Even though they cancelled the November '02 test, they are still having the December '02 test (I'm registered for it). And as far as grad school applications go, I believe they can accept your GRE scores a bit later than your actual application.
Any tips or suggestions for taking the CS Subject test? They are supposed to be sending me the practice booklet, but I have not been able to find ANY other subject test prep books.
One of the spin-offs from Sojourn was (is!) Duris mud (telnet durismud.org 6666). I've been playing it since 1996 or there abouts, and its still fun. Its a racewars themed mud, with full player-killing, although there are in-game deterrents to spam killing (such as a justice system). The fun comes from fighting against other people instead of just endlessly killing the dragon for your +5 platemail of spankiness.
It also has one of the most developed mud codebases around, with a top down world map, and a full ship-to-ship combat system.
With this technology, they're well on their way to being the loudest band in the universe. Now we just need a good interplanetary internet backbone, so they can send the robot commands from orbit (preferably around a different planet).
If Audiogalaxy had the resources, I think they would have a way to fight this.
While there certainly has been piracy that has taken place on the AG network, for the past year they have been blocking ALOT of stuff. Type in any artist that the RIAA listed on their case document as being infringed and you will be greeted with pages of red X's that block downloading.
While there have been from time to time ways to circumvent that, they have usually been found and stopped.
And Audiogalaxy has never been about just getting the file. As long as I can remember (I started using it in early 2000, when there were something like 1500 ppl using the satellite) there has always been a significant amount of articles featuring small and indie bands on non-riaa labels. In addition, the user groups have been a great place to share music tastes, even if you dont trade any files. Napster pretty clearly was always just about getting the file. AG has put significant effort into providing alot of extra value (gotta love all the rants on the bulletin board after a particularly vitriolic will sheff column).
Audiogalaxy is still the best (IMO) place to find rare and bootleg copies of songs (which, I believe, the RIAA does not own the rights to, correct?).
In fact I don't even try to download new or popular music from AG anymore because it does take too long to find (if possible at all) the "real" songs.
What the judge probably won't understand, is that it is nearly impossible to truly filter digital content on the kind of scale that is happening now. If a user renames a file, a system has no way of knowing what it was originally, unless by comparing the file to every file it has that it knows is a copyrighted song. And if a user re-encodes a file, normalizes it, or anything of that nature, then the system is out as well. A text based filter is the only real option.
If Audiogalaxy had 100,000 employees, all extremely knowledgeable about music, they MIGHT be able to block songs on the scale the RIAA wants. The fact the filter works as well as it does is a testament to the "first-year programmers" working there.
I just finished skimming the court case. While raising some potentially valid points about AG's operation a year ago, it is almost untruthful on several points.
So if AG has the resources to fight this (I wonder if they can, I haven't heard of any high-profile law firms taking up their case), there seem to be at least three arguments against some of the points raised by the court case:
A) AG provides significant value besides piracy. (reviews, user groups, message boards)
B) AG shares much much more than RIAA-copyrighted works. (bootlegs, live recordings, non-riaa-label-artist's songs)
C) The do provide realistically effective blocking.
But the saddest part of this whole sordid affair is that no one company can stand up to a gorilla like the RIAA. And even when you do stand up to them, the judge won't understand the issues before them.
Like AG or not, I believe they were the first p2p file sharing app to actually try to do more than just share files. And the files that I usually got from them were from bands that couldn't afford to produce CDs. And maybe thats exactly why the RIAA is suing them.
If I recall the episode correctly, everyone in the world has implants and can get information instantaneously, except for this one man who has some sort of defect so he has to learn from books. He is pretty much an outcast, until the day the system crashes and no one knows anything on their own, so he becomes the leader.
I definitely want to write to my congressman (whos the US Rep for Austin?) - what kinds of things should I say? The first letter on here was a little harsh, i don't think threatening the representative to not vote for him is going to bother him too much.
obviously to convince a congressman you have to show some of the far-reaching effects of the bills under consideration to show them why they should or shouldn't be against a piece of law.
should i even write to him now? or wait until the bill actually goes to commitee? suggestions?
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although, realizing this effect, the creator of snood helpfully provided a "Just One More Game" function, and even gave it its own hotkey :)
Even though they cancelled the November '02 test, they are still having the December '02 test (I'm registered for it). And as far as grad school applications go, I believe they can accept your GRE scores a bit later than your actual application.
Any tips or suggestions for taking the CS Subject test? They are supposed to be sending me the practice booklet, but I have not been able to find ANY other subject test prep books.
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One of the spin-offs from Sojourn was (is!) Duris mud (telnet durismud.org 6666). I've been playing it since 1996 or there abouts, and its still fun. Its a racewars themed mud, with full player-killing, although there are in-game deterrents to spam killing (such as a justice system). The fun comes from fighting against other people instead of just endlessly killing the dragon for your +5 platemail of spankiness.
It also has one of the most developed mud codebases around, with a top down world map, and a full ship-to-ship combat system.
With this technology, they're well on their way to being the loudest band in the universe. Now we just need a good interplanetary internet backbone, so they can send the robot commands from orbit (preferably around a different planet).
If Audiogalaxy had the resources, I think they would have a way to fight this.
While there certainly has been piracy that has taken
place on the AG network, for the past year they
have been blocking ALOT of stuff. Type in any
artist that the RIAA listed on their case
document as being infringed and you will be
greeted with pages of red X's that block downloading.
While there have been from time to time ways to
circumvent that, they have usually been found and
stopped.
And Audiogalaxy has never been about just getting
the file. As long as I can remember (I started using it in early 2000, when there were something
like 1500 ppl using the satellite) there has always been a significant amount of articles featuring small and indie bands on non-riaa labels. In addition, the user groups have been
a great place to share music tastes, even if you
dont trade any files. Napster pretty clearly
was always just about getting the file. AG has
put significant effort into providing alot of
extra value (gotta love all the rants on the bulletin board after a particularly vitriolic will sheff column).
Audiogalaxy is still the best (IMO) place to find
rare and bootleg copies of songs (which, I believe,
the RIAA does not own the rights to, correct?).
In fact I don't even try to download new or popular
music from AG anymore because it does take too
long to find (if possible at all) the "real" songs.
What the judge probably won't understand, is that
it is nearly impossible to truly filter digital content on the kind of scale that is happening now. If a user renames a file, a system has no way
of knowing what it was originally, unless by comparing the file to every file it has that it knows is a copyrighted song. And if a user re-encodes a file, normalizes it, or anything of that nature, then the system is out as well. A
text based filter is the only real option.
If Audiogalaxy had 100,000 employees, all extremely knowledgeable about music, they MIGHT
be able to block songs on the scale the RIAA wants. The fact the filter works as well as it does is a testament to the "first-year programmers" working there.
I just finished skimming the court case. While
raising some potentially valid points about AG's
operation a year ago, it is almost untruthful on several points.
So if AG has the resources to fight this (I wonder
if they can, I haven't heard of any high-profile
law firms taking up their case), there seem to be
at least three arguments against some of the points raised by the court case:
A) AG provides significant value besides piracy. (reviews, user groups, message boards)
B) AG shares much much more than RIAA-copyrighted works. (bootlegs, live recordings, non-riaa-label-artist's songs)
C) The do provide realistically effective blocking.
But the saddest part of this whole sordid affair is that no one company can stand up to a gorilla like the RIAA. And even when you do stand up to them, the judge won't understand the issues before them.
Like AG or not, I believe they were the first p2p file sharing app to actually try to do more than just share files. And the files that I usually got from them were from bands that couldn't afford to produce CDs. And maybe thats exactly why the RIAA is suing them.
Isn't there an Outer Limits episode about this?
If I recall the episode correctly, everyone in the world has implants and can get information instantaneously, except for this one man who has some sort of defect so he has to learn from books. He is pretty much an outcast, until the day the system crashes and no one knows anything on their own, so he becomes the leader.
I definitely want to write to my congressman (whos the US Rep for Austin?) - what kinds of things should I say? The first letter on here was a little harsh, i don't think threatening the representative to not vote for him is going to bother him too much. obviously to convince a congressman you have to show some of the far-reaching effects of the bills under consideration to show them why they should or shouldn't be against a piece of law. should i even write to him now? or wait until the bill actually goes to commitee? suggestions? - "I Just Want To Be Friends."
didn't the girl in jurrassic park do this at the end of the movie when they were trying to restart the park? baha -- I love Microsoft becau