I used to work for a company that hosted the domain customer.com. One time when their mail server had become extremely backed up, we found that Microsoft had sent some 40,000 identical mailings to customer@customer.com. Oops!
I doubt this will have much of a negative impact on Apple. For the masses, A 128 KB/s AAC with its DRM mysteriously stripped out is still less appealing than a 192 KB/s MP3 from Kazaa/BitTorrent/eMule/whatever. iTMS doesn't offer any exclusive content, so there's no reason to expect these files to start running wild through the internet.
People download from iTMS because of convenience, legality, data integrity, etc., not because they are too stupid to find the same music for free.
I am ceaselessly amazed that Real has held on to such a large share of their market. The RealPlayer installation is barely better than Kazaa when it comes to taking over your PC.
With Windows Media Player already on every Windows desktop, and Winamp just a few clicks away, why would anyone go through the painful ordeal of installing one of Real's products?
Legally, employers have to pay overtime to an hourly employee if they work more than 80 hours in a two-week period. The examples in the article are mostly workers who were told they could work a certain number of hours a week, and worked more.
This can be a sticky situation for employers. Frequently, they instruct employees that overtime is not available, people go over anyway, and the company has to pay up, whether or not they need/can afford the extra hours. That's the law.
As long as employers are clear about how many hours people are allowed to work, they shouldn't be required to shell out for people who go over.
This story and the Simpsons one are old news. I guess the Slashdot editors were too busy with their April Fools shenanigans to post anything that really happened in the past few days.
Troy McClure: Yes, the Simpsons have come a long way since an old drunk made humans out of his rabbit characters to pay off his gambling debts. Who knows what adventures they'll have between now and the time the show becomes unprofitable?
Forty-eight million dollars a season, for six voice actors? Give me a break. Their entire work-week is driving to a studio, and talking for three hours on a Saturday afternoon. Given the quality of today's episodes, $360,000 each is just unreasonable.
It's time for FOX to take a chance, and let another cartoon step up to the coveted 8PM Sunday night timeslot. My vote would be for Family Guy. They shafted it last time by moving it to a bad timeslot, and now, with The X-Files gone and The Simpsons waning, FOX's prime real estate is opening up again.
Currently, the 22 new episodes in production are set to run only on Adult Swim. If Family Guy DVD sales are any indication, this is a poor move for FOX. I think their viewers are ready for the kind of edgy, creative humor that The Simpsons just hasn't provided in years.
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How much longer can the MPAA and RIAA ignore these staggering figures?
I used to work for a company that hosted the domain customer.com. One time when their mail server had become extremely backed up, we found that Microsoft had sent some 40,000 identical mailings to customer@customer.com. Oops!
The dude even looks like Simon & Garfunkel!
I doubt this will have much of a negative impact on Apple. For the masses, A 128 KB/s AAC with its DRM mysteriously stripped out is still less appealing than a 192 KB/s MP3 from Kazaa/BitTorrent/eMule/whatever. iTMS doesn't offer any exclusive content, so there's no reason to expect these files to start running wild through the internet.
People download from iTMS because of convenience, legality, data integrity, etc., not because they are too stupid to find the same music for free.
I am ceaselessly amazed that Real has held on to such a large share of their market. The RealPlayer installation is barely better than Kazaa when it comes to taking over your PC.
With Windows Media Player already on every Windows desktop, and Winamp just a few clicks away, why would anyone go through the painful ordeal of installing one of Real's products?
Legally, employers have to pay overtime to an hourly employee if they work more than 80 hours in a two-week period. The examples in the article are mostly workers who were told they could work a certain number of hours a week, and worked more.
This can be a sticky situation for employers. Frequently, they instruct employees that overtime is not available, people go over anyway, and the company has to pay up, whether or not they need/can afford the extra hours. That's the law.
As long as employers are clear about how many hours people are allowed to work, they shouldn't be required to shell out for people who go over.
This story and the Simpsons one are old news. I guess the Slashdot editors were too busy with their April Fools shenanigans to post anything that really happened in the past few days.
Troy McClure: Yes, the Simpsons have come a long way since an old drunk made humans out of his rabbit characters to pay off his gambling debts. Who knows what adventures they'll have between now and the time the show becomes unprofitable?
Forty-eight million dollars a season, for six voice actors? Give me a break. Their entire work-week is driving to a studio, and talking for three hours on a Saturday afternoon. Given the quality of today's episodes, $360,000 each is just unreasonable.
It's time for FOX to take a chance, and let another cartoon step up to the coveted 8PM Sunday night timeslot. My vote would be for Family Guy. They shafted it last time by moving it to a bad timeslot, and now, with The X-Files gone and The Simpsons waning, FOX's prime real estate is opening up again.
Currently, the 22 new episodes in production are set to run only on Adult Swim. If Family Guy DVD sales are any indication, this is a poor move for FOX. I think their viewers are ready for the kind of edgy, creative humor that The Simpsons just hasn't provided in years.