Fact: In utah restruants are not allowed to SUGGEST a alcoholic drink http://saltlakecity.about.com/citiestowns/mountain us/saltlakecity/library/weekly/98art/aa012598.htm
I'm gonna have to disagree here bob, Utah does not have the right to curtail minorities rights by passing laws that are relgious in nature. Its in the constitution bro:)... the constitution wasn't written to protect the rights of the majority, the majority always takes care of itself. The seperation of church and state in the constitution was written to protect those in the minority.
I really hate these religious types... most western religions aren't about knowing right by wrong in your own life, but being able to point it in others lifes... here in california, the only religious types are the "I fucked up my life so bad, so I found god" type...
A few years ago my girlfriends sister was a devout mormon living in the midwest, during her teen years, every mormon she went out with tried to take advantadge of her... her mother actually forbade her from dating mormons! Which of course prompted her pastor to tell her she was going to hell...
As for these laws, No one wants to become a mormon-by-proxy.
(I'm on the developers list doing development for an independant company) Theres a tool written by one of the developers called "rehuff" that will further compress your ogg files by about 5 - 10% (losslessly) by optimizing the huffman tables.
Well, its a bit more complicated then that, because you may be mixing a dozen stereo channels down to however many outs your card has, plus applying effets, and possibly even generating sounds...
however my answer would have to be, 450 mhz is alot of cpu for linux, and not much to windows:)
I have a dual PII300 and it just smokes in linux, compiles a kernel in like 5 mins, boots mandrake in like 30 seconds, just is a real pleasure to use all around... in win2k, its a dog:)
In the audio world, 5ms is considered noticeable... professional audio hardware usually strives for a latency between 3 - 5ms... some pro audio cards can do 1ms latency (at the expense of ALOT of cpu power)
Amen brother!:) Another thing is, theres alot of "functional pricing" going on in audio software (especially steinberg). Cubase VST, steinbergs comes in 6 different varities all of which are disabled in some way (except the most expensive one of course)... Cubasis VST (16 bit recordings only, 48 audio 64 midi) 80$... Cubasis AV (16 midi tracks 8 stereo audio tracks, can only record 1 track at a time) 70$, Cubase VST (24 bit recording on 72 channels with some equlizers and effect sends) 300$... Cubase 5 VST/32 (128 bit, unlimited tracks, all the goodies) 600$.
SO basically the price changes from 70$ to 600$ so some programmer can change a #define somewhere that makes one program into the other:)
I think you missed the point of my post, I can afford it, did buy it, and STILL don't have it because of the paranoia these companies exhibit. Steinberg refuses to give its paying customers satisfaction -- and I can't return the software (what retailer allows ANY customer to return software?). If it weren't for the pirates I wouldn't have *ANY RECOURSE*. I'd be stuck having paid 200$ for software that I can't use... So you can see from my perspective -- the pirates have done myself AND steinberg a service.
I'm not saying wholesale piracy is right. But most audiophiles don't do wholesale piracy either -- Why? -- because music gear is EXTREMLY expensive, between all my synths / instruments I have about 15,000$ worth of equiptment, and if you can spend that much on hardware, software really isn't that great of an expense.
As for dave powell, hes simply a profiteer, riding the backs of UNCONSTITUTIONAL laws to make money. The DMCA is clearly unconstitutional, and the fines of 100,000$ per pirated program (I don't know which law provides for this) are very clearly cruel and unusual punnishment. Jail sentences are longer for piracy then MURDER.
I own *PLENTY* of steinberg software legally. However, I've made a resolution not to buy anymore until they deal with their copy protection issued.
I purchased their vst instrument lm4 and 3 "kit connection" cds to go with it (about 400$ list, I think I paid 200$ worth total)... i take it home -- and the copy protection scheme can't authenticate its an original cd because of some incompatibility with win2k. Steinberg has been aware of this problem for atleast 6 mos (although I wasn't when I bought it...) So I'm running the (buggy) pirate version of a program I *LEGALLY OWN* because their copy protection is preventing legitamate users from using the software.
Plus, legitamate steinberg products often ask for their original cd to authenticate at random times... (The pirate versions don't)... Nothing like doing some fucked up cd check when you've got a deadline to make.
These measure might be usefull if they were actually preventing piracy, but obviously, they're not.
And this brings me to my last point, have you checked the prices of this software latley? It's outrageous... Cubase VST32 ? 600 - 700$.. then you gotta mess with dongles... 600$ is far beyond the reach of most hobbyists -- which are the people who are pirating their software. My point being, their prices create demand for piracy... if they charged 100$ for their product (like TTS does with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 -- which is comperable in features) they would sell alot more copies, because for every professional theres easily 100 amatuers... if there wasn't, audio warez groups wouldn't exist.
Dave powell is one of the most hated names in the audio-warez scene, hes no better then any of the "pirates" he's busting, and he's for damn sure alot less noble.
I'd like to have 10 minutes with the man in a boxing ring, and see if he still feels like a bully. Because at best, thats what he is.
I've often marveled at statements like those of microsoft (and many other entities) and thought "who do they think they're fooling?"
Then I realized: When any idiot says something someone else believes him. String enough threads of half truths, obfuscations and misrepresentations together and you have a tapestry of lies that looks good until you start pulling at the threads.
This is a very common tactic used by just about any entity in the public eye. Enough "threads" can confuse even informed participants.
I'm convinced -- after having owned several pdas in my life going all the way back to the US Robotics Pilot 1000 -- the true measure of a PDA's usefullness is how thick it is.
My current PDA (visor deluxe) is very thick -- (atleast compared to something like the palm VX), and thus I find myself tempted to leave it at home instead of drag it along with me.
On the otherside -- the palm VX is so thin it can fit in a specially designed wallet (thats only slightly larger then a regular wallet) -- which means it wouldn't be any more of a burden then my wallet which I already carry.
So forget OS squabbles, and tell me about the next ultra-thin pda:)
A 10-dimensional universe is a therom of tensor calculus, and theres not much more "proof" to it then that a few gravity calculations work out well in it.
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It is my understanding that season 1 will be avaliable by xmas ... however, it better be cheap because season 1 was really bad ... do the bart man!
http://www.acluutah.org/alcohol.htm
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.a sp ?documentID=12354
Fact: In utah restruants are not allowed to SUGGEST a alcoholic drink http://saltlakecity.about.com/citiestowns/mountain us/saltlakecity/library/weekly/98art/aa012598.htm
These are serious first ammendment issues
I'm gonna have to disagree here bob, Utah does not have the right to curtail minorities rights by passing laws that are relgious in nature. Its in the constitution bro :) ... the constitution wasn't written to protect the rights of the majority, the majority always takes care of itself. The seperation of church and state in the constitution was written to protect those in the minority.
A few years ago my girlfriends sister was a devout mormon living in the midwest, during her teen years, every mormon she went out with tried to take advantadge of her ... her mother actually forbade her from dating mormons! Which of course prompted her pastor to tell her she was going to hell ...
As for these laws, No one wants to become a mormon-by-proxy.
(I'm on the developers list doing development for an independant company) Theres a tool written by one of the developers called "rehuff" that will further compress your ogg files by about 5 - 10% (losslessly) by optimizing the huffman tables.
There probably is no such group as affect, you sign up and MS shows up at your door to "re-educate" you ...
Y'all are infringing on large corporations right to lobby to have unconstitutional laws passed on their behalf!
Well, its a bit more complicated then that, because you may be mixing a dozen stereo channels down to however many outs your card has, plus applying effets, and possibly even generating sounds ...
:)
... in win2k, its a dog :)
however my answer would have to be, 450 mhz is alot of cpu for linux, and not much to windows
I have a dual PII300 and it just smokes in linux, compiles a kernel in like 5 mins, boots mandrake in like 30 seconds, just is a real pleasure to use all around
In the audio world, 5ms is considered noticeable ... professional audio hardware usually strives for a latency between 3 - 5ms ... some pro audio cards can do 1ms latency (at the expense of ALOT of cpu power)
Its called mp3.com ... only difference is the "interface" is a web browser. The p2p stuff is only hype.
The reason turn based games are declining is uber-simple ... YOU SPEND HALF THE GAME WAITING.
SO basically the price changes from 70$ to 600$ so some programmer can change a #define somewhere that makes one program into the other :)
I'm not saying wholesale piracy is right. But most audiophiles don't do wholesale piracy either -- Why? -- because music gear is EXTREMLY expensive, between all my synths / instruments I have about 15,000$ worth of equiptment, and if you can spend that much on hardware, software really isn't that great of an expense.
As for dave powell, hes simply a profiteer, riding the backs of UNCONSTITUTIONAL laws to make money. The DMCA is clearly unconstitutional, and the fines of 100,000$ per pirated program (I don't know which law provides for this) are very clearly cruel and unusual punnishment. Jail sentences are longer for piracy then MURDER.
I purchased their vst instrument lm4 and 3 "kit connection" cds to go with it (about 400$ list, I think I paid 200$ worth total)... i take it home -- and the copy protection scheme can't authenticate its an original cd because of some incompatibility with win2k. Steinberg has been aware of this problem for atleast 6 mos (although I wasn't when I bought it ...) So I'm running the (buggy) pirate version of a program I *LEGALLY OWN* because their copy protection is preventing legitamate users from using the software.
Plus, legitamate steinberg products often ask for their original cd to authenticate at random times ... (The pirate versions don't) ... Nothing like doing some fucked up cd check when you've got a deadline to make.
These measure might be usefull if they were actually preventing piracy, but obviously, they're not.
And this brings me to my last point, have you checked the prices of this software latley? It's outrageous ... Cubase VST32 ? 600 - 700$ .. then you gotta mess with dongles ... 600$ is far beyond the reach of most hobbyists -- which are the people who are pirating their software. My point being, their prices create demand for piracy ... if they charged 100$ for their product (like TTS does with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 -- which is comperable in features) they would sell alot more copies, because for every professional theres easily 100 amatuers ... if there wasn't, audio warez groups wouldn't exist.
I'd like to have 10 minutes with the man in a boxing ring, and see if he still feels like a bully. Because at best, thats what he is.
Then I realized: When any idiot says something someone else believes him. String enough threads of half truths, obfuscations and misrepresentations together and you have a tapestry of lies that looks good until you start pulling at the threads.
This is a very common tactic used by just about any entity in the public eye. Enough "threads" can confuse even informed participants.
This is going to fail for one reason best described by a cliche, "There is no honor among thieves."
Or independant artists (such as myself).
Damn that thing is cool! need one of those for sure:)
Which are all things I carry with me at different times of the day / week :)
My current PDA (visor deluxe) is very thick -- (atleast compared to something like the palm VX), and thus I find myself tempted to leave it at home instead of drag it along with me.
On the otherside -- the palm VX is so thin it can fit in a specially designed wallet (thats only slightly larger then a regular wallet) -- which means it wouldn't be any more of a burden then my wallet which I already carry.
So forget OS squabbles, and tell me about the next ultra-thin pda :)
OD (no flames/trolls please, it was a joke)
OD
The newest browser for IRIX is something like 4.0.6
Somebody: if I'm wrong please correct me :)