I think I would stick it on a cops' wife's car. One of the stay at home mother types. Let him think about why supposedly I'm spending so much time at his house.
Agreed, I find it is much, much easier to do small incremental updates and gains than to do the big website of d00m. Chances are, if you work with a customer and get the that version 1.0 up and running well, they'll look at you to do more for them. It is so much easier then to kick into incremental updates. Do small but functionally significant improvements.
Going from version 1.0 to 1.1 is much easier than from 1.0 to 2.0. And there are added benefits.
Since the changes are so small it's easy to explain what is covered in the scope of the change and what you can promise in another change. This keeps yourself from getting derailed by "new shiny's".
Not doing a lot of change all at once lets the users get trained to the new functions without getting overwhelmed.
As a developer you'll be forced to think more modularly. Which in my experience has been a very good thing.
The changes will be able to be done very quickly. So, the managers see progress, the company sees improvements.
Having the small projects lets you reorder them by priority and gets you a flexible long term plan.
Too right. The closest real world comparison of what this would do to public relations is the Catholic Church Priest scandal. While the Priest were being prosecuted, it was clearly illegal behaviors for which they were being prosecuted for. The Catholic Church lost a lot of face with it.
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on their success, the Scientology lawyers and the "Church" itself will likely go to bat for those charged with various crimes. I'd be surprised if they didn't spin it to be religious persecution veiled as legal prosecution. In much the same manner OJ's lawyers did for the racial persecution to legal prosecution. And who knows how that'll work with the public?
I was going to say that geekiness does not translate to common sense. The smartest geek can be as good or as bad with money as the next person. Also, geeky people tend to get themselves in financial straights just getting educated. It takes a lot to feed a geek's brain after all. That's aside from family troubles, natural disasters, bad luck, recessions and taxes. But, you my friend have said all that in just 2 words.
I had a POTS and a DSL line with a local phone company. One evening we got a call from them. They were calling to let me know that they changed some of their plans around and that I was spending more than I needed to on my phone and service. So, after explaining to me the plans they were currently offering, I ended up with a plan that was less expensive and with more services. Oh, and my DSL speed was bumped up too.
I hadn't been considering changing to another company at the time. I suppose that there would be some opinions out there that said this company did the wrong thing. After that exchange I didn't want to switch to another company. Even if said company had a better service (which was unlikely anyways).
It doesn't happen very often, but it's really awesome when a company treats you like a human being.
I hear this said a lot. How easy is it to track down a method of sending money to the major artists? I've attempted this on a few artists and it's near impossible to guarantee it's not a method that the RIAA doesn't have it's sticky little fingers in. Indies and locals are much easier to figure out in this regard. You can often meet them after the show or buy their CD's at the concerts. Hell, some even have tip jars.
Somebody needs to make a database of bands and their paypal accounts or check mailing addresses. More people would send the artist 10 bucks if there was an easy way to find out where to send it to.
My point is, that you shouldn't have to in order to satisfy your moral values. There are lots of great Indie artists and I applaud your support. But, there are lots of great mainstream artists too. We shouldn't have to give up on them just because the only way they saw to make what they do into a living was to sign their souls over.
The good ones are doing it for the love of music just like the Indies.
This has been my qualm for years. The RIAA is so entangled in the artist they "support" that listening to music in any legal way means that some money has been funneled to them. The only ways that I can think of that let you listen to the artist's music without giving money to the RIAA is through concerts and pirating. And I may be wrong with the concerts.
With pirating however, you don't get to support the artists financially. If that aspect could be incorporated somehow, I would have no moral reason to prevent me from pirating.
It would be nice if there was a giant tip jar that people like me and the parent poster could drop money into for the artist we like. Something that let us contribute to an artist specifically or that could be divided up among the artists.
Enraged and full of anger? Who could tell?
Rides the Metal Monster? Not so much.
Breathing Smoke and Fire? Check.
Louder than an Atom Bomb? Based on Proximity. But we'll let this go with a check.
Chromium Plated boiling metal? Not so much.
Brighter than a 1,000 suns? Not quite.
You know, that would make a great commercial. Maybe put in some The Firm meets Agent Smith from The Matrix clips in there with some techno music in the background.
I would be tempted to attach that to my shared files.
It's the Mom and Pop shops that are going to benefit the most from this. They get a huge amount of exposure with very little effort. It can turn a hole in the wall into something a little more prominate. I suspect comic book shops, hobby shops, small repair places, etc. will benefit from it. There has been times when I didn't know those places existed until I had drove by them.
The big box stores have all of their information on their related sites already. I wouldn't expect much from them.
Add into that a solid understanding of technology that the RIAA doesn't seem to grasp. We're talking about an age group that had the internet available since they were toddlers. They know better than the average Joe how it works and where it breaks.
From a technological evidence stand point, the RIAA doesn't have a leg to stand on. Us techies have known that for a while. But, I think it's the first group to really have the confidence to stand up, the know how to contradict and the desire to stick it to them.
If this group can keep banding together, I think the RIAA's legal tactics may hit a sudden and disastrous roadblock.
I think what they considered newsworthy about it is the fact that it can be done in 6 words. Not that the bug exists, but rather how simple it is to crash it. They should have put the foot up there for humor if they wanted to get that across IMHO.
That being said, crashing IE is only slightly more difficult that tying my shoes.
There are of course exceptions. I think nursing was one of those areas where men were not just seen as outside their role (they should be the doctor, of course, with the subservient female nurse to assist them), but also as lacking the nurturing and compassionate instincts for the job.
The very odd thing about nursing is while those obstacles exist for men, men often perform longer periods of service in these jobs. The "lack" of compassion allows as a buffer to burn-out and depression. Performance-wise, men are generally preferred in nursing rolls for this very reason.
Also, counter-intuitively, women perform better in naval submarine service than men. I don't remember the conclusions for why on that one.
I decided to wait. I had met my wife and together we had made the decision to wait. It was probably one of the toughest and most rewarding decisions I ever made. We had a lot of physical chemistry. Holding off let us see past that and get a clear head about what we had in our relationship. Which is apparently quite a lot of good stuff.
As has been posted before, the whole sex thing is complicated in a long term relationship. Emotional issues. Biological issues (especially if it's the first time for you both). Maturity issues. Personal issues. Also, coming into it new, neither of you come into it with unrealistic expectations. So, you guys get to make the rules and do the exploring together. And that helps a lot in building a solid grounding for a long and healthy sex life. So, more power to you.
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Actually only one person needs to do all that. Then they just need to do one more thing: Make the content and the method available over the internet. Most people don't know how to do everything you outlined. They don't have to.
There will always be people who get a kick out of cracking DRM for the fun of it. So, there is little chance that the average person will run out of people cracking it for them.
Well, Apple's lawyers are already in the budget (on Salary/Retainer/Funded breeding programs). So, for them, it's just a cost of doing business. So this particular case doesn't cost them any more than what they were expecting to have come out of the bottom line anyways.
The guy is just wasting his time for relatively nothing. He might have been better off writing a scathing letter to customer service instead of hiring a lawyer.
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I think I would stick it on a cops' wife's car. One of the stay at home mother types. Let him think about why supposedly I'm spending so much time at his house.
I thought that was just a round about way of saying "Politician."
Going from version 1.0 to 1.1 is much easier than from 1.0 to 2.0. And there are added benefits.
My question then is, What could they do to make him look any dumber than he already is?
Too right. The closest real world comparison of what this would do to public relations is the Catholic Church Priest scandal. While the Priest were being prosecuted, it was clearly illegal behaviors for which they were being prosecuted for. The Catholic Church lost a lot of face with it.
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on their success, the Scientology lawyers and the "Church" itself will likely go to bat for those charged with various crimes. I'd be surprised if they didn't spin it to be religious persecution veiled as legal prosecution. In much the same manner OJ's lawyers did for the racial persecution to legal prosecution. And who knows how that'll work with the public?
How about:
2 - Bite my shiny metal ass!
Let me guess, you clean out the spam filter at work don't you?
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I was going to say that geekiness does not translate to common sense. The smartest geek can be as good or as bad with money as the next person. Also, geeky people tend to get themselves in financial straights just getting educated. It takes a lot to feed a geek's brain after all. That's aside from family troubles, natural disasters, bad luck, recessions and taxes. But, you my friend have said all that in just 2 words.
Uh huh.
Can somebody mod this guy +1(Has a Clue Bat)?
I had a POTS and a DSL line with a local phone company. One evening we got a call from them. They were calling to let me know that they changed some of their plans around and that I was spending more than I needed to on my phone and service. So, after explaining to me the plans they were currently offering, I ended up with a plan that was less expensive and with more services. Oh, and my DSL speed was bumped up too.
I hadn't been considering changing to another company at the time. I suppose that there would be some opinions out there that said this company did the wrong thing. After that exchange I didn't want to switch to another company. Even if said company had a better service (which was unlikely anyways).
It doesn't happen very often, but it's really awesome when a company treats you like a human being.
I hear this said a lot. How easy is it to track down a method of sending money to the major artists? I've attempted this on a few artists and it's near impossible to guarantee it's not a method that the RIAA doesn't have it's sticky little fingers in. Indies and locals are much easier to figure out in this regard. You can often meet them after the show or buy their CD's at the concerts. Hell, some even have tip jars.
Somebody needs to make a database of bands and their paypal accounts or check mailing addresses. More people would send the artist 10 bucks if there was an easy way to find out where to send it to.
Any takers out there?
My point is, that you shouldn't have to in order to satisfy your moral values. There are lots of great Indie artists and I applaud your support. But, there are lots of great mainstream artists too. We shouldn't have to give up on them just because the only way they saw to make what they do into a living was to sign their souls over.
The good ones are doing it for the love of music just like the Indies.
With pirating however, you don't get to support the artists financially. If that aspect could be incorporated somehow, I would have no moral reason to prevent me from pirating.
It would be nice if there was a giant tip jar that people like me and the parent poster could drop money into for the artist we like. Something that let us contribute to an artist specifically or that could be divided up among the artists.
Enraged and full of anger? Who could tell?
Rides the Metal Monster? Not so much.
Breathing Smoke and Fire? Check.
Louder than an Atom Bomb? Based on Proximity. But we'll let this go with a check.
Chromium Plated boiling metal? Not so much.
Brighter than a 1,000 suns? Not quite.
Well, it's got some close characteristics.
So, it's competing?
We all know it's crippled enough. Should pass that qualification with flying colors.
You know, that would make a great commercial. Maybe put in some The Firm meets Agent Smith from The Matrix clips in there with some techno music in the background.
I would be tempted to attach that to my shared files.
Wait... what are you guys doing here? no.... don't stick me in the invisible box.... anything but The Box.
It's the Mom and Pop shops that are going to benefit the most from this. They get a huge amount of exposure with very little effort. It can turn a hole in the wall into something a little more prominate. I suspect comic book shops, hobby shops, small repair places, etc. will benefit from it. There has been times when I didn't know those places existed until I had drove by them.
The big box stores have all of their information on their related sites already. I wouldn't expect much from them.
Add into that a solid understanding of technology that the RIAA doesn't seem to grasp. We're talking about an age group that had the internet available since they were toddlers. They know better than the average Joe how it works and where it breaks.
From a technological evidence stand point, the RIAA doesn't have a leg to stand on. Us techies have known that for a while. But, I think it's the first group to really have the confidence to stand up, the know how to contradict and the desire to stick it to them.
If this group can keep banding together, I think the RIAA's legal tactics may hit a sudden and disastrous roadblock.
I think what they considered newsworthy about it is the fact that it can be done in 6 words. Not that the bug exists, but rather how simple it is to crash it. They should have put the foot up there for humor if they wanted to get that across IMHO.
That being said, crashing IE is only slightly more difficult that tying my shoes.
Also, counter-intuitively, women perform better in naval submarine service than men. I don't remember the conclusions for why on that one.
Anyways, that's all tangential to your point.
I decided to wait. I had met my wife and together we had made the decision to wait. It was probably one of the toughest and most rewarding decisions I ever made. We had a lot of physical chemistry. Holding off let us see past that and get a clear head about what we had in our relationship. Which is apparently quite a lot of good stuff.
As has been posted before, the whole sex thing is complicated in a long term relationship. Emotional issues. Biological issues (especially if it's the first time for you both). Maturity issues. Personal issues. Also, coming into it new, neither of you come into it with unrealistic expectations. So, you guys get to make the rules and do the exploring together. And that helps a lot in building a solid grounding for a long and healthy sex life. So, more power to you.
Actually only one person needs to do all that. Then they just need to do one more thing: Make the content and the method available over the internet. Most people don't know how to do everything you outlined. They don't have to.
There will always be people who get a kick out of cracking DRM for the fun of it. So, there is little chance that the average person will run out of people cracking it for them.
Well, Apple's lawyers are already in the budget (on Salary/Retainer/Funded breeding programs). So, for them, it's just a cost of doing business. So this particular case doesn't cost them any more than what they were expecting to have come out of the bottom line anyways.
The guy is just wasting his time for relatively nothing. He might have been better off writing a scathing letter to customer service instead of hiring a lawyer.
But, I just became legal again to use the frowny: http://www.despair.com/acompromise.html