Headline should have been: Acknowledges Texting Effects Bad Box Office Turnout.
The article was short sort and what was said was even handed. Slashdot clip is totally off base and seems to be talking about a different article.
Nothing sinister here, just a Slashdot spin on an innocent (and insightful) comment by a Miramax guy.
I can think of two industries that have made the consumer pay more as the technology has matured and decreased in cost: Cable Television and Music CD's. P2P isn't realistic yet for cable Movies and television, but it sure as hell beats paying what you know is a fixed price on a known inexpensive media.
I mean these clowns think they can get away with this?
MP3 is the current defacto standard. To me, it doesn't make sense that we can easily buy a CD and rip it (unless it's a copy-proof CD) and make MP3's, and yet the music industry seems afraid to produce MP3's.
Imagine you work in an industry and have been working in it for a long time and control the market. One day something changes and suddenly a large portion of the industry in which you've been working is no longer necessary. Add to that that the thing that has replace it is TOTALLY out of your control.
This is the picture industry representatives are working with and until they find a way to control the market they will not stop. I mean they had a good thing, why would they?
I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere whether this is a sales quote or a quick calculator job? Sales people are flexable, especially when it comes to big sales. If your calculating 350K there is probably a Red Hat representative out there who could make you very happy (and would be very happy). Of course if your company needs 350K worth of support, then you'll need to be more creative.
But this sound like someone who is quick with the calculator and just as quick to react.
Gnome and KDE lead because they are Windows-like. Great for transitioning people who don't want to jump in feet first. WindowsMaker was my first DE of choice, until I discovered BlackBox (simpler, cleaner and fast and arguably better looking!).
IMHO of course.
Tryptophan was never the problem, it was morecomlicated then that.
I BELIEVE we should have the right to purchase nutritional supplements. As an adult I should really be able to put just about anything I want into my body. But as a business person I SHOULD NOT be able to make untested claims about either the benifits or safely of a nutraceutical (or any other substance). And if I do I should be subject to the heavy charges. If the nutraceutical industry (a multi-billion dollar industry) wants to sell and promote medice they should be as carefully regulated as the pharmaceutical industry. Let them cure depression with St. John's wart, just be sure as hell they've done reasonalble health, safety and effectiveness studies. Otherwise, its just fancy snake oil.
Obviously the projects wouldn't be being developed if the developers (and the community around them) thought they where useless.
I've been following kde-look.org on and off for a while now, there are a lot of users who really like this stuff. I'm a Blackbox man myself, but I'm not above making my desktop easy on the eyes (I run a dressed up version of the KDE kick on mine that looks similar to this).
Too much clutter and I start to feel a little distracted, but I really like that the Linux desktop if finally starting to come into its own.
Of course if you don't like you still don't have to use it.
I'm a representative of common sense. When agreements resort to fine print and non-standard tom foolery its a fine to call schenanigans.
At some point companies or individuals can go too far.
When someone gives you something do you always complain that is not really that much? In my mind offering $75,000 to a cause is a pretty generous gesture.
Not to mention that 2 or more (what 10? 90?) times a day is really a lot and is probably an indication of a really serious problem. 2 to 3 crashes a week is probably my Windows norm and enough to make me want to huge my Linux box when I finally get home.
It sounds like a lightly veiled slap in the face for the UK government.
A group of big businesses not necessarily directly related to the broadband market get together to send a warning to the UK government that if they don't deal with piracy issues the broadband market will fail.
That sounds more like a luke warm threat.
Of course DRM has nothing to do with broadbands success, as evidenced here in American. Its more likely games, web browsing, random vidoe clips (hi Star Wars Kid!), business, p2p and pornography, not necessarily in that order. Almost definitely nothing to do with piracy (well, may being able to download free music is another big plus).
I would hate to see iTMS turn into a place where there is a bunch of crap music, sort of like MP3.com
Who's to say whats crap? They have a lot of music that I don't care for, but then I've been turned on to more great music through mp3.com then any other single source. I like what CDbaby is doing and hope to see them forming more partnerships, preferably with sites like emusic.com who have stayed away from the DRM stuff.
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Headline should have been: Acknowledges Texting Effects Bad Box Office Turnout. The article was short sort and what was said was even handed. Slashdot clip is totally off base and seems to be talking about a different article. Nothing sinister here, just a Slashdot spin on an innocent (and insightful) comment by a Miramax guy.
I can think of two industries that have made the consumer pay more as the technology has matured and decreased in cost: Cable Television and Music CD's. P2P isn't realistic yet for cable Movies and television, but it sure as hell beats paying what you know is a fixed price on a known inexpensive media.
I mean these clowns think they can get away with this?
Using bribery and extortion to control markets is very expensive.
MP3 is the current defacto standard. To me, it doesn't make sense that we can easily buy a CD and rip it (unless it's a copy-proof CD) and make MP3's, and yet the music industry seems afraid to produce MP3's.
Imagine you work in an industry and have been working in it for a long time and control the market. One day something changes and suddenly a large portion of the industry in which you've been working is no longer necessary. Add to that that the thing that has replace it is TOTALLY out of your control.
This is the picture industry representatives are working with and until they find a way to control the market they will not stop. I mean they had a good thing, why would they?
I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere whether this is a sales quote or a quick calculator job? Sales people are flexable, especially when it comes to big sales. If your calculating 350K there is probably a Red Hat representative out there who could make you very happy (and would be very happy). Of course if your company needs 350K worth of support, then you'll need to be more creative.
But this sound like someone who is quick with the calculator and just as quick to react.
Have you ever been involved in a large project? It's not just the government, its an issue of scale.
Gnome and KDE lead because they are Windows-like. Great for transitioning people who don't want to jump in feet first. WindowsMaker was my first DE of choice, until I discovered BlackBox (simpler, cleaner and fast and arguably better looking!). IMHO of course.
Tryptophan was never the problem, it was more comlicated then that.
I BELIEVE we should have the right to purchase nutritional supplements. As an adult I should really be able to put just about anything I want into my body. But as a business person I SHOULD NOT be able to make untested claims about either the benifits or safely of a nutraceutical (or any other substance). And if I do I should be subject to the heavy charges. If the nutraceutical industry (a multi-billion dollar industry) wants to sell and promote medice they should be as carefully regulated as the pharmaceutical industry. Let them cure depression with St. John's wart, just be sure as hell they've done reasonalble health, safety and effectiveness studies. Otherwise, its just fancy snake oil.
I'm going to tell that one to my children. Well put.
A single sale to an undisclosed/able company regularly isn't anything to brag about. I guess if your selling lawsuits..
Thats just one of the reasons its soooo nice using open software!
Or their server would be down.
Obviously the projects wouldn't be being developed if the developers (and the community around them) thought they where useless.
I've been following kde-look.org on and off for a while now, there are a lot of users who really like this stuff. I'm a Blackbox man myself, but I'm not above making my desktop easy on the eyes (I run a dressed up version of the KDE kick on mine that looks similar to this).
Too much clutter and I start to feel a little distracted, but I really like that the Linux desktop if finally starting to come into its own.
Of course if you don't like you still don't have to use it.
I'm a representative of common sense. When agreements resort to fine print and non-standard tom foolery its a fine to call schenanigans. At some point companies or individuals can go too far.
The agreement is complete crap anyway you dice it. The software was paid for the new owner should not have to pay for it again.
Teapot, kettle, black.
Because they don't have to.
When someone gives you something do you always complain that is not really that much? In my mind offering $75,000 to a cause is a pretty generous gesture.
What will Red Hat do with SCO's assets. ;-)
Did anyone else read 'In-Flight Robot'? I was thinking R2D2.
<checks eyes>
Not to mention that 2 or more (what 10? 90?) times a day is really a lot and is probably an indication of a really serious problem. 2 to 3 crashes a week is probably my Windows norm and enough to make me want to huge my Linux box when I finally get home.
C'mon, how many of you walled one of them in? I know I felt (strangely) guilty when I did it.
It sounds like a lightly veiled slap in the face for the UK government.
A group of big businesses not necessarily directly related to the broadband market get together to send a warning to the UK government that if they don't deal with piracy issues the broadband market will fail.
That sounds more like a luke warm threat.
Of course DRM has nothing to do with broadbands success, as evidenced here in American. Its more likely games, web browsing, random vidoe clips (hi Star Wars Kid!), business, p2p and pornography, not necessarily in that order. Almost definitely nothing to do with piracy (well, may being able to download free music is another big plus).
I would hate to see iTMS turn into a place where there is a bunch of crap music, sort of like MP3.com
Who's to say whats crap? They have a lot of music that I don't care for, but then I've been turned on to more great music through mp3.com then any other single source. I like what CDbaby is doing and hope to see them forming more partnerships, preferably with sites like emusic.com who have stayed away from the DRM stuff.
Thats what they did with my CD!
Quit BEING an ASSHOLE.