For me it was the co-owner with the large(ish) revenue. If you are the co-owner you are probably not going to be a code monkey. This is not always true but it is likely more true with increased revenue. I have been the sole proprietor of a very profitable company and, alas, once we reached the level of reasonable prosperity I was too busy to code or even help build hardware. To be honest, I much preferred having my hands in the pot over managing. It was far more effective and efficient to have dedicated staff due to distractions, important business, and lapsed skills. There could be, and likely are, exceptions but this one seems a bit sketchy though their revenue is not all that high but high enough to the point where they should likely be doing more productive things.
I have no room for Muslims in my basement. That is where I keep my small Lithuanian boys and an elderly man of indeterminate (Hispanic?) ethnicity. The boys carry my packets to and from the ISP's network. The elderly man whistles a mean modem. I call them Team Server Room II. They replaced Team Server Room after the infamous 'Halon Incident.'
I should also add that if you improve the property (in my case the improvement was actually razing the properties) then they seem pretty decent about abating back taxes. I spent an additional 10k to get the properties razed and hauled off for disposal/recycling and the town abated all the back taxes. I had a lawyer/liar set it all up. As back taxes had already been paid they actually allowed the forward taxes to be negated until the sum reached zero and I had to start paying current taxes. The back taxes were more than I paid for the lawyer and for the construction cleanup crew.
If any of the houses had been livable I would have sucked up the loss and fixed it up, paid insurance, and asked the city to find a tenant who could watch the property in exchange for use of the residence. My initial plan was to find a block that was habitable (at reasonable costs) and spend some time doing much of the repair work myself. I would have, then, offered the places up to the city as charitable homes for the needy and had myself a sweet tax avoidance program. Keep in mind that tax avoidance is legal, expected, and normal. Tax evasion is different, entirely, and is illegal and immoral.
I am guessing the bloat, update issues, running services, and resource usage would be their primary complaints. Those are my complaints. I think I have read about it reporting back to the mother ship as well but I would not vouch for that.
When CDs first started showing up regularly I would frequently buy a half-dozen (or more) a week. I still buy some when the urge strikes. I have never paid for a music streaming service and I doubt I ever will. They are all ripped to a computer that runs headless and is my "media server." At least I think they are all ripped. My point is that the inverse is also potentially true. I have tried a few streaming services but have found that, while they have vast catalogs, they frequently do not have the music I am looking for. I love music but I have not found a streaming service that met my needs. Given the source of this specific service, I will not be trying out this service at all.
I am at a loss. I truly do not know how I should feel. I know not one single artist that you named. Not one. I have downloaded Django but never actually watched it. I should so that I can delete it and free up the space as well as the backup space. It was recommended by a friend with dubious taste. Anyhow, I will not recognize the name of the musician you mentioned. I truly am not sure how I should feel about that.
Just because RIAA's president is an idiot does not mean reality changes. In this case, however, they are still likely supporting the music industry as some of that money that they pay for 2nd hand stuff is likely to be returned to the industry. Of course this collateral damage is unavoidable much like paying the cashier (who gets a check from the store) may be supporting things you do not like. I, personally, boycott Denny's and Wal*Mart, I know that some of my money goes to them via a second party but I can not prevent it.
Most bands, that sell CDs in a number greater than zero, do not have a label? I would not have guessed that. No, seriously, I would not have guessed that. In my limited experience, I was a member of a band that was moderately popular locally in a NE town with a decent technical institute, and even we had been contracted (for a single album and promotion for a small tour during our summer months) by a small local recording company. We were all in it for the money, not the music or art, though. We did not sell out, we started from a morally bankrupt position. We matured. Fortunately we were never popular enough to make a second album. We did sell about 5000 CDs but i think Pete's mom bought half of them and the rest were sold to drunk people by Chris' cute girlfriend. We did not make much money. I did get to keep the small bus that we used to carry equipment. I sold it to some guy who had a wood shop and was making cabinets. In hindsight I can say, with complete honesty, that we were horrific. The music was not so bad - it was us that was bad. The experiences were educational and memorable.
Some friends and I had a song that got college radio play. It is not too hard to do that on your own, just send them the disk and they will probably play it, eventually. Our song was actually requested a few times (other than when we requested it). Yes, we were young, full of angst, and really stupid. I will include some bad lyrics for you - I bet I can still play it. I bet I am not going to.
Working Title - By the Godlings. (yes. really. we were... umm... creative)
I went off to school today, Told my teacher she could go away. Gonna make it my way, make it to the top. I told my teacher she could just fuck off.
Chorus: Fuck off! Because I don't like you. Fuck off! Because I hate you. Fuck off! 'Cause you're so dense and your mother's a whore~
It goes on... In fact there are some three additional verses (and a bridge with solos and stuff) and we used more than three chords! Actually, the music itself was not too bad. The worst part is that I was well beyond my teen years but I was having fun and punk was in need of a revival.
Anyhow, I am not sorry for posting the snippet. I should be. I am not. I have to live with that popping into my head at times. Of all the potential repercussions from that are to be considered then my sharing is of minimal importance.
I do miss the tonality, I think the word 'warmth' applies, from tubed amplifiers. I did buy a sound card that had tubes. It was not as good as I hoped. Okay, so it was rubbish and I was displeased. I bought a new amplifier (not so very long ago) that was also tube fed. Alas, that was not so good either. My neighbor gave me his very old Telefunken and I cleaned out the system, ran through it, soldered a loose power line, replaced the tubes, and I am happy again. I would have happily paid him but he insisted I not. Then again, he still has my second chain saw.
There was some bot on here spamming (just last night it was here still) something about J Lebron in the URL but it went to a dead link in Turkey. I checked the site out and it seems you can volunteer to do some digging there with the archaeologists. I have always wanted to do that but this one looked way to complicated (like needing to apply nine months ahead)/
Wait... So I am NOT going to be anally probed? Hmm... I always figured if it was from an alien it would be more socially acceptable. So much for that plan.
To be honest that is kind of what I meant - what I was saying is that we need to alter how we go about trying to change things and that we need to change things. Right now, what we are doing, is not working. Either way, I am not scared to be wrong. I may even learn something.
Trivial - make sure to get the properties re-appraised. I do not have the numbers to hand but the properties are all zoned residential. I believe the total is about $400 USD per plot and they are all pretty much the same size. Six make up a rectangle and two make up a panhandle effect.
I am quite diversified and spending fun money on a potential win is speculating but I prefer the term gambling. Another good one in is municipal bonds.
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Convicts get to vote in most areas of the country. It is usually only prohibited in the redneck/ignorant south.
Your very existence ensures higher taxes. String up. I do not have to pay to carry your dead weight around.
To be fair they are just going to switch it again in a few more months. Eggs are good. Eggs are bad. No, eggs are good. Nope, this month eggs are bad.
My solution is moderation.
Venerable is not a bad thing.
how lazy can you be. sheesh.
I don't know. Can you Google "what or who is lazier than KGIII" for me?
For me it was the co-owner with the large(ish) revenue. If you are the co-owner you are probably not going to be a code monkey. This is not always true but it is likely more true with increased revenue. I have been the sole proprietor of a very profitable company and, alas, once we reached the level of reasonable prosperity I was too busy to code or even help build hardware. To be honest, I much preferred having my hands in the pot over managing. It was far more effective and efficient to have dedicated staff due to distractions, important business, and lapsed skills. There could be, and likely are, exceptions but this one seems a bit sketchy though their revenue is not all that high but high enough to the point where they should likely be doing more productive things.
Nah, they hired one guy named Larry and he is really a Python developer with some PHP experience.
I have no room for Muslims in my basement. That is where I keep my small Lithuanian boys and an elderly man of indeterminate (Hispanic?) ethnicity. The boys carry my packets to and from the ISP's network. The elderly man whistles a mean modem. I call them Team Server Room II. They replaced Team Server Room after the infamous 'Halon Incident.'
I should also add that if you improve the property (in my case the improvement was actually razing the properties) then they seem pretty decent about abating back taxes. I spent an additional 10k to get the properties razed and hauled off for disposal/recycling and the town abated all the back taxes. I had a lawyer/liar set it all up. As back taxes had already been paid they actually allowed the forward taxes to be negated until the sum reached zero and I had to start paying current taxes. The back taxes were more than I paid for the lawyer and for the construction cleanup crew.
If any of the houses had been livable I would have sucked up the loss and fixed it up, paid insurance, and asked the city to find a tenant who could watch the property in exchange for use of the residence. My initial plan was to find a block that was habitable (at reasonable costs) and spend some time doing much of the repair work myself. I would have, then, offered the places up to the city as charitable homes for the needy and had myself a sweet tax avoidance program. Keep in mind that tax avoidance is legal, expected, and normal. Tax evasion is different, entirely, and is illegal and immoral.
I am guessing the bloat, update issues, running services, and resource usage would be their primary complaints. Those are my complaints. I think I have read about it reporting back to the mother ship as well but I would not vouch for that.
When CDs first started showing up regularly I would frequently buy a half-dozen (or more) a week. I still buy some when the urge strikes. I have never paid for a music streaming service and I doubt I ever will. They are all ripped to a computer that runs headless and is my "media server." At least I think they are all ripped. My point is that the inverse is also potentially true. I have tried a few streaming services but have found that, while they have vast catalogs, they frequently do not have the music I am looking for. I love music but I have not found a streaming service that met my needs. Given the source of this specific service, I will not be trying out this service at all.
I am at a loss. I truly do not know how I should feel. I know not one single artist that you named. Not one. I have downloaded Django but never actually watched it. I should so that I can delete it and free up the space as well as the backup space. It was recommended by a friend with dubious taste. Anyhow, I will not recognize the name of the musician you mentioned. I truly am not sure how I should feel about that.
Just because RIAA's president is an idiot does not mean reality changes. In this case, however, they are still likely supporting the music industry as some of that money that they pay for 2nd hand stuff is likely to be returned to the industry. Of course this collateral damage is unavoidable much like paying the cashier (who gets a check from the store) may be supporting things you do not like. I, personally, boycott Denny's and Wal*Mart, I know that some of my money goes to them via a second party but I can not prevent it.
For every song you do not buy I am going to buy two! I do not even LIKE the music.
I figure 2*0 = 0. We should both be good.
Most bands, that sell CDs in a number greater than zero, do not have a label? I would not have guessed that. No, seriously, I would not have guessed that. In my limited experience, I was a member of a band that was moderately popular locally in a NE town with a decent technical institute, and even we had been contracted (for a single album and promotion for a small tour during our summer months) by a small local recording company. We were all in it for the money, not the music or art, though. We did not sell out, we started from a morally bankrupt position. We matured. Fortunately we were never popular enough to make a second album. We did sell about 5000 CDs but i think Pete's mom bought half of them and the rest were sold to drunk people by Chris' cute girlfriend. We did not make much money. I did get to keep the small bus that we used to carry equipment. I sold it to some guy who had a wood shop and was making cabinets. In hindsight I can say, with complete honesty, that we were horrific. The music was not so bad - it was us that was bad. The experiences were educational and memorable.
Some friends and I had a song that got college radio play. It is not too hard to do that on your own, just send them the disk and they will probably play it, eventually. Our song was actually requested a few times (other than when we requested it). Yes, we were young, full of angst, and really stupid. I will include some bad lyrics for you - I bet I can still play it. I bet I am not going to.
Working Title - By the Godlings. (yes. really. we were... umm... creative)
I went off to school today,
Told my teacher she could go away.
Gonna make it my way, make it to the top.
I told my teacher she could just fuck off.
Chorus:
Fuck off! Because I don't like you.
Fuck off! Because I hate you.
Fuck off! 'Cause you're so dense and your mother's a whore~
It goes on... In fact there are some three additional verses (and a bridge with solos and stuff) and we used more than three chords! Actually, the music itself was not too bad. The worst part is that I was well beyond my teen years but I was having fun and punk was in need of a revival.
Anyhow, I am not sorry for posting the snippet. I should be. I am not. I have to live with that popping into my head at times. Of all the potential repercussions from that are to be considered then my sharing is of minimal importance.
This...
Also, isn't this a dupe? It may have been in the firehose though. I could swear that I have seen this before - here.
I do miss the tonality, I think the word 'warmth' applies, from tubed amplifiers. I did buy a sound card that had tubes. It was not as good as I hoped. Okay, so it was rubbish and I was displeased. I bought a new amplifier (not so very long ago) that was also tube fed. Alas, that was not so good either. My neighbor gave me his very old Telefunken and I cleaned out the system, ran through it, soldered a loose power line, replaced the tubes, and I am happy again. I would have happily paid him but he insisted I not. Then again, he still has my second chain saw.
There was some bot on here spamming (just last night it was here still) something about J Lebron in the URL but it went to a dead link in Turkey. I checked the site out and it seems you can volunteer to do some digging there with the archaeologists. I have always wanted to do that but this one looked way to complicated (like needing to apply nine months ahead)/
I am not alone!!! Yay!
Anyhow, I did not say anything because I am too lazy to look and do not want to appear as stupid as I am.
Wait... So I am NOT going to be anally probed? Hmm... I always figured if it was from an alien it would be more socially acceptable. So much for that plan.
It is my hole. I can dig it any way I want. Sheesh.
To be honest that is kind of what I meant - what I was saying is that we need to alter how we go about trying to change things and that we need to change things. Right now, what we are doing, is not working. Either way, I am not scared to be wrong. I may even learn something.
Trivial - make sure to get the properties re-appraised. I do not have the numbers to hand but the properties are all zoned residential. I believe the total is about $400 USD per plot and they are all pretty much the same size. Six make up a rectangle and two make up a panhandle effect.
I am quite diversified and spending fun money on a potential win is speculating but I prefer the term gambling. Another good one in is municipal bonds.