You won't hear it on the average radio station, but find a couple of the better current bands...
Well, that's the thing....FINDING good new music.
Everyone keeps saying there is good stuff out there...all genres, but how does one find it? I came from the generation where you heard good new music on the radio (album rock days). I'm hearing from you, that you have to go out, and plow through the internet.....to try to find something you like. Sure that would work, but when do you possibly have TIME to do that?
I mean, I get up early...hit the gym, get to work (security rules don't allow streaming, and you don't wanna be surfing for music all day if you could), at end of day..get home, maybe ride bikes, cook dinner, take care of things....I basically have maybe 1-2 hours in the evening.
I do usually watch some TV then...guess I could search for it during that time...but....well...
Anyway, Just saying, that for working people (especially with families) it just isn't easy to find all the great music being produced today.
Got any suggestions for my type music?
I like blues based, guitar driven rock. Stones, Zeppelin are my favorites. I've found new music coming from Tinsley Ellis and Guitar Shorty...but that's about all I've found out there....any suggestions on what to try and where to look for music in that style?
I don't see where the source of compensation is relevant; if Steve Cooksey is trying to make money off of his advice, then professional licensing applies.
Well, it is dependent. If he is only making money from AD revenue on a website, then no...I don't think the licensing is applicable. However, and I don't know if this is true...if he is charging directly for advice, then I think you might be on to something with the licensing.
But just running a site giving advice or spouting your views on anything....shouldn't be restricted just because you run some ads too and generate revenue that way....if that's the case, a LOT of things could potentially be shut down. The ads pay for the traffic to the site...not the advice itself....
But wages progression also in mid and small companies wages progression for technical (not just IT) staff stalls.
That's why you work long enough to get experience, and skills (and hopefully contacts and some people skills along the way)....incorporate yourself, and go contracting.
In that field, experience is EVERYTHING...and you can make a very healthy bill rate.
It is amazing really...how often, how companies will grind their W2's (young ones) into the ground, for nothing, willingly lose them, but pay a major premium for a contractor to come in and do the same thing or fix things, etc.
It isn't just IT, work has changed. The days of getting a long term job for life, especially at ONE company are long, long, long gone.
You have to be adaptable, willing to risk, willing to move/travel to where the jobs are.
There are plenty of jobs out there paying plenty of money if you are good. You just have to be willing to do what it takes to get to them and have them.
People skills and connections will get you a LONG way....if you can back those up with extreme tech skills, you will go even further. It isn't too bad when you can work your bill rate up high enough to work 6-8mos a year, and be able to easily afford to take the rest of the year off....it can be done,and they're plenty of IT folks out there doing it.
You just have to drop out of that old mindset of what a job is...
Counting only revenue generated by the athletic departments â" including money from ticket sales, donations, radio/TV and marketing rights payments â" the number of schools able to cover their athletic expenditures fell to 14 in 2009, down from 25 the previous year. This measure of generated revenue against total expenses is the yardstick the NCAA uses to determine whether an athletic program is self-supporting. Only seven met this benchmark during each of the five years studied: Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana State, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.
Well, for the most part...gridlock in congress, is generally a GOOD thing. For the most part, we have plenty of laws, and don't need more.
But the Dems DID have majority in both houses....didn't manage much, and what they DID pass...was a monstrosity and waste of money.
They got the 'stimulus' through....money wasted and did nothing but put us further in debt.
Obamacare? What a piece of shit....look at what the bean counters say this will cost us if it is not overturned by the SCOTUS. Not only will it not save money...it will raise costs, and give poorer car to everyone in the US.
Many citizens in the US didn't want it passed as it was....and even more so don't want it now.
So, I can't give the dems a break, they DID have majority...and couldn't do anything right for the economy or healthcare...they made it worse. That is one reason they lost the house to the Reps.....
I would like to throw them ALL out...start over, with all new people, no seniority...term limits....and an even mix of Dem/Rep...maybe with a healthy sprinkle of independents...
Simple....a local bureaucracy is much more accountable to you, than a national one is. It had better reflect your needs and views better, because you can more easily vote them out.
That's nonsense. It assumes that everyone in a local are wants the same thing. But they don't. Whether it be nationally or locally there are plenty of people who don't get what they want.
No..that's the way it works. Of course, not everyone locally wants and thinks 100% the same way....BUT, they all have more in common and want more of the same things...than nationally.
Again, my example...locally here, we have very lax open container laws, meaning in New Orleans, you can walk into a bar, order a drink to go...and walk about town with it.
I doubt the same thing would fly with the majority of people in Salt Lake City.
When laws and regulations are more local...then if you are one of those people that don't like how it is done in that city/state...then, you are free to move to another city/state where the laws and regulations differ. If you do this on a national level, you no longer have a choice...and your voice is drowned out by the masses of people....at least locally, you can generally get up and meet and tell your representation how you feel and petition them and actually be heard by them. Hell, most people can easily go to a city council meeting.
Honestly, I'd vote for a small soap dish over the current administration.
They've not done a damned positive thing for the US in these past years, if anything....Obama and crew have made things significantly worse. I fear what they'll try to do, given 4 more years, uninhibited by needing to get re-elected.
I'm no fan of Romney....but I can't see putting Obama back in, considering how inept, and dishonest he and his cohorts have been. I don't see them getting any better a 2nd time around.
How does the old saying go?
The definition of insanity...doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.
I dunno if Romney will do any better...but I do know the track record of Obama, and I have to go with the non-insane vote..and try out anything else than the current admin and direction they're taking the US.
My FB page (as little as I see it) is already swamped with political spam for both sides, each fervently proclaiming that the other guy is the locus of all evils...
Yet another amazing reason NOT to have a Facebook account.
Wow...the reasons just keep piling up, don't they...
What on earth makes you think local bureaucracy would be any better than a national one?
Simple....a local bureaucracy is much more accountable to you, than a national one is. It had better reflect your needs and views better, because you can more easily vote them out.
The local govt. has benefits over national, it knows more about what your community needs since it is there with you. The needs of citizens from NYC are much different than those from Tucson, AZ. Citizens from New Orleans want a govt. with laws that reflects a lifestyle different than those from Salt Lake City, Utah.....personally, I like being able to run around the city with my drink in a "to go cup"...I kinda doubt those in SLC want to allow you to order a mixed drink to go and walk about the city with it.
Sure, there are needs for things at a national level...but the founding fathers pretty much figured out what MOST of that limited need was, and put that into the US Constitution.
The US is large, and has a very diverse population, and diverse landscape.....one size definitely does not fit all well.....states are a good level for suiting the various needs of the populace in the regions in the US. That's why most of the power in the US is supposed to reside with the states....so they can be more responsive and reflective of your needs. And, the nice thing is...if you don't like things in your state, you can move to a state that is more of your liking.
If everything is national.....that option is removed from you.
I like how the fore fathers set up the US, with the constitution and all.
Trouble is...it has gotten so bastardized, that I dunno how we can 'reset' the clock so to speak on things.
About the only way, would to somehow basically chuck every incumbent in congress out. No matter what party...everyone has to go....ideally, the replacement has to be someone outside of current political system, but even barring that...just getting a 100% clean house...starting all of senate and house over with noobs. I'd be happy to give them time to learn the process, parlimentary procedure, etc......but just get all the crap out of there. The entrenched hierarchy and power there just kills things.
If we could somehow use the current system against itself. Form a super PAC, that is basically targeted to oust any incumbent.
I think I saw a blurb somewhere that there is one that has started...but I don't think it has gathered that much steam.
But it would be a vehicle for collecting money to use to target those currently in power.
As a New Englander from Boston, I take offense in your lumping New York in with New England. Despite the name of their baseball team, they are no true Yankees:)
Just because you buy her a steak, doesn't mean she's GOT to sleep with you!
You're right...if I'm taking her out at all, she has to sleep with me....I mean, that *is* the reason one takes women out. If she isn't giving me any by 2nd or 3rd date at least (I'm patient)....well, there's always another one right behind her who will, and likely looks even better.
No, but he did imply that voting out Obama would make a difference. It won't.
Well, what do you want to do...keep someone in that has completely blown it, and with 4 more years of no worries of re-election won't be hampered at all....
I mean, at this point, I'd vote a small soap dish in over the current administration.
About the only thing we can do....is see what has failed, and give the next one a try...
YOu know the old definition of Insanity, eh?
Doing the same thing over and over....and expecting a different result.
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This is the penguin from Bloom County, right?
When did he become a cardinal???? Last time I heard he was still with Bill the Cat in the band Deathtongue!!!!
I'm getting ready to pull the trigger to buy one of the new Canon 5D Mark III's soon....and thought I'd have quite a camera.
I guess this one wins the megapixel wars hands down.
With that many MP's though...I wonder how their ISO levels are?
I mean, if the person they're after, used the remailer system as it is supposed to work...it "should" be uncrackable and untraceable.
It will be interesting to see the system go through what I have to guess is the first actual hard core test it has ever gone through.
Hmmm....I happen to have some iocane here....care to partake in a battle of wits?
Well, that's the thing....FINDING good new music.
Everyone keeps saying there is good stuff out there...all genres, but how does one find it? I came from the generation where you heard good new music on the radio (album rock days). I'm hearing from you, that you have to go out, and plow through the internet.....to try to find something you like. Sure that would work, but when do you possibly have TIME to do that?
I mean, I get up early...hit the gym, get to work (security rules don't allow streaming, and you don't wanna be surfing for music all day if you could), at end of day..get home, maybe ride bikes, cook dinner, take care of things....I basically have maybe 1-2 hours in the evening.
I do usually watch some TV then...guess I could search for it during that time...but....well...
Anyway, Just saying, that for working people (especially with families) it just isn't easy to find all the great music being produced today.
Got any suggestions for my type music?
I like blues based, guitar driven rock. Stones, Zeppelin are my favorites. I've found new music coming from Tinsley Ellis and Guitar Shorty...but that's about all I've found out there....any suggestions on what to try and where to look for music in that style?
Thinking that would be a convenient way to use the 'free' space, yet keep it from Google's prying eyes....
Except for most of the music...especially towards the end of the decade...ugh.
"We need more cowbell!!!"
Well, it is dependent. If he is only making money from AD revenue on a website, then no...I don't think the licensing is applicable. However, and I don't know if this is true...if he is charging directly for advice, then I think you might be on to something with the licensing.
But just running a site giving advice or spouting your views on anything....shouldn't be restricted just because you run some ads too and generate revenue that way....if that's the case, a LOT of things could potentially be shut down. The ads pay for the traffic to the site...not the advice itself....
You know...a rich country, like a wealthy person, doesn't get that way or stay that way, by spending needlessly, or giving it all away.
That's why you work long enough to get experience, and skills (and hopefully contacts and some people skills along the way)....incorporate yourself, and go contracting.
In that field, experience is EVERYTHING...and you can make a very healthy bill rate.
It is amazing really...how often, how companies will grind their W2's (young ones) into the ground, for nothing, willingly lose them, but pay a major premium for a contractor to come in and do the same thing or fix things, etc.
It isn't just IT, work has changed. The days of getting a long term job for life, especially at ONE company are long, long, long gone.
You have to be adaptable, willing to risk, willing to move/travel to where the jobs are.
There are plenty of jobs out there paying plenty of money if you are good. You just have to be willing to do what it takes to get to them and have them.
People skills and connections will get you a LONG way....if you can back those up with extreme tech skills, you will go even further. It isn't too bad when you can work your bill rate up high enough to work 6-8mos a year, and be able to easily afford to take the rest of the year off....it can be done,and they're plenty of IT folks out there doing it.
You just have to drop out of that old mindset of what a job is...
Because all the cool toys get more and more expensive.
And, if you like to keep banging younger chicks....it doesn't hurt to have a bit more disposable income than the next guy....
Remember, he who dies with the most stuff....wins.
Geaux Tigers!!!
But the Dems DID have majority in both houses....didn't manage much, and what they DID pass...was a monstrosity and waste of money.
They got the 'stimulus' through....money wasted and did nothing but put us further in debt.
Obamacare? What a piece of shit....look at what the bean counters say this will cost us if it is not overturned by the SCOTUS. Not only will it not save money...it will raise costs, and give poorer car to everyone in the US.
Many citizens in the US didn't want it passed as it was....and even more so don't want it now.
So, I can't give the dems a break, they DID have majority...and couldn't do anything right for the economy or healthcare...they made it worse. That is one reason they lost the house to the Reps.....
I would like to throw them ALL out...start over, with all new people, no seniority...term limits....and an even mix of Dem/Rep...maybe with a healthy sprinkle of independents...
Then again...I'd also like a pony.
No..that's the way it works. Of course, not everyone locally wants and thinks 100% the same way....BUT, they all have more in common and want more of the same things...than nationally.
Again, my example...locally here, we have very lax open container laws, meaning in New Orleans, you can walk into a bar, order a drink to go...and walk about town with it.
I doubt the same thing would fly with the majority of people in Salt Lake City.
When laws and regulations are more local...then if you are one of those people that don't like how it is done in that city/state...then, you are free to move to another city/state where the laws and regulations differ. If you do this on a national level, you no longer have a choice...and your voice is drowned out by the masses of people....at least locally, you can generally get up and meet and tell your representation how you feel and petition them and actually be heard by them. Hell, most people can easily go to a city council meeting.
Good luck doing that with your senator....
The 3 date rule is pretty much the rule of thumb for most couples these days...it is the rule, not the exception.
They've not done a damned positive thing for the US in these past years, if anything....Obama and crew have made things significantly worse. I fear what they'll try to do, given 4 more years, uninhibited by needing to get re-elected.
I'm no fan of Romney....but I can't see putting Obama back in, considering how inept, and dishonest he and his cohorts have been. I don't see them getting any better a 2nd time around.
How does the old saying go?
The definition of insanity...doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different outcome.
I dunno if Romney will do any better...but I do know the track record of Obama, and I have to go with the non-insane vote..and try out anything else than the current admin and direction they're taking the US.
Yet another amazing reason NOT to have a Facebook account.
Wow...the reasons just keep piling up, don't they...
Simple....a local bureaucracy is much more accountable to you, than a national one is. It had better reflect your needs and views better, because you can more easily vote them out.
The local govt. has benefits over national, it knows more about what your community needs since it is there with you. The needs of citizens from NYC are much different than those from Tucson, AZ. Citizens from New Orleans want a govt. with laws that reflects a lifestyle different than those from Salt Lake City, Utah.....personally, I like being able to run around the city with my drink in a "to go cup"...I kinda doubt those in SLC want to allow you to order a mixed drink to go and walk about the city with it.
Sure, there are needs for things at a national level...but the founding fathers pretty much figured out what MOST of that limited need was, and put that into the US Constitution.
The US is large, and has a very diverse population, and diverse landscape.....one size definitely does not fit all well.....states are a good level for suiting the various needs of the populace in the regions in the US. That's why most of the power in the US is supposed to reside with the states....so they can be more responsive and reflective of your needs. And, the nice thing is...if you don't like things in your state, you can move to a state that is more of your liking.
If everything is national.....that option is removed from you.
Trouble is...it has gotten so bastardized, that I dunno how we can 'reset' the clock so to speak on things.
About the only way, would to somehow basically chuck every incumbent in congress out. No matter what party...everyone has to go....ideally, the replacement has to be someone outside of current political system, but even barring that...just getting a 100% clean house...starting all of senate and house over with noobs. I'd be happy to give them time to learn the process, parlimentary procedure, etc......but just get all the crap out of there. The entrenched hierarchy and power there just kills things.
If we could somehow use the current system against itself. Form a super PAC, that is basically targeted to oust any incumbent.
I think I saw a blurb somewhere that there is one that has started...but I don't think it has gathered that much steam.
But it would be a vehicle for collecting money to use to target those currently in power.
Yeah, but ya'll do talk pretty funny.
Wicked Funny...
Dead animals taste good!!!
You're right...if I'm taking her out at all, she has to sleep with me....I mean, that *is* the reason one takes women out. If she isn't giving me any by 2nd or 3rd date at least (I'm patient)....well, there's always another one right behind her who will, and likely looks even better.
There, FTFY.....
Well, what do you want to do...keep someone in that has completely blown it, and with 4 more years of no worries of re-election won't be hampered at all....
I mean, at this point, I'd vote a small soap dish in over the current administration.
About the only thing we can do....is see what has failed, and give the next one a try...
YOu know the old definition of Insanity, eh?
Doing the same thing over and over....and expecting a different result.