According to multiple sources, the personal reason involves a personal relationship with one of Canada's leading copyright lobbyists.
While Neri's personal life is no one's business but her own, this does raise troubling questions about the quick passage of Bill C-59, the anti-camcording legislation, since Neri appeared as a witness before a Senate hearing on the bill with the lobbyist in the room.
I'd be interested in watching the speed at which she is "dumped" by the lobbyist now that she has no power to help advance his career.
While I don't know what the terms of the license agreement was, I have a feeling that the blood suckers made sure that if the service ever ended that Virgin Digital would not be legally obligated to do anything to refund the subscribers/customers or fix their more-broken-than-before files.
My suggestion? Don't buy into any RIAA shit and if you must make sure it's DRM free. You're seriously better off paying $2.00 more to buy the CD.
I'm not quite sure what the story is here though. The CEO of a company wants his company to make more money? What a shocker.
Then they are free to pay for the hosting, bandwidth and UI design themselves and not have to outsource it to anyone else in the future. I'm sure that they will quickly realize that the initial investment and then continued operating costs would be more than they are paying to Apple.
The article is very low on details. I read it and I'm still not sure how it works, whom it affects and what I can do to protect myself (obviously, since I don't know how it works).
Well, based on the links that were provided in the many levels of linked blogs (which should have gotten as close to the Russian source as possible rather than the pimped blog listed in the blurb (PAY ATTENTION "EDITORS"), it seems like people have been alerted to this action.
I can't find a single working link in any of the blogs mentioned (MI5 says it's down for the maintenance and various others return nothing). It would appear that people are aware and fixing the issue.
I could be wrong though as I am not really clear as to what we're look at it either. Mostly because I don't read Russian.
This guy isn't informative. He seems to infer that I'm not telling the truth that I've been a Linux user for 10 years (I have). He also seems to infer that because of my career choice that I don't know how to write programs.
This A/C from Illinois isn't Informative, he's just a troll and should be modded appropriately.
My wife and I ditched Windows for Linux 8 years ago at home. I stopped dual-booting and everything -- no more Windows, period. I still have to use it at work, but my wife didn't for years working in retail. One day, she had to use Windows at work and found it dreadful, I chuckled to myself.
Funny, 10 years ago I ditched Windows (and OS/2) for Linux at home. I stopped dual-booting and everything -- no more Windows, period. I didn't have to use it at work because I was a college student and while I didn't have a wife, I had numerous girlfriends throughout that time period that had to use it when they were in my apartment or dorm. One day, I got a new computer and it came pre-installed with Windows XP and found it far more impressive than the kludge of shit I had been trying to do w/Linux to fit into a Windows world for the last (at the time) 6 years. I chuckled at myself for trying to hard for so many years when Microsoft actually had a product that worked for once.
Yes, some of us are very happy over the long term using both Linux and Windows. Am I a system administrator? No. Do I program? Yes. Am I the average Joe Computer User? No. Does my wife get a husband that understands the best of both worlds and a network that works happily with whatever flavor we require? Yes.
Just my $0.02, take it or leave it;-)
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Weaved??? The term is WOVEN, jerkoff.
Aren't we being a little rough on Zonk? Certainly he's a dumbass or a fuckhead but a "jerk off"? That might be going too far.
Jesus fuck, this reminds me of those writers who think they're the hottest shit ever because they spell words phonetically.
I prefer Jesus Fucking Christ Almighty but to each their own. Lay off the caffeine BTW, your body will thank you:)
It's only fair that the enrollment is not permanent otherwise one day the list would include nearly every number.
*Shrug*, the fucking assholes like Justice Just for Girls clothing store just call you and call you and couldn't give a fuck less if you're on the DNC list (among others that use pre-recorded messages that end up on your answering machine even if you aren't home/don't answer). When you call to complain they just tell you that someone else put your number on their list. My argument is that if I'm on the DNC list I don't want *anyone* calling me unless it's a personal call. Sadly, that's not how it works.
I couldn't care less if every phone number in the universe was on that list. Businesses need to realize that cold call telemarketing is a dead business and they really should divert their money and attention elsewhere like beating out my Google ranking.
In the days that followed a few things changed. First, I learned that the prosecutor was more interested in protecting the city against a civil law suit than she was in silencing my speech.
And by doing so she effectively did silence you and the Brooklyn, OH police department and city will not have a blemish on their record because one of their officers acted like an uninformed dick.
It's an unfortunate situation where you still have to pay out when you are completely in the right.
This may not fall under "Do No Evil" as many will probably liken it to, but it certainly fucking sucks and shows that even with stock prices insanely high and revenue pouring in like mad, that they need to continue to do even more to support those corporate assholes running the show.
While I'm not a diehard Firefox fan I still do use it and suggest that everyone (if you haven't already) install AdBlock Plus. While it isn't going to make much of a difference in Google's bottom line, I really hope that someone comes up with another extension that sends an automated e-mail to Google for every single Flash ad the add-on blocked.
That's fine and dandy, but will the paid version of the episode come complete with ads or is this just an interim solution until the paid model is in place, because I sure as hell wouldn't want to pay for episodes if they contained unskippable ads.
You aren't their target market. I'm not sure what their target market is because it should have been the masses of people Apple already had attracted to the market they nearly created (BT downloaders don't count for this heh).
They only want to provide this crap to those that *must* see their favorite TV shows and are willing to pay to download them instead of downloading them themselves, using a DVR capable of transfer to mobile devices as part of fair use (even though I love my DirecTivo I have to say fuck you DirecTV on that), etc.
They can just say that they fired him for lack of sales and be done with.
There's a high probability that they don't have to give him any reason why they let him go. Honestly, while this might be great and all in theory, I don't see why GameStop wouldn't act the way they did, it would be different if this guy owned his own store and was instituting his own policy. When you work for corporate America you follow the proper channels or you end up like this poor bastard.
Citing problems such as an oversensitive touchpad and poor multimedia support, he suggests that 'from the point of view of an average user, someone who wouldn't want to enter text commands, hunt the Web for drivers and enabling software, or learn a whole new user interface' Ubuntu isn't a good choice compared to Windows or OS X.
My wife has a Dell laptop and while the touchpad isn't sensitive the little nodule in the middle of the keyboard is while running XP! She doesn't use either of those though, she uses an external mouse so I guess neither matters to her.
Everyone with any sense knows that Linux isn't a great choice compared to Windows or OS X for those that don't want to learn a new UI (or anything else he said) as I've discussed here numerous times before to the pro-Linux troll mods' joy. Linux is a great option if you're not interested in additional cost, vendor lock-in, and attempts by a corporation to invade your personal privacy and choice due to their licensing allowances while covering it up with vague non-sense.
I will continue to run Windows and OS X on my desktop machines until any of the Linux distributions mature enough to match what's available on the Windows platform (which will probably never come unfortunately) and I will continue to trust Linux as my network server -- happily chugging along for years at a clip without as much as a hiccup.
Maybe it's just me, but I've tried taking notes on my laptop before and I just didn't retain the information as well as when I physically write notes with paper and pencil.
Starting in 7th grade up through current time, I would take notes in pencil and then transcript those notes to an electronic medium for both permanent archival (I still have the notes from 7th grade although WP 5.1 files are difficult to open these days;)) and reinforcement of the notes. I found it was much easier to look back through my notes (and search) when they were in an electronic format.
Now that I'm taking a class online as part of my non-degree seeking continuing education, I find that it's not as effectual for me as sitting in a lecture -- I'd probably be better off with podcasts of the lecture along with transcribing my own notes. Everyone learns in a different way.
Do they want to appeal to the religio-creationist market or to the more technical athiest, sceptic, agnostic market.
They aren't appealing to any group other than those that are willing to file a DMCA takedown request. The group, while also complaining in the way they are, should also file a counter-claim (as has been mentioned in this thread and others earlier in the week) and wait for it to be reinstated if GooTube decides it's appropriate.
It's useless to try to mechanically block their access, but if they know that EVERYTHING they do IS monitored (and they do), they seem to act responsibly.
Back when I was growing up my father added a box to the computer which had a simple lamp timer inside (the ones you use when you go away on vacation) that turned the computer on at times he allowed and off at others. The only way around this, aside from physically removing the powersupply and putting in another, was to use a pencil and move the timer ahead until it clicked on or to use his bypass key which was one of those vending machine types.
Because I didn't have the key I had to use the pencil which he caught onto the first time he saw that the time had jumped ahead on the timer. He filled the holes in with some more sheets of aluminum and I couldn't get through it.
So, it isn't useless to mechanically block access this way and you are correct that you need to TALK to your children about what they are doing and I praise you for doing the right thing -- I only wish more parents would.
Well, most of the Slashdot is very well aware that they themselves "work by touching it" but for use of their own devices outside of that realm, they need to have a little more in-depth manual and this is exactly that!;-)
Hey Verizon? Too bad. You don't own anything. The airwaves are OURS, no matter what our corrupt FCC/DOJ want to lead you to believe.
I don't care what the FCC leads anyone else to believe. The FCC themselves believe that they own the airwaves and they have proven time and time again that they are going to do with them what they see fit.
Remember, we don't get to choose who runs the FCC and that's a serious fucking problem. We own the spectrum and thus the FCC should be a group of elected officials that can be fucking bounced when the general voting public decides they should go. Unfortunately, they're not and they get to make these assholish decisions to kill "indecency" and open spectrum for bidding and not give a fucking cent of that money back to those that own it.
I'd love to see those fucking franchise fees, random other taxes on my various telecom bills, and reduced rate Internet exist because of the money the FCC collected from the sale.
Anyway, what's wrong with being condescending and elitist? It's part of what makes Slashdot, Slashdot.
Nothing, if you want people to agree with you and because RMS looks and acts like a radical from 1967, many contemporary businessmen aren't interested in agreeing with him.
What makes Slashdot, Slashdot is different than what makes business, business. People looking to make a buck (who RMS isn't the least bit interested in) aren't interested in ideologies that make it more difficult for them to do so.
THREE uncompressed (CD-quality) DRM-free songs for $6? That's about $2.00 per song, not much higher than Apple's DRM-free pricing.
What the fuck are you on about? There shouldn't be ANY DRM on music distributed by the conglomerates as it helps to disable fair use.
How dare you accept this bone throw from the music industry as acceptable? Remember when they were found guilty of price fixing and had to give us all back $13 and then give out millions more in overstocked worthless inventory to non-profits and educational institutions? If anything, that taught them nothing and they are continuing to win their media blitz by having people like you believe that $2/song is acceptable.
Now that Linux users, and most PVR users for that matter, are nearing the end of their last fetched TV guide, what free alternatives exist that can replace this much-needed service?"
From Schedules Direct's website's main page:
The cost of the service is currently US$15/3 months with a 7 day trial. We hope to lower the price by the end of the term, so recurring subscriptions are not yet offered.
What part of that are you confused about? Oh, and congratulate me on my 5000th Slashdot post, thanks.
Anyone who thinks that a Hollywood, live-action movie remake of an extremely long running cartoon show is somehow going to be more true to the original story than the American cartoon has never, ever, in their entire life watched any American movie based on a cartoon or video game.
How is that any different than the vast majority of any Hollywood produced films based upon any previously written storyline? They always change the ending and fuck up a good bit of the story along the way and it's part of why watching a movie based on a novel you have already read generally sucks.
Perhaps it's because IT departments actually know how complicated, messy, potentially insecure and how awful support of such "projects" are going to be. As a general rule of thumb, tech-types don't usually give into the hype about things like Web 2.0 that columnists, marketers and your usual assortment of weirdos do.
Fuck Web 2.0, IT departments are slow to move on any project except those that somehow benefit IT itself. We have an extraordinarily difficult time getting IT to update broken links on our website (we used to have access via the shitty CMS they were running but they now took that away too) nevermind solutions such as chat, online appointment scheduling, or additional databases to store information captured from web forms.
We have had to go to third party outfits that specialize in hosting their own web application solutions and paying them yearly sums of money to do for us what IT will not. Not a single department has a decent relationship with IT at any of the last few places I have worked (especially the current) and we're all wasting money because of it.
So, while Web 2.0 is an example, I can name 100 other issues that are not Web 2.0 that are priority that they also will not support -- and it has nothing to do with those that work in IT not accepting the "fads" that others will.
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According to multiple sources, the personal reason involves a personal relationship with one of Canada's leading copyright lobbyists.
While Neri's personal life is no one's business but her own, this does raise troubling questions about the quick passage of Bill C-59, the anti-camcording legislation, since Neri appeared as a witness before a Senate hearing on the bill with the lobbyist in the room.
I'd be interested in watching the speed at which she is "dumped" by the lobbyist now that she has no power to help advance his career.
Would such an argument even hold up in court?
While I don't know what the terms of the license agreement was, I have a feeling that the blood suckers made sure that if the service ever ended that Virgin Digital would not be legally obligated to do anything to refund the subscribers/customers or fix their more-broken-than-before files.
My suggestion? Don't buy into any RIAA shit and if you must make sure it's DRM free. You're seriously better off paying $2.00 more to buy the CD.
I'm not quite sure what the story is here though. The CEO of a company wants his company to make more money? What a shocker.
Then they are free to pay for the hosting, bandwidth and UI design themselves and not have to outsource it to anyone else in the future. I'm sure that they will quickly realize that the initial investment and then continued operating costs would be more than they are paying to Apple.
The article is very low on details. I read it and I'm still not sure how it works, whom it affects and what I can do to protect myself (obviously, since I don't know how it works).
Well, based on the links that were provided in the many levels of linked blogs (which should have gotten as close to the Russian source as possible rather than the pimped blog listed in the blurb (PAY ATTENTION "EDITORS"), it seems like people have been alerted to this action.
I can't find a single working link in any of the blogs mentioned (MI5 says it's down for the maintenance and various others return nothing). It would appear that people are aware and fixing the issue.
I could be wrong though as I am not really clear as to what we're look at it either. Mostly because I don't read Russian.
This guy isn't informative. He seems to infer that I'm not telling the truth that I've been a Linux user for 10 years (I have). He also seems to infer that because of my career choice that I don't know how to write programs.
This A/C from Illinois isn't Informative, he's just a troll and should be modded appropriately.
My wife and I ditched Windows for Linux 8 years ago at home. I stopped dual-booting and everything -- no more Windows, period. I still have to use it at work, but my wife didn't for years working in retail. One day, she had to use Windows at work and found it dreadful, I chuckled to myself.
;-)
Funny, 10 years ago I ditched Windows (and OS/2) for Linux at home. I stopped dual-booting and everything -- no more Windows, period. I didn't have to use it at work because I was a college student and while I didn't have a wife, I had numerous girlfriends throughout that time period that had to use it when they were in my apartment or dorm. One day, I got a new computer and it came pre-installed with Windows XP and found it far more impressive than the kludge of shit I had been trying to do w/Linux to fit into a Windows world for the last (at the time) 6 years. I chuckled at myself for trying to hard for so many years when Microsoft actually had a product that worked for once.
Yes, some of us are very happy over the long term using both Linux and Windows. Am I a system administrator? No. Do I program? Yes. Am I the average Joe Computer User? No. Does my wife get a husband that understands the best of both worlds and a network that works happily with whatever flavor we require? Yes.
Just my $0.02, take it or leave it
Weaved??? The term is WOVEN, jerkoff.
:)
Aren't we being a little rough on Zonk? Certainly he's a dumbass or a fuckhead but a "jerk off"? That might be going too far.
Jesus fuck, this reminds me of those writers who think they're the hottest shit ever because they spell words phonetically.
I prefer Jesus Fucking Christ Almighty but to each their own. Lay off the caffeine BTW, your body will thank you
It's only fair that the enrollment is not permanent otherwise one day the list would include nearly every number.
*Shrug*, the fucking assholes like Justice Just for Girls clothing store just call you and call you and couldn't give a fuck less if you're on the DNC list (among others that use pre-recorded messages that end up on your answering machine even if you aren't home/don't answer). When you call to complain they just tell you that someone else put your number on their list. My argument is that if I'm on the DNC list I don't want *anyone* calling me unless it's a personal call. Sadly, that's not how it works.
I couldn't care less if every phone number in the universe was on that list. Businesses need to realize that cold call telemarketing is a dead business and they really should divert their money and attention elsewhere like beating out my Google ranking.
In the days that followed a few things changed. First, I learned that the prosecutor was more interested in protecting the city against a civil law suit than she was in silencing my speech.
And by doing so she effectively did silence you and the Brooklyn, OH police department and city will not have a blemish on their record because one of their officers acted like an uninformed dick.
It's an unfortunate situation where you still have to pay out when you are completely in the right.
This may not fall under "Do No Evil" as many will probably liken it to, but it certainly fucking sucks and shows that even with stock prices insanely high and revenue pouring in like mad, that they need to continue to do even more to support those corporate assholes running the show.
While I'm not a diehard Firefox fan I still do use it and suggest that everyone (if you haven't already) install AdBlock Plus. While it isn't going to make much of a difference in Google's bottom line, I really hope that someone comes up with another extension that sends an automated e-mail to Google for every single Flash ad the add-on blocked.
Bastards are getting worse and worse every day.
That's fine and dandy, but will the paid version of the episode come complete with ads or is this just an interim solution until the paid model is in place, because I sure as hell wouldn't want to pay for episodes if they contained unskippable ads.
You aren't their target market. I'm not sure what their target market is because it should have been the masses of people Apple already had attracted to the market they nearly created (BT downloaders don't count for this heh).
They only want to provide this crap to those that *must* see their favorite TV shows and are willing to pay to download them instead of downloading them themselves, using a DVR capable of transfer to mobile devices as part of fair use (even though I love my DirecTivo I have to say fuck you DirecTV on that), etc.
They can just say that they fired him for lack of sales and be done with.
There's a high probability that they don't have to give him any reason why they let him go. Honestly, while this might be great and all in theory, I don't see why GameStop wouldn't act the way they did, it would be different if this guy owned his own store and was instituting his own policy. When you work for corporate America you follow the proper channels or you end up like this poor bastard.
This is a great service. Well, it's great as long as you only listen to music sitting in front of your computer.
My portable media player has no problems playing PlaysForSure DRMd files (so it says in the specs, I don't support DRMd music.
Citing problems such as an oversensitive touchpad and poor multimedia support, he suggests that 'from the point of view of an average user, someone who wouldn't want to enter text commands, hunt the Web for drivers and enabling software, or learn a whole new user interface' Ubuntu isn't a good choice compared to Windows or OS X.
My wife has a Dell laptop and while the touchpad isn't sensitive the little nodule in the middle of the keyboard is while running XP! She doesn't use either of those though, she uses an external mouse so I guess neither matters to her.
Everyone with any sense knows that Linux isn't a great choice compared to Windows or OS X for those that don't want to learn a new UI (or anything else he said) as I've discussed here numerous times before to the pro-Linux troll mods' joy. Linux is a great option if you're not interested in additional cost, vendor lock-in, and attempts by a corporation to invade your personal privacy and choice due to their licensing allowances while covering it up with vague non-sense.
I will continue to run Windows and OS X on my desktop machines until any of the Linux distributions mature enough to match what's available on the Windows platform (which will probably never come unfortunately) and I will continue to trust Linux as my network server -- happily chugging along for years at a clip without as much as a hiccup.
Maybe it's just me, but I've tried taking notes on my laptop before and I just didn't retain the information as well as when I physically write notes with paper and pencil.
;)) and reinforcement of the notes. I found it was much easier to look back through my notes (and search) when they were in an electronic format.
Starting in 7th grade up through current time, I would take notes in pencil and then transcript those notes to an electronic medium for both permanent archival (I still have the notes from 7th grade although WP 5.1 files are difficult to open these days
Now that I'm taking a class online as part of my non-degree seeking continuing education, I find that it's not as effectual for me as sitting in a lecture -- I'd probably be better off with podcasts of the lecture along with transcribing my own notes. Everyone learns in a different way.
Do they want to appeal to the religio-creationist market or to the more technical athiest, sceptic, agnostic market.
They aren't appealing to any group other than those that are willing to file a DMCA takedown request. The group, while also complaining in the way they are, should also file a counter-claim (as has been mentioned in this thread and others earlier in the week) and wait for it to be reinstated if GooTube decides it's appropriate.
It's useless to try to mechanically block their access, but if they know that EVERYTHING they do IS monitored (and they do), they seem to act responsibly.
Back when I was growing up my father added a box to the computer which had a simple lamp timer inside (the ones you use when you go away on vacation) that turned the computer on at times he allowed and off at others. The only way around this, aside from physically removing the powersupply and putting in another, was to use a pencil and move the timer ahead until it clicked on or to use his bypass key which was one of those vending machine types.
Because I didn't have the key I had to use the pencil which he caught onto the first time he saw that the time had jumped ahead on the timer. He filled the holes in with some more sheets of aluminum and I couldn't get through it.
So, it isn't useless to mechanically block access this way and you are correct that you need to TALK to your children about what they are doing and I praise you for doing the right thing -- I only wish more parents would.
it works by touching it...duh
;-)
Well, most of the Slashdot is very well aware that they themselves "work by touching it" but for use of their own devices outside of that realm, they need to have a little more in-depth manual and this is exactly that!
Hey Verizon? Too bad. You don't own anything. The airwaves are OURS, no matter what our corrupt FCC/DOJ want to lead you to believe.
I don't care what the FCC leads anyone else to believe. The FCC themselves believe that they own the airwaves and they have proven time and time again that they are going to do with them what they see fit.
Remember, we don't get to choose who runs the FCC and that's a serious fucking problem. We own the spectrum and thus the FCC should be a group of elected officials that can be fucking bounced when the general voting public decides they should go. Unfortunately, they're not and they get to make these assholish decisions to kill "indecency" and open spectrum for bidding and not give a fucking cent of that money back to those that own it.
I'd love to see those fucking franchise fees, random other taxes on my various telecom bills, and reduced rate Internet exist because of the money the FCC collected from the sale.
Until that happens, we don't own shit.
How much you want to bet the slashdot crowd will accept these figures uncritically because it supports their ideology?
If only they could give the true value of Fair Use rights in this report: priceless.
Anyway, what's wrong with being condescending and elitist? It's part of what makes Slashdot, Slashdot.
Nothing, if you want people to agree with you and because RMS looks and acts like a radical from 1967, many contemporary businessmen aren't interested in agreeing with him.
What makes Slashdot, Slashdot is different than what makes business, business. People looking to make a buck (who RMS isn't the least bit interested in) aren't interested in ideologies that make it more difficult for them to do so.
THREE uncompressed (CD-quality) DRM-free songs for $6? That's about $2.00 per song, not much higher than Apple's DRM-free pricing.
What the fuck are you on about? There shouldn't be ANY DRM on music distributed by the conglomerates as it helps to disable fair use.
How dare you accept this bone throw from the music industry as acceptable? Remember when they were found guilty of price fixing and had to give us all back $13 and then give out millions more in overstocked worthless inventory to non-profits and educational institutions? If anything, that taught them nothing and they are continuing to win their media blitz by having people like you believe that $2/song is acceptable.
Uhh, from the blurb (emphasis mine):
Now that Linux users, and most PVR users for that matter, are nearing the end of their last fetched TV guide, what free alternatives exist that can replace this much-needed service?"
From Schedules Direct's website's main page:
The cost of the service is currently US$15/3 months with a 7 day trial. We hope to lower the price by the end of the term, so recurring subscriptions are not yet offered.
What part of that are you confused about? Oh, and congratulate me on my 5000th Slashdot post, thanks.
Anyone who thinks that a Hollywood, live-action movie remake of an extremely long running cartoon show is somehow going to be more true to the original story than the American cartoon has never, ever, in their entire life watched any American movie based on a cartoon or video game.
How is that any different than the vast majority of any Hollywood produced films based upon any previously written storyline? They always change the ending and fuck up a good bit of the story along the way and it's part of why watching a movie based on a novel you have already read generally sucks.
Perhaps it's because IT departments actually know how complicated, messy, potentially insecure and how awful support of such "projects" are going to be. As a general rule of thumb, tech-types don't usually give into the hype about things like Web 2.0 that columnists, marketers and your usual assortment of weirdos do.
Fuck Web 2.0, IT departments are slow to move on any project except those that somehow benefit IT itself. We have an extraordinarily difficult time getting IT to update broken links on our website (we used to have access via the shitty CMS they were running but they now took that away too) nevermind solutions such as chat, online appointment scheduling, or additional databases to store information captured from web forms.
We have had to go to third party outfits that specialize in hosting their own web application solutions and paying them yearly sums of money to do for us what IT will not. Not a single department has a decent relationship with IT at any of the last few places I have worked (especially the current) and we're all wasting money because of it.
So, while Web 2.0 is an example, I can name 100 other issues that are not Web 2.0 that are priority that they also will not support -- and it has nothing to do with those that work in IT not accepting the "fads" that others will.