The RIAA is not what halted net-streamed radio, it was the AFTRA issue where the "actors" in the commercials wanted additional compensation for their internet ads. The statement in the article that said "radio companies bet on Internet streaming to boost their listening audience, allowing them to charge more for advertising. When that didn't happen, stations simply pulled the plug." only really shows part of the issue. It is true that the radio stations were not able to charge additional money for the ads just because the ads were going out via multiple mediums. However, the radio stations discovered they COULD generate additional revenue by charging for two sets of ads. The ads that would run on the internet would be independant of the ads that ran on the air. As is typically the case with banner ads, the ads would also be targeted.
The problem is that the technology to do this doesn't really exist. Neither Real nor Windows Media have had, up until essentially right now, even a technology demo of the insertion of targeted interstitial ads into live streams. Clear Channel and Real did a technology demo on the non-targeted insertion of interstitial ads just a couple of months back. Some of this I probably "cant say" but "I am guessing" that Real is working on the targeted insertion of interstitial ads and that it is a client-side issue that "theoretically would be" addressed through a new version of the client software. I would "theorize" that this client would come out very soon.
Once this is out and the broadcasters can have separate ads for the internet, then I suspect we will see an almost-immediate resumption of net broadcasting of radio.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I have been waiting eagerly for months for that interview just to hear the answer to that one Clear Channel question. Every time I turned on the radio I wondered what the answer could possibly be. It's a little disheartening to think that a public servant doesn't have the time to answer an excellent set of questions that come direct from "the people" even after agreeing to do such. Live and learn or something...
What happened to the "Ask FCC Chief Technologist David J. Farber" interview questions (http://slashdot.org/interviews/01/01/22/1349237.s html) posted on Jan. 22nd? I am still waiting to hear what benefit citizens gained when deregulation allowed Clear Channel's stranglehold on public airwaves to expand to over 1,000 radio stations. Why ask for interview questions if you aren't going to follow up with an interview...
I don't know how much cabling you have done, but that 4" car is really not going to cut it in any cabling scenario. Ceilings are filled with electrical conduit, insulation, cables, and drop ceiling hardware. Subflooring is essentially the same way. Subterranean conduit's bend radius is such that the car won't make it around the corner (and can you image how pissed the boss would be if you got that car stuck in conduit).
Unless you are laying your cable across the floor, I dont think this device will be much help.
Are you sure that it's 5.99 and not prime+5.99? 5.99 is below prime, which is a rate you most likely aren't going to get unless you are like 55 years old with perfect credit since age 18.
It's interesting that you mention this because I have done some casual observations of the post-purchase authentication process. In the half-dozen or so stores in my area that do this, people specifically walk up to the employee, even waiting in a small line if necessary. I, of course, take every opportunity to just walk past. And this has been successful every time with the sole exception of Mars Music. Not getting out of there without having them check your sack. But I think the point I was trying to make is that not only have people grown accepting of the process, they now expect it and seek it out.
How can we comment on how good or bad this is when (per the development web site) there is no benchmark as to how expensive this functionality is? If it makes queries execute at a tenth of the "normal" speed and also adds 15 megs onto each mysql instance, then that would certainly factor significantly into the "usefulness" equation.
I went to download this "ready to remix" track only to discover it is in mp3 format. That means anyone who wants to remix in the digital domain will need to convert the mp3 to wav, only to subsequently have to re-encode the track again when the final mix is done. The resultant sound quality of that vocal track? Ass. I'll pass on that.
Damn, I wonder if I can invoice MAPS for all those RSS submissions. In addition to sending the sample spams in the proper format, I even took the time to verify that the relay was in fact open. I could've just added the relay to our own spam filters, but instead I submitted hundreds of open relays during a one year period, feeling that I was helping out fellow administrators in some small way. Instead, I was helping someone start a commercial entity on my time. I can understand needing to recoup bandwidth expenses, but changing per-user for zone transfers is a fee above and beyond what is necessary to cover expenses. Like another message said, it's CDDB revisited.
The post to which I was replying essentially asked why a longer password was more secure. My reply was obviously noninformative for most of us, who already knew the answer. Not sure why you couldn't figure that out.
About a year ago there was some sort of discussion here about methods of password generation. Someone had the best system I have seen, and I have been using it ever since. It's based on the use of simple math formulas, such as 8+7=fifteen or 24/8=three . It has many advantages. It's relatively long, uses shifted characters, and isn't hard to remember. Another advantage I discovered after we started using it regularly is that you can verbally relay the password to another admin who might have forgotten it and that admin (who knows that the answer to the equation is spelled out) can then use it but others within earshot who heard it will not understand how to use it.
A tip of the hat to whomever it was here that originally posted that method a year or so ago.
Man, who is modding these articles today? +3 for this? Like DNS resolution is some magical entity, impossible to troubleshoot, that works differently under Debian than under other distributions?
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While I would have to agree with the crowds of Debian users here that apt-get is indeed a superior tool to whatever Mandrake is using these days, I would have to disagree on the ultimate choice of best software package management system
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How'd you get to +3 with this? Where in the article was there discussion about "ultimate choice of best software package management system"? In addition, since when does Windows Update install software?
I did not have a suggestion for the Debian maintainers. There are x of them with y time and they are certainly all doing the best they can within those resources. I am certain that they would love to increase their resources in order to make faster releases, but since I don't have a suggestion to that end, there is no point in me pointing out the obvious to them.
I do not percieve a problem with the distribution, only with those who mindlessly champion it and are unwilling to discuss it objectively. The statements that "the security fixes are backported" and "you may not get the latest and greatest version" get old because the statements turn a blind eye to bugfixes and imply a bells-and-whistles-only need for a newer version of software such as sendmail. I would much rather see Debian touted in an objective manner. The Debian base installation is very stable and secure and this is primarily due to the methodology used when preparing releases. On that same token, it is noteworthy (and this is what is never noted) that it may thus be necessary to manually install newer versions of some software particularly if that software has evolved rapidly over the last year or two, as the same Debian methodology that results in security and stability can also cause a noteable delay between the release of a new upstream version and the inclusion of that version into the stable distribution.
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Stable Debian packages aren't regularly replaced by the latest versions, but this does not mean that Debian packages are necessarily out of date. Debian always backports security fixes to the current stable release. Debian's focus is stability and solidity, not bleeding-edge compliance with the latest versions of all possible packages.
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The problem with this is that Debian doesn't backport bugfixes. Look at the stable version of sendmail, it's 8.9.3 whereas the 11.x series have been out for ages, and a zillion bugs have been fixed since 8.9.3 . Same thing with postgresql. Same thing with proftpd. It's not the need for the latest and greatest features, it's the need for the bugfixes and then maybe a feature or two that was introduced into the upstream three years ago.
apt-get only gets the packages, dpkg is the package management utility, dselect is a front end GUI to dpkg. dpkg maintains its database of package stati in/var/lib/dpkg/status and you can use dpkg -L to see what was installed and where. So essentially, the functionality you described already exists.
Because if you already know the name of the package it's quicker to type "apt-get install libdbd-pg-perl" than it is to run dselect, do a search, select it, and then install.
That's like a gui versus CLI debate in disguise.
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The RIAA is not what halted net-streamed radio, it was the AFTRA issue where the "actors" in the commercials wanted additional compensation for their internet ads. The statement in the article that said "radio companies bet on Internet streaming to boost their listening audience, allowing them to charge more for advertising. When that didn't happen, stations simply pulled the plug." only really shows part of the issue. It is true that the radio stations were not able to charge additional money for the ads just because the ads were going out via multiple mediums. However, the radio stations discovered they COULD generate additional revenue by charging for two sets of ads. The ads that would run on the internet would be independant of the ads that ran on the air. As is typically the case with banner ads, the ads would also be targeted.
The problem is that the technology to do this doesn't really exist. Neither Real nor Windows Media have had, up until essentially right now, even a technology demo of the insertion of targeted interstitial ads into live streams. Clear Channel and Real did a technology demo on the non-targeted insertion of interstitial ads just a couple of months back. Some of this I probably "cant say" but "I am guessing" that Real is working on the targeted insertion of interstitial ads and that it is a client-side issue that "theoretically would be" addressed through a new version of the client software. I would "theorize" that this client would come out very soon.
Once this is out and the broadcasters can have separate ads for the internet, then I suspect we will see an almost-immediate resumption of net broadcasting of radio.
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
Clear Channel sucks ass. There is no other way to put it.
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I have been waiting eagerly for months for that interview just to hear the answer to that one Clear Channel question. Every time I turned on the radio I wondered what the answer could possibly be. It's a little disheartening to think that a public servant doesn't have the time to answer an excellent set of questions that come direct from "the people" even after agreeing to do such. Live and learn or something...
Thanks again,
maru
What happened to the "Ask FCC Chief Technologist David J. Farber" interview questions (http://slashdot.org/interviews/01/01/22/1349237.
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
I don't know how much cabling you have done, but that 4" car is really not going to cut it in any cabling scenario. Ceilings are filled with electrical conduit, insulation, cables, and drop ceiling hardware. Subflooring is essentially the same way. Subterranean conduit's bend radius is such that the car won't make it around the corner (and can you image how pissed the boss would be if you got that car stuck in conduit).
Unless you are laying your cable across the floor, I dont think this device will be much help.
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
Are you sure that it's 5.99 and not prime+5.99? 5.99 is below prime, which is a rate you most likely aren't going to get unless you are like 55 years old with perfect credit since age 18.
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
Apparently you didn't read the development page well enough, 1.0 will be released on the same day the first female president is inaugurated in the US.
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
It's interesting that you mention this because I have done some casual observations of the post-purchase authentication process. In the half-dozen or so stores in my area that do this, people specifically walk up to the employee, even waiting in a small line if necessary. I, of course, take every opportunity to just walk past. And this has been successful every time with the sole exception of Mars Music. Not getting out of there without having them check your sack. But I think the point I was trying to make is that not only have people grown accepting of the process, they now expect it and seek it out.
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
Providian has the WORST interest rates...
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
How can we comment on how good or bad this is when (per the development web site) there is no benchmark as to how expensive this functionality is? If it makes queries execute at a tenth of the "normal" speed and also adds 15 megs onto each mysql instance, then that would certainly factor significantly into the "usefulness" equation.
maru
www.mp3.com/pixal
Same situation here and I am wondering the same thing.
maru
Where in the title did it say anything about software?
maru
Remember that Herman-Miller is not a finance company and most likely wasn't financing the transactions.
maru
I went to download this "ready to remix" track only to discover it is in mp3 format. That means anyone who wants to remix in the digital domain will need to convert the mp3 to wav, only to subsequently have to re-encode the track again when the final mix is done. The resultant sound quality of that vocal track? Ass. I'll pass on that.
maru
Damn, I wonder if I can invoice MAPS for all those RSS submissions. In addition to sending the sample spams in the proper format, I even took the time to verify that the relay was in fact open. I could've just added the relay to our own spam filters, but instead I submitted hundreds of open relays during a one year period, feeling that I was helping out fellow administrators in some small way. Instead, I was helping someone start a commercial entity on my time. I can understand needing to recoup bandwidth expenses, but changing per-user for zone transfers is a fee above and beyond what is necessary to cover expenses. Like another message said, it's CDDB revisited.
maru
I am doomed, I can never remember to click on the "No Score +1 Bonus" message and thus keep posting drivel at +1.
maru
The post to which I was replying essentially asked why a longer password was more secure. My reply was obviously noninformative for most of us, who already knew the answer. Not sure why you couldn't figure that out.
maru
That would be the situation where someone is brute-forcing the password. The longer the password, the longer the brute-forcing takes.
maru
About a year ago there was some sort of discussion here about methods of password generation. Someone had the best system I have seen, and I have been using it ever since. It's based on the use of simple math formulas, such as 8+7=fifteen or 24/8=three . It has many advantages. It's relatively long, uses shifted characters, and isn't hard to remember. Another advantage I discovered after we started using it regularly is that you can verbally relay the password to another admin who might have forgotten it and that admin (who knows that the answer to the equation is spelled out) can then use it but others within earshot who heard it will not understand how to use it.
A tip of the hat to whomever it was here that originally posted that method a year or so ago.
maru
Man, who is modding these articles today? +3 for this? Like DNS resolution is some magical entity, impossible to troubleshoot, that works differently under Debian than under other distributions?
maru
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While I would have to agree with the crowds of Debian users here that apt-get is indeed a superior tool to whatever Mandrake is using these days, I would have to disagree on the ultimate choice of best software package management system
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How'd you get to +3 with this? Where in the article was there discussion about "ultimate choice of best software package management system"? In addition, since when does Windows Update install software?
maru
I did not have a suggestion for the Debian maintainers. There are x of them with y time and they are certainly all doing the best they can within those resources. I am certain that they would love to increase their resources in order to make faster releases, but since I don't have a suggestion to that end, there is no point in me pointing out the obvious to them.
I do not percieve a problem with the distribution, only with those who mindlessly champion it and are unwilling to discuss it objectively. The statements that "the security fixes are backported" and "you may not get the latest and greatest version" get old because the statements turn a blind eye to bugfixes and imply a bells-and-whistles-only need for a newer version of software such as sendmail. I would much rather see Debian touted in an objective manner. The Debian base installation is very stable and secure and this is primarily due to the methodology used when preparing releases. On that same token, it is noteworthy (and this is what is never noted) that it may thus be necessary to manually install newer versions of some software particularly if that software has evolved rapidly over the last year or two, as the same Debian methodology that results in security and stability can also cause a noteable delay between the release of a new upstream version and the inclusion of that version into the stable distribution.
maru
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Stable Debian packages aren't regularly replaced by the latest versions, but this does not mean that Debian packages are necessarily out of date. Debian always backports security fixes to the current stable release. Debian's focus is stability and solidity, not bleeding-edge compliance with the latest versions of all possible packages.
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The problem with this is that Debian doesn't backport bugfixes. Look at the stable version of sendmail, it's 8.9.3 whereas the 11.x series have been out for ages, and a zillion bugs have been fixed since 8.9.3 . Same thing with postgresql. Same thing with proftpd. It's not the need for the latest and greatest features, it's the need for the bugfixes and then maybe a feature or two that was introduced into the upstream three years ago.
maru
apt-get only gets the packages, dpkg is the package management utility, dselect is a front end GUI to dpkg. dpkg maintains its database of package stati in
maru
Because if you already know the name of the package it's quicker to type "apt-get install libdbd-pg-perl" than it is to run dselect, do a search, select it, and then install.
That's like a gui versus CLI debate in disguise.
maru