Lets then say that trasporation for him, his crew, and his gear averages out to (conservatively) $2500/show (for a small entourage on a multi-national tour). And then let's be conservative and say the hotel costs are about $1000 for the enitre crew. Then he's got to pay for road food for everyone, salaries, and other little things along the way. Let's conservatively say that the whole thing comes out to $7000 per show. $7000x50 shows = $350,000. Uh-oh. There go his profits plus some.
Now, more likely he's getting a flat rate per show. As a semi-popular artist he'll probably pull down $5000 to $10,000 per show. He'll probably break even and might even tip the scale a little. In either direction. And if you think that all that stuff comes out of the venue owner's pocket, you're foolish. And having worked booking acts for a couple venues in the past, I can tell you that the prices I've quoted go to the tour manager and all these costs come out before the artist sees anything.
I've looked at this quite a bit. This is probably one of the largest wastes of money that this state has ever put out. While out school children are given laptops, the school buildings are falling down, the teachers aren't trained on how to use (let alone teach the use of) the computers, and the state's credit rating has now tanked. On top of it all, ex-Govenor King got us into a contract with Apple that has high fees if we back out within 5 years - without the support of the mojority of the people of Maine. Oh, and now I'm hearing from the parents of the students that their kids aren't even allowed to bring the ocmputers home. Why didn't they just upgrade the computer labs with nice cheap desktops? It would have been just as effective.
For anyone out there who would like a Line6 POD 2 but wants to spend a little less, check out the Behringer V-Amp 2. It's a very nice piece of equipment, plus any updates that they put out will be freely available via flashable EEPROM. The sounds are excellent, and it comes with a footpedal and case.
All that link to Cornell says is that you have the right to copy for fair use. It says nothing about them not having the right to defeat your copying. They have every right to do this, but it's going to hurt their business model in the long run.
The problem is that there is still scarcity in other markets. Until you eliminate scarcity in all markets, there still has to be a profit in any market for there to be a mainstream supplier. Without profit, all you have is hobbyists who may not have the time or desire to produce quality goods. Then you'll have a whole new scarcity - that of quality goods. (note - I'm not saying that hobbyists can't produce quality - I'm saying that many of them don't. And I'm also not saying that professionals always produce quality - that would be laughable. But if you look at movies, it costs quite a bit to produce most of the really good ones, so hobbyists are pretty much left out of the market for now.)
I'm one of the lucky coders who happens to have a great boss. Of course, what makes him a great boss is that he's every bit as much a geek as the rest of us. He's worked as a programmer and a DBA for years, and then found himself in a management role.
The things that I appreciate is that he'll always ask our opinions - AND LISTENS TO US (unless we're in the car giving him directions - then he tends to get lost anyways), he keeps us out of meetings and lets us write code, and he does his best to see that we have all the technology we need and most of what we want.
Yes, if you don't like it, then withdraw your support - and don't draw any support off of the system either. Move to another country if you live in the US currently. One where you agree with every policy they have (if you can find one) and pay your taxes there - if you can afford to.
Face it, despite some problems with certain policies, the US is still the best place to live as far as freedom and financial security and quality of life in general go. And if you really have a problem with some aspect of policy, vote and run for office.
But that's the thing - by not allowing VPN traffic on a non-business connection, they're not offering the same commodity at different prices. I mean, there's got to be something that business class customers are paying extra for, and VPN is part of that under their sale options.
As a Maine resident / Maine school system grad / computer programmer, I'd have to agree with what you've said. Actually, I've followed this since it was first proposed a few years back by Governor King, and most people are opposed to it. In the town I live in, over half of the high school students are learning in portable classrooms because there isn't enough room in the main building to house them. If they need to go to the bathroom, they need to go outside, cross the parking lot, walk through the main building, go, then reverse the trip. During the Maine Winter (which is most of the school year), this means donning jacket/boots/etc, and disrupting class time. Yet these laptops are taking precidence over repairing and expanding school buildings. And this particular school is not an isolated situation (we're number 22 on a list of schools to be expanded, and we're not at the bottom).
This state's government needs to get its priorities right.
Seems to me that when a person is a newbie, they should expect to RTFM. And if the don't, they should expect (a) to miss things, and (b) things to go wrong.
Besides, it'd be a lot easier and less wasteful to put a little text next to the LILO prompt saying "Hit tab for options".
um, why do we even need to bother with the graphical boot prompt? When I first upgraded to RedHat 7.1 from 6.2, I found myself staring at that ugly blue screen with a bad rendition of Tux on it and thinking "Why the hell did they do this when the text prompt worked so well?" It's not like the graphical interface added any extra functionality other than not having to hit tab to see what's available.
Has everyone forgotten that the whole idea behind the matrix was to create a new superman type character for a new generation, and that the first movie was written as an afterthought to explain how Neo got these super powers? The ideas for the sequels came first, and they decided that they needed to do a little explaining before releasing those.
I've got the Thinkpad 760E, which sounds like the same model you've got. I don't see the info you've found on the ibm website, but I'm obviously VERY interested in seeing it. If you could post more specific info, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
I believe what was said was that there's no evidence conclusively linking the warming trend to anything under human control. The earth is warming - no doubt about it, but it could very likely be part of a natural trend.
Every financial institution I do business with save one sent out notification with a form letter attached that I just had to sign and send back. That one that didn't send the form letter had an 800 number to call with an automated system. naturally, I sent back all my form letters within a couple days after receiving them, so I've got nothing to worry about. (well, nothing beyond the normal worries.)
Believes that they "own" the content of the database, they call this "IP" (per the buzzword that everyone is using these days).
Gracenote never claimed to own the content of the database. They own the code that accesses the database and the schema of the database. They'll have to prove that FreeDB uses that code and/or schema to win against FreeDB (if that's who they were suing), but either way they have no case against Roxio.
While I don't agree that many companies owe their existance to MS or that MS is wrong for charging for
Ah, whoops - that should have been "I don't disagree"
Sorry about that...
As far as the reply saying that not every network needs a godly admin, that's true, but one at an ISP with a big client sure should have someone with the knowledge to keep everything running smoothly under all reasonable circumstances.
We provide ISP services, using Microsoft products. As a result of this we recently got a multimillion dollar contract.
There is only one IT admin guy and he's also the sales guy. He doesn't know anything about unix, and we couldn't with such a small operation, afford a fulltime unix admin, so without Windows' ease of use (think standard dialogue boxes, GUI configuration and so on) we would not have been able to make any money.
While I don't agree that many companies owe their existance to MS or that MS is wrong for charging for software, I'd be careful with your business... You may just end up watching that multi-million dollar contract go down the tubes soon when something happens that a part time administrator who relies on "standard dialogue boxes, GUI configuration and so on" can't handle. This is the whole problem (as has been pointed out here many times) with the MCSE program - it trains people to use those dialogue boxes and GUI tools, but doesn't teach them the theory behind them which may be needed for more severe problems.
THis sounds like they're trying to turn Napster in to a P2P version of mp3.com. I don't see a problem with that as long as they can find a way to accept submissions without RIAA having to OK each one. I don't think that'll be a problem because it's already being done at mp3.com. Of course, there will be people who try to do things like the suggested "my new band Etallica..." post, but then the problem is 100% with the user mis-representing themselves, and that's who the lawsuit should be against.
I suppose I'll find out soon enough (though with tomorrow being valentines day probably not until thursday), but does this also cover the MWave's soundcard capabilities? Will I finally be able to listen to my mp3s and record audio on my thinkpad without rebooting to windows?
...to go into the TV repair business... Can you imagine how many people will want to keep their old "I can watch anything - even if it's not in HDTC" televisions in working order?
There has been no legal precedent set here... Yahoo's TOS ALREADY banned items such as this. They're just enforcing it now. It's still their sole descision what is or is not allowed on their site.
However, this does show the need for an international governing body which can set laws for what is increasingly becoming a global community.
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Lets then say that trasporation for him, his crew, and his gear averages out to (conservatively) $2500/show (for a small entourage on a multi-national tour). And then let's be conservative and say the hotel costs are about $1000 for the enitre crew. Then he's got to pay for road food for everyone, salaries, and other little things along the way. Let's conservatively say that the whole thing comes out to $7000 per show. $7000x50 shows = $350,000. Uh-oh. There go his profits plus some.
Now, more likely he's getting a flat rate per show. As a semi-popular artist he'll probably pull down $5000 to $10,000 per show. He'll probably break even and might even tip the scale a little. In either direction. And if you think that all that stuff comes out of the venue owner's pocket, you're foolish. And having worked booking acts for a couple venues in the past, I can tell you that the prices I've quoted go to the tour manager and all these costs come out before the artist sees anything.
I've looked at this quite a bit. This is probably one of the largest wastes of money that this state has ever put out. While out school children are given laptops, the school buildings are falling down, the teachers aren't trained on how to use (let alone teach the use of) the computers, and the state's credit rating has now tanked. On top of it all, ex-Govenor King got us into a contract with Apple that has high fees if we back out within 5 years - without the support of the mojority of the people of Maine. Oh, and now I'm hearing from the parents of the students that their kids aren't even allowed to bring the ocmputers home. Why didn't they just upgrade the computer labs with nice cheap desktops? It would have been just as effective.
For anyone out there who would like a Line6 POD 2 but wants to spend a little less, check out the Behringer V-Amp 2. It's a very nice piece of equipment, plus any updates that they put out will be freely available via flashable EEPROM. The sounds are excellent, and it comes with a footpedal and case.
I've done some of my best design work while standing in the shower.
Yeah, I've done some of my best work in the shower too, but that's not really what I'm reading slashdot to discuss...
Quake is number one on the Slashdot Poll today. Are geeks really that prone to violence?
All that link to Cornell says is that you have the right to copy for fair use. It says nothing about them not having the right to defeat your copying. They have every right to do this, but it's going to hurt their business model in the long run.
The problem is that there is still scarcity in other markets. Until you eliminate scarcity in all markets, there still has to be a profit in any market for there to be a mainstream supplier. Without profit, all you have is hobbyists who may not have the time or desire to produce quality goods. Then you'll have a whole new scarcity - that of quality goods.
(note - I'm not saying that hobbyists can't produce quality - I'm saying that many of them don't. And I'm also not saying that professionals always produce quality - that would be laughable. But if you look at movies, it costs quite a bit to produce most of the really good ones, so hobbyists are pretty much left out of the market for now.)
I'm one of the lucky coders who happens to have a great boss. Of course, what makes him a great boss is that he's every bit as much a geek as the rest of us. He's worked as a programmer and a DBA for years, and then found himself in a management role.
The things that I appreciate is that he'll always ask our opinions - AND LISTENS TO US (unless we're in the car giving him directions - then he tends to get lost anyways), he keeps us out of meetings and lets us write code, and he does his best to see that we have all the technology we need and most of what we want.
Yes, if you don't like it, then withdraw your support - and don't draw any support off of the system either. Move to another country if you live in the US currently. One where you agree with every policy they have (if you can find one) and pay your taxes there - if you can afford to.
Face it, despite some problems with certain policies, the US is still the best place to live as far as freedom and financial security and quality of life in general go. And if you really have a problem with some aspect of policy, vote and run for office.
But that's the thing - by not allowing VPN traffic on a non-business connection, they're not offering the same commodity at different prices. I mean, there's got to be something that business class customers are paying extra for, and VPN is part of that under their sale options.
As a Maine resident / Maine school system grad / computer programmer, I'd have to agree with what you've said. Actually, I've followed this since it was first proposed a few years back by Governor King, and most people are opposed to it. In the town I live in, over half of the high school students are learning in portable classrooms because there isn't enough room in the main building to house them. If they need to go to the bathroom, they need to go outside, cross the parking lot, walk through the main building, go, then reverse the trip. During the Maine Winter (which is most of the school year), this means donning jacket/boots/etc, and disrupting class time. Yet these laptops are taking precidence over repairing and expanding school buildings. And this particular school is not an isolated situation (we're number 22 on a list of schools to be expanded, and we're not at the bottom).
This state's government needs to get its priorities right.
Seems to me that when a person is a newbie, they should expect to RTFM. And if the don't, they should expect (a) to miss things, and (b) things to go wrong.
Besides, it'd be a lot easier and less wasteful to put a little text next to the LILO prompt saying "Hit tab for options".
(no more blocky 320x200 graphic at bootup)
um, why do we even need to bother with the graphical boot prompt? When I first upgraded to RedHat 7.1 from 6.2, I found myself staring at that ugly blue screen with a bad rendition of Tux on it and thinking "Why the hell did they do this when the text prompt worked so well?" It's not like the graphical interface added any extra functionality other than not having to hit tab to see what's available.
Has everyone forgotten that the whole idea behind the matrix was to create a new superman type character for a new generation, and that the first movie was written as an afterthought to explain how Neo got these super powers? The ideas for the sequels came first, and they decided that they needed to do a little explaining before releasing those.
I've got the Thinkpad 760E, which sounds like the same model you've got. I don't see the info you've found on the ibm website, but I'm obviously VERY interested in seeing it. If you could post more specific info, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
I believe what was said was that there's no evidence conclusively linking the warming trend to anything under human control. The earth is warming - no doubt about it, but it could very likely be part of a natural trend.
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Every financial institution I do business with save one sent out notification with a form letter attached that I just had to sign and send back. That one that didn't send the form letter had an 800 number to call with an automated system. naturally, I sent back all my form letters within a couple days after receiving them, so I've got nothing to worry about. (well, nothing beyond the normal worries.)
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Well, they wrote the script to do the upgrade in exactly the same way...
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Gracenote:
Believes that they "own" the content of the database, they call this "IP" (per the buzzword that everyone is using these days).
Gracenote never claimed to own the content of the database. They own the code that accesses the database and the schema of the database. They'll have to prove that FreeDB uses that code and/or schema to win against FreeDB (if that's who they were suing), but either way they have no case against Roxio.
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While I don't agree that many companies owe their existance to MS or that MS is wrong for charging for
Ah, whoops - that should have been "I don't disagree"
Sorry about that...
As far as the reply saying that not every network needs a godly admin, that's true, but one at an ISP with a big client sure should have someone with the knowledge to keep everything running smoothly under all reasonable circumstances.
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We provide ISP services, using Microsoft products. As a result of this we recently got a multimillion dollar contract.
There is only one IT admin guy and he's also the sales guy. He doesn't know anything about unix, and we couldn't with such a small operation, afford a fulltime unix admin, so without Windows' ease of use (think standard dialogue boxes, GUI configuration and so on) we would not have been able to make any money.
While I don't agree that many companies owe their existance to MS or that MS is wrong for charging for software, I'd be careful with your business... You may just end up watching that multi-million dollar contract go down the tubes soon when something happens that a part time administrator who relies on "standard dialogue boxes, GUI configuration and so on" can't handle. This is the whole problem (as has been pointed out here many times) with the MCSE program - it trains people to use those dialogue boxes and GUI tools, but doesn't teach them the theory behind them which may be needed for more severe problems.
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THis sounds like they're trying to turn Napster in to a P2P version of mp3.com. I don't see a problem with that as long as they can find a way to accept submissions without RIAA having to OK each one. I don't think that'll be a problem because it's already being done at mp3.com. Of course, there will be people who try to do things like the suggested "my new band Etallica..." post, but then the problem is 100% with the user mis-representing themselves, and that's who the lawsuit should be against.
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I suppose I'll find out soon enough (though with tomorrow being valentines day probably not until thursday), but does this also cover the MWave's soundcard capabilities? Will I finally be able to listen to my mp3s and record audio on my thinkpad without rebooting to windows?
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...to go into the TV repair business... Can you imagine how many people will want to keep their old "I can watch anything - even if it's not in HDTC" televisions in working order?
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There has been no legal precedent set here... Yahoo's TOS ALREADY banned items such as this. They're just enforcing it now. It's still their sole descision what is or is not allowed on their site.
However, this does show the need for an international governing body which can set laws for what is increasingly becoming a global community.
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