Bob Zelin
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Hi –
I just want to know if Ajax Diner on Courthouse Square is as good as they say.
And if I send you my Rorke Galaxy, can you send me some of that smoked catfish dip, and
country fried steak. I will even pay shipping !Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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I am SO angry by this thread.
There is a well known story from about 3 years ago, when Life of Pi was made, made a billion dollars, and Rhythm and Hues in LA declared bankruptcy, and ALL the freelancers who worked on that award winning film got screwed (I met many of them at NAB that year). And at the Academy Awards show, these very freelancers protested outside the Academy Awards.
But they went into bankruptcy – right ?
Well, they JUST won another technical Oscar at this years Academy Awards –
https://rhythm.com/home/how is this fair ? The company made a fortune, declares bankruptcy, stays in business, and continues to find NEW employees, and make lots of money, and win awards. Why are these people not in jail.
Why do NEW employees even agree to work for them.Again = – welcome to the real world. It ain’t pretty. And it ain’t fair.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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again – this is just life. what about an employeer that has a business (let’s say it’s a post facility in NY) – and he has a loan out for his 6 AVID’s and ISIS shared storage system, and 3 Maya workstations. So he employ’s 9 people. And he is paying rent in Manhattan. And now BBDO or Gray Advertising does not pay him. Not only does HIS medical insurance bill show up, his rent shows up, and his NINE employees need to get paid. What does he do ? Who can he sue ? Well, he can sue the ad agencies (because they have not paid him in over 60 days) – but if he sues, they will never hire him again.
Gee – what a dilemma. I know EXCACTLY what it is like to live in NY City. I ran a “successful” freelance business there with 2 employees. ITS F#$%ing expensive. And while I spent my whole life there (until about Age 42), and ran my business from Queens, and FINALLY was able to afford to move into Manhattan, within 3 years, I realized that every penny I was making was going into the business, my employees, and my COST OF LIVING for living on 25th and Madison Ave. And I eventually said “this is crazy, I have to get out of here”. And I did.
So are you saying “it’s not fair to the people that live and work in Manhattan – they have to get paid so they can pay their medical bills, rent, insurance, bank loans, etc”. THATS LIFE. If you can’t afford to live in NY City, and you decide to get an apartment that is too expensive, and eat out in expensive restaurnats all the time, and then you get sick, and you have credit card debt, and all you do is say “hey this is not fair – I worked hard on that graphics job, and my idiot client is not paying me in time” – well TOUGH LUCK. And WELCOME TO NY CITY. It’s a hard live in NY on a day to day basis. You make more money in NY than anywhere else, but you suffer more there than in any other city in the US, even more than LA (a lot more than LA).
I had a warrant out for my arrest for NY City Income Tax Evasion (I had paid my taxes), and a bench warrant was issued for me (via the mail). I had to deal with that nightmare – no one cared that I was a hard working honest guy, who paid my bills. THIS IS LIFE – and in NY it’s hard. I spent a lot of money with an expensive top accountant getting that nightmare resolved, and that expense cut into my other “day to day” like paying my other bills. Don’t like this fact – move out of NY. I eventually did.
There are countless people of all walks of life that get themselves into debt. A lot of this can unfortunately be attributed to unexpected medical expenses (as you pointed out by your example of Randy Gerner). Why didn’t he have medical insurance (you don’t need to tell me how insanely expensive it is – it’s a lot more than $3700 a year).
Life is hard. Life is a struggle. Move into NY City, and it’s even worse. And if you cry “I can’t afford to live here” – well, I guess you can’t afford to live there, even if you are happy there. Time to move out. These “laws” are not going to force anyone to pay their bills on time. And when someone gives you a contract for $50,000 to do a production for them – you are not going to turn it down because they will not sign a promisory note stating that you will get your 50 grand in 30 days or less. You will take the job, and if it takes 3 – 4 months you will just bare that aggravation. And if you won’t, someone else will.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Jeremy –
Elvin works for DDP. DDP is in the Netherlands.
This is how you reach them –https://www.dynamicdrivepool.com/support-sales/where-to-buy
would you like to contact them, or should they contact you ?
How can they reach you, if you would like Elvin or someone from DDP to contact you ?
Bob
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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oh my God – what a bunch of babies. These “freelancers” don’t want to accept that they are in BUSINESS, and in BUSINESS, you don’t have a job, you are running a company (just like I did in NY from 1986 to 1998), and guess what – clients don’t like to pay you, so you have to KEEP AFTER THEM. And it’s not just “freelancers” – it’s any business, doing any activity. You have to work hard to find jobs (it’s called sales and marketing), and then after you work hard doing the job, you have to work hard to COLLECT YOUR MONEY. Some companies are nice, but plenty of BIG AD AGENCIES (for example) take over 90 days to pay you. Chase Manhattan Bank was my client in the early years, and they ultimately took 6 months to pay me. WELCOME TO RUNING A BUSINESS. This is not a job when you get your paycheck at the end of the week. It’s brutal getting paid, but it’s part of running a BUSINESS. This is what employees never understand. “How come the boss makes so much money, and we have this crappy little job, and he gets to rip us off”. Not only does he have to FIND the work that you do, but he has to GET PAID from his clients that don’t want to pay him, AND meet not only your SALARY, but the employers contribution to social security, your disability insurance, your unemployment taxes, sales tax, and everything else (you know, like rent and owning the equipment).
At the end of the day, the employee says “wow, you are a freelancer, you make SO MUCH MONEY”. No one understands that a successful freelancer is constantly working to FIND WORK, and GET PAID, as well as keeping up with his technical ability. The ONLY reward is that you make MORE MONEY that the person “working for a living” at the ad agency or production company. But that “more money” is all that anyone ever sees.
Don’t like these rules – then GET A JOB. I have no sympathy for these people. You don’t get paid, you go into your clients office, and you threaten them. I know what it’s like to work freelance in NY City – it makes you crazy (just look at me !). There is that wonderful expression – “if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere”. This ain’t no Bernie Sanders “it should be fair for everyone”. Business is not fair. Business owners are often s#$%bags, and you have to constantly fight. Don’t like it – get a job.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Hi John –
first time poster, huh ? Your with Fox Networks Group, and you consider a ProMax Platform pricey ? Yet you don’t consider NetApp and full XSAN systems pricy ?Time for you to browse Creative Cow – not only this forum and the other forums, but to look at some of the ads. Or perhaps you can contact one of the wonderful VAR dealers in LA that can assist you with this. I know for a fact (as I am a Fox vendor in Florida) that Fox is already dealing with a lot of pro video dealers, and Apple VAR’s (not the Apple store) that know how to do this. And no one is using Cisco switches. Not for this application.
And Illustrator / Photoshop is LOW BANDWIDTH stuff – any NAS will work. If you were doing Premiere or After Effects, that’s another story.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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I too was shocked to hear that Haskell Wexler kicked the bucket.
Along with all the great musicians that kicked the bucket this year.Next year, there will be a new category – “Best feature shot with an iPhone or an iPad”. Creative Cow will have a feature on the DP “yea, I graduated High School, and me and my friends used our iPhones to make this really cool film in 4K. We put it on iTunes, and 60 Million people have downloaded it. It’s pretty cool”. and – “we were going to cut it in FCP-X, but my editor’s mom grounded him, so he had to cut the film on his iPhone too.”
And do you know what that means – that WE ARE OLD.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Hi Jeremy –
why don’t you get a quote from DDP in Europe, since you will be in Europe, and see how much that costs you. And see how complex of a solution it will be for you to maintain for 100 students.DDP is in the Netherlands. Do you need their contact information ?
How soon are you going to make this purchase ?Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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just asked you questions in another forum (Arrays).
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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you state –
8 stations running Adobe CC
and then you state –
20 at any given time –so do you have 8 computers connecting to the shared storage, or 20 users connecting to the shared storage –
do you have shifts of students that will use the computers 8 at a time ?30 gigs per user is hardly anything. 4K media takes up a lot of space.
Are they all sharing the same media, or do all 100 users all have different media ?
Why don’t you just allocate 20 (or 100) folders – so that each student gets their own folder (if you intend of having different media in each folder).
Since you say that they are NOT going to be using this to have multiple users accessing the same footage at the same time, wouldn’t this be easier and cheaper to have 20 or 100 drives – each student gets a 1TB drive. Why do this, and add all this complexity, if you are not going to share the media.
Usually, someone shoots a show (a sports event, a concert), and then everyone edits that media to make their version of the show. If everyone has their OWN media, and has no intention of sharing, why not buy 20 (or 100) drives – one per student. It’s cheaper. And easier to maintain.
You need to be specific – it doesn’t matter if you have 20 users or 100 users. You need to say “I am going to have 8 iMac computers, that all need to connect to a single shared storage system, with 24 TB or 48 TB (or whatever) of storage.
Then we can make suggestions.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
bobzelin@icloud.com