I'm sure someone else posted this and I can't find it, but you do pay for 'part of a song' - if you're buying a ringtone. If that's the only part that you need (i.e. you don't want the whole song) then it fulfills what you want. That said, I agree. I'm not sure why you'd want only some of the pages... unless Amazon has started selling porn for the Kindle?;)
It's funny you mention that (even in a jocular way) - I was honestly wondering if/when Apple might start using these. I can't pull up the article so I can't see if it's mentioned in there. Like the PA comic from the other day, their laptops get damn hot and despite sales pitches to the contrary, their battery life ain't great. With it being tough/impossible to get an airplane plug for use in-flight, would be nice to have a longer battery life (same is true for PC laptops, obviously).
It goes beyond the store shelves. I found it interesting that in most of the pictures on the Apple site, they show-off the shiny screen (which, btw, I hate.) Here are some examples:
In each, look at the top right corner of the screen. Even all of the pictures I see in magazines where they use the stock photo Apple sends out, it's the same glare.
I disagree. For folks that have a passion about a world created by a movie, then a crappy sequel taints that world. For some of the examples that have been posted, having a sequel to Highlander (even with the esteemed Mario Van Peeples *ugh*) ruined the story by shredding the conclusion of the first. "There can be only one, except for this other guy, so make that two. Yeah, only two. Unless we jump to the future, if that's cool?" The fourth Indiana Jones was so terrible, I refuse to accept the stories as anything more than a trillogy. Some movies are as good as they are because of how they end. A sequel - in the case of a story that wasn't designed to be multiple episodes (see "Rings, Lord of the") seems to eliminate the important element of Conclusion that completes the first movie. Exactly what would a sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind bring us?
> I'm curious if a patent ever is a good thing for the public.
I know "individual" != "public" but wasn't there some movie recently (I don't remember the name) about some guy who invented the functionality of variable windshield wipers and how a patent helped "the little guy" triumph over the big corporation? Like I said, I know it's not the same thing, but IMO the public is served when one of their own doesn't get dicked over by MegaCorp.
Job loss = less disposable income = fewer sales = less profit for company.
Show me where an external country is saying, "hire our people or we won't buy your goods." I don't think it's a matter of a lack of skills in the existing U.S. folks looking for jobs. Rather, it's a matter of cheaper labor. I will admit, if either of my points is wrong, then my point is invalid.
IANAL, but it's time like this I wish I was so as to be able to take up the case. Abide by the school's rules? Fine. Show my where it's specifically published that a teacher can do this. And published ahead of time so they don't try and grandfather any such thing into place. And if it's not specifically stated in writing, show me here a teacher is allowed to claim - and be able to back it up in a court of law - they have the authority to create such a rule. That implies teachers have the authority to enter into a contract on behalf of the school, a contract that they themselves have drafted and chosen to approve without the school's lawyers. As far as I know, that might cross over the into the realm of legality as it relates to the union representing the teachers (such as the CFTA in California State University system) and being the authority to sign negotiated contracts on behalf of the teachers.
When I was a newspaper reporter (I know, I know. Employed by a private company vice an educational system - which a lot of times receives federal money and so has a slue of federal rules under which it falls.) my notes were my own. However, the articles I wrote, belonged to the newspaper (with the exception of what basically amounted to fair use - I was allowed to use them as part of my portfolio when job hunting.)
All of this is moot if such a rule _is_ actually in the schools rules. In which case, as has been pointed out, you are what is termed in Latin as, "Screwed";)
I would disagree with the "great software" comment. I've tried their products and found them to be bloated and non-intuitive (but of course, YMMV). There was a Maczot offer for NetBarrier and VirusBarrier a couple of years ago (here and here) and the comments were overwhelmingly negative (which seems to be the same on a lot of Mac software-related sites.) New version or not, they haven't really changed.
I'm curious to see numbers on Facebook's traffic during/after the inauguration. It seemed like I was getting a ton of "So-and-So has updated Something-or-Another" during the hours immediately after.
> when the final episode airs, television will never be the same again.
A little melodramatic, no? When the final episode of All in the Family ran (not the shitty spinoffs) TV changed. Same as M*A*S*H. Same would hold true for Sesame Street. Look, BSG was entertaining and even thought provoking (at times) but it's hardly something that 20 years from now people will be watching TV and say, "Wow! If it wasn't for BSG, TV would be totally different."
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I'm sure someone else posted this and I can't find it, but you do pay for 'part of a song' - if you're buying a ringtone. If that's the only part that you need (i.e. you don't want the whole song) then it fulfills what you want. That said, I agree. I'm not sure why you'd want only some of the pages ... unless Amazon has started selling porn for the Kindle? ;)
Refuse to print stories about the Kindle?
Except a decent number of papers have unions for the folks who run the presses. Would be an interesting battle.
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It's funny you mention that (even in a jocular way) - I was honestly wondering if/when Apple might start using these. I can't pull up the article so I can't see if it's mentioned in there. Like the PA comic from the other day, their laptops get damn hot and despite sales pitches to the contrary, their battery life ain't great. With it being tough/impossible to get an airplane plug for use in-flight, would be nice to have a longer battery life (same is true for PC laptops, obviously).
Hmm. Wouldn't that be, "He's a successful novelist"? ;)
> a scantily dressed girl draped over his shoulder
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It goes beyond the store shelves. I found it interesting that in most of the pictures on the Apple site, they show-off the shiny screen (which, btw, I hate.) Here are some examples:
Here
Here
And Here
In each, look at the top right corner of the screen. Even all of the pictures I see in magazines where they use the stock photo Apple sends out, it's the same glare.
"In Soviet Russia mod points give you"? (OK, I got nuthin'. :))
*Insert "In Soviet Russia" joke here*
I disagree. For folks that have a passion about a world created by a movie, then a crappy sequel taints that world. For some of the examples that have been posted, having a sequel to Highlander (even with the esteemed Mario Van Peeples *ugh*) ruined the story by shredding the conclusion of the first. "There can be only one, except for this other guy, so make that two. Yeah, only two. Unless we jump to the future, if that's cool?" The fourth Indiana Jones was so terrible, I refuse to accept the stories as anything more than a trillogy. Some movies are as good as they are because of how they end. A sequel - in the case of a story that wasn't designed to be multiple episodes (see "Rings, Lord of the") seems to eliminate the important element of Conclusion that completes the first movie. Exactly what would a sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind bring us?
> I'm curious if a patent ever is a good thing for the public.
I know "individual" != "public" but wasn't there some movie recently (I don't remember the name) about some guy who invented the functionality of variable windshield wipers and how a patent helped "the little guy" triumph over the big corporation? Like I said, I know it's not the same thing, but IMO the public is served when one of their own doesn't get dicked over by MegaCorp.
Job loss = less disposable income = fewer sales = less profit for company.
Show me where an external country is saying, "hire our people or we won't buy your goods." I don't think it's a matter of a lack of skills in the existing U.S. folks looking for jobs. Rather, it's a matter of cheaper labor. I will admit, if either of my points is wrong, then my point is invalid.
Yeah, unlike Cheney. ;)
"Unwritten policy" isn't policy. It's "guidance."
IANAL, but it's time like this I wish I was so as to be able to take up the case. Abide by the school's rules? Fine. Show my where it's specifically published that a teacher can do this. And published ahead of time so they don't try and grandfather any such thing into place. And if it's not specifically stated in writing, show me here a teacher is allowed to claim - and be able to back it up in a court of law - they have the authority to create such a rule. That implies teachers have the authority to enter into a contract on behalf of the school, a contract that they themselves have drafted and chosen to approve without the school's lawyers. As far as I know, that might cross over the into the realm of legality as it relates to the union representing the teachers (such as the CFTA in California State University system) and being the authority to sign negotiated contracts on behalf of the teachers. When I was a newspaper reporter (I know, I know. Employed by a private company vice an educational system - which a lot of times receives federal money and so has a slue of federal rules under which it falls.) my notes were my own. However, the articles I wrote, belonged to the newspaper (with the exception of what basically amounted to fair use - I was allowed to use them as part of my portfolio when job hunting.) All of this is moot if such a rule _is_ actually in the schools rules. In which case, as has been pointed out, you are what is termed in Latin as, "Screwed" ;)
Never mind the lawyers, I hear there are bears out there!
I would disagree with the "great software" comment. I've tried their products and found them to be bloated and non-intuitive (but of course, YMMV). There was a Maczot offer for NetBarrier and VirusBarrier a couple of years ago (here and here) and the comments were overwhelmingly negative (which seems to be the same on a lot of Mac software-related sites.) New version or not, they haven't really changed.
Unless the kid is Pablo Escobar.
I'm curious to see numbers on Facebook's traffic during/after the inauguration. It seemed like I was getting a ton of "So-and-So has updated Something-or-Another" during the hours immediately after.
> when the final episode airs, television will never be the same again.
A little melodramatic, no? When the final episode of All in the Family ran (not the shitty spinoffs) TV changed. Same as M*A*S*H. Same would hold true for Sesame Street. Look, BSG was entertaining and even thought provoking (at times) but it's hardly something that 20 years from now people will be watching TV and say, "Wow! If it wasn't for BSG, TV would be totally different."
Damn. I wish I had mod points. Very funny :)
> When you played chess for the first time you probably lost badly.
Nah, I did pretty well.
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