Choosing between 'the only game in town' and obscurity with an indie label is not much of a choice for most artists, who simply want to earn enough cash to live while they make more music.
The artists who are established, have toured a lot, etc., are the ones who can thrive with an independent label.
Go to the concerts, get a shirt while you're there. That will support the artist. CD's support the label. Which wouldn't be a bad thing if they would adjust to the 21st century. I agree that they should focus on locating and promoting talent.
Other posters point out the current accepted definition of republic. The U.S. government is one. The members are chosen democratically, which makes our government a democratic republic. That has not changed since the beginning.
The democratic part is looking a bit weak.
Look back at the decline of the Roman Empire when the rulers gave the people bread and circuses to vote for, while the rulers drove the empire into decline. They had a decadent good time too.
"Those who are ignorant of the past are doomed to repeat it." -- George Santayana
Real Genius shows us the kind of ingenuity that this country has all but lost. It's all about first to market, business plans and IPO's now.
Anyway, Elon Musk and Richard Branson remind me of D. D. Harriman in R. A. Heinlein's Future History short stories, especially, "The Man Who Sold the Moon."
The US Gov't is hardly a lie. There it sits, doing exactly what we, the people, have made it to do. We are truly a democratic country. Gov't of the people, by the people and for the people. The current state of our government is what it is because it serves the people who invest the most of themselves in it. The more time, blood, sweat, tears and wealth a given group invests in our government, the more represented they will be. So if our government seems to be run by big oil, it is because the citizens of the U.S. have allowed it to be that way, through actions on big oil's side and inaction on everyone else's.
Yes, occasionally the government needs to be reset, but we're not at the stage of open revolt yet. If second amendment rights are abridged to the point where citizens are not allowed to arm themselves, many 'contrarians' will take their beliefs underground. With all those who oppose actions made by the government underground, rather than working within the system, you will see a revolution. If they are not driven underground, we should see evolution.
The social force required to bring about great change is great. You have to have support of 10% of the population to have a successful revolution (armed or not). That is the kind of change we'd need to see to fix the problems with our government. But it will not happen without great need. The U.S. citizen will not rise up from apathy without being forced to it. If the change is gradual enough, the sheep may even become more like drones, even more enslaved by the system. But until there is a great cause, a great rallying issue, good luck in waking us up.
Laws are set by the sovereign. The sovereign in this case is our fine democratic republic. If you do not like the way the law is applied, the law needs to be changed. Our form of government works. No need to throw it out for DMCA. Better to throw out the DMCA.
Republic is a form of government not ruled by a monarch, in which the people have a say in the government, and at least nominally ruled at the consent of the goverened. Wiki link
Our republic is ruled by members chosen from the citizenry by the people. A democratically elected republic. Of course the balance between democracy and republic varies over time.
Ok, and how many years have you been running? I'm happy for you that you are taking care of your health. Some of us have to start from scratch.
From the perspective of someone who is considering starting an exercise routine for the first time, or the first time in a long time, having someone stand up and say, "I run 10 miles a day and you should too", well, lets just say it's not helpful. If someone over 30 who has never exercised regularly followed your advice, they'd be going to the doctor with painfully swollen knees, at best, and at worst they'd have stress fractures or a blown knee or worse.
For those like me, start slowly, work your way into good shape. Once you're in decent shape you can extend it to doing marathons like previous poster, or bodybuilding or powerlifting or biking or volleyball or whatever. Ease into it and get professional advice.
Lack of probable cause puts burden of proof on the citizen, when our legal system is based on presumption of innocence and burden of proof on the prosecution.
As you age, your body's ability to repair degrades. It takes more time. I'm over 30, and I can tell you for a fact, even if I was still running my old 3 miles, 3 times a week with weight training on the off days, if I tried to run 3 miles 4 days in a row, on the fourth day my knees would be threatening collapse.
Your body needs time to heal. That time varies. For me that means a day off between running days. Actually, I'm just getting back into it. I may need to limit myself to running 2 days a week and doing some other aerobic exercise in the middle (swim, bike, rowing, cross-country skiing or eliptical machine, stairs, stairclimber, etc.)
But you miss the overall point. Stretching every day. Aerobic exercise every day. Strength training at least 2 or 3 times a week. Increasinging the overall activity level and the amount of muscle you carry may actually result in eating more. Be sensible when eating and the pounds will rearrange themselves into toned muscles. And watch for plateaus as well. As you exercise, you will gain muscle mass while burning fat mass. Go by what the mirror and your belt tell you. Stay away from scales.
I was in the military. (U.S. Army to be precise). The Army trains their soldiers to be physically fit. I saw significant weight loss, even with increased intake (increased is correct), because I raised my overall activity level significantly. And I was an old guy at 30. 66" and around 200lb. Got down to 180 and most of it muscle. From couch potato to outdoors 4-8 hours a day. Even with the overall general increase in physical fitness, years of being unfit had rendered my legs weak. Shin splints and 'overuse' problems in the knees and plantar fascitis were three problems I experienced, and they came from increasing running beyond every other day. My point is that you should alternate activities. Don't run 10 miles a day, 7 days a week. Even for marathoners this is not healthy. Swim, bike, cross country skiing, circuit training, walking, climbing stairs. There are many high aerobic impact exercises that can be woven together to increase fitness without destroying your legs.
You can transfer any amount of data you want, over the 'net. The only "terrorists" this is going to catch are very stupid ones. The rest of the people caught by this will be the 'child porn' loving business guy, and the teenager rebelling by studying the Koran. Primarily what you will see will be profiling.
Bottom line, this is search and seizure with no probable cause.
Customs Deputy Commissioner Jayson P. Ahern said the efforts "do not infringe on Americans' privacy."
Bullshit
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff wrote in an opinion piece published last month in USA Today that "the most dangerous contraband is often contained in laptop computers or other electronic devices." Searches have uncovered "violent jihadist materials" as well as images of child pornography, he wrote.
Uh Huh.
I propose a test. We can start in Europe. Give me a terabyte of data. I will carry no electronics on the flight into the states. Within days back in the U.S. I will produce the terabyte of data.
My point is that with the ability to transfer data over the 'net, trying to prevent 'sneakernet' type information transfers, while worthwhile, are not worth trashing all the laws and standards for search and seizure.
If my electronic device functions as it should, you have no probable cause to be looking at what I have inside. This worries me very much.
After sorting through the linked article, I found the original article that they're basing their article on.
1. X-37B is correct.
2. X-40A was a 'previous configuration'
3. Perhaps we should add a 'no gizmodo' clause to the posting guidelines?
1. The first picture on gizmodo clearly shows a X-40A, not an X-37B. 2. Secret military shuttles? 3. Secret orbital bases?
Kind of hard to have secret anything these days, especially aircraft that fly into space, and more so for things that are in orbit. Any nut job with a telescope can see stuff in orbit. Shuttles lifting off are fairly dramatic, and show up on satellite scans like a turd in a punch bowl. As for secret shuttles, why bother when the DoD just schedules a military launch of one of the shuttles and keeps the payload a secret. And where are 'they' hiding the orbital platforms? Behind the moon?
Seriously, what kind of paranoid lunatics write stories over at gizmodo? They should stick to reviewing the iPhone and keeping tabs on Steve Jobs' not so well hidden agenda to take over the Interweb and make it so only Apple equipment is used.
Where did you get that idea? Care to elaborate a bit about the downfalls of running for two days in a row? I run every day except Monday, I've been doing it for 5 years now, and I am fine.
Got that idea from my knees and shins. They both protest if not given time to recover. Your body is accustomed to the punishment of 10 miles a day. For someone who is just starting to get into shape, running every day is a bad idea. Running is hard on the knees.
As for running 40 miles a week and your oxygen depletion point, you're a MARATHONER. Point being that you've trained your body to withstand a high level of exertion for an extended period of time. Every health expert I saw told me 15 minutes is a rough average for how long most people need to exercise before they begin the anaerobic phase (or is it aerobic). Your body gets warmed up, loose, and the heart settles into a steady level, and after 15 minutes, you begin to see the benefit of exercise because the available oxygen (?) in the bloodstream is used up so the body starts burning fuel (available sugar and fat).
My point was that the health experts will tell you to ease into it. If I started today and ran 10 miles (and survived) and then repeated the process every day for a week, I would have shin splints, stress fractures, bloody blisters, my knees would be swollen like basketballs, and I would suffer from plantar fascitis.
Your age, activity level, and current physical condition all factor into what it takes to get into shape.
Back to the original issue: following all the other rules and suggestions, pick activities that are fun, not onerous, because you want to make them part of your lifestyle, and fun activities are easier, because you're more likely to keep with them and less likely to find excuses to skip days and eventually quit.
Ok, I'll rephrase it for you. Short of surgery or other invasive or dangerous practices, you cannot lose weight while your caloric intake is greater than calories burn + amount not absorbed (excreted as waste, or I guess purged by bulimics).
The healthiest way to lose weight is to eat multiple small meals throughout the day, composed of healthy foods in balanced proportions, high in fruit and vegeteables, all while increasing exercise.
Find a doctor or nutritionist who says differently.
Heinlein extrapolated a bit on the technology patent system. He mentioned that the creator of the shipstone didn't bother to patent it. So theoretically, anyone could make one, if they acquired the knowledge, and did the research and development to make one. What they could not do is reverse engineer the product, since it exploded if opened, or reverse engineer it from the patent documents, since no patent was filed. I strongly suspect that Heinlein would have been both for F/OSS, against the current copyright system, and disgusted by what I call patent pirates - those people/companies which file overly broad patents, patents on things that are common knowledge and therefore not patentable, and make it their business model to sue as many people as they can.
I think you are trying to say that one should strive for balance between weight/resistance training and aerobic excercise?
I'm male, approaching 40. At 30 I joined the armed forces and had an ongoing battle with weight and fitness for 4 years until I left. I learned (in no particular order after the first one): 1. To lose weight requires that you burn more calories than you consume. 2. After 30, men need to lift weights to maintain muscle mass. 3. Don't run two days in a row. 4. Muscle burns more calories than fat. 5. If you dramatically increase your exercise, your appetite will increase. 6. Change gradually and consult a physician. 7. Running shoes are not one size fits all. 8. "Fat burns in a fire fueled by carbs" (don't go on 0 carb diets, you'll burn muscle mass before you burn fat.)
Sensible portions at meals, avoid sugary foods and highly processed flour, eat balanced meals, err towards more fruit and green leafy vegetables, exercise for stress relief and burning calories.
Bush's speechwriters really stuck his foot in his mouth for him. "A bunch of windmills" are not the solution for our energy crisis. Instead, offshore drilling is. According to the Bush Administration.
Well guess what. Offshore drilling doesn't solve the problem. Only pushes it off a generation.
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This wasn't an engineering design, it was pure research. "Can we do this?"
The answer is yes. Now the engineers can try to find a way to do it within constraints, whether environmental, economical or both.
Umm, during install, uncheck everything, then select KDE? Then make sure that it didn't automatically pick up the extra KDE stuff you don't want.
Or, uninstall everything like you just almost did, then REINSTALL KDE. Not that hard.
I should think that, of all distros, Debian would have a bare KDE preset option.
sheesh, and I'm not even a hardcore linux guy/geek/fanboi
Actually, TFA mentions that programmers were laid off last week.
Senate seats are decided on a simple majority vote.
I agree about the "electoral college" through which presidents are elected and is left obscure and, to me, goes counter to the representative process.
Choosing between 'the only game in town' and obscurity with an indie label is not much of a choice for most artists, who simply want to earn enough cash to live while they make more music.
The artists who are established, have toured a lot, etc., are the ones who can thrive with an independent label.
Go to the concerts, get a shirt while you're there. That will support the artist. CD's support the label. Which wouldn't be a bad thing if they would adjust to the 21st century. I agree that they should focus on locating and promoting talent.
Other posters point out the current accepted definition of republic. The U.S. government is one. The members are chosen democratically, which makes our government a democratic republic. That has not changed since the beginning.
The democratic part is looking a bit weak.
Look back at the decline of the Roman Empire when the rulers gave the people bread and circuses to vote for, while the rulers drove the empire into decline. They had a decadent good time too.
"Those who are ignorant of the past are doomed to repeat it." -- George Santayana
:)
Real Genius shows us the kind of ingenuity that this country has all but lost. It's all about first to market, business plans and IPO's now.
Anyway, Elon Musk and Richard Branson remind me of D. D. Harriman in R. A. Heinlein's Future History short stories, especially, "The Man Who Sold the Moon."
Bro, not so much caffeine, ok? Relax...
My laptop has a sticker on it that says "Property of Exxon-Mobil" and a bar code that looks very official. It has never been searched at the border.
The US Gov't is hardly a lie. There it sits, doing exactly what we, the people, have made it to do. We are truly a democratic country. Gov't of the people, by the people and for the people. The current state of our government is what it is because it serves the people who invest the most of themselves in it. The more time, blood, sweat, tears and wealth a given group invests in our government, the more represented they will be. So if our government seems to be run by big oil, it is because the citizens of the U.S. have allowed it to be that way, through actions on big oil's side and inaction on everyone else's.
Yes, occasionally the government needs to be reset, but we're not at the stage of open revolt yet. If second amendment rights are abridged to the point where citizens are not allowed to arm themselves, many 'contrarians' will take their beliefs underground. With all those who oppose actions made by the government underground, rather than working within the system, you will see a revolution. If they are not driven underground, we should see evolution.
The social force required to bring about great change is great. You have to have support of 10% of the population to have a successful revolution (armed or not). That is the kind of change we'd need to see to fix the problems with our government. But it will not happen without great need. The U.S. citizen will not rise up from apathy without being forced to it. If the change is gradual enough, the sheep may even become more like drones, even more enslaved by the system. But until there is a great cause, a great rallying issue, good luck in waking us up.
Enjoy your bread and circuses.
Laws are set by the sovereign. The sovereign in this case is our fine democratic republic. If you do not like the way the law is applied, the law needs to be changed. Our form of government works. No need to throw it out for DMCA. Better to throw out the DMCA.
Republic is a form of government not ruled by a monarch, in which the people have a say in the government, and at least nominally ruled at the consent of the goverened. Wiki link
Our republic is ruled by members chosen from the citizenry by the people. A democratically elected republic. Of course the balance between democracy and republic varies over time.
Ok, and how many years have you been running? I'm happy for you that you are taking care of your health. Some of us have to start from scratch.
From the perspective of someone who is considering starting an exercise routine for the first time, or the first time in a long time, having someone stand up and say, "I run 10 miles a day and you should too", well, lets just say it's not helpful. If someone over 30 who has never exercised regularly followed your advice, they'd be going to the doctor with painfully swollen knees, at best, and at worst they'd have stress fractures or a blown knee or worse.
For those like me, start slowly, work your way into good shape. Once you're in decent shape you can extend it to doing marathons like previous poster, or bodybuilding or powerlifting or biking or volleyball or whatever. Ease into it and get professional advice.
So someone got it.
Was starting to wonder if anyone would.
Lack of probable cause puts burden of proof on the citizen, when our legal system is based on presumption of innocence and burden of proof on the prosecution.
As you age, your body's ability to repair degrades. It takes more time. I'm over 30, and I can tell you for a fact, even if I was still running my old 3 miles, 3 times a week with weight training on the off days, if I tried to run 3 miles 4 days in a row, on the fourth day my knees would be threatening collapse.
Your body needs time to heal. That time varies. For me that means a day off between running days. Actually, I'm just getting back into it. I may need to limit myself to running 2 days a week and doing some other aerobic exercise in the middle (swim, bike, rowing, cross-country skiing or eliptical machine, stairs, stairclimber, etc.)
But you miss the overall point. Stretching every day. Aerobic exercise every day. Strength training at least 2 or 3 times a week. Increasinging the overall activity level and the amount of muscle you carry may actually result in eating more. Be sensible when eating and the pounds will rearrange themselves into toned muscles. And watch for plateaus as well. As you exercise, you will gain muscle mass while burning fat mass. Go by what the mirror and your belt tell you. Stay away from scales.
I was in the military. (U.S. Army to be precise). The Army trains their soldiers to be physically fit. I saw significant weight loss, even with increased intake (increased is correct), because I raised my overall activity level significantly. And I was an old guy at 30. 66" and around 200lb. Got down to 180 and most of it muscle. From couch potato to outdoors 4-8 hours a day. Even with the overall general increase in physical fitness, years of being unfit had rendered my legs weak. Shin splints and 'overuse' problems in the knees and plantar fascitis were three problems I experienced, and they came from increasing running beyond every other day. My point is that you should alternate activities. Don't run 10 miles a day, 7 days a week. Even for marathoners this is not healthy. Swim, bike, cross country skiing, circuit training, walking, climbing stairs. There are many high aerobic impact exercises that can be woven together to increase fitness without destroying your legs.
You can transfer any amount of data you want, over the 'net. The only "terrorists" this is going to catch are very stupid ones. The rest of the people caught by this will be the 'child porn' loving business guy, and the teenager rebelling by studying the Koran. Primarily what you will see will be profiling.
Bottom line, this is search and seizure with no probable cause.
Customs Deputy Commissioner Jayson P. Ahern said the efforts "do not infringe on Americans' privacy."
Bullshit
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff wrote in an opinion piece published last month in USA Today that "the most dangerous contraband is often contained in laptop computers or other electronic devices." Searches have uncovered "violent jihadist materials" as well as images of child pornography, he wrote.
Uh Huh.
I propose a test. We can start in Europe. Give me a terabyte of data. I will carry no electronics on the flight into the states. Within days back in the U.S. I will produce the terabyte of data.
My point is that with the ability to transfer data over the 'net, trying to prevent 'sneakernet' type information transfers, while worthwhile, are not worth trashing all the laws and standards for search and seizure.
If my electronic device functions as it should, you have no probable cause to be looking at what I have inside. This worries me very much.
You didn't read the article.
"For a reasonable time" implies that the equipment is returned if you're found innocent.
After sorting through the linked article, I found the original article that they're basing their article on. 1. X-37B is correct. 2. X-40A was a 'previous configuration' 3. Perhaps we should add a 'no gizmodo' clause to the posting guidelines?
Re-railing this first thread:
1. The first picture on gizmodo clearly shows a X-40A, not an X-37B.
2. Secret military shuttles?
3. Secret orbital bases?
Kind of hard to have secret anything these days, especially aircraft that fly into space, and more so for things that are in orbit. Any nut job with a telescope can see stuff in orbit. Shuttles lifting off are fairly dramatic, and show up on satellite scans like a turd in a punch bowl. As for secret shuttles, why bother when the DoD just schedules a military launch of one of the shuttles and keeps the payload a secret. And where are 'they' hiding the orbital platforms? Behind the moon?
Seriously, what kind of paranoid lunatics write stories over at gizmodo? They should stick to reviewing the iPhone and keeping tabs on Steve Jobs' not so well hidden agenda to take over the Interweb and make it so only Apple equipment is used.
Sheesh!
3. Don't run two days in a row.
Where did you get that idea? Care to elaborate a bit about the downfalls of running for two days in a row? I run every day except Monday, I've been doing it for 5 years now, and I am fine.
Got that idea from my knees and shins. They both protest if not given time to recover. Your body is accustomed to the punishment of 10 miles a day. For someone who is just starting to get into shape, running every day is a bad idea. Running is hard on the knees.
As for running 40 miles a week and your oxygen depletion point, you're a MARATHONER. Point being that you've trained your body to withstand a high level of exertion for an extended period of time. Every health expert I saw told me 15 minutes is a rough average for how long most people need to exercise before they begin the anaerobic phase (or is it aerobic). Your body gets warmed up, loose, and the heart settles into a steady level, and after 15 minutes, you begin to see the benefit of exercise because the available oxygen (?) in the bloodstream is used up so the body starts burning fuel (available sugar and fat).
My point was that the health experts will tell you to ease into it. If I started today and ran 10 miles (and survived) and then repeated the process every day for a week, I would have shin splints, stress fractures, bloody blisters, my knees would be swollen like basketballs, and I would suffer from plantar fascitis.
Your age, activity level, and current physical condition all factor into what it takes to get into shape.
Back to the original issue: following all the other rules and suggestions, pick activities that are fun, not onerous, because you want to make them part of your lifestyle, and fun activities are easier, because you're more likely to keep with them and less likely to find excuses to skip days and eventually quit.
Ok, I'll rephrase it for you. Short of surgery or other invasive or dangerous practices, you cannot lose weight while your caloric intake is greater than calories burn + amount not absorbed (excreted as waste, or I guess purged by bulimics).
The healthiest way to lose weight is to eat multiple small meals throughout the day, composed of healthy foods in balanced proportions, high in fruit and vegeteables, all while increasing exercise.
Find a doctor or nutritionist who says differently.
Heinlein extrapolated a bit on the technology patent system. He mentioned that the creator of the shipstone didn't bother to patent it. So theoretically, anyone could make one, if they acquired the knowledge, and did the research and development to make one. What they could not do is reverse engineer the product, since it exploded if opened, or reverse engineer it from the patent documents, since no patent was filed. I strongly suspect that Heinlein would have been both for F/OSS, against the current copyright system, and disgusted by what I call patent pirates - those people/companies which file overly broad patents, patents on things that are common knowledge and therefore not patentable, and make it their business model to sue as many people as they can.
I think you are trying to say that one should strive for balance between weight/resistance training and aerobic excercise?
I'm male, approaching 40. At 30 I joined the armed forces and had an ongoing battle with weight and fitness for 4 years until I left. I learned (in no particular order after the first one):
1. To lose weight requires that you burn more calories than you consume.
2. After 30, men need to lift weights to maintain muscle mass.
3. Don't run two days in a row.
4. Muscle burns more calories than fat.
5. If you dramatically increase your exercise, your appetite will increase.
6. Change gradually and consult a physician.
7. Running shoes are not one size fits all.
8. "Fat burns in a fire fueled by carbs" (don't go on 0 carb diets, you'll burn muscle mass before you burn fat.)
Sensible portions at meals, avoid sugary foods and highly processed flour, eat balanced meals, err towards more fruit and green leafy vegetables, exercise for stress relief and burning calories.
Bush's speechwriters really stuck his foot in his mouth for him. "A bunch of windmills" are not the solution for our energy crisis. Instead, offshore drilling is. According to the Bush Administration.
Well guess what. Offshore drilling doesn't solve the problem. Only pushes it off a generation.