Can't recommend anything, but I seem to have put this one in my delicious bookmarks: http://www.dittomusic.com/
I'm sure I looked at more than one, not sure why I only bookmarked these guys. I did do some reviewing (comparing terms, prices, store coverage) on the different options as opposed to blind googling, so I guess it's better than nothing...;)
I've made quite a few tracks for fun... And lately, I've been looking at the possibility to get them on on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
Here comes the great part: I don't need a label on anything these days. There are already several services that will publish independent music direct to major stores and streaming services without going through a bunch of extra layers.
So if I ever decide to publish my stuff I can just ignore the (Finnish equivalent of the) RIAA. I'd rather miss out on any money I could get that route than help rob everyone of any more rights.
It it's true that this outage is affecting Google too I have to say that is a good thing. Eating your own dog food, product-wise, is always a good idea.
ALS is basically a slow and unpleasant death sentence unless you are lucky and can afford proper care. You really don't want to be told you have something that will lock your working brain into your body until you suffocate without a breathing apparatus.
I'm perfectly aware many people can live for ages with ALS, but a significant portion aren't as lucky...
I suspect most of us agree that after death we won't be needing those organs... So give society a favor and fill out that organ donor card. It's just one more card in your wallet after all. Saving someone's life post-mortem is not a bad last accomplishment.:)
Granted, your liver might end up in a person worthy of a Darwin award, but it's a risk I'm willing to take myself.;)
RMS himself, the holy fanatic of free software, has compared swapping code to swapping recipes for cooking.
Open source and by extension free software is about unrestricted access to the instructions for making something. If this something is a computer program, a piece of hardware, a meal, a knitted sweater or a bottle rocket is irrelevant.
Granted, the term open source as understood by this community is most often applied to software. But the open source model can be successfully applied to any instructions that can be shared and improved upon. I dare you to dig a little, there is a lot more of this "open source" stuff out there than software.
I use to be part of the "phones are for making calls and the occational SMS" crowd.
But eventually 3G phones became rather good, and most important of all, data in my native Finland became dirt cheap.
Nowadays I use my phone's data capabilities every day. Once I've dropped the kids to daycare I check a website that can tell me which of three bus stops to walk to, instead of trying to remember the 20+ buses' schedules that I would otherwise check to get the same effect. It's even better when I want to take the bus home after a night out. I can input my location in the route guide website and it will calculate a reasonable route for me.
Google maps has proved useful too, as my phone has GPS. The navigation software with voice guidance actually works, so I have no need for a dedicated navigator. The camera has a real xenon flash, so social snaps even in a dim environment are actually perfectly viable. Wikipedia is handy to settle factual disputes in the bar...;)
The thing is, I think of my phone as a portable multimedia computer with phone-features attached. I could live without the features it provides, but given that 3G phones are so cheap these days it would make little sense for me to do so.
You make a good point. But a lot of the design decisions on Vista were honestly fucked up. Who in their right mind would design an operating system to cap the network bandwidth when playing multimedia? Yes, it really does, and it's not funny when you're in the video business transferring multi-gigabyte files over a LAN. (I also am aware of the workaround disabling the multimedia-whateveritwas-service, making audio skip all the time.)
It was little things like that that made Vista annoying. UAC was a good idea, but getting treated like an idiot just makes people mad. UAC should have been designed to be less agressive, allowing things like "yes, allow this crappy app access for the rest of the day please".
Good point. I realized my error just after pressing submit.;)
Actually, with Swedish, Finnish, English used on a daily basis I do mess up from time to time. English is really my third language, Swedish and Norvegian being first and second (chronologically).:)
I would argue that using a form of slang for some words in a family context is no different from another form of slang in another context. And I do tend to use slang.
I also don't speak to the kids like that all the time, this was just a random example, so don't extrapolate too much.;)
Learn how to talk, how to fight, and how to consider the other person, and you'll be fine. Don't try to own your partner and let him/her do things with other people that you can't reasonably do together. Don't be afraid to show your feelings, and talk about little issues before they become big issues. Compromises are inevitable, so don't think of these are a failure on either part.
The single biggest thing that is needed to make a marriage work is simply work. You can't expect a relationship to last without maintenance. Make sure to have time for each other when times are rough, and you'll be fine.
And ultimately, if things eventually stop working, divorce is not really a failure. It's simply an option to be considered if the relationship is hurting either or both parties.
I've had glasses for ages now. I clean them every day. My rigid plastic lenses eventually develop small scratches no matter how careful you are.
So how will these lenses with movin parts hold up when cleaned for every day for N years?
The FAQ claims:
TruFocals are rugged and durable. Most moving parts are made from stainless steel alloy or TISMO high performance polymer. TruFocals users report that they stand up to the wear and tear of fulltime use.
I'm not impressed unless it's been proven over time...
You can still find interesting new stuff. Personally I'm a Spotify convert these days, I've found lot's of new stuff that interests me. Of course finding new interesting music requires going through mountains of crap, but once you develop a playlist on Spotify (of existing music you know you like) you can pretty much start looking through the stuff it suggests.
I'm sure there are other similar services in other markets too.
A few suggestions, based on your liking of Jarre, classical music, and Queen:
* Maksim â" ELECTRIK
* Sigur Ros
* Timo Maas
But good stuff is still being done, it's just that the signal to noise ratio is awful.;)
As we achieve a given level of sophistication in any field and make technological limits virtually go away, the limiting factor is always going to be human creativity.
Take oil painting, for instance. We've had mostly all the colors we need for hundreds and hundreds of years. Yet, new and interesting art is still being created. When the development of paints were still in the early stages I'm sure people marveled at new colors like we today marvel at ever more photo realistic graphics. But once the initial excitement wears off what we're really left with is how good the game plays, how well written the story is, etc.
Games, like books, paintings, movies and so many other things before them, will not be defined by technological achievements in the coming centuries. The best games I've played to date aren't good because of tech, but great stories and immersive and imaginative environments. Grim Fandango is still the best game I've played to date story-wise, and while the replay value of an adventure game like that is sadly very low I'm very much looking forward to playing it again with my kids once they are old enough. It is worth noting that i played Grim Fandango as an adult, so the nostalgia factor is not dimming my senses much at least...;)
I wholeheartedly agree with the parent. Your best bet at doing this well is doing this as dynamically as possible. Scraping web pages is a huge pain. Building an extension to detect when you're visising wikipedia and inject something into the page is a hell of a lot simpler.
Another poster suggested greasemonkey. I haven't used it myself, but I suspect it would make sense to develop a prototype with greasemonkey first. It might well be that a custom extension is not needed at all.
But should it really be up to the device to monitor this? Can't I use my navigator to let the kids watch TV in the back seat if I don't need it for navigating?
A nav system integrated into the front console would be another story though...
Please stop saying that they don't see the difference between SD and HD. They do - those who don't won't even had noticed the difference between kate moss and susan boyle!
I shall resort to quoting myself:
(Yes, most people are able to perceive the difference between SD and HD, but I mean seeing the difference in a psychologically meaningful sense.)
My point is simple: People see the difference as in being able to perceive it, but most don't care and just go for the cheaper movie. Alternatively people don't get why they should pay more for something they don't find better, just different.
As geeks we can be all excited about all the extra details you can see in HD, but most people just want to watch the movie.
Slashdot Mirror
I'll just refer you to the reply I already posted:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1357795&cid=29309697
Not really a recommendation, but looked most interesting to me so far. .max
Can't recommend anything, but I seem to have put this one in my delicious bookmarks: http://www.dittomusic.com/
I'm sure I looked at more than one, not sure why I only bookmarked these guys. I did do some reviewing (comparing terms, prices, store coverage) on the different options as opposed to blind googling, so I guess it's better than nothing... ;)
I've made quite a few tracks for fun... And lately, I've been looking at the possibility to get them on on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
Here comes the great part: I don't need a label on anything these days. There are already several services that will publish independent music direct to major stores and streaming services without going through a bunch of extra layers.
So if I ever decide to publish my stuff I can just ignore the (Finnish equivalent of the) RIAA. I'd rather miss out on any money I could get that route than help rob everyone of any more rights.
Gotta love progress.
Um, I meant I surf with the netbook. I have no desire to hook it up to the TV. Also, that way the TV and browsing don't interfere. :)
But others did make good points about flash games and video possibilities. I have a Wii so should look into those...
...for watching videos on YouTube?
Haven't even bothered to install the browser so far, my wife's netbook runs circles around a Wii for couch surfing.
Actually I'm genuinely curious: Who uses the Wii browser and for what?
It it's true that this outage is affecting Google too I have to say that is a good thing. Eating your own dog food, product-wise, is always a good idea.
ALS is basically a slow and unpleasant death sentence unless you are lucky and can afford proper care. You really don't want to be told you have something that will lock your working brain into your body until you suffocate without a breathing apparatus.
I'm perfectly aware many people can live for ages with ALS, but a significant portion aren't as lucky...
I suspect most of us agree that after death we won't be needing those organs... So give society a favor and fill out that organ donor card. It's just one more card in your wallet after all. Saving someone's life post-mortem is not a bad last accomplishment. :)
Granted, your liver might end up in a person worthy of a Darwin award, but it's a risk I'm willing to take myself. ;)
I respectfully disagree.
RMS himself, the holy fanatic of free software, has compared swapping code to swapping recipes for cooking.
Open source and by extension free software is about unrestricted access to the instructions for making something. If this something is a computer program, a piece of hardware, a meal, a knitted sweater or a bottle rocket is irrelevant.
Granted, the term open source as understood by this community is most often applied to software. But the open source model can be successfully applied to any instructions that can be shared and improved upon. I dare you to dig a little, there is a lot more of this "open source" stuff out there than software.
My wife wipes the floor with me in Guitar Hero. Kind of humiliating, actually... ;)
I use to be part of the "phones are for making calls and the occational SMS" crowd.
But eventually 3G phones became rather good, and most important of all, data in my native Finland became dirt cheap.
Nowadays I use my phone's data capabilities every day. Once I've dropped the kids to daycare I check a website that can tell me which of three bus stops to walk to, instead of trying to remember the 20+ buses' schedules that I would otherwise check to get the same effect. It's even better when I want to take the bus home after a night out. I can input my location in the route guide website and it will calculate a reasonable route for me.
Google maps has proved useful too, as my phone has GPS. The navigation software with voice guidance actually works, so I have no need for a dedicated navigator. The camera has a real xenon flash, so social snaps even in a dim environment are actually perfectly viable. Wikipedia is handy to settle factual disputes in the bar... ;)
The thing is, I think of my phone as a portable multimedia computer with phone-features attached. I could live without the features it provides, but given that 3G phones are so cheap these days it would make little sense for me to do so.
You make a good point. But a lot of the design decisions on Vista were honestly fucked up. Who in their right mind would design an operating system to cap the network bandwidth when playing multimedia? Yes, it really does, and it's not funny when you're in the video business transferring multi-gigabyte files over a LAN. (I also am aware of the workaround disabling the multimedia-whateveritwas-service, making audio skip all the time.)
It was little things like that that made Vista annoying. UAC was a good idea, but getting treated like an idiot just makes people mad. UAC should have been designed to be less agressive, allowing things like "yes, allow this crappy app access for the rest of the day please".
Also an excellent point. I should know, my kids are bilingual... Leads to a lot of insights into how grammatical rules form. :)
Good point. I realized my error just after pressing submit. ;)
Actually, with Swedish, Finnish, English used on a daily basis I do mess up from time to time. English is really my third language, Swedish and Norvegian being first and second (chronologically). :)
Curious question: Do you have kids?
I would argue that using a form of slang for some words in a family context is no different from another form of slang in another context. And I do tend to use slang.
I also don't speak to the kids like that all the time, this was just a random example, so don't extrapolate too much. ;)
And yet, you can give a scientifically correct answer omitting unnecessary details:
The trick is to explain things on a level kids can understand.
I can also warmly recommend the TV-series Once Upon a Time... Life, which is biologically very correct yet entertaining to watch.
...to evolve into a Class III civillization.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale
Making a marriage work requires three things:
Communication, communication and communication.
Learn how to talk, how to fight, and how to consider the other person, and you'll be fine. Don't try to own your partner and let him/her do things with other people that you can't reasonably do together. Don't be afraid to show your feelings, and talk about little issues before they become big issues. Compromises are inevitable, so don't think of these are a failure on either part.
The single biggest thing that is needed to make a marriage work is simply work. You can't expect a relationship to last without maintenance. Make sure to have time for each other when times are rough, and you'll be fine.
And ultimately, if things eventually stop working, divorce is not really a failure. It's simply an option to be considered if the relationship is hurting either or both parties.
...how do you clean them?
I've had glasses for ages now. I clean them every day. My rigid plastic lenses eventually develop small scratches no matter how careful you are.
So how will these lenses with movin parts hold up when cleaned for every day for N years?
The FAQ claims:
I'm not impressed unless it's been proven over time...
My tastes are somewhat overlapping with yours.
You can still find interesting new stuff. Personally I'm a Spotify convert these days, I've found lot's of new stuff that interests me. Of course finding new interesting music requires going through mountains of crap, but once you develop a playlist on Spotify (of existing music you know you like) you can pretty much start looking through the stuff it suggests.
I'm sure there are other similar services in other markets too.
A few suggestions, based on your liking of Jarre, classical music, and Queen:
* Maksim â" ELECTRIK
* Sigur Ros
* Timo Maas
But good stuff is still being done, it's just that the signal to noise ratio is awful. ;)
As we achieve a given level of sophistication in any field and make technological limits virtually go away, the limiting factor is always going to be human creativity.
Take oil painting, for instance. We've had mostly all the colors we need for hundreds and hundreds of years. Yet, new and interesting art is still being created. When the development of paints were still in the early stages I'm sure people marveled at new colors like we today marvel at ever more photo realistic graphics. But once the initial excitement wears off what we're really left with is how good the game plays, how well written the story is, etc.
Games, like books, paintings, movies and so many other things before them, will not be defined by technological achievements in the coming centuries. The best games I've played to date aren't good because of tech, but great stories and immersive and imaginative environments. Grim Fandango is still the best game I've played to date story-wise, and while the replay value of an adventure game like that is sadly very low I'm very much looking forward to playing it again with my kids once they are old enough. It is worth noting that i played Grim Fandango as an adult, so the nostalgia factor is not dimming my senses much at least... ;)
I wholeheartedly agree with the parent. Your best bet at doing this well is doing this as dynamically as possible. Scraping web pages is a huge pain. Building an extension to detect when you're visising wikipedia and inject something into the page is a hell of a lot simpler.
Another poster suggested greasemonkey. I haven't used it myself, but I suspect it would make sense to develop a prototype with greasemonkey first. It might well be that a custom extension is not needed at all.
Also, Firebug is your friend.
Waking up naturally is far better for your health. All you 9-5ers have fun being shocked out of bed every morning.
Let me guess: Student or part-time worker, no kids?
But should it really be up to the device to monitor this? Can't I use my navigator to let the kids watch TV in the back seat if I don't need it for navigating?
A nav system integrated into the front console would be another story though...
Please stop saying that they don't see the difference between SD and HD. They do - those who don't won't even had noticed the difference between kate moss and susan boyle!
I shall resort to quoting myself:
(Yes, most people are able to perceive the difference between SD and HD, but I mean seeing the difference in a psychologically meaningful sense.)
My point is simple: People see the difference as in being able to perceive it, but most don't care and just go for the cheaper movie. Alternatively people don't get why they should pay more for something they don't find better, just different.
As geeks we can be all excited about all the extra details you can see in HD, but most people just want to watch the movie.