the seller needs to appease the buyer to survive. as shown countless times in the last few decades (divX anyone?) people want nothing to do with technology that doesnt improve on its comptetition except to take away more of their fair use rights. SDMI has already failed, its a forgone conclusion, unless they can come up with some extrememly compelling reasons for me to take the time, energy and money to trade my mp3s for their product. which is highly unlikely, and even if they do many people wont go for it becuase mp3 is entenched and easily good enough.
I can think of an extrememly wonderful use for color: Maps. I dont know if you've ever used Avantgo or other map program on the palm, but i for one find it next to useless without color. In this instance (and many others) using color can really communicate a lot more information in the same space. Now if only they could address the resolution/battery life issues...
I can't tell if you are joking or not, because this is the best description of slashdot I've ever read. I love/. for its rapid lassoing of information from all over the web, but i wish (naively?) they could chose their stories a bit more responsibly. I seriously think if there were no slashdot there would be about 20% of the KDE/GNOME flamewar. Oh well.
While i disagree with RMS' tone and motivation, he is factually and legally supported. The KDE team broke the license of GPL code and they are legally denied the continued right to distribute it. They try to play it down in this rebuttal: "a small bit in kmidi and a few lines in kghostview. Of course they did correct their errors and RMS' attack is way off base (as he can often be) but this response from KDE is just as silly.
Meaningless devisive and unendling flamewars are not. Why can't slashdot show a little restraint and try to rise just a little bit above the level of toilet stall door graphitti? This "article" is complete gibberish and belongs nowhere on a website that proclaims itself to be a news source. Please either spin off the "Slashdot Rumour Mill and Flamewar" site, or show that you know a little bit about journalistic integrity.
yes they will. there will be little utilities that will run song titles through an "encoder ring", turn it into cypher text, the user will search on using that text, and then the results will be converted back. in fact, this could easily be added seamlessly into the use interface of gnutella et al. what everyone needs to realize is that this CANNOT be stopped. - Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
Insightful?!? This isn't "adding junk" to the mozilla code base, it is a XML application designed to run primarily on Mozilla, but could run on any other browser that cared to support web standards. This is like saying the the linux.org web site is adding junk to netscape 4.7. How does shit like this get moderated up?? - Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
This is really very unfair. this is only version 1.4, it is still a very very young product. When given equal development time/energy, free software usually meet and surpasses the feature set of commercial apps (see bash vs. dos command shell for an example) and is in a completely separate realm in terms of stability. Give this project time to mature and you will be very nicely surprised. - Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
Its wave table, but can it load samples.
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What would really make this into a killer product would be if they would allow you to do true wavetable synthesis (not that dsp intesive, bargain SB clones do it)... ie let you load your own samples into the unit. that would make this a remarcable buy. I would pay $500+ for something like that. General Midi would be passable so i could jot down sketches quickly, but i would LOVE to be able to go and play a show at a club bringing only my palm V:)
Anyone know of anything like this? - Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
I have the explicit right to title my works anything i want. Check up on that, its true. This program makes no attemp to discern if this is really a metallica track, or simply a file with the word metallica in it (this turns into a really big problem when you consider that groups like Bush or Live might start to use this crappy software) I really dont think that any evidence gathered by this bot would stand for one millisecond in court. sorry.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
...is to make the focused window solid, while all the others are translucent. The would help make it very clear which window you are working in, and looks so damned cool.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
This kind of snooping is so obviously a violation of privacy, i wonder if it is already covered with existing laws. If you took your car to a Jiffy Loob for an oil change, and they decided to install a GPS enabled oil-filter and they then logged all you travels in a database, there would be a huge public outcry, and probably a slew of lawsuits. How is Real's bahavior any diferent. This makes me ill.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
It's a good idea to post questions such as these which are legally obvious, but confusing to us laymen. It helps clear up an important issue. Though I agree that it should have been asked of Borland first, and if they responded with marketing speak, then asked of/.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
Thats interesting, I didn't know that. Maybe you are right, commercial support of mp3 may dwindle, but i think it it WAY to late to stop to bullet train that is mp3. Even if mp3.com and Napster crash and burn, Gnutella is unstoppable.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
Negligable. If this (possible) senario unfolds, then the mp3.com artists (like me) would probably just jump ship to another similar service (can you say riffage.com?). So I for one am not too concerned. This does not mean that I am not pissed off. Oh well, I'm an optimist, things will turn out for us in the end.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
It is quite unfortunate that masses are mixing up the notions of system functionality and of the actual science of User Interface.
It maybe a necessary functional requirement for an operating system to allow scripting capability, however user interface has actually nothing to do with that.
Scripting should be an essential part of a GUI. Apple has taken steps towards this (I've not really used it yet, and wonder how well it works), but until we are able to graphically/intuitively show the computer a task, and tell which set of objects to enact it on, computer UI's will remain in the dark ages where they are now. XMLTerm is taking great strides towards slick intergration of GUI and CLI, which is one step towards the future.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner - Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
Gtk+ is very nice to use and is totally free (GPL) across multiple platforms (Win32/BeOS/*Nix). In spite of the fact that it is written in Object Oriented C, it is quite easy and nice to use with C++. Also, Gtk-- is a C++ wrapper that is supposed to be very nice as well, and they have a Win32 port going on right now. When you add Glade (visual gui builder) into the mix, you get a very slick and powerful package. Definitely look into it.
As an aside, another C++ portable library that i hear is quite tasty is WxWindows.
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
You should REALLY try it out. Sorry to post this in a KDE discussion, but it just confuses me as to why people still think Gnome is unstable, the UNSTABLE releases havn't crashed once on me in Months. No exageration. Congrats to KDE, I'm looking forward to trying out the beta.
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
...that Sun HAD to use an approved license, it was merely stated the they have not until recently (except for Jakahrta). Don't muddle this simple issue.
--- Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com San Francisco based electronic music.
Slashdot Mirror
the seller needs to appease the buyer to survive. as shown countless times in the last few decades (divX anyone?) people want nothing to do with technology that doesnt improve on its comptetition except to take away more of their fair use rights. SDMI has already failed, its a forgone conclusion, unless they can come up with some extrememly compelling reasons for me to take the time, energy and money to trade my mp3s for their product. which is highly unlikely, and even if they do many people wont go for it becuase mp3 is entenched and easily good enough.
very very much. and that is who they are marketing to at this stage.
I can think of an extrememly wonderful use for color: Maps. I dont know if you've ever used Avantgo or other map program on the palm, but i for one find it next to useless without color. In this instance (and many others) using color can really communicate a lot more information in the same space. Now if only they could address the resolution/battery life issues...
I can't tell if you are joking or not, because this is the best description of slashdot I've ever read. I love /. for its rapid lassoing of information from all over the web, but i wish (naively?) they could chose their stories a bit more responsibly. I seriously think if there were no slashdot there would be about 20% of the KDE/GNOME flamewar. Oh well.
yer mom got modded up
While i disagree with RMS' tone and motivation, he is factually and legally supported. The KDE team broke the license of GPL code and they are legally denied the continued right to distribute it. They try to play it down in this rebuttal: "a small bit in kmidi and a few lines in kghostview. Of course they did correct their errors and RMS' attack is way off base (as he can often be) but this response from KDE is just as silly.
Meaningless devisive and unendling flamewars are not. Why can't slashdot show a little restraint and try to rise just a little bit above the level of toilet stall door graphitti? This "article" is complete gibberish and belongs nowhere on a website that proclaims itself to be a news source. Please either spin off the "Slashdot Rumour Mill and Flamewar" site, or show that you know a little bit about journalistic integrity.
yes they will. there will be little utilities that will run song titles through an "encoder ring", turn it into cypher text, the user will search on using that text, and then the results will be converted back. in fact, this could easily be added seamlessly into the use interface of gnutella et al. what everyone needs to realize is that this CANNOT be stopped.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
Insightful?!? This isn't "adding junk" to the mozilla code base, it is a XML application designed to run primarily on Mozilla, but could run on any other browser that cared to support web standards. This is like saying the the linux.org web site is adding junk to netscape 4.7. How does shit like this get moderated up??
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
This is really very unfair. this is only version 1.4, it is still a very very young product. When given equal development time/energy, free software usually meet and surpasses the feature set of commercial apps (see bash vs. dos command shell for an example) and is in a completely separate realm in terms of stability. Give this project time to mature and you will be very nicely surprised.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
What would really make this into a killer product would be if they would allow you to do true wavetable synthesis (not that dsp intesive, bargain SB clones do it) ... ie let you load your own samples into the unit. that would make this a remarcable buy. I would pay $500+ for something like that. General Midi would be passable so i could jot down sketches quickly, but i would LOVE to be able to go and play a show at a club bringing only my palm V :)
Anyone know of anything like this?- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
I have the explicit right to title my works anything i want. Check up on that, its true. This program makes no attemp to discern if this is really a metallica track, or simply a file with the word metallica in it (this turns into a really big problem when you consider that groups like Bush or Live might start to use this crappy software) I really dont think that any evidence gathered by this bot would stand for one millisecond in court. sorry.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
...is to make the focused window solid, while all the others are translucent. The would help make it very clear which window you are working in, and looks so damned cool.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
This kind of snooping is so obviously a violation of privacy, i wonder if it is already covered with existing laws. If you took your car to a Jiffy Loob for an oil change, and they decided to install a GPS enabled oil-filter and they then logged all you travels in a database, there would be a huge public outcry, and probably a slew of lawsuits. How is Real's bahavior any diferent. This makes me ill.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
It's a good idea to post questions such as these which are legally obvious, but confusing to us laymen. It helps clear up an important issue. Though I agree that it should have been asked of Borland first, and if they responded with marketing speak, then asked of /.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
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Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
Someone please explain to me what is insightful about slamming a piece of software that volenteers are toiling away to give to you?
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
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Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
you just described debian apt and rpmfind.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
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Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
Thats interesting, I didn't know that. Maybe you are right, commercial support of mp3 may dwindle, but i think it it WAY to late to stop to bullet train that is mp3. Even if mp3.com and Napster crash and burn, Gnutella is unstoppable.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
Negligable. If this (possible) senario unfolds, then the mp3.com artists (like me) would probably just jump ship to another similar service (can you say riffage.com?). So I for one am not too concerned. This does not mean that I am not pissed off. Oh well, I'm an optimist, things will turn out for us in the end.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
It is quite unfortunate that masses are mixing up the notions of system functionality and of the actual science of User Interface.
It maybe a necessary functional requirement for an operating system to allow scripting capability, however user interface has actually nothing to do with that.
Scripting should be an essential part of a GUI. Apple has taken steps towards this (I've not really used it yet, and wonder how well it works), but until we are able to graphically/intuitively show the computer a task, and tell which set of objects to enact it on, computer UI's will remain in the dark ages where they are now. XMLTerm is taking great strides towards slick intergration of GUI and CLI, which is one step towards the future.
- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner- Josh "Yoshi" Steiner
---
Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
Gtk+ is very nice to use and is totally free (GPL) across multiple platforms (Win32/BeOS/*Nix). In spite of the fact that it is written in Object Oriented C, it is quite easy and nice to use with C++. Also, Gtk-- is a C++ wrapper that is supposed to be very nice as well, and they have a Win32 port going on right now. When you add Glade (visual gui builder) into the mix, you get a very slick and powerful package. Definitely look into it.
As an aside, another C++ portable library that i hear is quite tasty is WxWindows.
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Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
You should REALLY try it out. Sorry to post this in a KDE discussion, but it just confuses me as to why people still think Gnome is unstable, the UNSTABLE releases havn't crashed once on me in Months. No exageration. Congrats to KDE, I'm looking forward to trying out the beta.
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Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
...that Sun HAD to use an approved license, it was merely stated the they have not until recently (except for Jakahrta). Don't muddle this simple issue.
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Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
Ever used Gnumeric? It is an amazing program, opens ever Excel file I've ever thrown at it.
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Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.
I'm not real sure how eazle is connected with gnome, but Nautalis is in Gnome CVS and is a central component of the Gnome 2 desktop.
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Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com
San Francisco based electronic music.