Perhaps you have conflated "breaking the law" with "committing a crime"? Copyright infringement is a violation of civil law, but not a criminal act.
"The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000."
It can be both. You can go to jail for copyright violation (i.e. piracy) so it can be a criminal act. You can also be sued in civil court for a copyright violation so it can be a violation of civil law.
O.J. was found innocent of murder (criminal law) but he was found guilty of wrongful death (civil law).
I found a work-around. If you add the podcasts to the On-The-Go playlist (by holding down the center button until the item flashes), then play the podcasts using the On-The-Go playlist, the podcasts will auto play.
Ted, if you could please consistantly say that are completely stupid and crazy, it would make things much easier for me. Unless of course you want an impregnable ban on taxes of the internet because you are worried that the internet will get pregnant. In that case, dear sir carry on!
No, but when I control my mouse I don't have my big thumb obstructing most of the monitor, either.
When you read a book, do your thumbs obscure the page? Keep your thumbs on the side on the nano and you won't have any problems.
Hold the nano like one would hold a small P&S camera. Tuck the left side between your left index finger and thumb then use your right index (or middle) finger to touch the screen on the back of the iPod. You can use your right thumb to support the right side if necessary.
Hmm. I don't like the idea of a screen on the front while you manipulate a scroll wheel on the back, out of your sight. It's novel, but it breaks so many ergonomic principles I wouldn't know where to begin.
I'd love to hear which protest you were involved in that supposedly had 300k people walking 2 miles from the Washington Monument to the Whitehouse, which is about a half a mile away. (See google map here, sorry you'll have to zoom in for yourself: http://www.google.com/maps?q=Washington,+DC,+USA&s a=X&oi=map&ct=image [google.com] )
I recall an anti-war protest recently that had about 70k protestors followed the next day by a pro-war "protest" that had maybe half as many people... but nothing the size you described. Both were covered by the media in both print and via television, though coverage of both was cursory at best. Care to offer any sites for your data?
You're not watching the right movies if you think there are none with character and plot development. Some stories are better told as a single 1.5-2 hour presentation than split over episodes.
I said, "the level of character and plot development in a single season of a one hour drama is so much greater than a single two hour movie can provide." I didn't say there are no movies with character or plot development.
I agree that some movies do a great job of telling a story than a season long TV show but often times these movies are of limited scope and additional character and plot development aren't necessary.
Back to my original point, the amount of time a television show can dedicate to characters and to a complex plot is much greater than what a two hour movie can provide. It's the math, a 22 episode season of a one hour drama on commercial television is around 880 minutes and a movie is about 90-150 minutes. A TV show can spend two or three episodes (80-120 minutes) introducing characters, a movie normally introduces the characters in the first fifteen or twenty minutes.
I think TV killed the movie industry.
A traditional movie is a dinosaur compared to TV. The level of character and plot development in a single season of a one hour drama is so much greater than a single two hour movie can provide.
If the Sopranos were a movie franchise, we'd be on maybe the third or fourth movie - roughly equivalent to 6 or 8 TV episodes.
It seems like movies compensate for the lack of character and plot development by using gimmicks or bigger explosions.
I suppose we are making different assumptions from the GPs post. I take a $20 million loss to mean a loss to the company's bottom line profit. You are taking the $20 million loss to mean a $30 million decrease in employee cost resulting in $20 million loss of sales for a net result of $10 million.
You apparently didn't major in economics either. The question is, "Does paying these people $30 million per year make us more than $30 million per year?" and if the answer is no, then you should fire them. Even if you're going to lose $10 million a year because of it. Or even if you're going to lose $20 million.
If I pay this group of employees $30 million and they only produce $30 million, I should fire them even if I am going to lose $10 million or even $20 million a year? Please explain your logic .
What are they going to do with merchandise they absolutely can't get rid of? Maybe it's out of fashion or there was a scandal about the product? They will have to write them off as shrinkage and throw them in the trash. Sounds like a recipe for higher prices to me.
The owners could torch the store and collect the insurance money for the full price of the merchandise.
>> If everything Apple sold had multiple buttons and options they would probably be called Sony or Microsoft.
Oh, you mean they would have market share then?
Apple gets shit for having too much market share in the portable music player market and shit for having too little market share in the personal computer market. They must feel really shitty.
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and then give them probation.
Less loud.
It can be both. You can go to jail for copyright violation (i.e. piracy) so it can be a criminal act. You can also be sued in civil court for a copyright violation so it can be a violation of civil law.
O.J. was found innocent of murder (criminal law) but he was found guilty of wrongful death (civil law).
Hold the nano like one would hold a small P&S camera. Tuck the left side between your left index finger and thumb then use your right index (or middle) finger to touch the screen on the back of the iPod. You can use your right thumb to support the right side if necessary.
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I agree that some movies do a great job of telling a story than a season long TV show but often times these movies are of limited scope and additional character and plot development aren't necessary.
Back to my original point, the amount of time a television show can dedicate to characters and to a complex plot is much greater than what a two hour movie can provide. It's the math, a 22 episode season of a one hour drama on commercial television is around 880 minutes and a movie is about 90-150 minutes. A TV show can spend two or three episodes (80-120 minutes) introducing characters, a movie normally introduces the characters in the first fifteen or twenty minutes.
I think TV killed the movie industry. A traditional movie is a dinosaur compared to TV. The level of character and plot development in a single season of a one hour drama is so much greater than a single two hour movie can provide. If the Sopranos were a movie franchise, we'd be on maybe the third or fourth movie - roughly equivalent to 6 or 8 TV episodes. It seems like movies compensate for the lack of character and plot development by using gimmicks or bigger explosions.
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I suppose we are making different assumptions from the GPs post. I take a $20 million loss to mean a loss to the company's bottom line profit. You are taking the $20 million loss to mean a $30 million decrease in employee cost resulting in $20 million loss of sales for a net result of $10 million.
I get the impression that 25 years ago, Steve Jobs stole Dvorak's chick.