off topic, but thank you to the OP (sharp-bang) for the link to the Edmund Scientific catalog. i've never heard of it but it looks like a great resource for cool science stuff for my kids! thanks!
Yes because a congressman or Senator is going to give a flying frack about opt-in ads. they have to give a flying frak about something. they certainly won't if no one tells them about it. maybe when you write you can think of some way to link it to "think of the children"...:)
Write your govenor/senator/congressman/whomever and let them know. The reason we get these BS systems in place is because the a**hats are in the ears of our representatives. It takes five minutes to write an email - it doesn't have to be eloquent or anything. Just a quick "hey I'm a regular dude and I think that such and such is no good".
someone please mod parent up. the only way they'll KNOW you want change is if you TELL them you want change.
someone leaked their album (or a song, don't remember) out of the recording studio before it came out AND distributed it through file-sharing. so rather than being pissed at the (supposedly inside - who else would have access?) person who leaked the original to napster, they went on to attack not only napster but their hard core fans.
"back in the day" i had all the old metallica on vinyl and/or cassette, having moved to cds i hadn't repurchased most of them. napster caused me to remember the good old days and go out and buy 4 or 5 of those albums again on disc. iow, napster was a great promotional tool, but they never understood that, or didn't care.
so no, the only way i might buy another metallica album (after wasting my money on st. anger) is if as the person said above, they apologize first to their fans and admit they were scumbags over the whole issue.
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off topic, but thank you to the OP (sharp-bang) for the link to the Edmund Scientific catalog. i've never heard of it but it looks like a great resource for cool science stuff for my kids! thanks!
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Write your govenor/senator/congressman/whomever and let them know. The reason we get these BS systems in place is because the a**hats are in the ears of our representatives. It takes five minutes to write an email - it doesn't have to be eloquent or anything. Just a quick "hey I'm a regular dude and I think that such and such is no good".
someone please mod parent up. the only way they'll KNOW you want change is if you TELL them you want change."back in the day" i had all the old metallica on vinyl and/or cassette, having moved to cds i hadn't repurchased most of them. napster caused me to remember the good old days and go out and buy 4 or 5 of those albums again on disc. iow, napster was a great promotional tool, but they never understood that, or didn't care.
so no, the only way i might buy another metallica album (after wasting my money on st. anger) is if as the person said above, they apologize first to their fans and admit they were scumbags over the whole issue.