back in the 1980's, economy cars were pushing 40-50MPG for fuel economy. Nowadays, you don't see more than about 30-35MPG unless it's a hybrid.
I think the reason for this is that they recently changed how mileage is calculated. I believe I read something about it being corrected to become more accurate. I should have taken a greater interest, but I live in a city, so I don't own a car or usually pay attention to auto trends.
Just keep telling yourself that. Repeat it over and over. Maybe if you wish hard enough someday it will be true. Until then, you're only justifying your behavior to yourself.
I worked in local radio stations across the country for about a decade, mostly in small and medium markets. I left radio about five years ago. When I did some of those stations were still using eight-foot-tall cart machines holding 30 carts in a circle as their automation. These were machines built in the 50's.
Radio is not like the computer industry -- upgrades come slowly, especially in small markets. Stations don't jump onto the latest technology. They buy a piece of hardware and expect to get 20 or 30 years use out of it. I know a TV station that is still using 2" video carts. Those haven't been made since the early 90's, but they keep chugging along. Many radio stations use transmitters built in the 1950's and 1960's. A lot of radio stations (and at least one TV station I know of) started out using World War II surplus materials. One station I worked for still uses an old WWII Jeep as its backup generator (only had to use it once while I was there).
All that aside, unless something has changed in the last few years, transcription is still not an FCC mandate, regardless of what is theoretically possible.
Remember when the Bush Camp tried to shut down Jib Jab over the copyright of "This land is my land?"
Slashdot would be a better place is people could leave their partisanship on the side and just present facts, not their dreams.
JibJab was sued by The Richmond Organization, which owns Ludlow Music, and was asserting its copyright claim.
As much as I hate to cite Wikipedia:
Richmond Organization threaten[ed] legal action. At this point, it was noticed that the copyright to the original 1945 publication had expired in 1973 and was not renewed as then required by copyright law. The Richmond Organization settled with Jibjab shortly thereafter. It still, however, claims copyright on other versions of the song, such as those appearing in the 1956 and later publications. Legally, such claims only apply to original elements of the song that were not in the public domain version.
So, no, it wasn't the "Bush Camp" that tried to get the song pulled. And those who can remember the parody without the tinted glasses of partisanship remember that it poked fun at both Republicans and Democrats equally well. But somehow you don't see Republicans claiming the "Kerry Camp" tried to get it silenced. I wonder why that is...
The FCC requires the radio station to keep a log of everything going over the air and transcripts of the talk too.
Absolutely untrue. Most radio stations don't have the money or manpower to even approach your fictional requirement. The big ones probably do, but the majority of radio stations are still small, in spite of the anti-CC hype you hear.
But the hard to replace battery is a handicap even before the battery dies. You Can't Use A Spare Battery. It saves you lots of trouble for increased performance and convenience if the spare battery comes with a spare charger.
Sure you can. There are lots of spare battery options for iPods. They plug in the bottom, and work just fine with the iPhone. You can either re-charge it, or run it off the battery directly if you don't want to wait.
I bought one for $20 that takes standard AAA batteries.
You've demonstrated that you don't know what you're talking about. I suggest you stop talking.
Although the submission puts the story in the context of the recording industry versus the computer industry, it's a lot worse than that.
Because of the strange laws in Belgium and the country's lack of codified freedoms, SABAM has sued or threaten to sue people for all sorts of things. They've even hired lawyers in America to sue Americans for posting their own vacation photographs on the internet. That's how crazy the laws are in Belgium.
If I target desktop devices, and hover is perfectly intuitive and usable
Only if you assume that every person in your audience is using a WIMP interface. Lots of people, especially creative professionals, use tablets and other input devices which don't always work with hover.
But you are correct -- it is entirely your choice to limit your potential audience. Just don't be surprised when a more enlightened competitor starts eating your lunch.
(Note that I have no children, don't work for a school or school system, and in no way am involved in the American education cartel so I really don't care much one way or the other.)
Yes they have. It's called "product placement", and it's getting more invasive.
More invasive? Time to go back to the history books, Sonny.
Things used to be much worse. Advertisers would have their logos splashed all over TV shows and movies. On TV news they would be on the anchor desks, in the backgrounds, even on the clothes the anchors would wear.
There's a great exhibit in the Old Louisiana State Capitol that is an old TV news set from the 50's. The news was called something like "The Esso Seven O'Clock News" and there's a big Esso logo on the front of the desk, and I think one on the microphone as well as other places.
Quite an eye-opener. At least modern product placement is subtle. I think we're just getting more sensitive to it.
Since when? You sound like some P.R. flack. That attitude doesn't stand up in court. Public is public. It's been ruled dozens of times over in court cases about open records, open court proceedings, and open government meetings.
its the same public as any other public thing like this... the general public can get an invite. but cannot walk in from the streets.
It's not just the public. You'd be surprised how many times organizations will put out press releases inviting the media to cover an event, then when the media shows up they lock the doors and say it's a private event even though they sent dozens of faxed invitations and filled up your voice mail to make sure you're coming. Then they get pissed that no one covered their event and you get angry calls from their friends/family/colleagues/bosses/whatever demanding to know why you didn't cover the event and they blog about how bad the big evil media conspiracy is.
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Have you considered therapy?
Politics is a variation of goat herding?
I worked in local radio stations across the country for about a decade, mostly in small and medium markets. I left radio about five years ago. When I did some of those stations were still using eight-foot-tall cart machines holding 30 carts in a circle as their automation. These were machines built in the 50's.
Radio is not like the computer industry -- upgrades come slowly, especially in small markets. Stations don't jump onto the latest technology. They buy a piece of hardware and expect to get 20 or 30 years use out of it. I know a TV station that is still using 2" video carts. Those haven't been made since the early 90's, but they keep chugging along. Many radio stations use transmitters built in the 1950's and 1960's. A lot of radio stations (and at least one TV station I know of) started out using World War II surplus materials. One station I worked for still uses an old WWII Jeep as its backup generator (only had to use it once while I was there).
All that aside, unless something has changed in the last few years, transcription is still not an FCC mandate, regardless of what is theoretically possible.
JibJab was sued by The Richmond Organization, which owns Ludlow Music, and was asserting its copyright claim.
As much as I hate to cite Wikipedia:
Richmond Organization threaten[ed] legal action. At this point, it was noticed that the copyright to the original 1945 publication had expired in 1973 and was not renewed as then required by copyright law. The Richmond Organization settled with Jibjab shortly thereafter. It still, however, claims copyright on other versions of the song, such as those appearing in the 1956 and later publications. Legally, such claims only apply to original elements of the song that were not in the public domain version.
So, no, it wasn't the "Bush Camp" that tried to get the song pulled. And those who can remember the parody without the tinted glasses of partisanship remember that it poked fun at both Republicans and Democrats equally well. But somehow you don't see Republicans claiming the "Kerry Camp" tried to get it silenced. I wonder why that is...
So, it's OK to allow Verizon to limit you to TWO choices (FOIS or cable) rather than the 30+ possiblities if you keep the copper?
Spoken like a Verizon telemarketing script.
I bought one for $20 that takes standard AAA batteries.
You've demonstrated that you don't know what you're talking about. I suggest you stop talking.
Although the submission puts the story in the context of the recording industry versus the computer industry, it's a lot worse than that.
Because of the strange laws in Belgium and the country's lack of codified freedoms, SABAM has sued or threaten to sue people for all sorts of things. They've even hired lawyers in America to sue Americans for posting their own vacation photographs on the internet. That's how crazy the laws are in Belgium.
That would be funny if it were true, but it's not.
What is this "Windows" you people are in a froth about, anyway?
Windows 98 has more users than 64-bit Windows. By your logic, it should have first crack.
But you are correct -- it is entirely your choice to limit your potential audience. Just don't be surprised when a more enlightened competitor starts eating your lunch.
Sorry... It had to be done.
(Note that I have no children, don't work for a school or school system, and in no way am involved in the American education cartel so I really don't care much one way or the other.)
Things used to be much worse. Advertisers would have their logos splashed all over TV shows and movies. On TV news they would be on the anchor desks, in the backgrounds, even on the clothes the anchors would wear.
There's a great exhibit in the Old Louisiana State Capitol that is an old TV news set from the 50's. The news was called something like "The Esso Seven O'Clock News" and there's a big Esso logo on the front of the desk, and I think one on the microphone as well as other places.
Quite an eye-opener. At least modern product placement is subtle. I think we're just getting more sensitive to it.
Bottom line: People are stupid and ill-informed.