money, hours, upper management, a chance to enjoy more of your life
It's going to be repeated ad nauseum but you have to do something that you like. If you think of your job as just a 'job', the chances are you are not going to like it for a long time. If you think of what you are doing as a 'career', that is more of a long term relationship.
IMHO, everything else is secondary. Of course there are going to be myriad factors in choosing one over other apart from the likeness part. You've got to get food on the table, you've got to support them wife and kids, you've got to pay them bills. But if you are planning on switching, I would say it again. Get something that you like. Don't just leave what you are doing and jump onto something else. Maybe start doing something related to what you want to move into and get a real taste of what it is to be doing that.
The RIAA may be going to extremes with draconian practices but, the presently unspoken idea that "music wants to be free" is not justifiable
Music wants to be free is not justifiable. It never was. Although, the tactics are being criticized because there is no alternative provided to the 'buy the whole cd or don't buy it'. I DO NOT want to spend 14/15/16/17 dollars on a CD if there is only a couple of songs that I would like to listen. iTunes is an example that Apple got this sentiment right and its a small step in right direction.
I am not defending people who want the music for free or who are sharing/downloading for free. All I am saying that beating up with a stick without giving an alternative is not right. This is only going to alienate customers and push them to do the wrong thing.
The distribution methods have changed with the P2P technologies and its time to build a business model around it.
It's been said umpteen times but these folks at RIAA just don't seem to get it.
Its good that these reports are coming from schools that might have a louder voice in getting the point through.
When Joe Sixpack buys the CD, there is no ulterior motive behind that buy. He is not thinking about ripping the songs and sharing it for free. The DRM/copy protection/encryption/blah and all other technologies only make the experience of listening to music bittersweet when you put the CD into the player and it refuses to recognize it. And no digital protection is good enough for the Black Hats who would get around it, no matter what.
I will say it one more time. I have bought MORE music after I listen to it online before buying it. ARE YOU LISTENING RIAA?
BR
10 years down the line, I am sure we will all look back and laugh at RIAA tactics.
Men have been doing this for ages
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What is the lightest thing in the world?
Wee wee. You can lift it with only a thought.
Talk about luxury of ignorance. I pitch open source software to family/friends/bosses every chance I get. Now this one time, I was telling my boss about OpenOffice when MSOffice bailed out on him.
Boss: Damn. This MSWord thingy sucks.
Me: You should try using Open Office once. Its a good sub and its free!
Boss: Free? I am telling you one more time. Stop downloading things off of KaZaA damnit
Me: No. No. No. You got me all wrong. Its free as in 'free as a beer' free.
Boss: Does it have Clippy?
Me: What?
Boss: I looovvvvee Clippy. He is so cute
Me: Well, it doesn't really have a Clippy per se but...
Boss: Oh common. How do you expect me to use it if it doesn't have Clippy. I am a PHB
Me: What?
Boss: I am a pointy handed boss
Me: Handed? Ohhh well. Nevermind.
At that point I just walked away defeated by clippy and luxury of ignorance.
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If the madness continues, there would be NO step 2.
Kevin Bacon is surely going to be in a lot of trouble.
Is it even possible to carry two assault rifles simultaneously in real life?
;)
Not the article but not even the Title now? I would have to say RFTT dude. Its Unreal Tournament
M$ must be getting sick of all the leaking. Source code, memos. Whats next? Longhorn coming out in 2007 newsflash?!
Looks like the MSWord spell checker was turned on when composing the mail ;)
money, hours, upper management, a chance to enjoy more of your life
It's going to be repeated ad nauseum but you have to do something that you like. If you think of your job as just a 'job', the chances are you are not going to like it for a long time. If you think of what you are doing as a 'career', that is more of a long term relationship.
IMHO, everything else is secondary. Of course there are going to be myriad factors in choosing one over other apart from the likeness part. You've got to get food on the table, you've got to support them wife and kids, you've got to pay them bills. But if you are planning on switching, I would say it again. Get something that you like. Don't just leave what you are doing and jump onto something else. Maybe start doing something related to what you want to move into and get a real taste of what it is to be doing that.
I am sure its not as bad as flatus odor judge !!
This is news for NERDS, not, news for dogs
The guy sitting next to me greets me every morning with 'What up dog?'. I figure the story is appropriate.
In other news, Baja men are not happy.
My coin has heads on both sides. Of course it lands the same face it starts on. Duh
We all knew this was coming. Madonna yelling in the mp3s was never going to be enough!
Remember? Take a guess where this post is coming from ;)
699 * 12000 = 8388000
From the article, the number of servers were 20000.
699 * 20000 = 13980000
The RIAA may be going to extremes with draconian practices but, the presently unspoken idea that "music wants to be free" is not justifiable
Music wants to be free is not justifiable. It never was. Although, the tactics are being criticized because there is no alternative provided to the 'buy the whole cd or don't buy it'. I DO NOT want to spend 14/15/16/17 dollars on a CD if there is only a couple of songs that I would like to listen. iTunes is an example that Apple got this sentiment right and its a small step in right direction.
I am not defending people who want the music for free or who are sharing/downloading for free. All I am saying that beating up with a stick without giving an alternative is not right. This is only going to alienate customers and push them to do the wrong thing.
The distribution methods have changed with the P2P technologies and its time to build a business model around it.
ARE YOU READING THIS RIAA???
It's been said umpteen times but these folks at RIAA just don't seem to get it.
Its good that these reports are coming from schools that might have a louder voice in getting the point through.
When Joe Sixpack buys the CD, there is no ulterior motive behind that buy. He is not thinking about ripping the songs and sharing it for free. The DRM/copy protection/encryption/blah and all other technologies only make the experience of listening to music bittersweet when you put the CD into the player and it refuses to recognize it. And no digital protection is good enough for the Black Hats who would get around it, no matter what.
I will say it one more time. I have bought MORE music after I listen to it online before buying it. ARE YOU LISTENING RIAA?
BR 10 years down the line, I am sure we will all look back and laugh at RIAA tactics.
What is the lightest thing in the world?
;)
Wee wee. You can lift it with only a thought.
Move along. Nothing new here
Talk about luxury of ignorance. I pitch open source software to family/friends/bosses every chance I get. Now this one time, I was telling my boss about OpenOffice when MSOffice bailed out on him.
Boss: Damn. This MSWord thingy sucks.
Me: You should try using Open Office once. Its a good sub and its free!
Boss: Free? I am telling you one more time. Stop downloading things off of KaZaA damnit
Me: No. No. No. You got me all wrong. Its free as in 'free as a beer' free.
Boss: Does it have Clippy?
Me: What?
Boss: I looovvvvee Clippy. He is so cute
Me: Well, it doesn't really have a Clippy per se but...
Boss: Oh common. How do you expect me to use it if it doesn't have Clippy. I am a PHB
Me: What?
Boss: I am a pointy handed boss
Me: Handed? Ohhh well. Nevermind.
At that point I just walked away defeated by clippy and luxury of ignorance.
Verisign: I can ICANN: U can't
This completes the three R trilogy!
Retried. Rebooted. Reloaded.
XP Unplugged
Shhhh. Quiet. That would be the most secure OS ever.
This really does seem to be an autopsy since he managed to kill it in the process
/.ers know that real men use 'kill -9' to do this.
Now I'm wondering how I can timeshift even more.
25 hour days would be a good start I say
the world's leading -- perhaps only -- expert
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Google has improved my sex life, tightened my abs, and brought me closer to God.
- Lloyd Grove
Any other Google out there that I am not aware of?
servers and notebooks that are probably hopelessly out of date
But if these machines have hard drivers still hooked up, then there might be lots of interesting stuff lying around on those (maybe mp3s too!)