well, the RIAA is the Recording Industry Association of America. But I did misstate it. It should be that the RIAA owns all the producers. The studios are just there.
And the same company that is responsible for many of the Jumbotrons in our stadiums is also the one that manufactured half the airplanes used by Japan in WWII..
The limiting factor for making a record isn't distribution, it's the cost and availability of studio time. If recording music was as free as getting together with some bandmates and writing it is, then there would be a lot more quality recordings and a lot more good material. I can't count the number of local bands I've heard that are as good or better than the shit that gets on MTV but their demo cd sounds horrible.
But guess who owns the studios? the RIAA.
It's a hell of a racket. Don Corleone would be proud.
and not only that, but the consultants this is obviously aimed at are often Corporations of One that can write that $5000 off on their taxes as a bad investment, if it gets them no work. If it does get them work, it probably pays for itself considering what those guys charge.
because there are bragging rights involved in saying that your company had work done offshore, too. It's the same sort of thing, "our company has more japanese than yours".
Yes, it's crude and somewhat bigoted, but nobody said being a Chief made you somehow enlightened towards humanity.
I worked for a place that did something similar. There was a hardware shop (my side) and a software shop, where the owners were the two biggest billers.
You're (mostly) smart people, fill in the blanks. Most people here have worked in the tech industry long enough to have seen plenty of crooks.
what do you think the Chiefs talk about when they golf with and have lunch with their friends that are Chiefs at other companies? They one-up each other with how much they spend. A company that can afford to spend more is seen as more powerful. It's the same old pissing contest, just in a different venue.
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I know Java. I've programmed in Java. I hate Java. Java takes forever to program in, which makes it good for one thing - increasing man-hours. Certain types of people like this, such as consultants that wants to bill more, and slacking corporate employees that want to pad their estimates and be lazy as hell.
Besides, at least I admitted I was biased in point a).
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I'm a perl programmer who uses it daily. The push is on from the C?O types to get rid of Perl, even though a bunch of us here know it and are very proficient and fast with it. The new standard is Java with web services and all that other BS. This sickens me, because a) I'm biased towards Perl and b) I know Java is simply a fad language and the overhead/infrastructure only serves to give do-nothing architect types jobs.
The high-level technical people in my company don't take Perl seriously. They see it as some kind of super-Awk or an artifact of the early days of the web. Smart people know better, but we're not in charge.
What do you think it would take to get people to take Perl seriously as a programming language [again]? Is widespread use of Perl a goal of yours, or do you not care?
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not to mention this allows the military to move their hospital units a lot closer to the lines (which is good for multiple reasons, including helping humans survive), and gives them less of a logistical tail (who needs fuel for generators when you can use sunlight)
that's the problem that DNA solves - it provides a scientific approach to the data that creates the physical "composition" of life. Humans were breeding animals for different characteristics for thousands of years before they knew exactly what caused the characteristics to come out.
actually, I was assuming uniform expansion of the ice pack, but I can't assume that either, so you raise many valid points.
what you could do is embed the actual cable in something hollow, like some flexible conduit or pvc pipe. Lay the flexible pipe in an s-curve, and pull the fiber through. That'll let the relatively fragile cable move back and forth, while the conduit absorbs the stretching. The conduit could break, but all that would cause is water to get inside and freeze up - which you'd have if you laid the fiber out on the ice anyway.
the stretching issue can be solved by laying the fiber in an S-curve. This allows it to compress when needed and stretch when needed. The key is to put enough curve in it to allow for all the 'play' that it is likely have over a given year, and to identify the direction of stretching so that the curve can be centered around the vector.
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But will it foil the Axis of Evil? Will it stop Terrorism? Will the Enemy be dealt a crushing blow?
well, the RIAA is the Recording Industry Association of America. But I did misstate it. It should be that the RIAA owns all the producers. The studios are just there.
And the same company that is responsible for many of the Jumbotrons in our stadiums is also the one that manufactured half the airplanes used by Japan in WWII..
The limiting factor for making a record isn't distribution, it's the cost and availability of studio time. If recording music was as free as getting together with some bandmates and writing it is, then there would be a lot more quality recordings and a lot more good material. I can't count the number of local bands I've heard that are as good or better than the shit that gets on MTV but their demo cd sounds horrible.
But guess who owns the studios? the RIAA.
It's a hell of a racket. Don Corleone would be proud.
I want a blotto box!
Brian Williams would. Tom Brokaw is old-school enough that he would probably read what he says first.
and not only that, but the consultants this is obviously aimed at are often Corporations of One that can write that $5000 off on their taxes as a bad investment, if it gets them no work. If it does get them work, it probably pays for itself considering what those guys charge.
what happens if products that expire, like eggs and milk, don't get "changed out" in time? What recourse do you have?
I'm talkin' bout Shaft
I can dig it
because there are bragging rights involved in saying that your company had work done offshore, too. It's the same sort of thing, "our company has more japanese than yours".
Yes, it's crude and somewhat bigoted, but nobody said being a Chief made you somehow enlightened towards humanity.
I worked for a place that did something similar. There was a hardware shop (my side) and a software shop, where the owners were the two biggest billers.
You're (mostly) smart people, fill in the blanks. Most people here have worked in the tech industry long enough to have seen plenty of crooks.
For scams the mob ain't got nothing on tech.
what do you think the Chiefs talk about when they golf with and have lunch with their friends that are Chiefs at other companies? They one-up each other with how much they spend. A company that can afford to spend more is seen as more powerful. It's the same old pissing contest, just in a different venue.
I know Java. I've programmed in Java. I hate Java. Java takes forever to program in, which makes it good for one thing - increasing man-hours. Certain types of people like this, such as consultants that wants to bill more, and slacking corporate employees that want to pad their estimates and be lazy as hell.
Besides, at least I admitted I was biased in point a).
I'm a perl programmer who uses it daily. The push is on from the C?O types to get rid of Perl, even though a bunch of us here know it and are very proficient and fast with it. The new standard is Java with web services and all that other BS. This sickens me, because a) I'm biased towards Perl and b) I know Java is simply a fad language and the overhead/infrastructure only serves to give do-nothing architect types jobs.
The high-level technical people in my company don't take Perl seriously. They see it as some kind of super-Awk or an artifact of the early days of the web. Smart people know better, but we're not in charge.
What do you think it would take to get people to take Perl seriously as a programming language [again]? Is widespread use of Perl a goal of yours, or do you not care?
not to mention this allows the military to move their hospital units a lot closer to the lines (which is good for multiple reasons, including helping humans survive), and gives them less of a logistical tail (who needs fuel for generators when you can use sunlight)
That was absolutely brilliant. Thank you.
that's the problem that DNA solves - it provides a scientific approach to the data that creates the physical "composition" of life. Humans were breeding animals for different characteristics for thousands of years before they knew exactly what caused the characteristics to come out.
when they came for newton, i did not speak up, because i did not own a newton
when they came for windows for pen, i did not speak up, because i did not use it.
when they came for palm, no one was left to speak for me
duh, sorry original poster
:D
two people agreed, it must be a standard
actually, I was assuming uniform expansion of the ice pack, but I can't assume that either, so you raise many valid points.
what you could do is embed the actual cable in something hollow, like some flexible conduit or pvc pipe. Lay the flexible pipe in an s-curve, and pull the fiber through. That'll let the relatively fragile cable move back and forth, while the conduit absorbs the stretching. The conduit could break, but all that would cause is water to get inside and freeze up - which you'd have if you laid the fiber out on the ice anyway.
the stretching issue can be solved by laying the fiber in an S-curve. This allows it to compress when needed and stretch when needed. The key is to put enough curve in it to allow for all the 'play' that it is likely have over a given year, and to identify the direction of stretching so that the curve can be centered around the vector.
Not people, Muslims. There's a Republican administration now, remember?
why, so they can look at you with that scornful look of "you want this and can't have it, loser" ?
if I would have known I'd be this ugly I would have made myself a miscarriage.
i don't like haiku
I can never get all the
syllables to add up right