"You buy Windows? You get a 12-page manual that described the on button, and how to use a Mouse."
Of course, the other 988 pages of the manual will be on the computer, in the program itself. The trick will be knowing how to use Vista well enough to find the instructions on how to use Vista. (Catch-22?)
Actually, there appear to be four non-server vs. of Vista: Vista Home Regular, Vista Home Platinum, Vista Corporate, and Vista Ultimate.
And (if I understood the fine MSNBC/AP article correctly), every computer with Vista will have all four vs. on the hard disk: apparently it's a difference of degree, not kind. You won't necc. be able to get at all the features without paying MS--I suppose that it depends on how good you are at breaking DRM and how legal you want to keep things. But all the vs. are there.
I'm all for rabbit-ear antennas. Did you know that you can get rabbit-ears that pick up digital OTA signals? I've used a set that works well.
I am hoping to put off upgrading my OS as long as possible.
Yes, wiretaps require court orders. Yes, it's good that the gov. is asking for warrants. But it wasn't that long ago when the executive branch claimed it didn't need warrants--check the/. link in the summary.
Hey, I don't fully understand why the CIA has a gift shop! I mean, that implies that tourists can visit the CIA building...
But I think it's true. America does not hide where the CIA building is. Tourists can go there and buy souvenirs; presumably the tourists often use credit. Undercover spies can pretend to be tourists--hey, it might even look less suspicious for them if not everyone entering the CIA building actually works for the CIA. They just had better not take things too far.
Of course, there are people working for the CIA who can admit it without blowing their cover: for instance, whoever is in charge of the CIA right now.
Careful...
I'll have you know that rural areas do have governments. The governments they have may be disorganized, but it's still government, and some of us don't want overly organized government.
There is such a thing as a rural city. Too far from the big cities to be a suburb, too small to be a "real" city, but neccesary enough to exist. Rural cities pop up near power plants, tourist traps, state colleges, grain elevators, large parks, and gas stations. (It may be flyover country, but the 18-wheelers can't fly over...)
Rural cities have many of the amenities of larger cities, albeit on a smaller and less efficient scale. They have banks. They have small businesses; if there are no Wal*Marts, then they are forced to have small businesses. If there are no Wal*Marts, then there will be a little supermarket. The larger rural cities might get a health clinic. Rural cities may even have their own electric companies and their own--how shall I say this?--telcos.
True cities are more efficient, and I like true cities, but efficiency isn't everything. And face it, somebody has to do the farming.
I warn you--there may be more people in flyover country than in the cities. It's the simplest way to explain the last few elections.
Actually, if I read the fine article correctly, Verizon isn't simply giving all those customers to Fairpoint. There will be a new baby telco, which will be owned 60% by Fairpoint, 40% by Verizon; that's where Verizon's northern New Englanders are going.
"write it down or reproduce it close enough"
According to the Wiki (last I read it), Mozart's memorized vs. didn't include the fanciest stuff. As it happened, it was the fanciest stuff that the Church was trying to protect. (There is more than one official "Miserere" out there.) This explains why this story didn't end in excommunication.
The Church's copy protection on that "Miserere" was effective. Only now is the world at large learning what the whole piece sounded like. Only now are we working out an accurate and complete transcription.
Thanks.
Looks like that does clear public domain works and most of the copylefted works. It'll still hurt stations that play music from normal indie labels and unsigned artists who don't use copylefts: works are copyrighted normally unless marked otherwise, and I believe that there are enough indie labels and unsigned artists out there to make negotiations interesting.
Recommend indie labels keep an eye on RIAA vs. Allofmp3, since the ROMS radio collectors are involved in that suit. If the RIAA wins that suit, and the current statutary radio collector in America doesn't pay indie labels, then interesting things can happen...
Taking multiple wives was common back then, likely the default behavior: we don't get serious rules against it until the New Testament. Monogamy was preferred but not required, just like celibacy is preferred but not required now.
The verses listed involving polygamy just say that if you're married to two people, you can't disinherit your own firstborn just because he's the son of the wife you "hate."
What makes you think that this applies only to satellite radio stations and internet radio stations that play RIAA music?
Unless "RIAA" is in the bill itself, this law would affect all satellite and internet radio. Every last station. Or at best, all stations of those types that play any music whatsoever, regardless of who published it.
"What readily available and cost-effective DRM technology works with streaming broadcasts? None that I know of, not even from the usual suspects (Microsoft, Real). So, until someone comes around and writes this magic software, this part of the bill won't mean anything."
Or else it would mean that all the streaming broadcasts would have to shut down until the magic software was written good enough for government work.
What gives...besides the usual "everything should be free" mentality?
We have this sneaking suspicion that this bill would require DRM on all internet & satellite radio, regardless of content. Even if the station only airs indie music, copylefted music, or talk, the RIAA wants it DRMed. Adding DRM that the artists don't necessarily want is seriously annoying to broadcasters & podcasters, esp. the ones broadcasting free.
No way.
Rural drug dealers have already (re)discovered meth. Meth already "fixes" points 1, 3, and 4.
If they engineered chickens that laid pseudoephedrine, maybe then the rural drug dealers would be interested. For that matter, Big Pharma might be interested.
For one thing, it's easier to keep egg whites contained.
You get a lot of egg white at once. Chickens lay lots of large eggs, and the ones allowed to grow up to be chickens lay lots more large eggs. Each egg contains more white than the average petri dish can hold.
It's also simpler to feed a chicken than to feed a petri dish.
1. Even in the beginning, when Britney Spears was known for her music, it was only partly for her music; the rest was her being a "sexy" young woman. And that was before she turned skanky. It was never only about music.
2. Timbaland is known throughout the music industry, not just in hip-hop. I don't normally listen to hip-hop, but when I read about music or watch the Grammys, I hear his name.
Oh, and he's branched out into pop. Hip-hop has influenced popular music for the last decade, and so he's produced pop albums as well as hip-hop albums.
Or to put it another way: Nelly Furtado is not a rapper!
1. Yes, the early Beatles & Stones work will expire in a few years unless the BPI can overrule those who want to preserve the old music tapes in the UK. But the rules in the UK are life+70 for human beings, 50 years for corporations. So it's not the Beatles and Stones losing money as much as it's EMI and Decca--and EMI and Decca have many other sources of income.
Hey, the earliest Beatles recordings to expire in the UK, up through 1964, won't lose any Beatles anything at all: they sold their share of those recording rights for short-term cashflow.
It's true, you don't get to profit from the original recordings after the copyright expires any more than anyone else. That's the point: everyone will get a crack after that, and British rappers will rejoice.
John Lennon and George Harrison are dead and won't need the cash. Paul McCartney is an ace cover artist of his own work (mostly live, but his sub-label records live performances), so he'll be okay too...
2. Terms in America are life+70 for human beings, 120 years for corporations. Virtually all music recordings are owned by corporations.
3. Songwriting copyrights are different from recording copyrights. But really, would you object to Sony losing the Beatles catalog?
No--or at least not directly.
Gregorian chants don't have a beat. You can't dance to them.
Old-style preaching is more of an influence, but it had to be filtered through R&B first. Rhythm is important to rap--more so than melody, according to my ears.
Britney Spears isn't recognized for her music.
Britney Spears is as famous as she is because she traded her music for celebrity. She has not made an album or toured for years; right now, she's known for tabloid incidents more than anything musical that she's done.
Musicians recognized primarily for their music are not as well known as outright celebs like Britney. Timbaland is hot in his circle: it's just that those who know his name are fewer than those who know "his" sound.
In 1991, near when SoundScan was instituted, the Billboard Top 200 was rejiggered so that albums over four years old would no longer be listed. The reason was that if they had continued to be listed, they would have blocked new albums from entering the chart.
If albums over four years old could still be listed in the Top 100 and Top 200 charts, then those charts would be full of rock albums. Of course, the rock albums would mostly be over four years old, but still, they'd be there.
Do you honestly think that this law will apply only to stations that play RIAA music?
The RIAA represents only some of the recording industry, the biggest players, but it acts like it represents all of it. All internet & satellite radio will be affected, even stations that don't play anything on the RIAA radar. I imagine even talk radio would be affected.
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"You buy Windows? You get a 12-page manual that described the on button, and how to use a Mouse."
Of course, the other 988 pages of the manual will be on the computer, in the program itself. The trick will be knowing how to use Vista well enough to find the instructions on how to use Vista.
(Catch-22?)
Actually, there appear to be four non-server vs. of Vista: Vista Home Regular, Vista Home Platinum, Vista Corporate, and Vista Ultimate.
And (if I understood the fine MSNBC/AP article correctly), every computer with Vista will have all four vs. on the hard disk: apparently it's a difference of degree, not kind. You won't necc. be able to get at all the features without paying MS--I suppose that it depends on how good you are at breaking DRM and how legal you want to keep things. But all the vs. are there.
I'm all for rabbit-ear antennas. Did you know that you can get rabbit-ears that pick up digital OTA signals? I've used a set that works well.
I am hoping to put off upgrading my OS as long as possible.
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saves screen space"
and loses comprehensibility
Yes, wiretaps require court orders. Yes, it's good that the gov. is asking for warrants. But it wasn't that long ago when the executive branch claimed it didn't need warrants--check the /. link in the summary.
Hey, I don't fully understand why the CIA has a gift shop! I mean, that implies that tourists can visit the CIA building...
But I think it's true. America does not hide where the CIA building is. Tourists can go there and buy souvenirs; presumably the tourists often use credit. Undercover spies can pretend to be tourists--hey, it might even look less suspicious for them if not everyone entering the CIA building actually works for the CIA. They just had better not take things too far.
Of course, there are people working for the CIA who can admit it without blowing their cover: for instance, whoever is in charge of the CIA right now.
Careful...
I'll have you know that rural areas do have governments. The governments they have may be disorganized, but it's still government, and some of us don't want overly organized government.
There is such a thing as a rural city. Too far from the big cities to be a suburb, too small to be a "real" city, but neccesary enough to exist. Rural cities pop up near power plants, tourist traps, state colleges, grain elevators, large parks, and gas stations. (It may be flyover country, but the 18-wheelers can't fly over...)
Rural cities have many of the amenities of larger cities, albeit on a smaller and less efficient scale. They have banks. They have small businesses; if there are no Wal*Marts, then they are forced to have small businesses. If there are no Wal*Marts, then there will be a little supermarket. The larger rural cities might get a health clinic. Rural cities may even have their own electric companies and their own--how shall I say this?--telcos.
True cities are more efficient, and I like true cities, but efficiency isn't everything. And face it, somebody has to do the farming.
I warn you--there may be more people in flyover country than in the cities. It's the simplest way to explain the last few elections.
Actually, if I read the fine article correctly, Verizon isn't simply giving all those customers to Fairpoint. There will be a new baby telco, which will be owned 60% by Fairpoint, 40% by Verizon; that's where Verizon's northern New Englanders are going.
"write it down or reproduce it close enough"
According to the Wiki (last I read it), Mozart's memorized vs. didn't include the fanciest stuff. As it happened, it was the fanciest stuff that the Church was trying to protect. (There is more than one official "Miserere" out there.) This explains why this story didn't end in excommunication.
The Church's copy protection on that "Miserere" was effective. Only now is the world at large learning what the whole piece sounded like. Only now are we working out an accurate and complete transcription.
Thanks.
Looks like that does clear public domain works and most of the copylefted works. It'll still hurt stations that play music from normal indie labels and unsigned artists who don't use copylefts: works are copyrighted normally unless marked otherwise, and I believe that there are enough indie labels and unsigned artists out there to make negotiations interesting.
Recommend indie labels keep an eye on RIAA vs. Allofmp3, since the ROMS radio collectors are involved in that suit. If the RIAA wins that suit, and the current statutary radio collector in America doesn't pay indie labels, then interesting things can happen...
Taking multiple wives was common back then, likely the default behavior: we don't get serious rules against it until the New Testament. Monogamy was preferred but not required, just like celibacy is preferred but not required now.
The verses listed involving polygamy just say that if you're married to two people, you can't disinherit your own firstborn just because he's the son of the wife you "hate."
What makes you think that this applies only to satellite radio stations and internet radio stations that play RIAA music?
Unless "RIAA" is in the bill itself, this law would affect all satellite and internet radio. Every last station. Or at best, all stations of those types that play any music whatsoever, regardless of who published it.
"What readily available and cost-effective DRM technology works with streaming broadcasts? None that I know of, not even from the usual suspects (Microsoft, Real). So, until someone comes around and writes this magic software, this part of the bill won't mean anything."
Or else it would mean that all the streaming broadcasts would have to shut down until the magic software was written good enough for government work.
What gives...besides the usual "everything should be free" mentality?
We have this sneaking suspicion that this bill would require DRM on all internet & satellite radio, regardless of content. Even if the station only airs indie music, copylefted music, or talk, the RIAA wants it DRMed. Adding DRM that the artists don't necessarily want is seriously annoying to broadcasters & podcasters, esp. the ones broadcasting free.
No way.
Rural drug dealers have already (re)discovered meth. Meth already "fixes" points 1, 3, and 4.
If they engineered chickens that laid pseudoephedrine, maybe then the rural drug dealers would be interested. For that matter, Big Pharma might be interested.
For one thing, it's easier to keep egg whites contained.
You get a lot of egg white at once. Chickens lay lots of large eggs, and the ones allowed to grow up to be chickens lay lots more large eggs. Each egg contains more white than the average petri dish can hold.
It's also simpler to feed a chicken than to feed a petri dish.
1. Even in the beginning, when Britney Spears was known for her music, it was only partly for her music; the rest was her being a "sexy" young woman. And that was before she turned skanky. It was never only about music.
2. Timbaland is known throughout the music industry, not just in hip-hop. I don't normally listen to hip-hop, but when I read about music or watch the Grammys, I hear his name.
Oh, and he's branched out into pop. Hip-hop has influenced popular music for the last decade, and so he's produced pop albums as well as hip-hop albums.
Or to put it another way: Nelly Furtado is not a rapper!
Only if you pay royalties to everyone you're sampling from. That's how it works with rappers.
1. Yes, the early Beatles & Stones work will expire in a few years unless the BPI can overrule those who want to preserve the old music tapes in the UK. But the rules in the UK are life+70 for human beings, 50 years for corporations. So it's not the Beatles and Stones losing money as much as it's EMI and Decca--and EMI and Decca have many other sources of income.
Hey, the earliest Beatles recordings to expire in the UK, up through 1964, won't lose any Beatles anything at all: they sold their share of those recording rights for short-term cashflow.
It's true, you don't get to profit from the original recordings after the copyright expires any more than anyone else. That's the point: everyone will get a crack after that, and British rappers will rejoice.
John Lennon and George Harrison are dead and won't need the cash. Paul McCartney is an ace cover artist of his own work (mostly live, but his sub-label records live performances), so he'll be okay too...
2. Terms in America are life+70 for human beings, 120 years for corporations. Virtually all music recordings are owned by corporations.
3. Songwriting copyrights are different from recording copyrights. But really, would you object to Sony losing the Beatles catalog?
Probably none. But I'll bet quite a few Americans think he's German.
Jimmy Page's first band, the Yardbirds, was an R&B band. He was a blues guitarist when he started stealing from them.
No--or at least not directly.
Gregorian chants don't have a beat. You can't dance to them.
Old-style preaching is more of an influence, but it had to be filtered through R&B first. Rhythm is important to rap--more so than melody, according to my ears.
Britney Spears isn't recognized for her music.
Britney Spears is as famous as she is because she traded her music for celebrity. She has not made an album or toured for years; right now, she's known for tabloid incidents more than anything musical that she's done.
Musicians recognized primarily for their music are not as well known as outright celebs like Britney. Timbaland is hot in his circle: it's just that those who know his name are fewer than those who know "his" sound.
In 1991, near when SoundScan was instituted, the Billboard Top 200 was rejiggered so that albums over four years old would no longer be listed. The reason was that if they had continued to be listed, they would have blocked new albums from entering the chart.
If albums over four years old could still be listed in the Top 100 and Top 200 charts, then those charts would be full of rock albums. Of course, the rock albums would mostly be over four years old, but still, they'd be there.
Do you honestly think that this law will apply only to stations that play RIAA music?
The RIAA represents only some of the recording industry, the biggest players, but it acts like it represents all of it. All internet & satellite radio will be affected, even stations that don't play anything on the RIAA radar. I imagine even talk radio would be affected.