yeah. I know that when I look for something - like motorcycle boots, I see tons of ads for motorcycle boots. The problem - they are the SAME boots I already looked at. If I wanted THOSE I would have bought them. Give me other boots. Stupid.
and corporate would REALLY hate it if that hotel became 20 million more expensive, and everyone who signed off on it faced aggresive criminal prosecution.
Which means that anyone not being one of the best looking probably got nothing or close to nothing. And probably little response from sending messages out.
They always claim its because consumers 'test drive' stuff there. You know why we don't buy? Because outside of the ability to 'test drive' the retail experience SUCKS.
The staff have no clue. Or worse, they try and push crap because they've been told to. Which means you get a worse shopping result than just choosing at random.
They push RANDOM assorted products on you.
They try and get you to buy overpriced warranties on $10 items.
Half the time they don't have what you want.
When they DO have what you want, especially the things you want quick (like a cable) they only have the $40 version of a $4 cable. Fuck it, I'll order online and save both the test drive and the $36 extra you wanted for no reason.
The checkout process is borderline hostile with all the checkers, security people, etc.
Customer service seems to be codeword for "fuck you, we got yo money bitches".
Die Best Buy. Preferably in a violent spectacle that I can watch for my personal amusement.
While everyone is saying how horrible this is, I say it is a GOOD THING, but not because I like censorship.
Just like SOPA, these sorts of behaviors provide a HUGE competitive advantage to networks that can set themselves up to enable truly free communications. As things get worse, countries and areas that provide safe havens for real communication can also make a killing (just like some foreign banks do in aiding tax evasion).
What someone needs to do is start building those services....
"corporation" generally refers to the for-profit kind. It is shorthand for "For profit corporation".
When speaking of things like Greenpeace, people refer to them as "Non-profits", as shorthand for "non profit corporation".
Quit being pedantic and arguing semantics. You know what people mean.
if the 'scandal' involved Obama signing away civil liberties or other horrors, then yes. Because such evil keeps Murdoch's heart nice and cold at night.
I know right.
Damn Kia, costing half as much and actually running all the time. How am I supposed to convince my friends I'm wealthy and successful when my car actually works. Yeesh.
Actually, my 1 year of film school and the excellent training I received has been the most valuable single year of education I ever had!
It got me my first job out of college.
In grad school I got to work with google video because of my video experience.
Now i work in advertising as a web dev and my film background meant I was more valuable than a raw CS person.
While I wish there wasn't this intimidation process...
I don't think a person's rights and privileges are up for "vote". I don't want other people deciding how I can and cannot live my life - CERTAINLY when it doesn't involve them.
Voting on who OTHER PEOPLE can and can't marry bothers me on a deep level, far away from whether it is 'gay' rights or 'racial' rights or... I don't know.... 'alien' rights.
I am all for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Voting on other people's marriages seems an offense against all three.
Against such a threat... I think anything is justified.
Kudos to the intimidators for not just shooting them all.
Can you recommend a resource for learning personal skills and politics? Books or something? How does one do this, exactly? Just show up for meetings and be nice to people?
This kind of reminds me when a dorky buddy of mine suddenly became an expert in "The Game". He went from tolerable dork to "call the cops" creepy in a matter of weeks amongst female company. I can imagine a similar technically proficient but socially mal-adjusted IT guy making a similar transformation when they try to apply their engineering problem solving skills to office politics.
Yea... a lot of socially inept guys who get into "The Game" are like that. Most don't make it out. I was an instructor for a while at one of those companies, and all that stuff only makes sense to someone who already GETS IT on a basic level socially. Otherwise, you just get weird.
The unmentioned first step is "Go become a normal, socially aware human being who occurs as normal to other people".
Tell your friend I said that, and tell him to go look at Sinn's little ebook on the subject.
It is worse because it doesn't give you the incentive to get the fuck out of your house and go meet actual people.
Go outside, get some sun, and go start talking to attractive men/women/whateveryourpreferenceis and develop the ability to make real connections with people.
Seriously, we don't need drugs for this shit, we need people to get kicked out of their house and down to a local pub or random other social venue.
Hell, www.meetup.com.
I realize this isn't the LAW (though it should be)... but I don't give a fuck what is in an employee handbook (which he wasn't given BEFORE he started blogging). You shouldn't be able to sign away your right to free speech. Outside of your time at your job, an employer shouldn't be able to punish you for saying (or thinking) whatever you like on your own free time.
I don't agree to speeding as against the law, and I speed.
There don't need to be laws against speeding, there need to be laws against reckless driving.
There are roads around here (NC) that have 5 lanes, light to moderate traffic on off hours, and a speed limit of 65 miles per hour. I usually go 75, and people (including cops) buzz me all the time.
During "ON" hours, the speedlimit is irrelevant, because you aren't going that fast. You wish you were going that fast.
The problem isn't speed, it is speed in stupid places and areas.
Make people pass stricter driving tests and then pull the hell out of them for dangerous driving.
What will happen here is that someone will build something similar to the iphone, but open it up for development. A decent marketing and PR campaign would seal the deal.
Oh wait hasn't this already happened in asia?
- It's not theft, it's only copyright infringement. (So that makes it ok?)
Under the circumstances, yes. Or we don't care. Tough.
- The artists don't get all the money anyway. (So giving them none is better?)
how about I work towards a system where I CAN give them all the money by breaking the current one. Given that I would like to make a living as a musician at some point, I would REALLY like to see this happen.
- The RIAA are evil and don't deserve my money. (So boycott their product.)
um, does music downloading do this effectively? They don't get paid. Even better the boycotters don't have to deal with the annoying side effect of most boycots: the inability to use a product.
- All modern music is garbage, so they don't deserve to get paid for it. (So why are you listening to it?)
Slight mischaracterization here. MOST modern music is garbage. I DON'T listen to it. Most stuff I get is to replace cds that have gotten lost/stolen/etc over the years. And before I hear any bitching about it, I "got a license" so this should all be legal. Unless I bought a physical item, in which case putting it online should be my business and no one elses....
- They don't 'get it', they need a new business model. (Ok, since you obviously are MBA expert, suggest one.)
Not our job. In fact, if they just die, that would be great.
- I bought a CD once after listening to copies I took off a p2p network. (And the 50 others you didn't buy?)
Those were crap. I don't remember if I erased them or not, but that might explain why my HD is getting full. At the same time, having already downloaded them maybe a friend would like them and HD space is cheap.
- The quality of MP3s sold aren't good enough for my highly attuned ear. (And the pirated versions are better? If you're that fussy, buy the CD.)
Actually, from Allofmp3.com, they were. They also came in the format of my choice. They were also 1/10th the price, and I was willing to sacrifice a bit of quality under those conditions (even though it turned out I didn't have to).
- DRM restricts my freedom. (DRM is trivial to bypass if it bothers you.)
I am too busy bother with CDs, you want me to go fussing around with DRM when I can just ignore it from the getgo?
- The prices aren't reasonable. (That can only ever be a matter of opinion. Others clearly have no problem.)
yes, in my opinion they are too high. As a result I don't pay it, because it is within my power not to.
- I am very concerned about official USA interference in legal Russian trade practices. (Yeah, right. Don't make me laugh.)
I agree. most people don't give a damn about this. We ARE concerned about the effect that corporations have on our legal system, rights, and the rights of others. This issue is part of what happened here. Oh, wait, I take it back, I DO care about USA interference in Russian trade practices....
- I support the artist by going to their live gigs. (I'll keep that in mind next time that Japanese ambient reclusive artist is touring my town.)
Please consider my lack of caring as a compassionate act to help this poor man get the hell out of his house. Life is too short to spend it inside a box, even one with windows. You're welcome.
Well, I don't care if it is 'stealing' or not.
Nor do I care about the copyright mess in this regard (which is to say that I care, but that this caring has nothing to do with my behavior).
I feel that music is outrageously expensive right now. A CD is like $18 around here. I don't give a damn if it is 'within their rights' to price things they way they want. Every bit of music is it's own monopoly. I can't just go to a different vendor and buy the same thing at a different price (mass produced pop that I don't listen to not included). So, if I am to play by the rules then I either get overcharged or I do without. OR I could ignore the rules and do what I want.
Since I have the ability to ignore the rules, and doing so is to my advantage, then why not. Especially when all the money is likely to go to people other than the band. If you consider this stealing then I am stealing from a group that I despise, and I am ok with that.
The fair price of a CD, especially one that has the advantage of mass-market appeal (and therefore lower per-cd production costs), feels about right at $5.
This means even iTunes is about 2x as expensive as it should be. Given that digital downloads do not bear the costs of shipping, stocking, manufacture, etc, digital files should be maybe $3 an album.
I will not pay more than this. Period. Worst case scenario I will go back to what I did back in the days of ONLY $15 CDs. I will pool together with 5 friends and we will burn 4 copies with the person getting the orginal eating the tax.
I wish I could just give the 3 bucks to the band. I don't listen to radio and I don't watch MTV. I find my new music through online channels talking to other music lovers. The PR, Advertising, etc people at the record labels aren't doing shit for my business. And having been a sound editor/engineer I can say with certainty that the price of producing a good sounding album these days is not expensive. In fact, a lot of what they do to modern albums to get them to sell more actually lowers the "real" sound quality on purchased albums. The people in charge of that crap should be paid in negative dollars.
He is a KING. A KING. He should be able to deal with (oh horror) FEET!. I am aware of the cultural implications (I am friends with a few people from Thailand), but I expect people to be able to get over jackasses giving them the finger. I expect more of a guy who is a king.
For a person who has never heard of quicksilver, it is weird that you mention it.....
But, from the description, this seems to be a quicksilver clone + some spellcheck (that quicksilver doesn't need because that functionality is included in OSX by default).
I have no idea why this rates a WSJ article....
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yeah. I know that when I look for something - like motorcycle boots, I see tons of ads for motorcycle boots. The problem - they are the SAME boots I already looked at. If I wanted THOSE I would have bought them. Give me other boots. Stupid.
A quick bit of googling finds that there are women in the MRA movement, and they are even leaders.
and corporate would REALLY hate it if that hotel became 20 million more expensive, and everyone who signed off on it faced aggresive criminal prosecution.
Which means that anyone not being one of the best looking probably got nothing or close to nothing. And probably little response from sending messages out.
And I didn't mean to post that comment AC. The guy who got the refund was me.
They always claim its because consumers 'test drive' stuff there. You know why we don't buy? Because outside of the ability to 'test drive' the retail experience SUCKS. The staff have no clue. Or worse, they try and push crap because they've been told to. Which means you get a worse shopping result than just choosing at random. They push RANDOM assorted products on you. They try and get you to buy overpriced warranties on $10 items. Half the time they don't have what you want. When they DO have what you want, especially the things you want quick (like a cable) they only have the $40 version of a $4 cable. Fuck it, I'll order online and save both the test drive and the $36 extra you wanted for no reason. The checkout process is borderline hostile with all the checkers, security people, etc. Customer service seems to be codeword for "fuck you, we got yo money bitches". Die Best Buy. Preferably in a violent spectacle that I can watch for my personal amusement.
While everyone is saying how horrible this is, I say it is a GOOD THING, but not because I like censorship. Just like SOPA, these sorts of behaviors provide a HUGE competitive advantage to networks that can set themselves up to enable truly free communications. As things get worse, countries and areas that provide safe havens for real communication can also make a killing (just like some foreign banks do in aiding tax evasion). What someone needs to do is start building those services....
Take a look at Appcelerator Titanium, or Corona. Or even PhoneGap. Kinda late to the party Yahoo... again.
"corporation" generally refers to the for-profit kind. It is shorthand for "For profit corporation". When speaking of things like Greenpeace, people refer to them as "Non-profits", as shorthand for "non profit corporation". Quit being pedantic and arguing semantics. You know what people mean.
if the 'scandal' involved Obama signing away civil liberties or other horrors, then yes. Because such evil keeps Murdoch's heart nice and cold at night.
I know right. Damn Kia, costing half as much and actually running all the time. How am I supposed to convince my friends I'm wealthy and successful when my car actually works. Yeesh.
Actually, my 1 year of film school and the excellent training I received has been the most valuable single year of education I ever had! It got me my first job out of college. In grad school I got to work with google video because of my video experience. Now i work in advertising as a web dev and my film background meant I was more valuable than a raw CS person.
While I wish there wasn't this intimidation process... I don't think a person's rights and privileges are up for "vote". I don't want other people deciding how I can and cannot live my life - CERTAINLY when it doesn't involve them. Voting on who OTHER PEOPLE can and can't marry bothers me on a deep level, far away from whether it is 'gay' rights or 'racial' rights or... I don't know.... 'alien' rights. I am all for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Voting on other people's marriages seems an offense against all three. Against such a threat... I think anything is justified. Kudos to the intimidators for not just shooting them all.
Ever met a bunch of adolescent skydivers or base jumpers... (the answer is: abso-fuckin-lutely they would)
on the whole, those all sound like great ideas.
Can you recommend a resource for learning personal skills and politics? Books or something? How does one do this, exactly? Just show up for meetings and be nice to people? This kind of reminds me when a dorky buddy of mine suddenly became an expert in "The Game". He went from tolerable dork to "call the cops" creepy in a matter of weeks amongst female company. I can imagine a similar technically proficient but socially mal-adjusted IT guy making a similar transformation when they try to apply their engineering problem solving skills to office politics.
Yea... a lot of socially inept guys who get into "The Game" are like that. Most don't make it out. I was an instructor for a while at one of those companies, and all that stuff only makes sense to someone who already GETS IT on a basic level socially. Otherwise, you just get weird. The unmentioned first step is "Go become a normal, socially aware human being who occurs as normal to other people". Tell your friend I said that, and tell him to go look at Sinn's little ebook on the subject.
It is worse because it doesn't give you the incentive to get the fuck out of your house and go meet actual people. Go outside, get some sun, and go start talking to attractive men/women/whateveryourpreferenceis and develop the ability to make real connections with people. Seriously, we don't need drugs for this shit, we need people to get kicked out of their house and down to a local pub or random other social venue. Hell, www.meetup.com.
I realize this isn't the LAW (though it should be)... but I don't give a fuck what is in an employee handbook (which he wasn't given BEFORE he started blogging). You shouldn't be able to sign away your right to free speech. Outside of your time at your job, an employer shouldn't be able to punish you for saying (or thinking) whatever you like on your own free time.
I don't agree to speeding as against the law, and I speed. There don't need to be laws against speeding, there need to be laws against reckless driving. There are roads around here (NC) that have 5 lanes, light to moderate traffic on off hours, and a speed limit of 65 miles per hour. I usually go 75, and people (including cops) buzz me all the time. During "ON" hours, the speedlimit is irrelevant, because you aren't going that fast. You wish you were going that fast. The problem isn't speed, it is speed in stupid places and areas. Make people pass stricter driving tests and then pull the hell out of them for dangerous driving.
What will happen here is that someone will build something similar to the iphone, but open it up for development. A decent marketing and PR campaign would seal the deal. Oh wait hasn't this already happened in asia?
how about I work towards a system where I CAN give them all the money by breaking the current one. Given that I would like to make a living as a musician at some point, I would REALLY like to see this happen.
um, does music downloading do this effectively? They don't get paid. Even better the boycotters don't have to deal with the annoying side effect of most boycots: the inability to use a product.
Slight mischaracterization here. MOST modern music is garbage. I DON'T listen to it. Most stuff I get is to replace cds that have gotten lost/stolen/etc over the years. And before I hear any bitching about it, I "got a license" so this should all be legal. Unless I bought a physical item, in which case putting it online should be my business and no one elses....
Not our job. In fact, if they just die, that would be great.
Those were crap. I don't remember if I erased them or not, but that might explain why my HD is getting full. At the same time, having already downloaded them maybe a friend would like them and HD space is cheap.
Actually, from Allofmp3.com, they were. They also came in the format of my choice. They were also 1/10th the price, and I was willing to sacrifice a bit of quality under those conditions (even though it turned out I didn't have to).
I am too busy bother with CDs, you want me to go fussing around with DRM when I can just ignore it from the getgo?
yes, in my opinion they are too high. As a result I don't pay it, because it is within my power not to.
I agree. most people don't give a damn about this. We ARE concerned about the effect that corporations have on our legal system, rights, and the rights of others. This issue is part of what happened here. Oh, wait, I take it back, I DO care about USA interference in Russian trade practices....
Please consider my lack of caring as a compassionate act to help this poor man get the hell out of his house. Life is too short to spend it inside a box, even one with windows. You're welcome.
Well, I don't care if it is 'stealing' or not. Nor do I care about the copyright mess in this regard (which is to say that I care, but that this caring has nothing to do with my behavior). I feel that music is outrageously expensive right now. A CD is like $18 around here. I don't give a damn if it is 'within their rights' to price things they way they want. Every bit of music is it's own monopoly. I can't just go to a different vendor and buy the same thing at a different price (mass produced pop that I don't listen to not included). So, if I am to play by the rules then I either get overcharged or I do without. OR I could ignore the rules and do what I want. Since I have the ability to ignore the rules, and doing so is to my advantage, then why not. Especially when all the money is likely to go to people other than the band. If you consider this stealing then I am stealing from a group that I despise, and I am ok with that. The fair price of a CD, especially one that has the advantage of mass-market appeal (and therefore lower per-cd production costs), feels about right at $5. This means even iTunes is about 2x as expensive as it should be. Given that digital downloads do not bear the costs of shipping, stocking, manufacture, etc, digital files should be maybe $3 an album. I will not pay more than this. Period. Worst case scenario I will go back to what I did back in the days of ONLY $15 CDs. I will pool together with 5 friends and we will burn 4 copies with the person getting the orginal eating the tax. I wish I could just give the 3 bucks to the band. I don't listen to radio and I don't watch MTV. I find my new music through online channels talking to other music lovers. The PR, Advertising, etc people at the record labels aren't doing shit for my business. And having been a sound editor/engineer I can say with certainty that the price of producing a good sounding album these days is not expensive. In fact, a lot of what they do to modern albums to get them to sell more actually lowers the "real" sound quality on purchased albums. The people in charge of that crap should be paid in negative dollars.
because buying cds doesn't really pay bands either. So why pay 15 bucks instead of 2?
FUCK YOU RUSSIA!
Get the fuck over it. Seriously.
He is a KING. A KING. He should be able to deal with (oh horror) FEET!. I am aware of the cultural implications (I am friends with a few people from Thailand), but I expect people to be able to get over jackasses giving them the finger. I expect more of a guy who is a king.
The laws are lame. Tough shit Thailand.
For a person who has never heard of quicksilver, it is weird that you mention it..... But, from the description, this seems to be a quicksilver clone + some spellcheck (that quicksilver doesn't need because that functionality is included in OSX by default). I have no idea why this rates a WSJ article....