If a band is playing in some garage and a record exec comes in and puts down a contract, very few bands will say, "No, you're THE MAN! We want to stay independent! Sure, only the people in this area may ever hear us and we may only sell 100 albums a year and still have to work full time jobs, but at least we won't be working for someone evil like you!"
That's what Punk was about, and it still has a following. So do the Beastie Boys, the Rolling Stones and the Greateful Dead, all of whom created their own labels. Doh!
If there was only some way I could use this service with the bulk of the money going straight to the artist, I'd be incredibly enthusiastic about this whole thing.
There will be soon when the independant artist is allowed to post his/her music via iTunes. This model could make bypassing marketing and most of the distribution chain a reality. Some money would still go to the credit card companies, but getting your music to the masses would require a lot less overhead.
The writers of Superman have given Superman the one ability that would prove any super hero invurnalbe, the ability to turn back time. Upon Lois Lane's death Superman flew around Earth in a grief stricken rage, at a speed so fast it forced the reversal of the planet's rotation (*Huh?) thus turning back time and bringing Lois back to life. In a fight against Batman where Superman gets his ass kicked, couldn't he recouperate and then send everyone back in time to 5 minutes before he gave Batman the Kryptonite thus erasing any previous outcome? In theory the use of the "ultimate Mulligan" would keep Superman from ever losing any battles
*Point of Order: Man's conception of time is dictated by the Earth's rotation on its axis AS WELL AS it's rotation around the axis of the Sun. Since the Earth's rotation is dictated by the gravity of the Sun (and not the other way around) Superman could not possibly reverse the order of time by simply flying around the Earth. There is a loophole in the loophole.
The Japanese have managed to publish 3 books focusing on whacky inventions. They, however, refuse to admit to the whackiness, hence the title "Unuseless".
Microsoft reminds me of this bitch I used to work with. She would never bring any ideas to the initial design reviews. She would just sit there and berate everyone's work. And then in the follow-up review she would unleash all her work on us, which was usually just a rehashing of all the ideas the rest of us turned in during the previous review with a few superficial changes (like the buttons would now have rounded corners). Lame ass.
As for hard $$$, that's definitely deductible as long as it's a legal charity, as far as I know.
I'm also not an attorney, but... if that's the case maybe you could donate your time on behalf of the company you work for, and they could take the tax break since they're paying for your time/services.....?
Sorry but if her statement is picked up by a major newspaper then it is high profile. Furthermore if you take your $5 out of the mix no one would notice. Now if you donated$5 million that would be different. Instead of trying to make a point $5 at a time it would be far more effective if you urged others to donate $5 as you are doing now. The only thing is no one appreciates THE HYPOCRITICAL YELLING AND SCREAMING in the process. Makes you sound like a lunatic.
You're demanding that Janis Ian "do something", well she is doing something by making a high profile statement. In contrast your $5 a month really doesn't mean shit. (Sometimes in life you need to stand up for what you believe in. You can't buy action, that just puts the responsibility on someone else.) You go on to accuse her of bitching/whinning... right in the middle of your whinny-ass rant.
Someone should break the "caps lock" key on your keyboard.
Turns out none of the in stadium adds are broadcast, just ones from the networks.
This has been going on for a while now. The service of super-imposing ads on live broadcasts is provided by the same company that creates the yellow "first down" line on the field of NFL games. Watch the backstop of the World Series this week, the ads are constantly different.
As far as doing it within a movie, the studio that owns the movie has to give the ok for it to be altered in anyway, including censored/dubbed dialog. If the director doesn't like the alterations he/she usually takes his/her name off the picture. (It used to be common practice to replace the director's name with "Alan Smithy")
At least half of all commercials in US TV merely act to delay a moment of suspense.
Actually I think its the other way around: TV shows are created with suspenseful moments so that it CAN cut away to a commercial. Viewers don't pay TV stations, advertisers do. It is actually the TV show itself that is designed to "entrap you" to watch the commercials.
The difference between books and whats posted on the web is that published books go through a process of editors and fact checkers, where anyone who knows HTML can publish on the web. You can publish out right lies on the web and no one will stop you. Books are usually at the very least reviewd by critics. Granted a lot of history has been inaccurate due to misinformed authors, but to list 10 sources of which 7 are websites (that could possibly be hobbist websites) is not really concise. Also the list did not contain any interviews the author might have done. A more responsible approach would have been to read evey book out there and amalgamate some conclusion.
I'm not sure why you're bashing the article, as the research that he did seems pretty thorough, and not just slapped together.
Well... I looked at the references the article lists and there are only 3 books. There have been a lot more than 3 books published about the history of Apple. Relying on mostly web-based articles doesn't constitute integrity to me, and I think the guy is bashing this article because he feels (as many of us do) that the last thing the web needs is more half-assed, hack "journalism".
Its odd that you go on about how weblogs promote self-important, self-consumed "goons" suffering from identity crisis', and then go on to extoll the virtues of Hemingway. He is probably the most over-rated, machoistic, bullshit hack in all of high school english reading cirriculum.
But imo there's far too much attention given to them as though they are a monstrous achievement.
Who's claiming that blogs are "monstrous achievements"? And how are you qualified to say if it is or isn't? Sounds like you're complaining about technology not being bleeding edge enough for you, when the issue is really about content.
The misuse of grammer, punctuation, (and even spelling errors), are things inherrent to blogs and online forums, probably because of the speed at which people post comments. Its part of "cyber-speak" for lack of better term. Like all this "l33t" stuff and emoticons. I find it creative and I could see at as a viable way to help tell stories. It would also point out the fact that the story itself was a democratic, community effort.
2 things to consider: the poems of ee cummings and the fact that often times in fiction certain characters are annoying.
Last night I was on a Gnutella networking (strictly for socialogical research only ; ) ) and I noticed something strange. When ever I made up a word to search for (like: motool, swatfirm, onionz, etc., just nonsense words), I would get a series of results that were compressed files for the PC. Files like:
motool.exe, motool.zip, !!!YEAH motool!!!.zip, and the like.
The files consistantly were the same and in the same order, and streaming off an incredibly fast server. I didn't download any because I didn't know what they were. I thought maybe they were viruses or something. Anyone know what these are or where they come from?
OS X has actually been a 10 year project. This article talks about how the main goal of one of OS X's first initiatives was to run on Intel-based hardware.
Maybe we should put some plans on our desks and let the computer gnomes build them overnight?
For all the high-5s slashdotters like to give each other when the virtues of Open Source is disscussed, I can't understand rating a myopic comment like this a f*cking 5!
The problem is finding a subset that satisfies enough people to make a profit.
re-read the guidelines: "This machine shouldn't be some commercial for-profit business gizmo which has been wrenched over (unwillingly and kicking all the way) to some few of the many noble purposes of citizenship and global democracy. This computer needs to be a primarily political and social computer. "
If you missed this point then you missed the point.
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That's what Punk was about, and it still has a following. So do the Beastie Boys, the Rolling Stones and the Greateful Dead, all of whom created their own labels. Doh!
The Apple Music Store is the new "label".
There will be soon when the independant artist is allowed to post his/her music via iTunes. This model could make bypassing marketing and most of the distribution chain a reality. Some money would still go to the credit card companies, but getting your music to the masses would require a lot less overhead.
Because Apple makes the computers that the OS runs on. Gillette doesn't have to make blades for Shick.
*Point of Order: Man's conception of time is dictated by the Earth's rotation on its axis AS WELL AS it's rotation around the axis of the Sun. Since the Earth's rotation is dictated by the gravity of the Sun (and not the other way around) Superman could not possibly reverse the order of time by simply flying around the Earth. There is a loophole in the loophole.
Does anybody have the actual EULA?
The Japanese have managed to publish 3 books focusing on whacky inventions. They, however, refuse to admit to the whackiness, hence the title "Unuseless".
I'm sure MS was trying to leach off the success the Apple stickers had for so many years.
Microsoft reminds me of this bitch I used to work with. She would never bring any ideas to the initial design reviews. She would just sit there and berate everyone's work. And then in the follow-up review she would unleash all her work on us, which was usually just a rehashing of all the ideas the rest of us turned in during the previous review with a few superficial changes (like the buttons would now have rounded corners). Lame ass.
I'm also not an attorney, but... if that's the case maybe you could donate your time on behalf of the company you work for, and they could take the tax break since they're paying for your time/services. ....?
Sorry but if her statement is picked up by a major newspaper then it is high profile. Furthermore if you take your $5 out of the mix no one would notice. Now if you donated$5 million that would be different. Instead of trying to make a point $5 at a time it would be far more effective if you urged others to donate $5 as you are doing now. The only thing is no one appreciates THE HYPOCRITICAL YELLING AND SCREAMING in the process. Makes you sound like a lunatic.
You're demanding that Janis Ian "do something", well she is doing something by making a high profile statement. In contrast your $5 a month really doesn't mean shit. (Sometimes in life you need to stand up for what you believe in. You can't buy action, that just puts the responsibility on someone else.) You go on to accuse her of bitching/whinning... right in the middle of your whinny-ass rant.
Someone should break the "caps lock" key on your keyboard.
FYI- the word "less" in this instance is "lest".
Since when does Art = Not-for-Profit?
This has been going on for a while now. The service of super-imposing ads on live broadcasts is provided by the same company that creates the yellow "first down" line on the field of NFL games. Watch the backstop of the World Series this week, the ads are constantly different.
As far as doing it within a movie, the studio that owns the movie has to give the ok for it to be altered in anyway, including censored/dubbed dialog. If the director doesn't like the alterations he/she usually takes his/her name off the picture. (It used to be common practice to replace the director's name with "Alan Smithy")
Actually I think its the other way around: TV shows are created with suspenseful moments so that it CAN cut away to a commercial. Viewers don't pay TV stations, advertisers do. It is actually the TV show itself that is designed to "entrap you" to watch the commercials.
Battlestar came after Star Wars. BG was a tv show that tried to capitalize on SW fever. As for the plot, it came from the Bible.
Well... I looked at the references the article lists and there are only 3 books. There have been a lot more than 3 books published about the history of Apple. Relying on mostly web-based articles doesn't constitute integrity to me, and I think the guy is bashing this article because he feels (as many of us do) that the last thing the web needs is more half-assed, hack "journalism".
Unless your entire post was being sarcastic.
Who's claiming that blogs are "monstrous achievements"? And how are you qualified to say if it is or isn't? Sounds like you're complaining about technology not being bleeding edge enough for you, when the issue is really about content.
Free your mind
and your ass will etc...
2 things to consider: the poems of ee cummings and the fact that often times in fiction certain characters are annoying.
motool.exe, motool.zip, !!!YEAH motool!!!.zip, and the like.
The files consistantly were the same and in the same order, and streaming off an incredibly fast server. I didn't download any because I didn't know what they were. I thought maybe they were viruses or something. Anyone know what these are or where they come from?
For all the high-5s slashdotters like to give each other when the virtues of Open Source is disscussed, I can't understand rating a myopic comment like this a f*cking 5!
Free your mind and your ass will etc.
re-read the guidelines: "This machine shouldn't be some commercial for-profit business gizmo which has been wrenched over (unwillingly and kicking all the way) to some few of the many noble purposes of citizenship and global democracy. This computer needs to be a primarily political and social computer. "
If you missed this point then you missed the point.