>The market would then come down to two people: (1) People who choose to pay money to a DBS provider for service, or (2) people with a few less scruples who choose to pay in time/effort keeping up with the engineering arms race for service.
The funny thing is most people who build those devices for themselves were never interested in purchasing TV anyways (you'll find a lot of them have BUDs out back;-)
>Demonstrate to me why you have the right to take another's thoughts and use them for your own purposes?
Shakespeare and his analysis of the human condition through plays is the basis for much modern literature.
What you propose would make almost every single book written in America illegal because it takes the thoughts of Shakespeare and reworks them.
Hell, you even just proposed Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn and the episode where data gets "drunk" be illegal, not to mention countless other programs that have used references to his literature without attribution.
>Apparently the framer's of the Constitution felt that the right to own the interpretations of one's ideas was vital to the expansion of science and art in America
Yeah, they put limited copyright in there because any and all copyright slows development with an unlimited money supply. They also realised that since the money supply isn't unlimited, a reasonable amount of copyright must be in place to ensure people have enough resources to create new works. Do you think Disney, the RIAA, or the MPAA needs more copyright to remain profitable -- because they are the ones always asking for it.
I really hope I've completely misread what you've said.
If so, sorry. If not, take a trip to this site and read more about what I'm saying from a law Professor.
BTW: You'll see below I used some else's thought (this is an actual quote) for my own purpose. And, you'll also notice, they can't do anything about it whatsoever, even in America!
>USB2 on the other hand is expected to be in Windows XP SP1
Oh yeah, that'll catch on just like USB 1.0 caught on when Windows 95 OSR2 came out (ffft... yeah, right...).
>Since 99% of all computer users use Windows, USB2 will catch on incredibly fast leaving FireWire in the dust.
Since 99% (as you say) of users already have firewire support why the f*ck would they switch all their stuff to USB 2.0?
>Sometimes you Slashdot folk have to remember that just because you think the technology is better, doesn't mean it will catch on. Hmm, how long has the Gameboy had a black and white screen until they used color?
All the real geeks knew the B/W systems were better because at the time you'd be lucky to play all of Sonic the Hedgehog without replacing the batteries. I could beat Super Mario World 3 times over and the battery light was still bright red.
>So, has Apple made an attempt to turn people away from USB?
And why should they? USB is fine for slow devices like keyboards and mice that need to be cheap, and don't generate a lot of data, and aren't likely to be hooked up without a computer being in the mix.
>not even with OS X which you can tell is aimed at Windows XP with it's XPish interface
Ahahah! I don't even own a Mac and I've never seen OS-X except for glimpses of it on "The Screen Savers" and I can tell you it doesn't look at all like XP.
However, it appears to be written a bit differently from a normal 3, and I doubt one would push the number 3 on a Russian keyboard to create the letter unless it was broken.
Just as myself, a born English speaker, do not type the number 1 for l or i, and I do not type the number 0 for o, or 5 for S, the Russian keyboard does not use 3 for "z".
If you're Russian, feel free to correct me on that.
>I can name other rappers that can also defy the current stereotype, but can you?
Will Smith and the Beastie Boys (to a certain degree) come to mind. I'm admiteddly not a rap fan, so I can't think of others.
I suppose the new rap stereotype to me is to try to offend as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time, but perhaps the stereotype is all about gangstas and their exploits (although I thought that was subdivided into "gangsta rap"?).
>I'm going to assume that you meant the above "you" in the general sense, because I believe that I've presented points in a straightforward manner that proves my intelligence.
Yes, I'm not being personal here. I don't consider anyone intelligent enough to come up with a reasonable argument on slashdot "stupid".:-)
>Every single person I know who enjoys hip-hop at least respects Eminem rhyming ability, if they don't like his content.
I would, however, after hearing what Busta Rhymes can do with WPM I'd suggest that Eminems outta his league...:-)
>I will also respond in advance to your ad hominem attacks against my friends
Woah there. I had no intention of getting personal with Eminems listening demographic here. However, you'll note that I suggest anyone who can understand his lyrics has the intelligence to not do what he warns about. The problem I see is that preaching to the choir is the job of a pastor, not a rap musician.
If these people were introduced to Eminem without the preconceptions his videos and printed art bring about then I'd agree. Unfortunately, with the agressive marketing from the RIAA I fear that its unlikely we'd find anyone into the rap scene who has never heard of Eminem so unfortunately the debate of wether he is an actor or a musician continues (IMHO). As it stands, both of us could be right, or both of us could be wrong. Perhaps the test will be to see how long he endures, and see whether or not he is able to shift the stereotype. This will take years, though, so don't expect me to wait.
Not that I have a problem with people whose main art is acting and not being a musician -- I just suppose that I'd like to see people realise that this can, has, and for the forseeable future, will be true for some artists (Maybe including Eminem, maybe not. Depends on your side of the coin, I suppose).
BTW: From what I recall, everything on that board works great in linux.
The video is fine for 2D, but useless for 3D (its a Trident-alike video chipset). Note that the video RAM does steal from physical RAM, so for a router change it to 1MB instead of 8 MB. Can't remember what the sound was, but I think it just uses the standard built-in VIA 686 stuff. The onboard NIC is an RTL8139 10/100 dealy.
Oh, you'll love this, the onboard NIC has a bootrom built into the BIOS (Shift-F10 to enable). I think you can make this work for tftpboot in linux if you want absolute minimum power for your box.
IDE is excellent on the board, however, watch for problems with 2 Gig WD drives. I already had one crazy customer that wouldn't believe me that the BIOS on this board is incompatible with some very old hard drives (it locks up on POST with that specific drive). I saw it not boot with my own eyes.
Use PC133 memory for best results, however I think I got one or two working with PC100.
And, a last note, swap the position of the CMOS clear jumper so its closer to the IDE/Floppy ports. The board is shipped with it on the clear position and the board won't boot until you switch it.
The difference is that 6x86 has more instructions stored interally that are basically translated to a set of RISC calls through microcode.:-)
This means that Photoshop was faster on a Mac not because of a faster processor, but because the restrictions on what the processor can do for you are tighter and they therefore had to write better code for that processor.
If they had limited themselves to Motorola-style set of instructions on the 6x86 (of course some are simply missing and one would have to code around that little problem), I have no doubt that photoshop would have kicked ass on the 6x86.
- Upgrade his case. Most older (and cheaper, and therefore popular) ATX cases were simply not long enough, and most newer good motherboards will have RAM and/or capacitors blocking all but your top CD-ROM.
- Upgrade his power supply. New AMD processors require _much_ more power than most of the standard power supplies in most older cases. New P4 motherboards have new P4 power connectors that have to be hooked up, or you'll need to find the rare motherboard with a substitute +12v molex connector.
- Buy new RAM, for the reasons you stated.
- Upgrade his video card. Some AGP cards from that time turn out to be incompatible with newer motherboards (due to either voltage or current problems, I can't remember which). Read the manual for your new motherboard and you may notice a list containing all kinds of old AGP cards that may ruin the new motherboard if they are used with it.
- Upgrade his hard drive. What's the point of having a new system if its bogged down by a slow 5400 RPM hard drive? Or, for that matter, why have a new system if your shiny new O/S takes up half your drive?
- Get a new ATX panel to cover the back of the motherboard (unless he wants to cut out the space for an ethernet jack some new boards are coming with).
- Integrated 666 Mhz C3 chip
- Integrated Video, Sound, Ethernet, and AMR that actually works
For just $139 CDN locally. That's like $75 US.
It uses a 486 fan and a smaller than 486 heatsink. Runs equivalent to a celeron-I 700 Mhz. Perfect for the quiet home-entertainment machine, and uses well under 50 watts of power (from what I can tell) so you won't be worrying about leaving it on, or using a fanless power supply.
And, for the first time in a long time, I've actually found it stable (its a PC-Chips product, and my opinions on that are a little *ahem* strong).
>and yet people so admire the young artiste whom is a "mirror" of society
Funny, isn't it, how a mirror presents an exact copy of something and never produces any thing new?
Funny, isn't it, how a pirated copy attempts to present an exact copy of something and never produces anything new?
Funny, isn't it, how alike Eminem and piracy are?
Now, for the kicker, funny isn't it how similar Eminem's self-loathing in his music is to his self-loathing of piracy as a mirror of society?
Anyone who enjoys Eminem should rest on that for a while. And once you're done with that consider how he flip-flops on his opninions about things like a politician. A strange mirror to tell the truth, if he ever was one.
Opera singers and gospel singers don't need an act to make good music (note, I don't like opera or gospel, so by good, I mean it pleases the people that listen to that music).
Strip away the facade that is "Slim Shady" and you'll quickly notice that you're left with a B-rate "musician".
IMHO, if Eminem is anything he's a top notch actor. However, acting and singing are entirely different things.
And I feel the "nightmarish hell" Eminem purports to exist is nothing but a self induced problem, likely caused by a lifetime of poor decisions that were entirely his to make (or it's been caused by strong prompting from others). If you're stupid enough to do the dumb shit he sings about then I doubt you have the mental capacity to properly understand the meaning (if any) of his music. This leaves the usefulness of his music just a tad flat.
The salt to test whether someone is musician or actor is to have people who enjoy the genre but haven't heard the artist's music listen to a CD of the music sans any art or name. If that is also popular common sense dictates they are a musician. If not, they are all act.
I would suspect that if this new CD were labeled "The flattones - Music that is OK" it'd be in the bottom 1000 CDs.
A commodity is an especially good thing. Read the definitions below:
commodity Pronunciation Key (k-md-t) n. pl. commodities
1. Something useful that can be turned to commercial or other advantage: "Left-handed, power-hitting third basemen are a rare commodity in the big leagues" (Steve Guiremand).
2. An article of trade or commerce, especially an agricultural or mining product that can be processed and resold.
3. Advantage; benefit.
4. Obsolete. A quantity of goods.
>I think he's using a C-64, but I thought it was 8,1
That's for the disk drive (unless you opened it and shorted out the device jumpers to device 9, 10 or 11, or you didn't have a 1541 drive, but had a special dual floppy drive (did these ever get made?))...
The tape drive was device 1, but the C64 defaulted to it. Loading * would load the first thing on the tape or disk, which would require the datasette be rewound. Using the LOAD command itself (or lO for short) would load starting from the next program on the tape, so on a rewound tape the * isn't necessary.
Another now virtually useless piece of history...:-)
Perahps I should post how to get the secret message out of the 1541 disk drive?
>Anyhow, records, as far as I know, can produce a far wider range of frequencies than the CD, who's 'inaudible' frequencies are lopped off the top and bottom end of a CD's audio data (i'm sure somebody else can provide the actual freq. range.)
Subsonic filters to protect your speakers from the various problems with records kill sounds lower than what a CD can produce.
The RIAA record compensation curve has a high cut because records display increasing noise in the upper frequency range along with their characteristic boost in level for the treble in records.
Effectively, if you want the best sound, most expensive preamps will pass through 20-20k, which is identical to CDs.
What isn't identical to CDs is the Signal to Noise ratio and crosstalk, which is poor for records (as compared to CDs).
Here's a little example of what one can expect from gear an average person can afford.
>It is a product of someone's work/investment, to which they are entitled a reasonable profit
If that were true copyright law would not state a specific amount of years as a time limit, it would state that the material is copyright until an author makes a reasonable profit.
Quite simply, if you price too high and refuse to realise it, you may never sell a copy. Eventually, though, you will no longer be able to legally control that material and (effectively) you've lost sole posession of it. At that point everyone has it for free.
The RIAA has the right to exercise reasonable rights under the law. I (and most others that know what RIAA and DMCA stand for) find the majority of laws they are using to strongarm people unreasonable and unconstitutional. As long as the RIAA decides to strongarm the law on people in an unconstitutional manner, I have no feelings for them.
This isn't much different than someone claiming they are a victim of racism or mental anguish (for example) when they know they aren't to get someone out of the way. If someone decides to abuse the law in that way, they don't deserve coverage under the law (apart from the more serious, violent crimes).
>If you write and perform an original song that people want to buy, what limits would you want on that?
If I were a jerk I'd want to limit it to just a group of "special" individuals forever in an attempt to push up price. Because there's people out there like that (such as Disney and the RIAA) I'm happy to see that copyright forces them to play fair after a while.
Personally I'm a nice guy and I'd decide to make a healthy living off of my creations without charging people undue amounts.:)
>how would that apply to The Beatles?
Sorry 'bout that... I always thought copyright origianlly lasted as long as a patent, but it seems I'm incorrect. It was 75 years total or 50 years after death (whichever is shorter).
If you ask me, 20-30 years would be a perfect length. I don't see many ideas or books out there that makes their biggest profit 30 years later.
Woah there! I'm not saying don't pirate (I couldn't care less), I'm saying that if MS expects all computers to be properly registered they need a program that offers licences for old computers at reasonable prices...:-)
"Did you know that 50% of all Americans are of below average intelligence? Time to open more schools!!!"
You can't fix a percentage problem unless you have a homogenous environment. You'll always have a top 1% of downloaders... The best they can hope is to lower the amount of capacity used by the top 1%.
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>The market would then come down to two people: (1) People who choose to pay money to a DBS provider for service, or (2) people with a few less scruples who choose to pay in time/effort keeping up with the engineering arms race for service.
;-)
The funny thing is most people who build those devices for themselves were never interested in purchasing TV anyways (you'll find a lot of them have BUDs out back
>Demonstrate to me why you have the right to take another's thoughts and use them for your own purposes?
Shakespeare and his analysis of the human condition through plays is the basis for much modern literature.
What you propose would make almost every single book written in America illegal because it takes the thoughts of Shakespeare and reworks them.
Hell, you even just proposed Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn and the episode where data gets "drunk" be illegal, not to mention countless other programs that have used references to his literature without attribution.
>Apparently the framer's of the Constitution felt that the right to own the interpretations of one's ideas was vital to the expansion of science and art in America
Yeah, they put limited copyright in there because any and all copyright slows development with an unlimited money supply. They also realised that since the money supply isn't unlimited, a reasonable amount of copyright must be in place to ensure people have enough resources to create new works. Do you think Disney, the RIAA, or the MPAA needs more copyright to remain profitable -- because they are the ones always asking for it.
I really hope I've completely misread what you've said.
If so, sorry. If not, take a trip to this site and read more about what I'm saying from a law Professor.
BTW: You'll see below I used some else's thought (this is an actual quote) for my own purpose. And, you'll also notice, they can't do anything about it whatsoever, even in America!
It is quite obvious you've never realised people other than you can have independant thoughts.
We tried this once with DAT (remember SCMS?) and MD, and look where that got us.
It got us special piracy taxes.
Way to go. Lets see history repeating!
FUD, pure FUD + 10% troll.
Now, read this, this, and this and weep!
>USB2 on the other hand is expected to be in Windows XP SP1
Oh yeah, that'll catch on just like USB 1.0 caught on when Windows 95 OSR2 came out (ffft... yeah, right...).
>Since 99% of all computer users use Windows, USB2 will catch on incredibly fast leaving FireWire in the dust.
Since 99% (as you say) of users already have firewire support why the f*ck would they switch all their stuff to USB 2.0?
>Sometimes you Slashdot folk have to remember that just because you think the technology is better, doesn't mean it will catch on. Hmm, how long has the Gameboy had a black and white screen until they used color?
All the real geeks knew the B/W systems were better because at the time you'd be lucky to play all of Sonic the Hedgehog without replacing the batteries. I could beat Super Mario World 3 times over and the battery light was still bright red.
>So, has Apple made an attempt to turn people away from USB?
And why should they? USB is fine for slow devices like keyboards and mice that need to be cheap, and don't generate a lot of data, and aren't likely to be hooked up without a computer being in the mix.
>not even with OS X which you can tell is aimed at Windows XP with it's XPish interface
Ahahah! I don't even own a Mac and I've never seen OS-X except for glimpses of it on "The Screen Savers" and I can tell you it doesn't look at all like XP.
They'll add SCMS to Firewire and dub it "i.Secure". :-)
>Too bad about the comment on Indian music though.....
I just clarified that I'm not trying to insult it. I'm sorry it came across in that manner.
However, it appears to be written a bit differently from a normal 3, and I doubt one would push the number 3 on a Russian keyboard to create the letter unless it was broken.
Just as myself, a born English speaker, do not type the number 1 for l or i, and I do not type the number 0 for o, or 5 for S, the Russian keyboard does not use 3 for "z".
If you're Russian, feel free to correct me on that.
>I can name other rappers that can also defy the current stereotype, but can you?
:-)
:-)
Will Smith and the Beastie Boys (to a certain degree) come to mind. I'm admiteddly not a rap fan, so I can't think of others.
I suppose the new rap stereotype to me is to try to offend as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time, but perhaps the stereotype is all about gangstas and their exploits (although I thought that was subdivided into "gangsta rap"?).
>I'm going to assume that you meant the above "you" in the general sense, because I believe that I've presented points in a straightforward manner that proves my intelligence.
Yes, I'm not being personal here. I don't consider anyone intelligent enough to come up with a reasonable argument on slashdot "stupid".
>Every single person I know who enjoys hip-hop at least respects Eminem rhyming ability, if they don't like his content.
I would, however, after hearing what Busta Rhymes can do with WPM I'd suggest that Eminems outta his league...
>I will also respond in advance to your ad hominem attacks against my friends
Woah there. I had no intention of getting personal with Eminems listening demographic here. However, you'll note that I suggest anyone who can understand his lyrics has the intelligence to not do what he warns about. The problem I see is that preaching to the choir is the job of a pastor, not a rap musician.
If these people were introduced to Eminem without the preconceptions his videos and printed art bring about then I'd agree. Unfortunately, with the agressive marketing from the RIAA I fear that its unlikely we'd find anyone into the rap scene who has never heard of Eminem so unfortunately the debate of wether he is an actor or a musician continues (IMHO). As it stands, both of us could be right, or both of us could be wrong. Perhaps the test will be to see how long he endures, and see whether or not he is able to shift the stereotype. This will take years, though, so don't expect me to wait.
Not that I have a problem with people whose main art is acting and not being a musician -- I just suppose that I'd like to see people realise that this can, has, and for the forseeable future, will be true for some artists (Maybe including Eminem, maybe not. Depends on your side of the coin, I suppose).
Yep, that's the one. :)
:-)
BTW: From what I recall, everything on that board works great in linux.
The video is fine for 2D, but useless for 3D (its a Trident-alike video chipset). Note that the video RAM does steal from physical RAM, so for a router change it to 1MB instead of 8 MB. Can't remember what the sound was, but I think it just uses the standard built-in VIA 686 stuff. The onboard NIC is an RTL8139 10/100 dealy.
Oh, you'll love this, the onboard NIC has a bootrom built into the BIOS (Shift-F10 to enable). I think you can make this work for tftpboot in linux if you want absolute minimum power for your box.
IDE is excellent on the board, however, watch for problems with 2 Gig WD drives. I already had one crazy customer that wouldn't believe me that the BIOS on this board is incompatible with some very old hard drives (it locks up on POST with that specific drive). I saw it not boot with my own eyes.
Use PC133 memory for best results, however I think I got one or two working with PC100.
And, a last note, swap the position of the CMOS clear jumper so its closer to the IDE/Floppy ports. The board is shipped with it on the clear position and the board won't boot until you switch it.
Hope it works out for ya.
All highend processors are now RISC.
:-)
The difference is that 6x86 has more instructions stored interally that are basically translated to a set of RISC calls through microcode.
This means that Photoshop was faster on a Mac not because of a faster processor, but because the restrictions on what the processor can do for you are tighter and they therefore had to write better code for that processor.
If they had limited themselves to Motorola-style set of instructions on the 6x86 (of course some are simply missing and one would have to code around that little problem), I have no doubt that photoshop would have kicked ass on the 6x86.
>BTW:
That's a mistake (typed in from an email by accident)... didn't mean to insult your english. Time to change my sig anyways...
As a system builder, I'd say he needs to:
- Upgrade his case. Most older (and cheaper, and therefore popular) ATX cases were simply not long enough, and most newer good motherboards will have RAM and/or capacitors blocking all but your top CD-ROM.
- Upgrade his power supply. New AMD processors require _much_ more power than most of the standard power supplies in most older cases. New P4 motherboards have new P4 power connectors that have to be hooked up, or you'll need to find the rare motherboard with a substitute +12v molex connector.
- Buy new RAM, for the reasons you stated.
- Upgrade his video card. Some AGP cards from that time turn out to be incompatible with newer motherboards (due to either voltage or current problems, I can't remember which). Read the manual for your new motherboard and you may notice a list containing all kinds of old AGP cards that may ruin the new motherboard if they are used with it.
- Upgrade his hard drive. What's the point of having a new system if its bogged down by a slow 5400 RPM hard drive? Or, for that matter, why have a new system if your shiny new O/S takes up half your drive?
- Get a new ATX panel to cover the back of the motherboard (unless he wants to cut out the space for an ethernet jack some new boards are coming with).
BTW:
Plus C3s are dirt cheap.
I can buy a motherboard with:
- Integrated 666 Mhz C3 chip
- Integrated Video, Sound, Ethernet, and AMR that actually works
For just $139 CDN locally. That's like $75 US.
It uses a 486 fan and a smaller than 486 heatsink. Runs equivalent to a celeron-I 700 Mhz. Perfect for the quiet home-entertainment machine, and uses well under 50 watts of power (from what I can tell) so you won't be worrying about leaving it on, or using a fanless power supply.
And, for the first time in a long time, I've actually found it stable (its a PC-Chips product, and my opinions on that are a little *ahem* strong).
>and yet people so admire the young artiste whom is a "mirror" of society
Funny, isn't it, how a mirror presents an exact copy of something and never produces any thing new?
Funny, isn't it, how a pirated copy attempts to present an exact copy of something and never produces anything new?
Funny, isn't it, how alike Eminem and piracy are?
Now, for the kicker, funny isn't it how similar Eminem's self-loathing in his music is to his self-loathing of piracy as a mirror of society?
Anyone who enjoys Eminem should rest on that for a while. And once you're done with that consider how he flip-flops on his opninions about things like a politician. A strange mirror to tell the truth, if he ever was one.
Opera singers and gospel singers don't need an act to make good music (note, I don't like opera or gospel, so by good, I mean it pleases the people that listen to that music).
Strip away the facade that is "Slim Shady" and you'll quickly notice that you're left with a B-rate "musician".
IMHO, if Eminem is anything he's a top notch actor. However, acting and singing are entirely different things.
And I feel the "nightmarish hell" Eminem purports to exist is nothing but a self induced problem, likely caused by a lifetime of poor decisions that were entirely his to make (or it's been caused by strong prompting from others). If you're stupid enough to do the dumb shit he sings about then I doubt you have the mental capacity to properly understand the meaning (if any) of his music. This leaves the usefulness of his music just a tad flat.
The salt to test whether someone is musician or actor is to have people who enjoy the genre but haven't heard the artist's music listen to a CD of the music sans any art or name. If that is also popular common sense dictates they are a musician. If not, they are all act.
I would suspect that if this new CD were labeled "The flattones - Music that is OK" it'd be in the bottom 1000 CDs.
>It's a commodity. Nothing special.
A commodity is an especially good thing. Read the definitions below:
commodity Pronunciation Key (k-md-t)
n. pl. commodities
1. Something useful that can be turned to commercial or other advantage: "Left-handed, power-hitting third basemen are a rare commodity in the big leagues" (Steve Guiremand).
2. An article of trade or commerce, especially an agricultural or mining product that can be processed and resold.
3. Advantage; benefit.
4. Obsolete. A quantity of goods.
Oh, and YHBT, YHL, HAND.
>In my language, it means "testicle"
I didn't know there were languages that used numbers in the spelling of words. Wonders will never cease to amaze...
Well, at least your name doesn't translate to New Ching Shit in another language.
>I think he's using a C-64, but I thought it was 8,1
:-)
That's for the disk drive (unless you opened it and shorted out the device jumpers to device 9, 10 or 11, or you didn't have a 1541 drive, but had a special dual floppy drive (did these ever get made?))...
The tape drive was device 1, but the C64 defaulted to it. Loading * would load the first thing on the tape or disk, which would require the datasette be rewound. Using the LOAD command itself (or lO for short) would load starting from the next program on the tape, so on a rewound tape the * isn't necessary.
Another now virtually useless piece of history...
Perahps I should post how to get the secret message out of the 1541 disk drive?
No need for the "*",1,1 for datasettes AFAIK.
A simple:
lO
would suffice.
PcKeyboards has "the real thing" as well.
>Anyhow, records, as far as I know, can produce a far wider range of frequencies than the CD, who's 'inaudible' frequencies are lopped off the top and bottom end of a CD's audio data (i'm sure somebody else can provide the actual freq. range.)
Subsonic filters to protect your speakers from the various problems with records kill sounds lower than what a CD can produce.
The RIAA record compensation curve has a high cut because records display increasing noise in the upper frequency range along with their characteristic boost in level for the treble in records.
Effectively, if you want the best sound, most expensive preamps will pass through 20-20k, which is identical to CDs.
What isn't identical to CDs is the Signal to Noise ratio and crosstalk, which is poor for records (as compared to CDs).
Here's a little example of what one can expect from gear an average person can afford.
>It is a product of someone's work/investment, to which they are entitled a reasonable profit
:)
If that were true copyright law would not state a specific amount of years as a time limit, it would state that the material is copyright until an author makes a reasonable profit.
Quite simply, if you price too high and refuse to realise it, you may never sell a copy. Eventually, though, you will no longer be able to legally control that material and (effectively) you've lost sole posession of it. At that point everyone has it for free.
The RIAA has the right to exercise reasonable rights under the law. I (and most others that know what RIAA and DMCA stand for) find the majority of laws they are using to strongarm people unreasonable and unconstitutional. As long as the RIAA decides to strongarm the law on people in an unconstitutional manner, I have no feelings for them.
This isn't much different than someone claiming they are a victim of racism or mental anguish (for example) when they know they aren't to get someone out of the way. If someone decides to abuse the law in that way, they don't deserve coverage under the law (apart from the more serious, violent crimes).
>If you write and perform an original song that people want to buy, what limits would you want on that?
If I were a jerk I'd want to limit it to just a group of "special" individuals forever in an attempt to push up price. Because there's people out there like that (such as Disney and the RIAA) I'm happy to see that copyright forces them to play fair after a while.
Personally I'm a nice guy and I'd decide to make a healthy living off of my creations without charging people undue amounts.
>how would that apply to The Beatles?
Sorry 'bout that... I always thought copyright origianlly lasted as long as a patent, but it seems I'm incorrect. It was 75 years total or 50 years after death (whichever is shorter).
If you ask me, 20-30 years would be a perfect length. I don't see many ideas or books out there that makes their biggest profit 30 years later.
Hey, just my 2 cents.
Woah there! I'm not saying don't pirate (I couldn't care less), I'm saying that if MS expects all computers to be properly registered they need a program that offers licences for old computers at reasonable prices... :-)
This reminds me of something else I heard:
"Did you know that 50% of all Americans are of below average intelligence? Time to open more schools!!!"
You can't fix a percentage problem unless you have a homogenous environment. You'll always have a top 1% of downloaders... The best they can hope is to lower the amount of capacity used by the top 1%.