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Friday, March 20, 2009
Drug Dealers and Software Developers
Drug dealers | Software developers |
| Refer to their clients as "users". | Refer to their clients as "users". |
| "The first one's free!" | "Download a free trial version..." |
| Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff). | Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code). |
| Strange jargon: | Strange jargon: |
| Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market. | Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market. |
| Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes. | Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines. |
| Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers. | Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists (same thing). |
| Their product causes unhealthy addictions. | DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said. |
| Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. | Damn! Damn! DAMN!!! |
Dudeism
What is Dudeism?
While Dudeism in its official form has been organized as a religion only recently, it has existed down through the ages in one form or another. Probably the earliest form of Dudeism was the original form of Chinese Taoism, before it went all weird with magic tricks and body fluids. The originator of Taoism, Lao Tzu, basically said "smoke 'em if you got 'em" and "mellow out, man" although he said this in ancient Chinese so something may have been lost in the translation.
Down through the ages, this "rebel shrug" has fortified many successful creeds - Buddhism, Christianity, Sufism, John Lennonism and Fo'-Shizzle-my-Nizzlism. The idea is this: Life is short and complicated and nobody knows what to do about it. So don't do anything about it. Just take it easy, man. Stop worrying so much whether you'll make it into the finals. Kick back with some friends and some oat soda and whether you roll strikes or gutters, do your best to be true to yourself and others - that is to say, abide.
Incidentally, the term "dude" is commonly agreed to refer to both genders. Most linguists contend that "Dudette" is not in keeping with the parlance of our times.
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Problem reaching Rural areas? USE LASERS!
For the internet of course. I always thought Lasers in fiber optics was a cool idea!
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=upiUPI-20090317-161930-8366&show_article=1
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=upiUPI-20090317-161930-8366&show_article=1
A small note about copyright infringement
As I mentioned in my little rant a while ago, about Copyright Violations, the model for banning users based on allegations is fundamentally flawed. Now Google has submitted a detailed criticism of the law, and has found the following
"Google notes that more than half (57%) of the takedown notices it has received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998, were sent by business targeting competitors and over one third (37%) of notices were not valid copyright claims."
See? you don't need proof to "claim" someone has infringed on your copyright. However, if you are accused, the burden of proof lies on you. BAD SYSTEM!!!
Read the full story here
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/93FEDCEF6636CF90CC25757A0072B4B7
"Google notes that more than half (57%) of the takedown notices it has received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998, were sent by business targeting competitors and over one third (37%) of notices were not valid copyright claims."
See? you don't need proof to "claim" someone has infringed on your copyright. However, if you are accused, the burden of proof lies on you. BAD SYSTEM!!!
Read the full story here
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/93FEDCEF6636CF90CC25757A0072B4B7
An Interesting Sound
http://thesimonsound.com/
"We make 50's and 60's space music, library/mood music and a hint of psych. We just released our first single which is a switched on/moog cover of Jimmy Castor Bunch's 'Its Just Begun'. The original has legendary status due to its popularity with the hip hop b-boy crowd who dug its heavy drums and breakdowns. Our version is heavily inspired by the Switched On craze of the late 60's/70's which saw a whole host of silly Moog cover albums - most of them pretty poor apart from the odd album by Dick Hyman. "
its pretty cool
"We make 50's and 60's space music, library/mood music and a hint of psych. We just released our first single which is a switched on/moog cover of Jimmy Castor Bunch's 'Its Just Begun'. The original has legendary status due to its popularity with the hip hop b-boy crowd who dug its heavy drums and breakdowns. Our version is heavily inspired by the Switched On craze of the late 60's/70's which saw a whole host of silly Moog cover albums - most of them pretty poor apart from the odd album by Dick Hyman. "
its pretty cool
Flight of the Conchords
I do Like the Bowie Song, but I can't find the good version of the song that started it all. Will have to upload it from home.
A Post for Leon
Happy Birthday Dude!!
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Remember where you came from!!
And I am not going to give you this birthday wish
Happy?
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