I have belonged to a union for 19 years and have never seen or done anything illegal. Bad mouth them if you will, but please don't spread lies. For all their faults, Unions are what make the middle class viable in our country.
However, there are those of us who have to work on-site. We don't work in climate controlled offices and bringing our kids to work would be dangerous for them.
Many middle class people work for employers who offer no childcare options, to assume that your fringe benefits are commonplace is a mistake.
Obviously you haven't ever tried to install Java on GNU/Linux running on anything else that an x86. The real reason is that as long as Java license is so restritive as to only allow it to be distributed as binary only, it will suck using it on other archs...funny since it was promised as the solution...remember "write once, run anywhere"?
That "bonehead" has a valid complaint about the fact that this distribution license *still* sucks. Wrap Java in whatever new clothes you want, but as long as it is binary only, GNU/Linux alternative archs like powerpc/arm/sparc will be essentially unsupported. As such I will never be interested in using it either.
Seniority? Funny. I am 28 years old and supervise men and women most of them 40 to 50+. Some of what you say may be true, but i would wager that you do not *really* know of what you speak from personal experience.
Good point. That was my fault, I should have chosen that word more carefully. But the article from the Daily Star does make that point in an interview with an IT employer.
But then again, many workers who were supposedly guaranteed overtime under the old law, were denied proper compensation. And trust me, appealing that to the National Labor Relations Board is not fun.
Just to throw my personal perspective into the mix. I am also a salaried employee and currently, I *do* get overtime. I have a union contract that defines many conditions where I am paid OT as a supervisor. I work past those limits, I get an extra 1/6th of my salary (our work week is defined as a 6 day week).
The men and women who I supervise are hourly get ~$30/hour and get OT as well.
I mean Gaim is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks. It is good, has more features than the *real* software and it is Free.
This could be the start of something similar. Who cares how I interface to ITMS, either through their proprietary interface or a perl script, as long as I pay apple for the service?
Additionally here's a link to the Consensus Plan [consensusplan.org] which is supported by emergency first responders to eliminate interference.
The registrant of the domian CONSENSUSPLAN.ORG is:
Westhill Technologies. They seem to specialize in Public Policy and Issues Advocacy Campaigns...From their site:
When a large consumer products company was looking for help in advancing its ambitious, multi-pronged external communications agenda, they turned to Westhill Partners for help on two fronts:
*Advice and support in reaching influential media in order to frame public policy debates on critical issues
*Framing issues and influencing debate to create an environment favorable to desired regulatory and legislative outcomes.
Sounds fishy to me. Might want to check out their clients list maybe there is a clue...Oh look, a Nextel logo.
Actually, the point is that lossy format to non-Lossy media to lossy format = really bad sounding music.
Look. You have a right to pay Apple and the RIAA for their lossy product, and think you came out on top. But don't deride people for objecting to submit to this idea on the precept that it does not matter because the majority has spoken.
My "golden ears" can tell a difference...but that is probably because I got replaced those iPod ear buds that sound like shit to me, but not for 99.99% of the PodPeople.
That is exactly the response I got from my friendly WNYC contact. I am very happy with your well measured comment and fully understand the pitfalls of attempting to appease a diverse consumer base (and one that is ideologically charged). If anything this dialog with Public Radio has made me realize how hard NPR works to respond to its listeners concerns.
Thats funny...I recently wrote a letter to WNYC regarding their choice of the MP3 format for their streaming audio. I would like to know how others feel about this....
As an avid WNYC listener and member, I applaud the choice to move away from Windows Media format. However, MP3 is a patented format that is not Free (as in Freedom). I am sure that I am in the minority here, but I can't help but feel that in some way I am being slighted. In my opinion, the principles involved in my choice to use Free Software on my computer are much akin to the reasons I choose to listen to Public Radio.
"A license is needed for commercial (i.e., revenue-generating) use of mp3/mp3PRO in broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via Internet, intranets and/or other networks), other content distribution systems (pay-audio or audio-on-demand applications and the like) or for use of mp3/mp3PRO on physical media (compact discs, digital versatile discs, semiconductor chips, hard drives, memory cards and the like)."
"However, no license is needed for private, non-commercial activities (e.g., home-entertainment, receiving broadcasts and creating a personal music library), not generating revenue or other consideration of any kind or for entities with an annual gross revenue less than US$ 100 000.00."
How does this apply to WNYC? I for one prefer not to have my contributions to be used to pay support this kind of thing, when it is against my social and political ideals. Especially when there are free (as in beer and speech) alternatives such as the Xiph project.
It is my hope to not second guess the current decision to standardize on MP3, but to perhaps begin a dialogue for openness in media formats in the future of public radio. For now I can live with MP3. I will have to compromise and add non-free software to my computer, for now.
Funny. I installed Debian Stable on my Apple Powerbook in about an hour. Then I changed my apt sources to unstable and ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" and had a nice current Debian Sid install in a few hours. Then I configured, compiled and dropped in my 2.6.4 kernel...Got Mac OS X running in Mac-on-Linux...Not hard really. But with Redhat I bet it would have been a nightmare.
Today, I saw three Mac OS X gurus unable to connect to a nwtwork printer. They knew the ip and the printer type, but they finally gave up and had to call IT for support.
Meanwhile, I directed my browser to CUPS and setup that printer on my Debian Powerbook, with no problems. Then I did it again in my Mac-on-Linux.
The problem isn't interface...its the inability of some people to understand how computers work. And pretty UI's don't fix that.
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I have belonged to a union for 19 years and have never seen or done anything illegal. Bad mouth them if you will, but please don't spread lies. For all their faults, Unions are what make the middle class viable in our country.
However, there are those of us who have to work on-site. We don't work in climate controlled offices and bringing our kids to work would be dangerous for them.
Many middle class people work for employers who offer no childcare options, to assume that your fringe benefits are commonplace is a mistake.
Obviously you haven't ever tried to install Java on GNU/Linux running on anything else that an x86. The real reason is that as long as Java license is so restritive as to only allow it to be distributed as binary only, it will suck using it on other archs...funny since it was promised as the solution...remember "write once, run anywhere"?
That "bonehead" has a valid complaint about the fact that this distribution license *still* sucks. Wrap Java in whatever new clothes you want, but as long as it is binary only, GNU/Linux alternative archs like powerpc/arm/sparc will be essentially unsupported. As such I will never be interested in using it either.
I have one question. How are you planning to retire?
Here is a bit of speculation. One guess and two don't count.
Comparing the MINIX kernel to the Linux kernel is like comparing a microkernel to a monolithic one...Hey wait a minute!
Seniority? Funny. I am 28 years old and supervise men and women most of them 40 to 50+. Some of what you say may be true, but i would wager that you do not *really* know of what you speak from personal experience.
Good point. That was my fault, I should have chosen that word more carefully. But the article from the Daily Star does make that point in an interview with an IT employer.
But then again, many workers who were supposedly guaranteed overtime under the old law, were denied proper compensation. And trust me, appealing that to the National Labor Relations Board is not fun.
Just to throw my personal perspective into the mix. I am also a salaried employee and currently, I *do* get overtime. I have a union contract that defines many conditions where I am paid OT as a supervisor. I work past those limits, I get an extra 1/6th of my salary (our work week is defined as a 6 day week).
The men and women who I supervise are hourly get ~$30/hour and get OT as well.
In closing: IMHO Unions are good.
Tensions are going to mount between HPBs vs LPBs.
Someone will invariably call someone else a wall hacker...Then all hell will break loose.
I mean Gaim is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks. It is good, has more features than the *real* software and it is Free. This could be the start of something similar. Who cares how I interface to ITMS, either through their proprietary interface or a perl script, as long as I pay apple for the service?
The registrant of the domian CONSENSUSPLAN.ORG is: Westhill Technologies. They seem to specialize in Public Policy and Issues Advocacy Campaigns...From their site:
Sounds fishy to me. Might want to check out their clients list maybe there is a clue...Oh look, a Nextel logo.Many have been using the "iTunes is selling imperfect lossy product" for awhile now.
Also, Ogg Vorbis is lossy. But Ogg FLAC is not. There is a difference.
I would never use ITMS, what I do is:
* Buy CD
* Rip using Flac
* Encode to Ogg
* Play on Karma
No DRM. Plenty of Fair Use. I even get to keep the songs I paid for if the original CD gets trashed, which happens often.
What I do is:
* Buy CD
* Rip using Flac
* Encode to Ogg
* Play on Karma
No DRM. Plenty of Fair Use. I even get to keep the songs I paid for if the original CD gets trashed.
He is not ignoring DMCA. He is questioning if it would stand up in court.
Actually, the point is that lossy format to non-Lossy media to lossy format = really bad sounding music.
Look. You have a right to pay Apple and the RIAA for their lossy product, and think you came out on top. But don't deride people for objecting to submit to this idea on the precept that it does not matter because the majority has spoken.
My "golden ears" can tell a difference...but that is probably because I got replaced those iPod ear buds that sound like shit to me, but not for 99.99% of the PodPeople.
That is exactly the response I got from my friendly WNYC contact. I am very happy with your well measured comment and fully understand the pitfalls of attempting to appease a diverse consumer base (and one that is ideologically charged). If anything this dialog with Public Radio has made me realize how hard NPR works to respond to its listeners concerns.
Uhh...dude...I was just making a suggestion. I really did not mean to upset you.
And just to be clear, I am not a Libertarian. And unlike some people, I don't think everyone should think like me.
Actually...MP3 is not a de facto standard. It is a legit ISO standard.
As an avid WNYC listener and member, I applaud the choice to move away from Windows Media format. However, MP3 is a patented format that is not Free (as in Freedom). I am sure that I am in the minority here, but I can't help but feel that in some way I am being slighted. In my opinion, the principles involved in my choice to use Free Software on my computer are much akin to the reasons I choose to listen to Public Radio.
mp3licensing.com states:
"A license is needed for commercial (i.e., revenue-generating) use of mp3/mp3PRO in broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via Internet, intranets and/or other networks), other content distribution systems (pay-audio or audio-on-demand applications and the like) or for use of mp3/mp3PRO on physical media (compact discs, digital versatile discs, semiconductor chips, hard drives, memory cards and the like)."
"However, no license is needed for private, non-commercial activities (e.g., home-entertainment, receiving broadcasts and creating a personal music library), not generating revenue or other consideration of any kind or for entities with an annual gross revenue less than US$ 100 000.00."
How does this apply to WNYC? I for one prefer not to have my contributions to be used to pay support this kind of thing, when it is against my social and political ideals. Especially when there are free (as in beer and speech) alternatives such as the Xiph project.
It is my hope to not second guess the current decision to standardize on MP3, but to perhaps begin a dialogue for openness in media formats in the future of public radio. For now I can live with MP3. I will have to compromise and add non-free software to my computer, for now.
Funny. I installed Debian Stable on my Apple Powerbook in about an hour. Then I changed my apt sources to unstable and ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" and had a nice current Debian Sid install in a few hours. Then I configured, compiled and dropped in my 2.6.4 kernel...Got Mac OS X running in Mac-on-Linux...Not hard really. But with Redhat I bet it would have been a nightmare.
Today, I saw three Mac OS X gurus unable to connect to a nwtwork printer. They knew the ip and the printer type, but they finally gave up and had to call IT for support.
Meanwhile, I directed my browser to CUPS and setup that printer on my Debian Powerbook, with no problems. Then I did it again in my Mac-on-Linux.
The problem isn't interface...its the inability of some people to understand how computers work. And pretty UI's don't fix that.
I hear you there. Why I would love for 2.6 to make Sarge, what I really want is 2.6 in unstable.
I am watching the status of the packages in experemental hoping the packages may go into unstable soon...
Gnome slower than KDE...Well that's a first.