You could always download it for 0 pounds and get the link, and then wait and see if a charge showed up on your credit card. If not, you could still go on there any pay them later if you feel so inclined.
We'd be a lot better off if we blew up all the email servers, and put all of the energy and cost savings into developing encrypted telepathy. You think I'm kidding.
Woah, how did you know what I was thinking? Wait a minute!!!!
What if you smartly purchase a safe for your important documents, only to discover too late that the casing is made of Ritz crackers?
Is there some sort of protection against backing up and safely storing data that is really lame and nobody gives a shit about?
Let's just say that our backup methodology is completely sound; what if it turns out that everything is merely being simulated inside the Matrix, and the evil machine overlords don't bother to back up our entire universe?
People spend time (and sometimes money) for these "clever" and funny ringtones, which they then proceed to have to frantically and often embarrassedly shut off ASAP 95% of the time, because they are in a classroom, library, restaurant, movie theater, business meeting, etc.
Well, in that case, even if there is some song that has been out of print for over 30 years, and isn't being released by the record company who owns the rights... you still might be able to purchase the publishing rights to the song. Or, if they aren't willing to sell it to you, you could always buy the company. Sure, it wouldn't be easy, but it would be legitimate.
(Take this comment with the seriousness it deserves.)
I don't know, I think he ran on the record of fighting for the country, being there in Vietnam firsthand, and therefore really knowing what he was getting our troops into, which doesn't contradict with thinking that the Vietnam War needed to end and was a big mistake.
But how about we just agree that John Kerry was a douche.
I'd rather that we start making Spanish mandatory from about 3rd grade on. It would be useful on so many levels.
(Kids learn a valuable second language before the window of strong language acquisition has shut. Suddenly the number 1 and 2 languages are spoken by all. And Americans might just gain a better understanding of Latin culture in the process.)
Hey, there are some of us here in the US who can't figure out why our bills look 100 years older than the rest of the world. Maybe as the value of our money continues to plummet we will no longer allow pride over the "Greenback" to inhibit the natural evolution of our notes.
Sorry, that was just a lame attempt at a joke. The way you said it made it sound like you were much older than him-- if only you were his age again and had that same drive. Ah well, sometimes a joke just plain bombs.
This is a bit off-topic, but I still find it so strange (and perhaps somehow so American?) that we use the phrase "has the midas touch" as if that is a good thing. The touch of King Midas was a curse, brought about by his shortsighted greed. It's funny that people would hear that story and its tragic outcome and then say, "so, everything turned to gold then? Awesome!!!!" It's kind of like RTFMyth on a national scale.
I actually did discuss the issues in disbelief with the guy training me, and people seemed very uninterested. This was viewed as something that had to be done that nobody else wanted to have anything to do with. In any case, your point is good, which is that there were potentially options besides quitting, which is definitely true. The underlying message we have in common, I think, is that the one thing *not* to do is just to "go with it" and assume that just following orders will be fine.
I took on an internship at about that age at one of the world's largest packaged foods companies, where I thought I would be maintaining some data on spreadsheets. That turned out to be true, but more specifically, it was vital contact info, security measures, and dozens of other related bits of info in order to comply with a post-9/11 bioterrorism regulations. I was to call these hundreds of different processing plants and make sure the info was less than three months old. I would be the one and only person in charge of this information for the entire company.
When I inherited the info, I saw that it was already quite behind and out-of-date (and I also noticed that there was an error in the 30+ part questionnaire being used where the numbers were off, so all the data on the spreadsheet was potentially wrong). I envisioned headlines such as this, only with some sort of food contamination disaster or plant explosion, and my photo with the caption "Didn't maintain bioterrorism database".
I got the hell out of there immediately. In my opinion, the fact that this was such a small-time job with low pay, and the fact that I was only 22 with no family, made it infinitely easier for me to say "no way, sorry, this is ridiculous" and just be done with it. If the guy had a family of five and had worked at the company for years and suddenly had to risk it all by taking these tapes, then I could understand why he would be conflicted. This guy here had everything to lose and very little to gain by taking those tapes.
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You're right, as long as you have a good external backup drive system going. But it doesn't keep stuff safe without a place to do backups.
Good thing Prince probably doesn't read Slashdot, or you might get your own frivolous takedown notice.
You could always download it for 0 pounds and get the link, and then wait and see if a charge showed up on your credit card. If not, you could still go on there any pay them later if you feel so inclined.
I feel the same way; I just do not get it.
People spend time (and sometimes money) for these "clever" and funny ringtones, which they then proceed to have to frantically and often embarrassedly shut off ASAP 95% of the time, because they are in a classroom, library, restaurant, movie theater, business meeting, etc.
I'd say he did.
Well, in that case, even if there is some song that has been out of print for over 30 years, and isn't being released by the record company who owns the rights... you still might be able to purchase the publishing rights to the song. Or, if they aren't willing to sell it to you, you could always buy the company. Sure, it wouldn't be easy, but it would be legitimate.
(Take this comment with the seriousness it deserves.)
I don't know, I think he ran on the record of fighting for the country, being there in Vietnam firsthand, and therefore really knowing what he was getting our troops into, which doesn't contradict with thinking that the Vietnam War needed to end and was a big mistake.
But how about we just agree that John Kerry was a douche.
Who better to criticize war than a veteran?
I'd rather that we start making Spanish mandatory from about 3rd grade on. It would be useful on so many levels.
(Kids learn a valuable second language before the window of strong language acquisition has shut. Suddenly the number 1 and 2 languages are spoken by all. And Americans might just gain a better understanding of Latin culture in the process.)
Boy, you sure owned that foreigner! Wait... you wrote "tho" and "hig". I do know what to make of that. You're a hypocrite.
The only winning move ... is not to play.
Arguably so, but only if each instance of "here" is hyperlinked :)
You have Google set as your homepage. Try typing the word 'contrition' there and, if you're lucky, it just might link you to the definition!
Hey, there are some of us here in the US who can't figure out why our bills look 100 years older than the rest of the world. Maybe as the value of our money continues to plummet we will no longer allow pride over the "Greenback" to inhibit the natural evolution of our notes.
Sorry, that was just a lame attempt at a joke. The way you said it made it sound like you were much older than him-- if only you were his age again and had that same drive. Ah well, sometimes a joke just plain bombs.
He is also a cow-bell enthusiast.
How can we even determine the validity of the rest of your comment without proper citations?
I like how you mention the Zune like that's going to make Apple jealous. "I can't believe you'd go out with that slut!"
This is a bit off-topic, but I still find it so strange (and perhaps somehow so American?) that we use the phrase "has the midas touch" as if that is a good thing. The touch of King Midas was a curse, brought about by his shortsighted greed. It's funny that people would hear that story and its tragic outcome and then say, "so, everything turned to gold then? Awesome!!!!" It's kind of like RTFMyth on a national scale.
I actually did discuss the issues in disbelief with the guy training me, and people seemed very uninterested. This was viewed as something that had to be done that nobody else wanted to have anything to do with. In any case, your point is good, which is that there were potentially options besides quitting, which is definitely true. The underlying message we have in common, I think, is that the one thing *not* to do is just to "go with it" and assume that just following orders will be fine.
I took on an internship at about that age at one of the world's largest packaged foods companies, where I thought I would be maintaining some data on spreadsheets. That turned out to be true, but more specifically, it was vital contact info, security measures, and dozens of other related bits of info in order to comply with a post-9/11 bioterrorism regulations. I was to call these hundreds of different processing plants and make sure the info was less than three months old. I would be the one and only person in charge of this information for the entire company.
When I inherited the info, I saw that it was already quite behind and out-of-date (and I also noticed that there was an error in the 30+ part questionnaire being used where the numbers were off, so all the data on the spreadsheet was potentially wrong). I envisioned headlines such as this, only with some sort of food contamination disaster or plant explosion, and my photo with the caption "Didn't maintain bioterrorism database".
I got the hell out of there immediately. In my opinion, the fact that this was such a small-time job with low pay, and the fact that I was only 22 with no family, made it infinitely easier for me to say "no way, sorry, this is ridiculous" and just be done with it. If the guy had a family of five and had worked at the company for years and suddenly had to risk it all by taking these tapes, then I could understand why he would be conflicted. This guy here had everything to lose and very little to gain by taking those tapes.