...realizing that they sounded absolutely awful live and that the sound on their records has been manipulated to the point of being false...
False? In what sense? We have been "manipulating" sound since the beginning of recorded music, everything from choosing which takes to master all the way up to the highly produced sound of today's radio music. One can look at the modern recording studio as just another instrument (one which the producer is playing, usually with the input of the artists) and the recording session as just another "live" venue. Just because they've edited something together and modified the sound extensively doesn't mean the performance is any less "true" or "real". It's just different.
You might check out the book "Perfecting Sound Forever" by Greg Milner about the arguments that have been debated over this point since the first audio cylinders were produced. You can probably tell that I come down on the side that says that whatever gets the artist(s) vision across is fair game, whether it is the perfection of a studio production or the energy of a less perfect, but live, human performance.
Do not take from this the notion that I support the RIAA or the current corporate system. I think that small labels and local acts are more than capable of producing art that is just as good (and potentially better) than a lot of the ones promoted by major labels. Every large metropolitan area has many small studios that are capable of doing a very good job at rates that are within the reach of independent musicians. However, the studio version of an artist's music will still not necessarily sound like the live performance (nor necessarily would I want them to) - even classical recordings are "enhanced" during mastering these days (usually with slight amounts of eq, reverb and, in some cases, even compression).
In other words, it was your expectation of the (relative) perfection of the studio product at a live performance that disappointed you (or else the bands had a really crappy night - and you can't get more "true" than that). Next time go to a live performance without the preconceptions and prejudices and you might be surprised how much there is to take away from both the live and studio "performances".
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If you are going to weave history into your fiction or (even worse) if you are writing historical fiction, the actual facts you use should be checked and correct. There are rules to the game. Just as you cannot conjure up a ray gun in a work of fantasy or cast a spell in a hard SF novel (unless you're trying for some cross-genre thing) and not get laughed out of a publishing house, you aren't supposed to play particularly fast and loose on historical facts in a work that is supposedly historically based.
They can't release a new standard until they figure out a way to keep the language from collapsing under its own weight, forming a black hole that would destroy the solar system.
The killing of this 2002 study was part of the quid pro quo (in addition to the monetary fees for tapping) that brought forth the warrentless wiretapping program in (oddly enough) 2002. Appeal to patriotism, my ass...
... the current homeowner, who was dumb enough to do business with Wells Fargo.
The homeowner probably didn't have a choice in the matter. In those days when banks were still writing mortgages, the bank sold them to a third party (like Wells Fargo) as soon as they were written. The mortgages often changed hands 2-3 times before they reached their final resting place at the base of a CDO. This is without the chance of one or more of the mortgage holders being bought by an avaricious suitor (like Wells Fargo). In none of these cases would the homeowner have any idea that the mortgage was in the hands of Wells Fargo until it swallowed the mortgage. And, in reality, there's not much the homeowner could do about it after the fact, except refinance. And even that wouldn't stop the same thing from happening again.
why did Toyota invest its profits from the last generation of technology to stay relevant in a changing world, whereas US car companies almost completely failed to do so?
Because Toyota, culturally speaking, like most Japanese companies, is concerned with building and preserving the company, while US companies are about only building short term shareholder returns regardless of the long term effect.
...why don't we instead teach young people that this is why you cannot base your life's meaning and your self-esteem on the writings of pseudononymous trolls?
Most of us do. As parents, we also teach them to be careful about what they post. However, young people are... well, young. And inexperienced. And not completely rational. Which is why we occasionally need to deal with older people, like Lori Drew, who should have known better.
Either way, what's done is done. As far as I'm concerned, Lori Drew was and still is a child abuser. She knew what she was doing and intentionally went out of her way to inflict suffering on a child.
You don't think the safety nets affected their decision making?
You are engaging in "ex post facto" thinking. Before the collapse and the government bailout (i.e., when the banks were making their risky decisions), no one knew that they were going to be bailed out. You know in hindsight now that they were. A pretty specious argument from a "rational" Ayn Rand defender. Or is that a "rationalizing" faith-based free market defender?
Wrong. Most of the folks who were against the civil rights abuses by the Bush administration are just as much against the continuation of these abuses by the current one. Now, let's face it... You won't hear a lot of us in the MSM, who like to focus on the blue-dogs and other gutless Republican fellow travelers who rolled over for these abuses, but out here in the Interwebs and in certain parts of MSNBC (I'm looking at you Maddow!) the left is still screaming about it. You can check out this guy's columns, for one. There are many more.
... many news sites delivered their own content promptly, only to find their page delivery delayed by slow-loading ads... How best to balance the content vs. performance tradeoffs?"
Ads are not content (at least not for most viewers) - they are an annoyance. How to balance it? Get rid of the ads.
What part of the Constitutional gives you authority to do this?
Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the right to pass laws that regulate interstate commerce. Several health care insurers, providers, and drug providers operate commercially across state lines and therefore fall under the mandate of this clause. You are correct that the President does not have the right to define this legislation. However, as the head of the executive branch that will have the responsibility to carry out the legislation once passed, he should have input to the legislature. Furthermore, he certainly has the right to gather public opinion and comment, given that he must decide whether or not to veto such legislation.
The "something fishy" is that NC wants to tax Amazon--not the local associates--as if they had a presence in the state...
The issue is somewhat tricky, because the local associates are using Amazon as a sales agent and using them to avoid sales taxes that other local businesses pay, giving them an unfair advantage. There is a basic fairness issue here (which I'm sure that local businesses without a web presence are pushing).
So set up a service bureau to sell the data with online access if necessary. It's not that hard. There are companies that collect and sell medical, drug, legal, and tax law information already. I'm sure Intuit could come up with an add-on service for state and local tax rates based on address.
Do you have any idea what a nightmare it would be for a small online retailer if they had to figure out what sales tax to charge on every transaction in every locality in the country.
Sounds like a simple change requiring a couple new database tables linking postal code, tax rates and exemption booleans to product ID, a couple of administrative web pages to modify the data and view a tally of taxed items being sold, and a few changes to the cart checkout to add/display the tax amount. In fact, much of this could be integrated as a third party online web-service package (i.e., tax rate maintenance, calculation and, perhaps (for a small surcharge), even tally of taxes owed on sold items and remission to various states).
Right now, BaM small businesses need to do this for in-state tax (and those on state boundaries need to handle customers who cross state lines to shop). There's no reason why this can't be made efficient for multiple tax zones. In fact, it's probably an opportunity for someone to set up a service bureau to do this.
I am both a musician and a developer. I have a box of Oblique Strategies cards at my desk at work. They are, indeed, useful. One can also consult the I Ching, tarot cards, or use bibliomancy. Any of these, if one focuses and meditates, can provide inspiration.
Do you really think that "We were just following orders" would be a legitimate excuse?
Seemed to work well enough for the guys at Gitmo and Baghram and the ones who ordered them. A lot of things have changed since 9-11 (like our national sense of decency and abiding by law). Who's to say this isn't another?
If we're talking sexy IT companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Sun, then you won't find much outside cites in California.
If you're talking "sexy" IT companies like those mentioned above, then you won't find much "outside" at all. After your long days working inside the climate controlled buildings, who has time for anything other than sleep?
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...realizing that they sounded absolutely awful live and that the sound on their records has been manipulated to the point of being false...
False? In what sense? We have been "manipulating" sound since the beginning of recorded music, everything from choosing which takes to master all the way up to the highly produced sound of today's radio music. One can look at the modern recording studio as just another instrument (one which the producer is playing, usually with the input of the artists) and the recording session as just another "live" venue. Just because they've edited something together and modified the sound extensively doesn't mean the performance is any less "true" or "real". It's just different.
You might check out the book "Perfecting Sound Forever" by Greg Milner about the arguments that have been debated over this point since the first audio cylinders were produced. You can probably tell that I come down on the side that says that whatever gets the artist(s) vision across is fair game, whether it is the perfection of a studio production or the energy of a less perfect, but live, human performance.
Do not take from this the notion that I support the RIAA or the current corporate system. I think that small labels and local acts are more than capable of producing art that is just as good (and potentially better) than a lot of the ones promoted by major labels. Every large metropolitan area has many small studios that are capable of doing a very good job at rates that are within the reach of independent musicians. However, the studio version of an artist's music will still not necessarily sound like the live performance (nor necessarily would I want them to) - even classical recordings are "enhanced" during mastering these days (usually with slight amounts of eq, reverb and, in some cases, even compression).
In other words, it was your expectation of the (relative) perfection of the studio product at a live performance that disappointed you (or else the bands had a really crappy night - and you can't get more "true" than that). Next time go to a live performance without the preconceptions and prejudices and you might be surprised how much there is to take away from both the live and studio "performances".
If you are going to weave history into your fiction or (even worse) if you are writing historical fiction, the actual facts you use should be checked and correct. There are rules to the game. Just as you cannot conjure up a ray gun in a work of fantasy or cast a spell in a hard SF novel (unless you're trying for some cross-genre thing) and not get laughed out of a publishing house, you aren't supposed to play particularly fast and loose on historical facts in a work that is supposedly historically based.
the stock market now seems to reflect the quality and quantity of ype
That may be, but where else can one get ype, if not on the market?
You'll need to pay people to drag it away.
They can't release a new standard until they figure out a way to keep the language from collapsing under its own weight, forming a black hole that would destroy the solar system.
The killing of this 2002 study was part of the quid pro quo (in addition to the monetary fees for tapping) that brought forth the warrentless wiretapping program in (oddly enough) 2002. Appeal to patriotism, my ass...
... the current homeowner, who was dumb enough to do business with Wells Fargo.
The homeowner probably didn't have a choice in the matter. In those days when banks were still writing mortgages, the bank sold them to a third party (like Wells Fargo) as soon as they were written. The mortgages often changed hands 2-3 times before they reached their final resting place at the base of a CDO. This is without the chance of one or more of the mortgage holders being bought by an avaricious suitor (like Wells Fargo). In none of these cases would the homeowner have any idea that the mortgage was in the hands of Wells Fargo until it swallowed the mortgage. And, in reality, there's not much the homeowner could do about it after the fact, except refinance. And even that wouldn't stop the same thing from happening again.
why did Toyota invest its profits from the last generation of technology to stay relevant in a changing world, whereas US car companies almost completely failed to do so?
Because Toyota, culturally speaking, like most Japanese companies, is concerned with building and preserving the company, while US companies are about only building short term shareholder returns regardless of the long term effect.
...why don't we instead teach young people that this is why you cannot base your life's meaning and your self-esteem on the writings of pseudononymous trolls?
Most of us do. As parents, we also teach them to be careful about what they post. However, young people are... well, young. And inexperienced. And not completely rational. Which is why we occasionally need to deal with older people, like Lori Drew, who should have known better.
Either way, what's done is done. As far as I'm concerned, Lori Drew was and still is a child abuser. She knew what she was doing and intentionally went out of her way to inflict suffering on a child.
You will feel better...
... until the moment of your death when you will be thinking, "I could have eaten that Twinkie."
You don't think the safety nets affected their decision making?
You are engaging in "ex post facto" thinking. Before the collapse and the government bailout (i.e., when the banks were making their risky decisions), no one knew that they were going to be bailed out. You know in hindsight now that they were. A pretty specious argument from a "rational" Ayn Rand defender. Or is that a "rationalizing" faith-based free market defender?
Wrong. Most of the folks who were against the civil rights abuses by the Bush administration are just as much against the continuation of these abuses by the current one. Now, let's face it... You won't hear a lot of us in the MSM, who like to focus on the blue-dogs and other gutless Republican fellow travelers who rolled over for these abuses, but out here in the Interwebs and in certain parts of MSNBC (I'm looking at you Maddow!) the left is still screaming about it. You can check out this guy's columns, for one. There are many more.
Actually, I think that the people of Coalinga have, by their actions, proved incontrovertibly that Coalinga sucks.
... many news sites delivered their own content promptly, only to find their page delivery delayed by slow-loading ads... How best to balance the content vs. performance tradeoffs?"
Ads are not content (at least not for most viewers) - they are an annoyance. How to balance it? Get rid of the ads.
If the US is still in the midst of economic meltdown, cutting spending is the last thing they should be doing.
What part of the Constitutional gives you authority to do this?
Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the right to pass laws that regulate interstate commerce. Several health care insurers, providers, and drug providers operate commercially across state lines and therefore fall under the mandate of this clause. You are correct that the President does not have the right to define this legislation. However, as the head of the executive branch that will have the responsibility to carry out the legislation once passed, he should have input to the legislature. Furthermore, he certainly has the right to gather public opinion and comment, given that he must decide whether or not to veto such legislation.
Yes! Yes! It's very true! Stay away, righties! Stay awaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!
The "something fishy" is that NC wants to tax Amazon--not the local associates--as if they had a presence in the state...
The issue is somewhat tricky, because the local associates are using Amazon as a sales agent and using them to avoid sales taxes that other local businesses pay, giving them an unfair advantage. There is a basic fairness issue here (which I'm sure that local businesses without a web presence are pushing).
So set up a service bureau to sell the data with online access if necessary. It's not that hard. There are companies that collect and sell medical, drug, legal, and tax law information already. I'm sure Intuit could come up with an add-on service for state and local tax rates based on address.
Do you have any idea what a nightmare it would be for a small online retailer if they had to figure out what sales tax to charge on every transaction in every locality in the country.
Sounds like a simple change requiring a couple new database tables linking postal code, tax rates and exemption booleans to product ID, a couple of administrative web pages to modify the data and view a tally of taxed items being sold, and a few changes to the cart checkout to add/display the tax amount. In fact, much of this could be integrated as a third party online web-service package (i.e., tax rate maintenance, calculation and, perhaps (for a small surcharge), even tally of taxes owed on sold items and remission to various states).
Right now, BaM small businesses need to do this for in-state tax (and those on state boundaries need to handle customers who cross state lines to shop). There's no reason why this can't be made efficient for multiple tax zones. In fact, it's probably an opportunity for someone to set up a service bureau to do this.
I am both a musician and a developer. I have a box of Oblique Strategies cards at my desk at work. They are, indeed, useful. One can also consult the I Ching, tarot cards, or use bibliomancy. Any of these, if one focuses and meditates, can provide inspiration.
Do you really think that "We were just following orders" would be a legitimate excuse?
Seemed to work well enough for the guys at Gitmo and Baghram and the ones who ordered them. A lot of things have changed since 9-11 (like our national sense of decency and abiding by law). Who's to say this isn't another?
I'm tired of seeing people endlessly trash Upstate because of what they read about the winter.
Son, any area that has six inches of snow on March 31, has some serious Winter issues.
If we're talking sexy IT companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Sun, then you won't find much outside cites in California.
If you're talking "sexy" IT companies like those mentioned above, then you won't find much "outside" at all. After your long days working inside the climate controlled buildings, who has time for anything other than sleep?
buy yourself a hammer
A hammer wouldn't help... he doesn't speak Spanish.