Up here in Canada, Best Buy (and their twin sister chain Future Shop) have already partnered with Puretracks.com to offer the d/l of tunes starting at 99c each.
I wonder if this deal affects this Canadian deal? I also wonder if it will include anything outside of WMA files, which is the only format that the Puretracks deal provides?
I agree about mismanagement of content. I was responsible for the development of a spiffy website for a telecom equipment company until i was laid off a year ago. i've taken a look at my handiwork every once in a while to see what's been happening since, only to find that not much has happened at all because the news is still the same as when i left. how sad.
It goes without saying that for job security, the public sector is the best. The variety of positions available within the public sector is also much better.
However, the stereotype is that a job in the public sector is mundane.
After many years of working in the private sector, I am now working at Health Canada in the development of a public health surveillance system. I went in with apprehension because I had heard so many stories of public servants sitting around their desks doing nothing - not my cup of tea. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the group I'm in was very sharp and very professional. No two hour lunches and half hour coffee breaks here.
I started wondering why and began to realize the reason behind it all. Given that there have been many layoffs in the private sector, the public one has benefitted greatly from the pool of talent that has been made available. These people have brought with them skills and a level of professionalism that has changed many government departments for the better.
Note, however, that this hasn't applied to all departments. I guess I'm just one of the lucky ones.:-)
I went to the NMSTC recently with my brother-in-law who's all of 11 years old. As we breezed by the computing section, the only thing that we found at all interesting was the vintage computer section. He wasn't at all interested in the silly kids section where they had a bunch of PCs with crap software and limited Internet access. Nope, this kid loved seeing the Altair, the USAF comp, and an old DEC. Hell, the old Mac Plus that they had would have been vintage to him.
You're so right about how poorly done the computing section is at the NMSTC. For a museum that purports to be all about science and technology, it's rather slow in getting anything up to date...I still see things there that I saw when I was 11 (and that was a long long time ago).
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...if Ballmer worked for a company that specialized in nitrogen.
"Kids, you're banned from using oxygen!"
Okay, that was lame.
I didn't realize that the 80s band behind the classic Enola Gay is now involved with advertising...
...to write a book for the George Costanzas of the world.
Up here in Canada, Best Buy (and their twin sister chain Future Shop) have already partnered with Puretracks.com to offer the d/l of tunes starting at 99c each.
I wonder if this deal affects this Canadian deal? I also wonder if it will include anything outside of WMA files, which is the only format that the Puretracks deal provides?
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/LOOFLIRPA/igrill.sh tml
the bold part of the URL (emphasized by me) read backwards should tell you the nature of this story.
Apparently, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool "reports" that the rumour is simply a rumour.
I agree about mismanagement of content. I was responsible for the development of a spiffy website for a telecom equipment company until i was laid off a year ago. i've taken a look at my handiwork every once in a while to see what's been happening since, only to find that not much has happened at all because the news is still the same as when i left. how sad.
...I'd rather watch porn on IMAX. It would certainly be an *educational* experience.
It goes without saying that for job security, the public sector is the best. The variety of positions available within the public sector is also much better.
:-)
However, the stereotype is that a job in the public sector is mundane.
After many years of working in the private sector, I am now working at Health Canada in the development of a public health surveillance system. I went in with apprehension because I had heard so many stories of public servants sitting around their desks doing nothing - not my cup of tea. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the group I'm in was very sharp and very professional. No two hour lunches and half hour coffee breaks here.
I started wondering why and began to realize the reason behind it all. Given that there have been many layoffs in the private sector, the public one has benefitted greatly from the pool of talent that has been made available. These people have brought with them skills and a level of professionalism that has changed many government departments for the better.
Note, however, that this hasn't applied to all departments. I guess I'm just one of the lucky ones.
I went to the NMSTC recently with my brother-in-law who's all of 11 years old. As we breezed by the computing section, the only thing that we found at all interesting was the vintage computer section. He wasn't at all interested in the silly kids section where they had a bunch of PCs with crap software and limited Internet access. Nope, this kid loved seeing the Altair, the USAF comp, and an old DEC. Hell, the old Mac Plus that they had would have been vintage to him.
You're so right about how poorly done the computing section is at the NMSTC. For a museum that purports to be all about science and technology, it's rather slow in getting anything up to date...I still see things there that I saw when I was 11 (and that was a long long time ago).