Did anyone read that and immediately think of "The Wizard of Oz"?
"Pay no attentioned to the man behind the curtain..."
Re:CD's are really a bargain when you put it this
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No.. I got the point, but an easier way of putting it is that the majority will always go to the label. And their idea is that they put up all the money and put themselves at risk to promote this artist, therefore, they should get most of the cut until the artist can sign a more compelling contract for themselves.
What's sad is that I had a good friend who worked for a Clearchannel station and was FORCED, forced mind you to always play a certain Eminem song at a rate of 2-3 times per HOUR!
I am sure that there are other percentages that must be met for certain artists... for example, Eminem would have to be played 30% of the time during an hour, Maroon 5 another 20%, etc... It's just sad that music is shoved down our throats these days and we are TOLD what to like.
It hasn't been fully completed yet.. I'm tired of reading about how all of this was a bad idea when it's not even completed yet. That's like telling a construction company constructing a 100 story building it looks like shit when they only have 75 floors done so far.
I think he was implying that no matter what name you have in front of @hotmail, you're gonna get spammed. It's a big enough target that any combination of names, numbers can be sent.
IMHO, since the government isn't obtaining the data themselves this is OK.
From the article... "Scores of data-mining projects that collect and analyze U.S. citizens' personal information are in operation at dozens of federal agencies, the GAO found. Many of the nearly 200 projects planned or already under way rely on data purchased from the commercial sector"
They are purchasing the information from the commercial sector", information that is readily available to anyone willing to pay for it. Congress stopped their TIA initiative, but will allow this due to that major fact.
Living in the midwest, we have some of the luxury of some cheaper prices and a lot of competition among electronic stores, etc...
On a Tuesday new release day, DVDs turn out to be priced cheaper than CDs. I can pick up a DVD for ~$12-13. Depending on the movie, that's 2 hours of entertainment, not including some of the special features, extra, etc...
I think RIAA needs to take a few clues from the MPAA. Having hte luxury of a DVD burner I can copy others' movies, download create my own.. whatever. But with the price so low for movies, it's not worth it to me. The point? Make the price for creating your own stuff more expensive than actually purchasing a pre-packaged one. Factor in your time to download the songs, getting the best quality, and making sure they all work (if from P2P programs) and it may in fact be better to just purchase it yourself so long as it wasn't $20.
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I had always figured that this was true. When you purchase a CD you really aren't promoting the artist, but rather the label instead. I'm not sure if someone could actually create an accurante pie chart that shows how the money paid for a CD gets divied up among everyone. My thoughts would be the majority will go to the labels that in turn that use that for other artists, marketing, and i'm sure video production for said artis or other artist to promote. From whatever is remaining it will eventaully get to the artist depending on what contract has been setup... There just really is no easy way out.
Personally, I don't purchase CDs anymore. You can flame me all you guys want, but I don't see the point in doing it anymore. I strictly download music from a ton of different sources and use that to listen to anything. My car has a built in computer that I use for music, movies, etc.. Granted, the quality may not be as good as an actual CD, but it's something that I can sacrifice. And even most times I can borrow and copy the CD from a friend.
This is probably one of the best business idea I have read in a while. They stay away from actually producing the products that will make up the car, but they build the packages to transform the car into a HEV. I think that's just brilliant!
Because the phone is the last thing people care about!
I have a couple friends who work as Spring salespeople and they say that the last thing that people ask about it the actual phone quality itself. They want to know about games, planners, cameras and all the other toys, but the actual phone part is last, if even touched upon at all.
True... One of the biggest reasons why I did this to my car was that I wanted to be able to incorporate MP3s and movies into it, but also have navigation as a MUST. Unfortunately, as you say, there is no linux software that supports navigation as accurate as say some of the Windows software out. Not to mention that most of the software developed especially for use inside a vehicle is all windows based anyhow.
I bit the bullet and *gasp* run XP for it... Let the Microsoft flaming ensue...
These boards make for a great use in the car. I have used several of these boards to create a carputer for movies, music, and navigation inside my car.
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That was next weeks episode you insensitive clod!
Is Ken Brown pregnant with Linus' love child?
*Dun Dun Dun*
How does it end? Tune in next week!
Hahaha.. Best analogy EVER!
"Pay no attentioned to the man behind the curtain..."
What's sad is that I had a good friend who worked for a Clearchannel station and was FORCED, forced mind you to always play a certain Eminem song at a rate of 2-3 times per HOUR!
I am sure that there are other percentages that must be met for certain artists... for example, Eminem would have to be played 30% of the time during an hour, Maroon 5 another 20%, etc... It's just sad that music is shoved down our throats these days and we are TOLD what to like.
"idea of democratizing Iraq"
rant...
It hasn't been fully completed yet.. I'm tired of reading about how all of this was a bad idea when it's not even completed yet. That's like telling a construction company constructing a 100 story building it looks like shit when they only have 75 floors done so far.
I think he was implying that no matter what name you have in front of @hotmail, you're gonna get spammed. It's a big enough target that any combination of names, numbers can be sent.
From the article... "Scores of data-mining projects that collect and analyze U.S. citizens' personal information are in operation at dozens of federal agencies, the GAO found. Many of the nearly 200 projects planned or already under way rely on data purchased from the commercial sector"
They are purchasing the information from the commercial sector", information that is readily available to anyone willing to pay for it. Congress stopped their TIA initiative, but will allow this due to that major fact.
On a Tuesday new release day, DVDs turn out to be priced cheaper than CDs. I can pick up a DVD for ~$12-13. Depending on the movie, that's 2 hours of entertainment, not including some of the special features, extra, etc...
I think RIAA needs to take a few clues from the MPAA. Having hte luxury of a DVD burner I can copy others' movies, download create my own.. whatever. But with the price so low for movies, it's not worth it to me. The point? Make the price for creating your own stuff more expensive than actually purchasing a pre-packaged one. Factor in your time to download the songs, getting the best quality, and making sure they all work (if from P2P programs) and it may in fact be better to just purchase it yourself so long as it wasn't $20.
Personally, I don't purchase CDs anymore. You can flame me all you guys want, but I don't see the point in doing it anymore. I strictly download music from a ton of different sources and use that to listen to anything. My car has a built in computer that I use for music, movies, etc.. Granted, the quality may not be as good as an actual CD, but it's something that I can sacrifice. And even most times I can borrow and copy the CD from a friend.
It's already been aired on TV, but available online tomorrow.
This is probably one of the best business idea I have read in a while. They stay away from actually producing the products that will make up the car, but they build the packages to transform the car into a HEV. I think that's just brilliant!
As do we Americans.
I have a couple friends who work as Spring salespeople and they say that the last thing that people ask about it the actual phone quality itself. They want to know about games, planners, cameras and all the other toys, but the actual phone part is last, if even touched upon at all.
The site was gone even before some of the first posts... sheesh.
I bit the bullet and *gasp* run XP for it... Let the Microsoft flaming ensue...
What do you mean? Window-L does nothing.. I think you mean Window-M to minimize everything quickly.
Froogle is your friend.
I have one myself and I love it :)
Working yet?
.. if the freeking comments worked!
Riko who?
*to rip from a previous post: Yes, but that post was from timothy. This one is from CmdrTaco. Completely different.
Completely different. :)
This one was posted by CmdrTaco and the other was posted by timothy.
Completely different.