The White Stripes are known for going into a studio and laying down the album in less than three days. A good indie record label has cheap, good sounding recording studios that can really capture the band the way they mean to sound.
However, not all bands (and i mean good bands, not Britney/Shakira/Cristina) would sound good on a low-tech recording.
For instance, can you imagine U2 without Brian Eno? or a Garbage record without Butch Vig using every possible studio trick? Ditto for Nine Inch Nails...
Hell, even Queen in its day needed way more than 3 days in the studio.
Sadly, Adobe makes SO much money from their patents and closed source apps, that they can (for the moment) easily disregard the additional market share from Linux users.
IIRC Comic Sans MS was actually copied from the handwriting of a very prominent Marvel Comics lettering artist... Cant remember the name right now, but I'll look it up
So capitalise on the large-scale market and leave the edges to someone else. Be Ford, not Ferrari.
I would rather very much fly Volkswagen than Ford, if you take my meaning... And I believe the airlines would too, if you see the sucess of the A320/A319 versus B737/B737.
Look closer, the reason Boeing hasnt made an innovative product since the 70's is the airline deregulation.
Before deregulation both Boeing and the airlines were guaranteed a steady supply of cash which has disappeared gradually since the advent of low cost carriers which only fly one model of plane and have nothing in terms of inflight service.
Sadly this trend will not reverse itself, and we will remember fondly the days of specially ordered meals, inflight movies, red wine with your steak or white with your salmon... Instead, airlines will compete in basis of price alone, cutting more and more corners until the day we will be injected with a sleeping drug at the gate and get lugged inside a cargo container...
I dont believe that the airlines planned to use that plane on those kind of routes... That plane would have been used almost exclusively on high-demand, high-priced international segments like New York Kennedy - London Heathrow and San Francisco - Tokyo Narita.
Of course, less time getting annoyed by the crying baby behind you and the two CowboyNeal-sized people at both sides of you also means less time to get pampered by the flight attendants for the guys in business class and first class --the guys who actually pay for the plane, since most coach seats these days are awfully cheap and are sold below cost... So it makes sense to make a more efficient plane that wont cost that much to fly.
You are under the plane's jurisdiction. That is, if the plane has a US flag on it, you fall under US law, and so on.
Actually, international law states that while on the air, the captain is the highest authority, and also the one bearing the responsibility of the crew and passengers, so if a passenger dies under mysterious circumstances during a flight, the captain is briefly arrested and interrogated while the cause of death is determined.
Also in many countries (local laws apply if the plane is on the ground), if theres a plane crash and the captain survives, he is immediately arrested and accused of "involuntary homicide" (I think they call it "manslaughter" in the US, but Im not sure), and until the cause of the accident is determined, he is considered the prime suspect.
Theres many airlines where in international flights you get to see a map on the videoscreen with the latest info from the on-board gps receiver: speed, altitude, position... all on a nice hipnotic computer map designed to lull you to sleep
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The situation in Puerto Rico would be unacceptable for someone of the libertarian persuation, but would you rather live in Puerto Rico, essentially living in a colony, or live in an independent country like the Dominican Republic or Haiti?
There's a saying here in Mexico that has some parallel to Puerto Rico: "It is better to be the lion's tail than the mouse's head"
About Comcast, sorry to hear that, but if it makes you feel better let me tell you that there's also a disadvantage on having an isp that has all ports open... Mine is 'prodigy.net.mx' an infamous spammer haven.
Nope, bad idea... not everyone has access to usenet included in their isp package.
For instance, I havent been able to find an isp in my area that would give me usenet... And im definetely not paying an additional 10usd+ a month just to get 3 times more spam along with the occasionaly interesting discussion thread.
I fear we will just have to wait for p2p networks to evolve a bit more... and for bandwith to cheapen a lot more...
These were first bred as weapons, big boned and strong so that they would perch on a warriors shoulder and serve as a pair of ultra-sensitive ears and nose when looking for the enemy in the middle of the jungle. Then, when the enemy was discovered, the warrior would toss the cat at the opponents face, before closing in for the kill. The cats supposedly were trained to claw at the opponents eyes and face and could reportedly incapacitate a person in just a couple of seconds...
Wow, the kind of things you learn on a trip to Thailand (the Thai are the ultimate cat lovers)!
My cat used to catch flies and mosquitos... They infuriated him so he would stay veeeery low and quiet and then jump and clap both paws together at them.
He had a very high rate of success... at least better than me with a flyswatter!
On the other hand, there is no truer love than that of a dog. Its amazing the kind of things a dog will do for its human companion, even disregarding its own well being to help a human in time of need.
I am a cat person myself but ever since my cousin's St.Bernard saved my life once when I was 8, I respect dogs enourmosly. Although I could not have a dog in the house because of the ammount of attention they need.
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However stuff recorded in the 80s that still sounds great needed much more work in the studio than a recording with comparable audio quality today.
Also producers had even more responsibility back then... Thats why someone like George Martin is so revered today.
The White Stripes are known for going into a studio and laying down the album in less than three days. A good indie record label has cheap, good sounding recording studios that can really capture the band the way they mean to sound.
However, not all bands (and i mean good bands, not Britney/Shakira/Cristina) would sound good on a low-tech recording.
For instance, can you imagine U2 without Brian Eno? or a Garbage record without Butch Vig using every possible studio trick? Ditto for Nine Inch Nails...
Hell, even Queen in its day needed way more than 3 days in the studio.
Sadly, Adobe makes SO much money from their patents and closed source apps, that they can (for the moment) easily disregard the additional market share from Linux users.
IIRC Comic Sans MS was actually copied from the handwriting of a very prominent Marvel Comics lettering artist... Cant remember the name right now, but I'll look it up
Nice Troll! Kudos to you!
That would require airport terminal reconfiguration, essentially "making the sauce more expensive than the steak" as we say here.
So capitalise on the large-scale market and leave the edges to someone else. Be Ford, not Ferrari.
I would rather very much fly Volkswagen than Ford, if you take my meaning... And I believe the airlines would too, if you see the sucess of the A320/A319 versus B737/B737.
Look closer, the reason Boeing hasnt made an innovative product since the 70's is the airline deregulation.
Before deregulation both Boeing and the airlines were guaranteed a steady supply of cash which has disappeared gradually since the advent of low cost carriers which only fly one model of plane and have nothing in terms of inflight service.
Sadly this trend will not reverse itself, and we will remember fondly the days of specially ordered meals, inflight movies, red wine with your steak or white with your salmon...
Instead, airlines will compete in basis of price alone, cutting more and more corners until the day we will be injected with a sleeping drug at the gate and get lugged inside a cargo container...
I dont believe that the airlines planned to use that plane on those kind of routes... That plane would have been used almost exclusively on high-demand, high-priced international segments like New York Kennedy - London Heathrow and San Francisco - Tokyo Narita.
Of course, less time getting annoyed by the crying baby behind you and the two CowboyNeal-sized people at both sides of you also means less time to get pampered by the flight attendants for the guys in business class and first class --the guys who actually pay for the plane, since most coach seats these days are awfully cheap and are sold below cost... So it makes sense to make a more efficient plane that wont cost that much to fly.
You are under the plane's jurisdiction. That is, if the plane has a US flag on it, you fall under US law, and so on.
Actually, international law states that while on the air, the captain is the highest authority, and also the one bearing the responsibility of the crew and passengers, so if a passenger dies under mysterious circumstances during a flight, the captain is briefly arrested and interrogated while the cause of death is determined.
Also in many countries (local laws apply if the plane is on the ground), if theres a plane crash and the captain survives, he is immediately arrested and accused of "involuntary homicide" (I think they call it "manslaughter" in the US, but Im not sure), and until the cause of the accident is determined, he is considered the prime suspect.
Theres many airlines where in international flights you get to see a map on the videoscreen with the latest info from the on-board gps receiver: speed, altitude, position... all on a nice hipnotic computer map designed to lull you to sleep
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You are absolutely right... I should have mentioned Guam, Puerto Rico, or the US Virgin Islands instead.
The situation in Puerto Rico would be unacceptable for someone of the libertarian persuation, but would you rather live in Puerto Rico, essentially living in a colony, or live in an independent country like the Dominican Republic or Haiti?
There's a saying here in Mexico that has some parallel to Puerto Rico: "It is better to be the lion's tail than the mouse's head"
It is called BMX-XXX :
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Mhmm... well, if New England was a british colony, then wasnt the tea tax a Federal tax then?
Or Hawaiians and Alaskans are not subject to pay US Federal taxes?
Nothing against the Tea Party (although it was a strange way to start an independence war), but your logic doesnt hold water.
Thanks for the tip... I'll check that one out.
About Comcast, sorry to hear that, but if it makes you feel better let me tell you that there's also a disadvantage on having an isp that has all ports open... Mine is 'prodigy.net.mx' an infamous spammer haven.
Nope, bad idea... not everyone has access to usenet included in their isp package.
For instance, I havent been able to find an isp in my area that would give me usenet... And im definetely not paying an additional 10usd+ a month just to get 3 times more spam along with the occasionaly interesting discussion thread.
I fear we will just have to wait for p2p networks to evolve a bit more... and for bandwith to cheapen a lot more...
Not true, at least if you dont count having to go through 10 minutes of scandisk everytime you turn it back on!
I think the parent poster means being able to turn off the computer instantly with the power switch, like the old Commodores and Tandys.
It was sort of nice to have an editor to hate.
Or Emacs?
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You would rather pay for inkjet cartridges???
You do realize that even though the toner for the laser is more expensive, the cost-per-page is waaay lower, do you?
With some exceptions like Siamese Cats...
These were first bred as weapons, big boned and strong so that they would perch on a warriors shoulder and serve as a pair of ultra-sensitive ears and nose when looking for the enemy in the middle of the jungle.
Then, when the enemy was discovered, the warrior would toss the cat at the opponents face, before closing in for the kill. The cats supposedly were trained to claw at the opponents eyes and face and could reportedly incapacitate a person in just a couple of seconds...
Wow, the kind of things you learn on a trip to Thailand (the Thai are the ultimate cat lovers)!
I wonder how my great childern will look as morlocks? ...or (gasp!) Cowboyneal!
Still time to get a vasectomy!
My cat used to catch flies and mosquitos... They infuriated him so he would stay veeeery low and quiet and then jump and clap both paws together at them.
He had a very high rate of success... at least better than me with a flyswatter!
On the other hand, there is no truer love than that of a dog. Its amazing the kind of things a dog will do for its human companion, even disregarding its own well being to help a human in time of need.
I am a cat person myself but ever since my cousin's St.Bernard saved my life once when I was 8, I respect dogs enourmosly. Although I could not have a dog in the house because of the ammount of attention they need.