"That's pretty much the case with me as well. There are a TON of "bedroom" and "local studio" musicians out there, putting out original and interesting music. I see no reason to line the pockets of rich fatcats who throw crumbs at the people that earn them money."
So, where do you find these new musicians? Where do you find the TIME to find them?
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I mean...hell, I live in New Orleans...places play music down here, but during the week, I don't have the time to go out. I work a real job and try to hit the gym. Music in places here starts at 11pm at the EARLIEST it seems, I'm getting old and am usually in bed at 9pm or so (get up a bit after 5am to hit the gym).
I've often heard "well, its on the internet...stream music...etc". Well, everywhere I work at...networks are secured, no streaming on work computers.
I am trying, though to do a little in my iPhone...and starting to try to listen to Pandora a bit. I'm still a bit lost on how to find things I really like, modern bluesy guitar driven rock. I know you can punch in a led zeppelin, but that's what it plays, and I own all their stuff.
Any suggestions on channels to look for? Anything else out there free besides Pandora on the iPhone?
I do want to listen to new music, find the good artists...and do prefer good live music, but whew...when you're over 25yrs (I can only imagine how hard it gets when you have wife and kidlets too)...hard to find it, and hard to see it with it starting so damned late.
"Ok, maybe not strictly boredom, but you still need a sense of self-fulfillment. "
I guess just waking up and being "ME" is fufilling enough to me??
I guess I'm not one of those people out there, that defines themselves by their work. I'm lucky that I kind of enjoy what I do for a living, but again...if I didn't have to work, I'd never work again.
A job is merely a means to an end for me...it earns me lots of money which in turn, allow me to live the lifestyle I enjoy which makes me happy.
If I could take the work part out of the equations, I'd have more time to do things that make me happy....but I'm quite happy in my skin, and I define myself by what I feel inside, and I do like being "ME"...I don't have to have anything external to define or fulfill me.
"Have you ever spent entire months or years without working? It's quite boring. Rum drinks and beach babes only interest you because they're a break from the normal cycle of your life. Once doing nothing becomes the normal cycle of your life, the incentives will switch, and you'll also feel a lack of self-fulfillment that will drive you to accomplish something."
Actually...YES.
The longest break I've had between contract gigs was about 7 months.
My routine, I'd get up about 8:30-9am. Take the dog for a long, leisurely walk around the neighborhood.
I'd come home, dress in gym clothes and hop on my motorcycle and ride to the gym. Do a workout there for 2-2.5 hours or so.
I'd ride home...do lunch, look on the internet for a job about an hour, shower, jump back on my motorcycle, and ride around New Orleans, looking around.....exploring things I'd not seen before, art museums, etc. Maybe I'd just go to the Quarter and have a drink and walk around. Around 4pm, I'd start calling friends that were working and find where to meet them for beers.
I'd get home about 7-ish...eat, hang with the dog, watch tv or whatever...crash.
Wash, Rinse , Repeat.
Honestly aside from the drain on the bank balance, I had NO problem doing this day after day after day. If I won the lottery this would likely be my normal life, and when I wanted to get away from it...I'd vacation to the Keys or somewhere in the Caribbean....or maybe board the dog, hop on my bike and ride around the US for a couple months or so.
No...I'd never work again...I frankly cannot understand people that say they can't avoid working if they had the means not to.
Not to mention, exactly HOW many people would actually do this? We might end up with like 3 colleges left on the whole planet.
Most people ONLY work...in order to get money. There just are not that many altrustic people in the world. I mean, if I won the lottery tomorrow, and never had to work every again, I would not.
The door would not even come close to hitting me on the ass out of the workforce on my way to somewhere tropical with a lifetime of rum drinks and beach babes in my future.
I'm definitely NOT in the minority here on this one.
That being likely a given, who exactly is going to be devoting enough time to plan coursework, do testing, and dedicate the time required for in-depth research? Who's going to pay for the facilities/equipment for research?
I dunno....I know many here give WAY too much credit for the human spirit, and doing work purely for the pleasure and satisfaction of the work itself. I think that is a very small number out there.
Sure, much of the college system out there sucks due to things like tenure...profs more interested in publish or perish than teaching students, but I sure don't see this as the remedy for the current systems' problems.
"Be that as it may, you won't get people to migrate off Office by saying "Your processes built around huge numbers of macros (which, for all its sins, broadly works) was developed in the wrong way in the first place, you must rip the whole lot out and start again".
Sounds like the wrong way to think of it....sounds more like a business opportunity!!
You first get in there, convince the PHB's that they need to move to Open Source, throw around some good new shiny tech terms and get them into it...and then contract with them to rebuild and replace all current stuff with the Open Office version.
Are ya'll not worried at ALL about getting caught using bittorrent?
I've been reading about the massive John Doe subpoenas being sent out...and anecdotal stories from friends with kids that got popped, so much so that I've just never wanted to try to use them again.
I find USENET to be likely a safer way to get content that one might want. Not likely to be monitored by the *IAA...and frankly, I've found it was faster to download than using P2P...I dunno about everyone saying it is so fast, my experience a few years ago before I got worried about using it...was that it just wasn't all that fast. Not sure what I was doing wrong, but I found USENET downloads to generally actually be faster.
Trouble is...they didn't call it a tax...it is a penalty/fee to be paid if you don't participate. That's what's gonna get them.
The didn't set a tax in the legislation....they tried to call it that after it was passed, but that isn't in the language.
And Obamacare..is a very common term for what was passed...both sides know what it means, and use it.
As a side note...I don't agree at all with using tax rebates/deductions as a manner of regulating or steering behavior. I don't think there should be deductions for having kids (hell, they actually use MORE resources), or homes, buying an eco friendly car...etc.
If they had more of a fair tax, that basically covers everyone (not necessarily the Fair Tax as in the movement of the same name), but just straightforward taxes that funded basic infrastructure needs, defense...etc...we'd all pay less and be more free to do as we wished with our earnings.
Taxes are for basic support of things we as the general public all need (infrastructure, etc) and use...not for steering behaviors.
"So how do you suppose that 'little' healthcare thing managed to get passed at all? Agree with it or not, it proves that if you really want to get something done, you will get it done. I suppose you were going for the '+5 cynical' mod."
Now, if we can only UN-do what was done with that healthcare abomination that was passed...and possibly do something sensible as far as reforms go.
"So you're talking about the tea party replacing the republican party, which I don't really see as being that interesting. They're going to be conservative whether you call them republicans or tea partiers, just as there's going to be a liberal side whether it's green or democrats."
Well, it WOULD be nice to have a true conservative party to be available for a choice to vote for...the republicans have NOT been a true representative of conservative ideas for a long time. Neo-con...yep, I think they've fit that bill for awhile, but that is not conservative thinking...it is more far right-wing.
If the Tea Party can be 3rd party, or convert the Reps back to more true conservatism, I'm all for it.
Actually, in rural areas this is VERY common...how else are they to get rid of much of their waste? If you drive through the country much..often you see leaves, etc in a controlled burn.
Sounds like you need to get out of the city every once in awhile...
"This is also where the whole argument that forcibly requiring health insurance is the same as is already done with auto insurance falls on its face."
Except for one BIG difference...in the case you gave for car insurance, it is the STATE that makes the rules, in the case of Obamacare requiring you to purchase health insurance, it is the FEDS trying to force you to do so...which likely is not one of their enumerated powers by the constitution.
One other slight difference...if you choose not to own a car (a choice) you are not required by any state that I know of to purchase car insurance. The same can't be said about healthcare...no choice is given.
"Bullshit. That's the same argument the Housing Association gave when they refused to let my parents put an antenna on the roof (to get TV). The lawyer, who was quite good, dug-out the 1996 Telecommuncations Act which gave my parents the right to erect an antenna. He also noted several other laws the HA was in violation of (requiring a certain kind of grass), which eventually led to the judge dismantling the HA for multiple counts of abuse against citizens."
I've been fortunate enough to have never lived where there was such a thing as a required HA...and damned glad of it. I didn't realize they were so prevalent around much of the country!!
I don't see how they can be legal, I really don't...I guess you don't really buy property anymore, you just rent it....don't pay your property taxes or other fees (as may be required in your state) and see just how long you get to stay on said property, much less decorate it as you please.
"Because your burning pile of crap is too close to my flammable pile of crap. Because the situation endangered neighbors who paid for fire protection, and lowered property values for the entire neighborhood..."
I know it sounds a bit callous...but I pretty much ONLY feel poorly about the animals that suffered and died. It wasn't their fault. WTF didn't the owners make every effort to get them out?? Pets are NOT just a possession, if you think of them that way, you should not own them.
I think it would have been nice for the FD to accept offer of later payment, and helped, but that WAS the deal, and the family that didn't think the $75 was worth it...well, you do need to take personal responsibility for you actions/inactions.
But, I do feel bad for the pets...wasn't their fault, and no excuses for that!!
"So while I wish them luck, as one of those stuck in a "test market" for caps to cable (which BTW is 36Gb!) I foresee everyone ending up on a "pay by the Mb" plan with a lousy cap, which will kill this, that "gaming streamed...on the Internet!" bunch, and pretty much anything else that isn't offered by the duopoly and thus cap free. Must be nice having a monopoly like the cable/DSL companies."
Why not do what I do...just get a "business" connection. I do this with my local cable co...is only $70/mo, no caps, no limitations, I can run all the servers I please...AND as a bonus, they can't filter the line (would mess with my contracted throughput amounts)...so, you can get all the free extended basic tv channels, and can scan with QAM tuner for all free (local) HD channels.
At least...that's what I hear one can do.
But really, get a business connection, the fees aren't that much more, and I get a low level SLA and have had no problems getting them to call ME back after leaving a service call when I've had a problem here or there.
"There's a mention of the Federal Highway Administration being involved. It's probably a national rule, and I suspect the fed gov't may be able to refuse road funds for failure to comply to minimum safety standards. blah, blah, blah."
Yeah, I heard this was the Feds telling the state what to do, and my first thought was, "What authority does the Federal Govt. have where they can mandate to a state what its local street signs are supposed to look like? This isn't interstate commerce by a long shot...
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You mean KISS made an album after Destroyer????
Kinda make you miss the likes of Peter Grant.
THAT guy...knew how to negotiate!!
So, where do you find these new musicians? Where do you find the TIME to find them?
I mean...hell, I live in New Orleans...places play music down here, but during the week, I don't have the time to go out. I work a real job and try to hit the gym. Music in places here starts at 11pm at the EARLIEST it seems, I'm getting old and am usually in bed at 9pm or so (get up a bit after 5am to hit the gym).
I've often heard "well, its on the internet...stream music...etc". Well, everywhere I work at...networks are secured, no streaming on work computers.
I am trying, though to do a little in my iPhone...and starting to try to listen to Pandora a bit. I'm still a bit lost on how to find things I really like, modern bluesy guitar driven rock. I know you can punch in a led zeppelin, but that's what it plays, and I own all their stuff.
Any suggestions on channels to look for? Anything else out there free besides Pandora on the iPhone?
I do want to listen to new music, find the good artists...and do prefer good live music, but whew...when you're over 25yrs (I can only imagine how hard it gets when you have wife and kidlets too)...hard to find it, and hard to see it with it starting so damned late.
Does live music start earlier with ya'll live?
I guess just waking up and being "ME" is fufilling enough to me??
I guess I'm not one of those people out there, that defines themselves by their work. I'm lucky that I kind of enjoy what I do for a living, but again...if I didn't have to work, I'd never work again.
A job is merely a means to an end for me...it earns me lots of money which in turn, allow me to live the lifestyle I enjoy which makes me happy.
If I could take the work part out of the equations, I'd have more time to do things that make me happy....but I'm quite happy in my skin, and I define myself by what I feel inside, and I do like being "ME"...I don't have to have anything external to define or fulfill me.
Actually...YES.
The longest break I've had between contract gigs was about 7 months.
My routine, I'd get up about 8:30-9am. Take the dog for a long, leisurely walk around the neighborhood.
I'd come home, dress in gym clothes and hop on my motorcycle and ride to the gym. Do a workout there for 2-2.5 hours or so.
I'd ride home...do lunch, look on the internet for a job about an hour, shower, jump back on my motorcycle, and ride around New Orleans, looking around.....exploring things I'd not seen before, art museums, etc. Maybe I'd just go to the Quarter and have a drink and walk around. Around 4pm, I'd start calling friends that were working and find where to meet them for beers.
I'd get home about 7-ish...eat, hang with the dog, watch tv or whatever...crash.
Wash, Rinse , Repeat.
Honestly aside from the drain on the bank balance, I had NO problem doing this day after day after day. If I won the lottery this would likely be my normal life, and when I wanted to get away from it...I'd vacation to the Keys or somewhere in the Caribbean....or maybe board the dog, hop on my bike and ride around the US for a couple months or so.
No...I'd never work again...I frankly cannot understand people that say they can't avoid working if they had the means not to.
Most people ONLY work...in order to get money. There just are not that many altrustic people in the world. I mean, if I won the lottery tomorrow, and never had to work every again, I would not.
The door would not even come close to hitting me on the ass out of the workforce on my way to somewhere tropical with a lifetime of rum drinks and beach babes in my future.
I'm definitely NOT in the minority here on this one.
That being likely a given, who exactly is going to be devoting enough time to plan coursework, do testing, and dedicate the time required for in-depth research? Who's going to pay for the facilities/equipment for research?
I dunno....I know many here give WAY too much credit for the human spirit, and doing work purely for the pleasure and satisfaction of the work itself. I think that is a very small number out there.
Sure, much of the college system out there sucks due to things like tenure...profs more interested in publish or perish than teaching students, but I sure don't see this as the remedy for the current systems' problems.
Sounds like the wrong way to think of it....sounds more like a business opportunity!!
You first get in there, convince the PHB's that they need to move to Open Source, throw around some good new shiny tech terms and get them into it...and then contract with them to rebuild and replace all current stuff with the Open Office version.
Then...contract maintenance for it...etc.
This sounds like fun....
I've been reading about the massive John Doe subpoenas being sent out...and anecdotal stories from friends with kids that got popped, so much so that I've just never wanted to try to use them again.
I find USENET to be likely a safer way to get content that one might want. Not likely to be monitored by the *IAA...and frankly, I've found it was faster to download than using P2P...I dunno about everyone saying it is so fast, my experience a few years ago before I got worried about using it...was that it just wasn't all that fast. Not sure what I was doing wrong, but I found USENET downloads to generally actually be faster.
No..? Why?
I mean..that is the WOMAN's job!!!
Hmm...never heard of the 30 second rule???
Yeah...but that's what the "pill" is there for....
Hmm...maybe that is a point in the country girls' favor....you get to go 'bareback' more often??
I mean, fucking with a rubber is kind of like eating a fine steak with one on your tongue.
You know there is some kind of really pleasant sensation going on out there, but you're just not feeling it at all...
Oops...supposed to be "and a chick population that hasn't been exposed to as many STD's as city girls (have) ???
Hmm..possibly cleaner water, healthier foods....and a chick population that hasn't been exposed to as many STD's and city girls???
The didn't set a tax in the legislation....they tried to call it that after it was passed, but that isn't in the language.
And Obamacare..is a very common term for what was passed...both sides know what it means, and use it.
As a side note...I don't agree at all with using tax rebates/deductions as a manner of regulating or steering behavior. I don't think there should be deductions for having kids (hell, they actually use MORE resources), or homes, buying an eco friendly car...etc.
If they had more of a fair tax, that basically covers everyone (not necessarily the Fair Tax as in the movement of the same name), but just straightforward taxes that funded basic infrastructure needs, defense...etc...we'd all pay less and be more free to do as we wished with our earnings.
Taxes are for basic support of things we as the general public all need (infrastructure, etc) and use...not for steering behaviors.
Now, if we can only UN-do what was done with that healthcare abomination that was passed...and possibly do something sensible as far as reforms go.
Well, it WOULD be nice to have a true conservative party to be available for a choice to vote for...the republicans have NOT been a true representative of conservative ideas for a long time. Neo-con...yep, I think they've fit that bill for awhile, but that is not conservative thinking...it is more far right-wing.
If the Tea Party can be 3rd party, or convert the Reps back to more true conservatism, I'm all for it.
Actually, in rural areas this is VERY common...how else are they to get rid of much of their waste? If you drive through the country much..often you see leaves, etc in a controlled burn.
Sounds like you need to get out of the city every once in awhile...
Except for one BIG difference...in the case you gave for car insurance, it is the STATE that makes the rules, in the case of Obamacare requiring you to purchase health insurance, it is the FEDS trying to force you to do so...which likely is not one of their enumerated powers by the constitution.
One other slight difference...if you choose not to own a car (a choice) you are not required by any state that I know of to purchase car insurance. The same can't be said about healthcare...no choice is given.
I've been fortunate enough to have never lived where there was such a thing as a required HA...and damned glad of it. I didn't realize they were so prevalent around much of the country!!
I don't see how they can be legal, I really don't...I guess you don't really buy property anymore, you just rent it....don't pay your property taxes or other fees (as may be required in your state) and see just how long you get to stay on said property, much less decorate it as you please.
I know it sounds a bit callous...but I pretty much ONLY feel poorly about the animals that suffered and died. It wasn't their fault. WTF didn't the owners make every effort to get them out?? Pets are NOT just a possession, if you think of them that way, you should not own them.
I think it would have been nice for the FD to accept offer of later payment, and helped, but that WAS the deal, and the family that didn't think the $75 was worth it...well, you do need to take personal responsibility for you actions/inactions.
But, I do feel bad for the pets...wasn't their fault, and no excuses for that!!
Why not do what I do...just get a "business" connection. I do this with my local cable co...is only $70/mo, no caps, no limitations, I can run all the servers I please...AND as a bonus, they can't filter the line (would mess with my contracted throughput amounts)...so, you can get all the free extended basic tv channels, and can scan with QAM tuner for all free (local) HD channels.
At least...that's what I hear one can do.
But really, get a business connection, the fees aren't that much more, and I get a low level SLA and have had no problems getting them to call ME back after leaving a service call when I've had a problem here or there.
Yeah, I heard this was the Feds telling the state what to do, and my first thought was, "What authority does the Federal Govt. have where they can mandate to a state what its local street signs are supposed to look like? This isn't interstate commerce by a long shot...