did anyone notice that the prices for TBM's on tbmexchange are way less that what the TBM on eBay is currently bidding at? 10M euro! and it doesn't even work!? something smells fishy...
okay, maybe i'm a noob, or have just been living under a box trying to escape the complexity of this case. either way, can someone answer this for me?
why is this any different than a musician's music who has been sampled for use on another musician's album? I own a few thousand CD's, and I'd bet that several of them contain uncleared samples from other artists on them. i've yet to be sued, nor am i likely to be. isn't the offending artist sued in this case?
sure, in some cases a sample might be obfuscated or modified beyond recognition, but the genesis of the resulting sound is still the same. if the sample is not cleared by the owner of the original sample, a clear case to sue is present.
why then can these fu&*ers go after end-users (or the listener, in my example) for using technology sold to them by the 'artist' who allegedly stole the IP from it's creator?
imagine EMI going after everyone who has a copy of The Grey Album instead of going after DJ Danger Mouse like they are doing.
we recently completed a re-cabling job of over 130 drops. somewhere in the neighborhood of 4KM of cable was installed, and about the same was removed. our interconnect charged us about $2400 CAD to remove the old cable, and they did it on a weekend so as not to interrupt our employees.
we've done this in a few areas in our building; removing the old cable each time at a marginal cost.
we remove the old cable mainly because it looks aweful! we are in an old building with no walls in which to hide cables. ladder-racks are used to transport the cable and they would get overcrowded if we were to keep the old stuff around.
what's the point of keeping old, solid-core, CAT5 around? some of it is so brittle that it literally breaks apart if you bend the cable!
plus, our interconnect recycles the cable and gets a few buck back for the copper -- although not much from what i've been told.
Go back 10-15 years and listen to the sound quality from popular recordings then, and compare to now. Almost EVERYTHING out today is highly compressed and sounds very digital. This is mostly because of the use of software like ProTools and Reason. Many artists have become producers of their own work and few do a good job of producing their own stuff. Then it's up to the mastering engineer to correct the mistakes the artist cum producer has made. Many times is too late and we are left with over processed crap to listen to. I haven't done research on this, but I'm pretty sure you can chart the decline in sonic quality with the drop in price to produce a piece of music...
What other platform is there? (Just kidding!) Seriously... In many cases most or all of the same sofware is available for Wintel notebooks. Reason, Cubase and a host of editing suites and plug-ins are out there for PC's. I have a Mac and my colleauge has a PC. We both run Reason 2 and collaborate across the Canada/US border (Toronto/NYC). We've yet to run into any compatability issues.
A small midi controller, like the Midiman Oxygen-8, works on both platforms as it has a USB interface and drivers for both.
the C7 was probably the best mouse ever made. good size, weight, and tracking was quite good, even though Windows 1.0 didn't really show it off... i bought mine for around $250 Canadian dollars around 1985? (back when it was nearly on-par with the greenback). and it still works today, though i only pull it out for show and tell.
Over 100 75GXP's in our organization, 30 of which have failed in recent months, with total data loss. Oh sure, we're going to get them replaced by IBM, but do you think they're going into machines? Hell no, we're going to turn them into wall clocks!
We've switched to Seagate Baracuda IV's, screw the 120GXP. Once bitten...
Anyone filing a class-action suit against IBM in Canada?
It's true! Even the province of Alberta is going to tax visiting pro hockey players to help subsidise their two financially-strapped hockey teams.
This is typical of the Canadian government though. Approach a perceived problem from the wrong angle, which ends up creating a black market in the end anyway. Instead of making driver training mandatory, we increase fines; Recently an employee of the motor vehicles office in Vancouver was caught 'selling' licences people! Instead of banning cigaretts we tax the crap out of them, and we all know about the massing black tobacco market.
It's a never ending cycle that always seems to net the government more money but never solves the real problems!
The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto Canada had several Pioneer laser disc players that were used for interactive displays back in the '80's. I'd be willing to bet they still have a few of these things in storage somewhere.
So, what's the alternative? Sympatico high-speed does not offer static IP's nor is their upstream speed near to that of Rocers'. I can understand perhaps moving to another TV provider, but when Rogers offers all these "wonderful" "incentives" to stick with them, why move?
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did anyone notice that the prices for TBM's on tbmexchange are way less that what the TBM on eBay is currently bidding at? 10M euro! and it doesn't even work!? something smells fishy...
okay, maybe i'm a noob, or have just been living under a box trying to escape the complexity of this case. either way, can someone answer this for me?
why is this any different than a musician's music who has been sampled for use on another musician's album? I own a few thousand CD's, and I'd bet that several of them contain uncleared samples from other artists on them. i've yet to be sued, nor am i likely to be. isn't the offending artist sued in this case?
sure, in some cases a sample might be obfuscated or modified beyond recognition, but the genesis of the resulting sound is still the same. if the sample is not cleared by the owner of the original sample, a clear case to sue is present.
why then can these fu&*ers go after end-users (or the listener, in my example) for using technology sold to them by the 'artist' who allegedly stole the IP from it's creator?
imagine EMI going after everyone who has a copy of The Grey Album instead of going after DJ Danger Mouse like they are doing.
a little help? i'm very confused. thanks.
speaking of cameras... i guess camera manufacturers will eventually have to an an LED setting to the white-balance adjustment.
we recently completed a re-cabling job of over 130 drops. somewhere in the neighborhood of 4KM of cable was installed, and about the same was removed. our interconnect charged us about $2400 CAD to remove the old cable, and they did it on a weekend so as not to interrupt our employees.
we've done this in a few areas in our building; removing the old cable each time at a marginal cost.
we remove the old cable mainly because it looks aweful! we are in an old building with no walls in which to hide cables. ladder-racks are used to transport the cable and they would get overcrowded if we were to keep the old stuff around.
what's the point of keeping old, solid-core, CAT5 around? some of it is so brittle that it literally breaks apart if you bend the cable!
plus, our interconnect recycles the cable and gets a few buck back for the copper -- although not much from what i've been told.
to quote The Economist magazine;
"Congratulations China, no need for aid right?"
http://mantisbt.sourceforge.net
it's a bug-tracker but works quite well handling requests.
cheers.
Professional quality? BAH!
Go back 10-15 years and listen to the sound quality from popular recordings then, and compare to now. Almost EVERYTHING out today is highly compressed and sounds very digital. This is mostly because of the use of software like ProTools and Reason. Many artists have become producers of their own work and few do a good job of producing their own stuff. Then it's up to the mastering engineer to correct the mistakes the artist cum producer has made. Many times is too late and we are left with over processed crap to listen to. I haven't done research on this, but I'm pretty sure you can chart the decline in sonic quality with the drop in price to produce a piece of music...
What other platform is there? (Just kidding!)
Seriously... In many cases most or all of the same sofware is available for Wintel notebooks. Reason, Cubase and a host of editing suites and plug-ins are out there for PC's. I have a Mac and my colleauge has a PC. We both run Reason 2 and collaborate across the Canada/US border (Toronto/NYC). We've yet to run into any compatability issues.
A small midi controller, like the Midiman Oxygen-8, works on both platforms as it has a USB interface and drivers for both.
Hope this helps.
cheers.
the C7 was probably the best mouse ever made. good size, weight, and tracking was quite good, even though Windows 1.0 didn't really show it off... i bought mine for around $250 Canadian dollars around 1985? (back when it was nearly on-par with the greenback). and it still works today, though i only pull it out for show and tell.
computer badass?
don't forget to play Slim Whitman really loud (Mars Attacks!)
there is a solution.
there is an answer.
www.twelveinch.com we're Canadian!
Given the amount of plastic and lack of sheilding, I wonder if this thing is a ticking-static-timebomb?!
Over 100 75GXP's in our organization, 30 of which have failed in recent months, with total data loss. Oh sure, we're going to get them replaced by IBM, but do you think they're going into machines? Hell no, we're going to turn them into wall clocks!
We've switched to Seagate Baracuda IV's, screw the 120GXP. Once bitten...
Anyone filing a class-action suit against IBM in Canada?
It's true! Even the province of Alberta is going to tax visiting pro hockey players to help subsidise their two financially-strapped hockey teams.
This is typical of the Canadian government though. Approach a perceived problem from the wrong angle, which ends up creating a black market in the end anyway. Instead of making driver training mandatory, we increase fines; Recently an employee of the motor vehicles office in Vancouver was caught 'selling' licences people! Instead of banning cigaretts we tax the crap out of them, and we all know about the massing black tobacco market.
It's a never ending cycle that always seems to net the government more money but never solves the real problems!
The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto Canada had several Pioneer laser disc players that were used for interactive displays back in the '80's. I'd be willing to bet they still have a few of these things in storage somewhere.
Family Guy was the most poorly promoted show ever. Period. Sign the petition to save it!
So, what's the alternative? Sympatico high-speed does not offer static IP's nor is their upstream speed near to that of Rocers'. I can understand perhaps moving to another TV provider, but when Rogers offers all these "wonderful" "incentives" to stick with them, why move?