According to US law, a defector can only stay if said defector FLIES to the country. If you come by boat, you're out. The US "justice" system is breaking the law by letting that kid stay. The kid's getting a pretty good deal so far...I mean, if the letter of the law were being followed here, he'd have been back in Cuba in less than 48 hours.
You should read the comment on the post and realize this isn't for everyone.
And also, Linux is a kernel. I doubt that the site has any information on making a Linux clone.:^P The site is, I'm sure (although I haven't checked; seems to be down at the moment) for folks who want to install a kernel & utils from scratch. It's just for folks who want to or need to, for some reason. Most folks don't want or need to do this, but for those who have a want/need to do so, I'm sure that such a site would be a handy resource.:^)
Maybe bands could just not sign with major labels, and do other things to support their music "habit.", make money and still give music away free on the 'Net.
Here's an example: a band could do a semi-local "tour" of, say, bars (alternative: do a tour of college towns, which still implies bars), and keep day jobs. The band could use the shows as a means of selling hardcopy copies of their music, such as on CDs and cassettes. The bands would do well to keep part-time "day jobs" as well.
Oh wait...that's what a lot of unsigned bands do, short of giving MP3s away. *sighs* And here I thought I came up with a kick-ass idea.
Like the site's statistics show ('course, I believe that the worlds a bunch of lies, damn lies, and statistics;^) CD sales are ridiculously up.
Besides, the MP3 crowd is an easy target. These are folks who openly trade music, as opposed to the tape trading crowd of years past (and if it weren't for tape traders, Metallica would probably still be some luser band in SanFran.:^P ) There are probably a lot LESS people that trade tracks via Napster than there are via TDK. The big difference, of course, is the fact that whenever DAT machines were poised to be released in this country, the RIAA pushed for laws that made it illegal to record for consumers to record on anything other than cassettes or other "legal" media. Computers aren't legal for recording. PLUS, the RIAA pushed for taxes on audiocassettes (because, after all, all tapes were used for was pirating music, right? never mind that I have more original music on cassettes, and all the rest of my cassettes are legal copies for my car...)
Quite frankly, Lars & Gang are probably hurting as much as "Mr. Moneybags" Paul McCartney (talk about inane songs...who's worse, gang? I'll take "Battery" over "Uncle Albert" any day.:^)
It seems like Western society bases importance on amount of pay (or vice versa.) If so, we have a pretty screwed up sense of who's important. The wealtiest people in the U.S. (besides folks like Gates, Perot, Forbes, etc.) work in the entertainment industry. The folks who are supposed to make the working class smile, laugh, cry, etc. Ditto for athletes. Heck, there are many athletes who are millionaires. I have an in-law who does genetic engineering for Monsanto, and lemme tell ya, she makes a LOT less money than Jim Carey. What does she do? Stuff like genetically engineering corn so those poor impoverished countries can have hardy corn to grow and eat (and give morons something to scream about in rallies...ahem...) What does Jim Carey do? He acts like a moron, and makes millions a picture. Oog.
NOTE: Before you flame me, I realize that these artists are also a minority, while many others go hungry. I digress.
Here's a thought: Let's rob Lars to pay Paul. (sorry, couldn't resist paraphrasing a cliche.)
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"Heeeeeeees....standin' in the breadline..."
/*intense snoring ensues...not me, the rest of the band, since you can play this damn inane track in a deep coma! */
Almost on the money, except for one thing, and I'll enlighten you here.
Take a story like this. A third of the posts will read something like, "News for nerds? This isn't news for nerds, because I don't care. I don't care if other people want to read it. And oh yeah, I already read it somewhere else, so this is redundant, too! You stupid ass, I already read it--who cares if there are other folks who haven't yet!"
Take a story about something like a software release. Here's what a third of the posts will say: "This is for Freshmeat, not Slashdot. Rob, you're an idiot!"
Oh, even better example: a commercial software release. "This isn't news for nerds; it's not GPL, do you have stock in this company or what? Oh yeah, and I read this TEN MINUTES AGO ON SOME OTHER WEB SITE! You SUCK!"
Ugh. Need I continue? The problem is that all the snot-nosed pre-teens who seem to do nothing more than check out web sites and send flames to the Slashdot crew are going to be the ruin of what I have always considered a great site.
While the Linux community welcomes everyone who choses to use a Linux-kernel based system on any platform it's ported to, let's remember: the Linux kernel was orignally an x86 kernel. Period. It's primary intention was to be a freer-licensed replacement for the Minix kernel. Period. Linus Torvalds wanted an x86 kernel. Period. Other folks, rather than using BSD, decided to port the kernel to other platforms, without implementing (or even proposing) a binary-compatibility standard (and hey, many folks involved in these ports were in favor of GNU software...and with source available, who needs binary compatibiliy?)
Blame the community for not giving a rip about making a binary standard.
I mean, who's expressing interest?
Not Linux/x86 folks. (Total World Domination...for better or for WORSE) Not Linux/PPC folks (they just want native apps) Not Linux/68k folks (I mean, Emacs works!) Not Linux/Alpha folks (but it's fast as hell!) Not Linux/StrongARM folks (uhhhhhh....) Not Linux/S390 folks (didn't know about this one, BTW...thanks!)
nor any other platform I can think of right now. The goal seems to be, rather, to port the kernel to as many platforms as possible...and then to let the Stallmanites handle the folks who want commercial closed-source software ("Heretics! Who needs binary compatibility when all source should be FREE!")
What would a Linux VM hurt, anyway? I mean, there would be overhead, and there would be a slight performance hit compared to 100% native apps, but still, if an app used mostly system calls, this would be negligible. And if the VM used JIT techniques, this would be lessened.
I seem to remember that DEC had done some work on an x86 emulation layer for the Alpha, but I'm probably remembering wrong...I've never been lucky enough to be able to afford an Alpha for home.:^(
If you want to split nosehairs, then The Gimp isn't "fully native" either, since it needs glib, gdk and gtk to run on X11R6 (native calls or nothing! Pure Xlib! I *like* to crash X!) Just because an app uses Winelib doesn't mean it's not native. I've not downloaded it yet (I'd like a nice QuarkXPress alternative on Linux, myself) but I'm willing to bet that it's an ELF executable. As you know, these don't work so well on Windows.:^P
In other words...you got it wrong, I think, but it's hard to tell because of your extremely convoluted sentences. I'll be kind, since it seems that English is not your first language. To quote Bruce Willis from The Fifth Element, "I only speak two languages: English and bad English.":^) (actually, you could throw some Spanish in there, if you like.)
Why do we need the Internet? We have telephones! Why do we need telephnes? We have telegraphs! Why do we need telegraphs? We have trains! Why do we need trains? We have buggies! Why do we need buggies? We have saddles for horses? Why do we need saddles? We have horses' backs! Why do we need horses' backs? We have our legs to walk! Why do we need to walk? We can crawl!
My God, why did we invent a way to make fire? Why clubs? Why do we no longer live in caves and dig with our fingernails in the dirt for tasty grubs? Why do we speak? So certain boring people can become early adopters?
Looser? As in looser clothes? Looser woman? Looser briefs? Looser T-Shirts? Looser wing-nuts? What, man, WHAT?
Oh, and to reply in kind, in the same sort of language you used:
I am going to bed. That is what I am going to do. I am going to work at 4:30 in the morning. 4:30 is between 4:00 and 5:00. My daddy told me so. It is dark at 4:30. I get real scared. I wet myself. But I am at work at 4:30 for a reason. I have a life. I have to work. I just read Slashdot when I am not at work. My boss does not like Slashdot. I do not get work done when I read Slashdot. I do not have fun at work. But I get laid when I go home. I am married. I have fun at home. I have sex! Sex is fun. Sex makes babies. Daddy told me so. My wife takes little pills so we don't make babies. She does this because we have sex! Sex is fun. Changing diapers is not fun. Mommy and daddy told me so.
Shame on you, Tounge-Twister and the Slashdot crew.
At least five, possibly six, avid Slashdot readers already knew about Ogg Vorbis. Who cares that there were countless other readers who actually saw this as new news--I being among the countless others--those five, possibly six, were far more important.
Also, at least four readers found this story to be completely irrelevant. I mean, Good Lord, you're writing about open technology and technological innovation! How dare you put stories about open-source technolog innovation on a technology news site! I for one found it very informative and relevant, but, my God, you so inconsiderately posted something that four or five folks found totally irrelevant.
Don't think that my optimism or enthusiasm for the content of this post fool you--I'm shocked, appalled, and dismayed that you failed to realize that the whole of the universe revolves around five, possibly six, individuals with nothing better to do than sit at their computer, surfing the Web instead of innovating.
Goddamn, the Slashdot people are stupid. They forgot to ask you what they should post again!
Oh wait...come to think of it, this was the first time I'd ever read about it...and I'm interested. Suppose it wasn't that irrelevant or redundant after all.
Slashdot compiles info and links that folks submit and puts them in the news section. Heh, what's CNN supposed to do--fabricate news, due to the fear that YOU already saw a similar story on some other network that might be similar? No. They go ahead and report it, knowing that a vast majority of folks will see/read it and say "Ooh, really? I hadn't heard that yet."
I'm assuming you already knew about Ogg Vorbis. Good for you. You get a cookie.
WARNING: USA-centric illustration ahead WARNING: I will ignore "I'm not from the US so why'd ya say it" flames.:^)
Let's say I turn on the CBS Evening News after I get home from work, and say, there's a terrible rash of tornadoes in Texas laying the entire state to waste. A terrible tragedy.
But wait a minute. I work for a newspaper, so this has come over the AP "wire" already. Not only that, but I checked weatherchannel.com to see what the weather will be like over the next couple of days, mostly because it was a slow news day, and *they* covered it as well, and I read it already.
Oh boy, I'm hopping mad. I call up CBS. I manage to get through to The Man, Mr. News Director AND Head Anchor, Dan Rather.
"You miserable cur!" I bellow. "You reported on the rash of tornadoes in Texas, and not only did I see it on the AP wire, I saw it on weatherchannel.com! How could you be so stupid? Not only that, but you reported about the financial problems of small-time farmers. I'm not a farmer! I don't care! So why'd ya do it! Huh?" I take a deep breath, since I've been bellowing a bit too much.
Silence. Then, a deep breath. "What exactly is wrong with you?" Dan replies. "Do you think we report the news for YOU? What about all those folks who WEREN'T wasting time at the office? What about those whose first glimpse at this tragedy was my report, MY glorious report, that you so brazenly ridiculed?"
Again, silence, this time my own. "I suppose you're right. It WAS kinda stupid of me to think that the news was for me and only me. I'm such a moron." I hang up the phone, a bit embarrassed that I made such a complete ass of myself.
mental666 writes: "Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free general purpose compressed audio format for high quality (44.1-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel. This places Vorbis in the same class as audio representations including MPEG-1 audio layer 3, MPEG-4 audio (AAC and TwinVQ), and PAC. It sounds great; I've tried it and while the file size is slightly larger than mp3, the quality is there. There's also an xmms plugin in the cvs module. For details check out The Xiph Web site."
You're right, of course. Unfortunately, the answer will probably be the dirtiest word known to an artist:
Marketing.
I remember some TV news "magazine" doing a documentary on marketing in the music business--"whoring" a song, if you will. Okay, this will show that this was a long time ago, so here goes: the band in question was Jesus Jones (remember "Right Here, Right Now"?) Essentially, the band was picking up a little of a cult following, got picked up by a label, and wanted a hit, I suppose. So, what happened? The label's people started cutting deals with stations to get the track "Right Here, Right Now" put into heavy rotation.
What's that tell ya? To get recognition, you have to go through sources that can shove your music down people's throats. Sadly, even PE was that way: if "Fight The Power" hadn't been bashed into my head my numerous media (mostly because Spike Lee, film god, made the video) I probably wouldn't have known Public Enemy from Al Capone (nor the difference.)
Oh yeah, and to all you folks who say PE sucks: listen to the rhythmic content of the tracks, and not just the sampled beats. The lyrical rhythm is something to make a white guy like me jealous.:^) Mah Gawd, the man's brilliant!
One more thing. Chuck D may go on about the plight of his people. I admire him for that. But it bothers me that so many members of the African-American community continue to make race an issue after we've attempted to make children (my generation was one of the first, with limited success) fairly "race"-blind. Case in point: the NAACP is bringing up charges of racism in the local police force. Are the police unduly harassing black community members? Hopefully, no; AFAIK the police "harrass" problem folks regardless of race, sex, or creed.:^) No, there simply aren't any black police officers. Not, "there aren't any non-white police officers," not, "there aren't any minority police officers," just "there aren't any black police officers." Well, it's nice to see my local NAACP is full of a bunch of bigots.:^P
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Hey, come on...
Be isn't Microsoft. They don't have the clout of Microsoft to get hardware vendors to sign exclusive NDA agreements to keep the info for hardware secret...oh, wait, I've said too much...
Fact of the matter is, it's an OS originally developed for Apple, who, in thanks, backstabbed them and signed on Steve "I have a company of artists, not developers, and who gives a shit if Pixar makes me most my money" Jobs so they could shoehorn MacOS into OpenStep/Mach. The fact is, because it's a closed-source OS, they don't have that incredible user-support base that Linux/BSD has.
So, if you'd like the media OS to support your card (because, hey, if it doesn't support *your* stuff, the claims must not be true, huh?:^P) then lobby Be and ATI in a *nice* way, certainly nicer than your post here. Hard-working folks really don't like folks to simply whine about their problems; they do, however, like constructive criticism and hints.
If I didn't know any better, I'd almost be tempted to say you're a Microsoft troll.:^P
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According to US law, a defector can only stay if said defector FLIES to the country. If you come by boat, you're out. The US "justice" system is breaking the law by letting that kid stay. The kid's getting a pretty good deal so far...I mean, if the letter of the law were being followed here, he'd have been back in Cuba in less than 48 hours.
Why bother developing for Linux systems, or Linux itself? I mean, Microsoft and Apple make operating systems...
You should read the comment on the post and realize this isn't for everyone.
:^P The site is, I'm sure (although I haven't checked; seems to be down at the moment) for folks who want to install a kernel & utils from scratch. It's just for folks who want to or need to, for some reason. Most folks don't want or need to do this, but for those who have a want/need to do so, I'm sure that such a site would be a handy resource. :^)
And also, Linux is a kernel. I doubt that the site has any information on making a Linux clone.
Maybe bands could just not sign with major labels, and do other things to support their music "habit.", make money and still give music away free on the 'Net.
Here's an example: a band could do a semi-local "tour" of, say, bars (alternative: do a tour of college towns, which still implies bars), and keep day jobs. The band could use the shows as a means of selling hardcopy copies of their music, such as on CDs and cassettes. The bands would do well to keep part-time "day jobs" as well.
Oh wait...that's what a lot of unsigned bands do, short of giving MP3s away. *sighs* And here I thought I came up with a kick-ass idea.
Like the site's statistics show ('course, I believe that the worlds a bunch of lies, damn lies, and statistics ;^) CD sales are ridiculously up.
:^P ) There are probably a lot LESS people that trade tracks via Napster than there are via TDK. The big difference, of course, is the fact that whenever DAT machines were poised to be released in this country, the RIAA pushed for laws that made it illegal to record for consumers to record on anything other than cassettes or other "legal" media. Computers aren't legal for recording. PLUS, the RIAA pushed for taxes on audiocassettes (because, after all, all tapes were used for was pirating music, right? never mind that I have more original music on cassettes, and all the rest of my cassettes are legal copies for my car...)
:^)
Besides, the MP3 crowd is an easy target. These are folks who openly trade music, as opposed to the tape trading crowd of years past (and if it weren't for tape traders, Metallica would probably still be some luser band in SanFran.
Quite frankly, Lars & Gang are probably hurting as much as "Mr. Moneybags" Paul McCartney (talk about inane songs...who's worse, gang? I'll take "Battery" over "Uncle Albert" any day.
It seems like Western society bases importance on amount of pay (or vice versa.) If so, we have a pretty screwed up sense of who's important. The wealtiest people in the U.S. (besides folks like Gates, Perot, Forbes, etc.) work in the entertainment industry. The folks who are supposed to make the working class smile, laugh, cry, etc. Ditto for athletes. Heck, there are many athletes who are millionaires. I have an in-law who does genetic engineering for Monsanto, and lemme tell ya, she makes a LOT less money than Jim Carey. What does she do? Stuff like genetically engineering corn so those poor impoverished countries can have hardy corn to grow and eat (and give morons something to scream about in rallies...ahem...) What does Jim Carey do? He acts like a moron, and makes millions a picture. Oog.
NOTE: Before you flame me, I realize that these artists are also a minority, while many others go hungry. I digress.
Here's a thought: Let's rob Lars to pay Paul. (sorry, couldn't resist paraphrasing a cliche.)
"Heeeeeeees....standin' in the breadline..."
/*intense snoring ensues...not me, the rest of the band, since you can play this damn inane track in a deep coma! */
New Recruits==Pathetic Arses Doing Anything With A Nine (?)
Can anyone think of a better one?
You mean to tell me you can use the U.S. judicial system to stifle competition? Wow, if only Henry Ford and Alexander Graham Bell had known that. :^P
id != "makers of Wolfenstein 3D"
The folks at id licensed the engine.
Apogee is the company that made Wolf3D...you know, the folks who also made Duke Nukem 3D?
Groovy.
Almost on the money, except for one thing, and I'll enlighten you here.
Take a story like this. A third of the posts will read something like, "News for nerds? This isn't news for nerds, because I don't care. I don't care if other people want to read it. And oh yeah, I already read it somewhere else, so this is redundant, too! You stupid ass, I already read it--who cares if there are other folks who haven't yet!"
Take a story about something like a software release. Here's what a third of the posts will say: "This is for Freshmeat, not Slashdot. Rob, you're an idiot!"
Oh, even better example: a commercial software release. "This isn't news for nerds; it's not GPL, do you have stock in this company or what? Oh yeah, and I read this TEN MINUTES AGO ON SOME OTHER WEB SITE! You SUCK!"
Ugh. Need I continue? The problem is that all the snot-nosed pre-teens who seem to do nothing more than check out web sites and send flames to the Slashdot crew are going to be the ruin of what I have always considered a great site.
Very good. Now maybe you can get around to answering the question.
:^P
CLUE STICK: No one asked what LGPL meant, but thanks for clarifying.
While the Linux community welcomes everyone who choses to use a Linux-kernel based system on any platform it's ported to, let's remember: the Linux kernel was orignally an x86 kernel. Period. It's primary intention was to be a freer-licensed replacement for the Minix kernel. Period. Linus Torvalds wanted an x86 kernel. Period. Other folks, rather than using BSD, decided to port the kernel to other platforms, without implementing (or even proposing) a binary-compatibility standard (and hey, many folks involved in these ports were in favor of GNU software...and with source available, who needs binary compatibiliy?)
Blame the community for not giving a rip about making a binary standard.
:^(
I mean, who's expressing interest?
Not Linux/x86 folks. (Total World Domination...for better or for WORSE)
Not Linux/PPC folks (they just want native apps)
Not Linux/68k folks (I mean, Emacs works!)
Not Linux/Alpha folks (but it's fast as hell!)
Not Linux/StrongARM folks (uhhhhhh....)
Not Linux/S390 folks (didn't know about this one, BTW...thanks!)
nor any other platform I can think of right now. The goal seems to be, rather, to port the kernel to as many platforms as possible...and then to let the Stallmanites handle the folks who want commercial closed-source software ("Heretics! Who needs binary compatibility when all source should be FREE!")
What would a Linux VM hurt, anyway? I mean, there would be overhead, and there would be a slight performance hit compared to 100% native apps, but still, if an app used mostly system calls, this would be negligible. And if the VM used JIT techniques, this would be lessened.
I seem to remember that DEC had done some work on an x86 emulation layer for the Alpha, but I'm probably remembering wrong...I've never been lucky enough to be able to afford an Alpha for home.
GNUstep? (some OSX specific stuff is already there...)
Winelib. It's part of Wine. It's a library.
:^P
:^) (actually, you could throw some Spanish in there, if you like.)
If you want to split nosehairs, then The Gimp isn't "fully native" either, since it needs glib, gdk and gtk to run on X11R6 (native calls or nothing! Pure Xlib! I *like* to crash X!) Just because an app uses Winelib doesn't mean it's not native. I've not downloaded it yet (I'd like a nice QuarkXPress alternative on Linux, myself) but I'm willing to bet that it's an ELF executable. As you know, these don't work so well on Windows.
In other words...you got it wrong, I think, but it's hard to tell because of your extremely convoluted sentences. I'll be kind, since it seems that English is not your first language. To quote Bruce Willis from The Fifth Element, "I only speak two languages: English and bad English."
Why do we need the Internet? We have telephones!
Why do we need telephnes? We have telegraphs!
Why do we need telegraphs? We have trains!
Why do we need trains? We have buggies!
Why do we need buggies? We have saddles for horses?
Why do we need saddles? We have horses' backs!
Why do we need horses' backs? We have our legs to walk!
Why do we need to walk? We can crawl!
My God, why did we invent a way to make fire? Why clubs? Why do we no longer live in caves and dig with our fingernails in the dirt for tasty grubs? Why do we speak? So certain boring people can become early adopters?
Looser? As in looser clothes? Looser woman? Looser briefs? Looser T-Shirts? Looser wing-nuts? What, man, WHAT?
Oh, and to reply in kind, in the same sort of language you used:
I am going to bed.
That is what I am going to do.
I am going to work at 4:30 in the morning.
4:30 is between 4:00 and 5:00.
My daddy told me so.
It is dark at 4:30.
I get real scared.
I wet myself.
But I am at work at 4:30 for a reason.
I have a life.
I have to work.
I just read Slashdot when I am not at work.
My boss does not like Slashdot.
I do not get work done when I read Slashdot.
I do not have fun at work.
But I get laid when I go home.
I am married.
I have fun at home.
I have sex!
Sex is fun.
Sex makes babies.
Daddy told me so.
My wife takes little pills so we don't make babies.
She does this because we have sex!
Sex is fun.
Changing diapers is not fun.
Mommy and daddy told me so.
Shame on you, Tounge-Twister and the Slashdot crew.
At least five, possibly six, avid Slashdot readers already knew about Ogg Vorbis. Who cares that there were countless other readers who actually saw this as new news--I being among the countless others--those five, possibly six, were far more important.
Also, at least four readers found this story to be completely irrelevant. I mean, Good Lord, you're writing about open technology and technological innovation! How dare you put stories about open-source technolog innovation on a technology news site! I for one found it very informative and relevant, but, my God, you so inconsiderately posted something that four or five folks found totally irrelevant.
Don't think that my optimism or enthusiasm for the content of this post fool you--I'm shocked, appalled, and dismayed that you failed to realize that the whole of the universe revolves around five, possibly six, individuals with nothing better to do than sit at their computer, surfing the Web instead of innovating.
Goddamn, the Slashdot people are stupid. They forgot to ask you what they should post again!
Oh wait...come to think of it, this was the first time I'd ever read about it...and I'm interested. Suppose it wasn't that irrelevant or redundant after all.
Slashdot compiles info and links that folks submit and puts them in the news section. Heh, what's CNN supposed to do--fabricate news, due to the fear that YOU already saw a similar story on some other network that might be similar? No. They go ahead and report it, knowing that a vast majority of folks will see/read it and say "Ooh, really? I hadn't heard that yet."
OK, all joking aside:
:^)
I'm assuming you already knew about Ogg Vorbis. Good for you. You get a cookie.
WARNING: USA-centric illustration ahead WARNING: I will ignore "I'm not from the US so why'd ya say it" flames.
Let's say I turn on the CBS Evening News after I get home from work, and say, there's a terrible rash of tornadoes in Texas laying the entire state to waste. A terrible tragedy.
But wait a minute. I work for a newspaper, so this has come over the AP "wire" already. Not only that, but I checked weatherchannel.com to see what the weather will be like over the next couple of days, mostly because it was a slow news day, and *they* covered it as well, and I read it already.
Oh boy, I'm hopping mad. I call up CBS. I manage to get through to The Man, Mr. News Director AND Head Anchor, Dan Rather.
"You miserable cur!" I bellow. "You reported on the rash of tornadoes in Texas, and not only did I see it on the AP wire, I saw it on weatherchannel.com! How could you be so stupid? Not only that, but you reported about the financial problems of small-time farmers. I'm not a farmer! I don't care! So why'd ya do it! Huh?" I take a deep breath, since I've been bellowing a bit too much.
Silence. Then, a deep breath. "What exactly is wrong with you?" Dan replies. "Do you think we report the news for YOU? What about all those folks who WEREN'T wasting time at the office? What about those whose first glimpse at this tragedy was my report, MY glorious report, that you so brazenly ridiculed?"
Again, silence, this time my own. "I suppose you're right. It WAS kinda stupid of me to think that the news was for me and only me. I'm such a moron." I hang up the phone, a bit embarrassed that I made such a complete ass of myself.
Yes, this is news. And here's the story:
mental666 writes: "Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free general purpose compressed
audio format for high quality (44.1-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16
to 128 kbps/channel. This places Vorbis in the same class as audio representations including MPEG-1 audio layer 3,
MPEG-4 audio (AAC and TwinVQ), and PAC. It sounds great; I've tried it and while the file size is slightly larger than
mp3, the quality is there. There's also an xmms plugin in the cvs module. For details check out The Xiph Web site."
Heh--I read your comment, so there. :^)
:^) Mah Gawd, the man's brilliant!
:^) No, there simply aren't any black police officers. Not, "there aren't any non-white police officers," not, "there aren't any minority police officers," just "there aren't any black police officers." Well, it's nice to see my local NAACP is full of a bunch of bigots. :^P
You're right, of course. Unfortunately, the answer will probably be the dirtiest word known to an artist:
Marketing.
I remember some TV news "magazine" doing a documentary on marketing in the music business--"whoring" a song, if you will. Okay, this will show that this was a long time ago, so here goes: the band in question was Jesus Jones (remember "Right Here, Right Now"?) Essentially, the band was picking up a little of a cult following, got picked up by a label, and wanted a hit, I suppose. So, what happened? The label's people started cutting deals with stations to get the track "Right Here, Right Now" put into heavy rotation.
What's that tell ya? To get recognition, you have to go through sources that can shove your music down people's throats. Sadly, even PE was that way: if "Fight The Power" hadn't been bashed into my head my numerous media (mostly because Spike Lee, film god, made the video) I probably wouldn't have known Public Enemy from Al Capone (nor the difference.)
Oh yeah, and to all you folks who say PE sucks: listen to the rhythmic content of the tracks, and not just the sampled beats. The lyrical rhythm is something to make a white guy like me jealous.
One more thing. Chuck D may go on about the plight of his people. I admire him for that. But it bothers me that so many members of the African-American community continue to make race an issue after we've attempted to make children (my generation was one of the first, with limited success) fairly "race"-blind. Case in point: the NAACP is bringing up charges of racism in the local police force. Are the police unduly harassing black community members? Hopefully, no; AFAIK the police "harrass" problem folks regardless of race, sex, or creed.
Heh,
Says "Bill Gates is Michael Jordan"...
...but likes the pirates.
Bill hates pirates.
Bill hates you, D.
Hey, come on...
:^P) then lobby Be and ATI in a *nice* way, certainly nicer than your post here. Hard-working folks really don't like folks to simply whine about their problems; they do, however, like constructive criticism and hints.
:^P
Be isn't Microsoft. They don't have the clout of Microsoft to get hardware vendors to sign exclusive NDA agreements to keep the info for hardware secret...oh, wait, I've said too much...
Fact of the matter is, it's an OS originally developed for Apple, who, in thanks, backstabbed them and signed on Steve "I have a company of artists, not developers, and who gives a shit if Pixar makes me most my money" Jobs so they could shoehorn MacOS into OpenStep/Mach. The fact is, because it's a closed-source OS, they don't have that incredible user-support base that Linux/BSD has.
So, if you'd like the media OS to support your card (because, hey, if it doesn't support *your* stuff, the claims must not be true, huh?
If I didn't know any better, I'd almost be tempted to say you're a Microsoft troll.