Bullshit. Most classical music and jazz recordings are not processed at all. The Trinity Session by The Cowboy Junkies was recorded live, in a church, with one stereo microphone. Ben Folds Five's Whatever and Ever, Amen was recorded in Ben Folds house, and minimal cleaning up was done to it: you can hear a telephone ring in one of the tracks with decent equipment. Hell, even The Art of Noise's music, which is totally digital (I hesitate to say synthezied), sounds far better with more detail on good audio systems.
IE was developed by a third party company: Spyglass. Microsoft licensed the code from them for IE 1.0. I think they eventually bought the rights to the code. But, IE was not initially created by Microsoft, that's my point.
I find it funny that the same people that bitch & moan about George Lucas making changes to his movies when he releases (or re-releases) them on video, are often the same people that bitch & moan when their favorite movie's Dolby Stereo soundtrack isn't remastered into Dolby Digital 5.1.
I agree with them that he shouldn't change the movie, because doing so ignores the fact that his "art" is made for the fans. However, I certainly don't see how they can complain that people don't update the soundtrack in the same way Lucas updates his films.
I have a friend that always says my car isn't "loaded" because it doesn't have a navigation system. I've always told him that even if a navigation system were an option for the car, that I wouldn't want it. He thought it was ridiculous when I told him that GPS will enable people to be given instant speeding tickets. Well, I guess I've been proven right, even if the speeding tickets aren't coming from the government yet.
If the one stream is "basically a standard mp3", then the filesize wouldn't be reduced by half. At any rate, since my post that you replied to I have found out that MP3Pro is essentially a normal MP3 with a filter placed on it eliminated frequencies above 10 or 15kHz (I can't remember which), and an "exciter" that simulates frequencies above that point.
CDs do not have two layers of substrate. There is only one polycarbonate subsrate on a CD. It has aluminum and a laquer (sp?) on top of it. DVDs have two layers of substrate which results in a different thickness of each substrate and as a result a different focal point.
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One point I've heard over and over again is that the B&W Nautilus 801 is the most frequently used monitor in classical recording studios. I don't know if this is true or not, but it's not surprising since it's also the speaker Philips choose to demo their top-of-the-line SACD player with.
After hitting $1000 for any stereo integrated amp, or stereo preamp/amplifier combo, the price continues to go up and the features either stay constant or decrease. So, no, it is not "the more you pay, the more features you get." After you reach a certain point in high-end electronics all of the money actually goes into the sections that count rather than the feature-list.
Certainly, there is an upper bound where you can't tell the difference between say a $3000 pre-amp/amplifier combo and a $10,000 combo, but finding that point and the equipment that makes up that point is very, very subjective.
Actually, they said half of the MP3Pro stream would play on MP3 players. So, I think saying that the quality won't be as good is understating it. The quality will be piss-poor.
Can you name any of the ties the recording industry has made with CD recording companies? Like what are the two companies names? That is, other than Sony & Sony.
I wish they would allow me to buy electronic versions of music that are not copy restricted.
Buy CDs. I do. Hell, check out the songs by listening to the ultra-low-fidelity streaming music on Amazon first if you want to avoid bad albums. Scour the Net for MP3s of a few songs from the new album before buying. But, if you want electronic versions of music that are not copy protected, buy CDs and don't even think of buying SACDs or DVD Audio discs.
If you're burning music to a CD that is sourced from an MP3, you're going to be using a computer to do so. If you're using a computer to do so, you're not paying any royalties on the CD-R media.
However, I still think Napster sold out, and I say fuck them. Napster wasn't doing anything illegal, however now everyone will assume they were sense they settled and got in bed with the record labels.
The only people that were braking copyright laws were some of the users of Napster.
Plus, you had to build the computer yourself. I think we're talking about off-the-shelf computers for $300 here, not some cobbled together geek-rig with a cardboard case.
When you actually limit your examples to the actual realm at hand, you'll see the PS2 could make a decent cheap computer.
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Bullshit. Most classical music and jazz recordings are not processed at all. The Trinity Session by The Cowboy Junkies was recorded live, in a church, with one stereo microphone. Ben Folds Five's Whatever and Ever, Amen was recorded in Ben Folds house, and minimal cleaning up was done to it: you can hear a telephone ring in one of the tracks with decent equipment. Hell, even The Art of Noise's music, which is totally digital (I hesitate to say synthezied), sounds far better with more detail on good audio systems.
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Here is the article. The CG is amazing.
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I'm not sure GPS would work on a vehicle traveling as fast as a missle.
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IE was developed by a third party company: Spyglass. Microsoft licensed the code from them for IE 1.0. I think they eventually bought the rights to the code. But, IE was not initially created by Microsoft, that's my point.
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You've gotta love this stealth advertizing for Spielberg's AI!
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Macs were the first computers to have the GeForce 3!
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I find it funny that the same people that bitch & moan about George Lucas making changes to his movies when he releases (or re-releases) them on video, are often the same people that bitch & moan when their favorite movie's Dolby Stereo soundtrack isn't remastered into Dolby Digital 5.1.
I agree with them that he shouldn't change the movie, because doing so ignores the fact that his "art" is made for the fans. However, I certainly don't see how they can complain that people don't update the soundtrack in the same way Lucas updates his films.
I have a friend that always says my car isn't "loaded" because it doesn't have a navigation system. I've always told him that even if a navigation system were an option for the car, that I wouldn't want it. He thought it was ridiculous when I told him that GPS will enable people to be given instant speeding tickets. Well, I guess I've been proven right, even if the speeding tickets aren't coming from the government yet.
If the one stream is "basically a standard mp3", then the filesize wouldn't be reduced by half. At any rate, since my post that you replied to I have found out that MP3Pro is essentially a normal MP3 with a filter placed on it eliminated frequencies above 10 or 15kHz (I can't remember which), and an "exciter" that simulates frequencies above that point.
CDs do not have two layers of substrate. There is only one polycarbonate subsrate on a CD. It has aluminum and a laquer (sp?) on top of it. DVDs have two layers of substrate which results in a different thickness of each substrate and as a result a different focal point.
One point I've heard over and over again is that the B&W Nautilus 801 is the most frequently used monitor in classical recording studios. I don't know if this is true or not, but it's not surprising since it's also the speaker Philips choose to demo their top-of-the-line SACD player with.
After hitting $1000 for any stereo integrated amp, or stereo preamp/amplifier combo, the price continues to go up and the features either stay constant or decrease. So, no, it is not "the more you pay, the more features you get." After you reach a certain point in high-end electronics all of the money actually goes into the sections that count rather than the feature-list.
Certainly, there is an upper bound where you can't tell the difference between say a $3000 pre-amp/amplifier combo and a $10,000 combo, but finding that point and the equipment that makes up that point is very, very subjective.
I'm pretty sure it's "Thus Spake Zarathustra".
Actually, they said half of the MP3Pro stream would play on MP3 players. So, I think saying that the quality won't be as good is understating it. The quality will be piss-poor.
Is this another example of why TMBG is better off spamming people than promoting their music in much less invasive ways?
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That is the definition of a weed!
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D'oh! Roxio makes Toast. I was planning to get Toast once I bought a Mac.
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A portion of revenue from each Audio CD-R disc goes to royalty payments. This does not include normal computer use CD-R discs.
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Can you name any of the ties the recording industry has made with CD recording companies? Like what are the two companies names? That is, other than Sony & Sony.
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Buy CDs. I do. Hell, check out the songs by listening to the ultra-low-fidelity streaming music on Amazon first if you want to avoid bad albums. Scour the Net for MP3s of a few songs from the new album before buying. But, if you want electronic versions of music that are not copy protected, buy CDs and don't even think of buying SACDs or DVD Audio discs.
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If you're burning music to a CD that is sourced from an MP3, you're going to be using a computer to do so. If you're using a computer to do so, you're not paying any royalties on the CD-R media.
However, I still think Napster sold out, and I say fuck them. Napster wasn't doing anything illegal, however now everyone will assume they were sense they settled and got in bed with the record labels.
The only people that were braking copyright laws were some of the users of Napster.
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What kind of tricks does GIMP use to avoid Unisys's patents?
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NFL2k uses the Visual Memory Unit to assist in private play-calling.
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But, they're only there for you to play with not buy. I saw a couple of them setup in my local Best Buy in Charlotte. I didn't mess with them, though.
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Plus, you had to build the computer yourself. I think we're talking about off-the-shelf computers for $300 here, not some cobbled together geek-rig with a cardboard case.
When you actually limit your examples to the actual realm at hand, you'll see the PS2 could make a decent cheap computer.
Ah... to have a replacement for the C64.
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