] Here is the schedule for the 2003 Nashville Predators
] training camp.

FINALLY!!!

Nashville Predators Training Camp Schedule

] You may think your salary is paltry, but compared with
] most of the world's population, you're up there with Bill
] Gates.

don't forget how good you have it!

Westerners Pretty Rich

] Los Angeles, CA - The RIAA announced that they would
] begin a strategy of profits by lawsuit, which should keep
] them a viable business indefinitely.
]
] "It's really a bold new idea that really gets back to the
] roots of the RIAA," said new RIAA Chairman and CEO Mitch
] Bainwol. "We'll no longer be worried about distributing
] music. The file sharers will do that for us, but now
] we'll just make our money from suing them and that's
] really what we're all about."
]
] According to a report by The Inquirer it will take the
] RIAA over 2,000 years to sue every file sharer, which
] confirms the long-term viability of the business model.

BBspot - RIAA Says Future of Music is Suing File Sharers

] In fact, they're tracking every download and selling the
] data to the music industry. How one company is turning
] file-sharing networks into the world's biggest focus
] group.

This is so obvious. Essentially, the music industry tracks what is being downloaded and where. They heavily promote the respective artists in the respective areas. Brilliant you say? No, just good marketing, and another reason why this is not a THREAT to the industry. It's a catalyst for growth.

I am reminded of a great interview that Peter Gabrial gave. He was asked about piracy, particularly in the third world (where he is heavily influenced and very popular). He said essentially that he viewed piracy as an opportunity. "If people are copying my work, I just go tour there." Peter got it. He realized that there was demand for his work, and maybe he isn't making royalties because of the copying, he has the opportunity to make REAL money by touring and selling merch. Oddly enough, this interview was in the early 80s.

BigChampagne is Watching You

Please keep in mind that these are static jpgs...
Hold onto your seat...

Freak out man!!!

] The rush to lump VOIP in with phone services obscures the
] larger problem: The 100-year-old regulatory structure for
] telephones is no longer adequate for today's advanced
] telecom services. These rules were written in a time when
] each technology delivered one type of service: Voice
] traveled over copper wires. Broadcast radio and TV
] signals flew through the air. Multichannel video
] journeyed across a coaxial cable.

Time to Rewrite the Rules of Telecom

] From on-board radar and Wi-Fi to electronic steering,
] amazing technologies already here or soon coming promise
] to create a new automotive era

More propaganda from Detroit and Stuttgart.

21st Century Cars Hit the Road

] The vast majority of the 2.7 million job losses since the
] 2001 recession began were the result of permanent changes
] in the U.S. economy and are not coming back, which means
] the labor market will not regain strength until new
] positions are created in novel and dynamic economic
] sectors, a Federal Reserve Bank of New York study has
] concluded.

Like I was saying...

Jobs cut since 2001 are gone for good, study says

] U.S. manufacturers shed another 44,000 workers in August
] -- their 37th consecutive month of job losses. Bush,
] expressing concern about the continued decline of
] manufacturing, said Monday that he planned to appoint a
] new assistant commerce secretary to help the troubled
] sector.

Forget it. The US has lost those jobs forever, and because of advances in technology, our productivity is higher than ever. We're basically screwing ourselves.

U.S. continues to shed jobs

] Disco lights are luring baby turtles to their deaths on
] the fringes of a Greek marine park in the Mediterranean
] Sea.

another reason why disco sucks

Turtles lured to disco death in Greece