Well for my generation my parent's music collection is vinyl. It has some value beyond musical.
I'd check out the prices of vinyl on eBay before making that judgement...
Warning: You may be disappointed.
Damn right. many a year ago I bought Elgar conducting Elgar - some 1930s recordings on vinyl I found somewhere. I had 'em priced once at 10c each. I held onto them - I mean, heck, it's Elgar conducting Elgar - and the price today is the same. If anything, they've lost value 'cause of inflation.
Any Elgar fans out there, feel free to contact me... we can dicker.
English is not my first language, so can you please explain what the title "The Hurt Locker" actually means?
BTW, I kinda liked the movie. Wasn't the best, but pretty entertaining.
English is my first language (and my second - I emigrated from England to NZ) and I didn't know what 'The Hurt Locker' meant. I know now - 2 hours of my life and a DVD rental fee wasted. Now, 'Redacted'... that was a good movie....
1: Hire a little old lady
2: Get little old lady to do something illegal, causing lawsuit by other party
3: Counter-sue, win damages awarded by sympathetic jury
4: Profit!!
So, which leader is going to shut down the thuggery of high priced and overpriced CEOs and Qango bosses? A well paid cartel, or union too, if you like.
Oh yeah, you missed Congressman Charles Wilson, Texas 2nd Congressional District off the list of people who took down the Soviet Union. And about a quarter of a billion others as well.
A perfect example. When push came to shove the USSR backed down. They knew where it would go and didn't want to go there. Just like we backed down many times later rather than push things too far. Too much to lose.
There was a requirement that the Kennedy deal didn't get told publicly - one reason I didn't know about it 'til I saw it in my daughter's history books. My dad never did, and died thinking Kennedy had stared Krushchev out,,,
I play tenor sax (badly...) and practice to backing tracks provided by my ever-patient teacher. He provides some ticks (baton hitting the stand...) before the music and after that, if I drift from the backing track I know I'm out. Or it is:) It's difficult if you're a soloist, and doing an unaccompanied bit: I had "The Long and Winding road" once, which has a bit where the soloist (me) is all by himself for about ten seconds,,, cojones of steel...
And good luck to your blind friend. It's difficult enough sighted. Lord knows how your friend will tell a minim from a crotchet. Experience, I guess.
He knew they were moving large amount of money. That is it.
Right now I have a couple grand in my wallet, am I suddenly some sort of criminal?
My brother repaid a loan that I made him. I will either deposit this money or put it in my safe. If I put it in my safe am I suddenly some sort of drug lord?
You have two grand in your wallet? What are your plans for the day? Going... out? (I'm assuming you're in some tin-pot country with a weak currency)
So does that mean they have given up on strolling over their island pretending to be Arthur Gordon Pym? Good on them. You can't live out your whole life as a fantasy.
Interesting comment... my boss takes no interest in the machines that I keep up 24/7, and rather than believing that he's just trusting me to do my job, I think it's because he doesn't care.
And there's a shonky Windows replacement system coming up to replace my 99.999% up-time mainframe system that's getting the glory. The squeaky wheel does indeed get the oil A non-squeaking wheel just doesn't exist.
When you're in your 50s its "Will I be able to avoid being put on the layoff list, since I'll never be hired again in this industry due to my age, and I have to cling to this job until I can retire."
You're not going to like this, but here it is: multi-year sentences for being a douchebag are a *good* thing, because they protect our right to do fun stuff. If we take it as a given that high-powered lasers are a real danger to aircraft, the government has three possible solutions:
1) Laser-proof all aircraft, which is enormously expensive even if it's technically possible. And who pays for it? You do, either through taxes or airline ticket price increases.
2) Ban all sales of high-powered lasers to the public. No fun science experiments for you!
3) Throw the book at a couple of offenders to discourage people from being douchebags in this regard.
In practice, 1) isn't going to happen. By going with solution 3), we reduce the pressure to do 2), which protects your right to screw around with lasers and have safe, responsible science fun.
Disagree. Multi-year sentences clutter up the jails. And they don't send a message - which is why people continue to offend even when someone else has been caught for that offence. Example: people still murder, rob, embezzle, speed, rape, etc.
Why? Because they think they can get away with it.
Robert Peel said 'It is not the severity of the punishment that deters crime, but the certainty of it". And he's quite right. Until we can catch a laser-flashing idiot every time and give them (for example) a hefty fine and a week in the cooler, they'll do it again and again. But if we catch them every time, that'll soon stop.
"I guess I owe that to my instructor back at the army. He kinda made it obvious that a gun is a deadly instrument and it must be treated as such, that's why he installed something he called the "least deadliness" rule, a rule I still adhere to. A gun must always be in the state of least deadliness that it still allows it to perform the task at hand. To clean it, there is no need to have ammo nearby or even load it. There is no need to load your gun in the barracks because that's not where you shoot it, you shoot it at the range, so you do not load it in the barracks. There is no need to switch the safety pin off or chamber the round before you're settled in at your lane, so you do both not before the very last moment just before you fire. And so on. Don't make your gun any deadlier than it absolutely has to be and do it at the last moment possible. There are no extra points for overachievers in this particular area."
Friend, I'm no fan of guns but this comment from your drill instructor is an excellent one. Thanks for sharing.
Good riddance.
Now kindly proceed rolling heads throughout all upper and middle management, until you get to the first employee who indicated that the always-online feature was an indescribably bad idea.
He or she is new CEO.
No, that's not how it works. I think I learnt here that if you disagree with a lot of people and are proven right, it doesn't mean that you were worth listening to. It means that you weren't a team player.
1. Buy Franchise
2. Water Down Experience for Casual Players
3. Add Online
4. Add Co-op
5. Add Gritty Camera Filters
6. Overwork Developers
7. Pretend Game is Finished
8. Add DLC / Make Old Features New by Converting Them to DLC
9. Pay for Good Reviews
10. Hype the Fuck Out of The Game
Some people would be interesting to listen to for all society e.g. Leonardo Davinci, Einstein, Steve Jobs for the impact they have on society as a whole.
Most people however are like ants one, ten or hundred get stepped on and nobody even notices as what they churn out still gets done by the thousands of other ants.
My question is twofold - who is arrogant enough to assume that they are interesting enough at all times to warrant 24/7/365 sousveillance, and who assumes that the massive amounts of this generated data will be taken care of indefinitely? Is this what a legacy amounts to these days and how much money can I charge for this service?
Hear hear. This is a next-step of 'Would you want to document your entire life" thread that we had last week.
When I hit my dotage (if...) I expect to bore my grandchildren with a couple of stories from when I was a lad (Star Wars first time 'round, 9-11 attacks, Princess Di's death, the moon landings, etc) and if they remember it or not, that's up to them. The thing is that we talk to each other. And spend time together. Grandchildren can't do that with a DVD recording or diary (digital or whatever).
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Well for my generation my parent's music collection is vinyl. It has some value beyond musical.
I'd check out the prices of vinyl on eBay before making that judgement...
Warning: You may be disappointed.
Damn right. many a year ago I bought Elgar conducting Elgar - some 1930s recordings on vinyl I found somewhere. I had 'em priced once at 10c each. I held onto them - I mean, heck, it's Elgar conducting Elgar - and the price today is the same. If anything, they've lost value 'cause of inflation.
Any Elgar fans out there, feel free to contact me... we can dicker.
That's not to say that I don't think they have a point.
I think they plan to have lots of virgins there.
Where, exactly?
English is not my first language, so can you please explain what the title "The Hurt Locker" actually means?
BTW, I kinda liked the movie. Wasn't the best, but pretty entertaining.
English is my first language (and my second - I emigrated from England to NZ) and I didn't know what 'The Hurt Locker' meant. I know now - 2 hours of my life and a DVD rental fee wasted. Now, 'Redacted' ... that was a good movie ....
"They say no user information was compromised."
Well, they would say that wouldn't they.
1: Hire a little old lady
2: Get little old lady to do something illegal, causing lawsuit by other party
3: Counter-sue, win damages awarded by sympathetic jury
4: Profit!!
or maybe the simpler version
1: Become little old lady
2: Profit!
That is not possible. Nothing can be worse than the US version of Red Dwarf.
US version of Top Gear, not to mention Australian version.
US version of 'Death at a Funeral'
I for one welcome our new laser-beam toting xenobacteria overlords.
(Oblig...)
So, which leader is going to shut down the thuggery of high priced and overpriced CEOs and Qango bosses? A well paid cartel, or union too, if you like.
Excellent question.
Oh yeah, you missed Congressman Charles Wilson, Texas 2nd Congressional District off the list of people who took down the Soviet Union. And about a quarter of a billion others as well.
Lech Walesa must surely be in there ...
A perfect example. When push came to shove the USSR backed down. They knew where it would go and didn't want to go there. Just like we backed down many times later rather than push things too far. Too much to lose.
Not so - it was a trade-off. Kennedy pulled missiles out of Turkey, USSR pulled out of Cuba. Refer here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_missile_crisis
There was a requirement that the Kennedy deal didn't get told publicly - one reason I didn't know about it 'til I saw it in my daughter's history books. My dad never did, and died thinking Kennedy had stared Krushchev out,,,
I play tenor sax (badly ...) and practice to backing tracks provided by my ever-patient teacher. He provides some ticks (baton hitting the stand...) before the music and after that, if I drift from the backing track I know I'm out. Or it is :) It's difficult if you're a soloist, and doing an unaccompanied bit: I had "The Long and Winding road" once, which has a bit where the soloist (me) is all by himself for about ten seconds ,,, cojones of steel...
And good luck to your blind friend. It's difficult enough sighted. Lord knows how your friend will tell a minim from a crotchet. Experience, I guess.
Since when is money an illegal good?
He knew they were moving large amount of money. That is it.
Right now I have a couple grand in my wallet, am I suddenly some sort of criminal?
My brother repaid a loan that I made him. I will either deposit this money or put it in my safe. If I put it in my safe am I suddenly some sort of drug lord?
You have two grand in your wallet? What are your plans for the day? Going ... out? (I'm assuming you're in some tin-pot country with a weak currency)
So does that mean they have given up on strolling over their island pretending to be Arthur Gordon Pym? Good on them. You can't live out your whole life as a fantasy.
Of Nantucket? I'm here for you....
Interesting comment ... my boss takes no interest in the machines that I keep up 24/7, and rather than believing that he's just trusting me to do my job, I think it's because he doesn't care.
And there's a shonky Windows replacement system coming up to replace my 99.999% up-time mainframe system that's getting the glory. The squeaky wheel does indeed get the oil A non-squeaking wheel just doesn't exist.
When you're in your 50s its "Will I be able to avoid being put on the layoff list, since I'll never be hired again in this industry due to my age, and I have to cling to this job until I can retire."
I'm in my 50s, you inconsiderate clod!
You're not going to like this, but here it is: multi-year sentences for being a douchebag are a *good* thing, because they protect our right to do fun stuff. If we take it as a given that high-powered lasers are a real danger to aircraft, the government has three possible solutions: 1) Laser-proof all aircraft, which is enormously expensive even if it's technically possible. And who pays for it? You do, either through taxes or airline ticket price increases. 2) Ban all sales of high-powered lasers to the public. No fun science experiments for you! 3) Throw the book at a couple of offenders to discourage people from being douchebags in this regard.
In practice, 1) isn't going to happen. By going with solution 3), we reduce the pressure to do 2), which protects your right to screw around with lasers and have safe, responsible science fun.
Disagree. Multi-year sentences clutter up the jails. And they don't send a message - which is why people continue to offend even when someone else has been caught for that offence. Example: people still murder, rob, embezzle, speed, rape, etc.
Why? Because they think they can get away with it.
Robert Peel said 'It is not the severity of the punishment that deters crime, but the certainty of it". And he's quite right. Until we can catch a laser-flashing idiot every time and give them (for example) a hefty fine and a week in the cooler, they'll do it again and again. But if we catch them every time, that'll soon stop.
"I guess I owe that to my instructor back at the army. He kinda made it obvious that a gun is a deadly instrument and it must be treated as such, that's why he installed something he called the "least deadliness" rule, a rule I still adhere to. A gun must always be in the state of least deadliness that it still allows it to perform the task at hand. To clean it, there is no need to have ammo nearby or even load it. There is no need to load your gun in the barracks because that's not where you shoot it, you shoot it at the range, so you do not load it in the barracks. There is no need to switch the safety pin off or chamber the round before you're settled in at your lane, so you do both not before the very last moment just before you fire. And so on. Don't make your gun any deadlier than it absolutely has to be and do it at the last moment possible. There are no extra points for overachievers in this particular area."
Friend, I'm no fan of guns but this comment from your drill instructor is an excellent one. Thanks for sharing.
Oblig Marx Bros.
Chico (playing piano, somewhat repetitively): "You know, I can't think of the ending"
Groucho : "I can think of nothing else"
Not something we here in the USA give much thought to. But in the rest of the world, region-free DVD players are more than a curiosity.
Tut now. Some movies aren't available in region-1 format. Spread your wings a bit, try something with subtitles.
Life imitates art... or at least, ho-hum Hollywood SF movies
Good riddance. Now kindly proceed rolling heads throughout all upper and middle management, until you get to the first employee who indicated that the always-online feature was an indescribably bad idea.
He or she is new CEO.
No, that's not how it works. I think I learnt here that if you disagree with a lot of people and are proven right, it doesn't mean that you were worth listening to. It means that you weren't a team player.
The new CEO will be brought in, of course.
Riccitiello's 10-point plan to Success
1. Buy Franchise
2. Water Down Experience for Casual Players
3. Add Online
4. Add Co-op
5. Add Gritty Camera Filters
6. Overwork Developers
7. Pretend Game is Finished
8. Add DLC / Make Old Features New by Converting Them to DLC
9. Pay for Good Reviews
10. Hype the Fuck Out of The Game
You missed out
11. Profit!!
Some people would be interesting to listen to for all society e.g. Leonardo Davinci, Einstein, Steve Jobs for the impact they have on society as a whole.
Most people however are like ants one, ten or hundred get stepped on and nobody even notices as what they churn out still gets done by the thousands of other ants.
Us ants resent that, you inconsiderate clod!
My question is twofold - who is arrogant enough to assume that they are interesting enough at all times to warrant 24/7/365 sousveillance, and who assumes that the massive amounts of this generated data will be taken care of indefinitely? Is this what a legacy amounts to these days and how much money can I charge for this service?
Hear hear. This is a next-step of 'Would you want to document your entire life" thread that we had last week.
When I hit my dotage (if...) I expect to bore my grandchildren with a couple of stories from when I was a lad (Star Wars first time 'round, 9-11 attacks, Princess Di's death, the moon landings, etc) and if they remember it or not, that's up to them. The thing is that we talk to each other. And spend time together. Grandchildren can't do that with a DVD recording or diary (digital or whatever).