I am seeing an inordinate number of low UID postings that I would swear came from an AC. I wonder if some of these veteran/.ers have moved on and have donated their UID to their offspring?
Who am I kidding!...veteran/.ers have no offspring.
Now not only do the non industry musicians suffer from a non level playing field but the industry musicians get their songs taken, their ability to perform their songs for money taken, their ability to play with each other under their chosen name can even be forfeit.
I don't know if you were referring to to the recent plight of Young Buck or not but it is a good example of just what you are referring to. The guys nickname has been Young Buck his entire life and now he is going to lose the right to use it as his stage name because he owes somebody some money.
Performers should get paid when they "perform" thus the name. Until the advent of recorded media in the last century that was the ONLY way they got paid. How many occupations are there where you can live quite comfortably if not luxuriously on a constant stream of revenue for work done 40 years ago. The only one that comes to mind is extortionist. It sounds to me like you may be the one not familiar with the modern music industry as most musicians I know can only make money by touring since their recording contract revenue mostly goes to the label. Until the lure of money and fame became possible due to recording performances and distributing them to much wider audiences performers actually performed because they loved performing. Of course there still are those who love the craft but you don't have to look very far to see the thousands just there for the money or fame. I believe in them getting paid for the recordings and support performers in general but when you have actors who will never get paid because Return of the Jedi never made a profit I have great issue with the studios getting ANY of my money.
Netflix and Hulu are blocked by Netflix and Hulu. There are workarounds to get them to work. Pandora works flawlessly from the browser but I also have the Android client installed and it works as well.
Actually the Fire is more like a thin client than a netbook. Much of its functionality is run on Amazon's cloud ( Formerly referred to as a mainframe or server ). I haven't used a Fire but have heard that the browser isn't as good as Amazon would like you to believe. The Playbook OTOH has the best mobile browsing experience hands down. I also have The Touchdown application installed that allows connection to Exchange/Domino email servers. I don't really need it because as a Torch owner I also have full blown BlackBerry email experience on my Playbook which is really nice but it's available to anyone who isn't fortunate enough to have a BlackBerry.
Actually if these are already manufactured then they lost the money in 2011. This way they get their only BB 10 device currently available out there en mass so developers actually have a reason to still care about them. I decided to pick one up pre-black Friday and have not regretted it. They are actually quite nice and unlike hp RIM doesn't have the luxury of an enterprise PC/server/printer business to fall back on so they cannot just walk away. With their first OS 10 handset pushed back to "in the latter part of calendar 2012." they need this tablet or a newer model to propel them into the next generation.
Hasn't this been Microsoft's business model all along? They release the specs for their API's so third parties can develop for their OS. When a program gets popular enough they clone it and optimize it using undocumented API's and profit?
Your question will garner far more posts like the one above but I will add my 0.02.
I like the original Transformer (TF101-A1) very much and would suggest you take a look at it if the Prime is too pricey for what you want. The Prime is currently the only shipping Tegra 3 system I know of so to lump it in with the rest of your list isn't quit fair. While it's still yet to be field proven all indicators point to the Tegra 3 being quite a capable chip which will run for a very long time on a single charge.
Toshiba's Thrive is an interesting tablet. I have only tested it in store but I like it for the most part. The full size ports are a definite plus and the rubbery backing make for a slip free experience.
I don't have any experience with the Xoom or the Galaxy but you mentioned rooting and I was curious if you had posed this question over at XDA? I choose my android devices on price and rootability so the Nook Color has been my recommendation to all my non-technical friends looking for a cheap tablet.
Sony likes to cut off its nose to spite its face. Given their treatment of Geohot I would steer clear if you are looking for rooting. I'm sure you can root them just not sure what Sony's response will be to it.
I was recently stopped by a local police officer here in Texas because he thought he saw me shoot the finger at another driver ( I didn't but have from time to time ) . He informed me that it was against the law to make offensive gestures. I had never heard this so I did a little digging and discovered it was in fact...law. But these laws often use loosely defining terms like "offensive gesture". Well any gesture can be offensive depending on who interprets it. Perhaps that's why Ashley Esqueda has had a middle finger profile pic the last week or so but changed it today.
Who says I live on credit? I currently get 3% back when I use my card on gas or restaurant purchases and 1% on most other things. I use my card everywhere and pay off the balance every month. Those items I don't pay with my card I use my banks bill pay feature so it would still avoid this convenience fee.
Sometimes it IS the IT dept. simply being jerks and not listening to the needs of the business. I am the sysadmin for the commodity trading arm of an energy co. Corporate IT is based on the utility side of the company and has no idea of the importance of a stable network to us. 3 years ago the company decided to switch from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook. When I spoke to the IT rep they sent to do training I asked about data retention and archiving as all trade related material must be stored for SOX compliance. He told me they kept email on the server for 90 days and that archiving had been disabled (actually use of a.PST file had been disabled which also disabled much of the functionality management had lauded as the reason we were switching for) to prevent people from storing things locally. I told him that was unacceptable and he got mad at me for not respecting his authority. So for the last 3 years there has been a project to come up with a way to archive without using a.PST file or keeping the data on the server.
I had an instructor in school who proposed the hypothesis that all electronics were powered by by magic smoke. He proved his hypothesis by "releasing" the magic smoke from the device and showing it no longer worked.
THIS! 1K times this. Years ago I started explaining electronics to people using plumbing concepts to explain electron flow. I usually try to explain things to people in relation to something they are familiar with but getting someone to understand what you are saying isn't always so easy. It can lead to frustration and can be conceived as conceit (it could actually be conceit too but it doesn't have to be).
The problem, of course, is that your hypothetical scenario is nonsense,
Of course it's nonsense. I picked an unlikely but possible extreme to highlight my point.
you picked an extremely problematic set of careers.
See above.
Of course, the unspoken problem with your hypothetical is that it ignores the fact the same thing happens in a capitalist system, just by slightly different means. In a capitalist system, would-be brain surgeons find that the cost of training for that profession is too high, or that they are not qualified, or that they do not possess the necessary skills, and are then kicked into some other field. Often, they spend a good amount of time and money reaching that point, which encumbers both them and the economy at large for little or no gain. You may weigh the indignity of being told "no" at the outset against the cost of learning "no" after significant investment to determine which you consider to be worse, you cannot ignore either for the sake of rhetoric.
There is a distinct difference between having obstacles to reaching ones dreams/goals and living in a society that tells you what your dreams/goals are going to be. Even given the obstacles you mention many succeed despite them.
Except in a true socialist society wages are spread evenly across all job classes regardless of skill required. So the garbage collector and the brain surgeon make the same wage.
So your friend...desperately wanted to be a brain surgeon but was forced to become a sanitation engineer? I ask as that was the point of the illustration. I could have used any vocation other than the "chosen" one and the point would still be valid.
Perhaps I am incorrect but you did nothing to enlighten me as to why. I was drawing from my own memory of studying economics but a quick Google of socialism returned this
socialism/sSHlizm/
Noun:
1. A political and economic theory of that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole
2. Policy or practice based on this theory.
3. (in Marxist theory) A transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.
The reason the authorities can't catch anonymous is that they're all chicks! They go around acting like nerd groupies fawning over admins in a socially engineered hack where they get the root password from the unsuspecting admin. The authorities can't catch them because the only description they get from the admin is "she was purty and soft".
It's unfortunate but true. Socialism is in concept a very desirable socioeconomic model. In practice it would require that the society in question be bereft of selfishness, slothfulness and to some extent ambition ( We already have enough brain surgeons so we need you to be a sanitation engineer for the good of the people ). In most cases where Socialism/Communism was the goal Totalitarianism was the result. That's probably why the two are usually thought of as one in the same. While I think we can do better than what we have now we really do have it pretty good compared to societies throughout our history.
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Yes...One really does wonder why Google doesn't set up YouTube channels with original content.
So what you are saying is Blizzard and the UK government are criminal enterprises?
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I more than LOL'ed but not quite ROFPIMP.
Seeing as you can already get this I'm certain this isn't the first time the thought had occurred to someone.
I am seeing an inordinate number of low UID postings that I would swear came from an AC. I wonder if some of these veteran /.ers have moved on and have donated their UID to their offspring?
/.ers have no offspring.
Who am I kidding!...veteran
Now not only do the non industry musicians suffer from a non level playing field but the industry musicians get their songs taken, their ability to perform their songs for money taken, their ability to play with each other under their chosen name can even be forfeit.
I don't know if you were referring to to the recent plight of Young Buck or not but it is a good example of just what you are referring to. The guys nickname has been Young Buck his entire life and now he is going to lose the right to use it as his stage name because he owes somebody some money.
Performers should get paid when they "perform" thus the name. Until the advent of recorded media in the last century that was the ONLY way they got paid. How many occupations are there where you can live quite comfortably if not luxuriously on a constant stream of revenue for work done 40 years ago. The only one that comes to mind is extortionist. It sounds to me like you may be the one not familiar with the modern music industry as most musicians I know can only make money by touring since their recording contract revenue mostly goes to the label. Until the lure of money and fame became possible due to recording performances and distributing them to much wider audiences performers actually performed because they loved performing. Of course there still are those who love the craft but you don't have to look very far to see the thousands just there for the money or fame. I believe in them getting paid for the recordings and support performers in general but when you have actors who will never get paid because Return of the Jedi never made a profit I have great issue with the studios getting ANY of my money.
Netflix and Hulu are blocked by Netflix and Hulu. There are workarounds to get them to work. Pandora works flawlessly from the browser but I also have the Android client installed and it works as well.
Actually the Fire is more like a thin client than a netbook. Much of its functionality is run on Amazon's cloud ( Formerly referred to as a mainframe or server ). I haven't used a Fire but have heard that the browser isn't as good as Amazon would like you to believe. The Playbook OTOH has the best mobile browsing experience hands down. I also have The Touchdown application installed that allows connection to Exchange/Domino email servers. I don't really need it because as a Torch owner I also have full blown BlackBerry email experience on my Playbook which is really nice but it's available to anyone who isn't fortunate enough to have a BlackBerry.
Actually if these are already manufactured then they lost the money in 2011. This way they get their only BB 10 device currently available out there en mass so developers actually have a reason to still care about them. I decided to pick one up pre-black Friday and have not regretted it. They are actually quite nice and unlike hp RIM doesn't have the luxury of an enterprise PC/server/printer business to fall back on so they cannot just walk away. With their first OS 10 handset pushed back to "in the latter part of calendar 2012." they need this tablet or a newer model to propel them into the next generation.
Nobody wants to comply with SOX. The costs are staggering and the upkeep is tedious with no payback.
Hasn't this been Microsoft's business model all along? They release the specs for their API's so third parties can develop for their OS. When a program gets popular enough they clone it and optimize it using undocumented API's and profit?
You really should get another hobby if your inability to hack a device that makes no claim about openness and hackability makes you cry
DUDE!
She's a girl...she cries when the WoW servers are down for repair. Wait...bad example. I know lots of guys who do to. Anyway...you get the idea.
Your question will garner far more posts like the one above but I will add my 0.02.
I like the original Transformer (TF101-A1) very much and would suggest you take a look at it if the Prime is too pricey for what you want. The Prime is currently the only shipping Tegra 3 system I know of so to lump it in with the rest of your list isn't quit fair. While it's still yet to be field proven all indicators point to the Tegra 3 being quite a capable chip which will run for a very long time on a single charge.
Toshiba's Thrive is an interesting tablet. I have only tested it in store but I like it for the most part. The full size ports are a definite plus and the rubbery backing make for a slip free experience.
I don't have any experience with the Xoom or the Galaxy but you mentioned rooting and I was curious if you had posed this question over at XDA? I choose my android devices on price and rootability so the Nook Color has been my recommendation to all my non-technical friends looking for a cheap tablet.
Sony likes to cut off its nose to spite its face. Given their treatment of Geohot I would steer clear if you are looking for rooting. I'm sure you can root them just not sure what Sony's response will be to it.
I was recently stopped by a local police officer here in Texas because he thought he saw me shoot the finger at another driver ( I didn't but have from time to time ) . He informed me that it was against the law to make offensive gestures. I had never heard this so I did a little digging and discovered it was in fact...law. But these laws often use loosely defining terms like "offensive gesture". Well any gesture can be offensive depending on who interprets it. Perhaps that's why Ashley Esqueda has had a middle finger profile pic the last week or so but changed it today.
Who says I live on credit? I currently get 3% back when I use my card on gas or restaurant purchases and 1% on most other things. I use my card everywhere and pay off the balance every month. Those items I don't pay with my card I use my banks bill pay feature so it would still avoid this convenience fee.
Sometimes it IS the IT dept. simply being jerks and not listening to the needs of the business. I am the sysadmin for the commodity trading arm of an energy co. Corporate IT is based on the utility side of the company and has no idea of the importance of a stable network to us. 3 years ago the company decided to switch from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook. When I spoke to the IT rep they sent to do training I asked about data retention and archiving as all trade related material must be stored for SOX compliance. He told me they kept email on the server for 90 days and that archiving had been disabled (actually use of a .PST file had been disabled which also disabled much of the functionality management had lauded as the reason we were switching for) to prevent people from storing things locally. I told him that was unacceptable and he got mad at me for not respecting his authority. So for the last 3 years there has been a project to come up with a way to archive without using a .PST file or keeping the data on the server.
I had an instructor in school who proposed the hypothesis that all electronics were powered by by magic smoke. He proved his hypothesis by "releasing" the magic smoke from the device and showing it no longer worked.
THIS! 1K times this. Years ago I started explaining electronics to people using plumbing concepts to explain electron flow. I usually try to explain things to people in relation to something they are familiar with but getting someone to understand what you are saying isn't always so easy. It can lead to frustration and can be conceived as conceit (it could actually be conceit too but it doesn't have to be).
The problem, of course, is that your hypothetical scenario is nonsense,
Of course it's nonsense. I picked an unlikely but possible extreme to highlight my point.
you picked an extremely problematic set of careers.
See above.
Of course, the unspoken problem with your hypothetical is that it ignores the fact the same thing happens in a capitalist system, just by slightly different means. In a capitalist system, would-be brain surgeons find that the cost of training for that profession is too high, or that they are not qualified, or that they do not possess the necessary skills, and are then kicked into some other field. Often, they spend a good amount of time and money reaching that point, which encumbers both them and the economy at large for little or no gain. You may weigh the indignity of being told "no" at the outset against the cost of learning "no" after significant investment to determine which you consider to be worse, you cannot ignore either for the sake of rhetoric.
There is a distinct difference between having obstacles to reaching ones dreams/goals and living in a society that tells you what your dreams/goals are going to be. Even given the obstacles you mention many succeed despite them.
Except in a true socialist society wages are spread evenly across all job classes regardless of skill required. So the garbage collector and the brain surgeon make the same wage.
So your friend...desperately wanted to be a brain surgeon but was forced to become a sanitation engineer? I ask as that was the point of the illustration. I could have used any vocation other than the "chosen" one and the point would still be valid.
socialism
Noun: 1. A political and economic theory of that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole 2. Policy or practice based on this theory. 3. (in Marxist theory) A transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.
So if I am mistaken then so is the dictionary
The reason the authorities can't catch anonymous is that they're all chicks! They go around acting like nerd groupies fawning over admins in a socially engineered hack where they get the root password from the unsuspecting admin. The authorities can't catch them because the only description they get from the admin is "she was purty and soft".
It's unfortunate but true. Socialism is in concept a very desirable socioeconomic model. In practice it would require that the society in question be bereft of selfishness, slothfulness and to some extent ambition ( We already have enough brain surgeons so we need you to be a sanitation engineer for the good of the people ). In most cases where Socialism/Communism was the goal Totalitarianism was the result. That's probably why the two are usually thought of as one in the same. While I think we can do better than what we have now we really do have it pretty good compared to societies throughout our history.