The bad financial report is actually good news. Yeah, good in a sense they can MAYBE show a little profit, or atleast a decline in losses. However, (comma) it is never a good thing to put a "happy" statement right next to the statement that says how many people they are laying off...remonds me of my former employer:
People, part of the fun of "looking for comets, etc." is actually getting off your butt, going outside with your SO, friend, family, what-have-you, and doing it together. Now this is cool, if you would rather spend *EVEN MORE* time sitting on your ass behind your computer. No thanks, I'll grab my telescope and head outside to do this, like I have in the past.
Summary:
crank up your machine, get it running, and then go look outside for yourself.
*Disclaimer: I am at work, it's 4:45am, I'm cranky and there is no reason for me to be here, but I have to be. -1 troll
the Matrix was a huge hit with everyone, not just geeks. It wasn't about geekiness, it was about good vs evil (people vs. computers in this case). Please stop thinking that only geeks are/will be into the Matrix(s). Almost everyone I know (non-geeks primarily) are anticipating these movies coming out. but, what the hell, it's only karma.
"Tsuyoshi Hondou, a physicist from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, who is currently working at the Curie Institute in Paris, says Japanese commuter trains are often packed with people surfing the web on their mobile phones."
Ok, I am gonna ask a naive question here. I live in Hotlanta (or Atlanta, but if you have been here you know what I mean) and I have taken good ole MARTA enough. However, I have not seen anyone using a cellphone to surf the web. (Or maybe there is some new method of websurfing by putting it to your ear that I don't know about) I think this is because of two reasons....
1) have a fancy phone, you increase your chance of getting jacked, and MARTA ain't the safest rail system.
2) just not big in the southern US.
Anyone care to prove or disprove my thoughts? We all know cell phone advances occur at a much higher rate in EU, so is this a legitimate concern? Seems to me we got too many other things to worry about other than a stupid cell phone, but that's just my opinion.
4 misguided first posts 3 W00T!! l33t p05t5 150+ I hate flash 75 I love flash, you can do some cool stuff w/it. 4 I hate Bill G posts 10 I like Adobe cause of Acrobat posts.
Article time: "Attorneys for the studios say they need this information to determine the extent to which the ReplayTV 4000 allows consumers to steal copyrighted movies and television shows."
So, in reality, they automatically assume that everyone who uses this is stealing. Nice, guilt until proven innocent.
Could we please get a judge who says it is not my responsibility to legislate your problems. If you are losing money, change your business model. BTW, I don't believe I have *EVER* EVER...YOU HEAR ME YOU MARKETING F*cktroids? EVER bought something because I saw it on TV.
Ok so many things about this piss me off I don't really know where to start, but I had to get it off my chest;
First off, the lesson we seem to be teaching our youth today is this:
If you have lots of money, you can buy anything, judges, freedom, not guilty verdicts, senators, government.
Everyone wonders why my generation, (stuck between the 70's crap er disco and GenX) is so frigging jaded. We see it, we see it, but we can't do anything about it.....all I gotta say is, when it's OUR generations turn to run things, look out, cause obviously, the generation doing things now plain DOES NOT GET IT(TM).
One last (-1 Redundant) thing:
I bought the damned thing, didn't sign any contracts that state I must watch commercials, *OR* that you would be able to see my viewing habits. BTW, are viewers being told their data is being recorded? As Bart would say, I didn't think it was possible for something to suck and blow at the same time.
Any IRS agents read/.? Check this judges financial statements next year, I bet he has a nice "donation" from an "un-named source".
Bah, piss on them, just wait til it's our turn to screw up the country:)
"From what I can see, Star Wars was originally part of a social movement, the gradual change of geeks, if you will, from the shadows to the mainstream."
I sort of agree with this statement. However, I think you are missing the larger picture here. The awesome thing about Star Wars is that you don't/didn't have to be a geek to enjoy it. It was a huge part of life for us children of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. It was hugely successful because it appealed to all classes, races, and creed. It was a magical movie that could make you forget all your problems for a couple of hours, or if you were lucky, several months on end in toys, etc.
Now, IMO, here's the issue for Mr Lucas. He made the mistake of creating his best art at an early age. The rest of his life has been spent trying to recapture it, and he has (so far) failed. Imagine if you were in his shoes...would you pump out lack-luster fare trying to recapture the magic you created, or move on? I doubt you *COULD* move on. Not many people can say they shaped a generation, he can. Too bad he's now trying to shape another generation into being little zombie consumers. Just my opinion of course;)
I have no qualms what so ever with XP. If that is your OS of choice, so be it. I was merely referring to the fact that I expected (incorrectly apparently) to see many flames directed at this dude because of that. I actually use MS products at work and at home(amongst others), so no, it was not meant to be a holier than thou post. Merely a comment on the attitude of a lot of our more zealous folks around here.
Cool that I can be apparently Off-topic and Insightful at the same time. Next I hope to go for the sweep, with under-rated, over-rated, troll, and Informative, as well as insightful and off-topic.;-)
Cause I am sure there will be many that say that is the cause of your problems.;)
Seriously though, even thought there are bugs to be worked out.....how cool is this technology? Sometimes when you sit back and think about how far we have come (and, for the pessimists) how far we have to go.
It's a good time to be alive, even with all the restrictions that a short-sighted government tries to put on us.
RIAA in a nut shell..
on
Coding Fair Use
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· Score: 5, Interesting
this quote from the article sums up for me everything wrong with the **IA.
"The floor for the entertainment and other "content" industries is increasingly clear. They don't fundamentally believe in fair use, and they see technology as a way to turn everything into pay-per-view -- a system that would eliminate fair use almost completely."
"Sanders said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asked him to testify and that he agreed out of concern..."
Yep, concern for his company. MS would strong arm him most likely, and the last thing AMD needs is the lack of support from MS. I do not see this as a bad thing, hey, it's business, but rather underhanded of MS if it is the reason for AMD's support.
"Lots of people sent in links to stories about the music industry holding a press conference and claiming that people are copying music rather than buying it..."
Too bad the main stream doesn't seem to get all sides of the issues. Sure, it's one thing for a site like/. to rant about RIAA/MPAA/whatever, but until Joe Music-Lover finally says enough, I am not gonna buy your crap anymore. We have seen progress in this area (music sales are down) but it isn't enough. I believe there is still a huge misconception out there that once an artist has a single hit (one-hit wonder, etc.,) the general public believes the artist gets rich and life is good for them. Often, as we all know, this isn't the case. Only long time recording stars seem to be able to leverage their selling power to even the table with the Record Industry. Of course, then we have the slippery slope syndrome. An artist wants their music to get out there so badly, they sign their frigging rights away to the studios. And, you can't exactly negotiate these things, cause the studios are so powerful, if you don't agree to their terms, you don't get the frigging contract. the only solution I can think of would be for artists to open their own studio. (And a lot have) If you don't like their terms, don't play on their field. Of course, the consumer still gets ripped off. Sorry, went off on a tangent. Anyhow, back to the point.
This whole article can be summed up in a few sentences:
We (the recording industry) were making a butt-load of money off of people. Sales are down, and we blame the internet and Piracy. (my favorite word, has NOTHING to do with stealing music, and everything to do with boarding a ship with intent to harm or pillage, but I digress yet again). To keep our extremely rich share holders happy, we are going to have an all out campaign to kill music on the internet and have it GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS(TM)
you almost are unworthy of a reply, but here I am anyway, so I guess that makes me unworthy too. My "local" economy is 4.5million people. My local bookstores? Barnes and Noble. Do I want to support that poor person making $8.00 an hour by ringing up my sale? Sure. Do I want to spend the 45 MINUTES getting to the store sitting in traffic? NO. So, thanks, but no thanks. My "local" economy is supported just fine thanks.
Ok, not in the way that you think. However, I have bought MANY MANY books online, as opposed to going to a book store and browsing. I don't have time or patience to drive to a book store and buy a book that way. So, for me at least, they have made it easier to buy a book, therefore I buy more.
check your demagraphic, lot of college kids on here, that get high spped for real cheap. they move on to the work force and the bandwidth goes down, the rates go up. When you get used to something cheap(or free in some cases) and then you have to pay (what many in this situation would consider) outrageous fees, you might bitch.
I personally agree with what you are saying. However, not everyone has the $1500.00 a month to shell out for a static ip.
There's nothing wrong with our system. Yours is illegal and allows consumers to bypass our detection methods. Once we have shut you down in a court of law, the users will have to use our services....
Yep, until they (Blizzard) realize that their system is not up to par, and BNETD is actually doing them a favor....and the user base drops/complains so much they have to change it....
fast forward 1 year..."Damn, it SEEMED like a good idea at the time to get rid of BNETD. Stupid lawyers...."
Well, since I don't have tivo, or one of the other systems, I end up recording stuff like this.....now here's my problem....sci fi fans often bitch about how great shows are, and yet they seem to be cancelled after a few short seasons.....well, here's a tip network execs, if you want your show to be successful, DON'T PUT THE DAMNED THING ON ON FRIDAY EVENING. The majority of your demagraphic is out and about partying, or hanging out, not watching tv....
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The bad financial report is actually good news. Yeah, good in a sense they can MAYBE show a little profit, or atleast a decline in losses. However, (comma) it is never a good thing to put a "happy" statement right next to the statement that says how many people they are laying off...remonds me of my former employer:
www.lucent.com
Dude,
Hal is sitting next to me and he's pretty pissed off that you think he won't ever exist.
Matter of fact, he's opening up a troll/crapflooder account now to prove his existance.
*Cheesy use of persons name to get modded to oblivion.
Call me troll, but...
People, part of the fun of "looking for comets, etc." is actually getting off your butt, going outside with your SO, friend, family, what-have-you, and doing it together. Now this is cool, if you would rather spend *EVEN MORE* time sitting on your ass behind your computer. No thanks, I'll grab my telescope and head outside to do this, like I have in the past.
Summary:
crank up your machine, get it running, and then go look outside for yourself.
*Disclaimer: I am at work, it's 4:45am, I'm cranky and there is no reason for me to be here, but I have to be.
-1 troll
Dude,
the Matrix was a huge hit with everyone, not just geeks. It wasn't about geekiness, it was about good vs evil (people vs. computers in this case). Please stop thinking that only geeks are/will be into the Matrix(s). Almost everyone I know (non-geeks primarily) are anticipating these movies coming out. but, what the hell, it's only karma.
"Tsuyoshi Hondou, a physicist from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, who is currently working at the Curie Institute in Paris, says Japanese commuter trains are often packed with people surfing the web on their mobile phones."
Ok, I am gonna ask a naive question here. I live in Hotlanta (or Atlanta, but if you have been here you know what I mean) and I have taken good ole MARTA enough. However, I have not seen anyone using a cellphone to surf the web. (Or maybe there is some new method of websurfing by putting it to your ear that I don't know about) I think this is because of two reasons....
1) have a fancy phone, you increase your chance of getting jacked, and MARTA ain't the safest rail system.
2) just not big in the southern US.
Anyone care to prove or disprove my thoughts? We all know cell phone advances occur at a much higher rate in EU, so is this a legitimate concern? Seems to me we got too many other things to worry about other than a stupid cell phone, but that's just my opinion.
"Might be time to buy a cell phone jammer."
;-)
No thanks, my cell phone came with a free jammer...it's called AT&T wireless service
Hey mods,
:^)
thanks for clarifying that my post was redundant...hopefully the title helped
a little humor, don't get too excited!
now, it would be ironic if this post here gets modded as off-topic. that would make my day.
yours,
Em Emalb
Nah, responses will mostly look like this:
4 misguided first posts
3 W00T!! l33t p05t5
150+ I hate flash
75 I love flash, you can do some cool stuff w/it.
4 I hate Bill G posts
10 I like Adobe cause of Acrobat posts.
Article time:
"Attorneys for the studios say they need this information to determine the extent to which the ReplayTV 4000 allows consumers to steal copyrighted movies and television shows."
So, in reality, they automatically assume that everyone who uses this is stealing. Nice, guilt until proven innocent.
Could we please get a judge who says it is not my responsibility to legislate your problems. If you are losing money, change your business model. BTW, I don't believe I have *EVER* EVER...YOU HEAR ME YOU MARKETING F*cktroids? EVER bought something because I saw it on TV.
Ok so many things about this piss me off I don't really know where to start, but I had to get it off my chest;
/.? Check this judges financial statements next year, I bet he has a nice "donation" from an "un-named source".
:)
First off, the lesson we seem to be teaching our youth today is this:
If you have lots of money, you can buy anything, judges, freedom, not guilty verdicts, senators, government.
Everyone wonders why my generation, (stuck between the 70's crap er disco and GenX) is so frigging jaded. We see it, we see it, but we can't do anything about it.....all I gotta say is, when it's OUR generations turn to run things, look out, cause obviously, the generation doing things now plain DOES NOT GET IT(TM).
One last (-1 Redundant) thing:
I bought the damned thing, didn't sign any contracts that state I must watch commercials, *OR* that you would be able to see my viewing habits. BTW, are viewers being told their data is being recorded? As Bart would say, I didn't think it was possible for something to suck and blow at the same time.
Any IRS agents read
Bah, piss on them, just wait til it's our turn to screw up the country
Taco, you wrote:
;)
"From what I can see, Star Wars was originally part of a social movement, the gradual change of geeks, if you will, from the shadows to the mainstream."
I sort of agree with this statement. However, I think you are missing the larger picture here. The awesome thing about Star Wars is that you don't/didn't have to be a geek to enjoy it. It was a huge part of life for us children of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. It was hugely successful because it appealed to all classes, races, and creed. It was a magical movie that could make you forget all your problems for a couple of hours, or if you were lucky, several months on end in toys, etc.
Now, IMO, here's the issue for Mr Lucas. He made the mistake of creating his best art at an early age. The rest of his life has been spent trying to recapture it, and he has (so far) failed. Imagine if you were in his shoes...would you pump out lack-luster fare trying to recapture the magic you created, or move on? I doubt you *COULD* move on. Not many people can say they shaped a generation, he can. Too bad he's now trying to shape another generation into being little zombie consumers. Just my opinion of course
I have no qualms what so ever with XP. If that is your OS of choice, so be it. I was merely referring to the fact that I expected (incorrectly apparently) to see many flames directed at this dude because of that. I actually use MS products at work and at home(amongst others), so no, it was not meant to be a holier than thou post. Merely a comment on the attitude of a lot of our more zealous folks around here.
;-)
Cool that I can be apparently Off-topic and Insightful at the same time. Next I hope to go for the sweep, with under-rated, over-rated, troll, and Informative, as well as insightful and off-topic.
Hope that clarifies it for you.
Cause I am sure there will be many that say that is the cause of your problems. ;)
Seriously though, even thought there are bugs to be worked out.....how cool is this technology? Sometimes when you sit back and think about how far we have come (and, for the pessimists) how far we have to go.
It's a good time to be alive, even with all the restrictions that a short-sighted government tries to put on us.
this quote from the article sums up for me everything wrong with the **IA.
"The floor for the entertainment and other "content" industries is increasingly clear. They don't fundamentally believe in fair use, and they see technology as a way to turn everything into pay-per-view -- a system that would eliminate fair use almost completely."
This is what is wrong with the US today.
painting the football field...
great good googly moogly.
awesome, lets just hope it functions as it is designed to, could be a huge publicity boost for Linux....
"Sanders said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asked him to testify and that he agreed out of concern..."
Yep, concern for his company. MS would strong arm him most likely, and the last thing AMD needs is the lack of support from MS. I do not see this as a bad thing, hey, it's business, but rather underhanded of MS if it is the reason for AMD's support.
"Lots of people sent in links to stories about the music industry holding a press conference and claiming that people are copying music rather than buying it..."
/. to rant about RIAA/MPAA/whatever, but until Joe Music-Lover finally says enough, I am not gonna buy your crap anymore. We have seen progress in this area (music sales are down) but it isn't enough. I believe there is still a huge misconception out there that once an artist has a single hit (one-hit wonder, etc.,) the general public believes the artist gets rich and life is good for them. Often, as we all know, this isn't the case. Only long time recording stars seem to be able to leverage their selling power to even the table with the Record Industry. Of course, then we have the slippery slope syndrome. An artist wants their music to get out there so badly, they sign their frigging rights away to the studios. And, you can't exactly negotiate these things, cause the studios are so powerful, if you don't agree to their terms, you don't get the frigging contract. the only solution I can think of would be for artists to open their own studio. (And a lot have) If you don't like their terms, don't play on their field. Of course, the consumer still gets ripped off. Sorry, went off on a tangent. Anyhow, back to the point.
Too bad the main stream doesn't seem to get all sides of the issues. Sure, it's one thing for a site like
This whole article can be summed up in a few sentences:
We (the recording industry) were making a butt-load of money off of people. Sales are down, and we blame the internet and Piracy. (my favorite word, has NOTHING to do with stealing music, and everything to do with boarding a ship with intent to harm or pillage, but I digress yet again). To keep our extremely rich share holders happy, we are going to have an all out campaign to kill music on the internet and have it GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS(TM)
dude,
you almost are unworthy of a reply, but here I am anyway, so I guess that makes me unworthy too. My "local" economy is 4.5million people. My local bookstores? Barnes and Noble. Do I want to support that poor person making $8.00 an hour by ringing up my sale? Sure. Do I want to spend the 45 MINUTES getting to the store sitting in traffic? NO. So, thanks, but no thanks. My "local" economy is supported just fine thanks.
...sucks. Please do your site visitors a favor and don't use it.
Ok, not in the way that you think. However, I have bought MANY MANY books online, as opposed to going to a book store and browsing. I don't have time or patience to drive to a book store and buy a book that way. So, for me at least, they have made it easier to buy a book, therefore I buy more.
check your demagraphic, lot of college kids on here, that get high spped for real cheap. they move on to the work force and the bandwidth goes down, the rates go up. When you get used to something cheap(or free in some cases) and then you have to pay (what many in this situation would consider) outrageous fees, you might bitch.
I personally agree with what you are saying. However, not everyone has the $1500.00 a month to shell out for a static ip.
btw, who in the hell says DSL access is cheap?
There's nothing wrong with our system. Yours is illegal and allows consumers to bypass our detection methods. Once we have shut you down in a court of law, the users will have to use our services....
Yep, until they (Blizzard) realize that their system is not up to par, and BNETD is actually doing them a favor....and the user base drops/complains so much they have to change it....
fast forward 1 year..."Damn, it SEEMED like a good idea at the time to get rid of BNETD. Stupid lawyers...."
Distributed computing. Bah, back in my day, distributed "computing" meant looking over your neighbors' paper and taking their answer.
What the hell happened to kick the can? Running with a loop?
You poor poor bastards and your "distributed" crap.
BAH!
Well, since I don't have tivo, or one of the other systems, I end up recording stuff like this.....now here's my problem....sci fi fans often bitch about how great shows are, and yet they seem to be cancelled after a few short seasons.....well, here's a tip network execs, if you want your show to be successful, DON'T PUT THE DAMNED THING ON ON FRIDAY EVENING. The majority of your demagraphic is out and about partying, or hanging out, not watching tv....
this message brought to you by the statements DUH and D'OH.
"I've been an attorney for over 20 years, and I have rarely seen anything that's as frivolous as this is," says John Benn, a lawyer and aquarist in Sheffield, Ala.,..."
Can't take the pressure...must...get...out...
*kaboom*
...............