having read the blurb about this audio format, it states, [paraphrased] that "the file size is slightly larger than mp3 but the quality is there". is the quality _better_ than that of an mp3? if it is the same, then it would seem to me that mp3 still comes out on top, supporting variable bitrates of up to at least 256kbps vs. this format's 128kbps limit, with a smaller file size. i don't know anything about the format as i have no experience with it, but i felt it was worth mentioning. can anyone give some insight as to the advantage of this format? thanx!
although most would like to keep crackers out of their systems completely, the type of person who becomes a system administrator is generally one that thirsts for knowledge and others' outlooks to problem solving. if watching someone who has illegally obtained access to your system will help you to prevent these types of access in the future, then by all means, do it. it may sound like strange logic, but watching the activity of someone attempting to crack your system is _fun_!...and just may open your eyes to a security hole that _you_ forgot to close.
it seems like the industry is trying to put a stop to "illegal" mp3 sites by coming up with a way to verify that you already own a physical disc. they will then be able to say that because they can verify you have this disc, there is no longer a reason that songs from label-controlled artists should be available freely on the web because it constitutes copyright infringement. the great thing about mp3s is that they're small, quick to download or create, and give you the option of listening to parts of a CD BEFORE you buy the album, listen to the rest of it and find out that the whole album sucks except for the one or 2 catchy songs that happen to make it onto MTV. it's hard enough to find a STORE that will let you listen to CDs before you buy them. (i know of one whole such store in my area). it will also be impossible to obtain ONE good song from an album of sh*tty ones because you don't want to go pay $15-$20 for a full album to obtain a single. i wonder what sort of revenue in sales is created for the music industry by consumers buying a full album to get that "neat song i heard on the radio". the target-related advertising part of this bothers me too, because if you sample the way target advertising works for companies like BMG, you'll find madonna and christina aguilera (sp?) and nine inch nails and metallica in the same "if you like this artist..." category...and the associated artists most certainly are nothing alike. basically, i think what is going to happen here comes down to people receiving a lot of email and promo offers for things they don't want/need/have time for, and it's going to empower the government and coprorate junkies to have a tighter grip on what citizens do with the things they own.
the following quote in that article caught my eye: **With all of the construction that needs to take place, Intel and others will need to concentrate on keeping costs down. Interestingly, two of three e-commerce CEOs brought on stage to tout the benefits of e-commerce and Intel servers said they were using the low-cost Linux OS.** although i will say the use of linux is "interesting" i don't find it particulary unexpected. "e-commerce", for the majority, is synonomous with internet business, thus making perfect sense for 2/3 of these CEOs to deploy apache vs IIS or some other web server platform. in a field that is as upstart as internet commerce it makes perfect sense to deploy linux where it excels: the internet server market. the free part doesn't hurt either...
uhm - this article claims that linux is particularly succeptible because the binaries are simple and easy to understand, therefore making them easier to modify... unless we've gotten into the habit of running precompiled binaries as root without looking at the source first, i still don't think we have anything to worry about. the major threat here sounds like the ~/bin directory or something similar - unless you like leaving your/bin/usr/... and/usr/local/... world-writable!
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having read the blurb about this audio format, it states, [paraphrased] that "the file size is slightly larger than mp3 but the quality is there". is the quality _better_ than that of an mp3? if it is the same, then it would seem to me that mp3 still comes out on top, supporting variable bitrates of up to at least 256kbps vs. this format's 128kbps limit, with a smaller file size. i don't know anything about the format as i have no experience with it, but i felt it was worth mentioning. can anyone give some insight as to the advantage of this format? thanx!
although most would like to keep crackers out of their systems completely, the type of person who becomes a system administrator is generally one that thirsts for knowledge and others' outlooks to problem solving. if watching someone who has illegally obtained access to your system will help you to prevent these types of access in the future, then by all means, do it. it may sound like strange logic, but watching the activity of someone attempting to crack your system is _fun_! ...and just may open your eyes to a security hole that _you_ forgot to close.
it seems like the industry is trying to put a stop to "illegal" mp3 sites by coming up with a way to verify that you already own a physical disc. they will then be able to say that because they can verify you have this disc, there is no longer a reason that songs from label-controlled artists should be available freely on the web because it constitutes copyright infringement. the great thing about mp3s is that they're small, quick to download or create, and give you the option of listening to parts of a CD BEFORE you buy the album, listen to the rest of it and find out that the whole album sucks except for the one or 2 catchy songs that happen to make it onto MTV. it's hard enough to find a STORE that will let you listen to CDs before you buy them. (i know of one whole such store in my area). it will also be impossible to obtain ONE good song from an album of sh*tty ones because you don't want to go pay $15-$20 for a full album to obtain a single. i wonder what sort of revenue in sales is created for the music industry by consumers buying a full album to get that "neat song i heard on the radio". the target-related advertising part of this bothers me too, because if you sample the way target advertising works for companies like BMG, you'll find madonna and christina aguilera (sp?) and nine inch nails and metallica in the same "if you like this artist..." category...and the associated artists most certainly are nothing alike. basically, i think what is going to happen here comes down to people receiving a lot of email and promo offers for things they don't want/need/have time for, and it's going to empower the government and coprorate junkies to have a tighter grip on what citizens do with the things they own.
the following quote in that article caught my eye: **With all of the construction that needs to take place, Intel and others will need to concentrate on keeping costs down. Interestingly, two of three e-commerce CEOs brought on stage to tout the benefits of e-commerce and Intel servers said they were using the low-cost Linux OS.** although i will say the use of linux is "interesting" i don't find it particulary unexpected. "e-commerce", for the majority, is synonomous with internet business, thus making perfect sense for 2/3 of these CEOs to deploy apache vs IIS or some other web server platform. in a field that is as upstart as internet commerce it makes perfect sense to deploy linux where it excels: the internet server market. the free part doesn't hurt either...
uhm - this article claims that linux is particularly succeptible because the binaries are simple and easy to understand, therefore making them easier to modify... unless we've gotten into the habit of running precompiled binaries as root without looking at the source first, i still don't think we have anything to worry about. the major threat here sounds like the ~/bin directory or something similar - unless you like leaving your /bin /usr/... and /usr/local/... world-writable!