It has all been said before, and will be said again about introducing a new format. Which is totally right, who is going to want a hard drive full of.nap files ?
But I just had a thought, in Napster's heyday (isn't it scary that last year is already "heyday"), broadband was a lot more prevalent. Now, we have seen boradband companies die, as well as a lot of people losing their jobs and either being off the net (doubtful) or switching to dial up. I couldn't help but wonder how many people are left that will want to sit there on a 56k line and download.nap files.
This is gonna get me flamed to a well done crisp, but.....
We (I.T. type people and Slashdot readers/posters) are very quick to point the finger at our stupid users when they click on attachments proclaiming their love;)
However, the second someone posts a link about open source, everyone jumps on it without a quick check to see what it really is.
Added to this is the simple fact that....touring is DAMN expensive.
When you take into account all the expenses, travel, accommodation, crew, equipment transport, union fees at venues....artists don't actually make too much money off the tour.
This is why you hear the phrase "touring to promote the album", not the other way around.
You just can not drop the "open source philisophy" of give the software for free, charge for support" into the realm of music, it just doesn't fit.
yes, the RIAA are evil, yes the record labels are cheating greedy bastards who screw the musicians. But the fact of the matter is, the artists depend on album sales and songwriting royalties to make their living. If the record industry decide they are losing money due to file sharing, it is the artists who will get it in the pants, coz you can be damn sure the record company won't wear it.
This sort of thing really annoys me. This idiot (and echoing a previous poster, I have to apologise on behalf of Australia for the crimes against comedy) was a short term flavour of the month in the early nineties.
He just released a movie last year that AFAIK went nowhere, his career is fucked, so, hmmmm I know, I will sue a big company and make some cash.
Now perhaps you have dealt with shitty CS majors, but talk to any CS professor and they will tell you that nobody should be developing applications without proper training.
While I don't totally disagree with your post, that bit is totally redundant. Of course a CS professor will tell you that, it is in the interest of their job security.
Just like the thought that musicians will give their the music away (via the internet) but charge for real live preformances
You have obviously never tried to make a living as a performing original musician. It joust does not and will not work like that for 98% of musicians. For Metallica it will (If they can get Hetfield out of rehab) but for most.....sorry.
I just bought Learning Java from O'Reilly. Really good book, lots of good examples, I am very happy with it so far.
The only minor fault is that some things where you might want to branch into a specialised topic it covers very lightly and then recommends another O'Reilly book for that topic. I guess that is OK though, because it does cover a lot of stuff.
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It has all been said before, and will be said again about introducing a new format. Which is totally right, who is going to want a hard drive full of .nap files ?
But I just had a thought, in Napster's heyday (isn't it scary that last year is already "heyday"), broadband was a lot more prevalent. Now, we have seen boradband companies die, as well as a lot of people losing their jobs and either being off the net (doubtful) or switching to dial up. I couldn't help but wonder how many people are left that will want to sit there on a 56k line and download .nap files.
just a thought...
OK, it's web based, and Australian..
But, SEEK has an online resume builder that is not too bad. It might give you some ideas anyway.
Our company uses Outlook. Outlook has an option to include signatures in replys and forwards.
Where this gets really nasty is when (as we do), you have a company standard signature, Name, title, phone, 4 URLs, plus a 10 line legal disclaimer.
This is one of my pet peeves at work, having to scroll down 2 pages because you just got an email with....
Yes, it does
Followed by 17 lines of signature and you can't see the original message.
I think the folks at my company take themselves a little too seriously....
You just need to take all the I.P. addresses offline while your goons chase Ryan Phillipe around the building.
This is gonna get me flamed to a well done crisp, but.....
We (I.T. type people and Slashdot readers/posters) are very quick to point the finger at our stupid users when they click on attachments proclaiming their love ;)
However, the second someone posts a link about open source, everyone jumps on it without a quick check to see what it really is.
Interesting.......
When you take into account all the expenses, travel, accommodation, crew, equipment transport, union fees at venues....artists don't actually make too much money off the tour.
This is why you hear the phrase "touring to promote the album", not the other way around.
You just can not drop the "open source philisophy" of give the software for free, charge for support" into the realm of music, it just doesn't fit.
yes, the RIAA are evil, yes the record labels are cheating greedy bastards who screw the musicians. But the fact of the matter is, the artists depend on album sales and songwriting royalties to make their living. If the record industry decide they are losing money due to file sharing, it is the artists who will get it in the pants, coz you can be damn sure the record company won't wear it.
(yes, I am a musician)
This will probably get me strung up.... but Microsoft have a free one called the "Web Application Stress Tool".
Might be worth a look if you have an MS Box to run it on.
This sort of thing really annoys me. This idiot (and echoing a previous poster, I have to apologise on behalf of Australia for the crimes against comedy) was a short term flavour of the month in the early nineties.
He just released a movie last year that AFAIK went nowhere, his career is fucked, so, hmmmm I know, I will sue a big company and make some cash.
The is opportunism, pure and simple...
Hate to be picky, but I do believe "First we take Manhattan" is by Leonard Cohen.
While I don't totally disagree with your post, that bit is totally redundant. Of course a CS professor will tell you that, it is in the interest of their job security.
You have obviously never tried to make a living as a performing original musician. It joust does not and will not work like that for 98% of musicians. For Metallica it will (If they can get Hetfield out of rehab) but for most.....sorry.
"Which is a shame really because that is exactly what it was designed for"
Who would bother writing a virus that will affect 11 people ?
I just bought Learning Java from O'Reilly. Really good book, lots of good examples, I am very happy with it so far.
The only minor fault is that some things where you might want to branch into a specialised topic it covers very lightly and then recommends another O'Reilly book for that topic. I guess that is OK though, because it does cover a lot of stuff.
Sit there
Grind HD for a while
Crash
Repeat