No, actually I did mean *theta*-funciton; otherwise known as a "step" function (cruises along at zero, then hops to one). A delta function is a spike (you know nothing, have infinite knowledge, and then back to knowing nothing again!).
...are exactly what you want! Ideally, your learning curve is a theta function: zero time goes by and you have full knowledge. Where did this phrase (and its negative connotations) come from? A shallow learning curve means learning forever and never knowing anything! Sorry... slightly off topic.
Yeah, I saw your question in the chat as well. The answer they should have given you is that Metallica has surely registered with a company like BMI. These companies compile lists of how many times radio stations have played the band's songs and pay the bands quarterly, or something like that. (They don't have exact numbers, they just use statistics). BMI gets its money from the radio stations which have to pay BMI to play the songs in the first place. So, in essence, the band licenses BMI to put its songs on the radio and trusts them to get their money from the stations. The difference then with radio and napster is that the radio stations pay to play music, whereas napster doesn't. Somehow though, the fact that Metallica doesn't seem to know this doesn't surprise me...
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No, actually I did mean *theta*-funciton; otherwise known as a "step" function (cruises along at zero, then hops to one). A delta function is a spike (you know nothing, have infinite knowledge, and then back to knowing nothing again!).
...are exactly what you want! Ideally, your learning curve is a theta function: zero time goes by and you have full knowledge. Where did this phrase (and its negative connotations) come from? A shallow learning curve means learning forever and never knowing anything! Sorry... slightly off topic.
Yeah, I saw your question in the chat as well. The answer they should have given you is that Metallica has surely registered with a company like BMI. These companies compile lists of how many times radio stations have played the band's songs and pay the bands quarterly, or something like that. (They don't have exact numbers, they just use statistics). BMI gets its money from the radio stations which have to pay BMI to play the songs in the first place. So, in essence, the band licenses BMI to put its songs on the radio and trusts them to get their money from the stations. The difference then with radio and napster is that the radio stations pay to play music, whereas napster doesn't. Somehow though, the fact that Metallica doesn't seem to know this doesn't surprise me...