Oh, he counts for me, but you KNOW that Colbert and Stewart don't really count for the big-pants grownup world. A Times expose would be nice. Or maybe re-branding CNN as a cooking channel... we need more of those.
Social media remains a significant problem for heavily-regulated industries. Pharma and medical devices have asked the FDA for years to at least sketch out a few guidelines; and when repeatedly pushed, FDA finally came out and said, "Treat social media exactly as you would print ads and publications."
Because they're identical, right? Make everything carry side effects and contraindications, reduced to 140 characters? The most absurd notion of all is to control all social media comments and dialogue, to prevent off-label or other impermissible language from reaching poor, uneducated Joe Citizen. FDA (and, I suspect in this case, SEC) doesn't understand the instantaneous, impromptu nature of social/viral dialogue -- uncontrollable! And that's not the essence of iron-fisted regulation.
Back when the phone network was owned by... well... the phone network, and every attached device was manufactured and connected by them, the only way to get an audio signal for recording or broadcast was to have them install a box (an "RCZ coupler"). The box included a mechanical timer and relays, and switched on a tone generator at intervals specified by federal phone tariffs. Until at least 1970, you NEVER heard a recorded or live-broadcast call without the beeps.
Thought that attack was against Spamhaus' high-handed, blacklist-everything-with-no-recourse policies. And I recall it being thoroughly rejected at this site as being antisocial and moronic. Maybe you were absent that day.
I believe Google has wronged me, and they must pay! But I'll take a mere tenth of what they gave the French newspapers... $8.2M will ease my pain adequately.
"Whoever took the photos in the first place would own the copyright on the basic photos themselves.
... unless they were a "work made for hire". Which is common enough in a situation like this... otherwise you need to pay the photographer, who's already been paid for the day, every time you use an image.
Direct election of a judge seems bizarre to those of us who don't live in such states. A little like having the Elks Club vote on who gets to be a neurosurgeon.
Not a new concept... thirty years ago, we'd try out high-end audio equipment at a national chain department store, and then head for the sealed carton, no-display warehouse retailer, and pay 30% less.
Thanks for adding that detail... makes it less about "the evils of online selling".
But that shifts the focus back to where it belongs: adding value. It's tough to compete on price alone... you'd better be offering something the bulk retailer can't easily offer.
Wow! Nothing like asking a writer/lawyer... Really enjoyed the clear, day-by-day format, with some cogent thinking to back up each choice. Gold star for you.
Based on my experience with other EA titles, I'm surprised an animated character doesn't pop up and offer to sell you "Server Tokens" for cash money... $24.99 gets you 10 passes to jump to the head of the queue...
That's all I keep thinking... the Al Capone effect. Three rows back, in the gallery, a bespectacled man with a yellow pad scribbles notes throughout the hearing...
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Worked really well for CNN when they announced Boston arrests the other day. (Why does no one really call them out on this?)
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Because they're identical, right? Make everything carry side effects and contraindications, reduced to 140 characters? The most absurd notion of all is to control all social media comments and dialogue, to prevent off-label or other impermissible language from reaching poor, uneducated Joe Citizen. FDA (and, I suspect in this case, SEC) doesn't understand the instantaneous, impromptu nature of social/viral dialogue -- uncontrollable! And that's not the essence of iron-fisted regulation.
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Re: Re: it's more simple than that, no?
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Re: Now this is popcorn worth...
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Re: cool
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Consider me now to be in the Google Payout Queue.
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Maybe, Maebe
... unless they were a "work made for hire". Which is common enough in a situation like this... otherwise you need to pay the photographer, who's already been paid for the day, every time you use an image.
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But that shifts the focus back to where it belongs: adding value. It's tough to compete on price alone... you'd better be offering something the bulk retailer can't easily offer.
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New business model
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Monetize that delay!
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Belief won't trump information.
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"I will come to you! My airplane is only 10k an hour – have more cash & Gold in the bank than you can imagine..."
;-}
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