Ah, but of course your suggestion implicitly assumes one has somewhere else to go once one says "No". The problem is, every major software company values time-to-market over quality precisely because they are not held responsible for their products in the same fashion that engineering firms are.
Of course, cases of gross negligence and pure malice, just like in engineering, will still expose the individual worker to legal action, as is proper. But a systemic lack of process is the employer's failing, not the individual employee's, who will usually be, at best, reprimanded, and at worst, fired, for insisting on better processes by refusing to do the work.
As parent post says, make the EMPLOYER responsible for the quality, and you'll see project timelines become more realistic, factoring in more time for testing, security audits and code reviews. The only other way is for all programmers to simultaneously wildcat strike until issues like this are addressed by their employers, but we all know that will never happen.
I'm curious -- can you point me to more info on how the iRiver units' line outs behave? Is the line-in similarly non-flat? I have an iFP-595T and have used it for live recording off of mixers, with generally good results but I'd like to know what it might be doing to tweak the audio..
Holy crap. Teosto sounds totally evil. Charging musicians for the serice of royalty collection is one step short of extortion. Are you sure they aren't a front for the record labels?:-p
Here in Canada, SOCAN handles performer's rights and they make no restrictions at all on what you do with your own music.. they collect royalties for radio play, soundtracks, etc. but you're totally free to distribute your own compositions as you see fit. And SOCAN membership is, if I recall correctly, free. Their only source of revenue is a (supposedly) small percentage of the royalties they collect, so it's in their best interest not to make it hard to register works...
I wonder, can a musician register one's works with a performing rights organization that isn't in their country of residence?
... two of the best pro synth makers on the market. It's disgusting that a low-end POS (and I don't mean "point of sale") soundcard company could take over two high-end synthesizer houses, leaders in the sampler/workstation market, and cannibalize their incredible chipsets for *home PC sound cards*. What a waste.
Imagine if all the bands in the late 80s and 90s had to compose their music on a SB16. That's how shitty 'Creative' has been for the music biz as far as I'm concerned. Bleah.
A large portion of the world wants the US to tear up our constitution and remake ourselves in the image of the EU. And we aren't interested, now or ever....and the US (through both direct government action and US mega-corps) wants every other nation to tear up their constitutions and remake themselves in the image of the US. And we aren't interested, now or ever.
Examples: DMCA; 'harmonized' copyright and patent laws...
As a Canadian, I see *far* more pressure from the US than the EU when it comes to corp-friendly, individual-hostile legislation. Right now for instance, lobbyists have mostly succeeded in getting legislation here that reduces 'Can-con' requirements from 35% (don't remember exact number) to 9% for XM satellite radio. ClearChannel must be peeing their pants with pleasure now that they can just beam US-centric crap into our country without having to make any custom playlists.
Funny, I was just reading about this last night.. the book title escapes me, but it's something like "How not to ruin your career in music". Prince, upon gaining his independence and eventually his stage name back, actually did re-negotiate with a record company for his newest albums; when asked why he was willing to deal with record companies again, he stated that he was now in a position of enough power that the record companies would never dare to propose owning his master recordings, having copyright on his compositions, etc. You know, all the things they like to do to the little musicians.
So artists that make it big only deal with record companies once they have enough clout to deal as equals.
Well, many nations have no problem trading with China for goods, so it's kind of a double-standard to say that they can't also have a say in how the 'net is run. We're willing to let them run a good chunk of our economy... why not our 'net? (I'm just pointing out the inconsistency; I don't think China should be able to set censorship standards by any means!)
Why was parent modded troll? It's accurate in many cases. There have been many reports of doctors who f*ck up royally, sometimes costing lives; they get quietly 'offered' a package to leave the hospital, and resume practice somewhere else. Kind of like bad Catholic priests.
Hoorah! A sensible decision. One law for all, and keep religion (*all* religions) out of it. Makes me happy to be Canadian today. I was worried this nonsense might get into our country; and I didn't even know that other religions *already* had the ability to create legally-binding civil decisions.
I, for one, am glad they've all been kicked out of the arbitration process.
... when free busing was available to get them to higher ground
You certainly must be trolling.. stories abound as to the un-availability of adequate transportation for those without cars and/or money. Certainly, there were a few stupidly stubborn people who hunkered down in their homes, but there were also a huge number who wanted to get out of the city but couldn't.
I think there are some dead university professors who would disagree with you. I doubt any of them had reason to believe Mr. Kaczinsky had made up his mind to send them bombs in the mail just because they happened to work at a university.
Never mind the people who found out a few years ago that they'd been given a free subscription to Military Anthrax Strain Monthly(r)...
No, but I did definitely do it on Atari's "Tempest" and other arcade games.. the level selection (easy/medium/hard) and high-score initials at the end were scrolled through using a wheel. Definite prior art there.
it's still not your place to decide that you can circumvent the law
I beg to differ - as a citizen, it is my *duty* to choose to do exactly that, when I feel it's important enough.
Consciously deciding to defy a law is, in some cases, a very noble act. Civil disobedience is sometimes the most effective way to get a law to change. Only when a law is being flagrantly violated by the majority of the population, will the government realize that said law is unenforceable, goes against the will of the people, and should be repealed.
Be warned that Zubrin is prone to handwaving and optimistic assumptions.
Uh huh.. based on his qualifications, I would treat his 'optimistic assumptions' as more valid than *any* comment here, and probably those of the New Scientist author too.
Why is the radiation bogeyman constantly brought up by critics of space exploration? Zubrin and others have definitively examined the radiation problem. Astronauts -know the risks-, and they want to be astronauts anyway. If they are willing to risk the extra radiation, let them.
Anders Hejlsberg, chief guru at Borland, driving force behind the coolest features of the Delphi language, was lured to Microsoft. As a result, some of C#'s coolest language features like properties look suspiciously like those of Delphi. Really, C# is the result of picking the best bits from Java and Delphi.
If your company needs experienced folks, how about making your own experienced folks?
This is a huge problem in my opinion -- companies don't even want to think about mentoring any more. People don't get experienced unless someone who already has experience is willing to take them under their wing. The 'prior experience required' meme is finally coming to bite corporations in the ass, and it's their own fault. I have little sympathy for them (but lots for the poor employees who can't get hired).
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Ah, but of course your suggestion implicitly assumes one has somewhere else to go once one says "No". The problem is, every major software company values time-to-market over quality precisely because they are not held responsible for their products in the same fashion that engineering firms are.
Of course, cases of gross negligence and pure malice, just like in engineering, will still expose the individual worker to legal action, as is proper. But a systemic lack of process is the employer's failing, not the individual employee's, who will usually be, at best, reprimanded, and at worst, fired, for insisting on better processes by refusing to do the work.
As parent post says, make the EMPLOYER responsible for the quality, and you'll see project timelines become more realistic, factoring in more time for testing, security audits and code reviews. The only other way is for all programmers to simultaneously wildcat strike until issues like this are addressed by their employers, but we all know that will never happen.
I'm curious -- can you point me to more info on how the iRiver units' line outs behave? Is the line-in similarly non-flat? I have an iFP-595T and have used it for live recording off of mixers, with generally good results but I'd like to know what it might be doing to tweak the audio..
Holy crap. Teosto sounds totally evil. Charging musicians for the serice of royalty collection is one step short of extortion. Are you sure they aren't a front for the record labels? :-p
Here in Canada, SOCAN handles performer's rights and they make no restrictions at all on what you do with your own music.. they collect royalties for radio play, soundtracks, etc. but you're totally free to distribute your own compositions as you see fit. And SOCAN membership is, if I recall correctly, free. Their only source of revenue is a (supposedly) small percentage of the royalties they collect, so it's in their best interest not to make it hard to register works...
I wonder, can a musician register one's works with a performing rights organization that isn't in their country of residence?
... two of the best pro synth makers on the market. It's disgusting that a low-end POS (and I don't mean "point of sale") soundcard company could take over two high-end synthesizer houses, leaders in the sampler/workstation market, and cannibalize their incredible chipsets for *home PC sound cards*. What a waste.
Imagine if all the bands in the late 80s and 90s had to compose their music on a SB16. That's how shitty 'Creative' has been for the music biz as far as I'm concerned. Bleah.
A large portion of the world wants the US to tear up our constitution and remake ourselves in the image of the EU. And we aren't interested, now or ever. ...and the US (through both direct government action and US mega-corps) wants every other nation to tear up their constitutions and remake themselves in the image of the US. And we aren't interested, now or ever.
Examples: DMCA; 'harmonized' copyright and patent laws...
As a Canadian, I see *far* more pressure from the US than the EU when it comes to corp-friendly, individual-hostile legislation. Right now for instance, lobbyists have mostly succeeded in getting legislation here that reduces 'Can-con' requirements from 35% (don't remember exact number) to 9% for XM satellite radio. ClearChannel must be peeing their pants with pleasure now that they can just beam US-centric crap into our country without having to make any custom playlists.
Funny, I was just reading about this last night.. the book title escapes me, but it's something like "How not to ruin your career in music". Prince, upon gaining his independence and eventually his stage name back, actually did re-negotiate with a record company for his newest albums; when asked why he was willing to deal with record companies again, he stated that he was now in a position of enough power that the record companies would never dare to propose owning his master recordings, having copyright on his compositions, etc. You know, all the things they like to do to the little musicians.
So artists that make it big only deal with record companies once they have enough clout to deal as equals.
Well, many nations have no problem trading with China for goods, so it's kind of a double-standard to say that they can't also have a say in how the 'net is run. We're willing to let them run a good chunk of our economy... why not our 'net? (I'm just pointing out the inconsistency; I don't think China should be able to set censorship standards by any means!)
Not so. Ever heard of doing the right thing for the wrong reason? Happens all the time.
I tell ya, I'm seriously considering setting up a C64 to link to this, just to get on a network without spam, popups and adware. Imagine.
Just because a company asks you not to do something doesn't mean that are necessarily liability free...
:-)
I'd like to watch as you tell a big roomful of gun manufacturer execs the equivalent.
Remember, "guns don't kill people, people do.". If it's good enough for *weapons dealers*, it's good enough for music I'd think.
Why was parent modded troll? It's accurate in many cases. There have been many reports of doctors who f*ck up royally, sometimes costing lives; they get quietly 'offered' a package to leave the hospital, and resume practice somewhere else. Kind of like bad Catholic priests.
The old boy networks should not be tolerated.
Hoorah! A sensible decision. One law for all, and keep religion (*all* religions) out of it. Makes me happy to be Canadian today. I was worried this nonsense might get into our country; and I didn't even know that other religions *already* had the ability to create legally-binding civil decisions.
I, for one, am glad they've all been kicked out of the arbitration process.
... when free busing was available to get them to higher ground
You certainly must be trolling.. stories abound as to the un-availability of adequate transportation for those without cars and/or money. Certainly, there were a few stupidly stubborn people who hunkered down in their homes, but there were also a huge number who wanted to get out of the city but couldn't.
... low standard of healthcare despite a vast budget for military expenditure are examples of that.
:-p
Funny, sounds like the USA to me as well as China.
I think there are some dead university professors who would disagree with you. I doubt any of them had reason to believe Mr. Kaczinsky had made up his mind to send them bombs in the mail just because they happened to work at a university.
Never mind the people who found out a few years ago that they'd been given a free subscription to Military Anthrax Strain Monthly(r)...
No, but I did definitely do it on Atari's "Tempest" and other arcade games.. the level selection (easy/medium/hard) and high-score initials at the end were scrolled through using a wheel. Definite prior art there.
it's still not your place to decide that you can circumvent the law
I beg to differ - as a citizen, it is my *duty* to choose to do exactly that, when I feel it's important enough.
Consciously deciding to defy a law is, in some cases, a very noble act. Civil disobedience is sometimes the most effective way to get a law to change. Only when a law is being flagrantly violated by the majority of the population, will the government realize that said law is unenforceable, goes against the will of the people, and should be repealed.
What exactly is 'myth' about those? They're all real.
I would submit: ...is not a license to use, sloppily, whatever words you feel like
Why should consumer broadband be a crippled network connection? The internet was designed to support peer-communications, not be like TV.
Be warned that Zubrin is prone to handwaving and optimistic assumptions.
Uh huh.. based on his qualifications, I would treat his 'optimistic assumptions' as more valid than *any* comment here, and probably those of the New Scientist author too.
Why is the radiation bogeyman constantly brought up by critics of space exploration? Zubrin and others have definitively examined the radiation problem. Astronauts -know the risks-, and they want to be astronauts anyway. If they are willing to risk the extra radiation, let them.
Anders Hejlsberg, chief guru at Borland, driving force behind the coolest features of the Delphi language, was lured to Microsoft. As a result, some of C#'s coolest language features like properties look suspiciously like those of Delphi. Really, C# is the result of picking the best bits from Java and Delphi.
a cydnet_2.htm
http://delphi.about.com/od/delphifornet/a/conspir
un.org.terra.sol
:-)
un.org.mars.sol
etc. Though I guess the '.sol' would be an implicit default, until all those people at other-star colonies need to change their setup
Gee, no one remembers The "APC net" in Doctor Who? That was a fuly realized cyberspace / holodeck dating back to the 1960s episodes.
If your company needs experienced folks, how about making your own experienced folks?
This is a huge problem in my opinion -- companies don't even want to think about mentoring any more. People don't get experienced unless someone who already has experience is willing to take them under their wing. The 'prior experience required' meme is finally coming to bite corporations in the ass, and it's their own fault. I have little sympathy for them (but lots for the poor employees who can't get hired).