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Weird Al To Release Songs As He Records Them
slapout writes "Weird Al has announced that with the Internet he can now release his songs for sale as he records each one rather than waiting for a whole album to be produced."
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Dude
1st: This is about Weird Al. This clearly qualifies as nerd news.
2nd: This is about freeing us from the tyranny of packaged deals. Clearly this ranks higher than even the $700 Billion dollar bail out news.
3rd: This is about Weird Al. He is like the king of nerdiness.
And lastly, it is Weird Al.
Any questions?
See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
>>>94% of all internet facts are made up on the spot.
Except this one is verifiable:
1988 - download of 880k floppy game over then-typical 2400 baud modem =~ 1 hour (from my own personal experience)
2008 - download of 4000 megabyte game over typical 10 Mbit/s cable =~ 1 hour (math)
Naturally the actual time will vary if your 1988 computer had a double-sized floppy (takes 2 hours) or if you are downloading a dual-sided DVD (also 2 hours). But Slashdot's signature length limit precludes me from including all that detail. The important point to note is that speeds have escalated to match demand. We have never experienced the so-called "speed limit" that certain Chicken Littles keep claiming we're going to hit. They are just blowing a lot of hot air, and have been doing so for almost 15 years now. Their claims have no merit.
The government is not your daddy. Its purpose is not to raid middle-class neighbors' wallets and give it to you.
You probably didn't know that Wendy was also a gifted solar eclipse astrophotographer, did you?
Now that's a woman of note. Cool musician, cool geek.
http://www.wendycarlos.com/eclipse.html