#1, it would appear from the actual clone-like design of the browser, that no, they haven't invested one thin dime in coming up with anything original.
#2, this is highly disingenious. MS gives IE away for free, a tactic they developed in order to kill off their competition. No one is forcing them to do this.
#3, I'm sure they could find some way of billing a bunch of funny money to do that placement, just like most corporations do when they assign a cost to something.
As I recall, I as a taxpayer allow (not directly) easements on my own and public property for telecom lines to exist. My parents and grandparents provided tax incentives and honey-smeared deals (again, not directly) to entice telecoms to build in the first place and to allow the monopoly of Bell to persist throughout most of its first century of operation. Without this cooperation, I seriously doubt any of their precious infrastructure would have come to exist in the first place.
So, it's basically taxpayer-funded one way or another. All infrastructure is.
We lag in the lifespan department, there, chum. You are evidently not reading something correctly. We just caught up with India on lifespan not too long ago. Try again.
11,111 attacks that caused 14,602 deaths in 2005. Those figures stand in contrast to prior State Department reports, which cited 208 terrorist attacks that caused 625 deaths in 2003; and 3,168 attacks that caused 1,907 deaths in 2004.
All right. I can buy that the actual manufacturing costs for a CD when mass-produced are 2/3 of what you pay for small numbers.
I was giving ballpark figures. And you weren't paying attention because you're being a pedantic asshole. Presuming you know jack shit about any of this process why don't you give me your rundown, Mr. I Fucking Know Everything? Oh, wait, I think you did, and you ignored about 90% of what I said because it was convenient for you. I wasn't talking about the marketing costs, or the cost to record the CD, which if you were paying any attention at all you would have noted are commonly stated to have been charged back to the band out of their own advance.
I think a good and important reason to have a national ID card is simply to guarantee uniqueness of identity. I think a program for this would have to be based in a Constitutional Amendment detailing exactly why this ID card exists, for what purpose it is made, and what uses it CANNOT be put to; namely, it cannot be used by goose-stepping nazis asking for "papers." Without explicit, Constitutional-level protections there would be no point in the U.S. for having these ID cards except for the purposes you describe above.
It would be nice to have a unique number that cannot be asked for by anyone except the government in relation to establishing that I am who I say I am, to be used for example to clear a record of misappropriation of my identity in the case of theft.
Sorry, but you're far more likely to die of a bullet wound than I am, just because you've got one. The reasons for that are undoubtedly myriad, but most certainly they're firmly rooted in the presence of the gun as a problem-solving tool. If your only tool is a hammer, your problems will all look like nails. Similarly if you have invested such a tremendous amount of importance in the having of your gun, elevating it to the status of the most important tool in your house, you likely will prefer to solve your problems with it rather than using reason or wit. Human nature being what it is, anyone you encounter in a situation of hostility will likely feel the need to match your level of "preparedness." It's kind of an old story.
the assertion that the recording industry is still artificially keeping prices up.
I can confirm for a solid fact that this is extremely true. I can have on-demand CD's printed off Lulu for $5.75 a pop. On-demand printing is proportionally 150% or more expensive than mass-produced printing, which I also know by comparing what it costs to print off my book versus what a trade paperback goes for in the store. So imagine what the real per-unit cost of a CD is, factoring in just about everything else (and the fact that the record companies' "advance" to the band usually deducts all of the costs of recording the actual music), it is probably below $3.00, and very likely below $2.00. We're talking a ballpark markup of about 1,000%
All I can grasp of my memory of this great Kids in the Hall skit is the Cincinnati Kid showing up, obnoxiously clearing his throat and defiantly spitting to show how tough he is.
The Toronto Kid obnoxiously clears his throat, gets ready to spit, then swallows, and says "we like to keep our cities clean, eh!"
Steam technology would defeat your idea. Better idea: actually copyright it (costs $30) or have a public notary notarize all the pieces of paper with your idea on it. Then you can take *him* (or her) into court with you.
We are forced to fund them through the IRS. We started down this slippery slope during the New Deal, when the "greater good" became the philosophy of the government.
Yes, please defend for us the state of our society prior to the New Deal. Especially the working conditions, unemployment rate, and the status of the elderly. I hear they were some good times.
Democrats want to make sure my take home pay is less than half my gross salary
Is this attributed to anything or are you just pulling this hyperbolic figure out of your ass? My take-home pay is not half my gross, and by actually examining the paycheck stub, I see that much of that is coming off in the form of health insurance, parking fees, and so forth.
And, by the way, under Republicans the average American hasn't gotten a pay raise in 5 years. I'll take higher taxes and consistent growth over tax giveaways for the hyper-rich and snowballing uncertainty any day.
I mean any day. I'd take Clinton again as President in a heartbeat. Any day. Unconditionally.
The two parties are IDENTICAL except for a couple knee-jerk issues that make good sound-bytes but have zero to do with the day to day operation of the government.
No, I'm sorry, I can clearly tell the difference between having Republicans in charge of my government, and having Democrats. They're 1,000,000 miles apart in many respects, including basic competence and willingness to listen to people.
Many of the target demographic they are searching for does not have that kind of cash, and so they're actually just getting old Boomers who haven't yet figured out that they're spending themselves into a nursing home, and rich kids who are bored and have nothing better to do with their time.
There's a reason RIAA-sponsored music as a whole is going into the toilet -- the target demographic for popular music is going elsewhere because they don't find value in $30 cd's and $100+ concert tickets. After the Boomers get too old to remember how to get to the concert, I expect a simultaneous rennaisance of popular music coupled with the black-hole-like death throes of RIAA-style music.
Concerts were overpriced for years before Napster came along. Anyone remember Pearl Jam going up against TicketBastard trying to get an $18 ticket to their fans?
If I am flipping through channels and find myself unable to switch away from a commercial, or turn up or down the volume, I will use the big red OFF button to solve the problem. And if that is also disabled I'm likely to put my foot through the display and never use the thing again. Just an FYI.
If you don't like the play and the work, get a new profession.
Actually that isn't my job. I'm just pointing out how much work performing a gig takes, based on my amateur experiences. I have a day job and I've worked at it for 11 years, 40+ hours a week. But saying that music "isn't work" is patently false, and I certainly know the difference.
You don't have a right to do the job you want.
Jesus, I never said I did. I just had the temerity to point out that it is "work" and "quite a lot of it" and to insist that musicians are just jerking off is insulting and false.
Will it increase our safety, or decrease power of madmen and dictators?
OK. This is NASA. Aeronautics and Spaceflight. We are burning ~$400 billion a year on a whole different department of the government whose job description very roughly includes taking care of "madmen and dictators." Not that they're any more capable of it than if we armed them with trash-can lids and wooden swords, but I think technically it's already covered.
The emulation isn't free. Having multiple machines jockeying for the same resources (disk spindles, memory, whatever's scarcest) can slow things down, even if you plan for the worst. And remember that once people understand what VMware does, they tend to think of it as a bottomless bag and just keep stuffing crap into it until the bottom breaks out.
At the most I'd use VMware for something that's highly controlled (like your test lab example) or non-resource-intensive. I don't think it's ready for full virtualization though. I can clearly tell the difference between running a process off a VM box and running it off a "real" box.
Just to perform a single show does take about eight hours worth of work. The time to pack up the equipment, drive to the show, unload, setup, and sound check is often two to three hours. Then you play for four hours. Then you have to reverse the whole process. Some days it can take ten hours.
And for this you get maybe $150 to split between four people. That doesn't even pay for a set of strings for my bass, let alone the gas money or food.
And if you don't think that music is playing hard work you clearly haven't got a clue. Most musicians would love to just break even on their habit. After 22 years I haven't even come close.
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#2, this is highly disingenious. MS gives IE away for free, a tactic they developed in order to kill off their competition. No one is forcing them to do this.
#3, I'm sure they could find some way of billing a bunch of funny money to do that placement, just like most corporations do when they assign a cost to something.
So, it's basically taxpayer-funded one way or another. All infrastructure is.
We lag in the lifespan department, there, chum. You are evidently not reading something correctly. We just caught up with India on lifespan not too long ago. Try again.
You get enough fricking explosive barrels. Don't wanna run out of those!
I think if she listens to your stereo that's considered piracy. As if it's the RIAA's business.
In prior years, attacks within Iraq were not happening. You know, years prior to the invasion of Iraq.
I was giving ballpark figures. And you weren't paying attention because you're being a pedantic asshole. Presuming you know jack shit about any of this process why don't you give me your rundown, Mr. I Fucking Know Everything? Oh, wait, I think you did, and you ignored about 90% of what I said because it was convenient for you. I wasn't talking about the marketing costs, or the cost to record the CD, which if you were paying any attention at all you would have noted are commonly stated to have been charged back to the band out of their own advance.
Furthermore here is a real quote from a manufacturing outfit in regards to how much it costs to have 1,000 CD's pressed. Guess what, shit-for-brains?
So that's $1.09 unit cost. Including the traycard and label printed on the CD. Booyah, motherfucker!
It would be nice to have a unique number that cannot be asked for by anyone except the government in relation to establishing that I am who I say I am, to be used for example to clear a record of misappropriation of my identity in the case of theft.
Sorry, but you're far more likely to die of a bullet wound than I am, just because you've got one. The reasons for that are undoubtedly myriad, but most certainly they're firmly rooted in the presence of the gun as a problem-solving tool. If your only tool is a hammer, your problems will all look like nails. Similarly if you have invested such a tremendous amount of importance in the having of your gun, elevating it to the status of the most important tool in your house, you likely will prefer to solve your problems with it rather than using reason or wit. Human nature being what it is, anyone you encounter in a situation of hostility will likely feel the need to match your level of "preparedness." It's kind of an old story.
I can confirm for a solid fact that this is extremely true. I can have on-demand CD's printed off Lulu for $5.75 a pop. On-demand printing is proportionally 150% or more expensive than mass-produced printing, which I also know by comparing what it costs to print off my book versus what a trade paperback goes for in the store. So imagine what the real per-unit cost of a CD is, factoring in just about everything else (and the fact that the record companies' "advance" to the band usually deducts all of the costs of recording the actual music), it is probably below $3.00, and very likely below $2.00. We're talking a ballpark markup of about 1,000%
The Toronto Kid obnoxiously clears his throat, gets ready to spit, then swallows, and says "we like to keep our cities clean, eh!"
Steam technology would defeat your idea. Better idea: actually copyright it (costs $30) or have a public notary notarize all the pieces of paper with your idea on it. Then you can take *him* (or her) into court with you.
Yes, please defend for us the state of our society prior to the New Deal. Especially the working conditions, unemployment rate, and the status of the elderly. I hear they were some good times.
Is this attributed to anything or are you just pulling this hyperbolic figure out of your ass? My take-home pay is not half my gross, and by actually examining the paycheck stub, I see that much of that is coming off in the form of health insurance, parking fees, and so forth.
And, by the way, under Republicans the average American hasn't gotten a pay raise in 5 years. I'll take higher taxes and consistent growth over tax giveaways for the hyper-rich and snowballing uncertainty any day.
I mean any day. I'd take Clinton again as President in a heartbeat. Any day. Unconditionally.
Terrorism is the new Communism. Catch-all scare tactic for fearmongers.
No, I'm sorry, I can clearly tell the difference between having Republicans in charge of my government, and having Democrats. They're 1,000,000 miles apart in many respects, including basic competence and willingness to listen to people.
There's a reason RIAA-sponsored music as a whole is going into the toilet -- the target demographic for popular music is going elsewhere because they don't find value in $30 cd's and $100+ concert tickets. After the Boomers get too old to remember how to get to the concert, I expect a simultaneous rennaisance of popular music coupled with the black-hole-like death throes of RIAA-style music.
Concerts were overpriced for years before Napster came along. Anyone remember Pearl Jam going up against TicketBastard trying to get an $18 ticket to their fans?
My monthly cable bill is for what, exactly?
If I am flipping through channels and find myself unable to switch away from a commercial, or turn up or down the volume, I will use the big red OFF button to solve the problem. And if that is also disabled I'm likely to put my foot through the display and never use the thing again. Just an FYI.
Actually that isn't my job. I'm just pointing out how much work performing a gig takes, based on my amateur experiences. I have a day job and I've worked at it for 11 years, 40+ hours a week. But saying that music "isn't work" is patently false, and I certainly know the difference.
You don't have a right to do the job you want.
Jesus, I never said I did. I just had the temerity to point out that it is "work" and "quite a lot of it" and to insist that musicians are just jerking off is insulting and false.
OK. This is NASA. Aeronautics and Spaceflight. We are burning ~$400 billion a year on a whole different department of the government whose job description very roughly includes taking care of "madmen and dictators." Not that they're any more capable of it than if we armed them with trash-can lids and wooden swords, but I think technically it's already covered.
At the most I'd use VMware for something that's highly controlled (like your test lab example) or non-resource-intensive. I don't think it's ready for full virtualization though. I can clearly tell the difference between running a process off a VM box and running it off a "real" box.
And for this you get maybe $150 to split between four people. That doesn't even pay for a set of strings for my bass, let alone the gas money or food.
And if you don't think that music is playing hard work you clearly haven't got a clue. Most musicians would love to just break even on their habit. After 22 years I haven't even come close.