You should check out Netjuke for managing your music library - http://netjuke.sourceforge.net/ It's all web based, so you don't need any iTunes software - just a browser and an mp3 player app! Developed in PHP and was mainly written for MySQL, but I believe it supports other DB software.
Just hook up one of those cheap laptops in any room, plug some speakers in to it, browse to your Netjuke server on your local network, and play away!
I've been using this for a couple of years and it's been awesome. It's also good for sharing music with communities - it has different levels of security that the administrator can set up. Once you get Netjuke up and running, all of the administration is via the Netjuke interface.
Build custom playlists, play all tracks in genre randomly, see the latest artists and albums that have been added to the DB, and much much more!
Also, Netjuke's music importer reads in the ID3 tags in mp3s, which makes it very fast and easy to get all of your music info into the Netjuke database.
The discrepancy between the number of machines * the size of their drives vs. the 4+ petabyte figure is most likely due to the use of large SAN storage devices. In such a massively distributed system, local drives are probably only used for logging hardware issues. By using one or more SANs for common storage, your data is much more centralized and, due to the redundancy features of SANs, a lot safer.
There is actually already such a network in place in a rural community. In Grant County, WA, they have optical network connections to the home. This, too, was funded by a public entity, the Grant County Public Utilities Division (GCPUD). Currently, they have a 'cable' provider that. in addition to being an ISP, streams all of the regular 'cable' content (MTV, ESPN, HBO, etc) over this network to peoples homes. The settop boxes for the decoding of the streams are Linux-based boxes, each with a RJ45 connector in the back instead of a coax connection.
I've been up there to see it in action and it is truly impressive. Unfortunately, the majority of the communities don't even understand what they have. There were no DSL or Cable internet providers in the area before this. These people are going from dial-up connections to FIBER. There are TRAILER PARKS in Grant County with thick black cables running into them. It's as bizarre as it is impressive.
Optical network connection for under $20/month? Yes please.
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You should check out Netjuke for managing your music library - http://netjuke.sourceforge.net/ It's all web based, so you don't need any iTunes software - just a browser and an mp3 player app! Developed in PHP and was mainly written for MySQL, but I believe it supports other DB software.
Just hook up one of those cheap laptops in any room, plug some speakers in to it, browse to your Netjuke server on your local network, and play away!
I've been using this for a couple of years and it's been awesome. It's also good for sharing music with communities - it has different levels of security that the administrator can set up. Once you get Netjuke up and running, all of the administration is via the Netjuke interface.
Build custom playlists, play all tracks in genre randomly, see the latest artists and albums that have been added to the DB, and much much more!
Also, Netjuke's music importer reads in the ID3 tags in mp3s, which makes it very fast and easy to get all of your music info into the Netjuke database.
The discrepancy between the number of machines * the size of their drives vs. the 4+ petabyte figure is most likely due to the use of large SAN storage devices. In such a massively distributed system, local drives are probably only used for logging hardware issues. By using one or more SANs for common storage, your data is much more centralized and, due to the redundancy features of SANs, a lot safer.
Maybe we can work out some trade agreement where we in the US can get cheap prescription drugs from Canada for our cheap wireless equipment.
There is actually already such a network in place in a rural community. In Grant County, WA, they have optical network connections to the home. This, too, was funded by a public entity, the Grant County Public Utilities Division (GCPUD). Currently, they have a 'cable' provider that. in addition to being an ISP, streams all of the regular 'cable' content (MTV, ESPN, HBO, etc) over this network to peoples homes. The settop boxes for the decoding of the streams are Linux-based boxes, each with a RJ45 connector in the back instead of a coax connection.
I've been up there to see it in action and it is truly impressive. Unfortunately, the majority of the communities don't even understand what they have. There were no DSL or Cable internet providers in the area before this. These people are going from dial-up connections to FIBER. There are TRAILER PARKS in Grant County with thick black cables running into them. It's as bizarre as it is impressive.
Optical network connection for under $20/month? Yes please.
Check here for a blurb on GC's Zipp Network.
If only there were some execs at the RIAA who thought like Speakeasy, they'd actually be making money rather than spending tons of it on litigation.
They shoue embrace change rather than attempting to suppress it. By doing this they're only prolonging their inevitable, slow, painful demise.
An even happier speakeasy customer.