Indian Raga, Arab Hip-Hop.. being near a University, I can actually catch these live!
After 6 PM, I'm the only Americano left on campus it seems.
Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" also something you can catch here from time to time....
*nods* Recorded music is a good thing, sure - but my point is, if it's not accessible because of copyright, etc, why not record it yourself for others to hear??
We dont have to be dependent on the media giant teat.
Just listen to local LIVE bands. If what's on the radio & CD's sucks, do something else entirely! Do your own thing! THINK for yourself!
It's not your right to be entertained. If you don't enjoy something anymore, don't use or pay for it anymore! It doesn't give you a right to steal it!
What I'm hearing from a lot of losers that are in my generation: "I cant live without being constantly entertained!! What will I do if I cant fill my Ipod and ears with music for infinity???"
Bunch of Ipod wearing, ADD havin', short attention spanned crybabies.
You don't have to be entertained constantly!!! Support your local artists directly!
Read a book! Write your congressman! Get involved in your local community!
Get to know your neighbors & find out who plays locally! Hanging out playing music is way more fun than buying music off ebay. Singing along with other people, in real life, gosh, what a concept.
Try to charge royalties on that one RIAA. Maybe you should patent standing around a burn-barrel singing.
Technology has it's place in education. It's not for every situation, and there are some things, like physics, chemistry, & math, that it's very, VERY helpful to have a real, live teacher to answer questions.
Here is my personal story:
In highschool, I was in our city's "drop-out recovery program" due to many absences caused by illness (fibromyalgia).
Our entire curriculum was delivered via computer - old 8086's and 286's to be exact, networked together with 10baseT, hooked up to a Novell Server.
Josten's Learning did the software - The curriculum was state accredited, meaning that it met certain requirements and goals our state sets up for it's highschool students.
I started out in January of 1999 with no highschool credits, passed the exit exam mid 1999, and finished my last class sometime early spring of 2000.
How was I able to do this in an underfunded program with just 1 actual teacher?
HARD WORK, combined with useful technology.
Almost every day, I got there at 7:30 or 8 AM in the morning, and stayed every day, well after normal hours, and into the afternoon session when the GED classes were held, until around 5 PM.
I even came in some saturdays!
In the summer of 1999, I was healed by God of fibromyalgia and have had no trouble from it since then!
Since then I went on to earn two Associate Degrees at our Community College (120 semester hours in 2 years... not bad!) and a Bachelors Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Auburn University.
Great idea.
Another way would be to use a magnetic pickup off of a bicycle speed sensor.
Either way, be sure to save your state to flash or something so when power is lost, you dont end up not knowing where your valve is.
Steve
You should probably install an electronic flow control valve with a flow sensor.
Use a microcontroller, PLC, or some such thing to monitor your sensor & control your valve.
Monitoring it visually (via camera hooked to an embedded computer) is doable, but way harder than what I just described above. You also run into problems with high temperatures getting to your camera.
Take a look at some of the solutions Freescale has to offer.
You can order a development board, so you can breadboard something together.
Should cost around $200.
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage. jsp?nodeId=02430Z
For a SR Design project for Electrical & Computer engineering, we were tasked to do exactly this with a freescale microcontroller. We needed to precisely monitor the amount of certain gasses put into an oven we use to bake chips.
Hardest part about all of this is getting to know the specific PLC or microcontroller you're using. PLC's are easier (generally) to program than most microcontrollers, but not quite as versatile in number/type of interfaces.
You need to have a very good understanding of Assembly, C, & how sensors work.
You also need to be able to read & understand the mind numbing manuals & technical documents describing the sensors & microcontrollers you choose to use.
-Steve
Hi, my name's Apple!
I want to take on lots of corporate debt & market uncertainty - MAYBE I should buy AMD
Or just MAYBE I should start drinking fifths of rum with my homies every night, and stay liquored up 24x7.
Man, THAT sounds like a good idea!
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Wait a minute.... You were already there???
Where do we expect you to go, Detroit??
-Steve
Indian Raga, Arab Hip-Hop.. being near a University, I can actually catch these live!
After 6 PM, I'm the only Americano left on campus it seems.
Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" also something you can catch here from time to time....
*nods* Recorded music is a good thing, sure - but my point is, if it's not accessible because of copyright, etc, why not record it yourself for others to hear??
We dont have to be dependent on the media giant teat.
- Steve
Just listen to local LIVE bands. If what's on the radio & CD's sucks, do something else entirely!
Do your own thing! THINK for yourself!
It's not your right to be entertained. If you don't enjoy something anymore, don't use or pay for it anymore! It doesn't give you a right to steal it!
What I'm hearing from a lot of losers that are in my generation:
"I cant live without being constantly entertained!! What will I do if I cant fill my Ipod and ears with music for infinity???"
Bunch of Ipod wearing, ADD havin', short attention spanned crybabies.
You don't have to be entertained constantly!!! Support your local artists directly!
Read a book! Write your congressman! Get involved in your local community!
Get to know your neighbors & find out who plays locally! Hanging out playing music is way more fun than buying music off ebay. Singing along with other people, in real life, gosh, what a concept.
Try to charge royalties on that one RIAA. Maybe you should patent standing around a burn-barrel singing.
- out
Steve
The sky is falling, the sky is falling! We must go & tell the CmdrTaco!
Technology has it's place in education. It's not for every situation, and there are some things, like physics, chemistry, & math, that it's very, VERY helpful to have a real, live teacher to answer questions.
Here is my personal story:
In highschool, I was in our city's "drop-out recovery program" due to many absences caused by illness (fibromyalgia).
Our entire curriculum was delivered via computer - old 8086's and 286's to be exact, networked together with 10baseT, hooked up to a Novell Server.
Josten's Learning did the software - The curriculum was state accredited, meaning that it met certain requirements and goals our state sets up for it's highschool students.
I started out in January of 1999 with no highschool credits, passed the exit exam mid 1999, and finished my last class sometime early spring of 2000.
How was I able to do this in an underfunded program with just 1 actual teacher?
HARD WORK, combined with useful technology.
Almost every day, I got there at 7:30 or 8 AM in the morning, and stayed every day, well after normal hours, and into the afternoon session when the GED classes were held, until around 5 PM.
I even came in some saturdays!
In the summer of 1999, I was healed by God of fibromyalgia and have had no trouble from it since then! Since then I went on to earn two Associate Degrees at our Community College (120 semester hours in 2 years... not bad!) and a Bachelors Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Auburn University.
1. Low Power FM Transmitter hooked to a central player, FM receivers elsewhere in the house. Check ebay for some cheap, stereo FM transmitters
2. Use a stream server on your network to "stream" your mp3's to the other players. This should be pretty close to real time synchronization.
3. Run speaker wire to each room from a central location
I've actually tried 1 & 3, they work great!
I can't wait for my laser-beam eyes!
Sounds kinda neo-nazi to me.....
MMmmMMm Battery Souls (cells).
Great idea. Another way would be to use a magnetic pickup off of a bicycle speed sensor. Either way, be sure to save your state to flash or something so when power is lost, you dont end up not knowing where your valve is. Steve
You should probably install an electronic flow control valve with a flow sensor. Use a microcontroller, PLC, or some such thing to monitor your sensor & control your valve. Monitoring it visually (via camera hooked to an embedded computer) is doable, but way harder than what I just described above. You also run into problems with high temperatures getting to your camera. Take a look at some of the solutions Freescale has to offer. You can order a development board, so you can breadboard something together. Should cost around $200. http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage. jsp?nodeId=02430Z
For a SR Design project for Electrical & Computer engineering, we were tasked to do exactly this with a freescale microcontroller. We needed to precisely monitor the amount of certain gasses put into an oven we use to bake chips.
Hardest part about all of this is getting to know the specific PLC or microcontroller you're using. PLC's are easier (generally) to program than most microcontrollers, but not quite as versatile in number/type of interfaces.
You need to have a very good understanding of Assembly, C, & how sensors work.
You also need to be able to read & understand the mind numbing manuals & technical documents describing the sensors & microcontrollers you choose to use.
-Steve
Hi, my name's Apple! I want to take on lots of corporate debt & market uncertainty - MAYBE I should buy AMD Or just MAYBE I should start drinking fifths of rum with my homies every night, and stay liquored up 24x7. Man, THAT sounds like a good idea!