One day, your doing a presentation at defcon about eBook security and pointing out its pitfalls and you're arrested by a foreign government under the guise of a law that was pushed though congress by interest groups trying to limit "unauthorized distribution", even though the program you made only made a copy for personal use. You're locked up, and you have a 4 month old child halfway across the world, and your name makes headlines in both the electronic and print press. Finally, the nightmare is ending for Dmitry Sklyarov. Adobe talked with the EFF, and even though they appear evil and vicious for what they did, they're trying to wrong a right. I want to praise Adobe for coming to their senses, and thank the EFF for helping them see the light. Now let's get Dmitry back home to his wife and child.
I highly recommend the JVC digifine2.1 KD-SH99. My friend recently upgraded from his pioneer, and you can tell the difference. If you're thinking about adding amps to your system, the JVC has cleaner output (The Aiwa's CD signal-to-noise ratio 85 dB, compared to the JVC's CD signal-to-noise ratio 102 dB. Keep in mind that higher is better), and has 4 volt preouts (AIWA has 2.2 volt preouts). Also, the JVC has 3 sets of preouts (Front/Rear/Subwoofer). The AIWA only has front/rear. Also, the JVC has a motorized faceplate that can be removed, and you can adjust the angle of the CD player. The AIWA averages about $299, and a local Hi-Fi shop sells the JVC for $350. The extra $50 goes a long way. Also, I might be biased, because the only Aiwa components I ever bought (turntable and a mini system) both broke within a week of each other. The motor is hosed on the turntable (I used it like once a week), and the mini-system had to be replaced because the built in amp in it stopped working suddenly. Hope this advice helps...
I'm all about legalizing drugs, but I'd rather grow my own stash then have the goverment or big corperations grow it? Why do I say this? Look at <a href="http://www.philipmorrisusa.com/company_&_pr<nobr>o<wbr></wbr></nobr> ducts/tobacco_ingredients.asp">this</a>. 400 additives in cigarettes. Imagine what the corperations would do to pot if they were the ones growing it.
Well, what about the legalality of that? If slashdot implented what you proposed, they would be taking copyrighted material and reworking it so it doesn't have ads. That's just asking for a cease and desist order.
I like to collect a lot of rare music, especially old 45 rpm records, import cds, etc. One thing I like about napster, is I can find and listen to rare old songs very easily. This greatly influences what I'll buy next time I look for rare recordings. None of the large record companies have a way to quickly download older, rarer recordings. They may only have a small selection of their catalog available to listen to for free, or for sale. That's not good enough. I would be happy to pay a reasonable fee if I could listen to some of their older catalog of music, but that's not the case for now. For me, the only option is napster.
A few years back, I purchased the id Anthology boxed set, which included Quake, All the Dooms (including the supposed "Final Doom"), and everything made before (Such as all the Commander Keens, Wolfenstein's, etc.) Now, I love doom, so I'm not really mad that they're making more dooms after the final doom, but I am kind of afraid that they'll bring back Commander Keen...
One of my freinds on IRC introduced me to Atom a couple years ago with some mp3's he made. I was instantly hooked to his music. There's just something about a 20 something punk rocker singing strange lyrics in a high voice while "the package", or the QY700 plays on in the background. Anyways, so far, I've been to 4 of his shows, and have all 3 of his cds, a couple of 7"s of his, and coincidently, I happen to be wearing one of his shirts as we speak (Go Metric Now). Woulds I ever have heard about Atom if it were not for mp3's of his? Possibly, but mp3's were what got me into him.
I don't think DVD is going to die very soon. FMD players are still in the prototype phase, and I'd be very surprised if a consumer version came out that was affordable by the end of the year. Usually when a new technology comes out in the audio/visual field, it should have a good feature lacking from previous technologies. For example, vinyl records. Records were great, but 8-Track and cassette tapes were more convenient. Then cd audio came out, and offered a lot better sound reproduction from tapes, while still being portable. Then MiniDiscs came out, being even more portable and supposedly providing better sound through use of 24-bit audio. The list goes on and on. Point being: I'm happy with VHS and DVD's.
Now what I do with 140 gigs of space? I can see it being used for computer storage, but not many uses in the audio/visual market. The latest Audio and Video technologies are very very impressive, but I don't see any way we can improve on them unless you can find a person who can hear 6732466khz audio frequencies, and view super-high resolutions on your average television set and justify ditching high resolution DVD's for it. Now, we'll always have the audiophile/techhead market, but the masses won't abandon DVD's just yet.
You would think they would use something better than a belt-drive turntable, which wear out over time. High-end turntables use direct drive, which is far better and is also noticible in the playback of vinyl. Also, here's a snippet from their specs page: Reproductionable Record type 12"(30cm)/10"(25cm)/7"(17cm) Black Record - This might mean that it can only play black vinyl. While most records are black, I have many splatter and colored vinyl records in my collection. Also, many many records (mostly from Europe) were pressed useing colored vinyl. This may or might not be the best turntable if your looking to play rare vinyl, especially if it's colored, etc.
I have a AIWA px-e855. I recently got into vinyl (I'm into the punk/hardcore thing, and a lot of bands have 7" records and vinyl-only releases), and my good freind, who is a major audiophile, highly recomended this turntable. I got it from www.soundsfine.com or about $120 (plus free shipping). I consider it a worthwhile investment. If you don't want to play vinyl much, this is also great for recording onto your computer, and making mp3's out of your vinyl, like I do. If you don't have a amp/reciever, this also has a preamp on it, but I prefer to use a amp/reciever myself. I hope this helps.
Not even 5 minutes after the article is posted, the website is unreachable. You guys should do consulting for testing out how much webservers can handle a massive spike in server usage;)
Version Inflation - Slackware linux went from version 4.0 to 7.0, Patrick Volkerding's Reasoning was "I think it's clear that some other distributions inflated their version numbers for marketing purposes, and I've had to field (way too many times) the question "why isn't yours 6.x" or worse "when will you upgrade to Linux 6.0" which really drives home the effectiveness of this simple trick." People new to Linux, like with all operating systems, want the highest version release number. It appears to be stableer Sure, version 4.0 os whatever OS could be superior to it's competior's 7.0's, ut the new user will choose the 7.0 ecause it looks more modern.
As for association of a product release with a date, I'll just cite one recent example from the Linux community: October Gnome
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Oh man, that was one of the first books I ever read. He has to get another penguin for the original one to be happy, and they start mateing, and they have a basement full of penguins. Then they did like a live show with the penguins, and then they stuck the penguins in a jail cell. Then at the end, they start putting some in the Artic circle.
I remember reading in boot magizine (about a year ago) about this hard drive that was made up of EDO Ram chips I beleive. They were talking about how large banks use them for transactions, or email servers with lots of data going through, etc. While reading data from the hard drive proved significantly, the computer they tested it on ran at the same speed, just with faster disk operations (reading/writing, etc.) If somebody could dig up this article, I'd appreciate it.
I'm reminded of how anti-abrtion site that posted the names and addresses of doctors got sued last year for something in the 10's of millions of dollars. The Doctors' addresses were suupposedly found out from this site. Now is it legal as it it, or can the site get sued if somebody kills a spammer with a posted address?
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One day, your doing a presentation at defcon about eBook security and pointing out its pitfalls and you're arrested by a foreign government under the guise of a law that was pushed though congress by interest groups trying to limit "unauthorized distribution", even though the program you made only made a copy for personal use. You're locked up, and you have a 4 month old child halfway across the world, and your name makes headlines in both the electronic and print press. Finally, the nightmare is ending for Dmitry Sklyarov. Adobe talked with the EFF, and even though they appear evil and vicious for what they did, they're trying to wrong a right. I want to praise Adobe for coming to their senses, and thank the EFF for helping them see the light. Now let's get Dmitry back home to his wife and child.
I highly recommend the JVC digifine2.1 KD-SH99. My friend recently upgraded from his pioneer, and you can tell the difference. If you're thinking about adding amps to your system, the JVC has cleaner output (The Aiwa's CD signal-to-noise ratio 85 dB, compared to the JVC's CD signal-to-noise ratio 102 dB. Keep in mind that higher is better), and has 4 volt preouts (AIWA has 2.2 volt preouts). Also, the JVC has 3 sets of preouts (Front/Rear/Subwoofer). The AIWA only has front/rear. Also, the JVC has a motorized faceplate that can be removed, and you can adjust the angle of the CD player. The AIWA averages about $299, and a local Hi-Fi shop sells the JVC for $350. The extra $50 goes a long way. Also, I might be biased, because the only Aiwa components I ever bought (turntable and a mini system) both broke within a week of each other. The motor is hosed on the turntable (I used it like once a week), and the mini-system had to be replaced because the built in amp in it stopped working suddenly. Hope this advice helps...
Yeah, if only we could get rid of lag...
"Honey, your going to feel something incredible cumming your way in 451 ms!"
1) Purchase a iFell MouseMan
2) Install the mouse
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I'm all about legalizing drugs, but I'd rather grow my own stash then have the goverment or big corperations grow it? Why do I say this? Look at <a href="http://www.philipmorrisusa.com/company_&_pr<nobr>o<wbr></wbr></nobr> ducts/tobacco_ingredients.asp">this</a>. 400 additives in cigarettes. Imagine what the corperations would do to pot if they were the ones growing it.
Well, what about the legalality of that? If slashdot implented what you proposed, they would be taking copyrighted material and reworking it so it doesn't have ads. That's just asking for a cease and desist order.
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I like to collect a lot of rare music, especially old 45 rpm records, import cds, etc. One thing I like about napster, is I can find and listen to rare old songs very easily. This greatly influences what I'll buy next time I look for rare recordings. None of the large record companies have a way to quickly download older, rarer recordings. They may only have a small selection of their catalog available to listen to for free, or for sale. That's not good enough. I would be happy to pay a reasonable fee if I could listen to some of their older catalog of music, but that's not the case for now. For me, the only option is napster.
What about getting up between acts in a theatre and declaring that there are not enough fire exits?
Microsoft is now know as Micro and Soft.
A few years back, I purchased the id Anthology boxed set, which included Quake, All the Dooms (including the supposed "Final Doom"), and everything made before (Such as all the Commander Keens, Wolfenstein's, etc.) Now, I love doom, so I'm not really mad that they're making more dooms after the final doom, but I am kind of afraid that they'll bring back Commander Keen...
On the subject of Atom and His package...
One of my freinds on IRC introduced me to Atom a couple years ago with some mp3's he made. I was instantly hooked to his music. There's just something about a 20 something punk rocker singing strange lyrics in a high voice while "the package", or the QY700 plays on in the background. Anyways, so far, I've been to 4 of his shows, and have all 3 of his cds, a couple of 7"s of his, and coincidently, I happen to be wearing one of his shirts as we speak (Go Metric Now). Woulds I ever have heard about Atom if it were not for mp3's of his? Possibly, but mp3's were what got me into him.
I don't think DVD is going to die very soon. FMD players are still in the prototype phase, and I'd be very surprised if a consumer version came out that was affordable by the end of the year. Usually when a new technology comes out in the audio/visual field, it should have a good feature lacking from previous technologies. For example, vinyl records. Records were great, but 8-Track and cassette tapes were more convenient. Then cd audio came out, and offered a lot better sound reproduction from tapes, while still being portable. Then MiniDiscs came out, being even more portable and supposedly providing better sound through use of 24-bit audio. The list goes on and on. Point being: I'm happy with VHS and DVD's.
Now what I do with 140 gigs of space? I can see it being used for computer storage, but not many uses in the audio/visual market. The latest Audio and Video technologies are very very impressive, but I don't see any way we can improve on them unless you can find a person who can hear 6732466khz audio frequencies, and view super-high resolutions on your average television set and justify ditching high resolution DVD's for it. Now, we'll always have the audiophile/techhead market, but the masses won't abandon DVD's just yet.
You would think they would use something better than a belt-drive turntable, which wear out over time. High-end turntables use direct drive, which is far better and is also noticible in the playback of vinyl. Also, here's a snippet from their specs page: Reproductionable Record type
12"(30cm)/10"(25cm)/7"(17cm) Black Record - This might mean that it can only play black vinyl. While most records are black, I have many splatter and colored vinyl records in my collection. Also, many many records (mostly from Europe) were pressed useing colored vinyl. This may or might not be the best turntable if your looking to play rare vinyl, especially if it's colored, etc.
I have a AIWA px-e855. I recently got into vinyl (I'm into the punk/hardcore thing, and a lot of bands have 7" records and vinyl-only releases), and my good freind, who is a major audiophile, highly recomended this turntable. I got it from www.soundsfine.com or about $120 (plus free shipping). I consider it a worthwhile investment. If you don't want to play vinyl much, this is also great for recording onto your computer, and making mp3's out of your vinyl, like I do. If you don't have a amp/reciever, this also has a preamp on it, but I prefer to use a amp/reciever myself. I hope this helps.
I put up a mirror of the "Y2K" page: http://www.dougal.org/2600.html
Not even 5 minutes after the article is posted, the website is unreachable. You guys should do consulting for testing out how much webservers can handle a massive spike in server usage ;)
It's the same all over...
Version Inflation - Slackware linux went from version 4.0 to 7.0, Patrick Volkerding's Reasoning was "I think it's clear that some other distributions inflated their version numbers for marketing purposes, and I've had to field (way too many times) the question "why isn't yours 6.x" or worse "when will you upgrade to Linux 6.0" which really drives home the effectiveness of this simple trick." People new to Linux, like with all operating systems, want the highest version release number. It appears to be stableer Sure, version 4.0 os whatever OS could be superior to it's competior's 7.0's, ut the new user will choose the 7.0 ecause it looks more modern.
As for association of a product release with a date, I'll just cite one recent example from the Linux community: October Gnome
I want to see some of these letters. The thought of a spammer being angry brings joy to me.
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Remember that Budweiser commercial (dooobie doobie doo.....)
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Oh man, that was one of the first books I ever read. He has to get another penguin for the original one to be happy, and they start mateing, and they have a basement full of penguins. Then they did like a live show with the penguins, and then they stuck the penguins in a jail cell. Then at the end, they start putting some in the Artic circle.
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I remember reading in boot magizine (about a year ago) about this hard drive that was made up of EDO Ram chips I beleive. They were talking about how large banks use them for transactions, or email servers with lots of data going through, etc. While reading data from the hard drive proved significantly, the computer they tested it on ran at the same speed, just with faster disk operations (reading/writing, etc.) If somebody could dig up this article, I'd appreciate it.
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I'm reminded of how anti-abrtion site that posted the names and addresses of doctors got sued last year for something in the 10's of millions of dollars. The Doctors' addresses were suupposedly found out from this site. Now is it legal as it it, or can the site get sued if somebody kills a spammer with a posted address?
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Well, I would'nt mind using toilet paper with ads on it, as long as it was free. The same goes for paper towels.
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