From GigaLaw But one way or another, the band will continue to play and the piper will be paid.
Maybe it should be "... the band will continue to play, but will make even less since the record companies are taking more of the pie." Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Meatspace doesn't ALL of the money radio stations, et al have to pay go to BMI, ASCAP for distribution back to artists and NONE of the money go to the record companies themselves? Looks like now they're trying to muscle their way into that revenue stream as well.
After looking at how they structure their contracts with artists I would be very wary of letting them handle this as well.
I did... I had a real ball buster of a teacher in 9th and 10th grade who taught me how to program in structred code (had to unlearn some self taught bad habits). oh.. and it was in Atari Pascal as well.
Damn, that looks pretty cool. I wish you could buy one sans HD (I'd need a larger one). Anyone know if you can NFS/SMB mount the contents of the drive? As long as I can do that I can pump 'em thru shoutcast.
It's never enough... I have 1000+ CDs (god, ripping them all is a nightmare!!!). I would love to have 'em all in one spot.
What I REALLY want though, is to build my own, hang it off my network and physically put it with my stereo. That way I can
a) have the convenience of listening to it through my stereo equipment
b) upload tunage at will without having to physically move stuff
c) have access to all of my files so that I can pump 'em through a shoutcast server so I can listen at work.
Won't work in the car, I know, but I have a MD player in there and it works just fine.
From what I understand half the problem was that the ballot they saw BEFORE HAND was different than the one they used (different order of candidates).
That having been said if Gore doesn't win it after the recount he just take the high road and bow out. This will actually be pretty good for the Dems anyway. Whichever party gets the whitehouse is going to loose big time during the mid-term elections. Plus, I have a sneaking feeling that Dubya in office for 4 years (if he even makes it that long...) will probably hand the Dems a nice chunk of votes in 2004. He really is a flaming idiot.
Theoretically the watermark will survive re-encoding. It is nothing more than an audio signal that is put in a part of the spectrum that will cause the least amount of "damage" to what we as humans can hear (probably not the best explanation, but the best I can do right now). The theory goes the more you distort the file to destroy the watermark, the more you destroy the "good" stuff as well (you really distort the music to the point that its noticable). That's the theory anyway. Assuming that you cannot destroy the watermark (doubtful IMHO) they still have a huge problem. So what if the songs I have have a watermark. It only matters to SDMI aware programs/hardware. The RIAA may be able to strong arm the consumer electronics firms into producing SDMI compatible equipment (thru crap laws or pictures of Sony's Prez with a goat or somthing) which will slow things down for a while (and the CE companies will fight tooth and nail... they know the consumer HATES things that complicate their products) , but it should be dead easy to come up with a program that plays thier format and totally ignores thier watermark so you can still play SDMIed music on your computer care free, and there are quite a few do it yourself stereo component and portable units that hobbiest can build.
Agreed. I'd be a republican in a new york minute if it wasn't for the Religious "we're gonna tell you how to live your life" element. The Demo's are just as bad (but in different ways... well maybe not if you look at Gore's #2). That's why I "waste" my vote on Libertarian. The Demo's are going to be pissed as all hell with the Greens, but they'll do whatever they can to win them back. I figure one of these days the same may just happen with the Repubs and the Libertarians (yeah yeah yeah... wishful thinking I know...)
Just because no one is perfect does not mean that there is not a moral absolute that is worth pursuing.
It doesn't mean that there is a moral absolute that is worth pursuing either. That's why they call it a belief. You can't prove/disprove it either way.
But, that wasn't the point I was trying to make. The original poster said (and I paraphrase) "If only we followed good christian values there would be no AIDS, adultery, etc." My point was simply that there are no people who "follow good christian values to the letter." Now, I'm not saying there are no good christian; there are many of them in fact; just that even Christians f-up just as much as any other person. My comparison with Marxism was simply that marxism *sounds* good but is simply impossible due to human nature. Following christian teachings to the letter *sounds* good, but is also simply impossible do to human nature (as you yourself pointed out... no one is perfect). Yes, you may strive to to attain perfection in the eyes of the lord (more power to you), but you can also strive to attain the perfect marxist state. Both will come up short. (but hey, they say its the journey that counts)
AND we have a lame duck congress with some buget crap to finish and some scores to settle. It all adds up to "Government Shutdown / Gridlock," which, to paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke, means the gvm't might actually stop screwing with us for a while.
Things I'm looking forward:
* The Demo's going looking for vengence with the Greens
* Assuming he wins, Bush's many fuck ups (you just know there's going to be a lot of these)
* Assuming he wins, Gore getting even more wooden and stodgy with age / pressures of the job.
* The bloodbath of the 2002 elections. Think 1994 all over again. Which ever party gets the White House is going to get spanked hard in congress in 2002.
The fact of the matter is, if people adhered to Christian morality regarding sex there would be no STD's, no out-of-wedlock pregnancies, AIDS would be extremely rare (or might have never gotten past a few isolated incidents), no women or children being enslaved to prositution, no sexual predators kidnapping children, no president Clinton and Monica in the Oval Office. The list goes on.
And if people adhered to True Marxist Dogma we'd live in a perfect society... no crime, no class warfare, etc... Of course, people *aren't* going to totally adhere to Christian teachings any more than they're going to adhere to Marxist Teachings (or any other bloody teachings). Hell, I've seen just as much adultery, lying, stealing, etc in a church congregation as outside of one. Am I trying to say Christians are "bad" people? No, they're simply people, and that's the problem:)
The War on Drugs has been a consistently neglected topic in discussions surrounding this federal election. My question is, do you believe the War on Drugs has been an unqualified success, and if not, what would you change about it if elected president?
Bush:
Trust me kids... you don't wanna do drugs. For a good twenty years I was firmly entrenched (Dick, are you sure that's a word?... OK.. whatever you say) in the 'evil drug lifestyle,' and look at all the trouble it gave me?
* Millions of dollars
* Ownership of a major league baseball team
* Gov'ner of the Great State of Texas
* More sex with hot babes than a frenchman who lives next to a cat-house
Now, just imagine (did I spell that right Dick?... hand me the dicshun... dictch.... big book with words in it) what would have become of my life if my daddy wasn't an important and influe... infla... (I'm trying to sound it out Dick) influential and important person who could pull strings. I'd be in a whole lot of trouble, that's where I'd be.
So let that be a lesson to all of you young folk. I made a mistake in my past, and now I want you guys to pay for it. Don't do drugs!
Better yet, each person registers one domain name. I may be wrong here (and please correct me if I am) but they'd have to pony up their $2000 for each person, correct? Hell, make 'em spend a few hundred thousand to get "thier" sites back
MS and the DOJ/FBI/NSA have staged this "hack" so that
1. MS can now hinder the Free Software Movement by suing (or at least threatening to sue) the pants off of the developer / maintainers / packagers of said software because they used stolen code.
2. The gvm't can use this to push harder for legislation that erodes your civil liberties in the name of "law enforcement"
I now return you to peering at your window at the black helicopters.....
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Maybe it should be "... the band will continue to play, but will make even less since the record companies are taking more of the pie." Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Meatspace doesn't ALL of the money radio stations, et al have to pay go to BMI, ASCAP for distribution back to artists and NONE of the money go to the record companies themselves? Looks like now they're trying to muscle their way into that revenue stream as well.
After looking at how they structure their contracts with artists I would be very wary of letting them handle this as well.
Nathan
I'm surprised no one has brought this point up yet. Exchange backups are a NIGHTMARE! Well, the backups aren't, but the restores are.
Nathan
I agree about the windows client. That's why I pretty much only use Gnapster any more. Now *that's* a well done client.
I don't know if it has enough fuel to break earth orbit. But if you could, just send it to the sun. God's own garbage disposal!
Earth origins. It piggybacked its way on humans (and whatever other crap was taken up). It just has been very adept at staying alive up there.
Is it anything like the Justice League? Are they all going to sit in a high-tech building in tights and masks fighting crime?
Nope, clean as a whistle. According to Tom's Hardware that's about the going price for a legit 750 T-Bird (slot A)
Hey! I resent that :)
Hell, I just bought a Thunderbird 750 for a C-Note.
Must be a slow news day.
Nathan
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What I REALLY want though, is to build my own, hang it off my network and physically put it with my stereo. That way I can
a) have the convenience of listening to it through my stereo equipment
b) upload tunage at will without having to physically move stuff
c) have access to all of my files so that I can pump 'em through a shoutcast server so I can listen at work.
Won't work in the car, I know, but I have a MD player in there and it works just fine.
That having been said if Gore doesn't win it after the recount he just take the high road and bow out. This will actually be pretty good for the Dems anyway. Whichever party gets the whitehouse is going to loose big time during the mid-term elections. Plus, I have a sneaking feeling that Dubya in office for 4 years (if he even makes it that long...) will probably hand the Dems a nice chunk of votes in 2004. He really is a flaming idiot.
Theoretically the watermark will survive re-encoding. It is nothing more than an audio signal that is put in a part of the spectrum that will cause the least amount of "damage" to what we as humans can hear (probably not the best explanation, but the best I can do right now). The theory goes the more you distort the file to destroy the watermark, the more you destroy the "good" stuff as well (you really distort the music to the point that its noticable). That's the theory anyway. Assuming that you cannot destroy the watermark (doubtful IMHO) they still have a huge problem. So what if the songs I have have a watermark. It only matters to SDMI aware programs/hardware. The RIAA may be able to strong arm the consumer electronics firms into producing SDMI compatible equipment (thru crap laws or pictures of Sony's Prez with a goat or somthing) which will slow things down for a while (and the CE companies will fight tooth and nail... they know the consumer HATES things that complicate their products) , but it should be dead easy to come up with a program that plays thier format and totally ignores thier watermark so you can still play SDMIed music on your computer care free, and there are quite a few do it yourself stereo component and portable units that hobbiest can build.
Agreed. I'd be a republican in a new york minute if it wasn't for the Religious "we're gonna tell you how to live your life" element. The Demo's are just as bad (but in different ways... well maybe not if you look at Gore's #2). That's why I "waste" my vote on Libertarian. The Demo's are going to be pissed as all hell with the Greens, but they'll do whatever they can to win them back. I figure one of these days the same may just happen with the Repubs and the Libertarians (yeah yeah yeah... wishful thinking I know...)
It doesn't mean that there is a moral absolute that is worth pursuing either. That's why they call it a belief. You can't prove/disprove it either way.
But, that wasn't the point I was trying to make. The original poster said (and I paraphrase) "If only we followed good christian values there would be no AIDS, adultery, etc." My point was simply that there are no people who "follow good christian values to the letter." Now, I'm not saying there are no good christian; there are many of them in fact; just that even Christians f-up just as much as any other person. My comparison with Marxism was simply that marxism *sounds* good but is simply impossible due to human nature. Following christian teachings to the letter *sounds* good, but is also simply impossible do to human nature (as you yourself pointed out... no one is perfect). Yes, you may strive to to attain perfection in the eyes of the lord (more power to you), but you can also strive to attain the perfect marxist state. Both will come up short. (but hey, they say its the journey that counts)
Things I'm looking forward :
* The Demo's going looking for vengence with the Greens
* Assuming he wins, Bush's many fuck ups (you just know there's going to be a lot of these)
* Assuming he wins, Gore getting even more wooden and stodgy with age / pressures of the job.
* The bloodbath of the 2002 elections. Think 1994 all over again. Which ever party gets the White House is going to get spanked hard in congress in 2002.
Then why doesn't someone take it back? :)
And if people adhered to True Marxist Dogma we'd live in a perfect society... no crime, no class warfare, etc... Of course, people *aren't* going to totally adhere to Christian teachings any more than they're going to adhere to Marxist Teachings (or any other bloody teachings). Hell, I've seen just as much adultery, lying, stealing, etc in a church congregation as outside of one. Am I trying to say Christians are "bad" people? No, they're simply people, and that's the problem :)
Nathan
Ravings of Browne? Browne isn't anti-business. Not in the least. Where the hell did you get that idea?
Bush:
Trust me kids... you don't wanna do drugs. For a good twenty years I was firmly entrenched (Dick, are you sure that's a word?... OK.. whatever you say) in the 'evil drug lifestyle,' and look at all the trouble it gave me?
* Millions of dollars
* Ownership of a major league baseball team
* Gov'ner of the Great State of Texas
* More sex with hot babes than a frenchman who lives next to a cat-house
Now, just imagine (did I spell that right Dick?... hand me the dicshun... dictch.... big book with words in it) what would have become of my life if my daddy wasn't an important and influe... infla... (I'm trying to sound it out Dick) influential and important person who could pull strings. I'd be in a whole lot of trouble, that's where I'd be.
So let that be a lesson to all of you young folk. I made a mistake in my past, and now I want you guys to pay for it. Don't do drugs!
Sigh... and I do so love Guinness Beer.
Nathan
FRB's Conspiracy Theory:
MS and the DOJ/FBI/NSA have staged this "hack" so that
1. MS can now hinder the Free Software Movement by suing (or at least threatening to sue) the pants off of the developer / maintainers / packagers of said software because they used stolen code.
2. The gvm't can use this to push harder for legislation that erodes your civil liberties in the name of "law enforcement"
I now return you to peering at your window at the black helicopters.....