That's the thing. He actually is a fairly intelligent guy who just happens to have this overly patriotic streak running through him. I've asked about the Soviet Union doing it to their citizens, and he responds with something like "Well, that was different. Here we're only going after the bad guys." He doesn't think that "his" government could do something that wrong.
As a coworker of mine says whenever the subject comes up, "That's what I pay my taxes for. I want them to be doing this." I feel like slapping him silly when he says that. What's worse is that he truly believes it.
And how many of those authors are doing research with grant money? Including a small dollar amount for "submission/publication" doesn't seem that difficult.
The important thing to remember about Dickens' work is that the stories were originally serialized. They were meant to be read in short bursts over the course of many many months. If you read them that way, they're wonderfully entertaining stories.
How many people would really go to a bookstore, pick up one of those and think, "Wow, this looks like a really interesting, enjoyable read. I think I'll buy it"? I doubt not nearly enough for them to be considered "classics."
Funny, because that's exactly what I do from time to time. And I've only been disappointed a few times, and I know that those times are purely due to personal taste. Many of the "classics" out there are such because they are great tellings of stories dealing with timeless themes.
You're right. It was under the "find your friends" thing. But still, I don't even like the fact that they knowingly try to get people to give them their passwords to other sites. It sets a bad precedent, IMHO.
And this, children, is why you should never ever give the password to your account to someone else. Not even someone who claims to want to do something for you. Once you've given it to them, you have no control over what they do with it.
I was looking at [finally] creating a facebook account the other day. On the account creation page, they have some fields where you supply your webmail address and the password to your webmail account, and it'll automatically look through your address book and find your friends who have facebook accounts. As soon as I saw that, I decided that I still don't really want a facebook account. I steer way clear of any site that asks me for my logins to other sites.
That's the thing--he lost his physical collection. After that experience, he doesn't care about whether or not he has a physical copy. He just wants to listen to the music. And like I said, if he wants to listen to something that he used to have at hand, he's not going to drive around town trying to find a copy (some of it was somewhat hard to find)--he'll just click on the download link. Since the ITMS has a whole lot of the stuff he lost at reasonable rates, he's perfectly happy replacing his collection with digital downloads. And if he has to evacuate his house again, all he needs to do is grab his iPod and/or laptop (which he'd grab anyways so he can keep working).
I never really liked the Beatles because I just wasn't old enough to appreciate much of any music at the time. So Apple can spend a billion as far as I care.
So you can only "appreciate" music that was created in your lifetime? What a narrow focus your life must have.
Yeah, right - so much for "You keep out of the music business, and we won't sell computers".
And if you'll recall, there was a pretty big lawsuit just a few short years ago over that original settlement. IIRC, Apple Computer ended up winning that one.
What were the remasters you got sourced from? To the best of my knowledge, no officially remastered versions have ever been made available anywhere yet. There are some "remastered" versions that are high-quality digital encodes of the original vinyl, but there isn't anything that's actually been re-encoded from that master tapes.
How dare you question the advertising executives?!? They know what you need regardless of whether you think you need it or not, and you will be served those ads!
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Hey, you don't need to convince me that what the gov't is doing is wrong. I'm right there with you!
That's the thing. He actually is a fairly intelligent guy who just happens to have this overly patriotic streak running through him. I've asked about the Soviet Union doing it to their citizens, and he responds with something like "Well, that was different. Here we're only going after the bad guys." He doesn't think that "his" government could do something that wrong.
As a coworker of mine says whenever the subject comes up, "That's what I pay my taxes for. I want them to be doing this." I feel like slapping him silly when he says that. What's worse is that he truly believes it.
The Nintendo DS has a nice RSA Protected sticker on the bottom, but that didn't stop me from installing Linux.
I think the RSA encryption on the DS is only used when playing networked games.
A million spoons? It seems like there'd be better things to take up into space than that...
And how many of those authors are doing research with grant money? Including a small dollar amount for "submission/publication" doesn't seem that difficult.
My office is directly across the street from the American Chemical Society. Want me to go have a word with them?
But really. It's all for the greater good.
Yarp.
Silly Japanese. Don't they know we already have sea cows?
The important thing to remember about Dickens' work is that the stories were originally serialized. They were meant to be read in short bursts over the course of many many months. If you read them that way, they're wonderfully entertaining stories.
How many people would really go to a bookstore, pick up one of those and think, "Wow, this looks like a really interesting, enjoyable read. I think I'll buy it"? I doubt not nearly enough for them to be considered "classics."
Funny, because that's exactly what I do from time to time. And I've only been disappointed a few times, and I know that those times are purely due to personal taste. Many of the "classics" out there are such because they are great tellings of stories dealing with timeless themes.
Hacking a pacemaker? What could possibly go wr... *thud*
You're right. It was under the "find your friends" thing. But still, I don't even like the fact that they knowingly try to get people to give them their passwords to other sites. It sets a bad precedent, IMHO.
And this, children, is why you should never ever give the password to your account to someone else. Not even someone who claims to want to do something for you. Once you've given it to them, you have no control over what they do with it.
I was looking at [finally] creating a facebook account the other day. On the account creation page, they have some fields where you supply your webmail address and the password to your webmail account, and it'll automatically look through your address book and find your friends who have facebook accounts. As soon as I saw that, I decided that I still don't really want a facebook account. I steer way clear of any site that asks me for my logins to other sites.
oiling snakes I assume?
And who among us can honestly say they've never oiled their snake?
The cake is alive!
Is that better or worse than being caught with your hands down your pants in the cookie jar?
But does the plumbing infrastructure need to be redone every few years?
That's the thing--he lost his physical collection. After that experience, he doesn't care about whether or not he has a physical copy. He just wants to listen to the music. And like I said, if he wants to listen to something that he used to have at hand, he's not going to drive around town trying to find a copy (some of it was somewhat hard to find)--he'll just click on the download link. Since the ITMS has a whole lot of the stuff he lost at reasonable rates, he's perfectly happy replacing his collection with digital downloads. And if he has to evacuate his house again, all he needs to do is grab his iPod and/or laptop (which he'd grab anyways so he can keep working).
I never really liked the Beatles because I just wasn't old enough to appreciate much of any music at the time. So Apple can spend a billion as far as I care.
So you can only "appreciate" music that was created in your lifetime? What a narrow focus your life must have.
Yeah, right - so much for "You keep out of the music business, and we won't sell computers".
And if you'll recall, there was a pretty big lawsuit just a few short years ago over that original settlement. IIRC, Apple Computer ended up winning that one.
What were the remasters you got sourced from? To the best of my knowledge, no officially remastered versions have ever been made available anywhere yet. There are some "remastered" versions that are high-quality digital encodes of the original vinyl, but there isn't anything that's actually been re-encoded from that master tapes.
Are the boomers really buying that much music online?
I know my dad is. He lost most of his music collection in Katrina. He's been rebuying things as he wants to hear them from iTunes.
"Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut.
Well I've only got one thing to say to that.
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Interesting that those are both written by Brits.
How dare you question the advertising executives?!? They know what you need regardless of whether you think you need it or not, and you will be served those ads!