For an extreme example, B96 in Chicago has been playing Mariah Carey's new song at about 15 and 45 after every hour. That's right, twice an hour! I couldn't possibly be more sick of this song by now, so I'd say this hyper marketing effort is backfiring. Hopefully this station will either go under soon or my friends will get better tastes in music to listen to in the car. No matter how much some record label is paying to pimp this song, I will absolutely never listen to it on my own free will.
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Especially if the draconian measures continue to erode our personal freedoms.
Care to give an example of YOUR freedoms that are being continually eroded?
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Of course the same could be said about many other countries as well. Would the US stand by and do nothing if Canada were invaded? How about England or Spain? I doubt that the only reason Canadian or European companies are successful is just because the US would defend their countries.
Does anyone know the legalities of an employer accessing a person's gmail account using a password they sniffed from the network? I know it's perfectly legal for an employer to monitor their own network, but if they use information they obtained to access someone's private email, I would think there might be some legal liability issues here.
If there is another terrorist attack on US soil, or wherever you live, I hope to god you're in it. I've never encountered someone so deserving of it. Once again, you're a sad sack of shit and a sorry excuse for a human being.
Do you live in the United States? If so, take the advice of myself along with just about every other American and get the fuck out now asshole! Don't let the door hit your ass on the way. If you live in another country already, just remember the US Army has saved your ass before, wherever you live.
I am no fan of the Iraq war myself, but the troops are NOT responsible for it, nor do they deserve to die in order to keep the Iraqi population terrorized. Politics is one thing, but wishing death on the people who gave their lives to protect you is just despicable. Keep that in mind, you sorry sack of shit!
Even though we're the only Common Law (English speaking) in which taking a contingency fee is not a crime, buying an interest in litigation still is.
Funny how companies or individuals can buy a patent from someone else for the sole purpose of suing others that are using that invention. If that isn't buying interest in litigation, what is?
I bet they'll also make sure the data can't be used by federal prosecutors investigating mob cases. Otherwise that would pretty much be the end of the Teamsters.
On the 8 lane expressways in the Chicago area, when there is an accident it is usually contained to 1 lane or the shoulder but all the other lanes slow down from idiots gawking at the accident scene hoping to see some blood. I suspect it will be this way on the Texas "super highway" as well.
The customer has even better recourse: switch VOIP providers. It's a lot easier than switching traditional phone or cable providers. Bad VOIP companies will lose customers overnight, since it will be trivially easy to find another one. This should be all the regulation VOIP providers need, apart from the usual consumer fraud laws which already apply.
You have got to be kidding. The board and execs can do pretty much what they want. If they want to drive the company into the ground, it is unlikely the investors can stop them.... Investors (if you mean stockholders) really have very little power. Large institutional stockholders have more power. But as long as the debt payments are made (the lender can hold real power), the board and execs are pretty much untouchable.
That's precisely the problem I wrote about. I even proposed a solution: pay dividends. If the dividend sucks, stockholders dump the stock, it goes down in value, management gets replaced. Ultimately, the decision makers in a company need to be accountable to the owners (you know, the shareholders).
Personally, I hate it when people use the word "investor" or "investment" and "next quarter" or "short term" together. More appropriate would be speculator/speculation and next quarter or short term. Investment implies long term, and frankly under a year isn't. Of course that would offend a lot of people....
Personally, I think you're high right now. You must have read what I wrote but it clearly didn't sink in. A stockholder is an investor in a corporation. They are also an owner. It doesn't matter how much they own or how long they hold it. Next time you're going to spout off like some financial genius, please at least try to make a defendable point.
This is a disturbing trend in many companies. But I think the blame ultimately lies with investors, as the board and the execs can only do what they are allowed to by the stockholders. When investors are looking to make a quick buck and then dump the stock, executives are encouraged to do what you just described and the company will likely face bankruptcy in the future. Investors looking for long term value should choose companies that have responsible boards, where the common stockholders' wishes are respected, and where dividends are paid. There is less money available for executive compensation when profits must be distributed to shareholders. The temptation to bet the company on some risky venture is a lot less when the investors, board members and executives are all in it for the long haul. Ultimately, these type of changes will only come about when investors demand them and quit investing money in companies that only care about next quarters' profits.
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That's how business works. Companies enter into agreements with other companies if they think it will make them more money. The decision to enter into a deal is made by numbers, not politics or ideals. Public opinion can be a factor, but ultimately the company will select the option that will be most profitable for them. There's no other way to run a business, if you want to stay in business.
DRM is designed for an environment in which all content is copyrighted and copyrights never expire. That is the direction things are headed in the U.S. and elsewhere. They will be extended whenever the Disney copyrights are about to expire, to the point where the only works in the public domain will be a few ancient historical ones.
Some people apparently do not realize that the cops do not and can not give out tickets just based on what some random caller reports. Unless the car in question was still doing something wrong when they passed a cop, she was completely wasting her time.
The truth of the matter is: cellphones are so useful and people have become so dependent on them that even if it could be proven that cellphones can cause cell mutations, cancer or whatever, most people will continue to use them. People drive cars knowing they could be killed in an accident, because cars are just such a necessity. Same with cellphones. Although if the safety risk were found to be severe, there would probably be some sort of accessory that could be attached to the phone to shield the user or a safer type of phone could be created, but society is too dependant on mobile phones to just stop using them.
Dunkin Donuts has some of the best coffee I've ever had in the United States. It beats the pants off of Starbucks. If only they had a cooler marketing campaign and a better atmosphere in the stores they could really give Starbucks something to worry about.
Why does it sound like flamebait to you? Because you disagree with the poster's opinion? Are you one of those hyperdefensive Mac zealots, waiting to silence any position that does not praise the Mac highly? This is why I meta mod almost all flamebait mods as unfair.
What he's really saying is that they couldn't find anyone willing to PAY them to review SpamAssassin on Apache. That's about what passes for "comprehensive reviews" these days.
Yea, if I'm sitting in front of you, I'm going to sit straight up for an entire 8 hour flight just so you can have some more leg room. Right. If you need that much space, fork over the money for a first class seat. I'm about 2 inches shorter than you and I fit into a coach seat just fine, even though it is a little too tight for comfort. But that's the way coach seats are. It's not like sitting in your La-z-boy recliner at home. You can't just slouch back and take up all the room you want. Who are you to tell someone they can't put their seat back?
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For an extreme example, B96 in Chicago has been playing Mariah Carey's new song at about 15 and 45 after every hour. That's right, twice an hour! I couldn't possibly be more sick of this song by now, so I'd say this hyper marketing effort is backfiring. Hopefully this station will either go under soon or my friends will get better tastes in music to listen to in the car. No matter how much some record label is paying to pimp this song, I will absolutely never listen to it on my own free will.
Especially if the draconian measures continue to erode our personal freedoms.
Care to give an example of YOUR freedoms that are being continually eroded?
Of course the same could be said about many other countries as well. Would the US stand by and do nothing if Canada were invaded? How about England or Spain? I doubt that the only reason Canadian or European companies are successful is just because the US would defend their countries.
Ooh no, I'm sorry, I regret to inform you that the first post (logged in, mind you) was by me.
And it says:
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
Does anyone know the legalities of an employer accessing a person's gmail account using a password they sniffed from the network? I know it's perfectly legal for an employer to monitor their own network, but if they use information they obtained to access someone's private email, I would think there might be some legal liability issues here.
Hello, moderation abuse! How the hell can the first ON TOPIC post be redundant?
If there is another terrorist attack on US soil, or wherever you live, I hope to god you're in it. I've never encountered someone so deserving of it. Once again, you're a sad sack of shit and a sorry excuse for a human being.
Do you live in the United States? If so, take the advice of myself along with just about every other American and get the fuck out now asshole! Don't let the door hit your ass on the way. If you live in another country already, just remember the US Army has saved your ass before, wherever you live.
I am no fan of the Iraq war myself, but the troops are NOT responsible for it, nor do they deserve to die in order to keep the Iraqi population terrorized. Politics is one thing, but wishing death on the people who gave their lives to protect you is just despicable. Keep that in mind, you sorry sack of shit!
Even though we're the only Common Law (English speaking) in which taking a contingency fee is not a crime, buying an interest in litigation still is.
Funny how companies or individuals can buy a patent from someone else for the sole purpose of suing others that are using that invention. If that isn't buying interest in litigation, what is?
I bet they'll also make sure the data can't be used by federal prosecutors investigating mob cases. Otherwise that would pretty much be the end of the Teamsters.
You weren't at work when you made this post, right?
Cubicledrone, is that you?
On the 8 lane expressways in the Chicago area, when there is an accident it is usually contained to 1 lane or the shoulder but all the other lanes slow down from idiots gawking at the accident scene hoping to see some blood. I suspect it will be this way on the Texas "super highway" as well.
The customer has even better recourse: switch VOIP providers. It's a lot easier than switching traditional phone or cable providers. Bad VOIP companies will lose customers overnight, since it will be trivially easy to find another one. This should be all the regulation VOIP providers need, apart from the usual consumer fraud laws which already apply.
You have got to be kidding. The board and execs can do pretty much what they want. If they want to drive the company into the ground, it is unlikely the investors can stop them.... Investors (if you mean stockholders) really have very little power. Large institutional stockholders have more power. But as long as the debt payments are made (the lender can hold real power), the board and execs are pretty much untouchable.
That's precisely the problem I wrote about. I even proposed a solution: pay dividends. If the dividend sucks, stockholders dump the stock, it goes down in value, management gets replaced. Ultimately, the decision makers in a company need to be accountable to the owners (you know, the shareholders).
Personally, I hate it when people use the word "investor" or "investment" and "next quarter" or "short term" together. More appropriate would be speculator/speculation and next quarter or short term. Investment implies long term, and frankly under a year isn't. Of course that would offend a lot of people....
Personally, I think you're high right now. You must have read what I wrote but it clearly didn't sink in. A stockholder is an investor in a corporation. They are also an owner. It doesn't matter how much they own or how long they hold it. Next time you're going to spout off like some financial genius, please at least try to make a defendable point.
This is a disturbing trend in many companies. But I think the blame ultimately lies with investors, as the board and the execs can only do what they are allowed to by the stockholders. When investors are looking to make a quick buck and then dump the stock, executives are encouraged to do what you just described and the company will likely face bankruptcy in the future. Investors looking for long term value should choose companies that have responsible boards, where the common stockholders' wishes are respected, and where dividends are paid. There is less money available for executive compensation when profits must be distributed to shareholders. The temptation to bet the company on some risky venture is a lot less when the investors, board members and executives are all in it for the long haul. Ultimately, these type of changes will only come about when investors demand them and quit investing money in companies that only care about next quarters' profits.
That's how business works. Companies enter into agreements with other companies if they think it will make them more money. The decision to enter into a deal is made by numbers, not politics or ideals. Public opinion can be a factor, but ultimately the company will select the option that will be most profitable for them. There's no other way to run a business, if you want to stay in business.
DRM is designed for an environment in which all content is copyrighted and copyrights never expire. That is the direction things are headed in the U.S. and elsewhere. They will be extended whenever the Disney copyrights are about to expire, to the point where the only works in the public domain will be a few ancient historical ones.
Some people apparently do not realize that the cops do not and can not give out tickets just based on what some random caller reports. Unless the car in question was still doing something wrong when they passed a cop, she was completely wasting her time.
The truth of the matter is: cellphones are so useful and people have become so dependent on them that even if it could be proven that cellphones can cause cell mutations, cancer or whatever, most people will continue to use them. People drive cars knowing they could be killed in an accident, because cars are just such a necessity. Same with cellphones. Although if the safety risk were found to be severe, there would probably be some sort of accessory that could be attached to the phone to shield the user or a safer type of phone could be created, but society is too dependant on mobile phones to just stop using them.
Dunkin Donuts has some of the best coffee I've ever had in the United States. It beats the pants off of Starbucks. If only they had a cooler marketing campaign and a better atmosphere in the stores they could really give Starbucks something to worry about.
Sounds like Flamebait to me.
Why does it sound like flamebait to you? Because you disagree with the poster's opinion? Are you one of those hyperdefensive Mac zealots, waiting to silence any position that does not praise the Mac highly? This is why I meta mod almost all flamebait mods as unfair.
What he's really saying is that they couldn't find anyone willing to PAY them to review SpamAssassin on Apache. That's about what passes for "comprehensive reviews" these days.
Yea, if I'm sitting in front of you, I'm going to sit straight up for an entire 8 hour flight just so you can have some more leg room. Right. If you need that much space, fork over the money for a first class seat. I'm about 2 inches shorter than you and I fit into a coach seat just fine, even though it is a little too tight for comfort. But that's the way coach seats are. It's not like sitting in your La-z-boy recliner at home. You can't just slouch back and take up all the room you want. Who are you to tell someone they can't put their seat back?