"Oh I know it's not an exaggeration, just sticking to one OS for that long sounds rather bizarre to me."
That's so true. It's hard to imagine that someone who has been using computers for 20 years has been able to avoid using some kind of *nix OS at least on a testdrive basis.
No, what it DOES mean though, is that they will start using the bottom of the screen for ads while your favorite program is running. That way, you have no choice but to watch. I mean, networks already do this for their own ads so it's just a matter of time before you are watching South Park with a Coke can in the bottom right corner for 1/2 hour.
While that may be true and money is a factor, the advances in home recording technology have made it possible to make really great recordings with minimal spending.
More to the point, I was basically hinting to the fact that there is nothing special about most pop-bands besides the power of their labels and production companies. The music is no different than what's happening in every town in the US. (with exceptions of course) So if the only thing seperating huge pop-bands from tiny garage bands is their production value (and maybe a pretty face or two), then it isn't too hard to imagine that gap narrowing. Especially if the distribution model was to suddenly change. No?
Could you imagine a world where the over-produced music that's forced down the throats of the "consumer" gets replaced by the music produced in the garages of every small town in the world because "consumers" can freely download it?
I have always thought that for every band or artist that makes the big record deal, there are thousands that are doing the *same* thing all across the world that just don't get the deal. Especially in the "rock" genre. There are a million Matchbox 20s in the US. There are only so many ways to make "rock" music.
obviously, you don't live in a metropolitan area. Road building is not the answer.
Actually, I do live in a metropolitan area and have most of my life. Road building is the answer. Just because you need to build them smarter doesn't mean you don't need to build them.
Plus, the answer can't be allow people with money (and access to the internet) to be the only ones who get to work on time.
I thought this was a joke. Why don't they just widen the roads? If traffic is that bad, and people are paying their taxes, why don't they just widen the road? If people end up bidding up those stickers to some insane amount of money, what does that mean in the end?
This is one of the most retarted things I have heard as of late.
Well, I notice that the IDSA letter does not demand that those 25 year old manuals be taken down, or that the site be shut down -- the letter refers only to a list of 7 "game products" (which are presumably ROM images).
Sounds to me like you should have read the next paragraph.
The unauthorized copies of such game product[s] appearing on, or made available
through, such site are listed and/or identified on such Internet site by their
titles, variations thereof or depictions of associated artwork (any such game
titles, copies, listings and/or other depictions of, or references to, any
contents of such game product, are hereinafter referred to as
"Infringing Material").
What's the big deal even if it *is* a ploy to lock down copyrighted material? You should all know that it's comming. The RIAA will get control of their property eventually. That's why they exist. And why shouldn't they? It would be like complaining about people inventing new locks to prevent break-ins and people saying..."This is the *man* trying to keep me out of my neighbors house." well yeah....
Get used to the fact that peoples property is peoples property and they will fight to keep it that way. So, download while you can kids.
"Sorta like how the US govt decided on its own (eventhough it's supposedly part of the WTO) that Canadian wheat is overly subsidised and placed absurd tariffs on all Canadian wheat imports."
At least there is no tariff on poutine. Cause that would suck eh?
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So, you can't have my organs unless you give up yours when you die. I hope that when I am dead, thoughts of how my organs were "spent" don't haunt me.
I don't have to work on July 4th.
"Kaiko entered the record books in 1995 by diving 36,008 feet to the bottom of the Challenger Deep - the ocean's deepest point."
That's deep.
"Oh I know it's not an exaggeration, just sticking to one OS for that long sounds rather bizarre to me."
That's so true. It's hard to imagine that someone who has been using computers for 20 years has been able to avoid using some kind of *nix OS at least on a testdrive basis.
...bother you. (note to self...the preview button is there for a reason)
No, what it DOES mean though, is that they will start using the bottom of the screen for ads while your favorite program is running. That way, you have no choice but to watch. I mean, networks already do this for their own ads so it's just a matter of time before you are watching South Park with a Coke can in the bottom right corner for 1/2 hour.
Is it just me or does the fact that nearly everything we do/say/watch/browse is being monitored and logged these days?
While that may be true and money is a factor, the advances in home recording technology have made it possible to make really great recordings with minimal spending.
More to the point, I was basically hinting to the fact that there is nothing special about most pop-bands besides the power of their labels and production companies. The music is no different than what's happening in every town in the US. (with exceptions of course) So if the only thing seperating huge pop-bands from tiny garage bands is their production value (and maybe a pretty face or two), then it isn't too hard to imagine that gap narrowing. Especially if the distribution model was to suddenly change. No?
I think you thought I said that cars shouldn't be MORE than 80 ft apart... but I didn't.
Yep, you're right. I can't read. Sorry.
Could you imagine a world where the over-produced music that's forced down the throats of the "consumer" gets replaced by the music produced in the garages of every small town in the world because "consumers" can freely download it?
I have always thought that for every band or artist that makes the big record deal, there are thousands that are doing the *same* thing all across the world that just don't get the deal. Especially in the "rock" genre. There are a million Matchbox 20s in the US. There are only so many ways to make "rock" music.
obviously, you don't live in a metropolitan area. Road building is not the answer.
Actually, I do live in a metropolitan area and have most of my life. Road building is the answer. Just because you need to build them smarter doesn't mean you don't need to build them.
Plus, the answer can't be allow people with money (and access to the internet) to be the only ones who get to work on time.
Cars traveling on a highway should NEVER be less than 80ft behind others
Then you wrote...
I see too many cops sitting on their asses while I'm being tailgated by homicidal soccer-moms
Which is it? Doesn't 80FT at 60MPH qualify as a tailgate?
Yeah, it probably works, you just need to configure it. I doubt it's your KVM.
Wouldn't a vote on the subject be a better, more reliable gauge of public interest?
It should be pointed out that part of the law states that the filters can be switched off for people who request such.
I thought this was a joke. Why don't they just widen the roads? If traffic is that bad, and people are paying their taxes, why don't they just widen the road? If people end up bidding up those stickers to some insane amount of money, what does that mean in the end?
This is one of the most retarted things I have heard as of late.
*you* should heed your own advice.
Well, I notice that the IDSA letter does not demand that those 25 year old manuals be taken down, or that the site be shut down -- the letter refers only to a list of 7 "game products" (which are presumably ROM images).
Sounds to me like you should have read the next paragraph.
The unauthorized copies of such game product[s] appearing on, or made available through, such site are listed and/or identified on such Internet site by their titles, variations thereof or depictions of associated artwork (any such game titles, copies, listings and/or other depictions of, or references to, any contents of such game product, are hereinafter referred to as "Infringing Material").
I thought Al Gore invented DNS. No?
and let them keep them. nobody with good taste in music gives a fuck about the RIAA.
Like you I guess eh? You don't give a "fuck" about the RIAA? You have _good_ taste in music?
What's the big deal even if it *is* a ploy to lock down copyrighted material? You should all know that it's comming. The RIAA will get control of their property eventually. That's why they exist. And why shouldn't they? It would be like complaining about people inventing new locks to prevent break-ins and people saying..."This is the *man* trying to keep me out of my neighbors house." well yeah....
Get used to the fact that peoples property is peoples property and they will fight to keep it that way. So, download while you can kids.
Nothing says the start of summer like some paperback science fiction.
A two piece bikini says it much better than a paperback baby.
People are really going to buy your products when you send filthy birds to fly in potential customers faces and take a shit on their head.
Shitting on customers has worked in corperate america for years; why stop now?
"Sorta like how the US govt decided on its own (eventhough it's supposedly part of the WTO) that Canadian wheat is overly subsidised and placed absurd tariffs on all Canadian wheat imports."
At least there is no tariff on poutine. Cause that would suck eh?
Not quite. Plus even if obeos gets around to working fully...it's still years behind the pack. So just because it lives doesn't mean it's good.
Sorry, I know how much everyone want it to be 1998 again.
How about speed? Is that important enough?