I've finally figured it out. It's rather simple, isn't it?
We don't NEED publishers, record labels and their various executives anymore, do we? Self-publishing and self-recording is now simple and cheap to do. Digital downloading and print-on-demand have made it a snap.
So when you have the critical mass of artists realize this, and refuse to play the game any more, this whole problem is going to go away.
The CD isn't needed any longer, and print-on-demand publishers seem to do fine without requiring a large piece of the action.
The only people left crying in their Smirnoffs will be the industry crooks represented by RIAA et al.
...the FCC has gotten the message from congress that their proposals were messed up and will probably revise them at least.
Bullshit. That's not what this was. It was a message to talk radio that they'd better rein in conservative political critics--who tend to hit both Democrats AND RINOs who together make up the majority of the Senate--before the Senators, who think their snot makes mayonaisse, do it for them.
Watch. It will go down to ignominious defeat in the House, because there are fewer RINOs there.
"What gratifies me, though, is that the White House promises a veto, so that this silly fit of pique on the part of Senators who think they're above the criticism of talk radio--what this is really about--doesn't become law."
Google for the Nazi platform. It is socialist through and through.
This notion, that somehow Fascists are "right wing" is a canard perpetrated by the Left, which lies constantly to obscure its odious and satanic agenda.
The ONLY difference between Communists and Fascists is the nationalistic element. That's pretty much it.
You are missing the point, which is that government spending is never for the purpose of accomplishing anything other than getting politicians elected.
And that they don't have their own money to spend; they must spend the money of OTHERS, including people who don't share your point of view. What you're saying is that you are eager to spend SOMEONE ELSE'S money on what YOU think is important.
That's just plain wrong, no matter how fervently you believe in government-funded space exploration.
So I'm guessing that Hubble, in your mind, was a waste of money too?
Sure, unless you can show me the ROI. And I think we can show an ROI for roads, can't we?
And now we move on to the notion of "order of magnitude."
It's one thing to waste my hard-earned tax dollars to the tune of, say, ten billion. It's quite another to take several hundred of them, which is what enabling otherwise worthless views of Martian sunsets would run.
"A billion here, a billion there..." You know the rest.
Sony is a perfect example of this "crony-capitalism". They worked hand-in-glove with "Japan, Inc." to do most what they've done.
Not to take away the EFFORT, but in the end that isn't the way to prosperity, as the Japanese economic slump (not to mention the lesser standard of living of the rest of the world compared to the U.S.) indicates.
It will show what Martian sunset and sunrise look like. From human eyes.
The fact that this can be CGI simulated to the degree that you couldn't tell it from the "real thing" doesn't resonate with you, huh?
If you can get bazillionaires to fork out the dought to stand on Amazonis Planitia and goggle at this sight you put so much stock in, then let's do it.
Otherwise, keep your hand the h*ll out of my wallet, please.
We've already commercialized the Earth to the point of destroying our own habitat.
Where is that, exactly? I look around, I see no habitat destroyed (except on "Sting" videos).
I see a U.S.A. with more forested acres now than 200 years ago. I see more wetlands, more arable lands, and cleaner rivers and streams than 100 years ago.
Oh, wait, there IS that problem in eastern Europe, though, when for half a century your commie buddies had their way with things. Yeah, that was a mess, but it'll be cleaned up soon, now that communism is passe'.
I don't see a lot of private space programs going on in countries other then the USA.
Then again, you don't see private-industry initiatives going on much of ANYPLACE other than the U.S.A. Most of the world functions on socialist-leaning "crony capitalism" anyway, and thus exhibit the same bureaucratic mindset we've come to expect from NASA.
Governments don't do frontiers very well. The best they can do is hand you a pick, shovel and a mule team and get the h*ll out of your way.
And don't give me "Isabella and Chris Columbus." European absolute monarchies of that time were the equivalent of modern corporations, out first to make money for the crown. Sure helps if you have Dieu et Mon Droit on your side, and don't have to bother with standing for election.
get the government the h*ll out of it. They don't do much of anything very well, and the "success" of the U.S. government's space program is a case in point. For every "victory" there are three or four abject failures, not due to technological ignorance--which is forgivable--but to bureaucratic nonsense.
After every disaster (with the possible exception of Apollo 13), the fiascos are seen to be avoidable, not because of technical achievement but because memoranda and whistle-blowers' warnings are found buried in the stacks.
So I'm not all that excited by Redhat's ever-onward desire to convert the masses. Actually, I'm a little bit DIS-excited.
So in other words, "user"-users like me aren't really welcome when it comes to Linux, because we won't "make Linux better" through code-contribution and timely bug reports?
Um, may I ask what is the raison d'etre for any operating system?
Following your logic, no one but automobile designers should be allowed to drive automobiles.
...you are paying for: worthless artists who don't create art...
Of course, you as a taxpayer are being forced to do this every time the National Endowment for the Arts mails out another check to an elephant-dung "sculptor," urine-stain "painter" or scatologically-inclined "author."
I am head-over-heels for Jenna Elfman. And I don't mean just that she's physically appealing--though Lord knows she is. But she's got that marvelous je nais se quois that makes me watch whatever show she's doing, at least for a little while, just to see her do that thing she does.
Because of the abundance of lawyers and the willingness of the courts to entertain frivolous litigation, the First Amendment is REALLY beginning to be threatened (as opposed to the phantom threats that the ACLU and assorted other crackheads insist upon seeing).
N.B. This is why idiotic legislation like Campaign Finance Reform is so revolting. People scream about the Patriot Act without (I suspect) ever actually reading it. It's aimed at enemy behavior.
WTF is the matter with you? Don't you know that ALL articles concerning OS problems, features, perks, discounts and fantasies are now required to start out with an obligatory SCO joke?
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We don't NEED publishers, record labels and their various executives anymore, do we? Self-publishing and self-recording is now simple and cheap to do. Digital downloading and print-on-demand have made it a snap.
So when you have the critical mass of artists realize this, and refuse to play the game any more, this whole problem is going to go away.
The CD isn't needed any longer, and print-on-demand publishers seem to do fine without requiring a large piece of the action.
The only people left crying in their Smirnoffs will be the industry crooks represented by RIAA et al.
Bullshit. That's not what this was. It was a message to talk radio that they'd better rein in conservative political critics--who tend to hit both Democrats AND RINOs who together make up the majority of the Senate--before the Senators, who think their snot makes mayonaisse, do it for them.
Watch. It will go down to ignominious defeat in the House, because there are fewer RINOs there.
"What gratifies me, though, is that the White House promises a veto, so that this silly fit of pique on the part of Senators who think they're above the criticism of talk radio--what this is really about--doesn't become law."
This notion, that somehow Fascists are "right wing" is a canard perpetrated by the Left, which lies constantly to obscure its odious and satanic agenda.
The ONLY difference between Communists and Fascists is the nationalistic element. That's pretty much it.
And that they don't have their own money to spend; they must spend the money of OTHERS, including people who don't share your point of view. What you're saying is that you are eager to spend SOMEONE ELSE'S money on what YOU think is important.
That's just plain wrong, no matter how fervently you believe in government-funded space exploration.
Sure, unless you can show me the ROI. And I think we can show an ROI for roads, can't we?
And now we move on to the notion of "order of magnitude."
It's one thing to waste my hard-earned tax dollars to the tune of, say, ten billion. It's quite another to take several hundred of them, which is what enabling otherwise worthless views of Martian sunsets would run.
"A billion here, a billion there..." You know the rest.
Not to take away the EFFORT, but in the end that isn't the way to prosperity, as the Japanese economic slump (not to mention the lesser standard of living of the rest of the world compared to the U.S.) indicates.
The fact that this can be CGI simulated to the degree that you couldn't tell it from the "real thing" doesn't resonate with you, huh?
If you can get bazillionaires to fork out the dought to stand on Amazonis Planitia and goggle at this sight you put so much stock in, then let's do it.
Otherwise, keep your hand the h*ll out of my wallet, please.
That's like saying "a roach is better than a cockroach any day."
HINT TO YOU, CLUELESS LEFTIE: Fascists ARE socialists!
(Ahem, "National SOCIALIST Party" ring a bell with you?)
Without the profit motive, forget it.
Even government officials have a "profit motive," a.k.a. getting reelected and continuing one's base of power.
Where is that, exactly? I look around, I see no habitat destroyed (except on "Sting" videos).
I see a U.S.A. with more forested acres now than 200 years ago. I see more wetlands, more arable lands, and cleaner rivers and streams than 100 years ago.
Oh, wait, there IS that problem in eastern Europe, though, when for half a century your commie buddies had their way with things. Yeah, that was a mess, but it'll be cleaned up soon, now that communism is passe'.
Then again, you don't see private-industry initiatives going on much of ANYPLACE other than the U.S.A. Most of the world functions on socialist-leaning "crony capitalism" anyway, and thus exhibit the same bureaucratic mindset we've come to expect from NASA.
Governments don't do frontiers very well. The best they can do is hand you a pick, shovel and a mule team and get the h*ll out of your way.
And don't give me "Isabella and Chris Columbus." European absolute monarchies of that time were the equivalent of modern corporations, out first to make money for the crown. Sure helps if you have Dieu et Mon Droit on your side, and don't have to bother with standing for election.
After every disaster (with the possible exception of Apollo 13), the fiascos are seen to be avoidable, not because of technical achievement but because memoranda and whistle-blowers' warnings are found buried in the stacks.
So in other words, "user"-users like me aren't really welcome when it comes to Linux, because we won't "make Linux better" through code-contribution and timely bug reports?
Um, may I ask what is the raison d'etre for any operating system?
Following your logic, no one but automobile designers should be allowed to drive automobiles.
Somebody set up us the bomb.
I just had a 'massage' from the Swedish Prime Minister.
Of course, you as a taxpayer are being forced to do this every time the National Endowment for the Arts mails out another check to an elephant-dung "sculptor," urine-stain "painter" or scatologically-inclined "author."
At least you can REFUSE to purchase the CDs.
I am head-over-heels for Jenna Elfman. And I don't mean just that she's physically appealing--though Lord knows she is. But she's got that marvelous je nais se quois that makes me watch whatever show she's doing, at least for a little while, just to see her do that thing she does.
In this case you could potentially hang UP above Santa Fe.
Pretty much a "spoon man," eh?
Elfman?
one of these when I was about 13.
Because of the abundance of lawyers and the willingness of the courts to entertain frivolous litigation, the First Amendment is REALLY beginning to be threatened (as opposed to the phantom threats that the ACLU and assorted other crackheads insist upon seeing).
N.B. This is why idiotic legislation like Campaign Finance Reform is so revolting. People scream about the Patriot Act without (I suspect) ever actually reading it. It's aimed at enemy behavior.
The CFR cr*p is aimed at the electorate.
Thanks. I for one am pleased to see /. celestial harmony suitably restored.
WTF is the matter with you? Don't you know that ALL articles concerning OS problems, features, perks, discounts and fantasies are now required to start out with an obligatory SCO joke?