I'm actually a huge fan of solar energy. But for solar energy to replace fossil fuels, the appropriate place to collect it is actually in space -- no atmosphere, no night, no trees, etc.
Not necessarily. Washington Mutual has completely refunded my money for illegal use of my debit Visa on two separate occasions -- once when my number was used in a different country, and once when my card was physically stolen.
If you decide to be a big label artist, a deal like this is the only way to make it. If your first single fails, it doesn't matter if they're $20K in the hole or $150K in the hole. They're going to dump you. But a big-budget video (or medium budget in this case) gives you the exposure to executives at the label and at the video networks -- exposure required to make it mainstream.
Hmmm... with cheap paperbacks at $1.50, how can anyone justify libraries?
The fact that a small minority of available songs are for sale in a proprietary, sonically-abridged, crippled format does not remove the need for people to share music. What if it's not on iTunes? What if it's not in a format I enjoy or can use on my listening device? What if I already purchased it in another format?
In a perfect world, the fact that people want to share a particular piece of information would be justification enough for the sharing.
Yeah, that sounds just about like Terence Trent D'Arby.
I would agree that P2P helps the little artists. What is not as well known is that the label execs (many of whom I know and work with) rely on P2P statistics to decide which records to promote and which songs to shoot videos for.
A certain young artist from Sony just shot a $150,000 video, which will hit mtv2/vh1 next week. The original budget for the video was about $20,000, but after the song took off on the networks, the label delayed the album launch and put more money into the video.
Eye candy? As long as we're catching up, I want Linux to catch up to using my scanner, my firewire ports, and my wireless card.
No, I'm not a programmer, so don't tell me to write the drivers myself. I just happen to be the geekiest of all my close family and friends, and none of them will be running Linux regularly until I am.
As an artist who has wrestled with many corporate members of the *AA, I can assure you that the companies exist to make sure that the artists do NOT get paid, or if they do, at least they get paid poorly, and late. That is their business model.
First, CAFE numbers are generated by measuring emissions, not by actually driving the cars. Second, the Prius has technology in the fuel injectors and other places that is unique to the Prius.
The next time Opera has a blatant headline-grabbing press release ploy, they should have it sung by a fat lady in recitative style. That would get lots more attention.
It's not just CDs -- it's TV episodes, movies, years of digital photos, etc. 1/3 of all internet traffic is BitTorrent, and much of the rest is eMule, Shareaza, etc. All those files are ending up on a hard drive somewhere.
UPS handles shipping for our (small) company. If they damage a package they call us immediately, so that we can reship. Damage claims are processed promptly.
The notion of a hybrid species is nonsensical. Individuals are hybrids, not entire species. Individuals descend directly from individuals, and are thus always hybrids of those individuals, at least in sexual reproduction. Species don't descend from sexual pairing of other species. Species are merely groups of individuals that are similar enough to successfully breed.
Hmm. Physical tools vary for different disciplines. Ever tried to play a sonata with a mouse? You need a piano-type keyboard or a guitar. If physical tools need to vary, why not software tools?
Average UI standards don't necessarily account for needs like realtime manipulation of multiple datapoints simultaneously, or the desire to have unique implementations of dialog boxes and/or toolbars.
Example of nonstandard interfaces that are best-of-breed in their fields: Photoshop, SONAR, Wavelab.
Wait a minute, not a single application? I agree with you on the browser and other mainstream apps, but audio, video, design and other types of apps require their own paradigm for UI.
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I'm actually a huge fan of solar energy. But for solar energy to replace fossil fuels, the appropriate place to collect it is actually in space -- no atmosphere, no night, no trees, etc.
as a Hollywood content provider rooting for the p2p networks.
I think the presupposition was that p2p networks should be illegal. Hence the need for a fresh set of laws.
Not if you need that kilowatt to do the things you want to do while you wait.
That's assuming zero maintenance costs, and that waiting costs you nothing.
...cost effective for specialized military, homeland security and commercial applications.
In other words, ridiculously overpriced, and unavailable to the average consumer for the next decade.
Not necessarily. Washington Mutual has completely refunded my money for illegal use of my debit Visa on two separate occasions -- once when my number was used in a different country, and once when my card was physically stolen.
If you decide to be a big label artist, a deal like this is the only way to make it. If your first single fails, it doesn't matter if they're $20K in the hole or $150K in the hole. They're going to dump you. But a big-budget video (or medium budget in this case) gives you the exposure to executives at the label and at the video networks -- exposure required to make it mainstream.
Hmmm... with cheap paperbacks at $1.50, how can anyone justify libraries?
The fact that a small minority of available songs are for sale in a proprietary, sonically-abridged, crippled format does not remove the need for people to share music. What if it's not on iTunes? What if it's not in a format I enjoy or can use on my listening device? What if I already purchased it in another format?
In a perfect world, the fact that people want to share a particular piece of information would be justification enough for the sharing.
My point was that it does help the labels determine which big artists to support.
Yeah, that sounds just about like Terence Trent D'Arby.
I would agree that P2P helps the little artists. What is not as well known is that the label execs (many of whom I know and work with) rely on P2P statistics to decide which records to promote and which songs to shoot videos for.
A certain young artist from Sony just shot a $150,000 video, which will hit mtv2/vh1 next week. The original budget for the video was about $20,000, but after the song took off on the networks, the label delayed the album launch and put more money into the video.
Thank you for the most insightful sig I have seen here all week.
It's not "simply" dishonest -- it's dishonest in tricky and complex ways.
Eye candy? As long as we're catching up, I want Linux to catch up to using my scanner, my firewire ports, and my wireless card.
No, I'm not a programmer, so don't tell me to write the drivers myself. I just happen to be the geekiest of all my close family and friends, and none of them will be running Linux regularly until I am.
As an artist who has wrestled with many corporate members of the *AA, I can assure you that the companies exist to make sure that the artists do NOT get paid, or if they do, at least they get paid poorly, and late. That is their business model.
I, for one, welcome our new "I, for one, welcome" overlords.
First, CAFE numbers are generated by measuring emissions, not by actually driving the cars. Second, the Prius has technology in the fuel injectors and other places that is unique to the Prius.
The next time Opera has a blatant headline-grabbing press release ploy, they should have it sung by a fat lady in recitative style. That would get lots more attention.
It's not just CDs -- it's TV episodes, movies, years of digital photos, etc. 1/3 of all internet traffic is BitTorrent, and much of the rest is eMule, Shareaza, etc. All those files are ending up on a hard drive somewhere.
UPS handles shipping for our (small) company. If they damage a package they call us immediately, so that we can reship. Damage claims are processed promptly.
The notion of a hybrid species is nonsensical. Individuals are hybrids, not entire species. Individuals descend directly from individuals, and are thus always hybrids of those individuals, at least in sexual reproduction. Species don't descend from sexual pairing of other species. Species are merely groups of individuals that are similar enough to successfully breed.
On that we agree. I just balked at the "any application" phrase in the ggp post.
Hmm. Physical tools vary for different disciplines. Ever tried to play a sonata with a mouse? You need a piano-type keyboard or a guitar. If physical tools need to vary, why not software tools?
Average UI standards don't necessarily account for needs like realtime manipulation of multiple datapoints simultaneously, or the desire to have unique implementations of dialog boxes and/or toolbars.
Example of nonstandard interfaces that are best-of-breed in their fields: Photoshop, SONAR, Wavelab.
I'm talking about creation tools, not playback.
Wait a minute, not a single application? I agree with you on the browser and other mainstream apps, but audio, video, design and other types of apps require their own paradigm for UI.