I've paid $50 to $70 to see a Dave show, but I've never paid more than $35 to see String Cheese Incident.
Unfortunately, I haven't yet had the pleasure of seeing Phish, though that should change in a few weeks.:)
Well, yeah, you can stop this, and the Bush administration will back off it and claim that it's gone. A week later, it will be replaced with a new name and description, so all the work done by privacy advocates and such will be undone -- nobody will recognize the name of the new entity.
That, at least, is what the Pentagon did with the now-infamous Office of Disinformation.
"Yeah, remember when the government declared a war on drugs, and now you can't get drugs anymore?"
"Man, I wish I had some fucking marijuana right now!"
Disney had a similar problem with "Pocahontas" a few years ago, with thousands of Americans complaining about a "red tint" in the film.
These complaints stopped, however, when Disney admitted they were trying to portray "Native Americans". Consumers were simply mistaken -- the rest of the movie suggested they were Americans of European descent.
The survival rate of a train wreck (even at 400km/hr) is likely to be much higher than that of a plane nose-diving at 700mph.
If the train system has security checkpoints similar to (or, preferably, more reasonable than) airport security, then it would be hard to get a bomb onto the train.
That leaves the option of bombing part of the rail. But if you did that, the train would probably come to a stop (I'd assume there'd be computer system to detect major malfunctions in the track... like being BOMBED). So, Mr. Terrorist would have to wait until the train was about to cross his bomb and *then* hit the trigger. They're unlikely to have technology to detect a train and detonate a bomb -- they used box cutters, people. BOX CUTTERS.
So here I go. In July I started working for a very small internet company. When I started working, the other two employees didn't know how to read or write HTML code. One of them was a coked-out chick who designed all her web pages with big pink letters.
So I redesigned their entire network of sites, implemented advertising and traffic-flow techniques my boss had never even dreamed of. Overall traffic soared, and sales more than doubled. My boss enjoyed a nice, rented house in prime real estate area, paid his child support, had all the drugs he wanted, and had a ton of money just to throw around. I was making $10/hr, which was later bumped to a $2k/mo salary, but since I worked so much, I was actually making less.
I was employed as an "independent contractor", but had to work in the office every day (except Saturdays), did my work under constant supervision, and every day I was told what to do and when to do it. He broke every rule in the book, just so he wouldn't have to pay me overtime or withhold taxes -- I didn't even have a contract.
But, apparantely, his "accountant" told him he'd only face a "small fine of $50" for misclassifying me as an independent contractor. Nevermind that his accountant hasn't paid her own taxes in decades and the government doesn't know where (or who) she is.
It's unfair to suggest that employers shouldn't make money (even a lot of it) off of their employees. Whether it's fair or not can be determined by the level of honesty and integrity -- are you getting the recognition (financial or otherwise) you deserve? If your efforts aren't worthy of being realized and rewarded, then don't expect to be paid more. If they are worthy of it, demand it, or find a different employer and let the company deal with someone who doesn't understand the job like you do, while you work for their competition. I did -- I'm earning twice as much as I did before AND I'm in negotiations to be made a partner in the company.
Good lord. I used to run a major Simgaming (SimCity, The Sims, etc.) web site (SimEden.com) and we didn't have *nearly* the rate of news posts about a single title as/. has been posting over the last week or so.
A few years ago (before "The Sims", anyway), I talked with Maxis' Lucy Bradshaw (then an executive producer) about ideas for games. One of my suggestions was for a real-world, personal simulation -- online. It was similar to "The Sims Online", but you didn't get "points" for eating McDonald's -- you just got sick -- and there weren't any 13-year-olds seeking love or fellow Nelly fans.
Anyway, Ms. Bradshaw mentioned "Snow Crash" and recommended it. So it's safe to assume that "The Sims Online" is probably influenced by it.
And, no, I haven't read it.
Let's say you live in a town where the biggest employer is a local factory. Hell, they're so big that you can't even open a store in town without having to go through them. Now, let's say that said factory treats its employees like crap, pays them as little as possible and treats the execs with large salaries and a company car. Are you suggesting that the employees shouldn't complain? The fact that the major label artists are getting together (almost like a union) is great. They're going to try and publicize the fact that labels aren't exactly in an honest business and fight to make sure that all artists have control over their work.
(Note: my analogy was thought up very quickly and it's nearly 4 in the morning, so please pretend that its obvious flaws do not exist, such as the fact that you could get up and move to another city in our fictional town analogy;))
Anyway, Elton John has recorded his last album, he says, because he doesn't like it and he doesn't like the labels' bull. The Offspring battled with their label after trying to make "Conspiracy of One" available on their official site in MP3 format. Weezer also had troubles with Geffen to a point where last year they were shopping demos around trying to find a new label, IIRC. (Not only that, but they frequently play small SoCal venues under the pseudonymn "Goat Punishment", just so the hardcore/old fans get to see them in a more 'intimate' setting or whatnot).
Hell, I'm going to this thing, for sure. I'll show up at the =w=/offspring/no doubt show and pass out anti-RIAA literature and stuff about how labels are fucking with "anti-piracy" CD protection. And IF (that's a big 'if') I can get the hookup, I'll pass out anti-RIAA stickers, too. If anyone wants to, er, sponsor me, feel free to drop a line.;) good_reverend@fuckspam.hotmail.com
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IIRC, the government can't regulate political speech, as it's protected by the first ammendment.
I've paid $50 to $70 to see a Dave show, but I've never paid more than $35 to see String Cheese Incident. Unfortunately, I haven't yet had the pleasure of seeing Phish, though that should change in a few weeks. :)
Well, yeah, you can stop this, and the Bush administration will back off it and claim that it's gone. A week later, it will be replaced with a new name and description, so all the work done by privacy advocates and such will be undone -- nobody will recognize the name of the new entity. That, at least, is what the Pentagon did with the now-infamous Office of Disinformation.
"Yeah, remember when the government declared a war on drugs, and now you can't get drugs anymore?" "Man, I wish I had some fucking marijuana right now!"
Note that the white subtitles don't have much of a tint, if any at all.
Disney had a similar problem with "Pocahontas" a few years ago, with thousands of Americans complaining about a "red tint" in the film.
These complaints stopped, however, when Disney admitted they were trying to portray "Native Americans". Consumers were simply mistaken -- the rest of the movie suggested they were Americans of European descent.
What's a "retarded"?
Has PGP *ever* been broken, hacked? Could it now that the source code has been released?
Stay! Stay... Sit! Good boy!
The survival rate of a train wreck (even at 400km/hr) is likely to be much higher than that of a plane nose-diving at 700mph.
If the train system has security checkpoints similar to (or, preferably, more reasonable than) airport security, then it would be hard to get a bomb onto the train.
That leaves the option of bombing part of the rail. But if you did that, the train would probably come to a stop (I'd assume there'd be computer system to detect major malfunctions in the track... like being BOMBED). So, Mr. Terrorist would have to wait until the train was about to cross his bomb and *then* hit the trigger. They're unlikely to have technology to detect a train and detonate a bomb -- they used box cutters, people. BOX CUTTERS.
Solaris is one of those movies that tries to make a deeper-meaning point, much like American Beauty did.
American Beauty made profound statements during its 122 minutes, whereas Solaris could have had a similar impact if it were 4 minutes long.
So here I go. In July I started working for a very small internet company. When I started working, the other two employees didn't know how to read or write HTML code. One of them was a coked-out chick who designed all her web pages with big pink letters. So I redesigned their entire network of sites, implemented advertising and traffic-flow techniques my boss had never even dreamed of. Overall traffic soared, and sales more than doubled. My boss enjoyed a nice, rented house in prime real estate area, paid his child support, had all the drugs he wanted, and had a ton of money just to throw around. I was making $10/hr, which was later bumped to a $2k/mo salary, but since I worked so much, I was actually making less. I was employed as an "independent contractor", but had to work in the office every day (except Saturdays), did my work under constant supervision, and every day I was told what to do and when to do it. He broke every rule in the book, just so he wouldn't have to pay me overtime or withhold taxes -- I didn't even have a contract. But, apparantely, his "accountant" told him he'd only face a "small fine of $50" for misclassifying me as an independent contractor. Nevermind that his accountant hasn't paid her own taxes in decades and the government doesn't know where (or who) she is. It's unfair to suggest that employers shouldn't make money (even a lot of it) off of their employees. Whether it's fair or not can be determined by the level of honesty and integrity -- are you getting the recognition (financial or otherwise) you deserve? If your efforts aren't worthy of being realized and rewarded, then don't expect to be paid more. If they are worthy of it, demand it, or find a different employer and let the company deal with someone who doesn't understand the job like you do, while you work for their competition. I did -- I'm earning twice as much as I did before AND I'm in negotiations to be made a partner in the company.
Good lord. I used to run a major Simgaming (SimCity, The Sims, etc.) web site (SimEden.com) and we didn't have *nearly* the rate of news posts about a single title as /. has been posting over the last week or so.
A few years ago (before "The Sims", anyway), I talked with Maxis' Lucy Bradshaw (then an executive producer) about ideas for games. One of my suggestions was for a real-world, personal simulation -- online. It was similar to "The Sims Online", but you didn't get "points" for eating McDonald's -- you just got sick -- and there weren't any 13-year-olds seeking love or fellow Nelly fans. Anyway, Ms. Bradshaw mentioned "Snow Crash" and recommended it. So it's safe to assume that "The Sims Online" is probably influenced by it. And, no, I haven't read it.
Does it even matter whether the logs of the chats are allowed as evidence? Couldn't the girl just say "he told me (X)" and "he said (X)"?
Let's say you live in a town where the biggest employer is a local factory. Hell, they're so big that you can't even open a store in town without having to go through them. Now, let's say that said factory treats its employees like crap, pays them as little as possible and treats the execs with large salaries and a company car. Are you suggesting that the employees shouldn't complain? The fact that the major label artists are getting together (almost like a union) is great. They're going to try and publicize the fact that labels aren't exactly in an honest business and fight to make sure that all artists have control over their work.
;))
;) good_reverend@fuckspam.hotmail.com
(Note: my analogy was thought up very quickly and it's nearly 4 in the morning, so please pretend that its obvious flaws do not exist, such as the fact that you could get up and move to another city in our fictional town analogy
Anyway, Elton John has recorded his last album, he says, because he doesn't like it and he doesn't like the labels' bull. The Offspring battled with their label after trying to make "Conspiracy of One" available on their official site in MP3 format. Weezer also had troubles with Geffen to a point where last year they were shopping demos around trying to find a new label, IIRC. (Not only that, but they frequently play small SoCal venues under the pseudonymn "Goat Punishment", just so the hardcore/old fans get to see them in a more 'intimate' setting or whatnot).
Hell, I'm going to this thing, for sure. I'll show up at the =w=/offspring/no doubt show and pass out anti-RIAA literature and stuff about how labels are fucking with "anti-piracy" CD protection. And IF (that's a big 'if') I can get the hookup, I'll pass out anti-RIAA stickers, too. If anyone wants to, er, sponsor me, feel free to drop a line.