Mules. Mules are sterile. Mules are the offspring of male donkeys and female horses. If donkeys were sterile there would be no mules. Or donkeys, for that matter.
I'm still trying to figure out what sterile donkeys have to do with reviewing beds.
Really? Nobody has tried to invade America? How about the Spanish, the English, the French, the Russians, and the Mexicans? Oh... you mean not in your personal lifetime. Well, then I guess it doesn't count.
Record companies religiously track p2p downloads in order to decide which records and singles to promote, and which songs to make videos for.
So in a way, downloading a favorite song, at least from a currently charting radio artist, or from an up and coming indy band, can have a real effect on that artist's bottom line.
Artists don't get paid if you buy a used CD, join a CD club (Yeah, BMG, and Columbia, you bastards, I'm giving away your dirty little secret!), buy (most) compilation CDs, make a mix CD for a friend, or whistle Usher while walking down Main Street.
There are many legitimate ways music gets played without the artist getting paid. As a musician who gets tiny royalty checks every month, I know this all too well.
Vehicles that get better mileage do less damage to the roads. Hybrid vehicles are very light and have low-resistance tires. The gas tax is the fairest way to tax the use of the roads.
Credit reports include positive information, such as accounts on which your payments are made on time, and closed accounts that you paid off fully. You can improve your credit score by improving your debt/credit ratio as well as by removing negative information.
You can still use your cell phone while it's recharging if you don't mind being in your car or at your desk. I have a cell phone because it doesn't have to be tethered to the wall. I'm now on my second cell phone camera, and I have yet to take a picture that is usable, not to mention that I have to buy a proprietary cable and software to get the damn thing off my phone, if it ever takes a usable picture. Yes, you'd buy the kid one of their own, because it makes sense to have two separate items. Does that make you a crotchety old (man)? Or are you uniquely situated to determine when convergence is good and when it is not?
I don't want to loan my phone when I loan my camera.
I don't want to delete my music library from my mp3 player when I need to move a large file on my portable hard drive.
I don't want to lose my PDA when my six-year-old drops my Game Boy.
I don't want to have to put my entire life on hold when one device is charging.
Even assuming that certain analog instruments were used in the creation of pop music, very few songs you hear on the radio are ever performed as you hear them. Loops, samples, and synths are used to create the backing tracks, and those backing tracks are played at concerts. Singers sing various phrases in the studio, and those phrases are chopped together to make a "performance" that never actually was performed.
This is now true in many genres -- though the artist may not even know it. The execs will say, "you nailed it! We're done here!" And then they'll turn to the producer/engineer and say, "You can fix that in post, right?" Six months later the album comes out, and it's easy for artists to convince themselves that they actually performed at that level.
If you have a music locker at mp3tunes.com, losing your iPod doesn't mean losing your tunes. Unlike iTunes, mp3tunes lets you re-download the songs you've already purchased.
I've been using OSS in Windows, and every so often, I try Linux again to see if it's ready. I have 6 PCs in my house -- two off-the-shelf brand name desktops, and four custom-built. All six will run Windows XP, but only one of them will run Linux -- and I've tried multiple distributions -- they won't even boot live CDs. I get inscrutable error messages, and no luck solving the issue on message boards. Tech support? Sorry, none for the free distributions.
Linux may work smoothly -- if you can ever get it installed.
So where are the OSS games, written for Linux by the OSS community?
It seems there is a double standard with games -- many who preach the superiority, or at least usability of apps like Gimp, Firefox and Open Office, apparently go home and play Windows-only games.
I, for one, would be quite interested in supporting games developed specifically for Linux.
The lack of pantone compatibility is a major roadblock.
I suggest that the OSS design apps create an open palette plugin format, which would allow users to create and to load in palettes. Then some enterprising soul, who would of course have no connection to the apps themselves, could create a pantone-compatible plugin, which could be downloaded separately from the apps.
This is similar to what happens in the audio world with mp3 encoders.
The only solution I see is to make stockholders personally legally liable for actions of the corporation. Right now, stockholders cannot be held liable for more than the value of their stock.
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Mules. Mules are sterile. Mules are the offspring of male donkeys and female horses. If donkeys were sterile there would be no mules. Or donkeys, for that matter.
I'm still trying to figure out what sterile donkeys have to do with reviewing beds.
Really? Nobody has tried to invade America? How about the Spanish, the English, the French, the Russians, and the Mexicans? Oh... you mean not in your personal lifetime. Well, then I guess it doesn't count.
Artists already live in penury, on average. The current system doesn't help anyone but the record execs and RIAA shareholders.
OK, so it's significant conceptually. As actual music I found it to be quite disappointing. There are much better examples of mash music to be found.
Being pointless is what makes it art. Otherwise it's just craft.
That's not a fair comparison. Sadaam had decades of rule. Bush is doing his best to catch up, but he has only had five years.
Record companies religiously track p2p downloads in order to decide which records and singles to promote, and which songs to make videos for. So in a way, downloading a favorite song, at least from a currently charting radio artist, or from an up and coming indy band, can have a real effect on that artist's bottom line.
Artists don't get paid if you buy a used CD, join a CD club (Yeah, BMG, and Columbia, you bastards, I'm giving away your dirty little secret!), buy (most) compilation CDs, make a mix CD for a friend, or whistle Usher while walking down Main Street.
There are many legitimate ways music gets played without the artist getting paid. As a musician who gets tiny royalty checks every month, I know this all too well.
Vehicles that get better mileage do less damage to the roads. Hybrid vehicles are very light and have low-resistance tires. The gas tax is the fairest way to tax the use of the roads.
Credit reports include positive information, such as accounts on which your payments are made on time, and closed accounts that you paid off fully. You can improve your credit score by improving your debt/credit ratio as well as by removing negative information.
You can still use your cell phone while it's recharging if you don't mind being in your car or at your desk. I have a cell phone because it doesn't have to be tethered to the wall. I'm now on my second cell phone camera, and I have yet to take a picture that is usable, not to mention that I have to buy a proprietary cable and software to get the damn thing off my phone, if it ever takes a usable picture. Yes, you'd buy the kid one of their own, because it makes sense to have two separate items. Does that make you a crotchety old (man)? Or are you uniquely situated to determine when convergence is good and when it is not?
Convergence doesn't make sense to me.
I don't want to loan my phone when I loan my camera.
I don't want to delete my music library from my mp3 player when I need to move a large file on my portable hard drive.
I don't want to lose my PDA when my six-year-old drops my Game Boy.
I don't want to have to put my entire life on hold when one device is charging.
Even assuming that certain analog instruments were used in the creation of pop music, very few songs you hear on the radio are ever performed as you hear them. Loops, samples, and synths are used to create the backing tracks, and those backing tracks are played at concerts. Singers sing various phrases in the studio, and those phrases are chopped together to make a "performance" that never actually was performed.
This is now true in many genres -- though the artist may not even know it. The execs will say, "you nailed it! We're done here!" And then they'll turn to the producer/engineer and say, "You can fix that in post, right?" Six months later the album comes out, and it's easy for artists to convince themselves that they actually performed at that level.
Most music created these days never exists in an analog format -- even as an initial performance.
mp3tunes.com has a music locker, allowing you to re-download music you have lost. Hopefully, this will start a trend.
Bummer. No Usher. If you listen, you'll find quite a number of quality artists, many of which are successful commercially, if that's important to you.
If you have a music locker at mp3tunes.com, losing your iPod doesn't mean losing your tunes. Unlike iTunes, mp3tunes lets you re-download the songs you've already purchased.
I've been using OSS in Windows, and every so often, I try Linux again to see if it's ready.
I have 6 PCs in my house -- two off-the-shelf brand name desktops, and four custom-built. All six will run Windows XP, but only one of them will run Linux -- and I've tried multiple distributions -- they won't even boot live CDs. I get inscrutable error messages, and no luck solving the issue on message boards. Tech support? Sorry, none for the free distributions.
Linux may work smoothly -- if you can ever get it installed.
The same could be said of radio and a tape recorder.
Yes, we have Mardi Gras. Thanks to the French.
It seems there is a double standard with games -- many who preach the superiority, or at least usability of apps like Gimp, Firefox and Open Office, apparently go home and play Windows-only games.
I, for one, would be quite interested in supporting games developed specifically for Linux.
The lack of pantone compatibility is a major roadblock. I suggest that the OSS design apps create an open palette plugin format, which would allow users to create and to load in palettes. Then some enterprising soul, who would of course have no connection to the apps themselves, could create a pantone-compatible plugin, which could be downloaded separately from the apps.
This is similar to what happens in the audio world with mp3 encoders.
Then you declare war on a concept. Like terror. Or OSS.
and it will still only run in Windows.
And, um, in OSX.
The only solution I see is to make stockholders personally legally liable for actions of the corporation. Right now, stockholders cannot be held liable for more than the value of their stock.