Everyone is in trouble if that is true (including me!) because 80% of the songs that people listen to are simple stuff like G C D Em (just in a different key). Sure, there are some others but it's not as catchy to people for some reason. Pick up a guitar, and you'll find you can play WAY TOO MANY SONGS by knowing 4 chords.
So if there is not "fair use" of melodies and "bass lines" then every musican is in trouble. There are only so many!
For some reason I've always enjoyed playing (even to this day) Chronotrigger and Final Fantasy 3. The music is incredible (especially for SNES!), and the story lines are well-thought out. I still have Snes9x so I can play Chronotrigger. It's great for reliving stress and just to get away sometimes. You don't find those kind of games anymore (IMHO).
While the form factor on these boards are great, one gives up a lot in the way of ability to upgrade, since many parts are now soldered onto the motherboard.
Doesn't anyone else remember those horrible Packard Bell and Wang (haha) computers that soldered most of their parts to the motherboard? It was not something good, and we all hated it. I just hope it doesn't become a trend again, because I won't buy it (quite literally!).
Those "little pc's" would be great for a bunch of dedicated servers in a compact space... I wonder if one could remove the CD drive and put a notebook HD in? That would be perfect...
I have noticed this in the past when dealing with Amazon. I did quite a few check-ups on the people doing the "this is great blah blah blah" reviews and almost inevitably they worked for the company of the product I was looking at. So I'm not sure if it is Amazon as much as the individual companies. At least, that was my experience.;)
"I belong to the Online News Association, Internet Press Guild, and Society of Professional Journalists, in case that matters to anyone. I am an excellent copy editor and proofreader, and I could easily edit CmdrTaco's and Hemos's writing into Perfect English, but I like them both just as they are. Indeed, I believe their (as I often call it) "unique approach to the English language" is partially responsible for Slashdot's success. (More on that in my book.)"
"When they told me not to spray those CFC's, I knew they were just full of it. I helped save millions of dollars in transit for foreign countries! They should pay me money or something because of how much I saved them...":sigh:
I really wonder how many lawsuits like this will actually happen.
Actually, just having a phone ring doesn't charge the person even a nickel, it's only when a person accepts a call does the cellular carrier charge for the call (even on roam).
So, bring on the "music"! I bet this could be done on a streetcorner or something and it would freak some people out.
I agree in one sense, people are always going to be primarily people. But at work, you are being paid to do work for that company. I am not against a company giving employees time on the internet--actually I would encourage employers to do so. It is just the "me me me" attitude of America which sickens me. I am arguing against the right to use the internet freely at work. It should not be a right, but rather a privledge if the employer should chose to give it.
For goodness sakes' people--your at work. Your not getting paid to check your email or surf for personal pleasure. Your getting paid to work for the company. It is also the companies connection, so they should be able to make those restrictions if they so choose. I don't understand why people get so up in arms about this.
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Then when Apple becomes a monopoly, we will all switch to Windows 2015PROXP+ becuase we want to kill the big mean Apple monopoly!
Dang.
Everyone is in trouble if that is true (including me!) because 80% of the songs that people listen to are simple stuff like G C D Em (just in a different key). Sure, there are some others but it's not as catchy to people for some reason. Pick up a guitar, and you'll find you can play WAY TOO MANY SONGS by knowing 4 chords.
So if there is not "fair use" of melodies and "bass lines" then every musican is in trouble. There are only so many!
For some reason I've always enjoyed playing (even to this day) Chronotrigger and Final Fantasy 3. The music is incredible (especially for SNES!), and the story lines are well-thought out. I still have Snes9x so I can play Chronotrigger. It's great for reliving stress and just to get away sometimes. You don't find those kind of games anymore (IMHO).
While the form factor on these boards are great, one gives up a lot in the way of ability to upgrade, since many parts are now soldered onto the motherboard.
Doesn't anyone else remember those horrible Packard Bell and Wang (haha) computers that soldered most of their parts to the motherboard? It was not something good, and we all hated it. I just hope it doesn't become a trend again, because I won't buy it (quite literally!).
Interesting chat about all of this in their fourm, including some talk about the DNS being changed back and forth. Worth a read..
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http://66.201.243.170/forums/showthread.php?s=0
I am proud to say I just did my part in making the world a MUCH better place.
You mean use living, breathing, cells as slaves for humanity? May it never be! They are our friends, our ancestors! Save the bacteria!!
*sigh* People like that give me the creeps.
Those "little pc's" would be great for a bunch of dedicated servers in a compact space... I wonder if one could remove the CD drive and put a notebook HD in? That would be perfect...
I have noticed this in the past when dealing with Amazon. I did quite a few check-ups on the people doing the "this is great blah blah blah" reviews and almost inevitably they worked for the company of the product I was looking at. So I'm not sure if it is Amazon as much as the individual companies. At least, that was my experience. ;)
At Rob's site, he says:
"I belong to the Online News Association, Internet Press Guild, and Society of Professional Journalists, in case that matters to anyone. I am an excellent copy editor and proofreader, and I could easily edit CmdrTaco's and Hemos's writing into Perfect English, but I like them both just as they are. Indeed, I believe their (as I often call it) "unique approach to the English language" is partially responsible for Slashdot's success. (More on that in my book.)"
Whatever.
"When they told me not to spray those CFC's, I knew they were just full of it. I helped save millions of dollars in transit for foreign countries! They should pay me money or something because of how much I saved them..." :sigh:
I really wonder how many lawsuits like this will actually happen.
Actually, just having a phone ring doesn't charge the person even a nickel, it's only when a person accepts a call does the cellular carrier charge for the call (even on roam).
So, bring on the "music"! I bet this could be done on a streetcorner or something and it would freak some people out.
It isn't coming up in my part of town, anyway. That's right folks, why stop at America, let's take over the danish world!
I agree in one sense, people are always going to be primarily people. But at work, you are being paid to do work for that company. I am not against a company giving employees time on the internet--actually I would encourage employers to do so. It is just the "me me me" attitude of America which sickens me. I am arguing against the right to use the internet freely at work. It should not be a right, but rather a privledge if the employer should chose to give it.
For goodness sakes' people--your at work. Your not getting paid to check your email or surf for personal pleasure. Your getting paid to work for the company. It is also the companies connection, so they should be able to make those restrictions if they so choose. I don't understand why people get so up in arms about this.