But don't artists need the album? In order to do the one or two hits, they have to throw a lot of things on the wall and see which ones stick and which ones don't. In other words, to develop their skills as an artist, they need to make mistakes and see that they are mistakes. How else can they do this but by releasing songs and seeing which ones get panned by critics, and which get played?
And radio stations and critics would rather deal with an album at a time instead of a single every few weeks. It could be that albums turn into delivery vehicles to critics, stations, and DJs, and no longer become something that the public gets hold of, but I wonder if the economics would support that model.
Anyway, classical music and soundtracks will always be delivered in album form.
She's accused of using an audiovisual recording device in a theater, which is a different law and which contains no references to copyright infringement, and has no exemptions.
Also, if she's found guilty, that law directs the judge to order the destruction of the A/V equipment. So, if she used her cell-phone, her cell-phone will be destroyed.
On the other hand, if what she did is okay under state law, then her actions aren't covered by this law.
Are you suggesting that judges become *gasp* activists?
Perhaps that jurists become activists... which seems fine to me. After all, jurists are the citizenry, and the citizenry can be activist -- in fact, they *should* be activist.
Did you know this technique -- A divides, B gets first pick -- has been extended to arbitrary numbers of agents? But it gets tricky. I read an article about it in Discover years ago, and there's a book for laymen that explains it all. See also fair division.
Even more so, any password-protected account should give an expectation of privacy. The only people seeing those things should be you, and whoever you've got the account with, for their own purposes only and they shouldn't give access to anyone else.
That's the whole point of passwords! I'd say that's a pretty straightforward expectation.
Just switch to Metric measurements and the Celsius temperature scale already.
Your Moms switched to Celsius. So now instead of a 90F hot MILF, she's a 90C torrid slut and gives you 13 venereal diseases if you just look at her sideways. She also switched from pounds to kilograms, so we're talking Jabba the Hutt here.
Nothin' personal man, I'm just sayin' the metric system ain't for me. But hey, if that's your thing, go ahead and hit it...
Yeah, I remember reading about terror birds many years ago. Here's a nice picture of one going after those tiny horses from back in the day. Note the wing-claws. It was theorized they use them like daggers.
And if one species of terror bird had the speed, that beak, dagger-wings, and the kick in a 10-foot tall package...well...that's one mother-f'n scary bird.
If I find a pencil on the sidewalk, the most obvious thing is someone dropped it.
But, if you found a rock on a dirt path, would you think that someone deliberately placed it there?
You grew up knowing that a pencil and a sidewalk were manufactured things. All of us, growing up, were surrounded by things that we knew were both complex and created by man. Then, when we learn about biology and genetics, we suddenly learn that *life* is complex. It is therefore natural to think that life's complexity was also created, by God.
But a quartz rock has a complex structure, too, but one that is regular and understandable, and in chemistry you can *see* such a structure naturally developing from solution. Perhaps that is why you don't see chemists waxing poetic about intelligent design of crystals.
Each state would assume that if it introduced better benefits than its neighbors, every bum, loser and dropout would gravitate to it. Result: there would be an instant race to the bottom, and most - perhaps all - of the 48 states, at least, would end up with no social security at all.
Some states might view benefits in that light, but other states might consider that the new residents drawn in by these benefits might increase the tax base enough to offset the bums that come in. Also, don't forget that any benefits will be paid for by taxes on state residents, in addition to federal funds. The bums may like the benefits, but if the state taxes are also higher, that might act as a disincentive for them.
Everyone agrees the health care system is a mess, leaving tens of millions of Americans uninsured - and there's absolutely nothing to stop any given state from introducing its own program to bridge that gap. So, off the top of your head - how many states have done anything about it?
More states might do something if they had more money. If the federal programs were ended or reduced, and the funding for those programs returned to the states or the states' residents, the states might have more discretionary income to devote to such programs of their own.
So, civil services and social security are non-constitutional because they're not run by each state?
Yes, they are, but at this point it is too late to end those programs at the federal level and replace them with state programs. Which is too bad. I, for one, would like to see some states take a more Canadian approach to public services while other states take a more free-market approach, and compare and contrast the results. States have a powerful function as "laboratories of democracy," as I believe someone said. And once a few states work out the initial bugs in their plans, other states can implement the best solutions, and everyone would be better off.
Yes, all modern phones have integrated GPS units (in the US, at least), as a requirement for 911 service.
Not true. There are two ways to do E911: one is to use the phone's GPS chip, the other is to triangulate from cell towers. AT&T can use the latter, which means the iPhone does not need to have built-in GPS. But Verizon requires its phones to have assisted GPS, at least.
But even without built-in GPS, the iPhone seems to be able to tap in to the triangulation data. The commercial shows seafood places clustered around a neighborhood, indicating some location-gathering technique. Alternatively, maybe the user is connected to a GPS unit via Bluetooth.
On one hand, there will be more roleplaying. On the other, the roleplaying will be all angsty and goth. On the gripping hand, roleplayer or not, all players will be griefers and minimaxers.
I forsee one problem immediately. Most of the WoD stuff is set in modern times, in modern cities. I don't see how a MMORPG can do that right. Let's say, for example, Chicago. Chicago is big. And we know what Chicago is supposed to be like, what the streets are, etc. And it is full of people. A tiny Chicago with a handful of NPCs is not going to work.
So, they will either have to use the middle-ages stuff, or use fake cities and tricks like keeping you in one neighborhood while showing the rest of the city "just over the wall."
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But don't artists need the album? In order to do the one or two hits, they have to throw a lot of things on the wall and see which ones stick and which ones don't. In other words, to develop their skills as an artist, they need to make mistakes and see that they are mistakes. How else can they do this but by releasing songs and seeing which ones get panned by critics, and which get played?
And radio stations and critics would rather deal with an album at a time instead of a single every few weeks. It could be that albums turn into delivery vehicles to critics, stations, and DJs, and no longer become something that the public gets hold of, but I wonder if the economics would support that model.
Anyway, classical music and soundtracks will always be delivered in album form.
Hey, just like Linux! Bonus.
My solution was to close both the seat and the lid. This gives neither side the advantage of default position.
"A good compromise leaves neither side satisfied."
She's accused of using an audiovisual recording device in a theater, which is a different law and which contains no references to copyright infringement, and has no exemptions.
Also, if she's found guilty, that law directs the judge to order the destruction of the A/V equipment. So, if she used her cell-phone, her cell-phone will be destroyed.
On the other hand, if what she did is okay under state law, then her actions aren't covered by this law.
Are you suggesting that judges become *gasp* activists?
Perhaps that jurists become activists... which seems fine to me. After all, jurists are the citizenry, and the citizenry can be activist -- in fact, they *should* be activist.
Im in ur iphone
giving you teh snappy
The electoral college gives each voter's vote more influence. You've heard that, right? It's been proven mathematically. Don't you believe it?
Did you know this technique -- A divides, B gets first pick -- has been extended to arbitrary numbers of agents? But it gets tricky. I read an article about it in Discover years ago, and there's a book for laymen that explains it all. See also fair division.
Sort of like the "death" of Superman?
Okay, but Marvel used to be known for keeping the dead, dead. I say Captain America isn't coming back. Someone else might step up to the name, though.
EDGE: Old and busted.
:)
3G: The new hotness.
Even more so, any password-protected account should give an expectation of privacy. The only people seeing those things should be you, and whoever you've got the account with, for their own purposes only and they shouldn't give access to anyone else.
That's the whole point of passwords! I'd say that's a pretty straightforward expectation.
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:)
Is it at least a funny troll? Because that's what I was going for.
As the theory of relativity breaks down when someone switches the lights off - as C becomes ZERO.
...Einstein didn't think of that.
Oh no
He did, actually, but he spent too long on that thought experiment and got eaten by a grue.
Just switch to Metric measurements and the Celsius temperature scale already.
Your Moms switched to Celsius. So now instead of a 90F hot MILF, she's a 90C torrid slut and gives you 13 venereal diseases if you just look at her sideways. She also switched from pounds to kilograms, so we're talking Jabba the Hutt here.
Nothin' personal man, I'm just sayin' the metric system ain't for me. But hey, if that's your thing, go ahead and hit it...
Yeah, I remember reading about terror birds many years ago. Here's a nice picture of one going after those tiny horses from back in the day. Note the wing-claws. It was theorized they use them like daggers.
And if one species of terror bird had the speed, that beak, dagger-wings, and the kick in a 10-foot tall package...well...that's one mother-f'n scary bird.
What's XSS?
Eh, never mind. I don't really care.
27% Greater than Pluto
I don't believe any statistic about a planetoid named after the Goddess of Disinformation.
"There's lies, damn lies, and statistics...and then there's Discordians."
For me, its an Occam's Razor thing.
If I find a pencil on the sidewalk, the most obvious thing is someone dropped it.
But, if you found a rock on a dirt path, would you think that someone deliberately placed it there?
You grew up knowing that a pencil and a sidewalk were manufactured things. All of us, growing up, were surrounded by things that we knew were both complex and created by man. Then, when we learn about biology and genetics, we suddenly learn that *life* is complex. It is therefore natural to think that life's complexity was also created, by God.
But a quartz rock has a complex structure, too, but one that is regular and understandable, and in chemistry you can *see* such a structure naturally developing from solution. Perhaps that is why you don't see chemists waxing poetic about intelligent design of crystals.
In laymans terms, the "Junk DNA" provides the bootstrap routine and program code of an life form building nano-machine.
That's your version of layman's terms?!?
Some states might view benefits in that light, but other states might consider that the new residents drawn in by these benefits might increase the tax base enough to offset the bums that come in. Also, don't forget that any benefits will be paid for by taxes on state residents, in addition to federal funds. The bums may like the benefits, but if the state taxes are also higher, that might act as a disincentive for them.
More states might do something if they had more money. If the federal programs were ended or reduced, and the funding for those programs returned to the states or the states' residents, the states might have more discretionary income to devote to such programs of their own.
Yes, they are, but at this point it is too late to end those programs at the federal level and replace them with state programs. Which is too bad. I, for one, would like to see some states take a more Canadian approach to public services while other states take a more free-market approach, and compare and contrast the results. States have a powerful function as "laboratories of democracy," as I believe someone said. And once a few states work out the initial bugs in their plans, other states can implement the best solutions, and everyone would be better off.
I think macs are why there's so many mages in WoW. We'd be better off without the whiny little bitches. ...says the Forsaken Necro from PC. :)
Yes, all modern phones have integrated GPS units (in the US, at least), as a requirement for 911 service.
Not true. There are two ways to do E911: one is to use the phone's GPS chip, the other is to triangulate from cell towers. AT&T can use the latter, which means the iPhone does not need to have built-in GPS. But Verizon requires its phones to have assisted GPS, at least.
But even without built-in GPS, the iPhone seems to be able to tap in to the triangulation data. The commercial shows seafood places clustered around a neighborhood, indicating some location-gathering technique. Alternatively, maybe the user is connected to a GPS unit via Bluetooth.
On one hand, there will be more roleplaying. On the other, the roleplaying will be all angsty and goth. On the gripping hand, roleplayer or not, all players will be griefers and minimaxers.
I forsee one problem immediately. Most of the WoD stuff is set in modern times, in modern cities. I don't see how a MMORPG can do that right. Let's say, for example, Chicago. Chicago is big. And we know what Chicago is supposed to be like, what the streets are, etc. And it is full of people. A tiny Chicago with a handful of NPCs is not going to work.
So, they will either have to use the middle-ages stuff, or use fake cities and tricks like keeping you in one neighborhood while showing the rest of the city "just over the wall."
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