Has anyone released a study showing over time how many books have been published over the last, oh, 150 years or so? I would imagine it's kind of snowballed.
b. been released under a GPL license of some sort (e.g. Neil Stephenson's "In The Beginning Was the Command Line"}, or
c. had the copyright run out on it, then
yes, it is restrictive. It is restrictive of the author's rights to control the distribution of their work. There may be other conditions I'm overlooking, BTW.
I don't know exactly what percentage of the Library of Congress's collection fall under one of those conditions, but I would hesitate to say that most of them could be released without some kind of licensing issues.
I'm not an advocate of copyrights that last for 70 years or more, but we have to work within the existing framework of laws before progress towards a public electronic library can really be made.
P.S. I was really impressed by Stephenson's integrity in releasing "Command Line" the way he did. It really shows dedication and contrasts nicely with Stephen King's approach, for instance.
How do you know the GeForce "kicks the V[oodoo]5's *ss?"
Do you have one? I thought they weren't out yet. Can I buy it from you, since you seem to hate it so much? Or are you just out FUDding around with people today? =P
And ya gotta love the requisite "I'll probably get modded down for this..." If you're that scared of losing Karma, post AC. =P
I think they made the verbal much easier and the math slightly harder; when I converted my scores from the old scale to the new, I ended up gaining 80 points in verbal and losing 10 points in math. (from 1430 old scale to 1490 new scale).
When I read the story, I saw the "$LANG" tag as a "SLANG" tag.... which actually might not be altogether useless in a multi-lingual site, if you use a Babel-Fish-esque algorhythm to translate parts of it.
Does that mean not to reply to posts...errr...
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I got a 1430 (old scale) and I would love to apply. Is that impressive?
I won't apply, though; I never got my bachelor's degree. That's also probably not impressive.
I look at the consulting business I'm running, the artwork I've been creating, and the music I play, and wonder where I would have put that energy had I gone to college.
I've read quite a bit of the "Philip and Alex" site; the RDBMS section is quite pleasant and informative. Hopefully you won't close off the curriculum to those outside observers who enjoyed college more as a spectator sport than an actual activity.
Some of the techniques for acheiving true 3D imaging, where the scene appears to be "floating" in front of you, use eyeglass-and-shutter type technologies to create two slightly different images. This gives the illusion of true 3D, but if I remember correctly, the shutters alternate between eyes.
So, if the frame rate/refresh rate is divided in half, in those cases, 120 frames-per-second would appear as two slightly different 60 frames-per-second images, one for each eye.
That's at least one explanation for needing >100 fps from our graphics cards and monitors... arguments about the brain's image processing power and variation between people aside.
For sale: 5 unused/. moderator points. These mod points are in mint condition and have never been out of the box.
These are the same moderator points that were found in Al Capone's vault and were also rumored to be stolen from the ship's safe of the Titanic! Elvis's mom strung these moderator points around her neck on a string for good luck.
Will consider separating, but would prefer to sell as a set. Please contact me for further details.
Chuck D has been trying to release his music for free download for literally years now. He has been helping numerous other groups get their music online, too.
Do a little research before you post!
P.S. I'd be more surprised if Napster wasn't discussed during a music "convension".
Chuck D didn't have anything to do with MP4; that was the CEO of MP3.com you're thinking of.
Chuck D rules. He pioneered a lot of Internet music technologies, and his work with Public Enemy is top-notch.
His label, Atomic Pop, was one of the first labels to ship a CD to internet purchases over a month before it was available in stores, and he's been a really strong supporter of MP3 technology for a long time.
I think if you perform a GPL'ed song in public, you have to give credit to the composer of the song on stage (o in some other obvious manner). The point of the MOOO public license (www.dragonflydynamix.com), at least, is to give othe people the opportunity to hear, copy, or cover your music, while making sure you get proper credit.
It's not like this AC has any good points, he's just flaming because he's too snooty to use tools that aren't intended for "com-PO-suhs" like himself.
Some people watch too much PBS Masterpiece Theatre.
I've been releasing my crappy music under the MOOO
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public license. I wrote up the license mostly for fun, but also out of curiosity, to see what options are out there. Didn't want to release it to the public domain, but didn't want to mess around with too much legalalese, either.
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Has anyone released a study showing over time how many books have been published over the last, oh, 150 years or so? I would imagine it's kind of snowballed.
b. been released under a GPL license of some sort (e.g. Neil Stephenson's "In The Beginning Was the Command Line"}, or
c. had the copyright run out on it, then
yes, it is restrictive. It is restrictive of the author's rights to control the distribution of their work. There may be other conditions I'm overlooking, BTW.
I don't know exactly what percentage of the Library of Congress's collection fall under one of those conditions, but I would hesitate to say that most of them could be released without some kind of licensing issues.
I'm not an advocate of copyrights that last for 70 years or more, but we have to work within the existing framework of laws before progress towards a public electronic library can really be made.
P.S. I was really impressed by Stephenson's integrity in releasing "Command Line" the way he did. It really shows dedication and contrasts nicely with Stephen King's approach, for instance.
*sniff*
Seriously, though, was there an article about Khronos and OpenML here a moment ago, or did I eat the bad cheese again? =P
[obligatory appendix so as to not be ENTIRELY off-topic.]
Anyways, this little thing sounds cool... and it runs BeOS? very nice...
Do you have one? I thought they weren't out yet. Can I buy it from you, since you seem to hate it so much? Or are you just out FUDding around with people today? =P
And ya gotta love the requisite "I'll probably get modded down for this..." If you're that scared of losing Karma, post AC. =P
http://www.collegeboard.org/sat/cbsenior/equiv/rt0 19019.html
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I won't apply, though; I never got my bachelor's degree. That's also probably not impressive.
I look at the consulting business I'm running, the artwork I've been creating, and the music I play, and wonder where I would have put that energy had I gone to college.
I've read quite a bit of the "Philip and Alex" site; the RDBMS section is quite pleasant and informative. Hopefully you won't close off the curriculum to those outside observers who enjoyed college more as a spectator sport than an actual activity.
No offense, but learn how to use the paragraph tag please.
So, if the frame rate/refresh rate is divided in half, in those cases, 120 frames-per-second would appear as two slightly different 60 frames-per-second images, one for each eye.
That's at least one explanation for needing >100 fps from our graphics cards and monitors... arguments about the brain's image processing power and variation between people aside.
I've seen a couple handhelds out that support it, although I'm not sure if the Jornada is one of them.
These are the same moderator points that were found in Al Capone's vault and were also rumored to be stolen from the ship's safe of the Titanic! Elvis's mom strung these moderator points around her neck on a string for good luck.
Will consider separating, but would prefer to sell as a set. Please contact me for further details.
Chewing is hard.
It is kind of weird that many musicians out there have been speaking out against napster, though... or remaining silent. :-(
When Def Jam made him stop, he created his own label to do this.
Whether or not you like his music is irrelevent; the fact is, he did increase the visibility of internet music downloads.
Also, your Bill Clinton analogy sucks rocks.
Do a little research before you post!
P.S. I'd be more surprised if Napster wasn't discussed during a music "convension".
Chuck D rules. He pioneered a lot of Internet music technologies, and his work with Public Enemy is top-notch.
His label, Atomic Pop, was one of the first labels to ship a CD to internet purchases over a month before it was available in stores, and he's been a really strong supporter of MP3 technology for a long time.
Thanks, Chuck D!
The base station is only $299, right? Comparable stuff for PC's is like a grand IIRC.
I want to see your license, it sounds really cool. I've been considering a lot of the same things for my own music.
Just my 2 cents.
Some people watch too much PBS Masterpiece Theatre.
www.dragonfly dynamix.com