Whatever else, it almost always is correct to come away from any situation disliking ClearChannel. They have single-handedly destroyed any notion of local, unique radio, radio with identity, personality, vision. They've also eliminated any actual relationship between the radio stations they control and the communities that they supposedly serve. Through economy of scale and massive undercutting if necessary, they can drive any actual local competition out of business. And while they didn't start the corporate focus group designed playlist, they have perfected it as a method of eliminating anything approaching quality in radio programming. The have blanded out radio to an unprecedented extent. Country is usually sited as the best example. Despite the acclaim and great sales of the soundtrack of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" and the Dixie Chicks "Home", any other examples of roots/traditional country music can't get two seconds of airtime unless they hold someone hostage. And that's difficult to do because most ClearChannel programming comes from centralized hubs that are mostly computerized.
Easy way to understand it: ClearChannel is like Microsoft, except there is no open source radio (except the Internet, which is being priced out of existence).
Casey Casem was a clearly syndicated show, which is a format that radio stations are allowed to broadcast. But there is a federal mandate that local stations serve a local audience. The mostly artificial construct involved hardly qualifies as serving a local audience, but that is how the stations are counting it.
A good exemplar: calling this show local content is like calling ketchup a vegetable. And that's what they've doing for all this time.
It was Scotty. That's right: Captain Montgomery Scott. First he came back in time and invented transparent aluminum. Then, going further back in time and visiting the ancestral manse, he decided to invent the telephone/telegraph.
But what of the signature "CM Renfrew"? Captain Montgomery from Renfrew. Why no S for Scott? Unnecessary. Everyone from Renfrew (in those days) was a Scott. It was the ancestral home. It's so obvious, it's silly.
It's so much easier to know how I should respond to stories when Editors take the time to specify my emotional reaction. Why can't everyone be this considerate?
Knowing me, I probably would have been bored/vaguely amused if I was left to my own devices. Then where would we be? And since I try to limit lust to interactions with my wife, I totally would have missed the mark on this one.
Thank Cmdr. Taco kids.Thank you Taco
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Reading my very thoughts on how much I wanted a Tetris AI system.
Of course, you're also telling me to pick up a halibut and run through the workplace smacking coworkers upside the head as way of instructing them in Esperanto. I think I'll try and ignore those instructions, this time.
The service pack was released January 17, 2003, a week before Slammer hit. The patch, which does require all of that manual effort is what has been out there for the past six months.
Alot of sysadmins were waiting for the SP to be released before even approaching this one, just because the patching process is so complex. They just waited a week too long
Microsoft always claims that it is the endusers responsibility to implement patches once they're released. The fact that six months later, they hadn't done so themselves would seem to indicate that this is in fact a sham argument put out to distract from their responsibility. And the fact that past patches have consistently had such a destructive effect on systems would provide further proof.
They release fixes that people have been so conditioned to avoid that they even do so themselves. It hardly seems to be a fix if nobody will touch it with a ten foot pole.
But with Netscape 4.7, they wouldn't even try. I was bumped to a page explaining that they no longer supported this browser. Can't wait to see what it looks like on a Mac.
The same government that snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and turned a monopoly breakup into a mime of a wrist slap fights the good fight to make sure that software that isn't being licensed by the major party contributor is on superior footing against "free" "better" software. Why is anyone acting surprised?
How can you say these things? It's Free!!!! All Free!!! Stuff and swag and gimmees. Free! Free! Free! What else is life about? There is stuff, cool stuff, dumb stuff, dull stuff, tasty stuff and people are handing it out for FREEEE!!!!!
Considering all the work that O'Reilly has already done with educating users on web serving on OS X with Apache, PHP and MySQL already, I'm surprised that they wouldn't even bring it up in a supposedly comprehensive beginner/intermediate book. Left hand/right hand, perhaps.
If the recording time went over 1.5 hours, you could tape most movies off the screen. Of course, a lot of other things take more then an hour, and I think most people would like to have more recording time then that. Which is why it probably won't sell well in this configuration.
According to this editorial in news.com, the Justice Department, the RIAA, the MPAA and the BSA are all working together to start some prosecutions under the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act of 1997.
From the editorial: The NET Act works in two ways: In general, violations are punishable by one year in prison, if the total value of the files exceeds $1,000; or, if the value tops $2,500, not more than five years in prison. Also, if someone logs on to a file-trading network and shares even one MP3 file without permission in "expectation" that others will do the same, full criminal penalties kick in automatically.
It's so much easier to just accept the industry line that the two year decline in CD sales is due to P2P services. No need to check to see if there is evidence to support this. It's common knowledge. It's accepted. "Facts" would just interfere with the flow of the story.
The 25% decline in industry output, the economy, the specifics of the offerings, the collusively illegal prices, the wide variety of other available choices for purchase, the ubiquity of music available free on MTV, these are all bothersome and distracting. And "reporting" can tire one out.
The Party doesn't allow you to block the viewscreen. That's a double plus ungood thing. By the way, the chocolate rations have been increased to 5 units this month.
Oh my god! Robots with screw guns know how to drive SUVs? Now where will we hide? My cabin on the mountain would be easily accessible by SUV, and they can unscrew the access bolts to the secret lab. I guess it will have to be the caves. The dampness should impede their functioning, and the SUVs won't fit. And of course, there is nowhere to plug in/recharge the screw guns. Damn! Whose idea was it to teach the screw gun using robots how to drive anyway? Is there no self-preservation instinct in you people at all?
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Easy way to understand it: ClearChannel is like Microsoft, except there is no open source radio (except the Internet, which is being priced out of existence).
A good exemplar: calling this show local content is like calling ketchup a vegetable. And that's what they've doing for all this time.
But what of the signature "CM Renfrew"? Captain Montgomery from Renfrew. Why no S for Scott? Unnecessary. Everyone from Renfrew (in those days) was a Scott. It was the ancestral home. It's so obvious, it's silly.
syndicated "humor" column?
callipygian considered to be overrated?
J. Lo.
One of the chapters of Steven Jay Gould's book Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
Knowing me, I probably would have been bored/vaguely amused if I was left to my own devices. Then where would we be? And since I try to limit lust to interactions with my wife, I totally would have missed the mark on this one.
Thank Cmdr. Taco kids.Thank you Taco
Of course, you're also telling me to pick up a halibut and run through the workplace smacking coworkers upside the head as way of instructing them in Esperanto. I think I'll try and ignore those instructions, this time.
At least, that's what Shaggy says. And that's where I take my cues in life.
Alot of sysadmins were waiting for the SP to be released before even approaching this one, just because the patching process is so complex. They just waited a week too long
They release fixes that people have been so conditioned to avoid that they even do so themselves. It hardly seems to be a fix if nobody will touch it with a ten foot pole.
But with Netscape 4.7, they wouldn't even try. I was bumped to a page explaining that they no longer supported this browser. Can't wait to see what it looks like on a Mac.
The same government that snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and turned a monopoly breakup into a mime of a wrist slap fights the good fight to make sure that software that isn't being licensed by the major party contributor is on superior footing against "free" "better" software. Why is anyone acting surprised?
I'm tired now. I'm going to go take a nap.
Considering all the work that O'Reilly has already done with educating users on web serving on OS X with Apache, PHP and MySQL already, I'm surprised that they wouldn't even bring it up in a supposedly comprehensive beginner/intermediate book. Left hand/right hand, perhaps.
If the recording time went over 1.5 hours, you could tape most movies off the screen. Of course, a lot of other things take more then an hour, and I think most people would like to have more recording time then that. Which is why it probably won't sell well in this configuration.
From the editorial: The NET Act works in two ways: In general, violations are punishable by one year in prison, if the total value of the files exceeds $1,000; or, if the value tops $2,500, not more than five years in prison. Also, if someone logs on to a file-trading network and shares even one MP3 file without permission in "expectation" that others will do the same, full criminal penalties kick in automatically.
The 25% decline in industry output, the economy, the specifics of the offerings, the collusively illegal prices, the wide variety of other available choices for purchase, the ubiquity of music available free on MTV, these are all bothersome and distracting. And "reporting" can tire one out.
The Party doesn't allow you to block the viewscreen. That's a double plus ungood thing. By the way, the chocolate rations have been increased to 5 units this month.
Oh my god! Robots with screw guns know how to drive SUVs? Now where will we hide? My cabin on the mountain would be easily accessible by SUV, and they can unscrew the access bolts to the secret lab. I guess it will have to be the caves. The dampness should impede their functioning, and the SUVs won't fit. And of course, there is nowhere to plug in/recharge the screw guns. Damn! Whose idea was it to teach the screw gun using robots how to drive anyway? Is there no self-preservation instinct in you people at all?
Not, "Resistance occasionally works, but in general you really shouldn't count on it".
Why is this so confusing to everyone? What do you expect from the Borg? Remember, it's not "You might be assimilated". It's "You will be assimilated".
Now I get it.
And anybody who'd let one of those evil monsters near their children deserves the dire consequences sure to follow.
I don't personally tax religions anymore. I've been enjoined.