Naw, if people were just *buying* more CDs, I am sure they would stock more. I don't think that GiantRetailCo stocks a certain item only because it has a better value proposition for a customer (and of course you are correct- they do offer more value). But DVDs are hotter than a pistol right now with people snapping up players (fastest adoption of an electronic media format *ever*), and frankly, the people that market movies are way smarter than the ones that market music.
BTW- did anyone read the latest Wired (print) on the music biz? If thier predictions were correct they'd be lucky to get only 6% decline. But then, take Wired predictions with a grain of salt, and have a laugh reading this chestnut: http://www.wired.com/wired/5.07/longboom.html
Dakota, I have read all 3 of your posts on this matter and all I can think of to ask you is: Do you just lay down and play dead on everything you have ever worked for or believe in?
Jim could take the high road and say, "allright, you could have been nicer saying it, but let's work together on this," and help establish trust.
For chissakes- establish TRUST? The guy put that work up for all to use for so long needs to be the one to establish trust? Open your eyes!
To note- I wasnt trying to parrot your joke, just run with it.:-) I see your OP has gone through the gamut of moderation since then- Moderation Totals: Offtopic=1, Troll=1, Funny=4, Overrated=2, Underrated=1, Total=9.
No matter where it ends up, you can say you have touched several people today in some small way!;-)
Diana Ross is on hiatus as leader since she was busted for DUI in Tuscon today. Sandra Day O'Conner has a swinging voice and knows all the lyrics so she's taking her place.
Based on your statement, is it fair to assume you have a sign like on a Greyhound bus that says not to talk to the driver while the vehicle is in motion?;-) Hehehe..
Seriously though, of course, paying attention to anything in addition to your driving when you are moving is hazardous. But you know that occasionally, you *will* have something else you are giving some attention to- talking to passenger, turning off Rush Limbaugh, scratching itchy balls, swatting an errant bee, whatever. You can't always have 100% attention to your driving no matter how much you try. I think laws trying to totally ban cell phone use in a car are way overboard. Ban CB and 2-way radios in cars then. "Must cleanse ourselves- save us from ourselves!"
I only agree if the cell user is not using a headset and using a phone with special hands free dialing features. Otherwise, we might as well ban conversation between 2 or more occupants of a car.
When America truly was a land of opportunity, there were periods where it was legal to shoot a guy so long as he drew first.
Oh really? You mean it was legal to do that when Andy Grove escaped Hungary when the Soviets ruled it and came to help found Intel? Or when a couple of high school punks ripping off Ma Bell jump started the personal computer industry a couple years later? You have a narrow view of what opportunity means.
Human rights have nothing to do with lands of opportunity.
Yeah, I guess no one should think about that shit. What an incredible inconvenience. Hell, Tibet didn't need all those monks, and big deal if before they were murdered they were forced to fuck nuns in the street at gunpoint beforehand. That could never happen again anyway.
As for pendulum swings. . . I think you're going to be upset with how things continue to disintegrate in the West. There is no return from where we're heading. Sorry. Face the truth and get yourself well placed, or continue to dream.
Wow- I didn't know crystal balls were real. Where'd ya get it? They do swing.
Actually, I did understand your point the first time. I just wanted to remind people of what they get themselves into before they leap. Don't think I hadn't thought of it as well before (several times), but I can't sacrifice certain ideals to the benefit such an odious system. I say it well knowing that so much stuff we have on the shelf was made in shitty and murky circumstances but people have to be reminded of certain things from time to time.
Bullshit. Every democratic republic swings a rights pendulum from time to time. The liberties infringed now will be corrected in time. China on the other hand is an authoritarian dictatorship with zero safeguards on personal freedoms.
I would say it's unlikely that anybody remembers anything from around age 3
I know others chimed in with similar experiences, so at the risk of being redundant, I know for a fact my earliest memory is from when I was 2 years old as my family did not live in the house it occured in after that. And I have many experiences from when I was 3 and 4, which occured in another unique home I lived in before I was 5.
I've recently started a new career that, thanks to the baby boom of the 40s and 50s, will guarantee me an increase in customers for the next 20 years until I can live on my earnings: Undertaker.
Look, the parent to my post implied it was an American problem that they run vehicles primarily on oil. Well, we all do, and automobile manufacturing is a multinational enterprise. Note too that power generation eats up quite a bit of oil as well. Everywhere.
Hey, anyone wanting to run Windowmaker (or Afterstep, or Enlightenment) should be tough enough to download and compile from source.:)
I agree though the further winnowing down of loadable window managers points to the possibility that there will be only one option on RH in the not too distant future.
Truth be told, RedHat sucked at integrating Window Maker anyway. There was little menu integration with apps you actually loaded. SuSE which still throws the kitchen sink at you handled the various WMs much better; YAST and YAST2 always did a decent job of updating the menus' app selections. With RedHat, if it wasn't Gnome you were using, chances are the apps named in a menu list were broken and you had to load the ones you wanted by hand.
Hear hear! I mean, really- the Germans, Japanese, British, French, Italians, etc., stopped using Oil in thier vehicles long ago! What has taken the Americans so long?
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Haha! Fair enough! :-) Let's say, few things roll out of the mouth with the same ease and power as a good 'fuck'! ;-)
Please. Don't sugar coat it for nerds. The word is 'fucked'.
Naw, if people were just *buying* more CDs, I am sure they would stock more. I don't think that GiantRetailCo stocks a certain item only because it has a better value proposition for a customer (and of course you are correct- they do offer more value). But DVDs are hotter than a pistol right now with people snapping up players (fastest adoption of an electronic media format *ever*), and frankly, the people that market movies are way smarter than the ones that market music.
BTW- did anyone read the latest Wired (print) on the music biz? If thier predictions were correct they'd be lucky to get only 6% decline. But then, take Wired predictions with a grain of salt, and have a laugh reading this chestnut:
http://www.wired.com/wired/5.07/longboom.html
Dakota, I have read all 3 of your posts on this matter and all I can think of to ask you is: Do you just lay down and play dead on everything you have ever worked for or believe in?
Jim could take the high road and say, "allright, you could have been nicer saying it, but let's work together on this," and help establish trust.
For chissakes- establish TRUST? The guy put that work up for all to use for so long needs to be the one to establish trust? Open your eyes!
Hoover can be used as a noun when discussing a female's ability to suc...
;-)
Nevermind.
"She's a Hoover!"
Ah.. doing a search at -1, I see an A/C posted something like this. So I'll bring it in at +2. Mod down as appropriate.
Wrong!
:-)
You can get 10,000 combinations. Don't forget 0000
I have a 1.2 gig disk you can have. But you have to pick it up yourself, I won't ship it. Price to you: $1.2
To note- I wasnt trying to parrot your joke, just run with it. :-) I see your OP has gone through the gamut of moderation since then-
;-)
Moderation Totals: Offtopic=1, Troll=1, Funny=4, Overrated=2, Underrated=1, Total=9.
No matter where it ends up, you can say you have touched several people today in some small way!
Ok, you guys have some good points. I will send the subject back to brain for further tests. :-)
Diana Ross is on hiatus as leader since she was busted for DUI in Tuscon today. Sandra Day O'Conner has a swinging voice and knows all the lyrics so she's taking her place.
Does that mean you wouldnt have use for these fine products? ;-)
;-) Hehehe..
Based on your statement, is it fair to assume you have a sign like on a Greyhound bus that says not to talk to the driver while the vehicle is in motion?
Seriously though, of course, paying attention to anything in addition to your driving when you are moving is hazardous. But you know that occasionally, you *will* have something else you are giving some attention to- talking to passenger, turning off Rush Limbaugh, scratching itchy balls, swatting an errant bee, whatever. You can't always have 100% attention to your driving no matter how much you try. I think laws trying to totally ban cell phone use in a car are way overboard. Ban CB and 2-way radios in cars then. "Must cleanse ourselves- save us from ourselves!"
I only agree if the cell user is not using a headset and using a phone with special hands free dialing features. Otherwise, we might as well ban conversation between 2 or more occupants of a car.
When America truly was a land of opportunity, there were periods where it was legal to shoot a guy so long as he drew first.
Oh really? You mean it was legal to do that when Andy Grove escaped Hungary when the Soviets ruled it and came to help found Intel? Or when a couple of high school punks ripping off Ma Bell jump started the personal computer industry a couple years later? You have a narrow view of what opportunity means.
Human rights have nothing to do with lands of opportunity.
Yeah, I guess no one should think about that shit. What an incredible inconvenience. Hell, Tibet didn't need all those monks, and big deal if before they were murdered they were forced to fuck nuns in the street at gunpoint beforehand. That could never happen again anyway.
As for pendulum swings. . . I think you're going to be upset with how things continue to disintegrate in the West. There is no return from where we're heading. Sorry. Face the truth and get yourself well placed, or continue to dream.
Wow- I didn't know crystal balls were real. Where'd ya get it? They do swing.
Actually, I did understand your point the first time. I just wanted to remind people of what they get themselves into before they leap. Don't think I hadn't thought of it as well before (several times), but I can't sacrifice certain ideals to the benefit such an odious system. I say it well knowing that so much stuff we have on the shelf was made in shitty and murky circumstances but people have to be reminded of certain things from time to time.
Bullshit. Every democratic republic swings a rights pendulum from time to time. The liberties infringed now will be corrected in time. China on the other hand is an authoritarian dictatorship with zero safeguards on personal freedoms.
China is the new America.
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Really?
http://iso.hrichina.org/iso/
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/hr_facts.html
http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/nasia/china/
http://www.hrw.org/asia/china.php
Or you could listen to the Chinese government propaganda...
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti
I would say it's unlikely that anybody remembers anything from around age 3
I know others chimed in with similar experiences, so at the risk of being redundant, I know for a fact my earliest memory is from when I was 2 years old as my family did not live in the house it occured in after that. And I have many experiences from when I was 3 and 4, which occured in another unique home I lived in before I was 5.
he advances in life extending advances
Wow- someone mark me redundant!
Of course I was kidding. I'm allergic to formaldehyde.
What if biotech found a way to extend age by 20 years?
;-)
Naw, everyone knows here in America we are too fat and that would negate the advances in life extending advances.
An inlaw of mine who is an MD intern says that H-1B's and the like are lowering doctor's wages.
Not to mention the loans that med students rack up. I have friends who have incurred over $150k in educational debt after they finished med school.
I've recently started a new career that, thanks to the baby boom of the 40s and 50s, will guarantee me an increase in customers for the next 20 years until I can live on my earnings: Undertaker.
Sort of related, this Star Trek TOS based film has been making the rounds the past few days:
http://homepage.mac.com/starshipexeter/
Apparently it was in production for 7 years and they have just released it.
Look, the parent to my post implied it was an American problem that they run vehicles primarily on oil. Well, we all do, and automobile manufacturing is a multinational enterprise. Note too that power generation eats up quite a bit of oil as well. Everywhere.
Hey, anyone wanting to run Windowmaker (or Afterstep, or Enlightenment) should be tough enough to download and compile from source. :)
I agree though the further winnowing down of loadable window managers points to the possibility that there will be only one option on RH in the not too distant future.
Truth be told, RedHat sucked at integrating Window Maker anyway. There was little menu integration with apps you actually loaded. SuSE which still throws the kitchen sink at you handled the various WMs much better; YAST and YAST2 always did a decent job of updating the menus' app selections. With RedHat, if it wasn't Gnome you were using, chances are the apps named in a menu list were broken and you had to load the ones you wanted by hand.
I still love Window Maker.
Hear hear! I mean, really- the Germans, Japanese, British, French, Italians, etc., stopped using Oil in thier vehicles long ago! What has taken the Americans so long?
Oh, wait. Nevermind.