"If the labels are the ones not getting it, how come they are still in business and AnywhereCD is tanking?"
...BUT the labels are starting to tank. small labels are folding by the dozens and the big ones are hemorrhaging and don't get why they are gushing blood. It does come down to the simple fact of they "just don't get it". Maintaining an old school mentality in a new world that is changing faster than they can send out RIAA letters to colleges is just not going to cut it. It is going to take a maverick(insert Top Gun references) to work at a label and "get it", thus lowering prices, putting music out there for the masses, and working with what people truly want and how they want it.
Seriously? This country and corporations(as well as you Canadians up 'der") have found fit to nickel and dime the lazy into millions and billions of extra dollars in hidden fees, surcharges, and taxes.
It's interesting to see this in almost EVERY major bill of everyday American usage. Phone, cable, electric, gas. It truly is out of control and it's a pleasant surprise to see the Canadians take charge. Now if us Americans would understand that the phone companies here are doing the same PLUS charging us for for fractions of extra minutes based on getting their own operator telling us "if you would like to leave a message press one, if you would like to page this person, press 2. If not please leave your message after the tone." 15 seconds of extra money for them after every phone call not answered. I bet that adds up to a few extra "crack" millions a year.
Over 90% of the IT coworkers I've had in the past 10 years of my IT career had NO education in IT whatsoever. I'm also sorry to report that it reflects in the quality of their work.
I don't know if that is you Chris on the other side of my cube, but that 90% of us here at ZippoTech find 100% of you to be an arrogant prick.
...I create a new law in my glorious purple sky kingdom that every Chinese government official must get special written permission from King Me prior to squatting down and excreting the same kind of fecal matter that they are spewing from their mouths.
Like many slashdotters, I've had my heart broken over and over
...realizing once again that the 22 year old beautiful blonde girl with huge boobs on MySpace that just sent you a friend request is really your fat unemployed neighbor Ned?
Having worked for a multi-billion dollar mutual fund company as the head of network security I saw first hand the many paradoxes of standards vs reality, as I am sure we all have in the security field.
1. Receive "quality" industry wide standard and procedures that are meant to protect and secure. 2. Huddle around a conference table and try and dissect what this means for the company. 3. Try and find the cheapest and best "close to scenario" for complying with the standards. 4. Implement and cheer that "WE HAVE COMPLIED!" 5. secretly mumble and complain under our breath that this is f$#ked and no where near as secure as it should be.
Watching a company, such as the one I worked with budget out and just squeak by in complying with ad-hoc measures and procedures left a huge distaste in my mouth for data security in corporate America.
I am glad this got struck down. We are seeing more and more of corporate America using these so called "to smart for the normal guy" contracts that really are never read,signed, or agreed to in a "normal" manner. Hell, recently I got a postcard from Sprint saying that my monthly web service was going to rise a few dollars a month and that by paying my next bill I agree to their service and conditions and the raise. What the f&*k? Of course I am going to have to pay my bill or else they would shut my service off, give me a bad credit mark, and then go to collections on me. A no-win situation.
I keep asking myself, what the f$*k is going on in America lately?
....after reading this glorious news it may be the first time I have wanted to leave my cubicle and head out into the streets to shout at the top of my overworked underpaid lungs...
"FLAVOR FLAAAAAAV!"
then I will promptly head back inside and continue to use our company's massive internet bandwidth to keep downloading pirated music.
...man if I was Hasbro or some other large mass producing toy company I would jump on that name, copyright it, invent it, mass produce it, sell millions, have it recalled due to some unforeseen problem, make news,have a nasty wiki entry made about it, then delete/rewrite the entry to make the wiki whistleblower seem good and new again!
...nice to see that their publishers shortened the original title of the book from Legend of the Syndicate: How to Reach the Age of 35 Without Ever Having Seen a Naked Woman (offline).
...and due to another bombardment of being "Google"ized I am now officially switching search engines and mail service to someplace else. The underdog is now the king and it is further entrenching it's dictatorship.
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It's so easy a caveman can do it
I don't think cavemen ever had to deal with the fear of dropping the soap in a federal prison....and for god's sake, don't use the powdered kind.
"If the labels are the ones not getting it, how come they are still in business and AnywhereCD is tanking?"
...BUT the labels are starting to tank. small labels are folding by the dozens and the big ones are hemorrhaging and don't get why they are gushing blood. It does come down to the simple fact of they "just don't get it". Maintaining an old school mentality in a new world that is changing faster than they can send out RIAA letters to colleges is just not going to cut it. It is going to take a maverick(insert Top Gun references) to work at a label and "get it", thus lowering prices, putting music out there for the masses, and working with what people truly want and how they want it.
In Soviet Russia, we don't DO "in Soviet Russia" jokes. ...they do you.
"Windows Me."
waves magic wand...
***poof***
"There! you are now a bloated over hyped supposed media killer operating system!"
Seriously? This country and corporations(as well as you Canadians up 'der") have found fit to nickel and dime the lazy into millions and billions of extra dollars in hidden fees, surcharges, and taxes.
It's interesting to see this in almost EVERY major bill of everyday American usage. Phone, cable, electric, gas. It truly is out of control and it's a pleasant surprise to see the Canadians take charge. Now if us Americans would understand that the phone companies here are doing the same PLUS charging us for for fractions of extra minutes based on getting their own operator telling us "if you would like to leave a message press one, if you would like to page this person, press 2. If not please leave your message after the tone." 15 seconds of extra money for them after every phone call not answered. I bet that adds up to a few extra "crack" millions a year.
"Anyone else see an obvious mistake here? :D"
;-) :-P :-( :-| :-)
I have NO idea what you are talking about!
now bite me!
oh, wait, I'm sorry, that was rude
forgive me?
yes? ALRIGHT!
I'm surprised the search and rescue teams haven't called on the one man fit for this job...
...it's time to send in LEEEEEEEEERRRROOOOOOOOY JEEEEEEEENKINS!
Over 90% of the IT coworkers I've had in the past 10 years of my IT career had NO education in IT whatsoever. I'm also sorry to report that it reflects in the quality of their work.
I don't know if that is you Chris on the other side of my cube, but that 90% of us here at ZippoTech find 100% of you to be an arrogant prick.
ubuntu,fedora,redhat...suse,novel? xandros, freespire...lindows...
...we didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the worlds been turning.
GPL.... FOSS Richard Stallman Linus torvalds al qaeda
"Something like this would be great for translating interesting historical records like the Amarna Letters."
God, I was just telling my friend Akakakakallatatatmah the exact same thing today! weird.
...I create a new law in my glorious purple sky kingdom that every Chinese government official must get special written permission from King Me prior to squatting down and excreting the same kind of fecal matter that they are spewing from their mouths.
Like many slashdotters, I've had my heart broken over and over
...realizing once again that the 22 year old beautiful blonde girl with huge boobs on MySpace that just sent you a friend request is really your fat unemployed neighbor Ned?
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw someone else's copyrighted stones.
Having worked for a multi-billion dollar mutual fund company as the head of network security I saw first hand the many paradoxes of standards vs reality, as I am sure we all have in the security field.
1. Receive "quality" industry wide standard and procedures that are meant to protect and secure.
2. Huddle around a conference table and try and dissect what this means for the company.
3. Try and find the cheapest and best "close to scenario" for complying with the standards.
4. Implement and cheer that "WE HAVE COMPLIED!"
5. secretly mumble and complain under our breath that this is f$#ked and no where near as secure as it should be.
Watching a company, such as the one I worked with budget out and just squeak by in complying with ad-hoc measures and procedures left a huge distaste in my mouth for data security in corporate America.
I am glad this got struck down. We are seeing more and more of corporate America using these so called "to smart for the normal guy" contracts that really are never read,signed, or agreed to in a "normal" manner. Hell, recently I got a postcard from Sprint saying that my monthly web service was going to rise a few dollars a month and that by paying my next bill I agree to their service and conditions and the raise. What the f&*k? Of course I am going to have to pay my bill or else they would shut my service off, give me a bad credit mark, and then go to collections on me. A no-win situation.
I keep asking myself, what the f$*k is going on in America lately?
....after reading this glorious news it may be the first time I have wanted to leave my cubicle and head out into the streets to shout at the top of my overworked underpaid lungs...
"FLAVOR FLAAAAAAV!"
then I will promptly head back inside and continue to use our company's massive internet bandwidth to keep downloading pirated music.
"wiki whistleblowers"
...man if I was Hasbro or some other large mass producing toy company I would jump on that name, copyright it, invent it, mass produce it, sell millions, have it recalled due to some unforeseen problem, make news,have a nasty wiki entry made about it, then delete/rewrite the entry to make the wiki whistleblower seem good and new again!
...always wondered what happened to them after their big radio hit ""Keep Your Hands to Yourself".
pessimism and sarcastic remarks will get you nowhere in the scientific community.
Now leave me alone while I figure out how to get to the top of these stupid MC Escher stairs.
...which of course falls firmly in the hole that needs to be filled between a black hat and a brown hat.
...and there you go again besmirching the once-revered title "asshat".
...nice to see that their publishers shortened the original title of the book from Legend of the Syndicate: How to Reach the Age of 35 Without Ever Having Seen a Naked Woman (offline).
...and due to another bombardment of being "Google"ized I am now officially switching search engines and mail service to someplace else. The underdog is now the king and it is further entrenching it's dictatorship.
This is the sort of stuff that just makes the whole IT security industry, and everyone involved in it, look dangerous and irresponsible.
agreed, but it TRULY makes programmers, and everyone involved it, look more dangerous and even more irresponsible.
purchased iTunes now have your personal data in them. Author suspects that this is to prevent you uploading them to a network."
...author ALSO suspects that the big pretty boat in the movie Titanic will sink in the end.