who can't find out how to compile should better switch to another operating system.
Opps... I nearly mistook your meaning behind this sentence. I thought I don't qualify as being competent enough to use Linux, when rated under your definition!
Thank you very much for your reply! Yes, I get your point - Red Hat GUARANTEES a level of support for businesses.
It was my fault that I conveyed the wrong meaning in my question. It seemed like "Have we humans done our part to support Linux in business and government? Or do we simply tell them to F-Off and RTFM?" Your answer answered these two questions correctly.
I've actually meant to ask "Have we personally done our part to help newbies who dared to install Linux and had problems? Or do we dismiss their silly questions?" But who could have understood me?!
Americans are the only people who DON'T respect Canadians.
If this is because of manipulation by the fourth estate, then I can say that several countries may still be practising this today.
Here in little Sg, my country's newspaper used to skew towards bad news for other countries, and good news for the home country.
you guys are some of the LEAST respected people in the world.
Similarly, when we Sg'reans travel overseas, some of us are well-behaved, but some of us display downright ugly behavior. Yes, some of us are downright arrogant due to our status as compared to our neighboring countries, forgetting that credit goes to our grandparents' (and not us) for building up the nation.
I worked in a small PC assembly shop briefly before. There was no support for Windows whatsoever. (OEM licenses are supposed to be supported by their PC manufacturers.) When customers had problems, the shop simply pushed the blame to Microsoft or viruses, and charged them $30 for labor charge to reinstall Windows. One staff even rebuked rudely, "Do you know how easy it is to corrupt Windows? Only 1 file!"
There were other examples... basically, we were giving as little customer service as possible, just enough not to end up in the small claims court.
Thank you for your reply. It's a good example of why I'm still impressed by Slashdot writers, after all these months.
Making nuclear weapons and space rockets are not so much basic science as engineering: applications of established, scientific results; or that is my opinion, at least.
Good one. You understood the difference between "sciences" and "design/engineering". It took me a long time to understand the semantics. Now I'm wondering what's "computer science" (I didn't study it, not qualified) got to do with "science".
Every day I feel the internet looks more and more like the wild wild west.... A bunch of so called hackers doing whatever they want, with no law to control them.... and now, bounties....
Only that in open source you can potentially inspect the implementation and verify that it doesn't contain inherent weaknesses that allow you to circumvent it.
Many posts in here say the same thing. My question to them is: Have they actually spent the time and effort to inspect the source code? Do they have any such experience in the past?
If we had relied on secret research, we would still have lived in the mud; romantic, perhaps, but no computers.
This analogy is too weak. Counterpoint: Russia and China are advanced enough to produce nuclear weapons and reach outer space. Also, in some parts of Asia, telecommunications are digital, broadband speeds are rather high, and a 160-character SMS (GSM network) costs about 5 US cents, with free incoming.
compare open societies to closed ones: are countries like Sweden, Germany and Switzerland less secure than, say, Burma? The only ones that feel more secure in Burma are the ones in power, but the country as a whole is less secure, as far as I can see.
Too weak. Counterpoint: A democratic superpower was vulnerable to four planes, got mislead into invading two sovereign nations, and had the economy tank on oil prices and financial manipulation.
Still, I'm pro open source, and I'm generally impressed by the quality of advice in Slashdot, including yours, and I continue to read them for new ideas and knowledge.
--- "But when track after track has perfect pitch... It also changes the way we hear unaffected voices... People are getting used to hearing things dead on pitch, and it's changed their expectations." Now that I would worry, if I hadn't been listening to MIDI files, on sound cards ranging from Yamaha OPL3 FM modulators, to AWE64 4MB GS wavetables...
For the same reason that professional musicians either don't use MIDI, or use only the best MIDI instruments and samplers played by real musicians...
I think real singers will either not use Auto-Tune, or use it invisibly. They may, however, definitely use it for background chorus singers and certain instruments.
I also think the typical audience (who grew up listening to lousy singers) will grow weary of lousy bands by the time they reach 30, and insist on listening to the better singers. (Them buying music from RIAA record labels is another story, though.)
So in short, we don't have to worry too much. For all the advantages that MIDI brings, the better bands still use traditional electric instruments to bring out the sound. I think the better singers will use Auto-Tune for live concert performances. But for studio recordings, they'll still rely on lots of practice and re-recordings to bring out their best voice.
Firstly, I think this is a well researched and well written Slashdot story, kudos to the person who wrote it.
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... it makes me wonder what music produced twenty or fifty years from now will sound like, and how much authenticity will be left.
Don't worry too much about it. As TFA (time.com) said: "the creative abuse of Auto-Tune quickly went out of fashion, although it continued to be an indispensable, if inaudible, part of the engineer's toolbox." Meaning the sound engineers quickly learnt how it should be used properly - Cher's 1998 release was a showcase on How Not To Use It.
"West's 808s & Heartbreak is the complete opposite... ghostly and cold, and it's that alienated tone that made 808s one of the best albums of last year." Meaning they're learning to use Auto-Tune in creative ways to produce the unnatural sound intentionally, fully knowing the side-effects and consequences.
Grammy-winning recording engineer: "And every singer now presumes that you'll just run their voice through the box." Most photos used in glossy magazines are cropped, dedusted, contrast adjusted, even air brushed. As long as the engineer knows when not to over-do it, I think it's fine.
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who can't find out how to compile should better switch to another operating system.
Opps ... I nearly mistook your meaning behind this sentence. I thought I don't qualify as being competent enough to use Linux, when rated under your definition!
Thank you very much for your reply! Yes, I get your point - Red Hat GUARANTEES a level of support for businesses.
It was my fault that I conveyed the wrong meaning in my question. It seemed like "Have we humans done our part to support Linux in business and government? Or do we simply tell them to F-Off and RTFM?" Your answer answered these two questions correctly.
I've actually meant to ask "Have we personally done our part to help newbies who dared to install Linux and had problems? Or do we dismiss their silly questions?" But who could have understood me?!
by the time Microsoft spreads a bit of cash and fud they'll be back in the fold... The more things change, the more the corruption remains the same...
It's not corruption. It's "business entertainment expenses". And "above board price bidding". And so forth.
No offense, but it's strictly business. And they're really great at it.
Have we done our part in helping people who uses Linux? Or we simply ignore them?
Americans are the only people who DON'T respect Canadians.
If this is because of manipulation by the fourth estate, then I can say that several countries may still be practising this today.
Here in little Sg, my country's newspaper used to skew towards bad news for other countries, and good news for the home country.
you guys are some of the LEAST respected people in the world.
Similarly, when we Sg'reans travel overseas, some of us are well-behaved, but some of us display downright ugly behavior. Yes, some of us are downright arrogant due to our status as compared to our neighboring countries, forgetting that credit goes to our grandparents' (and not us) for building up the nation.
True.
I worked in a small PC assembly shop briefly before. There was no support for Windows whatsoever. (OEM licenses are supposed to be supported by their PC manufacturers.) When customers had problems, the shop simply pushed the blame to Microsoft or viruses, and charged them $30 for labor charge to reinstall Windows. One staff even rebuked rudely, "Do you know how easy it is to corrupt Windows? Only 1 file!"
There were other examples ... basically, we were giving as little customer service as possible, just enough not to end up in the small claims court.
I left after a few weeks.
Thank you for your reply. It's a good example of why I'm still impressed by Slashdot writers, after all these months.
Making nuclear weapons and space rockets are not so much basic science as engineering: applications of established, scientific results; or that is my opinion, at least.
Good one. You understood the difference between "sciences" and "design/engineering". It took me a long time to understand the semantics. Now I'm wondering what's "computer science" (I didn't study it, not qualified) got to do with "science".
Every day I feel the internet looks more and more like the wild wild west.... A bunch of so called hackers doing whatever they want, with no law to control them.... and now, bounties....
Dyin's too good for 'em!
(Cue Wild West background music.)
Sometimes, I'm still blown away by the music in early 1990s LucasArts and Sierra games.
Monkey Island 1 and 2 ... and so on.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Leisure Suit Larry 5
They're making music sound good on a Yamaha OPL3 FM chip.
SAMBA and Kerberos and BIND source codes are good things. Since they are open source, they are definitely better than Active Directory.
Interestingly, many years ago, Microsoft used a tactic similar to this to highlight their products' ROI.
Question
Can you provide me with the ROI?
Solution #1
Yes, we are able to provide the ROI, training needs, staffing requirements, and so on.
Scenario #2
Err, erm...
This advertisement dramatically highlighted the advantages of using Microsoft products/solutions - the predictability from a business perspective.
Well said.
The only problem is, they may not call because of:
We are supposed to advise and protect them from unscrupulous people, not make them learn the lesson the hard way.
Still, you have a very good point.
Only that in open source you can potentially inspect the implementation and verify that it doesn't contain inherent weaknesses that allow you to circumvent it.
Many posts in here say the same thing. My question to them is: Have they actually spent the time and effort to inspect the source code? Do they have any such experience in the past?
If we had relied on secret research, we would still have lived in the mud; romantic, perhaps, but no computers.
This analogy is too weak. Counterpoint: Russia and China are advanced enough to produce nuclear weapons and reach outer space. Also, in some parts of Asia, telecommunications are digital, broadband speeds are rather high, and a 160-character SMS (GSM network) costs about 5 US cents, with free incoming.
compare open societies to closed ones: are countries like Sweden, Germany and Switzerland less secure than, say, Burma? The only ones that feel more secure in Burma are the ones in power, but the country as a whole is less secure, as far as I can see.
Too weak. Counterpoint: A democratic superpower was vulnerable to four planes, got mislead into invading two sovereign nations, and had the economy tank on oil prices and financial manipulation.
Still, I'm pro open source, and I'm generally impressed by the quality of advice in Slashdot, including yours, and I continue to read them for new ideas and knowledge.
in the Linux world the kitten defends itself and or finds a compatible human slave to care for it.
You're assuming that the first finders are incapable of overpowering the cat, putting it back into the box, and sealing the box tight.
The "yeah, right" thought is going to echo in the customer's mind.
He's using the TARGET address to blacklist the IP ADDRESS from the SMTP CONNECTION.
As said by another poster, "good way for mischievous students to cause mayhem by getting their university's mail servers blacklisted."
Chances are high that anyone sending contracts has already sent previous messages, so the receipt of the contract would not be subject to any delay.
I did not have such luxury.
So yes, I received Executive A's anger sometimes while not being able to do anything about it.
There was a recent discussion on spam.
"Despite Gates' Prediction, Spam Far From a Thing of the Past"
It was merely 10000 Slashdot stories ago.
Quite agreed.
Firstly, I think this is a well researched and well written Slashdot story, kudos to the person who wrote it.
Auto-Tune
--- ... It also changes the way we hear unaffected voices ... People are getting used to hearing things dead on pitch, and it's changed their expectations." Now that I would worry, if I hadn't been listening to MIDI files, on sound cards ranging from Yamaha OPL3 FM modulators, to AWE64 4MB GS wavetables...
"But when track after track has perfect pitch
For the same reason that professional musicians either don't use MIDI, or use only the best MIDI instruments and samplers played by real musicians ...
I think real singers will either not use Auto-Tune, or use it invisibly. They may, however, definitely use it for background chorus singers and certain instruments.
I also think the typical audience (who grew up listening to lousy singers) will grow weary of lousy bands by the time they reach 30, and insist on listening to the better singers. (Them buying music from RIAA record labels is another story, though.)
So in short, we don't have to worry too much. For all the advantages that MIDI brings, the better bands still use traditional electric instruments to bring out the sound. I think the better singers will use Auto-Tune for live concert performances. But for studio recordings, they'll still rely on lots of practice and re-recordings to bring out their best voice.
I say we don't have to worry too much about it.
Firstly, I think this is a well researched and well written Slashdot story, kudos to the person who wrote it.
---
... it makes me wonder what music produced twenty or fifty years from now will sound like, and how much authenticity will be left.
Don't worry too much about it. As TFA (time.com) said: "the creative abuse of Auto-Tune quickly went out of fashion, although it continued to be an indispensable, if inaudible, part of the engineer's toolbox." Meaning the sound engineers quickly learnt how it should be used properly - Cher's 1998 release was a showcase on How Not To Use It.
"West's 808s & Heartbreak is the complete opposite ... ghostly and cold, and it's that alienated tone that made 808s one of the best albums of last year." Meaning they're learning to use Auto-Tune in creative ways to produce the unnatural sound intentionally, fully knowing the side-effects and consequences.
Grammy-winning recording engineer: "And every singer now presumes that you'll just run their voice through the box." Most photos used in glossy magazines are cropped, dedusted, contrast adjusted, even air brushed. As long as the engineer knows when not to over-do it, I think it's fine.
Yeah, my gf loves that too.
LIAR !!!
Somebody else already declared that "people on Slashdot don't have girlfriends...", so your premise can't be true!
Oh wait, you mean Google Fembot? Sorry, my bad.
One day, far in the future, we'll look back at the past (c. 2050), and shake our heads, and wonder why greed and other sins were so prevalent.
To fight against the ruthless commercial world ... I say, it's time to go back to the basics, and fight like real men!
Let's all be pirates!
Whoooosh!
My fellow conscript in the army once said, "if there is justice in this world, *I* would be Colonel!"
I wanted to give him the name "Kentucky".
I think the root troll is too outdated.
Really needs to follow the advice in
"Writing An Effective Troll In Our Web 2.0 World".
Ideas for the troll response generator?
Hey you, wake up! ... ... ...
Hey you, wake up!
BOTH of you wake up!
Do we live in a Matrix world, or what?
And there are those with a seventh sense whom I admire greatly: Sense of Humor.