Erm, yes I did......if you look at my later post, you'll realize I was ignorant of the royalty issue, as it now appears royalties are paid out, by an umbrella organization, based on a sample survey.
NOW I understand the point of CMJ!!! Guess I should've been that fascist MD, choosing my own pet bands for the lists, instead of scrupulously observing the DJs' own playlists.:)
Ever go to a record store and buy a CD with a hole punched in the UPC code? Or, find one with "For promotional purposed yadda-yadda" embossed in gold on the cover?
Those were promos for airplay, being sold illegally. Stations get their music for free--they don't buy it; that would make no sense.
That is a worthless example, I'm afraid to say, even if it is true. But I'd be hard-pressed to say that anyone who could get an uncollateralized loan for $50000 would be so stupid as to merely dump it into an account at the same institution.
Obviously, any loan of that sort would have been best used to be wisely invested, in something where the interest due on the loan did not exceed the expected rate of the return. If true then this is a retarded person (and again, I just can't see anyone above the age of 12 thinking this makes any sense).
Amazing. Someone who saw going to Bell Atlantic as not going from the frying pan into the fire.
I remember several years back before the merger (99-00 era), if I attempted to use certain calling cards on Bell Atlantic payphones in NYC, I would be denied. Walk across the street, use an independent payphone--no problem!
I concluded Bell Atlantic was blocking certain competitors from using their network. I've never done business with Verizon nee Bell Atlantic since.
Furthermore, I worked briefly at a place that handled disability claims for Verizon workers. At any one point nearly 40% of the workers were "out sick".
Please note: Verizon Wireless is independent of the company, and doesn't share in the blame.
You missed his point. Digitized files are easily replicated, and thus can be moved from one medium to another quickly. He's saying that because he has works in the digital medium they have easily been moved from medium to medium to medium. I doubt he was making an argument for the longevity of CD-Rs or hard-drives.
FWIW, I have my own experience with that. On my Mac G4 with OS X, I have Word 2000 files that were originally written nearly 20 years ago with Appleworks 1.0 on an Apple IIe. Needless to say, my typewritten works from before our family got that first computer have long since turned to dust, but the digital documents have lived on.
That, my friend, is the parent's point. That is the magic of digitized data, and its longevity. The medium is no longer relevant!
Oh and another thing: technology seems to have done a lot to render the accessibility of these porn stores a moot point; most people do the online thing these days, including purchasing.
Yeah, but one thing you guys forgot about: a lot of those porn shops ended up going "semi-legit". IIRC, Giuliani made it so that a store had to devote, say, 70% of its shelf-space to non-porn in order to not get slapped down by the law. Bingo: a bunch of those places decided to fill their fronts with crappy cheap videos, and push all the porn into the back.
Needless to say, not many of their customers buy the cheap-o Kung Fu movies and what not that makes up the bulk of the stock.
My cell phone was useful again from 2PM onward, and I had Sprint at the time (their main tower was on WTC 1, so service got kind of spotty for a while after). Worked in DUMBO (work) and the E. Vill (home).
I can only imagine the AT&T and Verizon users had even less probelms than I did.
Let's not forget that he keeps going on in the whole article about this "original Macintosh". Maybe someone could have told him this, but a Macintosh Plus is not the original Macintosh. It was introduced in 1986, and was distinguished by being the first post-Jobs and thus expandable Macintosh.
At the risk of sounding like a troll myself, I wish to publish a quick defence of the "hockey-puck" mouse.
The problem was ergonomics, and the manner in which most people hold mice, which is not ergonomically sound. The mouse is supposed to be held lightly, not tightly, the thumb on the left and third finger on the right (if right-handed), with the first two fingers resting atop it. When held this way, it works fine. You also find yourself much less at risk of getting "mouse-strain".
Unfortunately, many people hold a mouse in a sort of "death-grip". The end result are those monstrosities that Microsoft comes out with (I like to call them WarMice) which are only comfortable when held in said manner! I believe Apple was trying to gently "re-train" people to hold the mouse in an ergonomically correct fashion. Unfortunately, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks."
As a point of demonstration, I've never had a problem with those mice--but that's if, and only if, they are held in the manner I just illustrated. Try the "death-grip" approach and, well, you'll find yourself frustrated. [N.B.: Apple included "dimples" on the sides of the mouse as tactile feedback for this, as well.]
I think you're looking at this backwards. The money used for this project was probably more or less grant/research money, e.g. not out of the state's general budget. As it is, the enhanced prestige from these successful projects will bring in scads of private cash to the uni, and thus will allow Virginia to push funds towards secondary and primary education, rather than VA Tech itself.
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Erm, yes I did... ...if you look at my later post, you'll realize I was ignorant of the royalty issue, as it now appears royalties are paid out, by an umbrella organization, based on a sample survey.
:)
NOW I understand the point of CMJ!!! Guess I should've been that fascist MD, choosing my own pet bands for the lists, instead of scrupulously observing the DJs' own playlists.
Okay, well, my background is college radio, so had presumed that non-commercial entities are exempted.
:(
However, it appears BMI/ASCAP pays in lieu...
Oh well, that shatters my pre-conceptions.
Erm, no.
Ever go to a record store and buy a CD with a hole punched in the UPC code? Or, find one with "For promotional purposed yadda-yadda" embossed in gold on the cover?
Those were promos for airplay, being sold illegally. Stations get their music for free--they don't buy it; that would make no sense.
Dude, that is not an issue. Broadcasting of copyrighted material is allowed as a fair-use. It's the COPYING of that material which is prohibited.
If this were true every radio station in the land would be breaking the law if they played a piece of music that was not directly promo-ed to them.
That is a worthless example, I'm afraid to say, even if it is true. But I'd be hard-pressed to say that anyone who could get an uncollateralized loan for $50000 would be so stupid as to merely dump it into an account at the same institution.
Obviously, any loan of that sort would have been best used to be wisely invested, in something where the interest due on the loan did not exceed the expected rate of the return. If true then this is a retarded person (and again, I just can't see anyone above the age of 12 thinking this makes any sense).
Fat chance. iTunes is a Carbon application.
About all you can say is she's "cute".
She ain't all that!!!
If he was able to understand the English that was spoken, he was most likely in Scandinavia.
Something tells me that in the case of a merger the "Disney" name would be the one to survive as the new company'd moniker...
Just remember that in corporate America, that which looks like a duck and quacks like a duck can also not be a duck.
Amazing. Someone who saw going to Bell Atlantic as not going from the frying pan into the fire.
I remember several years back before the merger (99-00 era), if I attempted to use certain calling cards on Bell Atlantic payphones in NYC, I would be denied. Walk across the street, use an independent payphone--no problem!
I concluded Bell Atlantic was blocking certain competitors from using their network. I've never done business with Verizon nee Bell Atlantic since.
Furthermore, I worked briefly at a place that handled disability claims for Verizon workers. At any one point nearly 40% of the workers were "out sick".
Please note: Verizon Wireless is independent of the company, and doesn't share in the blame.
Yeah, well, I'm sure whatever cataclysm/catastrophe that causes the EMP will render the loss of mere data a moot point, at best. ;)
You missed his point. Digitized files are easily replicated, and thus can be moved from one medium to another quickly. He's saying that because he has works in the digital medium they have easily been moved from medium to medium to medium. I doubt he was making an argument for the longevity of CD-Rs or hard-drives.
FWIW, I have my own experience with that. On my Mac G4 with OS X, I have Word 2000 files that were originally written nearly 20 years ago with Appleworks 1.0 on an Apple IIe. Needless to say, my typewritten works from before our family got that first computer have long since turned to dust, but the digital documents have lived on.
That, my friend, is the parent's point. That is the magic of digitized data, and its longevity. The medium is no longer relevant!
Oh and another thing: technology seems to have done a lot to render the accessibility of these porn stores a moot point; most people do the online thing these days, including purchasing.
Yeah, but one thing you guys forgot about: a lot of those porn shops ended up going "semi-legit". IIRC, Giuliani made it so that a store had to devote, say, 70% of its shelf-space to non-porn in order to not get slapped down by the law. Bingo: a bunch of those places decided to fill their fronts with crappy cheap videos, and push all the porn into the back.
Needless to say, not many of their customers buy the cheap-o Kung Fu movies and what not that makes up the bulk of the stock.
"Programming is easy! Programming is easy!"
If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that from someone who then proceeds to create the most atrocious mass of spaghetti-code...
Here's an article for you. You may want to remember that there's a large degree of difference between mere competence and mastery.
Bollocks.
My cell phone was useful again from 2PM onward, and I had Sprint at the time (their main tower was on WTC 1, so service got kind of spotty for a while after). Worked in DUMBO (work) and the E. Vill (home).
I can only imagine the AT&T and Verizon users had even less probelms than I did.
Let's not forget that he keeps going on in the whole article about this "original Macintosh". Maybe someone could have told him this, but a Macintosh Plus is not the original Macintosh. It was introduced in 1986, and was distinguished by being the first post-Jobs and thus expandable Macintosh.
Makes his whole mod look even more foolish now.
It just rolls on! That should be misspell.
Found this review which presents an interesting counterpoint in perspective to those enjoined by most of the press. Read it and... weep?
1984:
Apple is at war with IBM. Apple has always been at war with IBM. Microsoft is our ally.
2004:
Apple is at war with Microsoft. Apple has always been at war with Microsoft. IBM is our ally.
At the risk of sounding like a troll myself, I wish to publish a quick defence of the "hockey-puck" mouse.
The problem was ergonomics, and the manner in which most people hold mice, which is not ergonomically sound. The mouse is supposed to be held lightly, not tightly, the thumb on the left and third finger on the right (if right-handed), with the first two fingers resting atop it. When held this way, it works fine. You also find yourself much less at risk of getting "mouse-strain".
Unfortunately, many people hold a mouse in a sort of "death-grip". The end result are those monstrosities that Microsoft comes out with (I like to call them WarMice) which are only comfortable when held in said manner! I believe Apple was trying to gently "re-train" people to hold the mouse in an ergonomically correct fashion. Unfortunately, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks."
As a point of demonstration, I've never had a problem with those mice--but that's if, and only if, they are held in the manner I just illustrated. Try the "death-grip" approach and, well, you'll find yourself frustrated. [N.B.: Apple included "dimples" on the sides of the mouse as tactile feedback for this, as well.]
I think you're looking at this backwards. The money used for this project was probably more or less grant/research money, e.g. not out of the state's general budget. As it is, the enhanced prestige from these successful projects will bring in scads of private cash to the uni, and thus will allow Virginia to push funds towards secondary and primary education, rather than VA Tech itself.
You should be happy, not concerned.
Wow! This is amazing!
Mod parent up if still possible!!!
Of course, this brings up the famous "alarm sounds at exatly the wrong moment in the dream" problem...
??? Apple CPUs? Those G5s are IBM CPUs...