I'm 16 and addicted to music in all forms. MP3 technology has offered me a quick and easy way to check out new released by artists and gain a better understanding of music. Most of the crappy music coming out in this day and age is caused by marketeers who know such music is profitable. It's a pity that society's bandwidth is eaten up by such empty acts, but it's a fact of life.
I'm currently listening to a rip of a 60's band from a vinyl copy at 192kbps, old school media with new school distribution. My work offers me access to their T-1, so my hard drive is always filled with some kind of great, quality music.
Sure geophile, it may look like the music industry is putting out nothing but trash, but if you look hard enough, you'll find some great bands. You just need to keep your mind open to new types of music. Most people who complain about modern selections aren't really open to anything but the music they've been listening to for the past twenty years.
Check out Squarepusher, the Smashing Pumpkins' Machina II album, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin, the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, and new albums by your older artists, such as David Bowie.
Don't be so quick to write off rap, either. There are a lot of bands which are innovative with their lyrics. At the risk of sounding like yet another white boy with a rap fetish, you might want to check out Wu-Tang Clan, Capone and Noreaga, Busta Rhymes, and Dead Prez. Any band rap group that samples gunshots on their album is just fine by me, thanks.
Techies that anger me are now banished with, "BITCH! I'll put my dick on your lips."
I don't know why this is so far down in the discussion, it brings up a valid point.
The judge is calling a legitimate and fair usage of the Internet and its resources a crime because it may impair other's ability to use the same resources. In all actuality, normal Internet traffic does precisely what this judge says port scanning does.
So I should be held accountable for the cost of the bandwidth of a public server? Hell, no. Of course not.
So, in effect, the senario which this Anonymous Coward puts forth is quite possible. With rulings like this, one could likely be sued for accessing legitimate resources.
I think that the only reason that TurboLinux supports the Pentium 4 is because TurboLinux is based on RedHat.
I could be totally wrong.
( And another thing, the reason the movie industry uses roman numerals for movie copyright dates is to obfuscate when the movie was actually created. Is Intel doing the same thing? )
It's not news that Intel gave a large sum of money to RedHat back in its pre-IPO days. In this case RedHat is the only major distro to support the new Pentium VI. So now, if you're not firmly in bed with Intel, then you're the last the get the necessary chipset updates to make your distro run on the Pentium VI.
A few questions became readily apparent as I read the article on this issue.
The article claims that RedHat has the updated CPUID database, but how recently was that packaged with the CD? Is it in RedHat 7.0 only, or did it come with the "Pinstripe" beta as well?
RedHat is the distribution that most other distros are based on (Trustix, TurboLinux, Mandrake). Will these distributions have issues with the Pentium VI?
Where can I go to get information on a real fix for this issue other than installing RedHat/TurboLinux exclusivly on Pentium VI boxes.
The article that Slashdot actually links to about the problem is a total fluff piece for corporate-types, not the techies that will end up actually having to fix the problem. I would think that there would be a more technical link for us Slashdot readers. I could find nothing on RedHat's or SuSe's site. You would think they would at least mention it.
At least we're still light-years ahead of the Windows in terms of 64-bit functionality. Our only saving grace.;)
If you look at his homepage, you'll find the DeCSS sourcecode at the bottom. He appears to be quite the crafty Dreamcast hacker.
You'll have to highlight the text to see the code, or just look at the HTML document in a text editor. I think it's a pretty neat way to get the source code out with some degree of stealth.
Who knew ASCII art could be so absolutly vile? Jeez, I'd prefer a "PenisBirdGuy" post over that.
Time to start browsing at [Score: 2, Highest First]. What a pity. I held out as long as I could.
On a more, "On-Topic" note, massive deployment of embedded Linux systems in zero downtime environments is a breath of fresh air. When Burlington did it, it was special because it one of the first deployments of Linux as retail point-of-sale machines. Home Depot is smart to follow suit, but I don't that this event is a particular landmark. RedHat is a multi-million dollar company, Linux has a huge buzz in most computer journals that were, until recently, Microsoft-centric. There are millions upon millions of Linux users, a larger number of them every day, and we herald Home Depot for deploying Linux systems.
As caustic as this sounds, I really don't think big business should be appluaded for simply getting with the program. It's not as if Home Depot has done anything particularly interesting or innovative to the Linux OS itself.
Actually, Cobalt did the same thing. Do you remember when the Cobalt Cube first came out? There was an ad with a fairly good looking woman showing off her clevage, holding a Cube. The caption read "Lust."
In my experience, the most competent Linux users were good SunOS, AT&T UNIX, SCO, or *BSD users. Good logic is timeless, as the *NIX model of command processing.
At my current place of employment, I could probably enroll myself in day care.
It sounds to me like day care is just one more perk that your employer would like to throw at you to keep you from leaving when something better comes down the road. In all honesty, I don't know why child care wasn't offered sooner. Hell, there are companies in Silicon Valley that'll walk your dog for you, then bring him back to your cube.
Why shouldn't they take my kid outside to crap in a bush, too?
Why is it that the universe seems much scarier on October 31? Why won't the big kids let me Trick-Or-Treat with them? If the Universe is expanding, shouldn't I be gaining weight? Are we all as screwed as I think we are?
I'm sure of it.
Giant skulls in the sky are a sure sign that God's about unleash some bad-ass wrath on our heads. It's probably about time, too. Geez, have you seen MTV recently?
What to do? Nothing. What do you expect to do against the Universe? Exactly. So once you get off of work, go home, drink, and enjoy your last day on the planet Earth.
To keep this post on topic, space is superfly and skull shaped nebulae are even cooler. Seriously. I want a Beowulf cluster of them.
WebWhiteBlue is totally borked. Did Slashdot already eat the bandwidth?
I don't know why political news is even a big issue in the media at all. These canadates mirror each other's view, probably the least interesting of all political tactics.
Actually, we had no problems with the i815 graphics processor. We could get it to work in previous distros, but this time around, anaconda auto-detected it.
I'm happily running RedHat 7.0 as we speak. It seems to be solid so far, with the exception of an X11 -> Console switching bug on one of the boxes.
I'm sure errata will take care of most of it in a week or two.
It's only 9:45AM and I've already had a cup of coffee and a Mountain Dew. I suppose every techie is on drugs. It's just the ones I choose are legal.
Employers shouldn't use talk of drug use in the tech sector as an excuse to drug test the hell out of everybody. I know that I had to piss in a cup to get this job, and I was not too happy about it. Urine, hair, saliva, and blood tests are all invasions of privacy. It's none of my company's business if I go home and smoke crack all day. I don't see a problem with axing me for poor performance. If I come into work everyday, shaking and vomiting, I've become a hazard to others and a company wouldn't be doing their job if they didn't cut me out of the picture.
The only person that's accountable for your drug use is you.
This would matter if RedHat was the only Linux distro that provided SPARC support. As it is, there are quite a few distros which will still support SPARC far into the future. And, I'm sure that just because Red Hat quits making official RPMs for SPARC, that won't keep the zealot from doing so. I have the feeling that SPARC users will install another distro and load up their favorite utilities, the ones they became addicted to via RedHat's SPARC CD.
This really doesn't harm SPARC users, as another distro will happily step up in RedHat's place. It's a bad move on RedHat's part, however. Now the door has been opened for competition. Who'll be the one to take the SPARC market? Only time will tell.
Does anyone know if any other hardware platform is in jeopardy? Will PPC support be there next release?
Hey CmdrTaco, I'm a proto-radio jockey wannabe. I'm currently trying to get some voice-over work, but that pathway looks pretty dim. It's just not an recognized skill around here, I guess. The local radio station already has it's fill of DJ's, so I'm willing to demolish my vocal, but no one will let me. If you need an additional voice, I'd be happy to give mine up.
I though about starting up my own MP3 broadcast, but they're so abundant now, there's no real point. And, I'm afraid it might suck. Anyway, I'll put up an MP3 of my sound as soon as I can.
It shows that Intel is on the up-and-up when they recall chips like this one. This doesn't look like it will be as big of a disaster as the Pentium crisis so many years ago. It's good this was caught early.
Look at what Sun did with their memory problems. They shut everyone up about them. At least Intel has the quality of character to admit their fault.
Sure, AMD has fast chips, too. The problem is how hot they run. We've got Coppermines where we work that can be cooled with a simple heatsink/fan combo. AMD requires cooling or it will burn out within twenty seconds.
Intel: Get your chips right and come back when you're ready. As long as you're still innovating, your market share is secure.
Forum2000 was the one of the best Internet hoaxes around. Questions were fed to students at a college by a web interface, then answered in imaginary personas. Submitting a question to Forum2000 was like getting a private consultation from literary figures, naked females, computer hardware, or a crack baby. Many belly-laughs were had while scanning the Hall Of Fame.
Forum was so well written, one got the impression of almost a tailor-made cartoon strip. SOMADS (personas) were always creative, and the answers were sometimes helpful.
All of this was done, from my understanding, by a group of bored college students. If Forum2000 displayed the wisdom of the average college student, then the future of the world has nothing to worry about. I really will miss the wit and wisdom that was dispensed through the cold and heartless system which is the Internet.
Farewell, Forum, and good luck to its creators in whatever line of work they plan on persuing in the future.
In my infinite wisdom (snicker, snicker), I've figured out why the record companies dislike MP3 technology. It isn't that it cuts down on the number of albums sold, it's that it cuts down on the number of bad albums sold.
I haven't bought an album I didn't like in the past two years. Before that, my CD collection was a hit-and-miss set of Micheal Jackson albums. Now, I can grab any CD out of my CD pile and have a smooth seventy-four minutes of aural pleasure. For every good song on my hard drive, I've got the CD within arm's reach.
Napster may die, but I wouldn't worry about MP3 going away. Everybody's got them, and other trading mediums like IRC and newsgroups still exist. The beat will still go on, and Napster's presence in it is moot, at best.
So, as a note to the RIAA and kin, get in on the action before she goes home. Does anyone have an official lawsuit count, so far?
I wouldn't be too worried about the rush of new Linux distros based around specialized hardware. The specialized distro, in this case, will be short lived, but the optimized x86 code will go back into the kernel tree. It's a win/win situation for Linux users. I for one will be interested to see what patches old IBM pushes through the gate.
But, waitaminnit, I thought that IBM was in bed with RedHat. Will this distro be another RPM-based hack on the stock RedHat distro?
Only time will tell, but I'm sure that IBM will do The Right Thing when playing with a bunch of firey Linux zealots. Screw Microsoft, the guys over at IBM are the real innovators.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm 16 and addicted to music in all forms. MP3 technology has offered me a quick and easy way to check out new released by artists and gain a better understanding of music. Most of the crappy music coming out in this day and age is caused by marketeers who know such music is profitable. It's a pity that society's bandwidth is eaten up by such empty acts, but it's a fact of life.
I'm currently listening to a rip of a 60's band from a vinyl copy at 192kbps, old school media with new school distribution. My work offers me access to their T-1, so my hard drive is always filled with some kind of great, quality music.
Sure geophile, it may look like the music industry is putting out nothing but trash, but if you look hard enough, you'll find some great bands. You just need to keep your mind open to new types of music. Most people who complain about modern selections aren't really open to anything but the music they've been listening to for the past twenty years.
Check out Squarepusher, the Smashing Pumpkins' Machina II album, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin, the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, and new albums by your older artists, such as David Bowie.
Don't be so quick to write off rap, either. There are a lot of bands which are innovative with their lyrics. At the risk of sounding like yet another white boy with a rap fetish, you might want to check out Wu-Tang Clan, Capone and Noreaga, Busta Rhymes, and Dead Prez. Any band rap group that samples gunshots on their album is just fine by me, thanks.
Techies that anger me are now banished with, "BITCH! I'll put my dick on your lips."
The judge is calling a legitimate and fair usage of the Internet and its resources a crime because it may impair other's ability to use the same resources. In all actuality, normal Internet traffic does precisely what this judge says port scanning does.
So I should be held accountable for the cost of the bandwidth of a public server? Hell, no. Of course not.
So, in effect, the senario which this Anonymous Coward puts forth is quite possible. With rulings like this, one could likely be sued for accessing legitimate resources.
nmap www.whitehouse.gov -sS -O -T Normal -vv
I actually did this twice responding to this article alone.
Note To Intel: We use Arabic numerals, thanks. Next thing you know, they'll be talking about moving from LXIV-bit chips to CXXVIII-bit chips.
Check your Roman numerals so you don't look like an idiot (or me, for that matter).
I think that the only reason that TurboLinux supports the Pentium 4 is because TurboLinux is based on RedHat.
I could be totally wrong.
( And another thing, the reason the movie industry uses roman numerals for movie copyright dates is to obfuscate when the movie was actually created. Is Intel doing the same thing? )
It's not news that Intel gave a large sum of money to RedHat back in its pre-IPO days. In this case RedHat is the only major distro to support the new Pentium VI. So now, if you're not firmly in bed with Intel, then you're the last the get the necessary chipset updates to make your distro run on the Pentium VI.
Anyone else see anything fishy about that?
- The article claims that RedHat has the updated CPUID database, but how recently was that packaged with the CD? Is it in RedHat 7.0 only, or did it come with the "Pinstripe" beta as well?
- RedHat is the distribution that most other distros are based on (Trustix, TurboLinux, Mandrake). Will these distributions have issues with the Pentium VI?
- Where can I go to get information on a real fix for this issue other than installing RedHat/TurboLinux exclusivly on Pentium VI boxes.
The article that Slashdot actually links to about the problem is a total fluff piece for corporate-types, not the techies that will end up actually having to fix the problem. I would think that there would be a more technical link for us Slashdot readers. I could find nothing on RedHat's or SuSe's site. You would think they would at least mention it.At least we're still light-years ahead of the Windows in terms of 64-bit functionality. Our only saving grace. ;)
C'mon man, even the moderators got it.
If you look at his homepage, you'll find the DeCSS sourcecode at the bottom. He appears to be quite the crafty Dreamcast hacker.
You'll have to highlight the text to see the code, or just look at the HTML document in a text editor. I think it's a pretty neat way to get the source code out with some degree of stealth.
Well, at least it was pretty stealthy.
Who knew ASCII art could be so absolutly vile? Jeez, I'd prefer a "PenisBirdGuy" post over that.
Time to start browsing at [Score: 2, Highest First]. What a pity. I held out as long as I could.
On a more, "On-Topic" note, massive deployment of embedded Linux systems in zero downtime environments is a breath of fresh air. When Burlington did it, it was special because it one of the first deployments of Linux as retail point-of-sale machines. Home Depot is smart to follow suit, but I don't that this event is a particular landmark. RedHat is a multi-million dollar company, Linux has a huge buzz in most computer journals that were, until recently, Microsoft-centric. There are millions upon millions of Linux users, a larger number of them every day, and we herald Home Depot for deploying Linux systems.
As caustic as this sounds, I really don't think big business should be appluaded for simply getting with the program. It's not as if Home Depot has done anything particularly interesting or innovative to the Linux OS itself.
When they GPL Home Depot, let me know.
Actually, Cobalt did the same thing. Do you remember when the Cobalt Cube first came out? There was an ad with a fairly good looking woman showing off her clevage, holding a Cube. The caption read "Lust."
Bless Marketeers.
In my experience, the most competent Linux users were good SunOS, AT&T UNIX, SCO, or *BSD users. Good logic is timeless, as the *NIX model of command processing.
I know this one is going on my bookshelf.
At my current place of employment, I could probably enroll myself in day care.
It sounds to me like day care is just one more perk that your employer would like to throw at you to keep you from leaving when something better comes down the road. In all honesty, I don't know why child care wasn't offered sooner. Hell, there are companies in Silicon Valley that'll walk your dog for you, then bring him back to your cube.
Why shouldn't they take my kid outside to crap in a bush, too?
Why is it that the universe seems much scarier on October 31? Why won't the big kids let me Trick-Or-Treat with them? If the Universe is expanding, shouldn't I be gaining weight? Are we all as screwed as I think we are?
I'm sure of it.
Giant skulls in the sky are a sure sign that God's about unleash some bad-ass wrath on our heads. It's probably about time, too. Geez, have you seen MTV recently?
What to do? Nothing. What do you expect to do against the Universe? Exactly. So once you get off of work, go home, drink, and enjoy your last day on the planet Earth.
To keep this post on topic, space is superfly and skull shaped nebulae are even cooler. Seriously. I want a Beowulf cluster of them.
WebWhiteBlue is totally borked. Did Slashdot already eat the bandwidth?
I don't know why political news is even a big issue in the media at all. These canadates mirror each other's view, probably the least interesting of all political tactics.
I want my NBC, PBS, and CNN back!
Actually, we had no problems with the i815 graphics processor. We could get it to work in previous distros, but this time around, anaconda auto-detected it.
I'm happily running RedHat 7.0 as we speak. It seems to be solid so far, with the exception of an X11 -> Console switching bug on one of the boxes.
I'm sure errata will take care of most of it in a week or two.
It's only 9:45AM and I've already had a cup of coffee and a Mountain Dew. I suppose every techie is on drugs. It's just the ones I choose are legal.
Employers shouldn't use talk of drug use in the tech sector as an excuse to drug test the hell out of everybody. I know that I had to piss in a cup to get this job, and I was not too happy about it. Urine, hair, saliva, and blood tests are all invasions of privacy. It's none of my company's business if I go home and smoke crack all day. I don't see a problem with axing me for poor performance. If I come into work everyday, shaking and vomiting, I've become a hazard to others and a company wouldn't be doing their job if they didn't cut me out of the picture.
The only person that's accountable for your drug use is you.
This would matter if RedHat was the only Linux distro that provided SPARC support. As it is, there are quite a few distros which will still support SPARC far into the future. And, I'm sure that just because Red Hat quits making official RPMs for SPARC, that won't keep the zealot from doing so. I have the feeling that SPARC users will install another distro and load up their favorite utilities, the ones they became addicted to via RedHat's SPARC CD.
This really doesn't harm SPARC users, as another distro will happily step up in RedHat's place. It's a bad move on RedHat's part, however. Now the door has been opened for competition. Who'll be the one to take the SPARC market? Only time will tell.
Does anyone know if any other hardware platform is in jeopardy? Will PPC support be there next release?
Let the nail biting commence.
Hey CmdrTaco, I'm a proto-radio jockey wannabe. I'm currently trying to get some voice-over work, but that pathway looks pretty dim. It's just not an recognized skill around here, I guess. The local radio station already has it's fill of DJ's, so I'm willing to demolish my vocal, but no one will let me. If you need an additional voice, I'd be happy to give mine up.
I though about starting up my own MP3 broadcast, but they're so abundant now, there's no real point. And, I'm afraid it might suck. Anyway, I'll put up an MP3 of my sound as soon as I can.
Does anyone have anything for me to read?
It shows that Intel is on the up-and-up when they recall chips like this one. This doesn't look like it will be as big of a disaster as the Pentium crisis so many years ago. It's good this was caught early.
Look at what Sun did with their memory problems. They shut everyone up about them. At least Intel has the quality of character to admit their fault.
Sure, AMD has fast chips, too. The problem is how hot they run. We've got Coppermines where we work that can be cooled with a simple heatsink/fan combo. AMD requires cooling or it will burn out within twenty seconds.
Intel: Get your chips right and come back when you're ready. As long as you're still innovating, your market share is secure.
Forum2000 was the one of the best Internet hoaxes around. Questions were fed to students at a college by a web interface, then answered in imaginary personas. Submitting a question to Forum2000 was like getting a private consultation from literary figures, naked females, computer hardware, or a crack baby. Many belly-laughs were had while scanning the Hall Of Fame.
Forum was so well written, one got the impression of almost a tailor-made cartoon strip. SOMADS (personas) were always creative, and the answers were sometimes helpful.
All of this was done, from my understanding, by a group of bored college students. If Forum2000 displayed the wisdom of the average college student, then the future of the world has nothing to worry about. I really will miss the wit and wisdom that was dispensed through the cold and heartless system which is the Internet.
Farewell, Forum, and good luck to its creators in whatever line of work they plan on persuing in the future.
That's the idea of factoring numbers to primes:
69 = 3 x 21
69 = 3 x 3 x 7
50 = 5 x 10
50 = 2 x 5 x 5
ANY number is the product of primes.
In my infinite wisdom (snicker, snicker), I've figured out why the record companies dislike MP3 technology. It isn't that it cuts down on the number of albums sold, it's that it cuts down on the number of bad albums sold.
I haven't bought an album I didn't like in the past two years. Before that, my CD collection was a hit-and-miss set of Micheal Jackson albums. Now, I can grab any CD out of my CD pile and have a smooth seventy-four minutes of aural pleasure. For every good song on my hard drive, I've got the CD within arm's reach.
Napster may die, but I wouldn't worry about MP3 going away. Everybody's got them, and other trading mediums like IRC and newsgroups still exist. The beat will still go on, and Napster's presence in it is moot, at best.
So, as a note to the RIAA and kin, get in on the action before she goes home. Does anyone have an official lawsuit count, so far?
Ah! I found the REALLY cool recording. The CIA also sends information via number stations. Just, in this country, they're a little more open about it.
The CIA Recording
And, yes Anonymous Coward, it is an MP3.
Now who's that knocking on my door?
I've got a few RM files up on my box (it's a DSL, don't get any funny ideas).
I would give credit to where I got these from but, I've forgotton. Probably when Slashdot first ran the story.
Anyway...
Papa November
Papa November 2
Papa December
Beginning A Transmission
I could of SWORE I had some MP3 files, but I can't find them for the life of me. RIAA/Black Helicopter conspiracy? Did find a WAV, though.
French Young Lady
I wouldn't be too worried about the rush of new Linux distros based around specialized hardware. The specialized distro, in this case, will be short lived, but the optimized x86 code will go back into the kernel tree. It's a win/win situation for Linux users. I for one will be interested to see what patches old IBM pushes through the gate.
But, waitaminnit, I thought that IBM was in bed with RedHat. Will this distro be another RPM-based hack on the stock RedHat distro?
Only time will tell, but I'm sure that IBM will do The Right Thing when playing with a bunch of firey Linux zealots. Screw Microsoft, the guys over at IBM are the real innovators.