Speaking as a divorced parent, my kid had an email account specifically to communicate with me from another country. I didn't like it but it's a lot easier to coordinate than IM and phone conversations with a significant time difference.
That said, she was never allowed any social networking accounts until well after she was 14, which is still too young, in my opinion, but a bit more reasonable.
Is this a joke? If so, it failed miserably. Clearly the GP uses a decimal instead of a comma so that would be 15,000 songs for those of us who use commas. Still not the same as 53,333 but not 15.
Really? The guy wrote "Robin Hood, Men In Tights", it's not like he hasn't made silly movies before. This hasn't done anything to hurt his reputation, I guarantee it. In fact, I suspect that no one would have ev
There's nothing wrong with maintaining a culture other than that of the US. The simple fact is we "export" our culture through our desire to export goods/media/etc simply for the purposes of making more money. We're not trying to "get the culture and influence around in those countries" for any other reason. It also doesn't have anything to do with the fact that you were asked what the hell any of that has to do with living in the United States. Here in the USA we have what we like to call a "melting pot", which isn't actually true. We have a lot of different cultures all coexisting -sometimes even peacefully coexisting- and for the most part, we don't have too much desire to be rid of them. We encourage pride in one's heritage. We also take pride in assimilating certain aspects that we find good into our own "uniquely American" culture.
Yes, our influence abroad can be seen and reviled in a lot of places. I personally won't step foot in an "American" restaurant or business establishment when I'm overseas unless there is an absolute necessity that I can't get somewhere else.
Your anger is somewhat justified, but generally speaking, is misplaced in this particular thread.
The post said "when you can get away with it". It didn't say "when nobody knows what you're doing". There's a difference, though certainly some overlap.
If you submit feedback, of any form, you are a contributor. You may not be a large contributor (in terms of data, not physical size) but you most definitely are a contributor.
A temporary loss at worst... the information gained from the folks working Google China will be carried over to form new companies that will compete with Baidu or they will make Baidu better such that there really isn't that much loss. Either way, China will have been better off for Google being there, even if it's temporary.
screw the universe, I've got a job for your Leeloo where she doesn't even need to stand up
You're limiting your variety extensively, much to your loss I suspect. But to each their own. If I had a Leeloo I'd definitely have her standing up, seated, bent over, in the shower, and any other way I could accomplish with gravity, or without since we're dreaming anyway.
Google loses, Baidu wins, and China doesn't give a damn either way. All those Google China employees will likely just move their skills over to Baidu (assuming they were locals to begin with and probably many of the ex-pats as well) and take what they know with them when they do. Baidu gets an automatic monopoly, no matter what Google's current market share, and China, or specifically the CCP doesn't care because they still get what they want- the look of being the caring provider that "supports competition" while still controlling the flow of data.
Whether they use computers or not, the doctors still print out hard copies of stuff. At least all the doctors I've been to that use computers do, anyway. I always request a second copy for my own records at home.
I have no idea why the summary says "surprisingly few" are using this. People don't want it, even the people who don't normally realize how much data they're giving away don't want this. It's not easy for the medical profession to use and it doesn't really provide anything of great value to the patients either. First, try getting your medical records from a doctor or dentist some time-- every doctor I've ever talked to about it (I move a lot) always gives me a hard time when I request copies of everything. It's ridiculous.. We all know those are "our" records, but doctors are required to keep them for insane periods of time (at least they were in the 80s and 90s here in the USA) even after no longer seeing patients and that responsibility seems to make doctors believe the records are theirs. Now, the e-records or whatever would actually make that easier, but I've yet to see a system that doesn't require manual data entry, which is often slower than the pen and paper alternative, especially in a busy office.
"People now will come with the argument that art cannot be judged on absolute values....bullshit. Talk to real understanders of arts and they will tell that good art can be distinguished from bad art."
So who are the "real understanders of art", whatever that means? I've seen plenty of "high art" that looks to me like utter dogshit and I've seen pictures made by homeless people that made me cry with the beauty they captured.
By the way, the problem with the "science/fellowship" form of management is you'll end up with only the affluent being able to afford to make art. The people who don't have money and resources to begin with won't be able to effectively compete for those fellowships and such. The art will still be made, though, and the image of the "struggling artist" will survive, whether society wants it to or not.
Quality is a relative thing, and music is a highly subjective medium. Some like Mozart, others like Rachmaninoff, others like Dr. Dre. Just because some music is made for the purposes of making someone rich doesn't reduce its impact on someone out there to whom the music actually speaks, for whatever reason.
There is room for both quantity and "quality". In fact, there is a vast quantity of quality out there now. Just because they aren't household names doesn't mean they aren't successful and happy making the art that they are making now. I have a friend who has maybe 8 CDs, most self-produced and she's wildly happy with her life. Is she a household name? No, but she makes enough money to put food on her table and live the lifestyle she has chosen. She's damned good at what she does but she's never going to be famous. There are thousands more like her out there making music every day. That doesn't make the "popular" music any less meaningful to the people who like it.
I'd like to see more variation played on the radio but these days if I want "other than mainstream" it's quite easy to find on the web and elsewhere. There is no fear of the music industry, or rather music itself, collapsing. If the industry as we know it dies, no one will care and music will still be produced, just as it was "underground" in the Soviet Union when the government banned certain things. I'm sure there are plenty of other examples of art surviving even when it was being oppressed. No one will be getting rid of their iPods anytime soon, even if the industry as it is today dies. Something will always fill the void.
Art will survive and no matter how much we as a society try to force it into a particular mold it simply won't conform. That's the human side of art... it expresses itself whether we like it or not.
It seems to me that's been the basis of all the P2P cases anyway. The "collective use" of files being shared between users of the P2P network. I don't see how that's any sort of endorsement that prevents more of these cases from coming forward in the future.
Let me make an analogy we all understand. When you meet a girl and she wears these big unsexy undies, you don't really care because she'll look great to you anyway. When she becomes your wife, you'll suggest sexy, minimalistic underwear. And sooner or later, even that won't help.
Most women wear the sexy panties when they are starting to date and switch to the "unsexy" panties after they've already bagged the person they were trying to win over. If you wait until you're already married to suggest the "sexy, minimalistic underwear" you're either making the wrong suggestions (no underwear is a much better suggestion in my opinion) or it's already too late. If "sooner or later, even that won't help" your relationship has much bigger issues.
Fair enough... I believe you did say new construction. I tend to do most of that kind of work myself so I often consider it as a "hobby" and therefore forget the cost of my labor.
Where the hell are you buying your cans? I can go to any home depot (or similar big box store) and buy 6 recessed lighting cans for $150 easily. Even if you buy the "better" quality, they're only about $40 apiece. You can even get the "fire barrier" ones for about $65 apiece.
True, but there are some options now that are "full spectrum" or some other such thing that are getting much better. The light produced by these comes much closer to a "natural" light and is thus much less painful on the eyes. It's also quite a bit more expensive, but it's out there.
That has nothing to do with the fact that this simply isn't a car. It's a rocket/jet with wheels attached. Just because a plane has wheels doesn't make it a car either. Yes, it's very difficult (to understate the issue) to keep any object traveling 1000 mph on the ground, but that doesn't negate the GP's point. It's not a car. It's not designed like a car would be, it's not propelled like a car would be, and it's not driven like a car would be.
Nobody said anything about being "angry at God". The GP just said athiests are angry, as are many other non-Christian groups and some non-extreme Christians.
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Speaking as a divorced parent, my kid had an email account specifically to communicate with me from another country. I didn't like it but it's a lot easier to coordinate than IM and phone conversations with a significant time difference.
That said, she was never allowed any social networking accounts until well after she was 14, which is still too young, in my opinion, but a bit more reasonable.
Is this a joke? If so, it failed miserably. Clearly the GP uses a decimal instead of a comma so that would be 15,000 songs for those of us who use commas. Still not the same as 53,333 but not 15.
Really? The guy wrote "Robin Hood, Men In Tights", it's not like he hasn't made silly movies before. This hasn't done anything to hurt his reputation, I guarantee it. In fact, I suspect that no one would have ev
There's nothing wrong with maintaining a culture other than that of the US. The simple fact is we "export" our culture through our desire to export goods/media/etc simply for the purposes of making more money. We're not trying to "get the culture and influence around in those countries" for any other reason. It also doesn't have anything to do with the fact that you were asked what the hell any of that has to do with living in the United States. Here in the USA we have what we like to call a "melting pot", which isn't actually true. We have a lot of different cultures all coexisting -sometimes even peacefully coexisting- and for the most part, we don't have too much desire to be rid of them. We encourage pride in one's heritage. We also take pride in assimilating certain aspects that we find good into our own "uniquely American" culture.
Yes, our influence abroad can be seen and reviled in a lot of places. I personally won't step foot in an "American" restaurant or business establishment when I'm overseas unless there is an absolute necessity that I can't get somewhere else.
Your anger is somewhat justified, but generally speaking, is misplaced in this particular thread.
The post said "when you can get away with it". It didn't say "when nobody knows what you're doing". There's a difference, though certainly some overlap.
If you submit feedback, of any form, you are a contributor. You may not be a large contributor (in terms of data, not physical size) but you most definitely are a contributor.
A temporary loss at worst... the information gained from the folks working Google China will be carried over to form new companies that will compete with Baidu or they will make Baidu better such that there really isn't that much loss. Either way, China will have been better off for Google being there, even if it's temporary.
screw the universe, I've got a job for your Leeloo where she doesn't even need to stand up
You're limiting your variety extensively, much to your loss I suspect. But to each their own. If I had a Leeloo I'd definitely have her standing up, seated, bent over, in the shower, and any other way I could accomplish with gravity, or without since we're dreaming anyway.
Google loses, Baidu wins, and China doesn't give a damn either way. All those Google China employees will likely just move their skills over to Baidu (assuming they were locals to begin with and probably many of the ex-pats as well) and take what they know with them when they do. Baidu gets an automatic monopoly, no matter what Google's current market share, and China, or specifically the CCP doesn't care because they still get what they want- the look of being the caring provider that "supports competition" while still controlling the flow of data.
Whether they use computers or not, the doctors still print out hard copies of stuff. At least all the doctors I've been to that use computers do, anyway. I always request a second copy for my own records at home.
All those points are well and good, but none of those "license agreements" really hold up if people sue, especially en masse.
I have no idea why the summary says "surprisingly few" are using this. People don't want it, even the people who don't normally realize how much data they're giving away don't want this. It's not easy for the medical profession to use and it doesn't really provide anything of great value to the patients either. First, try getting your medical records from a doctor or dentist some time-- every doctor I've ever talked to about it (I move a lot) always gives me a hard time when I request copies of everything. It's ridiculous.. We all know those are "our" records, but doctors are required to keep them for insane periods of time (at least they were in the 80s and 90s here in the USA) even after no longer seeing patients and that responsibility seems to make doctors believe the records are theirs. Now, the e-records or whatever would actually make that easier, but I've yet to see a system that doesn't require manual data entry, which is often slower than the pen and paper alternative, especially in a busy office.
"People now will come with the argument that art cannot be judged on absolute values....bullshit. Talk to real understanders of arts and they will tell that good art can be distinguished from bad art."
So who are the "real understanders of art", whatever that means? I've seen plenty of "high art" that looks to me like utter dogshit and I've seen pictures made by homeless people that made me cry with the beauty they captured.
By the way, the problem with the "science/fellowship" form of management is you'll end up with only the affluent being able to afford to make art. The people who don't have money and resources to begin with won't be able to effectively compete for those fellowships and such. The art will still be made, though, and the image of the "struggling artist" will survive, whether society wants it to or not.
Quality is a relative thing, and music is a highly subjective medium. Some like Mozart, others like Rachmaninoff, others like Dr. Dre. Just because some music is made for the purposes of making someone rich doesn't reduce its impact on someone out there to whom the music actually speaks, for whatever reason.
There is room for both quantity and "quality". In fact, there is a vast quantity of quality out there now. Just because they aren't household names doesn't mean they aren't successful and happy making the art that they are making now. I have a friend who has maybe 8 CDs, most self-produced and she's wildly happy with her life. Is she a household name? No, but she makes enough money to put food on her table and live the lifestyle she has chosen. She's damned good at what she does but she's never going to be famous. There are thousands more like her out there making music every day. That doesn't make the "popular" music any less meaningful to the people who like it.
I'd like to see more variation played on the radio but these days if I want "other than mainstream" it's quite easy to find on the web and elsewhere. There is no fear of the music industry, or rather music itself, collapsing. If the industry as we know it dies, no one will care and music will still be produced, just as it was "underground" in the Soviet Union when the government banned certain things. I'm sure there are plenty of other examples of art surviving even when it was being oppressed. No one will be getting rid of their iPods anytime soon, even if the industry as it is today dies. Something will always fill the void.
Art will survive and no matter how much we as a society try to force it into a particular mold it simply won't conform. That's the human side of art... it expresses itself whether we like it or not.
It seems to me that's been the basis of all the P2P cases anyway. The "collective use" of files being shared between users of the P2P network. I don't see how that's any sort of endorsement that prevents more of these cases from coming forward in the future.
Let me make an analogy we all understand. When you meet a girl and she wears these big unsexy undies, you don't really care because she'll look great to you anyway. When she becomes your wife, you'll suggest sexy, minimalistic underwear. And sooner or later, even that won't help.
Most women wear the sexy panties when they are starting to date and switch to the "unsexy" panties after they've already bagged the person they were trying to win over. If you wait until you're already married to suggest the "sexy, minimalistic underwear" you're either making the wrong suggestions (no underwear is a much better suggestion in my opinion) or it's already too late. If "sooner or later, even that won't help" your relationship has much bigger issues.
Fair enough... I believe you did say new construction. I tend to do most of that kind of work myself so I often consider it as a "hobby" and therefore forget the cost of my labor.
pedantic DICK. Neither initialism, nor acronym, but appropriate nonetheless.
Where the hell are you buying your cans? I can go to any home depot (or similar big box store) and buy 6 recessed lighting cans for $150 easily. Even if you buy the "better" quality, they're only about $40 apiece. You can even get the "fire barrier" ones for about $65 apiece.
So what do they call a fleshlight in the UK? I don't think dicktorch or skintorch quite has the same ring...
True, but there are some options now that are "full spectrum" or some other such thing that are getting much better. The light produced by these comes much closer to a "natural" light and is thus much less painful on the eyes. It's also quite a bit more expensive, but it's out there.
That's not flying. It's falling, with style.
That has nothing to do with the fact that this simply isn't a car. It's a rocket/jet with wheels attached. Just because a plane has wheels doesn't make it a car either. Yes, it's very difficult (to understate the issue) to keep any object traveling 1000 mph on the ground, but that doesn't negate the GP's point. It's not a car. It's not designed like a car would be, it's not propelled like a car would be, and it's not driven like a car would be.
Nobody said anything about being "angry at God". The GP just said athiests are angry, as are many other non-Christian groups and some non-extreme Christians.
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