We've come a long way since wax cylinders. But right now we're having growing pains. Everyone wants a piece of the digital streaming pie. The thing is that everyone also wants to lock you in.

Streaming needs to be more open. The music itself needs to be separated from the service. I don't want to feel like I'm making a lifelong commitment by investing in streaming purchases, building playlists, etc.

Through Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, Google Music, Amazon, and whatever else is out there..I've stuck to my own offline music collection - it's much more portable (like others have stated already). If a company wants to start a streaming service they need to provide something of value other than the music itself. The "industry" is tired and old and proprietary and the rest of the world is sick of it, including artists. I have a strong feeling Creative Commons is going to be the rebel yell of the very close future. Artists don't want to sign contracts because they're keen to the fact that they're never going to be as rich and famous as they think - they're just going to tour for years to pay off the debt they've accrued for the "privilege" of being promoted by a big label.

All artists want (and have ever wanted since the beginning of music) is to know that they have made a positive impact on other peoples' lives with their craft. Making a living from it has always been secondary to true musicians. This is more possible and accessible with the Internet.

SO! Streaming services are currently acting as big labels. People have already bypassed labels. So all of this is pretty moot to me. So instead, I am investing my time into a project that will provide value to people aside from rehashing the whole 'buy the White album again' scenario which has already infested streaming services' business models. It's new and exciting and something nobody has done before with music online.

Most users who need to be admins are software engineers

Or want to configure a new printer.

Or disable/enable a wireless adapter.

Or defrag their hard disk.

Illegal on so many levels.

Thank you. I was about to post asking how anything even remotely like this legal. What's next, monitor students by GPS on their phones, in and out of school, to "ensure their safety"?

I'll remember that next time I'm doing a misic search.

Can anyone tell me where one can check to see how and where these vaccinations are filled? I think it's only fair to know what is being pumped into my offspring (and what checks and balances are in place to ensure no tampering or contamination), especially now that it will be a requirement for them to attend public schools.

Oh, my first love interest.. Her and Jenny Garth. Thanks, Seth!

Ide like attractive women to jump me in the street.

Fair enough. Now just make sure you are as "attractive" in her eyes as she is in yours.

Actually, the golden rule is, 'Treat others the way you would want to be treated yourself'.

Think about that in context.

I wonder what (if any) effect subsurface ocean waves have for life here on Earth, either directly or indirectly via effecting the Earth-moon system?

Don't worry, I'll store them in separate folders so they don't know about each other.

Don't forget to remove the "Everyone" group permissions.

Funny, the most interesting part of this story was the mention of his Palm Pilot. /me wonders what model it was.

And to answer your question, yes I still use a Palm Pilot.

I'm really not even qualified to put this out there, but could it be all of the REALLY HOT radioactive material from Fukushima making its way to the US West coast?

Or maybe underwater volcanic activity?

Or maybe your mom taking a bath? Oooooh, burn.

Sooner or later, they'll wake up to the fact that they're being subjugated, manipulated, and forced to live in poverty. "

Funny how substituting North Korea for other large nations of the world can still make the above sentence seem very relevant.

NK is definitely bad, but it's not the only one. Maybe just the most obvious.

Obviously the term "sacred geometry" is debatable...

"According to Stephen Skinner, the study of sacred geometry has its roots in the study of nature, and the mathematical principles at work therein.[3] Many forms observed in nature can be related to geometry, for example, the chambered nautilus grows at a constant rate and so its shell forms a logarithmic spiral to accommodate that growth without changing shape. Also, honeybees construct hexagonal cells to hold their honey. These and other correspondences are sometimes interpreted in terms of sacred geometry and considered to be further proof of the natural significance of geometric forms." (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... )

You said, Nature follows the rules of mathematics.. NOT sacred geometry.

I am giving the example in which nature follows sacred geometry (the Fib. sequence is related to sacred geometry, as in the Golden Ratio). No doubt sacred geometry is considered part of "mathematics". It's ok, I'll just assume you haven't had your coffee yet. ;)