...but Rick Berman and Brannon Braga need to die in order for Star Trek to recover from the horrible damage those two have inflicted upon it!
Let's have a series that allows viewers to see Kirk as an Ensign or a Lt, hearing about the Enterprise when it was captianed by Pike or April, and wishing he could some day be as cool as those guys...
The Aliens weren't trying to check out Roswell, they were homing in on signals they detected that were created by the first atomic explosion in White Sands, and just happened to crash (relatively) near by...
...any Mormon who has given any consideration to their faith has also invested serious effort in ignoring reality.
Quite the contrary. I entered this faith as a skeptic attempting to de-bunk it. I eventually reached a point where the only way I could deny its veracity would be to in fact deny reality.
Nevertheless, I completely understand how certain aspects of the religion can seem peculiar to those who have only a partial understanding of it.
Everything I've witnessed of Mormons makes me think that they're a little separate from reality.
I think your second post is much less of a cheap shot than your first:
Well, he is Mormon. He believes in magical underoos.
I think being a Mormon is going to improve anyone, but unfortunately for people like Daryl, giving lip service to a faith or creed will do little to change you into a saint from an asshole.
I will say this to those people out there who listen to music they download regularly and refuse to buy it: You're fucking it up for everyone. Those artists make music to make a living. Alot of work goes into it. When was the last time you worked for nothing? Why do you expect artists to work for nothing?
Seriously, people need to recognize when they're stealing. Artists deserve compensation if you're constantly listening to their work that has cost alot of money to produce, as well as their time and energy.
Not Stealing I disagree with your choice of words here in the context of copyright infringement. Stealing/theft is the act of removing something that an individual currently posesses, so that they no longer have access to or possession of it. Sharing music does not do this to the artist.
You can argue that it diminishes their future income potential, but I think you'll find even that argument has major obstacles to overcome.
I'm a big VH fan too, but never bought VH III, and burned a copy from a friend (I could have listened to the whole album at any record store, legally). After once through, the disc went in storage and stayed there for years. I never would have bought that album if I listened to it in the store, so I don't see how the RIAA could point to the copyright infringement of the bunrned disc as an example of lost revenue.
Now, recently, I got an ipod, and started loading all my mp3s on there, and listening to random shuffles of songs. I've caught myself liking songs I didn't recognize, and lo and behold, they're off of VH III. Here's an example of how an 'unauthorized' copy is actually helping the band.
It's not like any radio stations are playing songs from that disc. Without my copy of the album sitting in my collection, I'd still be walking around discouraging my friends from checking it out.
Deserved Compensation Do Artists deserve to get paid for their music? Sure they do. But don't forget that when you're 'stealing' music/$ by not buying a disc, you're mostly stealing from the recording companies, not the artists (who only see a fraction of the money from each sale of CD). How do most artists make a living these days? Touring, live performances, merchandise, clinics, interviews,... all things that are in fact aided and supported by people listening to their music, whether or not the music was paid for by the listener.
Anyway, from one VH fan to another, I agree with your original point that mp3s help you avoid wasting money on crap. I just take issue with the notion that sharing music hurts artists.
The threat to me, at least, is that the disease is still very much not understood. There is no good way of early diagnosis. That coupled with the fact that a large proportion of the world's population has been eating meat from cattle that have had their diets artificially altered, leaves a lot of room for one to conceive that there may be millions of latent, as-yet-undiagnosed cases of vCJ Disease out there.
I think it's time to re-examine the whole concept of copyright and intellectual property. Unless it can be proven that a person or business is profiting from copyright infringement, and that those profits are having a direct negative impact on the IP owner's ability to gain from their work, then I don't see why we should not let people share information (including music), and encourage businesses and aritists to find other ways to make a living from art, ie: performances, merchandise, etc..
But, it's not like Bush or even Cheney think they need to swing through the state to lock it in... Hatch on the other hand, may just get the boot if he keeps being a bone head!
It's not censorship if you have another, legal means of expressing your opinion/work of art/etc...
Dreyfuss is pissed that his labor of love won't be shown to the masses in it's 'pristine' form; so what does he do? He cries 'censorship!'
"Help! Help! I'm being oppressed! The big evil government won't let me say 'fuck, shit, or blow-job' on the same channel that kids watch Sesseme Street on!!"
Dude, that's why we have HBO, Showtime, and dozens of other channels on cable/sat tv. Go show your freak show there.
I would never claim to be an expert on gender differences/stereotypes in the workplace, but I can offer what I've seen over the last 15yrs...
Is it chauvinistic to assert that women and men think differently? Of course there will always be exceptions. I'm not even talking about intelligence, or problem-solving capacity; I haven't seen any evidence that there's a gender difference in these regards. I'm speaking to the way people communicate, and read each other. Interpersonal relations, if you will.
Nor am I attempting to make a qualitative assessment of either gender's capacity in relating to those around them. I'm just saying, men and women's brains are wired differently, and when a man says or does something, it has a high potential to be misinterpreted by a woman. Likewise, a woman will often do or say something that has an intended meaning, which in turn is completely missed by the man.
This necessarily impacts the workplace when men and women work together; more so when one is a subordinate.
When you interview your next boss, ask yourself a question: "How well do I communicate with members of the opposite sex? Will my future boss' gender have a net positive or negative effect on my day to day work?"
If your experience is similar to mine, you will come to the conclusion that it is often more efficient to work with people who you understand best, and who best understand you. In my case, members of the opposite sex are at a definite disadvantage in this regard.
This friend of mine got Velvet Revolver songs off p2p networks a week ago. If the protected CDs are not worth buying because they won't play, there's always the net...
Slashdot Mirror
...but Rick Berman and Brannon Braga need to die in order for Star Trek to recover from the horrible damage those two have inflicted upon it!
Let's have a series that allows viewers to see Kirk as an Ensign or a Lt, hearing about the Enterprise when it was captianed by Pike or April, and wishing he could some day be as cool as those guys...
Or,
One can talk to God as long as he wants, it's when he thinks he is the *only one* God answers is where the problems start...
When politicians and political parties can be bought and run by corporations, then:
pollitical speech == commercial speech.
I thought the same thing about Doom3 - it's "Ad-ready"; all they need to do is sell the slots on those drink machines to someone...
:30 second spot before advancing to the next level... eew.
More anoyning would be cut scenes that included un-skipable "scenes" that plugged someone's product (completely un-related to the game).
Or having to watch a
The Aliens weren't trying to check out Roswell, they were homing in on signals they detected that were created by the first atomic explosion in White Sands, and just happened to crash (relatively) near by...
Nice sack^H^H^H^H UID man!...
But, have you ever been to a Turkish Bath? :-P
What exactly *can't* a Macintosh do?
Play Doom 3.
The 5150 is the preferred laptop of Edward Van Halen!
Rock on!
Wayne
K Tarbox: "It's Mine! It's Mine! It's Mine! It's Mine! It's Mine!"
/kicks K Jones in the shins...
...any Mormon who has given any consideration to their faith has also invested serious effort in ignoring reality.
Quite the contrary. I entered this faith as a skeptic attempting to de-bunk it. I eventually reached a point where the only way I could deny its veracity would be to in fact deny reality.
Nevertheless, I completely understand how certain aspects of the religion can seem peculiar to those who have only a partial understanding of it.
"Don you tell me to f**k!"
Everything I've witnessed of Mormons makes me think that they're a little separate from reality.
I think your second post is much less of a cheap shot than your first:
Well, he is Mormon. He believes in magical underoos.
I think being a Mormon is going to improve anyone, but unfortunately for people like Daryl, giving lip service to a faith or creed will do little to change you into a saint from an asshole.
I will say this to those people out there who listen to music they download regularly and refuse to buy it: You're fucking it up for everyone. Those artists make music to make a living. Alot of work goes into it. When was the last time you worked for nothing? Why do you expect artists to work for nothing?
... all things that are in fact aided and supported by people listening to their music, whether or not the music was paid for by the listener.
Seriously, people need to recognize when they're stealing. Artists deserve compensation if you're constantly listening to their work that has cost alot of money to produce, as well as their time and energy.
Not Stealing
I disagree with your choice of words here in the context of copyright infringement. Stealing/theft is the act of removing something that an individual currently posesses, so that they no longer have access to or possession of it. Sharing music does not do this to the artist.
You can argue that it diminishes their future income potential, but I think you'll find even that argument has major obstacles to overcome.
I'm a big VH fan too, but never bought VH III, and burned a copy from a friend (I could have listened to the whole album at any record store, legally). After once through, the disc went in storage and stayed there for years. I never would have bought that album if I listened to it in the store, so I don't see how the RIAA could point to the copyright infringement of the bunrned disc as an example of lost revenue.
Now, recently, I got an ipod, and started loading all my mp3s on there, and listening to random shuffles of songs. I've caught myself liking songs I didn't recognize, and lo and behold, they're off of VH III. Here's an example of how an 'unauthorized' copy is actually helping the band.
It's not like any radio stations are playing songs from that disc. Without my copy of the album sitting in my collection, I'd still be walking around discouraging my friends from checking it out.
Deserved Compensation
Do Artists deserve to get paid for their music? Sure they do. But don't forget that when you're 'stealing' music/$ by not buying a disc, you're mostly stealing from the recording companies, not the artists (who only see a fraction of the money from each sale of CD). How do most artists make a living these days? Touring, live performances, merchandise, clinics, interviews,
Anyway, from one VH fan to another, I agree with your original point that mp3s help you avoid wasting money on crap. I just take issue with the notion that sharing music hurts artists.
Peace!
The threat to me, at least, is that the disease is still very much not understood. There is no good way of early diagnosis. That coupled with the fact that a large proportion of the world's population has been eating meat from cattle that have had their diets artificially altered, leaves a lot of room for one to conceive that there may be millions of latent, as-yet-undiagnosed cases of vCJ Disease out there.
I think it's time to re-examine the whole concept of copyright and intellectual property. Unless it can be proven that a person or business is profiting from copyright infringement, and that those profits are having a direct negative impact on the IP owner's ability to gain from their work, then I don't see why we should not let people share information (including music), and encourage businesses and aritists to find other ways to make a living from art, ie: performances, merchandise, etc..
And blinking!
Sweeeeeet!
Go natural!
Yeah, it is a very Republican state, but not as bad as many think:
Jim Matheson - Congressman
Bill Orton - Former Congressman (3rd Dist, no less!)
Scott Matheson - Former Govenor
But, it's not like Bush or even Cheney think they need to swing through the state to lock it in... Hatch on the other hand, may just get the boot if he keeps being a bone head!
Hey, do you write for "5 Minute Trek?"
It's not censorship if you have another, legal means of expressing your opinion/work of art/etc...
Dreyfuss is pissed that his labor of love won't be shown to the masses in it's 'pristine' form; so what does he do? He cries 'censorship!'
"Help! Help! I'm being oppressed! The big evil government won't let me say 'fuck, shit, or blow-job' on the same channel that kids watch Sesseme Street on!!"
Dude, that's why we have HBO, Showtime, and dozens of other channels on cable/sat tv. Go show your freak show there.
Nothing to see here.... move along....
I would never claim to be an expert on gender differences/stereotypes in the workplace, but I can offer what I've seen over the last 15yrs...
Is it chauvinistic to assert that women and men think differently? Of course there will always be exceptions. I'm not even talking about intelligence, or problem-solving capacity; I haven't seen any evidence that there's a gender difference in these regards. I'm speaking to the way people communicate, and read each other. Interpersonal relations, if you will.
Nor am I attempting to make a qualitative assessment of either gender's capacity in relating to those around them. I'm just saying, men and women's brains are wired differently, and when a man says or does something, it has a high potential to be misinterpreted by a woman. Likewise, a woman will often do or say something that has an intended meaning, which in turn is completely missed by the man.
This necessarily impacts the workplace when men and women work together; more so when one is a subordinate.
When you interview your next boss, ask yourself a question: "How well do I communicate with members of the opposite sex? Will my future boss' gender have a net positive or negative effect on my day to day work?"
If your experience is similar to mine, you will come to the conclusion that it is often more efficient to work with people who you understand best, and who best understand you. In my case, members of the opposite sex are at a definite disadvantage in this regard.
This friend of mine got Velvet Revolver songs off p2p networks a week ago. If the protected CDs are not worth buying because they won't play, there's always the net...
...oh wait, that keeps me off Window *ledges*...