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by ethank 14y ago
What was happening in SK was that the hardware of the device started mattering more to consumers than the content on it. They tried to duplicate this in the US with Helio and failed. Unlike in SK, the bandwidth doesn't' make up for the crap
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by ethank 14y ago
People get so caught up in existing paradigms and the resultant hegemonies which enforce them that they become blind to the obvious. This journalist is not alone in this. Examples permeate both media history and just criticism in general. F
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by ethank 14y ago
You can also actively reject the GoogleBot
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by ethank 14y ago
To Google: User-agent: * Disallow: / threatens their ability to index and serve ads against the open web, which is really what they mean.
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by ethank 15y ago
Such a beautiful plane. I got the chance to see the second to the last flight of the NASA SR-71 at Edwards AFB in I think 2001 or 2000. The airplane is other worldly, loud as hell and simply beautiful. They did a full Mach 3 overhead pass (
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Live Nation launches LN Labs Fund(venturebeat.com)
6 points by ethank 15y ago|0 comments
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by ethank 15y ago
The RIAA has one of the biggest misnomer names in the lobbying business. They serve the interests of record labels and the plutocracy who maintains control and legislation of that control. Not artists. The sooner they cease to be an issue t
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by ethank 15y ago
Reminds me of http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2008/08/23/the-frustration-of... Basically: I wanted to buy a song. It wasn't available. I ended up pirating it and donating money directly to the lead singer of the band. Or in other words: wi
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Culture is a Product(blackrimglasses.com)
2 points by ethank 15y ago|0 comments
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by ethank 15y ago
Vevo is not a label. It is a JV that includes YouTube among labels.
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by ethank 15y ago
It's worth noting that the AddressBook API dates back to mid 2008: "The Address Book framework provides access to a centralized contacts database, called the Address Book database, that stores a user’s contacts." It has been there since iOS
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by ethank 15y ago
To be fair: Neil always had a great relationship with his record company since being with Reprise. He'd come in and hand deliver every record, staying for playback in our artists lounge. A great guy, super fun and always a joy to hang out w
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by ethank 15y ago
This isn't only difficult for consumers, but for producers as well. For example: a few years ago I worked on a worldwide project for Metallica (www.missionmetallica.com). Get the laughter out of your system now........ Metallica is represen
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by ethank 15y ago
My gym time is diminished because a year and a half ago I moved a considerable distance from where I then worked, and still a bit further from where I now work. However I typically run 6 miles a day during the week at around 9PM, which serv
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by ethank 15y ago
Were 100% of the components made in Korea? Doubtful.
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by ethank 15y ago
I can't wait until I can buy an American made Android phone. Oh wait. These arguments based on dichotomous binary are pointless. Nothing is as simple as "good" an "evil". Nor is Apple to blame on their own for the China conditions. No more
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by ethank 15y ago
I used to be a label executive and you pretty much nailed it. And nailed why I left. I worked with a group of really great people who strove for innovation. However the tendency is still to mine the past for as much as its worth until there
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by ethank 15y ago
I get that, but being inside, I can tell you that what labels would do often was at odds with their parent company, even in press and in public. It's not spin, its fact. I participated.
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by ethank 15y ago
The RIAA represents WMG, UMG and Sony Music. Each of those has a bunch labels. They themselves are not labels. For instance, WMG corporate has no A&R staff. The business of music is different than the practice of it, and lumping it all
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by ethank 15y ago
Not trying to be offensive, but seeing the RIAA thrown around as this big boogeyman is annoying, and also seeing it stand in for labels, artists even more so. One of the biggest foes for MegaUpload was porn, who have much more money but les
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by ethank 15y ago
It is naive to think it was only the RIAA or associated lobbying groups going after them.
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by ethank 15y ago
This article is from 12 years ago. A lot of the math doesn't apply anymore. Labels will rarely front that much money for recording costs unless justified by past success. The days of million dollar videos are over (in just the last 5 years)
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by ethank 15y ago
So sad. All this effort because they spent years ignoring technology and trying to do innovation via outsourcing and customer dis-servicing business development. I know first hand :)
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by ethank 15y ago
This makes me sad for some reason. The turbine engine in an F-16 or F-4 is a beautiful piece of machinery. Design and functionality merged entirely really. And they just blow them up. Although they likely use high-hour engines (as I know a
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by ethank 15y ago
Los Angeles, CA LiveNation Labs (division of LiveNation Entertainment). WHO: We are a brand new division of LiveNation focused on disrupting and reinventing their consumer products from within. We don't even have desks yet, just one huge ro
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by ethank 15y ago
Yes. :)
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by ethank 15y ago
The site has become unbearably slow, so lately: frustration.
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by ethank 15y ago
Every time I think that I read too much I take a break and miss something that I know I would have liked, needed or benefitted from. And then I end up in the other place where I have tabs of articles and kindle's of books, instapaper and re
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by ethank 15y ago
I often joke (with myself since I'm sad that way) that everyone must at some point make a productivity web-app. It's nice that Joe has made one that fixes a few things that annoy me about most. Most are targeted at engineers first (Pivotal)
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by ethank 15y ago
I have absolutely no need for this and yet I want it anyhow. It's nice because it makes something ordinary precious through anachronism and size. If it had an API I could see using this as a fun tool for people visiting an office. Another n

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