No, he did it at a time when his party controlled both houses of Congress and the Presidency. He figured he didn't HAVE to worry about getting caught because who was going to order an investigation? When you control everything, you have absolute power. And we all know what absolute power does.
Since I was "grandfathered in" under an older weekly stipend in Second Life, Linden Labs essentially pays ME about $10 a year to be in Second Life (I pay about $75 a year for membership, my stipend is worth about $85 in U.S. dollars).
The problem with free indie music is that it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. The existing studio system might suck as gatekeepers (these were the people who gave Britney Spears a recording contract, after all). But at least when you see a studio-signed recording artist you get SOME assurance that the album will at least be professionally produced and that the artist has SOME talent (Ashley Simpson and Kelly Osbourne aside).
If indie music is to really overthrow the studio system, the field needs some form of gatekeepers. Mere word of mouth isn't enough (too many really talented artists will be ignored in favor of talentless hacks who just happen to have a lot of myspace friends).
U.S. game companies get to charge Australians extra as part of a long-standing restitution agreement set up to repay U.S. hotels for all the damage Bon Scott did in the 70's.
You haven't missed anything. The show sucks. It's just a platform for a formulaic "weird crisis of the week" show (like the X-files, only without the brilliance of a Darin Morgan to write the occasional decent episode). And the "science" of the show is exactly what you would expect from 3rd-tier Hollywood writers (some sporadic meaningless jargon thrown in to explain something happening that essentially just an excuse to show off some cool special effects--a la Star Trek).
You forgot the crocodile, aka the really pissed-off giant alligator. Even worse though are the hotheaded anti-American rednecks looking for a fight in every damn bar you go into.
Laugh at the silly people all you want, but this happened to me as a kid. Some local new station ran a story on the "donut harvest," showing people picking donuts from plants ("These raw donuts will now be sent to a plant to be glazed"). When you're a small kid and don't know anything about how donuts or other pastries are made it seems logical enough. And is spaghetti really all that different from a lot of kelp and other seaweeds that come from nature? I can see where someone who knew nothing about pasta (this is Britain, after all) could be taken in by such a story.
I gather that a lot of the services at Google (stuff like free laundry, a cafeteria, etc.) are there as a not-so-subtle hint that they expect you to work a lot longer hours than just 9-5. It's not their way of saying "Hey, we're laid back" so much as saying "We expect you to almost live here." Personally, I'd rather work an 8-hour day and pay for my own damn laundry and food.
The voting process is way too important and way too tempting to those who would corrupt it to abandon a simple, verifiable paper ballot for an all-too-easily-hacked computerized system. Reliability should not be abandoned for convenience in an area so vital to a functioning democracy.
KOTOR sold 2-3x more copies on the Xbox than the PC. Now they're abandoning the console in favor of the WAY oversaturated PC-only MMO market?!? wtf? Very dumb move. They've abandoned a guaranteed cash-cow for another Star Wars Galaxies flop.
The biggest problem with DRM isn't that people hate it while they're using it. It's that they REALLY hate it when the company they bought their music/movies/games from turns their entire collection of "owned" content to dust because the company got tired of running their DRM servers.
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No, he did it at a time when his party controlled both houses of Congress and the Presidency. He figured he didn't HAVE to worry about getting caught because who was going to order an investigation? When you control everything, you have absolute power. And we all know what absolute power does.
Since I was "grandfathered in" under an older weekly stipend in Second Life, Linden Labs essentially pays ME about $10 a year to be in Second Life (I pay about $75 a year for membership, my stipend is worth about $85 in U.S. dollars).
So yes, some people are making money.
Who would have thought that a classy lady like Madonna would have such a potty mouth? I guess nursing homes really do change people.
The problem with free indie music is that it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. The existing studio system might suck as gatekeepers (these were the people who gave Britney Spears a recording contract, after all). But at least when you see a studio-signed recording artist you get SOME assurance that the album will at least be professionally produced and that the artist has SOME talent (Ashley Simpson and Kelly Osbourne aside).
If indie music is to really overthrow the studio system, the field needs some form of gatekeepers. Mere word of mouth isn't enough (too many really talented artists will be ignored in favor of talentless hacks who just happen to have a lot of myspace friends).
I'll install Kazaa on my system right after I install Realplayer, Quicktime, and an exe file some nice Nigerian prince sent me.
U.S. game companies get to charge Australians extra as part of a long-standing restitution agreement set up to repay U.S. hotels for all the damage Bon Scott did in the 70's.
You haven't missed anything. The show sucks. It's just a platform for a formulaic "weird crisis of the week" show (like the X-files, only without the brilliance of a Darin Morgan to write the occasional decent episode). And the "science" of the show is exactly what you would expect from 3rd-tier Hollywood writers (some sporadic meaningless jargon thrown in to explain something happening that essentially just an excuse to show off some cool special effects--a la Star Trek).
You forgot the crocodile, aka the really pissed-off giant alligator. Even worse though are the hotheaded anti-American rednecks looking for a fight in every damn bar you go into.
Laugh at the silly people all you want, but this happened to me as a kid. Some local new station ran a story on the "donut harvest," showing people picking donuts from plants ("These raw donuts will now be sent to a plant to be glazed"). When you're a small kid and don't know anything about how donuts or other pastries are made it seems logical enough. And is spaghetti really all that different from a lot of kelp and other seaweeds that come from nature? I can see where someone who knew nothing about pasta (this is Britain, after all) could be taken in by such a story.
"Linux"--the Finnish word for "Many confusing forks"
Only YOU can decide how far you're willing to go for your job. You're essentially asking us what your own ethical limits are.
Thank God! After WoW destroyed my life and my credit cards were all canceled, I thought my days as an undead thief were over.
I gather that a lot of the services at Google (stuff like free laundry, a cafeteria, etc.) are there as a not-so-subtle hint that they expect you to work a lot longer hours than just 9-5. It's not their way of saying "Hey, we're laid back" so much as saying "We expect you to almost live here." Personally, I'd rather work an 8-hour day and pay for my own damn laundry and food.
The voting process is way too important and way too tempting to those who would corrupt it to abandon a simple, verifiable paper ballot for an all-too-easily-hacked computerized system. Reliability should not be abandoned for convenience in an area so vital to a functioning democracy.
KOTOR sold 2-3x more copies on the Xbox than the PC. Now they're abandoning the console in favor of the WAY oversaturated PC-only MMO market?!? wtf? Very dumb move. They've abandoned a guaranteed cash-cow for another Star Wars Galaxies flop.
Wouldn't it be easier to make a "Constitution Applies" zone?
I hear Ballmer has already thrown in some chairs for his new office.
Did I not mentioned that I'm very lazy?
Doesn't matter. Your free will was just an illusion anyway.
Pirated songs don't count.
Blasphemy!
How about a 1000 mpg car?
For her crewmmate's sake, I hope no one can hear you sing either.
We're putting Ashley Simpson on the flight too. Still want to go?
The biggest problem with DRM isn't that people hate it while they're using it. It's that they REALLY hate it when the company they bought their music/movies/games from turns their entire collection of "owned" content to dust because the company got tired of running their DRM servers.