I know I'll be accused of being a Tesla fanboy, but it's interesting to me that Bob Lutz failed to mention both Tesla and Pontiac (and Saturn) in that list... like he's an expert on what works and what doesn't?
Tesla is the upstart, I wouldn't necessarily consider them a reliable reference point. Sure, it's been around 10 years since they were introduced, but 10 years in an industry where many people buy a new one only roughly every ten years doesn't mean much. Pontiac and Saturn clearly don't belong on the list as they haven't made a new car in...well...almost 5 years, and even then, they were part of GM...
With the way literally is being used, quite literally it will soon have a new meaning added to high profile dictionaries.
Too late:
Definition of LITERALLY
1
: in a literal sense or manner : actually took the remark literally 2
: in effect : virtually will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice — Norman Cousins
I've never seen a non-compete that was even remotely enforceable for more than a reasonable time frame (ie 2 years). This guy hasn't been CEO of Apple for 20+ years.
What you need to do is find someone willing to sell you a new compatible battery that's freshly manufactured.
Though chances are, the cost of a new battery would probably be expensive and make you question why you're bothering with your old phone.
Really? Cause I was buying a new Palm Pre battery for 2 years after (as in new, not NoS, which one could argue would still be a massive improvement over a 300 cycle used) the Pre was released for roughly $40. In the age of unsubsidized smartphones, your argument holds very little water.
Replaceable battery has 0 to do with requiring more than a single charge. My 18 month old phone's battery is starting to show its age and won't hold a charge for much more than 2/3 what it did when I bought it. Over the course of a few hundred cycles, lithium ion batteries do not maintain a charge.
I'm kind of surprised I have to explain that here, but I can't figure out why else you would be assuming danomac was meaning that he needed multiple charges...
Came to point this out. Especially when that place is having fast growth in virtually every job sector like Minnesota (although the growth in this sector outweighs their average).
I seem to remember early transistors being made of germanium - on the row below silicon and one to the right of gallium
Still are in guitar pedals, particularly vintage sounding fuzz pedals. Very vibey and not 100% reliable, so I'm glad we moved away from them for other purposes.
I have my production computer, where, once everything is stable, it stays at that OS with security updates as needed. I then have my testing machine, where I hold the mentality of, "If it ain't broke, don't stop tinkering." That machine has been offline for about 2 years due to me not having time to tinker, but that's changing shortly.
Console ad-ons have rarely had much success, which makes me doubt that that either company was ever very serious about launching the product. If they were serious about it they would probably ultimately have launched a standalone console that could play both CD and cartridges instead of a CD ad-on for the SNES.
Except Nintendo did launch a CD ad-on that they developed initially with Sony and then put out with Phillips.
It works just if you removed taxes on work and income and replaced them completely with taxes on property. It is logical that this will cause people to behave in ways that are suboptimal for society as a whole.
So you're telling me that it's optimal for society as a whole for my roommate to pay no taxes because he doesn't own property? That doesn't make sense...
1999 called and wants its meme back.
Seriously, have you actually used any modern Linux distros? Hey, good news, it has gotten so easy to install and use, you don't even need to install it! Download any of a dozen LiveCD / DVD / BRD / Thumbdrive versions, burn it to the appropriate media, and reboot. Bam! You have a fully functional modern OS at your fingertips.
Give it a try, and if you don't like it, it comes with a 100% money back guarantee.
Seriously, even Gentoo (notorious for having one of the more complex installs) has a graphical installer as of somewhere near 5 years ago. I don't understand where the original poster is coming from...
That is fucking ridiculous (not saying it's illegal, just ridiculous). The DJ paid fees to be able to play the music, and they expect the restaurant to also pay fees?
I stopped reading after this because you didn't follow the link or read the text. The DJ paid the same fee you do for a CD. Period. End of story. (S)He may have paid for the PA equipment as well. That has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that someone is using this for entertainment in his place of business as a way to encourage more business.
[Having now taken the moment to read your piss poor analogy, let me throw a more apt one at you]
It's more like if I write a book and then someone creates a movie from that book, should I have a right to proceeds from the movie? According to your analogy, I should just get nothing because the movie studio bought a single copy of my book, even though now, billions could have my story out there and, to many of them, a book that a movie they've seen isn't worth reading, so I shouldn't make money off of them.
I don't for a second believe that the DJ actually paid the fees, in fact, it seems the owner merely assumed (s)he did. And even if (s)he did, (s)he did so for performance within (her/)his own venue, as it's how (her/)his business has to be run. A restaurant owner who ignores this cost of doing business should get sued. The sad part is, it appears that this particular situation only came about because this owner refuses to be educated on his responsibilities and decided that settling didn't make sense. Hell, it seems like he didn't even seek out legal advice.
I've worked in bars in college towns. They never required you sign a contract like that. The contract cannot inherently place the responsibility on you any more than I can have a contract that places the responsibility of my car on the passengers in said car while I drive.
Unfortunately it's the responsibility of the venue to clear those licenses, not the DJ or other musicians. As ASCAP points out on their FAQS:
Some people mistakenly assume that musicians and entertainers must obtain licenses to perform copyrighted music or that businesses where music is performed can shift their responsibility to musicians or entertainers. The law says all who participate in, or are responsible for, performances of music are legally responsible. Since it is the business owner who obtains the ultimate benefit from the performance, it is the business owner who obtains the license. Music license fees are one of the many costs of doing business.
it's not the musicians, it's the business. Same reason (or should be, but often isn't) business owners charge a cover when music is being played in the venue (although, often times said cover is also paid to the musicians themselves).
That's an area devoted to the sales staff and therefore you are not playing music for customers. There are exceptions made for that (see my other post).
"How many times do they want to get paid for the stupid music?"
Dunno. How many times do you want to get paid for serving the same stupid meals?
Sure, we all hate the MAFIAA, but it's rather odd how you feel capitalism is suddenly a one-way street.
Not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison.. Each new meal requires new material, each play of a song does not.
If the DJ did indeed pay a fee to play said songs, then I don't see why another should be paid by the restaurant owner.
Odds are rather good that the DJ did not pay the fee that is associated with entertaining an audience. Most DJs are unaware that's any different from buying the CD itself.
The fact that he probably even advertised (not made clear FTA) that there was a DJ playing makes the restaurant far more culpable as an "entertainment" venue than merely a restaurant. As many other posters have pointed out, this was used as a form of entertainment and should be treated as such. I don't necessarily like the tactics, nor necessarily agree with the sum, but at least, for a change, the musician gets a solid chunk of it.
That's why you get your kitchen staff to wear earplugs and play the music loudly from there. At that point, it's for the staff's enjoyment, and not as an entertainment draw for the restaurant/bar (legally speaking). I don't necessarily agree with the way this one works, but I do see benefits to the fact that the musician is actually make some semblance of money off of these deals, unlike the record labels.
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Really? I'm the only one who noticed the summery's reference to the "9th U.S. Circus Court of Appeals"?
I know I'll be accused of being a Tesla fanboy, but it's interesting to me that Bob Lutz failed to mention both Tesla and Pontiac (and Saturn) in that list... like he's an expert on what works and what doesn't?
Tesla is the upstart, I wouldn't necessarily consider them a reliable reference point. Sure, it's been around 10 years since they were introduced, but 10 years in an industry where many people buy a new one only roughly every ten years doesn't mean much. Pontiac and Saturn clearly don't belong on the list as they haven't made a new car in...well...almost 5 years, and even then, they were part of GM...
I'm not sure how well it would work with music.
Most time stretching (or compressing) these days can do an excellent job of minor adjustments without effecting pitch or formant.
burning accidental mode, this is a valid point though.
With the way literally is being used, quite literally it will soon have a new meaning added to high profile dictionaries.
Too late:
Spouse Home Orders Exclusively
Note, despite the acronym, this fictional language works just as well on men as it does on women.
What part of the acronym implies it works better on women?
I've never seen a non-compete that was even remotely enforceable for more than a reasonable time frame (ie 2 years). This guy hasn't been CEO of Apple for 20+ years.
What you need to do is find someone willing to sell you a new compatible battery that's freshly manufactured.
Though chances are, the cost of a new battery would probably be expensive and make you question why you're bothering with your old phone.
Really? Cause I was buying a new Palm Pre battery for 2 years after (as in new, not NoS, which one could argue would still be a massive improvement over a 300 cycle used) the Pre was released for roughly $40. In the age of unsubsidized smartphones, your argument holds very little water.
Replaceable battery has 0 to do with requiring more than a single charge. My 18 month old phone's battery is starting to show its age and won't hold a charge for much more than 2/3 what it did when I bought it. Over the course of a few hundred cycles, lithium ion batteries do not maintain a charge.
I'm kind of surprised I have to explain that here, but I can't figure out why else you would be assuming danomac was meaning that he needed multiple charges...
Came to point this out. Especially when that place is having fast growth in virtually every job sector like Minnesota (although the growth in this sector outweighs their average).
As it's been taken down: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2741...
I seem to remember early transistors being made of germanium - on the row below silicon and one to the right of gallium
Still are in guitar pedals, particularly vintage sounding fuzz pedals. Very vibey and not 100% reliable, so I'm glad we moved away from them for other purposes.
I have my production computer, where, once everything is stable, it stays at that OS with security updates as needed. I then have my testing machine, where I hold the mentality of, "If it ain't broke, don't stop tinkering." That machine has been offline for about 2 years due to me not having time to tinker, but that's changing shortly.
Console ad-ons have rarely had much success, which makes me doubt that that either company was ever very serious about launching the product. If they were serious about it they would probably ultimately have launched a standalone console that could play both CD and cartridges instead of a CD ad-on for the SNES.
Except Nintendo did launch a CD ad-on that they developed initially with Sony and then put out with Phillips.
Okay, the video evidence is a little more convincing. Still waiting on an internals snapshot or video of it working, but I'm back on the fence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Per page 7 of the forum, it appears to be a fake:
http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/nintendo-snes-playstation-finally-uncovered.57166/page-7
from a French modder that does custom cases.
It works just if you removed taxes on work and income and replaced them completely with taxes on property. It is logical that this will cause people to behave in ways that are suboptimal for society as a whole.
So you're telling me that it's optimal for society as a whole for my roommate to pay no taxes because he doesn't own property? That doesn't make sense...
1999 called and wants its meme back. Seriously, have you actually used any modern Linux distros? Hey, good news, it has gotten so easy to install and use, you don't even need to install it! Download any of a dozen LiveCD / DVD / BRD / Thumbdrive versions, burn it to the appropriate media, and reboot. Bam! You have a fully functional modern OS at your fingertips. Give it a try, and if you don't like it, it comes with a 100% money back guarantee.
Seriously, even Gentoo (notorious for having one of the more complex installs) has a graphical installer as of somewhere near 5 years ago. I don't understand where the original poster is coming from...
Facebook has always compressed pictures. Nothing is stored at full size.
That is fucking ridiculous (not saying it's illegal, just ridiculous). The DJ paid fees to be able to play the music, and they expect the restaurant to also pay fees?
I stopped reading after this because you didn't follow the link or read the text. The DJ paid the same fee you do for a CD. Period. End of story. (S)He may have paid for the PA equipment as well. That has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that someone is using this for entertainment in his place of business as a way to encourage more business.
[Having now taken the moment to read your piss poor analogy, let me throw a more apt one at you]
It's more like if I write a book and then someone creates a movie from that book, should I have a right to proceeds from the movie? According to your analogy, I should just get nothing because the movie studio bought a single copy of my book, even though now, billions could have my story out there and, to many of them, a book that a movie they've seen isn't worth reading, so I shouldn't make money off of them.
I don't for a second believe that the DJ actually paid the fees, in fact, it seems the owner merely assumed (s)he did. And even if (s)he did, (s)he did so for performance within (her/)his own venue, as it's how (her/)his business has to be run. A restaurant owner who ignores this cost of doing business should get sued. The sad part is, it appears that this particular situation only came about because this owner refuses to be educated on his responsibilities and decided that settling didn't make sense. Hell, it seems like he didn't even seek out legal advice.
I've worked in bars in college towns. They never required you sign a contract like that. The contract cannot inherently place the responsibility on you any more than I can have a contract that places the responsibility of my car on the passengers in said car while I drive.
it's not the musicians, it's the business. Same reason (or should be, but often isn't) business owners charge a cover when music is being played in the venue (although, often times said cover is also paid to the musicians themselves).
That's an area devoted to the sales staff and therefore you are not playing music for customers. There are exceptions made for that (see my other post).
"How many times do they want to get paid for the stupid music?"
Dunno. How many times do you want to get paid for serving the same stupid meals?
Sure, we all hate the MAFIAA, but it's rather odd how you feel capitalism is suddenly a one-way street.
Not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison.. Each new meal requires new material, each play of a song does not.
If the DJ did indeed pay a fee to play said songs, then I don't see why another should be paid by the restaurant owner.
Odds are rather good that the DJ did not pay the fee that is associated with entertaining an audience. Most DJs are unaware that's any different from buying the CD itself.
The fact that he probably even advertised (not made clear FTA) that there was a DJ playing makes the restaurant far more culpable as an "entertainment" venue than merely a restaurant. As many other posters have pointed out, this was used as a form of entertainment and should be treated as such. I don't necessarily like the tactics, nor necessarily agree with the sum, but at least, for a change, the musician gets a solid chunk of it.
That's why you get your kitchen staff to wear earplugs and play the music loudly from there. At that point, it's for the staff's enjoyment, and not as an entertainment draw for the restaurant/bar (legally speaking). I don't necessarily agree with the way this one works, but I do see benefits to the fact that the musician is actually make some semblance of money off of these deals, unlike the record labels.