L. Ron Hubbard
Born March 13, 1911, Tilden, Nebraska
Died January 24, 1986 (aged 74), San Luis Obispo County, California
Occupation Speculative fiction Author, Founder Scientology
Net worth > $200,000,000 in 1982
I worked on a project at the UK National Physical Laboratory http://www.npl.co.uk/ in the mid 1970's. A couple of applied physists had played around with a graphics tablet and come up with a graphical scheme for authentication. My job was to turn their code into algorithms and write a specification to be used in their patent application.
Their idea of an NDA was the Official Secrets Act, so I won't go into any details.
The newspaper is giving the CD away as a cover disk. They paid Prince $1 million for the right to do so.
I hope it works for the paper. It certainly seems to work for Prince. If the music shops don't like it, maybe they can start selling newspapers. -- I just bought the last toy pterdactyl at the museum. Now are they extinct?
From the Daily Telegraph -- "A Sunday newspaper is understood to have paid the Princely sum of $1m (£500,000) to give away the pint-sized popstar's new album, in an unprecedented move that has infuriated music retailers."
How many CDs would the retailers have to shift for Prince's share to be that much? Sounds like a good deal for the newspaper and a great deal for Prince.
Yet another business model for music distribution. -- We are the ashes of dead stars.
I think you got that a little backward. If you don't keep up the payments --- DUPES. -- I used to be cynical, but since the world has gone to the dogs...
If "The Mafia" is upset about anything involving the comparison, it's probably that the MPAA and RIAA are less romantic of a notion. More likely it would be about not getting their cut... unless they are.
(1) Could someome please tell me how to configure Opera to skip this man's posts?
(2) Be sure I won't RTFA, so I'll list a few technogical fixes to the individual human condition:
Spectacles for old/odd eyeballs False teeth for the soup classes Hearing aids for those who haven't heard it all Clothing for those living outside equatorial climes Braces/suspenders for the waist-challenged Pen/pencil and paper for the forgetful
It's things like these that are destroying humanity.
Those nasty letters come not from the Corporation but from private enterprises.
From the tvlicensing.co.uk web page:
As a result of The Broadcast Act 1990, the BBC were made responsible for licence administration.
TV Licensing is a trading name used by entities contracted by the Licensing Authority (the BBC) to administer the collection of television licence fees and enforcement of the television licensing system.
The majority of the administration of TV Licensing is contracted to Capita Business Services Ltd, with the administration of cash easy payment schemes contracted to Revenue Management Services Ltd, and marketing and public relations activities contracted to the AMV Consortium.
Slashdot Mirror
Snowball Earth?
Dilbert hasn't been insightful for a while and is only funny at times.
I can still read the strip through online newspapers, without the flash-crap, so far.
When I can't, then I won't.
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Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.
Go easy on the poor fellow. His CAPS LOCK finally wore out.
Definitely a twentieth century man. From our favorite source of reliable information about controversial figures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard
Born March 13, 1911, Tilden, Nebraska
Died January 24, 1986 (aged 74), San Luis Obispo County, California
Occupation Speculative fiction Author, Founder Scientology
Net worth > $200,000,000 in 1982
Some of this code is written by people who ... may have died
usually after completing the project.
For the rest, solve those icky maintenance problems left by the undead with Zombie COBOL, whose programmers demand brainz.
Ah, mesh, the new FidoNet. Faster!, Better?, Cheaper?
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I was sane once, but I'm better now.
Like "End of Summer", by Algis Budrys, Astounding Science Fiction, November 1954?
A cure for cancer/death also cured long term memory.
You are denying Prince the use of your money.
What is this thing of which you complain?
Opera site preferences for slashdot.org: no plugins, no java
to have smart children is to have had smart parents yourself.
I worked on a project at the UK National Physical Laboratory http://www.npl.co.uk/ in the mid 1970's. A couple of applied physists had played around with a graphics tablet and come up with a graphical scheme for authentication. My job was to turn their code into algorithms and write a specification to be used in their patent application.
Their idea of an NDA was the Official Secrets Act, so I won't go into any details.
This is the same one that gave away his last album in the UK as a freebie inside a Sunday paper?
The newspaper gave the album away, having paid Prince about a million dollars for the right to do so.
One should be very careful when attempting to apply dichotomy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotomy to propositions expressed in natural language.
They may shoot themselves in the foot, but they are standing on your head....
... new here.
when you get around to the free trade vs. protectionism issues.
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Never knowingly understood.
I believe the more accurate statement is that the bodies at the back are easier to identify.
You will have wasted the flight insurance premium if you can't prove you died in the crash.
The newspaper is giving the CD away as a cover disk.
They paid Prince $1 million for the right to do so.
I hope it works for the paper. It certainly seems to work for Prince.
If the music shops don't like it, maybe they can start selling newspapers.
--
I just bought the last toy pterdactyl at the museum. Now are they extinct?
From the Daily Telegraph -- "A Sunday newspaper is understood to have paid the Princely sum of $1m (£500,000) to give away the pint-sized popstar's new album, in an unprecedented move that has infuriated music retailers."
How many CDs would the retailers have to shift for Prince's share to be that much? Sounds like a good deal for the newspaper and a great deal for Prince.
Yet another business model for music distribution.
--
We are the ashes of dead stars.
I think you got that a little backward.
If you don't keep up the payments --- DUPES.
--
I used to be cynical, but since the world has gone to the dogs...
I had expected UK readers to recognise (and despise) Capita, collectors of the London 'congestion' charge.
(1) Could someome please tell me how to configure Opera to skip this man's posts?
(2) Be sure I won't RTFA, so I'll list a few technogical fixes to the individual human condition:
Spectacles for old/odd eyeballs
False teeth for the soup classes
Hearing aids for those who haven't heard it all
Clothing for those living outside equatorial climes
Braces/suspenders for the waist-challenged
Pen/pencil and paper for the forgetful
It's things like these that are destroying humanity.
Those nasty letters come not from the Corporation but from private enterprises.
From the tvlicensing.co.uk web page:
As a result of The Broadcast Act 1990, the BBC were made responsible for licence administration.
TV Licensing is a trading name used by entities contracted by the Licensing Authority (the BBC) to administer the collection of television licence fees and enforcement of the television licensing system.
The majority of the administration of TV Licensing is contracted to Capita Business Services Ltd, with the administration of cash easy payment schemes contracted to Revenue Management Services Ltd, and marketing and public relations activities contracted to the AMV Consortium.
Fight fiercely, Harvard! -- T Lehrer