Why do all Bush backers have to invoke Bill Clinton to justify what GW has or hasn't done? I though the point of GW's Presidency was he was going to bring "respect" and "honor" back to the White House. What Clinton did is irrelevant to any issue involving GW. His presidency should stand on it's own.
Don't forget that this was a project begun during the Reagan administration. It has continued development through GHWB and Clinton. It has failed every test were there wasn't a homing beacon or GPS attached to the rocket being shot down. I'm sure our enemies are going to put a homing beacon and GPS on their ICBMs. GWB knew of these failures and decided to spend money on them anyway.
The first cable systems were not commercial free. They were created to provide television to people who lived in valleys and mountainous regions were there was no TV reception. There was also cable radio back in the day as well.
I believe the major reason for lackluster sales of CDs is that MTV doesn't play videos anymore and radio is payola, playing the same crap over and over. I think a lot of music buyers have also been alienated by the rise of hip-hop.
That's a sucker's argument. You can't prove a negative. I can say that there are such things as purple unicorns. You can say prove it. I say just because no one has ever seen one doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Until you search every inch of the earth you can't say with 100% certainty that they don't exist. Several parts of the bible have been shown to be inaccurate but people still take is as 100% true.
What these idiots (the record companies) don't realize is that payola has a huge impact on music piracy. When all people can hear on the radio is the same 10 songs, they have to find other means.
Does anyone remember on the old David Letterman Show that he would randomly call into the show? Dave would be sitting at his desk and the phone would ring and he'd pick it up and the voice on the line would say, "This is Colonel Gordon Cooper Speaking."
There are 35 states with higher tax rates than Mass.
Montana is one of them. When you have a bad employee (the President is our employee) you fire them. You don't look at his potential replacement and think, "What if he does a worse job than the current guy?".
Excercising your rights does not mean you can violate someone elses. Punishing someone who has differing views is un-american. The proper way to to go about it is to say you have a different opinion and explain why. We should aspire to what Voltaire said about not agreeing with someone but defending their right to say it. You do not defend someone's right to state their opinion by organizing a boycott against them. That's the problem we have now. If someone dissents they are treated like pariahs. The Founding Fathers must be spinning in their graves.
It's not as if these people would buy what they are stealing if they couldn't steal it. It's not physical property like a loaf of bread or a CD player so you can't compare it to stealing an object. If you could magically shut down all file sharing I don't think it would have much effect on the economy.
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Then use Reagan, Nixon, Bush I or Ford as an example.
Why do all Bush backers have to invoke Bill Clinton to justify what GW has or hasn't done? I though the point of GW's Presidency was he was going to bring "respect" and "honor" back to the White House. What Clinton did is irrelevant to any issue involving GW. His presidency should stand on it's own.
Don't forget that this was a project begun during the Reagan administration. It has continued development through GHWB and Clinton. It has failed every test were there wasn't a homing beacon or GPS attached to the rocket being shot down. I'm sure our enemies are going to put a homing beacon and GPS on their ICBMs. GWB knew of these failures and decided to spend money on them anyway.
Physically or mentally?
Hurm is the American English spelling of Norwegian word. Both are pronounced the same. :)
It's funny that you say you've never heard of it but use Rorshach's trademark "hrm".
Is /. turning into the Drudge Report? Publish first and ask questions later?
That's why I don't watch American Movie Classics anymore. They used to be commercial free. I only watch Turner Classics now.
The first cable systems were not commercial free. They were created to provide television to people who lived in valleys and mountainous regions were there was no TV reception. There was also cable radio back in the day as well.
But it is about a "Mickey Mouse" company, SCO.
I believe the major reason for lackluster sales of CDs is that MTV doesn't play videos anymore and radio is payola, playing the same crap over and over. I think a lot of music buyers have also been alienated by the rise of hip-hop.
That's a sucker's argument. You can't prove a negative. I can say that there are such things as purple unicorns. You can say prove it. I say just because no one has ever seen one doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Until you search every inch of the earth you can't say with 100% certainty that they don't exist. Several parts of the bible have been shown to be inaccurate but people still take is as 100% true.
Dolphins and seals were land animals before they evolved into sea mammals.
Religion can't be proved and it's taken as fact by many people.
Had it ever occured to you that the reason cephalopods have better eyes is that Cthulhu created the earth?
What these idiots (the record companies) don't realize is that payola has a huge impact on music piracy. When all people can hear on the radio is the same 10 songs, they have to find other means.
Cheaper CD hardware hasn't slowed music piracy. You can get a CD player cheaper then the new Britney CD. The true answer is cheaper software.
Don't forget his gig on Computer Chronicles with Stewart Cheifet. I'm sure he took home six figures for that show :)
Does anyone remember on the old David Letterman Show that he would randomly call into the show? Dave would be sitting at his desk and the phone would ring and he'd pick it up and the voice on the line would say, "This is Colonel Gordon Cooper Speaking."
There are 35 states with higher tax rates than Mass. Montana is one of them. When you have a bad employee (the President is our employee) you fire them. You don't look at his potential replacement and think, "What if he does a worse job than the current guy?".
Mel Brooks and Rick Moranis are both jewish so we already saw jews in space.
You've just described the Bush Administration!
Excercising your rights does not mean you can violate someone elses. Punishing someone who has differing views is un-american. The proper way to to go about it is to say you have a different opinion and explain why. We should aspire to what Voltaire said about not agreeing with someone but defending their right to say it. You do not defend someone's right to state their opinion by organizing a boycott against them. That's the problem we have now. If someone dissents they are treated like pariahs. The Founding Fathers must be spinning in their graves.
It's not as if these people would buy what they are stealing if they couldn't steal it. It's not physical property like a loaf of bread or a CD player so you can't compare it to stealing an object. If you could magically shut down all file sharing I don't think it would have much effect on the economy.
All you have to do is rub some toothpaste on it. Works every time.