Except for record contracts are NOT employment contracts. The bands are not employed by the record companies, the contracts are usually for the set number of albums. By standard recording contracts, the artist in this instance is the one who's most likely right.
There's this thing they invented recently, when working with fractions it's real useful... it's called rounding. Really great stuff, makes life a lot easier.
Yeah, but the clauses that say they can change the terms on their whim have repeatedly failed to stand up in court because they are against the law. Those are there for people who don't know better and won't get a lawyer involved if they think they are screwed already.
Maybe the GameStops in your part of the world are different than the ones here, but I am unaware of anywhere that sells used PC games - for exactly the reason you quote above. This entire conversation is NOT about PC games, it's about Console games.
There's a pretty gigantic middle ground, though, between the gigantic corporations that can afford to spend a fortune on their development cycle and the open source software... a group of companies that produce software, but can't afford to pay for perfection out of the gate. It's unfortunate, but it is a direct result of the increasing complexity of software and its interactions with other parts of your system and the network in general.
You operate under the assumption that the international courts are as likely to react in a sane manner... My gut says that the content industries will just start filing in the international equivalent of the east Texas court where they file them in the U.S.
Granted. That's what IT architects are for. Unfortunately, very few projects have them, so programmers are expected to fill the role; one for which they are poorly qualified.
Fairly often, the architects you get aren't qualified to fill the role either.
Linux needs to do the same, by doing something *different*.
To be fair, until Linux has good penetration with video game developers, it's always going to have a hard time getting major market penetration. Video games is still one of the top uses for a home computer.
Yeah, Amazon made it to my list of businesses that I won't do business with too. The list is short, I admit, but regardless of whether or not my boycott will have an impact, I at least know that my money doesn't support them.
Fair enough... but thankfully, the gap has widened enough that there is no automatic recount - if they want a recount, either the Republicans or Stevens will have to pay for it out of pocket.
I somehow doubt the Republicans are going to want to do anything but cover their own tails right now.
Of course, this is Alaska... sometimes I find myself stunned by the odd political maneuvering we can get here.
Thanks to his convictions, he will not have a pension, and may spend time in prison.
Unless still-president Bush pardons him.
For that to happen, Stevens would first have to stop fighting the conviction... until the case is settled, he can't be pardoned.
Pretty dumb move if you ask me... fighting the pardon in a way that means you won't be done fighting until the crony with the power to pardon you leaves office.
I'm not saying the Democrats are perfect on civil rights, but dedication to civil rights seems to be much more of a liberal issue (witness right-wing attacks on the ACLU).
I disagree... civil rights isn't an issue for either side. They'll pay it lip service when politically expedient, but neither side gives a damn about our individual rights.
Wait, never mind, Stevens has been kicking around longer than Alaska has been a state, precisely for that skill...
Actually, Stevens became a Senator in 1968, whereas Alaska became a state in 1958. He's been a prick for much longer than Alaska's been a state, though.
First off, that's probably against the law, or Governor Murkowski would have done it to himself a few years ago rather than appoint his daughter Lisa to the seat.
Why would he appoint himself to fill the seat he just vacated to become Governor?
His appointing of his daughter was why we changed the laws here.
Regarding Stevens, it's good to finally be rid of the embarrassment... too bad we're replacing him with someone who is equally corrupt - only instead of belonging to big oil, Begich belongs to organized crime.
But then, corruption is a requirement to be in politics in the United States, so I guess Begich arrives well qualified.
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Actually, there was a new demo released quite recently for the ZX-81. Find it at pouet - http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=53834 , or you can just head straight to YouTube to watch a video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X92xvLlbnVg
Except for record contracts are NOT employment contracts. The bands are not employed by the record companies, the contracts are usually for the set number of albums. By standard recording contracts, the artist in this instance is the one who's most likely right.
I think they'll go out of business first.
There's this thing they invented recently, when working with fractions it's real useful... it's called rounding. Really great stuff, makes life a lot easier.
Yeah, but the clauses that say they can change the terms on their whim have repeatedly failed to stand up in court because they are against the law. Those are there for people who don't know better and won't get a lawyer involved if they think they are screwed already.
Funny... when it comes to wanting to take away our civil liberties, I have a hard time telling either party apart.
Maybe the GameStops in your part of the world are different than the ones here, but I am unaware of anywhere that sells used PC games - for exactly the reason you quote above. This entire conversation is NOT about PC games, it's about Console games.
There's a pretty gigantic middle ground, though, between the gigantic corporations that can afford to spend a fortune on their development cycle and the open source software... a group of companies that produce software, but can't afford to pay for perfection out of the gate. It's unfortunate, but it is a direct result of the increasing complexity of software and its interactions with other parts of your system and the network in general.
I also can't get over the fact that the company who has been a patent law villain for so long is now wearing the other shoe.
An equally good question - can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?
Make mine a crowbar, please.
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They can, because RedHat is selling/offering their software in that state.
Note to self: When I start selling my software, refuse to sell it in Texas.
You operate under the assumption that the international courts are as likely to react in a sane manner... My gut says that the content industries will just start filing in the international equivalent of the east Texas court where they file them in the U.S.
Doesn't this run into the small problem of:
"observing a quantum event changes that event"?
Yeah, but see, that's what's so great about it! Now we'll be able to fuck everything up at a quantum level too!
Granted. That's what IT architects are for. Unfortunately, very few projects have them, so programmers are expected to fill the role; one for which they are poorly qualified.
Fairly often, the architects you get aren't qualified to fill the role either.
Linux needs to do the same, by doing something *different*.
To be fair, until Linux has good penetration with video game developers, it's always going to have a hard time getting major market penetration. Video games is still one of the top uses for a home computer.
Yeah, Amazon made it to my list of businesses that I won't do business with too. The list is short, I admit, but regardless of whether or not my boycott will have an impact, I at least know that my money doesn't support them.
Fair enough... but thankfully, the gap has widened enough that there is no automatic recount - if they want a recount, either the Republicans or Stevens will have to pay for it out of pocket.
I somehow doubt the Republicans are going to want to do anything but cover their own tails right now.
Of course, this is Alaska... sometimes I find myself stunned by the odd political maneuvering we can get here.
Thanks to his convictions, he will not have a pension, and may spend time in prison.
Unless still-president Bush pardons him.
For that to happen, Stevens would first have to stop fighting the conviction... until the case is settled, he can't be pardoned.
Pretty dumb move if you ask me... fighting the pardon in a way that means you won't be done fighting until the crony with the power to pardon you leaves office.
Why did you even post the first half of your post when it's obvious that you knew that it wasn't a recount?
I'm not saying the Democrats are perfect on civil rights, but dedication to civil rights seems to be much more of a liberal issue (witness right-wing attacks on the ACLU).
I disagree... civil rights isn't an issue for either side. They'll pay it lip service when politically expedient, but neither side gives a damn about our individual rights.
Is there anything left that our elected leaders can do that would really "stun" the American public?
If one of them were to turn out to be decent and upstanding, that would utterly shock us.
Wait, never mind, Stevens has been kicking around longer than Alaska has been a state, precisely for that skill...
Actually, Stevens became a Senator in 1968, whereas Alaska became a state in 1958. He's been a prick for much longer than Alaska's been a state, though.
First off, that's probably against the law, or Governor Murkowski would have done it to himself a few years ago rather than appoint his daughter Lisa to the seat.
Why would he appoint himself to fill the seat he just vacated to become Governor?
His appointing of his daughter was why we changed the laws here.
Regarding Stevens, it's good to finally be rid of the embarrassment... too bad we're replacing him with someone who is equally corrupt - only instead of belonging to big oil, Begich belongs to organized crime.
But then, corruption is a requirement to be in politics in the United States, so I guess Begich arrives well qualified.