"I learned about bands through word of mouth and going to concerts, clubs, and bars."
Haha, as I predicted.
BTW, I am a HUGE Dream Theater fan, but face it, DM has TONS of marketing behind it for decades. "Pull me Under" was a MTV staple for a long time. They are marketed by Warner Brothers which is one of the largest.
Of course you did. You are a special snowflake of course. Oh by the way, "Snarky Puppy" is marketed by Universal Music Group. You possibly couldn't have chosen a worse example.
How do you think Pandora finds "Recommended Similar" music? All the "similar" music is RIAA marketed and distributed music. Without the RIAA the "recommended" music wouldn't even be ON THE LIST. I don't know why it is so hard for you to grasp.
You aren't cool enough to understand the brilliance of the underground players I am talking about, so I won't bother. As a special snowflake, my music tastes aren't swayed by marketing at all. I am real hard core and listen to music based on my deep understanding of the art.
All those "indie" record labels you mentioned are affiliated with the RIAA. For example, Nuclear Blast is distributed by BMG Entertainment. You are a perfect example of how marketing lead you to your favorite bands in your particular genre.
RIAA is already finding your "favorite" bands for you. If I go through your music collection, 99% of it will be RIAA affiliated music (or whatever marketing/promotion entity is in your part of the planet).
Me: "out will come the people protesting that they like their favorite indie band because they heard them in a bar, Youtube"
You: "These days I usually discover new artists through the various "people who bought/listened to X also bought/listened to Y" algorithms on YouTube, etc"
100% correct. You can go on Youtube and see some AMAZING musicians. There are a ton. Piano players who play better than professionals who sell out concert halls. But skill isn't what makes a FINANCIALLY successful musician. You need the RIAA and their ilk for that.
Everyone hates the RIAA, but the fact is without the marketing by these entities you would never have found your "favorite" bands. Of course, out will come the people saying I am stupid (or a troll), and protesting that they like their favorite indie band because they heard them in a bar, Youtube, from a friend, etc. But the reality is that 99% of music is heard because of marketing. Period.
They did eventually use "researchers" in one of the sentences. The first sentence is: "Microsoft polled 17 women working in its research organization about the technology advances they expect to see in 2017".
Not "researchers" or "experts", but "women".
That is demeaning. You know exactly what I mean talking about. Of course you are a fuckwit who will never admit it so I won't even bother.
No, because they identified them only by their gender, not their relevant expertise. Why didn't they call them "researchers"? That is very demeaning to only identify people by their race or gender if it isn't relevant to the issue.
You are a wackjob. Why does it matter you are a white, cisgendered male? It is the Internet. No one knows what you are. You might be a dog. Ask yourself why the post said "17 women" and not "17 researchers" or "17 thought leaders"? It is denigrating to those polled to be simply identified by their gender, instead of their relevant expertise.
You don't know what "civic society" means, so don't comment. His statement is correct - he didn't mean "civil". There is more to a country than the economy, we should strive to be a civic society. If you look up what "civic" means you will understand what he means.
So, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft are now the arbiters of what is "extremist" or not. People are stupid. If I worked in the anti-terrorism field I WANT to see these terrorists pictures and videos and find out who posted or accessed them. All that data would go into my database and I would send stormtroopers out regularly to round them up into camps.
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"I learned about bands through word of mouth and going to concerts, clubs, and bars."
Haha, as I predicted.
BTW, I am a HUGE Dream Theater fan, but face it, DM has TONS of marketing behind it for decades. "Pull me Under" was a MTV staple for a long time. They are marketed by Warner Brothers which is one of the largest.
I only listen to live music created by aborigines. Because that is the only REAL music and I am not gonna pay the RIAA a dime!
Of course you did. You are a special snowflake of course. Oh by the way, "Snarky Puppy" is marketed by Universal Music Group. You possibly couldn't have chosen a worse example.
How do you think Pandora finds "Recommended Similar" music? All the "similar" music is RIAA marketed and distributed music. Without the RIAA the "recommended" music wouldn't even be ON THE LIST. I don't know why it is so hard for you to grasp.
You aren't cool enough to understand the brilliance of the underground players I am talking about, so I won't bother. As a special snowflake, my music tastes aren't swayed by marketing at all. I am real hard core and listen to music based on my deep understanding of the art.
There already are. Torrent sites. You know what people download and search for on torrent sites? Justin Beiber. U2. Ariande Grande(?), etc
All those "indie" record labels you mentioned are affiliated with the RIAA. For example, Nuclear Blast is distributed by BMG Entertainment. You are a perfect example of how marketing lead you to your favorite bands in your particular genre.
RIAA is already finding your "favorite" bands for you. If I go through your music collection, 99% of it will be RIAA affiliated music (or whatever marketing/promotion entity is in your part of the planet).
Me: "out will come the people protesting that they like their favorite indie band because they heard them in a bar, Youtube"
You: "These days I usually discover new artists through the various "people who bought/listened to X also bought/listened to Y" algorithms on YouTube, etc"
It is almost like you don't even read.
100% correct. You can go on Youtube and see some AMAZING musicians. There are a ton. Piano players who play better than professionals who sell out concert halls. But skill isn't what makes a FINANCIALLY successful musician. You need the RIAA and their ilk for that.
I don't know what you would have done either, but that is how you found your favorite band.
Of course you haven't. Just as I predicted in my post. You forgot to call me a troll though, so you lose bonus points.
Everyone hates the RIAA, but the fact is without the marketing by these entities you would never have found your "favorite" bands. Of course, out will come the people saying I am stupid (or a troll), and protesting that they like their favorite indie band because they heard them in a bar, Youtube, from a friend, etc. But the reality is that 99% of music is heard because of marketing. Period.
It is funny you guys think that someone can tell if any closed source OS is secure or not. You can't.
Excellent point.
This is doubtful. 2017 will be the year of desktop Linux.
They did eventually use "researchers" in one of the sentences. The first sentence is: "Microsoft polled 17 women working in its research organization about the technology advances they expect to see in 2017".
Not "researchers" or "experts", but "women".
That is demeaning. You know exactly what I mean talking about. Of course you are a fuckwit who will never admit it so I won't even bother.
No, because they identified them only by their gender, not their relevant expertise. Why didn't they call them "researchers"? That is very demeaning to only identify people by their race or gender if it isn't relevant to the issue.
You are a wackjob. Why does it matter you are a white, cisgendered male? It is the Internet. No one knows what you are. You might be a dog. Ask yourself why the post said "17 women" and not "17 researchers" or "17 thought leaders"? It is denigrating to those polled to be simply identified by their gender, instead of their relevant expertise.
This just proves anyone can code. How does $8.50 an hour sound?
Do people really want thinner phones? They all seem to put big old protective cases around them anyway.
You don't know what "civic society" means, so don't comment. His statement is correct - he didn't mean "civil". There is more to a country than the economy, we should strive to be a civic society. If you look up what "civic" means you will understand what he means.
You don't need to be an expert to know that FTP/TELNET is unsafe. So is SSH in some configurations.
Of course. Everyone has the right. Until they have no rights at all.
So, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft are now the arbiters of what is "extremist" or not. People are stupid. If I worked in the anti-terrorism field I WANT to see these terrorists pictures and videos and find out who posted or accessed them. All that data would go into my database and I would send stormtroopers out regularly to round them up into camps.