary ruling makes the final ruling look really bad. How much money can they throw at this to make it go away, after all?
Kierthos
"All these are yours, save Io. Attempt no landing there."
No problem, guv. These other moons look much more interesting.
Kierthos
Well, I remember a "3-D" version of Tetris called Quatris. I mean, it was still on the computer, and not in a holographic tank or anything, but the blocks could be shaped in x, y, and/or z directions. You could have a 2x2x2 cube, for instance.
Kierthos
And not just music or movie bootlegs. Collectable toys and such too. There are a few people who make quite a bit of money by false advertising on eBay (and shockingly enough, they have damn high ratings).
Kierthos
Yes, but in a like manner, people could be selling stolen goods on eBay (and I'm sure it's happened), and no one would be the wiser.
Innocent until proven guilty should apply to everyone, not just the court system.
Kierthos
New and upcoming music... what is this that you speak of?
I'm serious. Out of the stations I can receive, I have:
1) Classic rock. Pretty good, but the most recent stuff they play is early-mid 80s.
2) Pop music. Needless to say, I do not care to hear the latest Britney/Christina/N'SYNC/whatever songs.
3) Rap/R&B station. I can listen to this for about 15 minutes usually before hearing yet another artist teaming up with Ja Rule. *click*
4) Classical music. I wouldn't mind this, but at the times I listen to it, they seem to be on a Chopin or Berlioz piece, and again, I can't stand them. (What can I say, I prefer Wagner.)
That's pretty much it. I have friends who will loan me CDs or mix tapes of new stuff, and I will listen to those if I am in the mood for something new.
Kierthos
Okay, I won't knock the $2 mil a month in revenue, but it's not net profit. They still have to pay their staff out of it (and yes, I know, so does the radio station), and meet any other expenses. And while radio stations have a decent number of expenses (but I'll bet you'd be surprised how much free shit they get), they aren't having to pay to keep a satellite up.
Something goes wrong with Z-100's main antenna, they can at least get a technician or twelve physically to the location and start figuring out what went wrong. Something goes wrong with a satellite, and you have to schedule with NASA to get that fixed.
On the plus side, they aren't bound to a specific geographic location. Outside of stations changing their formats and a lot of people finding new radio stations because of that, I daresay a lot (most?) radio stations have fairly stable listener bases. If XM Satellite can stay a going concern long enough, they can continue, even with a slow-growing customer base. But I'd say they need some more customers, fast so they can even have the option of slow growth.
Kierthos
Exactly. Or if you already have a nice music collection on tape/CD/mp3 player for your car. Music without commercials? I can do that already. Music all along a typical "theme" like Rap or Hard Rock? I can do that too. And I can guarentee that I will like all the songs I play, as opposed to shelling out for this system and still having to flip channels to find something I like.
Kierthos
You mean satellite radio ever began? I mean, sure, I've seen commercials for it, but I know of no-one who has it, and I know so many tech-geeks who go out and buy the latest and greatest just because it's new (well, okay, not so often in this economy), and yet none of them have it.
I can think of a lot of reasons why it wouldn't be doing so well though... how much does it cost to put a satellite into orbit or "rent" one of the ones already up there? And how much are they charging customers per month for the service?
200,000 customers? In a major metropolitan area, like New York City, one radio station can have that many listeners. It sounds like a lot, but it isn't.
Kierthos
They found my secret asteroid base! Now I'll have to move it again before I can continue my plans to take over the world!
Kierthos
Funny, I had no problem understanding Jackson's statement, and the closest I ever got to law school was working in a law library one summer.
Oh, and I live in South Carolina, so the public here is a lot dumber.
Kierthos
May I refer you to today's "User Friendly"?
That's how I'd like to see it handled. If the copy protection isn't effective, the law shouldn't be enforced. ROT-13'ing something isn't effective, as one example.
Kierthos
And here I was hoping for the recipe for crunchy frog.
Kierthos