This sounds somewhat similar to the situation in the US (although the mechanics are no doubt different). Large federal tax, small local tax (and in case of debt, the federal government gets money first). In order to fund roads, schools, etc. the state(s) must get various and sundry federal grants and loans. In turn, the states must follow all matter of federal laws and regulations. I don't have a problem with that. What I have a problem with is that road money is MY money. The money of a citizen of this state. The rules are those of Pennsylvania, California, New York (just picking big states and using as example).
Anyway, I think the politics and idea sound very similar to what you have in Austrailia. Although from your description, it sounds like you just pay one tax bill to the federal government, not two separate ones?
What isn't true is that the government must provide fair and just compensation when it takes the property of citizens. Sure, that's what is says on paper, but that's not how things work. In the case of _suspected_ drug dealers, property can be seized without warrant, without trial, and without compensation.
I suppose it falls under the authority you cite, but I think my point was that the government does not always have to provide compensation for property seizure.
But the real main issue is: If this takes off, what will happen to all the people like the background characters, costume makers, construction, caterers, cameramen, model makers, casting companies, etc.
Umm, who cares? Get with the times, get with the program. If technology changes, we can't be responsible for people left behind. Their personal business models failed, and it is their own fault.
At least that's what most slashdotters have to say about the RIAA member companies when confronted with cheap/easy distribution.
Why should these people be any different from Hillary Rosen's buddies?
FWIW, we're still a long way off. And as far as I can tell, there will always be work for voice actors.
Again, not necessarily. The Feds have even LESS right to tell the states what to do than the states. State governments are sovereign entities, except as delimited by the constitution - a document you are apparently unfamiliar with.
I agree with your analysis of the traditional view and the US Constitution. However, states have repeatedly ceded their authority to the Federal Government. I blame the Federal Income tax. My state taxes are roughly one half that of my federal taxes. If the situation were reversed, the federal gov't wouldn't have nearly as much power over the state governments.
I would have thought it easier to get enough legislative votes to override a veto? No, probably not. It's the same way we got a lottery passed in Maryland about 20 years ago. Advertise it as helping schools, then secretly change it to funding the 'Maryland Stadium Authority' when nobody is looking and when there is tons of public support.
I'm a tourist and have been to Florida perhaps a half dozen times. And from my memory of my last trip, and the geography in the state, people outside the tourist corridor are going to be screwed. In addition, it will not increase tourism. New attractions (Universal Studios was under construction during my last visit) will increase tourism. But not a train. Anyone with any sense picks a spot (orlando) and uses shuttles to the various destinations.
(BTW, for me, I like St. Augustine, and the A1A down to Daytona. Especially when it is neither Spring Break nor Bike Week. The wife likes the beach, I like the trip. Except for that boring drive through Georgia. Now THAT is where you need a fast train.)
King's experiment was flawed in many ways. First, it wasn't terribly easy to pay. Second, there was no way of knowing if the story would be finished (it wasn't) and I, for one, wasn't about to pay for a few chapters of a book that may|may not be completed.
I can never decide for myself when it started. It was either during the "Reconstruction", in 1860, or in (shame on me, I can't remember the year. 1789) when the Articles of Confederation were thrown out in favor of our current Constitution. I vote for 1854-1860, but with the seeds and impetus planted in 1789.
Unfortunatley, the RIAA member companies essentially have an oligopoly on the sale of recordings in the US. Try to sell in a Sam Goody's, Virgin, Circuit City, or Wal-Mart without the backing of an RIAA member. The contract is not between two equals. Similar with radio play. And now, if the rules for internet play are followed, an indie artist can't play on www.foobarradio.com without a few pennies per listener going to the RIAA.
Taking all of this into consideration, the contracts could/should be viewed as coercive, and therefore illegal.
What would be more honest would be if the record companies just made everything flat out 'work for hire'. They own everything until time immemorial, and the artist gets paid for their studio and concert time. End of story.
I think it's good that of the 72%, a goodly portion may only have it in a branch office or in a pilot program. YOu already have the product in the company, it's much easier to increase sales. One branch office works out well, so you put it in 10 branch offices. 10x increase.
"today's economic climate" is quite different from what it was five years ago, which was different from five years before that, etc. They are predicting revenues this year of twice last year's revenues. They don't mention a timeframe for the 10x increase in business, so there's no reason to believe they may be overreaching. In addition, if the press release is to be believed, their products are used by "72% of the Fortune 500". Not bad. Sounds like they have a relatively mature product. In addition, they are getting management with more experience at this sort of thing. Add to that the fact that the next 8 to 14 months will be financed by the company. There is no sign or indication that the company will seek additional public financing at that time.
If anything, these are the plans of a company who has learned well from the dot-boom companies.
The purpose of a corporation historically has been twofold:
First and foremost, to survive the creator. It's easier to avoid inheretance and contract problems when a founder dies if there is a corporate entity as opposed to individuals.
Second: separate liability.
In the case of MSFT and others who don't pay dividends, you are buying a portion of the assets of the company. You assume that through wise action of the company, the company will gain assets, thus you will gain assets.
But MSFT really should pay some dividends. It would increase the value of their stock, and set a new model that other tech companies would likely be unable to follow, lacking in cash as they are.
Study abroad if you can. You'll never get overseas for this long, or as cheaply.
Live on campus. You'll have better internet access and you won't have to worry about tons of bs.
Ignore that 'real world worries' stuff people are mentioning. If you want that sort of thinking, go to a tech school. Remember, you are there to learn how to think and how to learn. If you want to learn how to do something, attend a tech school.
Ironically, I counter this with 'get out of the room'. Attend parties. Rush a frat. Join clubs. This is networking, and if you are on slashdot, you probably aren't as good at this as you wish. This is an important skill, and it's the one you'll best be able to learn in college. It is applicable to almost any vocation you follow after school. (Retired Jedi knight, living in the Jundland Wastes being one of the few exceptions)
If you are having major trouble in a given course, pray it isn't your major. If it is, you probably chose poorly. (Maybe it's just me, but I did far better in classes in my final major than in prior one(s), figuring in difficulty and types of learning.)
Get to know your advisor. Choose a competent advisor.
Get drunk before going to college. Yes, some people go through college without drinking, but you and most others won't. Safer to get drunk and learn your limits at home than around those who may or may not call an ambulance when you OD.
Our current government believes in market control and power, but only when the markets do the right thing (line the coffers of giant corporations). When we peons don't get in line like we should, it's time to break out the new laws.
Analog/Digital converter, cable boxes, Satellite Boxes, have you not been reading the articles you guys have been posting? This will be a $50-$200 purchase, in 4-5 years, at that, and no replacement on analog sets is required.
Burn my karma, like I give a crap, but this is posted by Michael, the retarded editor.
See, he helps edit a successful site, that features people posting commentary. But, much like the RIAA doesn't want people to listen to its music, Michael doesn't like people posting to this board.
Actually, someone reminded me that the All-American was a little smaller than I remembered. In any event, it was just about the right size quite often.
But it's still possible that it was/is larger than the All-Canadian meal:)
_A_ court found it unconstitutional. Not _the_ Supreme Court of the US. It's a step forward for spammers and junk faxers, but it is far from the death knell for the law.
What worries me is that now that candidates for public office are spamming, it makes the 'free speech' argument a bit stronger. But it also ignores a few things.
First, fax machines are definately not a 'commons' in any sense of the word. By printing stuff on my fax machine, or sending spam to my server, they have committed a trespass.
Second, there is no possible way to rationally interpret the first amendment as granting the right of trespass. They can send junk email; my mailbox belongs to the federal gov't. But my fax machine is mine. Even if the line belongs to Verizon, the machine is mine. Similarly, even if the IP is only mine temporarily, the server is mine. Mine, mine, mine.
have home directories mounted on an NFS share. To test program foo at stage beta, login on machine as user 'betatester', wherein the appropriate environment already exists.
Put that NFS share into CVS, so that you can change it as needed. If multiple projects, add program name. So for two programs, foo and bar, and two stages, alpha and beta, you would have:
beta-foo alpha-foo beta-bar alpha-bar
Not sure I even understood the question, but this might do it if my take is correct.
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This sounds somewhat similar to the situation in the US (although the mechanics are no doubt different). Large federal tax, small local tax (and in case of debt, the federal government gets money first). In order to fund roads, schools, etc. the state(s) must get various and sundry federal grants and loans. In turn, the states must follow all matter of federal laws and regulations. I don't have a problem with that. What I have a problem with is that road money is MY money. The money of a citizen of this state. The rules are those of Pennsylvania, California, New York (just picking big states and using as example).
Anyway, I think the politics and idea sound very similar to what you have in Austrailia. Although from your description, it sounds like you just pay one tax bill to the federal government, not two separate ones?
I live in Maryland. I'm sure I'm not the first with the idea. Trust me, when our state government grows up, it wants to be Massachusetts.
What isn't true is that the government must provide fair and just compensation when it takes the property of citizens. Sure, that's what is says on paper, but that's not how things work. In the case of _suspected_ drug dealers, property can be seized without warrant, without trial, and without compensation.
I suppose it falls under the authority you cite, but I think my point was that the government does not always have to provide compensation for property seizure.
But the real main issue is: If this takes off, what will happen to all the people like the background characters, costume makers, construction, caterers, cameramen, model makers, casting companies, etc.
Umm, who cares? Get with the times, get with the program. If technology changes, we can't be responsible for people left behind. Their personal business models failed, and it is their own fault.
At least that's what most slashdotters have to say about the RIAA member companies when confronted with cheap/easy distribution.
Why should these people be any different from Hillary Rosen's buddies?
FWIW, we're still a long way off. And as far as I can tell, there will always be work for voice actors.
Again, not necessarily. The Feds have even LESS right to tell the states what to do than the states. State governments are sovereign entities, except as delimited by the constitution - a document you are apparently unfamiliar with.
I agree with your analysis of the traditional view and the US Constitution. However, states have repeatedly ceded their authority to the Federal Government. I blame the Federal Income tax. My state taxes are roughly one half that of my federal taxes. If the situation were reversed, the federal gov't wouldn't have nearly as much power over the state governments.
Unfortunately, this isn't true. Look at the number of seizures without court hearings, etc. of 'drug lord' property.
I would have thought it easier to get enough legislative votes to override a veto? No, probably not. It's the same way we got a lottery passed in Maryland about 20 years ago. Advertise it as helping schools, then secretly change it to funding the 'Maryland Stadium Authority' when nobody is looking and when there is tons of public support.
I'm a tourist and have been to Florida perhaps a half dozen times. And from my memory of my last trip, and the geography in the state, people outside the tourist corridor are going to be screwed. In addition, it will not increase tourism. New attractions (Universal Studios was under construction during my last visit) will increase tourism. But not a train. Anyone with any sense picks a spot (orlando) and uses shuttles to the various destinations.
(BTW, for me, I like St. Augustine, and the A1A down to Daytona. Especially when it is neither Spring Break nor Bike Week. The wife likes the beach, I like the trip. Except for that boring drive through Georgia. Now THAT is where you need a fast train.)
The same corporations that couldn't get a law passed were able to amend the state constitution? Sounds a bit weird to me.
It would certainly explain the voting irregularities.
King's experiment was flawed in many ways. First, it wasn't terribly easy to pay. Second, there was no way of knowing if the story would be finished (it wasn't) and I, for one, wasn't about to pay for a few chapters of a book that may|may not be completed.
I can never decide for myself when it started. It was either during the "Reconstruction", in 1860, or in (shame on me, I can't remember the year. 1789) when the Articles of Confederation were thrown out in favor of our current Constitution. I vote for 1854-1860, but with the seeds and impetus planted in 1789.
Unfortunatley, the RIAA member companies essentially have an oligopoly on the sale of recordings in the US. Try to sell in a Sam Goody's, Virgin, Circuit City, or Wal-Mart without the backing of an RIAA member. The contract is not between two equals. Similar with radio play. And now, if the rules for internet play are followed, an indie artist can't play on www.foobarradio.com without a few pennies per listener going to the RIAA.
Taking all of this into consideration, the contracts could/should be viewed as coercive, and therefore illegal.
What would be more honest would be if the record companies just made everything flat out 'work for hire'. They own everything until time immemorial, and the artist gets paid for their studio and concert time. End of story.
I think it's good that of the 72%, a goodly portion may only have it in a branch office or in a pilot program. YOu already have the product in the company, it's much easier to increase sales. One branch office works out well, so you put it in 10 branch offices. 10x increase.
"today's economic climate" is quite different from what it was five years ago, which was different from five years before that, etc. They are predicting revenues this year of twice last year's revenues. They don't mention a timeframe for the 10x increase in business, so there's no reason to believe they may be overreaching. In addition, if the press release is to be believed, their products are used by "72% of the Fortune 500". Not bad. Sounds like they have a relatively mature product. In addition, they are getting management with more experience at this sort of thing. Add to that the fact that the next 8 to 14 months will be financed by the company. There is no sign or indication that the company will seek additional public financing at that time.
If anything, these are the plans of a company who has learned well from the dot-boom companies.
The purpose of a corporation historically has been twofold:
First and foremost, to survive the creator. It's easier to avoid inheretance and contract problems when a founder dies if there is a corporate entity as opposed to individuals.
Second: separate liability.
In the case of MSFT and others who don't pay dividends, you are buying a portion of the assets of the company. You assume that through wise action of the company, the company will gain assets, thus you will gain assets.
But MSFT really should pay some dividends. It would increase the value of their stock, and set a new model that other tech companies would likely be unable to follow, lacking in cash as they are.
Study abroad if you can. You'll never get overseas for this long, or as cheaply.
Live on campus. You'll have better internet access and you won't have to worry about tons of bs.
Ignore that 'real world worries' stuff people are mentioning. If you want that sort of thinking, go to a tech school. Remember, you are there to learn how to think and how to learn. If you want to learn how to do something, attend a tech school.
Ironically, I counter this with 'get out of the room'. Attend parties. Rush a frat. Join clubs. This is networking, and if you are on slashdot, you probably aren't as good at this as you wish. This is an important skill, and it's the one you'll best be able to learn in college. It is applicable to almost any vocation you follow after school. (Retired Jedi knight, living in the Jundland Wastes being one of the few exceptions)
If you are having major trouble in a given course, pray it isn't your major. If it is, you probably chose poorly. (Maybe it's just me, but I did far better in classes in my final major than in prior one(s), figuring in difficulty and types of learning.)
Get to know your advisor. Choose a competent advisor.
Get drunk before going to college. Yes, some people go through college without drinking, but you and most others won't. Safer to get drunk and learn your limits at home than around those who may or may not call an ambulance when you OD.
You'd be the second person to suggest that. I'll give it a try next time.
Our current government believes in market control and power, but only when the markets do the right thing (line the coffers of giant corporations). When we peons don't get in line like we should, it's time to break out the new laws.
Analog/Digital converter, cable boxes, Satellite Boxes, have you not been reading the articles you guys have been posting? This will be a $50-$200 purchase, in 4-5 years, at that, and no replacement on analog sets is required.
Burn my karma, like I give a crap, but this is posted by Michael, the retarded editor.
See, he helps edit a successful site, that features people posting commentary. But, much like the RIAA doesn't want people to listen to its music, Michael doesn't like people posting to this board.
Actually, someone reminded me that the All-American was a little smaller than I remembered. In any event, it was just about the right size quite often.
But it's still possible that it was/is larger than the All-Canadian meal:)
_A_ court found it unconstitutional. Not _the_ Supreme Court of the US. It's a step forward for spammers and junk faxers, but it is far from the death knell for the law.
What worries me is that now that candidates for public office are spamming, it makes the 'free speech' argument a bit stronger. But it also ignores a few things.
First, fax machines are definately not a 'commons' in any sense of the word. By printing stuff on my fax machine, or sending spam to my server, they have committed a trespass.
Second, there is no possible way to rationally interpret the first amendment as granting the right of trespass. They can send junk email; my mailbox belongs to the federal gov't. But my fax machine is mine. Even if the line belongs to Verizon, the machine is mine. Similarly, even if the IP is only mine temporarily, the server is mine. Mine, mine, mine.
More stupid judges...
Or, instead of setting $PROJECT manually, have it exported from the shell script as well.
Good idea. (Yours, that is:)
Cool. My first ever first post.
Okay, okay, it doesn't count, since it is in an Ask Slashdot not linked to the front page. Still, it counts more than 'frost pist' in a journal entry.
I Am Not A Programmer, but how about this:
have home directories mounted on an NFS share. To test program foo at stage beta, login on machine as user 'betatester', wherein the appropriate environment already exists.
Put that NFS share into CVS, so that you can change it as needed. If multiple projects, add program name. So for two programs, foo and bar, and two stages, alpha and beta, you would have:
beta-foo
alpha-foo
beta-bar
alpha-bar
Not sure I even understood the question, but this might do it if my take is correct.
Oh, that's normal at 17. And at 57. But I am supposed to be happy and complacent now, damnit! :)
"There's yellow gold clogging my arteries"