... could we convert something meant to solve the problems inherent with royalty into royalty. Disconnected wealthy white men taking bribes disguised as campaign contributions, ignoring what is urgently needed, helping to prop up the institutions that are failing or have long since failed.
@SteveR - my image of Larry Ellison isn't just tarnished, it's rusted/corroded beyond recognition. In particular, email from Sun engineers is now engineer-name@oracle.com.
Step 1. Copy someone else's phone book ........... $$$$$$
Step 2. Remove their ads ($$$$) and place your own ($$$$$). Put more ads in it ($$$$) so it is thicker and looks more authoritative .................................... $$$$$$
Step 3. Profit
Yeah, I'm a little hazy on Step 3. How the F do you get people to pay for the goddamned thing?
Ohhhhhhh, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, the *advertisers* pay.
Right.
So you have to either have already done the legwork to secure the advertisers, or you have to get them.
Funny thing: The difficult part of the project isn't getting the facts from the original collector (gov't subsidized phone company). It's selling the advertising, and getting the ad art, and the graphic artist(s) to lay out the ads, and the paper, and the printing, and ...
Who in his right mind would want to do this for money?
The Justice Dept and all of the other absolute powers of The Executive are artifacts of The Manhattan Project. The project took what it wanted from citizens, and essentially suspended the Constitution.
Hey, it was an emergency. Nazis bad. Nazis with hydrogen bomb very bad.
The problem is that these emergency actions have become the norm -- as has the power of the President of the United States. What is what remains of the Manhattan Project's apparatus, i.e., who is in charge of briefing the President now?
... recording artists have been taken advantage of--by management, fellow artists, even spouses and birth families--since the beginning of the recording industry.
Sure, the audio from the phone call is anecdotal. It's also hearsay, and hasn't been authenticated.
However, Buddy Holly's legal troubles with Decca is well documented--as are the myriad attempts by content publishers to claim more and more of the revenue, profits, and rights to the art.
The video's purpose is not to prove anything. It's all been proven.
It's a reminder to us that the present tactics are different, but the record companies' aims remain the same.
I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't recognize CwF + RtB because it's been so long since I even went to that page (teh google found it in 0.26 seconds).
Long story short, I'm waiting for the T-shirt to join, i.e., my RtB is a BestNetTech t-shirt. Details, rumination, a possible solution--and a quantum of puffery follow.
Surely the T-shirt is the only physical item that's actually in short supply. Not to knock this fine publication--which I thoroughly enjoy from every angle, and consult at least daily--but ordering more T-shirts from the same vendor is surely nothing more than a phone call (even a click) away, plus the up-front money. Most T-shirt vendors will do a weekly buffer so that your new orders go right to them, versus taking up your own office space to store the tees.
Worst case, the original T-shirt vendor went out of business or was unsatisfactory to BestNetTech, and the vendor won't/can't return the design materials. Even then, a new design is OK, since the out-of-stock design artifacts were Limited Edition, anyway.
... the owner not being the interested party, nor interested in representing the party's interests, namely the party represented by the flag.
'Cause if you don't let anyone use your flag, you don't get represented.
And I wholeheartedly agree with the sarcastic "SOMEONE'S NOT GETTING PAID" sentiment. In fact, that was part of the slogan on the $10M dollar bill in Mike Judge's Idiocracy:
"HAULIN' ASS/GETTIN' PAID"
I like the Times. I don't typically read lots of it at once, but I have spent an hour or so from time to time, surfing through it.
At the first sign of a pay request, I'll do exactly what I used to do with Times Select: I won't pay, period. I'll almost always stop reading, but I might look for some other [free] way to view the article content.
Poor bastards. I pity them, and as an IT professional who's been at it since the 80s, I know how it feels to work in a fading market.
I remember the NYT going online circa 1995 for free, then putting up the pay wall (Times Select) and then taking it down in 2006. I guess I could research the history, but ... meh.
Your point is well taken, i.e., CNN is a more interesting site. In fairness, they're also part of a mondo television production network. CNN's got its own problems, though ... something about credibility, as I recall.
I think these are both still apples, though. I got to this article because someone I trust--a real person whom I know personally--read it and noted it as interesting. In a more innovative medium than email.
Let's see, he's presided for, what? Six months? Barely.
The source article kicks up some dust, but is really just another way to attract your eyeballs toward some advertising.
I remember thinking in late February something cynical because things hadn't changed overnight. Then I realized that there's really no way to know whether things have changed--without it being reported to me.
Perhaps it's the media that must change first, to enable the popular political parts of a democratic Republic to transform.
Or, you know, we're stuck with an outdated system and all we can do is to gasp in horror as the bug reports pour in. All we'll ever get are kludges and bags on the side of our Wondrous Experiment, and the naysayers will all be right in the end. It's fuct, we're doomed, and you can't trust anyone, not even yourself.
Only in America...
... could we convert something meant to solve the problems inherent with royalty into royalty. Disconnected wealthy white men taking bribes disguised as campaign contributions, ignoring what is urgently needed, helping to prop up the institutions that are failing or have long since failed.
See also immigration laws
... just as outdated.
@SteveR - my image of Larry Ellison isn't just tarnished, it's rusted/corroded beyond recognition. In particular, email from Sun engineers is now engineer-name@oracle.com.
mail orders were never taxed
... but apparently states think they can tax internet purchases. IMHO there's no difference.
Re: http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html
Thank you for contacting me. I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
greedy fools
Having the MJ zombie in the game increases the value of the estate.
Step 1. Copy someone else's phone book ........... $$$$$$ Step 2. Remove their ads ($$$$) and place your own ($$$$$). Put more ads in it ($$$$) so it is thicker and looks more authoritative .................................... $$$$$$ Step 3. Profit Yeah, I'm a little hazy on Step 3. How the F do you get people to pay for the goddamned thing? Ohhhhhhh, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, the *advertisers* pay. Right. So you have to either have already done the legwork to secure the advertisers, or you have to get them. Funny thing: The difficult part of the project isn't getting the facts from the original collector (gov't subsidized phone company). It's selling the advertising, and getting the ad art, and the graphic artist(s) to lay out the ads, and the paper, and the printing, and ... Who in his right mind would want to do this for money?
Origin of the Justice Dept.
The Justice Dept and all of the other absolute powers of The Executive are artifacts of The Manhattan Project. The project took what it wanted from citizens, and essentially suspended the Constitution.
Hey, it was an emergency. Nazis bad. Nazis with hydrogen bomb very bad.
The problem is that these emergency actions have become the norm -- as has the power of the President of the United States. What is what remains of the Manhattan Project's apparatus, i.e., who is in charge of briefing the President now?
Parody & Satire are Protected Speech
I'd go for one of these first, although it might water down the critical intent of the video.
It is well known that ...
... recording artists have been taken advantage of--by management, fellow artists, even spouses and birth families--since the beginning of the recording industry.
Sure, the audio from the phone call is anecdotal. It's also hearsay, and hasn't been authenticated.
However, Buddy Holly's legal troubles with Decca is well documented--as are the myriad attempts by content publishers to claim more and more of the revenue, profits, and rights to the art.
The video's purpose is not to prove anything. It's all been proven.
It's a reminder to us that the present tactics are different, but the record companies' aims remain the same.
watch lists, anyone?
This kerfuffle, especially the apparent original error (Maria/Marla), reminds me of the terror watch list, the no-fly list, etc.
The difference is "we might get sued" versus rendition and eventual torture.
Re: Re:
I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't recognize CwF + RtB because it's been so long since I even went to that page (teh google found it in 0.26 seconds).
Long story short, I'm waiting for the T-shirt to join, i.e., my RtB is a BestNetTech t-shirt. Details, rumination, a possible solution--and a quantum of puffery follow.
Surely the T-shirt is the only physical item that's actually in short supply. Not to knock this fine publication--which I thoroughly enjoy from every angle, and consult at least daily--but ordering more T-shirts from the same vendor is surely nothing more than a phone call (even a click) away, plus the up-front money. Most T-shirt vendors will do a weekly buffer so that your new orders go right to them, versus taking up your own office space to store the tees.
Worst case, the original T-shirt vendor went out of business or was unsatisfactory to BestNetTech, and the vendor won't/can't return the design materials. Even then, a new design is OK, since the out-of-stock design artifacts were Limited Edition, anyway.
another case of ...
... the owner not being the interested party, nor interested in representing the party's interests, namely the party represented by the flag.
'Cause if you don't let anyone use your flag, you don't get represented.
And I wholeheartedly agree with the sarcastic "SOMEONE'S NOT GETTING PAID" sentiment. In fact, that was part of the slogan on the $10M dollar bill in Mike Judge's Idiocracy: "HAULIN' ASS/GETTIN' PAID"
another case of ...
Re: Re: So...
> If Wal-Mart ran the country, our budget would
> be in better shape.
Right. Just lay off a few thousand from Sam's and it'll all work itself out.
re: Anti-Mike's advice
He's not saying that PayPal shouldn't be used, only that money shouldn't be left there. Pick up your transfers in a timely manner, citizens.
Re: I text loads
I can't say as much for your grammar . . . and you missed an apostrophe back there, Champ.
I'll just stop when it's not free
I like the Times. I don't typically read lots of it at once, but I have spent an hour or so from time to time, surfing through it.
At the first sign of a pay request, I'll do exactly what I used to do with Times Select: I won't pay, period. I'll almost always stop reading, but I might look for some other [free] way to view the article content.
Poor bastards. I pity them, and as an IT professional who's been at it since the 80s, I know how it feels to work in a fading market.
"binding" to a single-source solution
@Ima: I agree, it's a poor choice, driven by greed & the elusive "perfect deal."
I think this move, too, relied upon DRM considerations.
@kirby
I remember the NYT going online circa 1995 for free, then putting up the pay wall (Times Select) and then taking it down in 2006. I guess I could research the history, but ... meh.
Your point is well taken, i.e., CNN is a more interesting site. In fairness, they're also part of a mondo television production network. CNN's got its own problems, though ... something about credibility, as I recall.
I think these are both still apples, though. I got to this article because someone I trust--a real person whom I know personally--read it and noted it as interesting. In a more innovative medium than email.
Not yet
Let's see, he's presided for, what? Six months? Barely.
The source article kicks up some dust, but is really just another way to attract your eyeballs toward some advertising.
I remember thinking in late February something cynical because things hadn't changed overnight. Then I realized that there's really no way to know whether things have changed--without it being reported to me.
Perhaps it's the media that must change first, to enable the popular political parts of a democratic Republic to transform.
Or, you know, we're stuck with an outdated system and all we can do is to gasp in horror as the bug reports pour in. All we'll ever get are kludges and bags on the side of our Wondrous Experiment, and the naysayers will all be right in the end. It's fuct, we're doomed, and you can't trust anyone, not even yourself.