Well I feel for you. Maybe you can mortor up some of the windows, take out some walls, lessen your finished square footage, and not mow your yard.
Your problem is taxes in general. I'm just surprised that your surprised. Maybe moving to Nevada or Connecticut would be a solution.
Not that this is here nor there, but in responce to your last sentence, my city has had an average of +8% house value each and every year for the last 5 years. Of course, I am sure the low interest rates our helping that out also.
Yea, I keep looking at that clip from Tombstone, but I can't see where he's attemping that steep decent surrounded by thousands of others in full battle mail.
Yea, right. Like you'll be bitching when it comes time to resell. Give me a break. Life is good. Save up for the taxes. it's better than renting. At least you have a home.
While none of that is needed for the music part of it, high quality equipiment is needed to make good *recordings* of music
Which is why I wish there was a co-op in every town for musicians. I agree that it is probably too expensive for one person... but a lot can be done if a few pool their resources.
I'd have to agree. There seems to be quite a bit difference between the MPAA and RIAA.
I don't see contracts that limit the actors from doing stuff on broadway, etc. I don't see actors needing to pay back the industry for "using their sets". I don't see the industry owning all the distribution, all the movie theaters, etc.
When an independent film gets recognition, I don't see the industry snapping up the director or actors into signing their life away with a million-year, 0-dollar contract.
I also see their product as being somewhat diverse and affordable: Movie theators, DVD rentals. DVD purchase. (which I might add is the same price as a CD)
That all said, I guess that sums up their business model, which is much better than the music industry. As far as being political bullies, I will agree that their activity towards DECSS, and legislation isn't very cool. And it could go even more sour if and when they are in the same boat as the RIAA faces (which won't happen until bandwidth is faster, and DVD-R burners get cheaper). History shows they're aren't very cool either...with the blacklist back in the McCarthian days. ANyway, my knowledge isn't up to snuff as some of the things I've researched about the music biz.
Goddamn, man, you can't post links to those things! It's like Cartman not being able to stop singing the whole Sail Away Song... I have to read the whole episode!!
Argh!
Although it did go a little faster than watching it - even with Tivo.
That's because there's a wal-mart in every town, ruining every other store there. There's no need to buy something from wal-mart online.
But if you're online and want to rent DVD's, and you're doing so already from Netflix, then maybe they'll try Wal-mart.
There is no such thing as "Wal-mart is the incumbant". If Wal-mart fails, what do they lose? They fire the marketing director that came up with the idea, and continue to rake in the billions.
Really, the whole "this is a great tax because it goes towards something cute and cuddly, blah blah" doesn't cut it. What really happened is most of our taxes went towards death and destruction, supporting beurocracy, and other crap we don't want to support.
This is an "oops, we ran out of tax money for the important stuff", so let's raise taxes somewhere else. In a few years, they'll silently requisition these "good" taxes to the evil funds, and we'll start over.
I mean, what's next, taxing the internet? D'oh!
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Your problem is taxes in general. I'm just surprised that your surprised. Maybe moving to Nevada or Connecticut would be a solution.
Not that this is here nor there, but in responce to your last sentence, my city has had an average of +8% house value each and every year for the last 5 years. Of course, I am sure the low interest rates our helping that out also.
Unless you're inferring that the faster burning cdr's don't last as long
But you'd then have to worry about the companies to stay in business!
Hey! Maybe they can add a fee to the original cd to cover the costs they're suppose to get on the secondary market!!! ug. :(
heheh, i still have my original 50-pak spindle of Memorex I burned in '98 working perfectly still.
Don't get me wrong, I'm just like him, except for the buying the original cd part :)
Thanks for your sig's links. Very interesting read.
True. Funny I would harp on this. Instead of a wizard jumping on the back of an eagle. An eagle sent due ot a message delivered from a moth.
Yea, I keep looking at that clip from Tombstone, but I can't see where he's attemping that steep decent surrounded by thousands of others in full battle mail.
This joke would complete if you were living in Mississippi before you moved back to Europe!! :)
Starbucks fits in a tin can. Where exactly do you think they could fit a quarter million square foot of retail?
Not only that, but in NYC, Walmart would need to charge $10.00 for a roll of scotch tape, and that's just not their thing.
Yea, right. Like you'll be bitching when it comes time to resell. Give me a break. Life is good. Save up for the taxes. it's better than renting. At least you have a home.
Which is why I wish there was a co-op in every town for musicians. I agree that it is probably too expensive for one person... but a lot can be done if a few pool their resources.
I don't see contracts that limit the actors from doing stuff on broadway, etc. I don't see actors needing to pay back the industry for "using their sets". I don't see the industry owning all the distribution, all the movie theaters, etc.
When an independent film gets recognition, I don't see the industry snapping up the director or actors into signing their life away with a million-year, 0-dollar contract.
I also see their product as being somewhat diverse and affordable: Movie theators, DVD rentals. DVD purchase. (which I might add is the same price as a CD)
That all said, I guess that sums up their business model, which is much better than the music industry. As far as being political bullies, I will agree that their activity towards DECSS, and legislation isn't very cool. And it could go even more sour if and when they are in the same boat as the RIAA faces (which won't happen until bandwidth is faster, and DVD-R burners get cheaper). History shows they're aren't very cool either...with the blacklist back in the McCarthian days. ANyway, my knowledge isn't up to snuff as some of the things I've researched about the music biz.
Yea, but they were magic horsies. Didn't you see how steep that cliff was they galloped down?
Or, you can just review the FACTS, and notice that there will be two different releases.
Just
like
last
year.
Which it doesn't do right now anyway. Thanks for proving my point.
And its name will be Taco Bell
Argh!
Although it did go a little faster than watching it - even with Tivo.
That's because there's a wal-mart in every town, ruining every other store there. There's no need to buy something from wal-mart online. But if you're online and want to rent DVD's, and you're doing so already from Netflix, then maybe they'll try Wal-mart.
If NetFlix fails, *poof*.
NE = Nebraska, genius.
NV = Nevada.
Not to mention Omaha is a pretty well known city. For anyone that's moved out of their mama's basement that is.
Your ideals sounds good for now. They'll never hold up if your company ever goes public.
This is an "oops, we ran out of tax money for the important stuff", so let's raise taxes somewhere else. In a few years, they'll silently requisition these "good" taxes to the evil funds, and we'll start over.
I mean, what's next, taxing the internet? D'oh!
People use the freedom of speech in stupid ways too, but it's the price we pay to have those rights.