Suppose some random person had to die every time a new movie was made, or every time a CD was released. Would we value our entertainment enough to tolerate that?
I wouldn't support this unless I got to choose who died. In fact, you can just leave out the movies and CDs.
The Decatur Daily story had some interesting tidbits that weren't listed above, including these gems:
Testimony alleged that as a result of Blake downloading the software, a computer hacker at an unknown location in Australia breached the Alabama Department of Transportation's computer firewall in 2003.
also,
Blake also testified Monday that he installed the program on two other computers in the department, that of the state Right of Way Engineer Paul Bowlin, who heads the division, and Right of Way Secretary Jana Trafford Blake. Jana Blake is married to Vernon Blake.
So he spies on his wife, his boss, and HIS boss. It's also possible that his actions led to a breach in the firewall at the office as well (that's disputed and may not be the case). With those facts in play, that changes my view of events.
Not a surprise that Big Thinkers got the axe...
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I'll bet both the other watchers of the show are bummed out too.:(
I was cleaning stuff out of my desk last week and came across the March 2000 edition of Fast Company, which is really when the "New Economy" peaked in many ways. The cover story is "Built to Flip: Forget 'Great Companies', GET RICH QUICK!"
Hadn't thought of it that way before, and I guess the same could be applied to federal appointees, including judges. An excellent point that I hadn't heard before. Thanks, stuff like that makes my day!
Disclosure: I work for a big-box retailer and have previously worked for Wal-Mart in both stores and IT. This is also OT to the main topic, but not to the above post.
I grew up in a small town that still had many of the small-town merchants that people tend to evoke when they talk about "mom 'n pop". However, a lot of people tend to overlook or forget a lot of the things that made M&P a serious pain in the ass to deal with. I remember that the department store in town was only open from 9-5 during the week and 9-12 Saturdays. If you had to work a normal job, you had to crowd in with everyone else who couldn't go shop there any day but Saturday. Not my idea of fun.
This alone drove a whole lot of shoppers (myself included) to the big boxes, and when a lot of M&P shops decided to whine and protest instead of respond to their customers, the ended up closing the doors. As they should have. When you add in parking issues in a lot of downtowns, being out of stuff you needed a lot due to lack of decent inventory systems, and a frequent lack of options in a lot of categories, it's easy to see why this happened.
Also, I had stores where my family and I were remembered, warmly accepted, etc. However, many of my friends that happened to be non-white didn't have these feelings when they went shopping. When there's only 1 owner and a handful of employees, if you get on their bad side for any reason, you're screwed as far as getting any sort of decent shake at M&P's. (Not that this doesn't sometimes happen even in a bigger chain - Denny's and whatnot - but is less likely with a larger employee base).
Plus, way back in the day, M&P were the town-wreckers putting the ol' general store in town out of business. Department stores were to general stores what category killers are to department stores today - a more specialized group of items to allow for more choice in what you purchased, that eventually caused a change in how Americans shopped.
I won't claim that the big boxes don't have serious problems, including pollution concerns and creating a lot of snarl. But ol' mom and pop had their problems as well, and it's important to keep that in mind when discussing the evolution of retail.
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EB: My experience trying to "sell" the concepts of swarm intelligence to the commercial world is that managers would rather live with a problem they can't solve than with a solution they don't fully understand or control.
Guess he won't be giving the RIAA a call anytime soon, eh?
A problem with that is that then customers don't have much incentive to continue buying IBM.
Right now, a customer wanting to move from IBM servers has to find suitable hardware AND software replacements. If IBM processors are running Linux, they have to compete with everyone else's processors that are running Linux.
I wouldn't expect to see this as long as enterprises deem processor/servers as the computing needs for business.
1. 1875+95=1970. Still have 20 years' difference; perhaps this is why proposed extensions have only been for 20 years at a time?
2. If the terms were to somehow overlap, the process thirdrock describes is a good one. However, you should sue Disney for the amount of revenue, not profit. Stan Lee can tell you that even wildly successful movies make no money.
Perhaps we should push for the extensions on copyright now, instead of waiting for the next go-round when it's time for Eisner et al to get paid again. Either the time gets moved back enough to where people start to realize how ridiculous things are, or if it doesn't, you save those arguments used against you for when Congressman Robert Van Winkle proposed his copyright extension act in 2017.
"What great thing would you attempt if you could not fail?" - Robert Schuller
Having said that, I'm not sure that finding something that you love to do "day in, day out" is possible. Most people change so much as they grow and experience life that I think it can create a burden to have those kinds of expectations.
So many people seem to view becoming dissatisfied with some part of their life as a sign of failure. But it makes more sense to view this as a sign of growth - it's a signal to add something new to your life! It could be as simple as taking up a new hobby or interest, or perhaps it's time to launch into something completely new and immersive. Life isn't a path to be walked - it's a tree with infinitely varied and wonderful fruit. If you don't like what you're eating, grab another piece that looks good and try it!
As long as you always look to do things that you are passionate about, you'll always be living a life worth living. As MLK Jr. said:
"If you are called to be a street sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'"
How can any list of most shameful games not include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for the Genesis? Having Michael save little boys by performing dance moves was a bad idea at the time and just seems horrid now with all the pedophilia lawsuits and bad jokes. Definitely in my top 5...
Almost none. If companies can't even tell when their own employees are stealing them blind, how are they going to notice a handful of malicious lines of code in a program that's looked at by no more than a couple of people?
Makes me think of tornado drills in school...
"All right class, when you hear the alarm, flop to the ground and wriggle around until you battery goes dead..."
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I wouldn't support this unless I got to choose who died. In fact, you can just leave out the movies and CDs.
Testimony alleged that as a result of Blake downloading the software, a computer hacker at an unknown location in Australia breached the Alabama Department of Transportation's computer firewall in 2003.
also,
Blake also testified Monday that he installed the program on two other computers in the department, that of the state Right of Way Engineer Paul Bowlin, who heads the division, and Right of Way Secretary Jana Trafford Blake. Jana Blake is married to Vernon Blake.
So he spies on his wife, his boss, and HIS boss. It's also possible that his actions led to a breach in the firewall at the office as well (that's disputed and may not be the case). With those facts in play, that changes my view of events.
I'll bet both the other watchers of the show are bummed out too. :(
and there are already programs out that help with this. Here's one for example...
Motion Picture Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
Feel free to contribute...
That sums it up pretty well, I think.
Some argue it's still the greatest baseball game ever made. I'd say it's at least the best one made in the 20th century.
Hadn't thought of it that way before, and I guess the same could be applied to federal appointees, including judges. An excellent point that I hadn't heard before. Thanks, stuff like that makes my day!
for that RIAA Do-Not-Call list!
Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
Compared to working for the RIAA, Mr. Oppenheimer could surpass his previous accomplishments by clubbing baby seals with orphans.
I grew up in a small town that still had many of the small-town merchants that people tend to evoke when they talk about "mom 'n pop". However, a lot of people tend to overlook or forget a lot of the things that made M&P a serious pain in the ass to deal with. I remember that the department store in town was only open from 9-5 during the week and 9-12 Saturdays. If you had to work a normal job, you had to crowd in with everyone else who couldn't go shop there any day but Saturday. Not my idea of fun.
This alone drove a whole lot of shoppers (myself included) to the big boxes, and when a lot of M&P shops decided to whine and protest instead of respond to their customers, the ended up closing the doors. As they should have. When you add in parking issues in a lot of downtowns, being out of stuff you needed a lot due to lack of decent inventory systems, and a frequent lack of options in a lot of categories, it's easy to see why this happened.
Also, I had stores where my family and I were remembered, warmly accepted, etc. However, many of my friends that happened to be non-white didn't have these feelings when they went shopping. When there's only 1 owner and a handful of employees, if you get on their bad side for any reason, you're screwed as far as getting any sort of decent shake at M&P's. (Not that this doesn't sometimes happen even in a bigger chain - Denny's and whatnot - but is less likely with a larger employee base).
Plus, way back in the day, M&P were the town-wreckers putting the ol' general store in town out of business. Department stores were to general stores what category killers are to department stores today - a more specialized group of items to allow for more choice in what you purchased, that eventually caused a change in how Americans shopped.
I won't claim that the big boxes don't have serious problems, including pollution concerns and creating a lot of snarl. But ol' mom and pop had their problems as well, and it's important to keep that in mind when discussing the evolution of retail.
It's Louisiana - could be both!
Don't know if their site has it or not - I'm at work and it's blocked for me. Anyone have more info on it compared to this story?
where Lucky Wander Boy becomes the 43rd President of the United States?
by Tony White can be found here.
Guess he won't be giving the RIAA a call anytime soon, eh?
Right now, a customer wanting to move from IBM servers has to find suitable hardware AND software replacements. If IBM processors are running Linux, they have to compete with everyone else's processors that are running Linux.
I wouldn't expect to see this as long as enterprises deem processor/servers as the computing needs for business.
1. 1875+95=1970. Still have 20 years' difference; perhaps this is why proposed extensions have only been for 20 years at a time?
2. If the terms were to somehow overlap, the process thirdrock describes is a good one. However, you should sue Disney for the amount of revenue, not profit. Stan Lee can tell you that even wildly successful movies make no money.
Perhaps we should push for the extensions on copyright now, instead of waiting for the next go-round when it's time for Eisner et al to get paid again. Either the time gets moved back enough to where people start to realize how ridiculous things are, or if it doesn't, you save those arguments used against you for when Congressman Robert Van Winkle proposed his copyright extension act in 2017.
"What great thing would you attempt if you could not fail?" - Robert Schuller
Having said that, I'm not sure that finding something that you love to do "day in, day out" is possible. Most people change so much as they grow and experience life that I think it can create a burden to have those kinds of expectations.
So many people seem to view becoming dissatisfied with some part of their life as a sign of failure. But it makes more sense to view this as a sign of growth - it's a signal to add something new to your life! It could be as simple as taking up a new hobby or interest, or perhaps it's time to launch into something completely new and immersive. Life isn't a path to be walked - it's a tree with infinitely varied and wonderful fruit. If you don't like what you're eating, grab another piece that looks good and try it!
As long as you always look to do things that you are passionate about, you'll always be living a life worth living. As MLK Jr. said:
"If you are called to be a street sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'"
How can any list of most shameful games not include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for the Genesis? Having Michael save little boys by performing dance moves was a bad idea at the time and just seems horrid now with all the pedophilia lawsuits and bad jokes. Definitely in my top 5...
Almost none. If companies can't even tell when their own employees are stealing them blind, how are they going to notice a handful of malicious lines of code in a program that's looked at by no more than a couple of people?
You're new to the software industry, aren't you?
Makes me think of tornado drills in school... "All right class, when you hear the alarm, flop to the ground and wriggle around until you battery goes dead..."
I'm sorry; I've known far too many Spaniards.