I read this as a company is settling to mine Mars, as if they originally had planned to mine Saturn, but they had to shoot a little lower due to budget constraints or something.
In order to ensure that the votes are counted correctly, the receipt for your vote should include the total number of votes, including yours, that each candidate has received, including the ones you didn't vote for. This way, if people want to, they can check against the people who voted before them that the tallies reflect the correct vote. The voting could still be anonymous, as all one would need to know is the number of votes that the previous persons receipt reflects, and judge it against their own.
But then explain to me why Apple has been so against 3rd party extenders to iTunes. For example, try to get your Pocket PC with iTunes. Until recently, you haven't been able to. Why? Companies that provide the apps get sued by Apple. How does this fit the "protect the musicians" model? It doesn't.
The reason that 3rd party plugs aren't allowed in iTunes is because they would be used to circumvent the measures that Apple has taken to apease the labels, and I think we can all agree that if they were allowed, that's exactly what most of them would do. Apple originally was against a DRM scheme for the iPod and iTMS. If they weren't, I highly doubt it would be as easy as it is to pull songs off an iPod, or that the restrictions on DRM'd iTMS files would be so lax.
I think DRM goes against what Apple stands for, and not because Apple is a "paragon of virtue". It has nothing to do with high moral ground. Everything Apple does, everything it designs, is all based around a seamless and smooth user experience. All DRM does is hamper that experience. You'll notice that there's no serial number/authorization/challenge-response for OS X. There's no extreme verification for any of their other software. Why? Because it sucks from a users standpoint. What they loose in piracy, they more than make up for in people choosing Apple because it lacks these hassles.
That, and they want to sell iPods... but chances are you want to buy one, so it all works out.
Of course, that said, I still won't buy any music with DRM, fanboy or not.
The "mail it to yourself" scheme is a myth. It has no legal value whatsoever in court. If push comes to shove and all you have to defend your copyright is a self addressed envelope containing the work, chances are, you'll be losing the rights to that work.
...from the fact that cell phones fail miserably at their one actual purpose; vocal communication. I'd like to see providers supply users with a product that fufills it's primary objective before gluing things like cameras, qwertys... or now... lasers... onto it. The slogan "Can you hear me now?" sums up the entire industry in a nutshell (though why a company would choose to spend millions associating themselves with phrase usually spoken in desparation while using the device they sell is beyond me). Give me a phone that works at least as well as any other utility, and maybe then we can talk about nifty attatchments.
That may be the case on paper, but in practice I've found that to be nowhere near true. Me and two friends have all crashed the heads on our iPods. Mine fell off a couch about a foot and a half onto a wood floor while it was in a sock and died, and similar thing happened to my buddy. Another friend had his in the pocket of his pool cue case when it fell over. Afterwards you could shake it and hear the broken head rattling back and forth, and the thing wouldn't even display a screen.
Your boss sounds like an ass. Like many people have said, you're not "required" to do jack, and two weeks is a courtesy. As far as being "on-call" when you don't work there, that's called being an Outside Consultant, which usually requires a sizable retainer to cover your enormous hourly rates. Though in this scenario, I'd probably do everything in my power to avoid contact with this company in the future; some accounts just aren't worth the headache.
However, I would definitely stick with the four weeks, since that's what you offered to begin with. Plus, as a added benefit, if you make it known at your new job that you're giving your old job four weeks instead of two, it'll display you in a very good light to your new employers.
Well, think about it. With podcasting, the person with the "pod" part isn't broadcasting anything, the "pod" is receiving media, or the broadcast. With PSPcasting, the PSP isn't braodcasting, it's on the receiving end of media, hence "PSPcasting". If it catches on, I'm sure we'll see actual video broadcasts for the PSP in the style of podcasts for mp3 players.
I agree that verbal warnings would be a bad solution. I've had exepriences at coffeeshops where the manager came out every hour to check the timestamp on everyone's receipts. If it was more than an hour old, you had to buy something or leave. Lets just say that this practice didn't bolster a sense of respect for the establisment.
I think some obvious, well placed signage reminding people that they should support the cafe appropriate to the time spent would be the best solution. That way, you don't have to battle with your customers, and it would promote an atmosphere of support for the business. Plus, you don't want to kick out someone who may be a good regular customer just because they've only a few bucks on them one day (as students sometimes do).
Thanks for the kinda words. I'm not quite sure what you mean by the question though. People can and do post replies on my blog. Are you referring to something else?
How on earth did these students manage to get Adam West, Mark Hammil and Dick van Dyke to be in their school project. I mean those guys are really... big... oh, wait.
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It's Satan deciding that he just can't hit the snooze button anymore.
Carpet the countertop, to prevent scratching peoples machines, and plenty of ice cube trays to organise different screws when taking a machine apart.
I read this as a company is settling to mine Mars, as if they originally had planned to mine Saturn, but they had to shoot a little lower due to budget constraints or something.
Does this mean that we'll finally be on the metric system by then?
In order to ensure that the votes are counted correctly, the receipt for your vote should include the total number of votes, including yours, that each candidate has received, including the ones you didn't vote for. This way, if people want to, they can check against the people who voted before them that the tallies reflect the correct vote. The voting could still be anonymous, as all one would need to know is the number of votes that the previous persons receipt reflects, and judge it against their own.
The law is bought.
Or is it licensed?
Anyone know if the polution removed by this paint outweighs the polution created to manufacture it?
I installed iWork last week, and if I remember correctly, all I did was enter my serial number.
The reason that 3rd party plugs aren't allowed in iTunes is because they would be used to circumvent the measures that Apple has taken to apease the labels, and I think we can all agree that if they were allowed, that's exactly what most of them would do. Apple originally was against a DRM scheme for the iPod and iTMS. If they weren't, I highly doubt it would be as easy as it is to pull songs off an iPod, or that the restrictions on DRM'd iTMS files would be so lax.
I think DRM goes against what Apple stands for, and not because Apple is a "paragon of virtue". It has nothing to do with high moral ground. Everything Apple does, everything it designs, is all based around a seamless and smooth user experience. All DRM does is hamper that experience. You'll notice that there's no serial number/authorization/challenge-response for OS X. There's no extreme verification for any of their other software. Why? Because it sucks from a users standpoint. What they loose in piracy, they more than make up for in people choosing Apple because it lacks these hassles.
That, and they want to sell iPods... but chances are you want to buy one, so it all works out.
Of course, that said, I still won't buy any music with DRM, fanboy or not.
People also happily pay big money for a BMW, when the ideas behind internal combustion are free.
Heh, suckers.
Apple's new ad campaign:
I'm InteMac, are you?
Here's a copy of Beethoven's 9th stretched out to 24 hours. The algorhythm used is superb, and the end result is amazing.
E=mc±3dB
Which headset? I've been looking for something for that exact purpose and have yet to find something adequate.
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The "mail it to yourself" scheme is a myth. It has no legal value whatsoever in court. If push comes to shove and all you have to defend your copyright is a self addressed envelope containing the work, chances are, you'll be losing the rights to that work.
...from the fact that cell phones fail miserably at their one actual purpose; vocal communication. I'd like to see providers supply users with a product that fufills it's primary objective before gluing things like cameras, qwertys... or now... lasers... onto it. The slogan "Can you hear me now?" sums up the entire industry in a nutshell (though why a company would choose to spend millions associating themselves with phrase usually spoken in desparation while using the device they sell is beyond me). Give me a phone that works at least as well as any other utility, and maybe then we can talk about nifty attatchments.
I use one of my girlfriend's little socks as an iPod case.
That may be the case on paper, but in practice I've found that to be nowhere near true. Me and two friends have all crashed the heads on our iPods. Mine fell off a couch about a foot and a half onto a wood floor while it was in a sock and died, and similar thing happened to my buddy. Another friend had his in the pocket of his pool cue case when it fell over. Afterwards you could shake it and hear the broken head rattling back and forth, and the thing wouldn't even display a screen.
Your boss sounds like an ass. Like many people have said, you're not "required" to do jack, and two weeks is a courtesy. As far as being "on-call" when you don't work there, that's called being an Outside Consultant, which usually requires a sizable retainer to cover your enormous hourly rates. Though in this scenario, I'd probably do everything in my power to avoid contact with this company in the future; some accounts just aren't worth the headache.
However, I would definitely stick with the four weeks, since that's what you offered to begin with. Plus, as a added benefit, if you make it known at your new job that you're giving your old job four weeks instead of two, it'll display you in a very good light to your new employers.
Well, think about it. With podcasting, the person with the "pod" part isn't broadcasting anything, the "pod" is receiving media, or the broadcast. With PSPcasting, the PSP isn't braodcasting, it's on the receiving end of media, hence "PSPcasting". If it catches on, I'm sure we'll see actual video broadcasts for the PSP in the style of podcasts for mp3 players.
I agree that verbal warnings would be a bad solution. I've had exepriences at coffeeshops where the manager came out every hour to check the timestamp on everyone's receipts. If it was more than an hour old, you had to buy something or leave. Lets just say that this practice didn't bolster a sense of respect for the establisment.
I think some obvious, well placed signage reminding people that they should support the cafe appropriate to the time spent would be the best solution. That way, you don't have to battle with your customers, and it would promote an atmosphere of support for the business. Plus, you don't want to kick out someone who may be a good regular customer just because they've only a few bucks on them one day (as students sometimes do).
Thanks for the kinda words. I'm not quite sure what you mean by the question though. People can and do post replies on my blog. Are you referring to something else?
I though the spelling looked wrong, but alas, I'm not a leader, I'm a follower.
How on earth did these students manage to get Adam West, Mark Hammil and Dick van Dyke to be in their school project. I mean those guys are really... big... oh, wait.