So when I click on the link in the story, I currently get a 404 page. So I tried to find the
story by going to the WP's Metro section, where I found a story titled "here we go again and again". Clicking on that headline give me a really hilarous test page.
This versatile survey script allows you to administer a survey using any form you like. Results are stored in a text file and are retrieved, sorted, and presented to you how you want when you want. Tested under Windows and Unix.
Version: 1.1 - Released: 06/23/96 - Free - Platform(s): Unix, Windows NT
This script allows people to rate anything on a scale of one to ten. It produces a graph of the cumulative results of the voting and the graph is updated every time the script is run.
Voting On My Site is a great add-on to any web page! It will allow you to have your visitors vote on your page! They can choose whether they think the site is excellent, average, poor, etc. It even includes a comment section. This script will email the webmaster whenever a new vote has been made. This script will even display the results in a very nice graphical format.
Now run a number of online polls quicky, easily & hassle free. MultiPoll features Auto expiration of polls, online administrating, double vote blocking (cookies), email notification of expired polls, great display, & no time consuming tasks from the admin user.
Version: 1.0 - Released: 06/01/96 - $80 - Platform(s): Unix, Windows NT
With this script, you will easily create as many interactive polls on your Website as you can possibly handle. It's strange, but people do like to vote for their favorite rock-musician, best baby-formula, sexiest model, or predict results of the upcoming presidential/school board election.
Tally, Archive, E-Mail results, stop multiple votes, and more! - Poll It Pro was designed for the High Tech sites who are looking to host Online Polls in a easy, manageble way.
"The Voting Booth allows your visitors to cast their vote in an unlimited number of topics and updates the info immediately, giving them percentages and number of votes cast for each choice." Commercial sites are charged $30 for this script.
The Poll Master Version: 1.3 - Released: 03/17/98 - $99 - Platform(s): Unix, Windows
Handles all of your polling needs: display questions, get input, and calculate results A simple question's file allows you to group certain questions that you wish to appear together or you can access each question individually. Only allows one answer per visitor even with your cookies turned off. Price includes free setup on any server!
Bewley says, "Survey gathers comments on any number of pages using one standard survey or a unique survey for each page if you like. Designed to be inobtrusive, it knows the page a user referenced it from and will return them to that page once they submit the form."
Take your talented co-workers with you, and create a new company that's well-run. It sounds like the place where you're at is going to fold no matter what, so you don't have much to lose...
Hi guys - I've been a big fan of TMBG for some time, and a long-time subscriber to your mailing list.
Prior to the introduction of the $10 a month EMusic "TMBG Unlimited" service, TMBG frequently provided free MP3 downloads of unreleased songs and live versions not available on Dial-A-Song to those fans on the TMBG mailing list.
Now that the service has been introduced, membership seems to be a requirement for any new MP3 downloads. All the e-mails that I've received from TMBG lately have essentially been advertisements for this new service, with little or no free material offered fans. Because I don't like getting what is essentially glorified spam for Emusic in my mailbox, I've actually unsubscribed myself from your mailing list.
I understand that you guys have to make money and all, but are you concerned at all that you may be posing what could be construed a membership fee to be a member of the "official" TMBG fan community, asking fans to pay for material you had previously provided for free?
I'm perfectly willing to pay money for new TMBG albums and music, but I'm concerned that asking fans to pay $10 a month to have access to new TMBG tunes may cause you to lose more fans than you gain.
What the Supreme Court sent back was not a unanimous ruling, but an unsigned ruling, meaning that we have no idea how many of the justices supported the decision. It's extremely likely, in fact that this was a bittrly fought split decision.
Can anyone corroborate the article's statement that 90% of nonprofit organizations in the U.S. cannot afford to maintain more than 15 networked computers?
As IT administrator for all nonprofit organizations in the U.S., yes I can.
Arguing that Gore's environmentalism consists exclusively of preserving a few "pretty parks" is simple-minded and igonrant.
Gore has long been a supporter of international treaties to stop global warming, and promises to work hard as president to make affordable alternatives to fossil fuels a practical reality.
Bush and his oil-loving Texan friends, on the other hand, would do nothing to decrease our dependence on foreign oil, which is one of the reasons America can't take a firm stand in violence in the Middle East, because pissing off the Arab nations would lead to another embargo.
An interesting piece - clearly slanted toward Gore of course, but one that raises some interesting questions. There was a similar article recently in Salon that made much the same argument: that so many of Gore's "exaggerations" are things that either misreported or misrepresented by his opponents, who have been taken by the media pretty much at their word. From that standpoint, Gore's mea culpa in the second debate may have hurt him even more than it helped.
That said, how important an issue is this? Is it more important, for example, than Bush's propensity to make embarrassing verbal gaffes?
The point is that when we focus on "character" as an issue in politics, we lose sight of that which is more important - where the candidates stand on issues of public policy and what agenda they will pursue when elected to office.
Didn't our nation learn an important lesson not too long ago with the Lewinsky scandal? Yes, what Clinton did was disgusting and wrong, but was it important enough to push virtually every other public policy issue out of the limelight for more than a year? Doesn't the the plight of the 40 million Americans without health insurance, for example, maybe have a little more significance than what one American was doing with his intern in the Oval Office?
Nixon's "dirty tricks" were at best a crude precursor to the sophisticated media manipulation practiced by today's political handlers (Nixon's hatred for the press prevented him from realizing it could be his most powerful tool).
The media's current obsession with "character" is most directly a product of the 1988 Presidential race. Following the Gary Hart scandal in the primary season (the first time that an American politician's sex life had an impact on a campaign), Republican strategist Lee Atwater spent the last month of the campaign barraging Duakais with everything from Willie Horton to his wife's mental health. Instead of defending his stand on substantive issues, Dukakis had to defend his stand on flag-burning and his membership in the ACLU.
In the 12 years since, we've had to deal with everything from Clarence Thomas to O.J. Simpson to Monica Lewinsky - all scandals which have tied up our national attention in lieu of more substantive issues. Part of this focus can be attributed to the rise of 24-hour news networks that find "sensational" stories a great way to attract viewers and advertising revenue. The rise of Internet news venues have forced more traditional outlets to report news more quickly, without going through the same level of rigorous fact-checking required in the past. These factors, among others, have contributed to a culture of instant political gratification, where politicians are treated more like celebrities (and celebrities more like politicians).
In this kind of environment, stories like the one that Gore is a chronic exaggerator can spread very easily and quickly. Bush's camp needs only to fan the flames a little; the media will do the rest on their own. Yes, Gore has been known to stretch the truth from time to time, and for that matter, so has Bush. But if you look closely enough, you can find falsehoods in just about any statement.
Character assassination of political figures is nothing new - it goes back as far as recorded history. What is new is the speed at which highly sophisticated attacks can travel in the era of electronic media.
If you find this sort of thing interesting I recommend a couple of books. The first is Daniel Boorstin's "The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America", which predicted all of this in the early '60s. The second is Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" which came out in the mid-'80s and talks about the demise of public discourse. The third is Neil Gabler's recent book "Life: The Movie", which expands on Postman's thesis and puts it in historical context.
While Jamie's numbers are correct, he makes the same logical fallacy that Bush did by suggesting that violence in the media and violence in society can be directly correlated.
More likely, other contributing factors (such as unprecendented economic prosperity) had a lot more to do with the reduction in youth violence. Jamie's numbers do not distinguish between violent acts committed by middle-class suburban students (such as Columbine) and those committed by students in impoverished urban areas.
As I see it, the problem is that she doesn't actually own the copyright to her own music. Record
Companies own the copyrights. They didn't actually breach any agreements with her, and since it's not
her copyright, she could loose.
That all depends on the details of her contract. While most artists today have contracts that classify their music as "works for hire" owned by the label, this is not true of everyone.
Under current law, even if the record company owns your music, the artist can still regain the rights to their music after 35 years
When the RIAA tried to sneak in an amendment to the Copyright Act last year that would have automatically classified all music as "works for hire" and eliminated the 35 year loophole, it got a lot of people pissed off - you can read all about it in this recent article from Salon
Actually the article says that Intel won't start selling the chip until the fourth quarter of *this* year, with general availability for consumers coming sometime in 2001.
The problem with this is that it would be unconstitutional. The government can't deprive anyone of their property (even intellectual property) without due compensation. It's all laid out in the Fifth Amendment:
No person shall be...deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
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So when I click on the link in the story, I currently get a 404 page. So I tried to find the
story by going to the WP's Metro section, where I found a story titled "here we go again and again". Clicking on that headline give me a really hilarous test page.
Someone's having troubles...
Right before his death, he created a little game called "Pocket Monsters" or, as it's better known, "Pokemon".
Went over to The CGI Resource Index and found a couple that might work:
Zone Coaster's Survey
Version: 2.50 - Released: 05/27/97
This versatile survey script allows you to administer a survey using any form you like. Results are stored in a text file and are retrieved, sorted, and presented to you how you want when you want. Tested under Windows and Unix.
FreeScripts: Vote Script
Version: 1.1 - Released: 06/23/96 - Free - Platform(s): Unix, Windows NT
This script allows people to rate anything on a scale of one to ten. It produces a graph of the cumulative results of the voting and the graph is updated every time the script is run.
Voting on My Site
Released: 02/03/98 - Free - Platform(s): Unix
Voting On My Site is a great add-on to any web page! It will allow you to have your visitors vote on your page! They can choose whether they think the site is excellent, average, poor, etc. It even includes a comment section. This script will email the webmaster whenever a new vote has been made. This script will even display the results in a very nice graphical format.
MultiPoll
Version: 2.1 - Released: 11/10/97 - $50 - Platform(s): Unix
Now run a number of online polls quicky, easily & hassle free. MultiPoll features Auto expiration of polls, online administrating, double vote blocking (cookies), email notification of expired polls, great display, & no time consuming tasks from the admin user.
Poll
Version: 1.0 - Released: 06/01/96 - $80 - Platform(s): Unix, Windows NT
With this script, you will easily create as many interactive polls on your Website as you can possibly handle. It's strange, but people do like to vote for their favorite rock-musician, best baby-formula, sexiest model, or predict results of the upcoming presidential/school board election.
Poll It Pro!
Version: 1.6 - Released: 08/26/96 - $20 - Platform(s): Unix
Tally, Archive, E-Mail results, stop multiple votes, and more! - Poll It Pro was designed for the High Tech sites who are looking to host Online Polls in a easy, manageble way.
The Scripts Home: Voting Booth
Version: 1.0 - Released: 01/12/96 - Free/$30>
"The Voting Booth allows your visitors to cast their vote in an unlimited number of topics and updates the info immediately, giving them percentages and number of votes cast for each choice." Commercial sites are charged $30 for this script.
The Poll Master
Version: 1.3 - Released: 03/17/98 - $99 - Platform(s): Unix, Windows
Handles all of your polling needs: display questions, get input, and calculate results A simple question's file allows you to group certain questions that you wish to appear together or you can access each question individually. Only allows one answer per visitor even with your cookies turned off. Price includes free setup on any server!
Dave Bewley's survey.pl
Version: 1.1 - Released: 04/06/96 - Free
Bewley says, "Survey gathers comments on any number of pages using one standard survey or a unique survey for each page if you like. Designed to be inobtrusive, it knows the page a user referenced it from and will return them to that page once they submit the form."
Take your talented co-workers with you, and create a new company that's well-run. It sounds like the place where you're at is going to fold no matter what, so you don't have much to lose...
Hi guys - I've been a big fan of TMBG for some time, and a long-time subscriber to your mailing list.
Prior to the introduction of the $10 a month EMusic "TMBG Unlimited" service, TMBG frequently provided free MP3 downloads of unreleased songs and live versions not available on Dial-A-Song to those fans on the TMBG mailing list.
Now that the service has been introduced, membership seems to be a requirement for any new MP3 downloads. All the e-mails that I've received from TMBG lately have essentially been advertisements for this new service, with little or no free material offered fans. Because I don't like getting what is essentially glorified spam for Emusic in my mailbox, I've actually unsubscribed myself from your mailing list.
I understand that you guys have to make money and all, but are you concerned at all that you may be posing what could be construed a membership fee to be a member of the "official" TMBG fan community, asking fans to pay for material you had previously provided for free?
I'm perfectly willing to pay money for new TMBG albums and music, but I'm concerned that asking fans to pay $10 a month to have access to new TMBG tunes may cause you to lose more fans than you gain.
Wow - I had no idea the guy who wrote and directed the Sci-Fi Channel's Dune miniseries was such an important guy.
What the Supreme Court sent back was not a unanimous ruling, but an unsigned ruling, meaning that we have no idea how many of the justices supported the decision. It's extremely likely, in fact that this was a bittrly fought split decision.
As IT administrator for all nonprofit organizations in the U.S., yes I can.
Does the PS2 DVD player offer a 16x9 enhanced mode for widescreen/widescreen ready TVs?
Arguing that Gore's environmentalism consists exclusively of preserving a few "pretty parks" is simple-minded and igonrant.
Gore has long been a supporter of international treaties to stop global warming, and promises to work hard as president to make affordable alternatives to fossil fuels a practical reality.
Bush and his oil-loving Texan friends, on the other hand, would do nothing to decrease our dependence on foreign oil, which is one of the reasons America can't take a firm stand in violence in the Middle East, because pissing off the Arab nations would lead to another embargo.
An interesting piece - clearly slanted toward Gore of course, but one that raises some interesting questions. There was a similar article recently in Salon that made much the same argument: that so many of Gore's "exaggerations" are things that either misreported or misrepresented by his opponents, who have been taken by the media pretty much at their word. From that standpoint, Gore's mea culpa in the second debate may have hurt him even more than it helped.
That said, how important an issue is this? Is it more important, for example, than Bush's propensity to make embarrassing verbal gaffes?
The point is that when we focus on "character" as an issue in politics, we lose sight of that which is more important - where the candidates stand on issues of public policy and what agenda they will pursue when elected to office.
Didn't our nation learn an important lesson not too long ago with the Lewinsky scandal? Yes, what Clinton did was disgusting and wrong, but was it important enough to push virtually every other public policy issue out of the limelight for more than a year? Doesn't the the plight of the 40 million Americans without health insurance, for example, maybe have a little more significance than what one American was doing with his intern in the Oval Office?
Nixon's "dirty tricks" were at best a crude precursor to the sophisticated media manipulation practiced by today's political handlers (Nixon's hatred for the press prevented him from realizing it could be his most powerful tool).
The media's current obsession with "character" is most directly a product of the 1988 Presidential race. Following the Gary Hart scandal in the primary season (the first time that an American politician's sex life had an impact on a campaign), Republican strategist Lee Atwater spent the last month of the campaign barraging Duakais with everything from Willie Horton to his wife's mental health. Instead of defending his stand on substantive issues, Dukakis had to defend his stand on flag-burning and his membership in the ACLU.
In the 12 years since, we've had to deal with everything from Clarence Thomas to O.J. Simpson to Monica Lewinsky - all scandals which have tied up our national attention in lieu of more substantive issues. Part of this focus can be attributed to the rise of 24-hour news networks that find "sensational" stories a great way to attract viewers and advertising revenue. The rise of Internet news venues have forced more traditional outlets to report news more quickly, without going through the same level of rigorous fact-checking required in the past. These factors, among others, have contributed to a culture of instant political gratification, where politicians are treated more like celebrities (and celebrities more like politicians).
In this kind of environment, stories like the one that Gore is a chronic exaggerator can spread very easily and quickly. Bush's camp needs only to fan the flames a little; the media will do the rest on their own. Yes, Gore has been known to stretch the truth from time to time, and for that matter, so has Bush. But if you look closely enough, you can find falsehoods in just about any statement.
Character assassination of political figures is nothing new - it goes back as far as recorded history. What is new is the speed at which highly sophisticated attacks can travel in the era of electronic media.
If you find this sort of thing interesting I recommend a couple of books. The first is Daniel Boorstin's "The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America", which predicted all of this in the early '60s. The second is Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" which came out in the mid-'80s and talks about the demise of public discourse. The third is Neil Gabler's recent book "Life: The Movie", which expands on Postman's thesis and puts it in historical context.
While Jamie's numbers are correct, he makes the same logical fallacy that Bush did by suggesting that violence in the media and violence in society can be directly correlated.
More likely, other contributing factors (such as unprecendented economic prosperity) had a lot more to do with the reduction in youth violence. Jamie's numbers do not distinguish between violent acts committed by middle-class suburban students (such as Columbine) and those committed by students in impoverished urban areas.
Companies own the copyrights. They didn't actually breach any agreements with her, and since it's not
her copyright, she could loose.
That all depends on the details of her contract. While most artists today have contracts that classify their music as "works for hire" owned by the label, this is not true of everyone.
Under current law, even if the record company owns your music, the artist can still regain the rights to their music after 35 years
When the RIAA tried to sneak in an amendment to the Copyright Act last year that would have automatically classified all music as "works for hire" and eliminated the 35 year loophole, it got a lot of people pissed off - you can read all about it in this recent article from Salon
Actually the article says that Intel won't start selling the chip until the fourth quarter of *this* year, with general availability for consumers coming sometime in 2001.
...As the ruling was issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. But that would be nitpicking...
The problem with this is that it would be unconstitutional. The government can't deprive anyone of their property (even intellectual property) without due compensation. It's all laid out in the Fifth Amendment:
No person shall be...deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
A great science fiction story with lots of humor.