Take a look at this image from the flight stick of an F-16 fighter jet: http://www.simflight.com/~reviews/com-chrevi ew/sma ll%20Real%20F16%20Stick.jpg
The military has invested much Research and Development effort into creating an input controller that will allow it's pilots the easiest way to get their jobs done and survive battle. They must be doing something right.
Having aircraft controls on the flight stick is equivalent to having them on a mouse; having the controls on the cockpit dash is equivalent to having them on the the keyboard.
I am a loyal Mac user, but I do not like single button mice. I have upgraded my Macs to Logitech MX-1000s that have buttons way beyond two.
I work much faster now that I've memorized what each one does. We're not talking a pilot-training learning curve here. Just a few hours to set your habits and you'll be using all the buttons without thinking about it.
It's probably ok that Apple still ships single button as default since there's an expectation for things to "just work" without reading manuals and such for new users.
The courts may have to decide on the Buchanan-Gore "ballot descrepency" issue. The number of votes in question are enough to turn the election one way or the other.
Does anyone else beside me find it unsettling that the Judicial Branch of government can essientially be choosing the next President of the United States?
I've mentioned in the past on Slashdot and I'll say it again. This whole crusade isn't about legal or illegal, right or wrong, artist rights, etc. CALM DOWN ALL YOU PISSED OFF PEOPLE! TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND THINK. All this stuff you've been hearing in the news is fluff to what's really going on behind the scenes.
Accept the fact that there are highly intelligent businessmen richer than you that run the music labels (contrary to what you might perceive). They're not idiots. When they see a company like Napster go from 0-20 million users in nine months, they have no delusions that the Internet music revolution will be stopped.
All the RIAA has to do is DELAY the onset of online music distribution. Their executors for carrying out these delays are lawyers and the US Judicial system.
Okay, so what are they DELAYING for then? Simple. CDs are not dead yet folks. They are still sitting on a well honed multi-BILLION dollar CD selling machine. For every day that passes by that they can keep customers away from free Internet music.....$Cha$Ching! Easy Money.
*For those of you that want numbers, the RIAA web site posted last years global music market at US$38.5 billion. I won't do the math here but it should be apparent to you home viewers that keeping Napster shut down for even a month is more than just a morale victory;)
Eventually, all the lawyers in the world won't be able to stop the change. The music industry will reach a point when the cash cow is milked dry and they will be forced to switch over to the Internet. And that key point in time will occur when the mass of the global music consuming population has access to "broadband" Internet (we aren't even close yet, trust me). Without broadband, downloading music is pretty much a hobby.
They plan on giving away music free. FREE!? Yep, you heard me right. This makes sense when you consider the competion they face from programs like Napster. Simple. Free. But the music labels have an advantage in the Simplicity Department. By running well polished sites, they will be able to quickly and reliably deliver music much easier than any Napster-like file exchange program ever could.
And exactly HOW will the music labels make $ by giving music away free? Well, it's a very interesting business model and one I definetly wouldn't have thought of myself. It requires the music labels to merge with or partner with those who provide access to the gateways of the Internet. While everyone's diverted by all the lawsuit crap, we're all failing to see the busy bees at work getting ready to make this so. Need proof? Can you say "Time Warner/AOL merger"? Also EMI records is merging with Time Warner as well. God help us, I can see the AOL commercials now: "Sign up now, and get free access to every recording made in the history of mankind"
I've mentioned in the past on Slashdot and I'll say it again. This whole crusade isn't about legal or illegal, right or wrong, artist rights, etc. CALM DOWN ALL YOU PISSED OFF PEOPLE! TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND THINK. All this stuff you've been hearing in the news is fluff to what's really going on behind the scenes. Accept the fact that there are highly intelligent businessmen richer than you that run the music labels (contrary to what you might perceive). They're not idiots. When they see a company like Napster go from 0-20 million users in nine months, they have no delusions that the Internet music revolution will be stopped. All the RIAA has to do is DELAY the onset of online music distribution. Their executors for carrying out these delays are lawyers and the US Judicial system. Okay, so what are they DELAYING for then? Simple. CDs are not dead yet folks. They are still sitting on a well honed multi-BILLION dollar CD selling machine. For every day that passes by that they can keep customers away from free Internet music.....$Cha$Ching! Easy Money. *For those of you that want numbers, the RIAA web site posted last years global music market at US$38.5 billion. I won't do the math here but it should be apparent to you home viewers that keeping Napster shut down for even a month is more than just a morale victory;) Eventually, all the lawyers in the world won't be able to stop the change. The music industry will reach a point when the cash cow is milked dry and they will be forced to switch over to the Internet. And that key point in time will occur when the mass of the global music consuming population has access to "broadband" Internet (we aren't even close yet, trust me). Without broadband, downloading music is pretty much a hobby. They plan on giving away music free. FREE!? Yep, you heard me right. This makes sense when you consider the competion they face from programs like Napster. Simple. Free. But the music labels have an advantage in the Simplicity Department. By running well polished sites, they will be able to quickly and reliably deliver music much easier than any Napster-like file exchange program ever could. And exactly HOW will the music labels make $ by giving music away free? Well, it's a very interesting business model and one I definetly wouldn't have thought of myself. It requires the music labels to merge with or partner with those who provide access to the gateways of the Internet. While everyone's diverted by all the lawsuit crap, we're all failing to see the busy bees at work getting ready to make this so. Need proof? Can you say "Time Warner/AOL merger"? Also EMI records is merging with Time Warner as well. God help us, I can see the AOL commercials now: "Sign up now, and get free access to every recording made in the history of mankind" Don't we all feel dumb now. Aaron Cook
Wake up and smell the coffee people! Is the music industry trying to stop the online exchange of music? Do you think that they're really that stupid?
They know darn well that the genie is out of the bottle. Last week its IRC, yesterday its Napster, today its Gnutella, tomorrow its ???. The RIAA is well aware of this.
So, if you're an Armani wearing, cigar chompin, secretary screwin music executive, what is going through your mind? Stop the inevitable? No way. All they need to do is DELAY the inevitable.
Face it, the music industry is sitting on a cash cow. Make a CD for $1 sell it for $16 (okay, so middlemen get a cut). These guys make BILLIONS per year. Even if it costs them $10, $20,...$100 million to unleash a pack of lawyers on internet upstarts like Napster, they've won the battle merely by DELAYING the full onset of online music.
The music industry will milk their current business model for what its worth (I give it 5 more years or so). They will have web sites where you can download music for free, just like on Napster, but even easier. You heard me right. Free. Dont believe me? Why are Time-Warner and AOL merging? hmmmmmmm. You'll still pay for it, but it will be disguised in the form of an AOL access fee and perhaps an all-you-can-download monthly subscription fee for non-AOLers. Expect more record label mergers with ISPs in the future.
I believe the point at which the record labels make their transition to online distribution will be when broadband internet becomes common for the masses. At that point, they will have no choice but to switch over. All the hundreds of thousands of people with DSL, Cable, and college dorm T1s still only make up a small portion of the music consuming population (think global).
The point I'm trying to make is that 1) the only way to collect real money from Internet music content is to control the gateways to the Internet and 2) traditional CDs and tapes still have quite a bit of life left. These people know exactly whats happening.
I still love Metallica but I think they've been talking to the wrong crowd and are ill informed as to the real developments that are occuring. I think some industry execs figured that recruiting a Metalica or a Dr. Dre to carry out their delay tactics would have more credibility than the RIAA could attacking directly. If poor Metallica could see how much Stephen King pocketed with his recently released $2 online book (minus the middle man), they'd probably go after the execs that put them up to this and and Kill'em All.
"Master of puppets are pulling their strings...twisting their minds and smashing their dreams...." oww i just smashed my head on my monitor...
P.S.: I think this issue has huge implications that extend way beyond online music. What we're dealing with here is content of any kind being exchanged.
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The more buttons on a mouse the better.
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Take a look at this image from the flight stick of an F-16 fighter jet:
http://www.simflight.com/~reviews/com-chrev
The military has invested much Research and Development effort into creating an input controller that will allow it's pilots the easiest way to get their jobs done and survive battle. They must be doing something right.
Having aircraft controls on the flight stick is equivalent to having them on a mouse; having the controls on the cockpit dash is equivalent to having them on the the keyboard.
I am a loyal Mac user, but I do not like single button mice. I have upgraded my Macs to Logitech MX-1000s that have buttons way beyond two.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/deta
I work much faster now that I've memorized what each one does. We're not talking a pilot-training learning curve here. Just a few hours to set your habits and you'll be using all the buttons without thinking about it.
It's probably ok that Apple still ships single button as default since there's an expectation for things to "just work" without reading manuals and such for new users.
More buttons are definetly better though.
Thanks for the link, that eliminated a lot of DL'ing pain.
The courts may have to decide on the Buchanan-Gore "ballot descrepency" issue. The number of votes in question are enough to turn the election one way or the other.
Does anyone else beside me find it unsettling that the Judicial Branch of government can essientially be choosing the next President of the United States?
I've mentioned in the past on Slashdot and I'll say it again. This whole crusade isn't about legal or illegal, right or wrong, artist rights, etc. CALM DOWN ALL YOU PISSED OFF PEOPLE! TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND THINK. All this stuff you've been hearing in the news is fluff to what's really going on behind the scenes.
;)
Accept the fact that there are highly intelligent businessmen richer than you that run the music labels (contrary to what you might perceive). They're not idiots. When they see a company like Napster go from 0-20 million users in nine months, they have no delusions that the Internet music revolution will be stopped.
All the RIAA has to do is DELAY the onset of online music distribution. Their executors for carrying out these delays are lawyers and the US Judicial system.
Okay, so what are they DELAYING for then? Simple. CDs are not dead yet folks. They are still sitting on a well honed multi-BILLION dollar CD selling machine. For every day that passes by that they can keep customers away from free Internet music.....$Cha$Ching! Easy Money.
*For those of you that want numbers, the RIAA web site posted last years global music market at US$38.5 billion. I won't do the math here but it should be apparent to you home viewers that keeping Napster shut down for even a month is more than just a morale victory
Eventually, all the lawyers in the world won't be able to stop the change. The music industry will reach a point when the cash cow is milked dry and they will be forced to switch over to the Internet. And that key point in time will occur when the mass of the global music consuming population has access to "broadband" Internet (we aren't even close yet, trust me). Without broadband, downloading music is pretty much a hobby.
They plan on giving away music free. FREE!? Yep, you heard me right. This makes sense when you consider the competion they face from programs like Napster. Simple. Free. But the music labels have an advantage in the Simplicity Department. By running well polished sites, they will be able to quickly and reliably deliver music much easier than any Napster-like file exchange program ever could.
And exactly HOW will the music labels make $ by giving music away free? Well, it's a very interesting business model and one I definetly wouldn't have thought of myself. It requires the music labels to merge with or partner with those who provide access to the gateways of the Internet. While everyone's diverted by all the lawsuit crap, we're all failing to see the busy bees at work getting ready to make this so. Need proof? Can you say "Time Warner/AOL merger"? Also EMI records is merging with Time Warner as well. God help us, I can see the AOL commercials now: "Sign up now, and get free access to every recording made in the history of mankind"
Don't we all feel dumb now.
Aaron Cook
I've mentioned in the past on Slashdot and I'll say it again. This whole crusade isn't about legal or illegal, right or wrong, artist rights, etc. CALM DOWN ALL YOU PISSED OFF PEOPLE! TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND THINK. All this stuff you've been hearing in the news is fluff to what's really going on behind the scenes. Accept the fact that there are highly intelligent businessmen richer than you that run the music labels (contrary to what you might perceive). They're not idiots. When they see a company like Napster go from 0-20 million users in nine months, they have no delusions that the Internet music revolution will be stopped. All the RIAA has to do is DELAY the onset of online music distribution. Their executors for carrying out these delays are lawyers and the US Judicial system. Okay, so what are they DELAYING for then? Simple. CDs are not dead yet folks. They are still sitting on a well honed multi-BILLION dollar CD selling machine. For every day that passes by that they can keep customers away from free Internet music.....$Cha$Ching! Easy Money. *For those of you that want numbers, the RIAA web site posted last years global music market at US$38.5 billion. I won't do the math here but it should be apparent to you home viewers that keeping Napster shut down for even a month is more than just a morale victory ;) Eventually, all the lawyers in the world won't be able to stop the change. The music industry will reach a point when the cash cow is milked dry and they will be forced to switch over to the Internet. And that key point in time will occur when the mass of the global music consuming population has access to "broadband" Internet (we aren't even close yet, trust me). Without broadband, downloading music is pretty much a hobby. They plan on giving away music free. FREE!? Yep, you heard me right. This makes sense when you consider the competion they face from programs like Napster. Simple. Free. But the music labels have an advantage in the Simplicity Department. By running well polished sites, they will be able to quickly and reliably deliver music much easier than any Napster-like file exchange program ever could. And exactly HOW will the music labels make $ by giving music away free? Well, it's a very interesting business model and one I definetly wouldn't have thought of myself. It requires the music labels to merge with or partner with those who provide access to the gateways of the Internet. While everyone's diverted by all the lawsuit crap, we're all failing to see the busy bees at work getting ready to make this so. Need proof? Can you say "Time Warner/AOL merger"? Also EMI records is merging with Time Warner as well. God help us, I can see the AOL commercials now: "Sign up now, and get free access to every recording made in the history of mankind" Don't we all feel dumb now. Aaron Cook
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Wake up and smell the coffee people! Is the music industry trying to stop the online exchange of music? Do you think that they're really that stupid?
They know darn well that the genie is out of the bottle. Last week its IRC, yesterday its Napster, today its Gnutella, tomorrow its ???. The RIAA is well aware of this.
So, if you're an Armani wearing, cigar chompin, secretary screwin music executive, what is going through your mind? Stop the inevitable? No way. All they need to do is DELAY the inevitable.
Face it, the music industry is sitting on a cash cow. Make a CD for $1 sell it for $16 (okay, so middlemen get a cut). These guys make BILLIONS per year. Even if it costs them $10, $20,...$100 million to unleash a pack of lawyers on internet upstarts like Napster, they've won the battle merely by DELAYING the full onset of online music.
The music industry will milk their current business model for what its worth (I give it 5 more years or so). They will have web sites where you can download music for free, just like on Napster, but even easier. You heard me right. Free. Dont believe me? Why are Time-Warner and AOL merging? hmmmmmmm. You'll still pay for it, but it will be disguised in the form of an AOL access fee and perhaps an all-you-can-download monthly subscription fee for non-AOLers. Expect more record label mergers with ISPs in the future.
I believe the point at which the record labels make their transition to online distribution will be when broadband internet becomes common for the masses. At that point, they will have no choice but to switch over. All the hundreds of thousands of people with DSL, Cable, and college dorm T1s still only make up a small portion of the music consuming population (think global).
The point I'm trying to make is that 1) the only way to collect real money from Internet music content is to control the gateways to the Internet and 2) traditional CDs and tapes still have quite a bit of life left. These people know exactly whats happening.
I still love Metallica but I think they've been talking to the wrong crowd and are ill informed as to the real developments that are occuring. I think some industry execs figured that recruiting a Metalica or a Dr. Dre to carry out their delay tactics would have more credibility than the RIAA could attacking directly. If poor Metallica could see how much Stephen King pocketed with his recently released $2 online book (minus the middle man), they'd probably go after the execs that put them up to this and and Kill'em All.
"Master of puppets are pulling their strings...twisting their minds and smashing their dreams...." oww i just smashed my head on my monitor...
P.S.: I think this issue has huge implications that extend way beyond online music. What we're dealing with here is content of any kind being exchanged.