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  1. Re:So... by xleeko · · Score: 1 · on Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime

    This is why I like introducing kids to heavy metal versions of Vivaldi.

    Or classically trained cellists playing Metallica - http://www.apocalyptica.com/

  2. Choice of warnings by RomulusNR · · Score: 1 · on Network-Monitoring Data Put to Music

    From the article: "The appearance of violins means we are getting locked by spam".

    Violins? Wouldn't it have been a better alert system to instead switch the music from, say, Vivaldi to, say, Apocalyptica?

  3. Re:how how to tell if its for real by Inspector+Lopez · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Desktop Cold Fusion Reconsidered
    The real test of whether cold fusion is for real is not scientific. It is economic. When someone opens a cold fusion power plant which sells more power than it consumes, you'll know it's the real deal.

    This is true in a pretty strong sense. If it was possible to extract large amounts of energy by inserting pins into effigies of (say) Britney Spears or Tom Delay, and we didn't know why it worked, that wouldn't erase the basic fact that you could get energy out of torturing dolls.

    The infuriating thing about "economic" is that it periodically annoints technologies which all Right Thinking Persons know are blasphemous, such as: Windows (compared to Mac OS or Gnu/Linux), or VHS (vs Betamax), or Infix Notation (vs Postfix), or MKS (vs CGS), or Vi (vs. Emacs), or Visual Basic (vs. Lisp), or the Dallas Cowboys (vs. the Green Bay Packers), or GSM (vs. CDMA), or Complex Numbers (vs. Quaternions), or the Hummer (vs. the Prius), or the body image of Kate Moss (vs. that of Scarlett Johansen), or that of Brad Pitt (vs. that of Jack Black), or ABBA (vs. Silkworm), or Old Coke (vs. New Coke); or George Bush (vs. George McGovern).

    For all you nerd-kings and nerd-queens out there: ignore "economics" at your peril. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't ignore economics; it just means that you should ignore it at your peril. Occasionally weird things happen, involving (say) quixotically charismatic Finnish grad students. Some of them become cellists http://www.apocalyptica.com/home/, or hackers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds, or radar waveform designers, http://www.eiscat.no/EISCAT/boards/discuss/0081.ht ml.

    You just never know.

  4. Re:Meanwhile... by Nephilium · · Score: 1 · on Final Fantasy Concert Series Coming to the States

    Nah... it'll be these guys covering Metallica covering video game themes(Mp3 linked)...

    Nephilium

  5. why based on your listening habits? by ceejayoz · · Score: 3, Informative · on Discovering New Music?

    If you want to discover new music, why do you want something to give you suggestions based on stuff you already know?

    Ask your friends what they like... download random songs, etc. One of my favorite ways is to browse other users' files on file sharing programs. Who knows, you might find something completely new and unexpected.

    That's how I discovered Apocalyptica - rock'n'roll on cellos - and Our Lady Peace.

  6. Re:Bjork by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Finnish Taxi Drivers Must Pay Music Royalties

    She isn't finnish.
    Have you ever heard about:
    -Karita Mattila ( Opera singer )
    -HIM(Rock)
    -Apocalyptica(known as they play Metallica with four cellos)
    -Emmi (pop)
    -Darude (Dance)
    -JS16 (Dance)
    -Bomfunk MC's (rap/hiphop?)

  7. erm... recession? by ceejayoz · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Yet Another Look at CD Sales

    Maybe the real reason there was a drop in CD sales was *gasp* the fact that we're in a recession? The Dow Jones was up around 12000, now it hovers around 8000 - CD sales seem to have held up surprisingly well, actually.

    Personally, I've bought many more CDs since Napster than I did beforehand, 'cause I discovered lesser known groups like Apocalyptica that I really enjoy listening to.

  8. Re:Even the Once-Cool Now Sucks by ceejayoz · · Score: 2 · on Napster Not To Blame

    also check out Apocalyptica... great group, rock on cellos!

  9. All my music... by ceejayoz · · Score: 2, Informative · on Sharing Increases Music Purchases?

    Every single CD I own I bought because they'd been suggested by a friend who sent me an MP3 (or told me to download one). Before Napster, I'd never bought music other than movie soundtracks...

    For example, my favorite group, Apocalyptica (rock'n'roll cellos) - I own all 4 of their released CDs. Were it not for Napster, I'd never have heard of them, let alone purchased their music.