Congressman quotes Report: "It gives our kids access to incredibly lewd, filthy... the worst imaginable type of graphic violence and sex that you can imagine,"
"and here's an example of what they can expect to find."...puts tape into VCR, presses play... "As you can see, this is simply sick and disgusting! I mean really, Ahhh, what the!? Excuse me, I seem to have put the wrong tape in the VCR..."
He then quickly removes the private tape he made with his Intern the night before.
When are they going to learn... it's DEMOCRACY, not HYPOCRACY!
Discovery Channel (or was it TLC?) did a show on "Fires at Sea" that featured this as a future replacement for the current evacuation systems...
Everyone that participated in the evacuation tests said that it was hands down the best "this way out" indicator.
All in all, it was a pretty good show.
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You know, ThinkGeek should start producing protest T-Shirts (with the usual % going to the EFF maybe) in some highly visible colour, and then every Friday or something people should wear them at Lunch.
If you see a bunch of people all wearing the same shirt, (especially if it's LOUD enough), that should make it into those goofy "awww, isn't this cute" local news segments and such and help raise awareness a bit.
This obviously won't help get Dmitri out of jail any faster, but in the long run, it may help to show DMCA for being the POS that it is.
... I think they should do something more along the lines of "Junkyard Wars" meets "Emeril Live!", where they have the master chefs (emeril vs. one of the Two Fat Ladies, for instance) and each has a team of 3 amateurs.
Patient goes to the Emergency Room complaining of irregular heartbeats. The Doctor listens to his chest for a bit, and, plainly recognisable, in Morse code:
My father grew up on a a farm in Ontario, Canada, and it was no big deal for a 14 year old student to bring their new rifles or shotguns in for "show and tell".
When my grandfather taught my father how to shoot a gun, the first thing taught was how to show the appropriate respect for something that has no other purpose than to kill. When my father taught me, it was the same.
I have gone on to compete in international handgun competitions, and the one common component is respect; for people, and for the potential results of making a mistake with handgun.
I think that respect for other people is one of the key things that MUST be passed on from parent to child, and lack of respect is probably one of the biggest factors in any conflict, armed or otherwise.
It's almost like life is becoming too easy, and society is too protective of people and is allowing us to "get away" with innapropriate behaviour. Because really, if you do something wrong, what's the result? Not that long ago, we all would have relied on our friends and neighbours for basic survival. If you did something to piss them off, or if you did something "stupid", you may not have survived. That interdependence forced good behaviour, for the most part. If something like bullying was going on, odds are the kid doing it would have been smacked in the head. God knows, when I did something stupid as a kid (like who knew that when, at the age of 11, you called the operator and told her to "fsck off" that she could CALL YOU BACK so that your father could answer the phone?) I got smacked! Not abused, but man, I didn't dare do that again. I knew that there was a cause and effect thing going on. I play with fire, I get burned; the pain wasn't worth the fun. What happens today? "Well Billy, that was innapropriate, and you showed a lack of respect, and please don't do it again". The kid then thinks "damn, that was no big deal, now I have to hang out in my room where I can play PS2".
I'll never forget one of the last things my grandfather said to me before died... "common sense just ain't so common".
I get the impression that some people aren't even thinking about writing web pages for layouts other than HTML... how about the wireless craze that is being hyped into existance? How about dealing with WML, VoxML, etc? If you don't come up with a half decent method for dealing with different versions of HTML, then how will you deal with the different devices?
Up until recently I was the IT Manager for Nettwerk Records, Sarah McLachlan's record company, and the people that brought you such things as Lilith Fair and manage the Bare Naked Ladies. While I have gone on to do Oracle stuff for Internet banking sites, I still consult for EMI, Virgin, and other music companies when it comes to technology.
I can tell you right now that the big, legacy record companies have to get into a new (non-80's) headspace when it comes to the distribution and sales of music. With the advent of new encoding and distribution software and the rapidly increasing availablility of high bandwidth connections, they have to come to grips with the fact that consumers will no longer be dictated to or force fed crap. They have to, in effect, become Value Added Resellers of the music, and that music has to be better quality, for gone will be the days of the "filler track"... people will only buy the good ones.
How can a record company become a VAR? I'm thinking that it would be something like this: Buy Sarah's physical CD or digital download from us, or one of our retail partners, and we'll give you premium seating at the next concert as well as special access to her fan club site, electronic newsletters... that sort of thing.
Why, we'll even provide you with a free full MP3 download of songs from our Internet Radio Station Nettradio.com. Why? Lots of reasons: we've seen that a lot of people are tactile by nature and want things like liner notes to hold and read, and not everyone wants to lug their computer to school or own a Rio, and we've sold back catalog items on bands like Delerium and Skinny Puppy because people didn't know what they sounded like until they listened to the freely available MP3 and what do you know, they liked them and bought their stuff!
The companies that are really freaking out are the ones that make a SHITLOAD of money on their physical distribution systems, and they are just now starting to realize (almost too little too late) that those systems are going to get a little dusty.
Mind you, they won't totally disappear... yet.
I think a lot of things can be learned by bands like Phish, where they encourage the recording (audio and video) of their performances, and will even post the "bootlegs" on their web sites. It's called BRANDING, folks, and the more you do, the more money you'll make in the long run. So what if you sell 20% fewer CD's? You'll get more people showing up at the concert$, and more people buying your T-shirt$, bumper sticker$, hat$, etc. You'll even get people who will buy EVERYTHING you do just because you put it out.
Mind you, that's just my $0.02.
...jeff
PS: Please bear in mind that these opinions are mine, not those of my current or former employer...
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yeah, and when stopped by police, his explanation was "I was just cooling off my beer!".
Congressman quotes Report: "It gives our kids access to incredibly lewd, filthy... the worst imaginable type of graphic violence and sex that you can imagine,"
...puts tape into VCR, presses play... "As you can see, this is simply sick and disgusting! I mean really, Ahhh, what the!? Excuse me, I seem to have put the wrong tape in the VCR..."
"and here's an example of what they can expect to find."
He then quickly removes the private tape he made with his Intern the night before.
When are they going to learn... it's DEMOCRACY, not HYPOCRACY!
Discovery Channel (or was it TLC?) did a show on "Fires at Sea" that featured this as a future replacement for the current evacuation systems...
Everyone that participated in the evacuation tests said that it was hands down the best "this way out" indicator.
All in all, it was a pretty good show.
wupps... sorry for the bolding... should have previewed it first!
You know, ThinkGeek should start producing protest T-Shirts (with the usual % going to the EFF maybe) in some highly visible colour, and then every Friday or something people should wear them at Lunch.
If you see a bunch of people all wearing the same shirt, (especially if it's LOUD enough), that should make it into those goofy "awww, isn't this cute" local news segments and such and help raise awareness a bit.
This obviously won't help get Dmitri out of jail any faster, but in the long run, it may help to show DMCA for being the POS that it is.
$0.02 (CDN)
FYI, Oracle's future (if not the current) appliances (9i database and app server) will run SuSE instead of the original Solaris x86 kernel.
They are spending a lot of time and money on SuSE, and I tend to think that Oracle won't just throw that away.
$0.02 (CND)
It couldn't be because there isn't as much QUALITY music being published, could it?
No! It's just GOTTA be the Internet!
... I think they should do something more along the lines of "Junkyard Wars" meets "Emeril Live!", where they have the master chefs (emeril vs. one of the Two Fat Ladies, for instance) and each has a team of 3 amateurs.
:)
Only then could I tolerate Bill doing commentary.
Patient goes to the Emergency Room complaining of irregular heartbeats. The Doctor listens to his chest for a bit, and, plainly recognisable, in Morse code:
"All your beats are belong to us!"
I agree.
My father grew up on a a farm in Ontario, Canada, and it was no big deal for a 14 year old student to bring their new rifles or shotguns in for "show and tell".
When my grandfather taught my father how to shoot a gun, the first thing taught was how to show the appropriate respect for something that has no other purpose than to kill. When my father taught me, it was the same.
I have gone on to compete in international handgun competitions, and the one common component is respect; for people, and for the potential results of making a mistake with handgun.
I think that respect for other people is one of the key things that MUST be passed on from parent to child, and lack of respect is probably one of the biggest factors in any conflict, armed or otherwise.
It's almost like life is becoming too easy, and society is too protective of people and is allowing us to "get away" with innapropriate behaviour. Because really, if you do something wrong, what's the result? Not that long ago, we all would have relied on our friends and neighbours for basic survival. If you did something to piss them off, or if you did something "stupid", you may not have survived. That interdependence forced good behaviour, for the most part. If something like bullying was going on, odds are the kid doing it would have been smacked in the head. God knows, when I did something stupid as a kid (like who knew that when, at the age of 11, you called the operator and told her to "fsck off" that she could CALL YOU BACK so that your father could answer the phone?) I got smacked! Not abused, but man, I didn't dare do that again. I knew that there was a cause and effect thing going on. I play with fire, I get burned; the pain wasn't worth the fun. What happens today? "Well Billy, that was innapropriate, and you showed a lack of respect, and please don't do it again". The kid then thinks "damn, that was no big deal, now I have to hang out in my room where I can play PS2".
I'll never forget one of the last things my grandfather said to me before died... "common sense just ain't so common".
I just wish there was an easy answer, you know?
I get the impression that some people aren't even thinking about writing web pages for layouts other than HTML... how about the wireless craze that is being hyped into existance? How about dealing with WML, VoxML, etc? If you don't come up with a half decent method for dealing with different versions of HTML, then how will you deal with the different devices?
:)
Remember, XML/XSL is your friend.
I got half the pics before it was unplugged... anybody happen to know of any mirrors?
Hey there-
...jeff
Up until recently I was the IT Manager for Nettwerk Records, Sarah McLachlan's record company, and the people that brought you such things as Lilith Fair and manage the Bare Naked Ladies. While I have gone on to do Oracle stuff for Internet banking sites, I still consult for EMI, Virgin, and other music companies when it comes to technology.
I can tell you right now that the big, legacy record companies have to get into a new (non-80's) headspace when it comes to the distribution and sales of music. With the advent of new encoding and distribution software and the rapidly increasing availablility of high bandwidth connections, they have to come to grips with the fact that consumers will no longer be dictated to or force fed crap. They have to, in effect, become Value Added Resellers of the music, and that music has to be better quality, for gone will be the days of the "filler track"... people will only buy the good ones.
How can a record company become a VAR? I'm thinking that it would be something like this: Buy Sarah's physical CD or digital download from us, or one of our retail partners, and we'll give you premium seating at the next concert as well as special access to her fan club site, electronic newsletters... that sort of thing.
Why, we'll even provide you with a free full MP3 download of songs from our Internet Radio Station Nettradio.com. Why? Lots of reasons: we've seen that a lot of people are tactile by nature and want things like liner notes to hold and read, and not everyone wants to lug their computer to school or own a Rio, and we've sold back catalog items on bands like Delerium and Skinny Puppy because people didn't know what they sounded like until they listened to the freely available MP3 and what do you know, they liked them and bought their stuff!
The companies that are really freaking out are the ones that make a SHITLOAD of money on their physical distribution systems, and they are just now starting to realize (almost too little too late) that those systems are going to get a little dusty.
Mind you, they won't totally disappear... yet.
I think a lot of things can be learned by bands like Phish, where they encourage the recording (audio and video) of their performances, and will even post the "bootlegs" on their web sites. It's called BRANDING, folks, and the more you do, the more money you'll make in the long run. So what if you sell 20% fewer CD's? You'll get more people showing up at the concert$, and more people buying your T-shirt$, bumper sticker$, hat$, etc. You'll even get people who will buy EVERYTHING you do just because you put it out.
Mind you, that's just my $0.02.
PS: Please bear in mind that these opinions are mine, not those of my current or former employer...