The parent should be scored up! Referring to this as identity theft is a big part of the problem. It allows credit providers to shift attention to the periferral victim. It's simply fraud between a criminal and irresponsible company that knows better but doesn't want the burden of due diligence. The company that is irresponsibly giving credit should be the victim in this crime, but they simply pass on the loss to all their customers with higher fees.
It is a toy in the same sense that a Cessna is a toy when you compare it to a Lear Jet. That doesn't make it useless or anything close to it. I think most people will agree that the power and scalability found in Informix/Oracle/etc put them in a different class than SQL Server. But how many people really need a Lear Jet?
I thought we were talking about whether SQL Server is in the same class as Informix/Oracle/DB2?? I think you guys spend so much time trying to be cute with your ph33rful and
*naive* blah *end naive* that you can't make a decent point.
I was just having a little fun with it - no flames. Why do you think mp3's are any better when it's perfectly *LEGAL* for me to make copies -in any format I want - of music I paid for? I'm not sure I'm getting your point.
-John
I agree... When friends tell me how much they spend on monsterTM cable and other stuff, I say "My ears aren't that good."
I can't say that I've ever made a CDDA->mp3-CDDA v. CDDA->CDDA comparison. It just seems prudent to go for the best.
I do know that the CDs I've made with Linux rippers are much better than using the Windoze software that came with the CD-RW drive. I'm pretty sure that that thing was taking the digital audio, passing thru the sound card and redigitizing before creating a file. My recordings would get hisses and pops every now and then.
Linux is really just getting good now. I think the open databases will follow the Linux upward trend. Until then, Informix is a good choice for a "big time" database. The free ones will be good for most jobs though. Quote heard in the hallway at work - years ago "Oracle is the most overrated software I've ever seen."
You must not be old enough to have had the experience of a CD "going bad" on you. They do scratch, break, etc. I always make copies of anything that I might miss if something happened to it. Lets see, do I give the kids (3 and 5) a
twenty dollar computer game disk to play with or a copy I made for 15 cents? So the answer to your question is TWO!
IANAL... But last I checked The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 (U.S.A) gives us the right to make copies of our music. See: http://www.hrrc.org/html/ahra.html
for more info.
Aside from the main point of this discussion... If you're going to put it back on a CD-R (in CDDA format), you don't want to rip it to MP3. You're losing quality that way. Use a ripper that will allow you to make an exact bit for bit copy for best results.
So you believe we should have a benevolent dictator. Perhaps Cuba will take you in. History
does not support your simplistic view that the guvment should have unrestricted powers.
I wouldn't consider anything but overtime pay fair. But I'm used to being paid as a consultant. I've seen lots of employees that will do ridiculous amounts of work for free. I don't think this is a clear fair/not fair issue. It's always a poker game and if you go to far in what you try to get away with, you may get burned.
We all know what it's like for MS to relentlessly force ridiculous changes on us (I am always amused at how many ways MS NT can format or obsfuscate a filename!). It's nice that he acknowledged the criticism. But, he offered no response to the criticism of using gcc 2.96. He just says the critics are wrong and moves on! That's the same kind of unbelievable arrogance Microsoft has displayed for years.
While Bob Young pointed out some contrasting aspects between RH and MS, that doesn't somehow erase the comparisons that many people have drawn.
Thanks for the tip. It was a bear, but I finally got it working. There were a couple steps that weren't documented and weren't obvious to a Python newbie. You deserve a karma point. Now I just need to disconnect all the phone ringers, add a DB lookup and I'm in business.
I don't even want my phone to ring unless I've
"approved" it.
I don't think its far away.
I have caller ID info on my computer from the modem.
I have a LAN.
I just need to pull the caller ID info into a
server, setup clients, do a database look up, only
let calls thru that are approved.
I know I can buy this stuff, but I'm looking for
Open Source/Linux stuff.
"Hello, your number is not recognized. Please enter your passcode or hang-up.... Click."
Your problem with home recorded CDs may not be due to evil censorship. I had a similar problem playing homemade CDs in my new truck. It turned out that the player only likes CDs recorded in Disk at Once (DAO) mode. When you record in Track at Once (TAO) the formatting is different. I would be surprised if you cannot overcome this problem because, in theory, you should be able to make an *exact* duplicate of a CD. I doubt the MP3 -> DA has anything to do with this. Good Luck.
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You're abosolutely correct. And accepting/using these propaganda terms only reinforces the legitimacy of them amongst the herd.
The parent should be scored up! Referring to this as identity theft is a big part of the problem. It allows credit providers to shift attention to the periferral victim. It's simply fraud between a criminal and irresponsible company that knows better but doesn't want the burden of due diligence. The company that is irresponsibly giving credit should be the victim in this crime, but they simply pass on the loss to all their customers with higher fees.
Yada Yada Yada
It is a toy in the same sense that a Cessna is a toy when you compare it to a Lear Jet. That doesn't make it useless or anything close to it. I think most people will agree that the power and scalability found in Informix/Oracle/etc put them in a different class than SQL Server. But how many people really need a Lear Jet?
I thought we were talking about whether SQL Server is in the same class as Informix/Oracle/DB2?? I think you guys spend so much time trying to be cute with your ph33rful and *naive* blah *end naive* that you can't make a decent point.
Yes, you're wrong. SQL Server is a toy. If you don't "keep up with such things"... ...nevermind I'll spare the flame.
Isn't this *exactly* the same behaviour that gets kids thrown out of school and put on the six o'clock news? I think it is.
I was just having a little fun with it - no flames. Why do you think mp3's are any better when it's perfectly *LEGAL* for me to make copies -in any format I want - of music I paid for? I'm not sure I'm getting your point. -John
I agree... When friends tell me how much they spend on monsterTM cable and other stuff, I say "My ears aren't that good."
I can't say that I've ever made a CDDA->mp3-CDDA v. CDDA->CDDA comparison. It just seems prudent to go for the best.
I do know that the CDs I've made with Linux rippers are much better than using the Windoze software that came with the CD-RW drive. I'm pretty sure that that thing was taking the digital audio, passing thru the sound card and redigitizing before creating a file. My recordings would get hisses and pops every now and then.
-John
Linux is really just getting good now. I think the open databases will follow the Linux upward trend. Until then, Informix is a good choice for a "big time" database. The free ones will be good for most jobs though. Quote heard in the hallway at work - years ago "Oracle is the most overrated software I've ever seen."
You must not be old enough to have had the experience of a CD "going bad" on you. They do scratch, break, etc. I always make copies of anything that I might miss if something happened to it. Lets see, do I give the kids (3 and 5) a twenty dollar computer game disk to play with or a copy I made for 15 cents? So the answer to your question is TWO!
IANAL... But last I checked The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 (U.S.A) gives us the right to make copies of our music. See: http://www.hrrc.org/html/ahra.html for more info.
Aside from the main point of this discussion... If you're going to put it back on a CD-R (in CDDA format), you don't want to rip it to MP3. You're losing quality that way. Use a ripper that will allow you to make an exact bit for bit copy for best results.
"When people have the TVs, then we'll see full broadcast schedules in HD."
And when we see full broadcast schedules in HD, people will buy the TVs.
And the cable companies will switch...
It's a stalemate at this point.
I wonder If I could scan the return envelope and print say 1,000 times and mail them in...
I agree. I've been saying this for a while now - usually after a chellenging commute.
Yes, I see... I must have had my sarcasm detector turned off and I hit the reply button too quickly.
So you believe we should have a benevolent dictator. Perhaps Cuba will take you in. History does not support your simplistic view that the guvment should have unrestricted powers.
I wouldn't consider anything but overtime pay fair. But I'm used to being paid as a consultant. I've seen lots of employees that will do ridiculous amounts of work for free. I don't think this is a clear fair/not fair issue. It's always a poker game and if you go to far in what you try to get away with, you may get burned.
Without diversions like slashdot, I don't know how I'd handle being "cubed" every weekday for that last 10+ years.
We all know what it's like for MS to relentlessly force ridiculous changes on us (I am always amused at how many ways MS NT can format or obsfuscate a filename!). It's nice that he acknowledged the criticism. But, he offered no response to the criticism of using gcc 2.96. He just says the critics are wrong and moves on! That's the same kind of unbelievable arrogance Microsoft has displayed for years. While Bob Young pointed out some contrasting aspects between RH and MS, that doesn't somehow erase the comparisons that many people have drawn.
Thanks for the tip. It was a bear, but I finally got it working. There were a couple steps that weren't documented and weren't obvious to a Python newbie. You deserve a karma point. Now I just need to disconnect all the phone ringers, add a DB lookup and I'm in business.
I don't even want my phone to ring unless I've "approved" it. I don't think its far away. I have caller ID info on my computer from the modem. I have a LAN. I just need to pull the caller ID info into a server, setup clients, do a database look up, only let calls thru that are approved. I know I can buy this stuff, but I'm looking for Open Source/Linux stuff. "Hello, your number is not recognized. Please enter your passcode or hang-up.... Click."
Sure, I think they meant software-wise.
Your problem with home recorded CDs may not be due to evil censorship. I had a similar problem playing homemade CDs in my new truck. It turned out that the player only likes CDs recorded in Disk at Once (DAO) mode. When you record in Track at Once (TAO) the formatting is different. I would be surprised if you cannot overcome this problem because, in theory, you should be able to make an *exact* duplicate of a CD. I doubt the MP3 -> DA has anything to do with this. Good Luck.