Yeah, we all hate the big record labels, but this sounded a bit too much even for the soulless, capitalist music industry, so I looked it up.
Read this: http://www.prefixmag.com/news/emi-distribution-changes-smaller-and-less-abrupt-t/30814/
It turns out that this effects only a small number of indie stores and they are not going to be filling shopping carts at Wall Mart--they are going to be ordering from third party distributors.
However, if it feels better to hate, please disregard.
"75k, 120k and 90k" with religous oil changes? Did you use motor oil? Perhaps forgot to use engine coolant? Maybe there are a lot of colisions you don't remember. Maybe you should consider public transportation.
What the hell is an executive coach? Is this someone who has reached the top of their field, but decided to retire from executing and help others reach their goals? They got tired of making executive salaries? Got tired of the biggest office in the building?
I guessing a executive coach is a two bit hack whose only talent in life is convincing people that they need to take spurious seminars. If they new something about being a successful executive, they would be successful executives. And, I'm guessing that a successful execitive doesn't need much coaching.
I saw some ass hate on Fox New the other day saying that global warming was good for the economy. Knowing that there are many in this country (including our own freaking president) who feel similarly, I can't help but think it might be too late. I honestly don't think the human animal can over come its greed and hunger for power. It might be time to accept the great purge is coming.
Now, if only there was away to make sure that only the idiots perish.
Something stinks here. This article does not have a lot to stand on. "A friend's testing"?! How scientific is that? And anyway, Earthlink is not exactly a fly-by-night operation. Don't you think more people would have noticed if 9 out of 10 of their emails were disapearing since June!? No way. This is crap.
I have two earthlink accounts and I haven't noticed anything. Maybe his "friend" is just an idiot. Maybe Cringely is just an idiot
I have nothing for or against Earthlink, I just hate bad information.
File this one with the video phone--it sounds cool, but the average person is rarely going to use it. Moving pictures are simply not needed in 1-to-1 telecommunications. Too slow, too awkward, to clunky. 1 to 1 video will never go away, but mark my words, in one hundred years we will still have voice phones.
Remember we have had the technology for video phones for years now. Where are they?
Except for phone sex. This would probably improve phone sex. . . Or maybe not . . . I have to think about that part.
Huh? I am going to assume that your trolling, but just in case you are not--you are an unmitigated asshat.
Let me get this straight: You are saying that because your hearing is not good, I can't complain about the quality of a sound file? No. That's just stupid.
So, if you had bad eye sight, am I a jerk if I don't like a bad painting? If you had no legs am I not allowed to complain about my shoes? If you had no taste buds, am I not allowed to complain about the food? No. There are lots of things that suck in the world, and your lack of ability to detect them does not change this fact.
I know that at this point I am suppose to say that I am sorry about your handicap, but lets skip that. You can take your handicap and choke on it! Everybody's got problems. Everybody! God knows I got an ass load of my own. But the difference between me and you, asshat, is that I don't expect the world to stop and cry for me whenever I fall down.
Thanks for listening,
The Insensitive Clod
If I loose or break a CD, my entire collection doesn't disappear.
I have never understood iTunes users. The sound quality is terrible, the selections is weak, there is really no price break, and DRM is flat out Kafkaesque.
Actually, it's not illegal to download the series, as long as you Tivo all the episodes and promise to spend three hours watching just the commercials.
It's true, I looked it up.
Here's my idea. Instead of buttons they could have a small plastic wheel with holes along the circumference that represent the numbers 0-9. You stick your finger in the desired number hole and spin the wheel to a starting point. Release the wheel and it spins a back to it original position, inputing that number. No more buttons! Just one plastic wheel with finger holes in it. To hell with having to "button" all these phone numbers. I want to "wheel" all my phone numbers.
I wonder if I should patent this?
"only required to be able to climb a 1% grade (and decend a 7% one)"
Given that this was a circular course, that makes for a race track that is down hill all the way around! The fuel efficiency should improve with every lap. By lap twenty we should actually be able to use this vehicle to generate energy! Why are we not employing this downhill technology on all our current roadways! I sense another oil company conspiracy.
Actually, working too hard is not just boring, it's not good business sense either. Think of it this way: when management purchases goods or services, they try to get as much out of the supplier for as little money as possible. Conversely, when providing goods or services, they try to give as little as possible for the most amount of money. The better you are at this, the better your business works. Do you think management respects you when they see you working your ass off knowing full well that you are being paid shit and have little hope of a salary increase that adds up to little more than bread crumbs and a tickle on the ass? No. They think you are a fool. They say to them selves, "What a sucker! This person knows nothing about business."
I figure most Americans need to work at least 75% less. In fact, if you really want to get ahead, you should probably start stealing stuff from work. In fact, steal from your co-workers. Show management that you have that amoral, cut-throat attitude that you need to succeed in the business world.
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Yeah, we all hate the big record labels, but this sounded a bit too much even for the soulless, capitalist music industry, so I looked it up.
Read this: http://www.prefixmag.com/news/emi-distribution-changes-smaller-and-less-abrupt-t/30814/
It turns out that this effects only a small number of indie stores and they are not going to be filling shopping carts at Wall Mart--they are going to be ordering from third party distributors.
However, if it feels better to hate, please disregard.
Please, do look up the difference between "nitpick" and "quibble".
"75k, 120k and 90k" with religous oil changes? Did you use motor oil? Perhaps forgot to use engine coolant? Maybe there are a lot of colisions you don't remember. Maybe you should consider public transportation.
What the hell is an executive coach? Is this someone who has reached the top of their field, but decided to retire from executing and help others reach their goals? They got tired of making executive salaries? Got tired of the biggest office in the building?
I guessing a executive coach is a two bit hack whose only talent in life is convincing people that they need to take spurious seminars. If they new something about being a successful executive, they would be successful executives. And, I'm guessing that a successful execitive doesn't need much coaching.
I saw some ass hate on Fox New the other day saying that global warming was good for the economy. Knowing that there are many in this country (including our own freaking president) who feel similarly, I can't help but think it might be too late. I honestly don't think the human animal can over come its greed and hunger for power. It might be time to accept the great purge is coming. Now, if only there was away to make sure that only the idiots perish.
Something stinks here. This article does not have a lot to stand on. "A friend's testing"?! How scientific is that? And anyway, Earthlink is not exactly a fly-by-night operation. Don't you think more people would have noticed if 9 out of 10 of their emails were disapearing since June!? No way. This is crap. I have two earthlink accounts and I haven't noticed anything. Maybe his "friend" is just an idiot. Maybe Cringely is just an idiot I have nothing for or against Earthlink, I just hate bad information.
File this one with the video phone--it sounds cool, but the average person is rarely going to use it. Moving pictures are simply not needed in 1-to-1 telecommunications. Too slow, too awkward, to clunky. 1 to 1 video will never go away, but mark my words, in one hundred years we will still have voice phones.
Remember we have had the technology for video phones for years now. Where are they?
Except for phone sex. This would probably improve phone sex. . . Or maybe not . . . I have to think about that part.
Huh? I am going to assume that your trolling, but just in case you are not--you are an unmitigated asshat. Let me get this straight: You are saying that because your hearing is not good, I can't complain about the quality of a sound file? No. That's just stupid. So, if you had bad eye sight, am I a jerk if I don't like a bad painting? If you had no legs am I not allowed to complain about my shoes? If you had no taste buds, am I not allowed to complain about the food? No. There are lots of things that suck in the world, and your lack of ability to detect them does not change this fact. I know that at this point I am suppose to say that I am sorry about your handicap, but lets skip that. You can take your handicap and choke on it! Everybody's got problems. Everybody! God knows I got an ass load of my own. But the difference between me and you, asshat, is that I don't expect the world to stop and cry for me whenever I fall down. Thanks for listening, The Insensitive Clod
If there used to be more suns in the sky, you'd think it would have been mentioned in the bible. Hmmm . . . ?
If I loose or break a CD, my entire collection doesn't disappear.
I have never understood iTunes users. The sound quality is terrible, the selections is weak, there is really no price break, and DRM is flat out Kafkaesque.
Buy the damned CD and rip it for Christ's sake!
I have a 22" monitor and it took me 17.5% less time to realize this was a bullshit artilcle article than it would have on my old 19".
I call first Beowolf Cluster joke!
India designing hardware does not bother me. The lack of quality drivers is what I'm worried about.
That middle part is way wrong.
Actually, it's not illegal to download the series, as long as you Tivo all the episodes and promise to spend three hours watching just the commercials. It's true, I looked it up.
Here's my idea. Instead of buttons they could have a small plastic wheel with holes along the circumference that represent the numbers 0-9. You stick your finger in the desired number hole and spin the wheel to a starting point. Release the wheel and it spins a back to it original position, inputing that number. No more buttons! Just one plastic wheel with finger holes in it. To hell with having to "button" all these phone numbers. I want to "wheel" all my phone numbers. I wonder if I should patent this?
I blame Microsoft. I'm not sure of the specifics yet, but I'm pretty sure this is a Windows error. Or possibly DRM working properly.
"only required to be able to climb a 1% grade (and decend a 7% one)" Given that this was a circular course, that makes for a race track that is down hill all the way around! The fuel efficiency should improve with every lap. By lap twenty we should actually be able to use this vehicle to generate energy! Why are we not employing this downhill technology on all our current roadways! I sense another oil company conspiracy.
Actually, working too hard is not just boring, it's not good business sense either. Think of it this way: when management purchases goods or services, they try to get as much out of the supplier for as little money as possible. Conversely, when providing goods or services, they try to give as little as possible for the most amount of money. The better you are at this, the better your business works. Do you think management respects you when they see you working your ass off knowing
full well that you are being paid shit and have little hope of a salary increase that adds up to little more than bread crumbs and a tickle on the ass? No. They think you are a fool. They say to them selves, "What a sucker! This person knows nothing about business."
I figure most Americans need to work at least 75% less. In fact, if you really want to get ahead, you should probably start stealing stuff from work. In fact, steal from your co-workers. Show management that you have that amoral, cut-throat attitude that you need to succeed in the business world.