ASCAP began collecting royalties for public performance in 1914.
The bar and tavern owner has been peddling the same excuses for non-payment for 96 years.
Early on, founding member Victor Herbert brought a lawsuit against Shanley's Restaurant for refusing to pay royalties. The fight took two years and went to the Supreme Court. ASCAP prevailed. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the decision of the Court: "If music did not pay, it would be given up. Whether it pays or not, the purpose of employing it is profit and that is enough."The Era of The Player Piano (The Early 1900s)
In 3 to 5 years when all the CFLs start dying, there will be a huge furor over the mercury they contain leeching into landfills.
Or not.
In the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated that if all 270 million compact fluorescent lamps sold in 2007 were sent to landfill sites, that this would represent around 0.13 metric tons, or 0.1% of all U.S. emissions of mercury (around 104 metric tons that year.)Compact fluorescent lamp
This isn't that the market for candles disappeared but rather the government banned candles.
The candle you buy today isn't the candle you could buy ten years ago.
Lead wicks in candles were banned in 2001:
Granting a petition filed by Public Citizen, the National Apartment Association, and the National Multi Housing Council, the Consumer Product Safety Commission noted that some candles containing lead-core wicks can release more than 2,200 micrograms of lead per hour. This amount is about five times the amount of lead required to cause elevated lead blood levels in children, and a hazard to children exists when they are exposed to more than 440 micrograms per hour.Lead Wicks in Candles Banned
In response to increased reports of candle fires, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) [in 1997] asked the National Candle Association to spearhead an ASTM subcommittee to develop consensus standards for improving candle fire safety. The result was the ASTM Subcommittee on Candle Products, which includes members of the NCA, the CPSC, fire officials, safety organizations and other interested parties. To date, six ASTM candle standards have been published, two of which are reference standards.http://www.candles.org/industry.html" a>ASTM Standards For Candles
And Mr/s Federal Judge might be enjoying a nice chewy steak later on, perhaps even some lobster if they feel like it.
Don't go down this road.
It leads nowhere.
From 1797 to date there have been only fifteen impeachments of a federal judge.
Ten ended in removal or resignation, five in acquittal.
There is only one impeachment trial pending, that of Judge Thomas Porteous of Louisiana. If it goes to trial, it will be the first since that of Bill Clinton in 1998.
As of January 2009, a total of 3,168 individuals had been appointed to federal judgeships, including 2,645 district court judges, 687 courts of appeals judges, 50 judges to the now-extinct circuit courts, and the 9 Supreme Court justices. This adds up to 3,492 total appointmentsUnited States federal judge
This was a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal, specifically. With any luck whatsoever, this unacceptable ruling will be overturned by the Supreme Court.
Each year the Supreme Court receives 7,000 writs of certiorari - petitions for appeal.
Perhaps 150 cases will make it to oral argument and 110 will end with the kind of fully expressed opinions that clearly establish precedents for future decisions. A History of the Supreme Court
The 9th Circuit is apparently the most overturned court in the country
The ninth circuit covers nine western states including California and Washington and two Pacific island territories. Court Locator.
4,000 civil appeals are filed here each year - and this is where all but a bare handful will end.
What battle? Open video is here to stay and it's usage is growing every day. Look.You can watch that video in WebM natively in your browser with no plugins.
That video wasn't recorded or edited in WebM.
It was trancoded by YouTube - and it will play just fine in your H.264 enabled browser.
Most of the encyclopedia articles written in more scholarly encyclopedias (like Britannica) are therefore usually written by a single scholar, not a crowd of them.
The Britannica in its prime had a tradition of good writing.
When the subject was Charles Dickens the author was G.K. Chesterton.
Security AND Freedom. Weren't these enshrined in the US Constitution ?
If it were only so simple.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
When you start to get over this amount your friendships may begin to change as some friends will start to envy you or get jealous, you may not be able to trust your family members anymore or your spouse, as it gets into the $100,000+ and $200,000+ and $500,000+ eventually you do reach a point where you simply can't trust anybody anymore.
There is no estate so small that it cannot ignite a family feud.
Cast into legend is this tale of two young wives who vied for possession of a farm house and about sixty acres of commercially productive apple orchards.
But what was really at stake was their position within our family. This house was our eldest, and quite literally, and physically, our center. By iron law, the woman who held sway there was senior, regardless of her age.
The loser, then resident, took cast iron stove blacking and repainted the interior, cellar to attic, not neglecting to paint over every pane of glass.
I don't think any of them have really found a good way of making money off of file sharing since their ridiculously large "winnings" in court are more than many people see in their entire lifetimes and therefore probably never get paid.
The big win in court encourages future settlements out of court.
When your wife says "Settle!" you settle.
She won't let you put next month's mortgage payment or you kids' college fund on the line because you were too cheap to buy your videos from Amazon or rent from Netflix.
What interests governments is the $185 million dollar production budget of a feature film like The Dark Knight and the $500 million dollars it returns in domestic theatrical release alone.
I guarantee you that if you walk around a college campus and ask incoming Freshman their first experience with networking it will almost always be related to getting past a block of some site in high/middle school.
The Big State U can have 38,000 undergraduates.
Not all are headed for careers in the server rooms or Dilbert's cubicle.
HD loaders on the Wii have been a godsend to me, with a 2 year old (a couple years ago). It didn't take her long to find that the eject button gave her a nice toy to throw around the house.
Reminds me of when my nephew discovered the peanut butter sandwich - and gave a whole new meaning to the phrase "slot-loading."
Not everybody's idea of an enjoyable gaming experience involves trading insults with hormonal 15 year-olds, nor does $300 meet everyone's definition of "expensive." Jailbreaking is appropriate for anyone who either doesn't care about online features, can afford two consoles, or both. I suspect that's a not-insignificant portion of current and potential owners.
Online features include firmware upgrades for new Blu-Ray releases.
Upgrades to 1080p 3D video for Blu-Ray movies and game play, the Move controller, DLC and services like Facebook, Netflix, PSOne Classics, PlayStation Home, and so on.
There is something for everyone in the family here.
"Red Dead Redemption" in 3D?
The best adult western since "Deadwood?"
"Bioshock Infinity?"
For games like these, you want the home theater experience in all its glory - and it isn't going to happen without that firmware upgrade.
If you can afford two consoles, you can afford an unconstrained Linux-based media PC. I'm sorry, but the cold hard truth is that the OtherOS doesn't have all that much value.
On the other hand, removing PS2 compatibility from the hardware is a big deal. That's taking about $100 USD away from the value of the console in my (narrow) opinion.
Full compatibility with the PS2 would add about $100 to the retail price.
The PS2 "Slim" with Ethernet and Dial-Up Modem is $100 at Amazon.com. Amusingly enough, it was the PS2 "Slim" which axed PS2 Linux. Something which seems to have been forgotten hereabouts.
Slashdot Mirror
So there is a niche for that which means that there will be a niche for a Windoze only browser with hardware accel.
The "niche," by definition, is small. The Windows market is large. 90x that of Linux.
This is Microsoft we're talking about, they still believe they are the *only* platform.
Which is not so far from the truth, after all.
Operating System Market Share, Top Operating System Share Trend
iOS Tops Linux
In the Net Applications stats, Apple and Microsoft "own" the only operating systems with a 1% market share or higher.
ASCAP began collecting royalties for public performance in 1914.
The bar and tavern owner has been peddling the same excuses for non-payment for 96 years.
Early on, founding member Victor Herbert brought a lawsuit against Shanley's Restaurant for refusing to pay royalties. The fight took two years and went to the Supreme Court. ASCAP prevailed. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the decision of the Court: "If music did not pay, it would be given up. Whether it pays or not, the purpose of employing it is profit and that is enough." The Era of The Player Piano (The Early 1900s)
There's still one issue. Why should I be forced to pay (through taxes) for the publication of some book that nobody will be able to read?
Because the copies accidentally expose the names of DIA agents who may still be in the field?
In 3 to 5 years when all the CFLs start dying, there will be a huge furor over the mercury they contain leeching into landfills.
Or not.
In the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated that if all 270 million compact fluorescent lamps sold in 2007 were sent to landfill sites, that this would represent around 0.13 metric tons, or 0.1% of all U.S. emissions of mercury (around 104 metric tons that year.) Compact fluorescent lamp
This isn't that the market for candles disappeared but rather the government banned candles.
The candle you buy today isn't the candle you could buy ten years ago.
Lead wicks in candles were banned in 2001:
Granting a petition filed by Public Citizen, the National Apartment Association, and the National Multi Housing Council, the Consumer Product Safety Commission noted that some candles containing lead-core wicks can release more than 2,200 micrograms of lead per hour. This amount is about five times the amount of lead required to cause elevated lead blood levels in children, and a hazard to children exists when they are exposed to more than 440 micrograms per hour. Lead Wicks in Candles Banned
In response to increased reports of candle fires, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) [in 1997] asked the National Candle Association to spearhead an ASTM subcommittee to develop consensus standards for improving candle fire safety.
The result was the ASTM Subcommittee on Candle Products, which includes members of the NCA, the CPSC, fire officials, safety organizations and other interested parties.
To date, six ASTM candle standards have been published, two of which are reference standards. http://www.candles.org/industry.html" a>ASTM Standards For Candles
And LEDs don't require you to use a hazmat suit to pick up pieces if you break one (since they contain Mercury).
Urban legend. Light fingered
Or RIAA suing teenagers that are not yet legal adults, and have no money (no job) to buy songs even if they wanted to.
You kid can still cut the grass and baby-sit for his neighbors.
Your kid doesn't pay the judgment.
You pay the judgment as the legally responsible adult.
The same as you would in any other civil case.
Of course, we all volunteered much of it away by shifting from a cash and saving based society to one that is based on credit and debt.
In 1900 your savings went into a bank.
The availability of consumer credit means that change comes quickly: there are 22 million cars on American roads in 1920. "You can afford a Ford."
And Mr/s Federal Judge might be enjoying a nice chewy steak later on, perhaps even some lobster if they feel like it.
Don't go down this road.
It leads nowhere.
From 1797 to date there have been only fifteen impeachments of a federal judge.
Ten ended in removal or resignation, five in acquittal.
There is only one impeachment trial pending, that of Judge Thomas Porteous of Louisiana. If it goes to trial, it will be the first since that of Bill Clinton in 1998.
As of January 2009, a total of 3,168 individuals had been appointed to federal judgeships, including 2,645 district court judges, 687 courts of appeals judges, 50 judges to the now-extinct circuit courts, and the 9 Supreme Court justices. This adds up to 3,492 total appointments United States federal judge
This was a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal, specifically. With any luck whatsoever, this unacceptable ruling will be overturned by the Supreme Court.
Each year the Supreme Court receives 7,000 writs of certiorari - petitions for appeal.
Perhaps 150 cases will make it to oral argument and 110 will end with the kind of fully expressed opinions that clearly establish precedents for future decisions. A History of the Supreme Court
The 9th Circuit is apparently the most overturned court in the country
The ninth circuit covers nine western states including California and Washington and two Pacific island territories. Court Locator.
4,000 civil appeals are filed here each year - and this is where all but a bare handful will end.
Yes.
Or know to change shoes after committing a crime. Just switch in a crowded place and dump them in the trash at same crowded public place.
Dumpster-diving is part of the job.
The need to ditch something quickly limits your options.
If someone sees you carrying an extra pair of shoes at seven o'clock - and your bag is empty at seven-thirty - you have something to explain.
The geek shouldn't turn his mind to crime. He over-complicates things.
What battle? Open video is here to stay and it's usage is growing every day. Look.You can watch that video in WebM natively in your browser with no plugins.
That video wasn't recorded or edited in WebM.
It was trancoded by YouTube - and it will play just fine in your H.264 enabled browser.
In a very real sense, all transactions are income transfer [payments]
"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." - Wilkins Micawber ["David Copperfield," 1850]
Transfer payments to the poor are most likely to spent on Main Street. The ultimate beneficiary is the middle class provider of goods and services.
--- assuming an F.W. Woolworth or a Sam Walton doesn't get there first.
Most of the encyclopedia articles written in more scholarly encyclopedias (like Britannica) are therefore usually written by a single scholar, not a crowd of them.
The Britannica in its prime had a tradition of good writing.
When the subject was Charles Dickens the author was G.K. Chesterton.
After the CD rootkit debacle, I will never trust Sony again. They could come to my house bearing roses and I'd kick 'em in the nads.
PSN has 50 million registered accounts. 50 times the size of Slashdot. PlayStation Home 14 million members. Ten times the size of Slashdot.
Sony is a mega-corporation that rakes in about $80 billion dollars a year.
Sony doesn't give a damn whether you trust them or not.
I also think it's perfectly valid to believe a government's largest expenditures should not be income transfer programs.
In a very real sense, all government expenditures are income transfer payments.
Security AND Freedom. Weren't these enshrined in the US Constitution ?
If it were only so simple.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
When you start to get over this amount your friendships may begin to change as some friends will start to envy you or get jealous, you may not be able to trust your family members anymore or your spouse, as it gets into the $100,000+ and $200,000+ and $500,000+ eventually you do reach a point where you simply can't trust anybody anymore.
There is no estate so small that it cannot ignite a family feud.
Cast into legend is this tale of two young wives who vied for possession of a farm house and about sixty acres of commercially productive apple orchards.
But what was really at stake was their position within our family. This house was our eldest, and quite literally, and physically, our center. By iron law, the woman who held sway there was senior, regardless of her age.
The loser, then resident, took cast iron stove blacking and repainted the interior, cellar to attic, not neglecting to paint over every pane of glass.
I don't think any of them have really found a good way of making money off of file sharing since their ridiculously large "winnings" in court are more than many people see in their entire lifetimes and therefore probably never get paid.
The big win in court encourages future settlements out of court.
When your wife says "Settle!" you settle.
She won't let you put next month's mortgage payment or you kids' college fund on the line because you were too cheap to buy your videos from Amazon or rent from Netflix.
What interests governments is the $185 million dollar production budget of a feature film like The Dark Knight and the $500 million dollars it returns in domestic theatrical release alone.
I guarantee you that if you walk around a college campus and ask incoming Freshman their first experience with networking it will almost always be related to getting past a block of some site in high/middle school.
The Big State U can have 38,000 undergraduates.
Not all are headed for careers in the server rooms or Dilbert's cubicle.
HD loaders on the Wii have been a godsend to me, with a 2 year old (a couple years ago). It didn't take her long to find that the eject button gave her a nice toy to throw around the house.
Reminds me of when my nephew discovered the peanut butter sandwich - and gave a whole new meaning to the phrase "slot-loading."
Not everybody's idea of an enjoyable gaming experience involves trading insults with hormonal 15 year-olds, nor does $300 meet everyone's definition of "expensive." Jailbreaking is appropriate for anyone who either doesn't care about online features, can afford two consoles, or both. I suspect that's a not-insignificant portion of current and potential owners.
Online features include firmware upgrades for new Blu-Ray releases.
Upgrades to 1080p 3D video for Blu-Ray movies and game play, the Move controller, DLC and services like Facebook, Netflix, PSOne Classics, PlayStation Home, and so on.
There is something for everyone in the family here.
"Red Dead Redemption" in 3D?
The best adult western since "Deadwood?"
"Bioshock Infinity?"
For games like these, you want the home theater experience in all its glory - and it isn't going to happen without that firmware upgrade.
If you can afford two consoles, you can afford an unconstrained Linux-based media PC. I'm sorry, but the cold hard truth is that the OtherOS doesn't have all that much value.
On the other hand, removing PS2 compatibility from the hardware is a big deal. That's taking about $100 USD away from the value of the console in my (narrow) opinion.
Full compatibility with the PS2 would add about $100 to the retail price.
The PS2 "Slim" with Ethernet and Dial-Up Modem is $100 at Amazon.com. Amusingly enough, it was the PS2 "Slim" which axed PS2 Linux. Something which seems to have been forgotten hereabouts.