As a professional musician I need to use windows because that is where all the best sequencing/recording/processing technology is (yes, windows is far superior to mac for digital audio). Nevertheless, as a computer scientist...I HATE WINDOWS! And a lack of music applications is what is really holding me down from solely booting linux.
There was/. article months ago about how computer graphics for movies were being moved to Linux render farms. This meant that Hollywood was going Linux. Well, why can't the same thing happen for recording industry (also hollywood/LA)? There is a huge demand for it. Believe me, I wouldn't pay god knows how much for ProTools if I could just download a free linux equivalent, which would probably run faster anyway.
If the recording industry moved to Linux, they wouldn't just be saving tons of money for software (their only costs would be hardware). They might also adopt a new outlook on the "free world". A combination of the two might shut up the RIAA.
Actually...Newton had a very similar quote. I believe he said that if he "sees further" it is because he is standing on the shoulders of giants. Coleridge had a very simlilar quote as well. I believe it is someone from British Literature (maybe John Donne or Jonathan Swift)...is remembering who said the quote really all that important? (which comes back to my original point).
Someone important in British Literature once said, "If I appear so tall, it is because I stand on the shoulders of Giants." (If you can remember who that was, you've got mad skills).
I always think its important to learn about one's roots, but I don't think its as important as understanding our contemporaries.
Sure, Babbage was revolutionary and laid a big foundation for where we are today. But so did all of the people who laid foundations for him; and the people who laid foundations for those people. Without Faraday computers wouldn't exist. Without Newton computers wouldn't exist. Without Aristotle, etc. etc.
Does scrutinizing Aristotle (or Babbage for that matter) propel our computer knowledge farther than if we spent more time studying Kevin Mitnick or Bill Gates [even those who despise him must agree he changed the computing world, for better or worse is not the question]. Does knowing about the history of the punch card help us as much as understanding the status of quantum computing?
The whole premise of computer science is to abstract layers upon layers so the guy who takes over can do more without having to understand fully the layers below him. Knowing about those layers is good, but do you need to know about how capacitors charge in order to write a solid C code?
Where does one draw the line between useful information and cool things to talk about at a party?
I'd say Fiber I don't think optical is even remotely possible, even if the school was located on a flat plain.
Granted, fiber is indeed a superior connection. Lets not forget how cheap fiber is these days.
The communication companies know they can't charge much for the connection and for the physical fiber. In order to make a killing profit they must inflate the costs of installation. These costs are currently so high, that unless you are a huge corporation or university with a high demand and budget, optical is not a possibility.
If the school was in a more urban area, this could have been an option. Once fiber is already installed in a general area, it's relatively cheap (even with the phone company over-charge) to hook up to it.
Seeing how this school is located far away from any urban area, I'd say optical (or any wired connection for that matter) is out of the question.
I don't want to start listening to Ogg until the format name sounds cooler...
"MP3's with PCM ATA DIVX Encoding regulations BYOB with further RMS implications for BVD in the Matrix"
--or--
"Me man. Man want Ogg."
Instead of trying cram another tech event into California, why not try and fill the void that needs filling, namely a worthwhile Linux conference in the Southeast. Hmmm...
Why California? I don't know.
Its not like every major technology corporation/interested party doesn't have an office there.
Its not like the birthplace of the modern computing industry wasn't there either. (Everyone always says Northern California, but I am convinced it was Kalamazoo, Michigan).
Besides that, the weather is so terribile. It makes me shudder to think of it.
All in favor of relocating to Dothan, Alabama say "AY". That will totally boost attendance. I mean the last big thing that hit there was the National Peanut Festival.
"Jesus" knows the answer to this question. I can't really explain to you who "Jesus" is, you really need to check out JESUS.COM. In a question in his FAQ, he addresses the issue of how much a good domain should go for:
If you can write a check for 10+ million we might have something to talk about.
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While we are talking about wierd things happening in the background of important political messages...watch the presidents important address on Sunday about the US launching attacks on Afganistan here on CNN. I found it incredibly hard to pay attention to his speech with all those kites doing loop-de-loops outside the window.
I wonder if those guys flying the kites were aware that their tricks were being broadcasted (and rebroadcasted) to the everyone in the country. Man, talk about pressure to perform.
Isn't this disc supposed to be mixed/produced by the legendary trance master BT? I hate N'Sync as much as the next guy, but there might be a lot more musical value to this CD underneath all the superficial pretty-boy glamour.
I say we crack the CD just to prove to those motherflowers that we will ALWAYS be one step ahead of them. And just to piss them off even more, we pass the tracks through "N'Sync Filters" to remove the computer modified pretty-boy voices just so we can get some superfly BT beats.
Next Killer App: Track your kid!
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It was probably bad enough for Sue RandomTeenager that her father could get a hold of her at any time through her metallic pink cell phone, which wasn't so bad with the advent of caller ID.
Now Sue's father knows exactly when she's at J.RandomPlaya's house, or at school for that matter.
I don't think teenagers will carry cell phones any more. Either that or their parents will force them to.
"Jim, we seem to have a problem with our unix servers? The public just exposed a crucial security leak [in telnet]"
"What should we do Ted?"
"Lets fire everyone who could possibly fix this situation"
"THATS A GREAT IDEA TED!!...and we can leave users with defective merchandise and never fix it!"
Why need a remote? What about a wireless mouse and/or keyboard?
I'm currently planning out my new apartment living room to have the appearance of a normal living room. The computer in the bedroom controls everything in the apartment, except the computer is invisible to the living room, yet it is controlled from the living room:
-Computer (with everything that a home entertainment center can do, and then some) with TV out -> TV in living room
-Digital Audio from Computer -> Speakers in living room (for DVD sound, mp3's)
-Wireless mouse on coffee table (or keyboard or both)
Now you can surf the internet, play games, watch movies, listen to music, etc right from the couch. You save a lot of clutter in the living room. None of your "lady friends" make fun of you and tell you "you are such a dork, I'm glad I cheated on you with Bob in 203" And you also don't spend a riduculous amount of money on stupid electronics which are like 1/8 the price on the computer.
I don't think that DARPA is using a stopwatch to calculate this to the nearest millisecond. They use very precise measuring tools that go to an accuracy far greater than a millesecond. The same goes for every number reported in the article. With all of these taken into account, the actual values probably differ than those reported by the illustrious 'sacramento bee'. Therefore, without the actual data, it is pointless to criticize or recalculate, since you are already using erroneous rounded data.
Just out of curiosity, when is the Itanium supposed to come out??? According to recruiters, it was supposed to be out by now, and then I heard another year from someone? I thought that they were through the Pentiums????
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The death of jazz++ saddens me.
/. article months ago about how computer graphics for movies were being moved to Linux render farms. This meant that Hollywood was going Linux. Well, why can't the same thing happen for recording industry (also hollywood/LA)? There is a huge demand for it. Believe me, I wouldn't pay god knows how much for ProTools if I could just download a free linux equivalent, which would probably run faster anyway.
As a professional musician I need to use windows because that is where all the best sequencing/recording/processing technology is (yes, windows is far superior to mac for digital audio). Nevertheless, as a computer scientist...I HATE WINDOWS! And a lack of music applications is what is really holding me down from solely booting linux.
There was
If the recording industry moved to Linux, they wouldn't just be saving tons of money for software (their only costs would be hardware). They might also adopt a new outlook on the "free world". A combination of the two might shut up the RIAA.
I'm all about cats, but isn't this just a skinned version of tickle-me-elmo?
No wait, tickle-me-elmo could move!
Actually...Newton had a very similar quote. I believe he said that if he "sees further" it is because he is standing on the shoulders of giants. Coleridge had a very simlilar quote as well. I believe it is someone from British Literature (maybe John Donne or Jonathan Swift)...is remembering who said the quote really all that important? (which comes back to my original point).
Someone important in British Literature once said, "If I appear so tall, it is because I stand on the shoulders of Giants." (If you can remember who that was, you've got mad skills).
I always think its important to learn about one's roots, but I don't think its as important as understanding our contemporaries.
Sure, Babbage was revolutionary and laid a big foundation for where we are today. But so did all of the people who laid foundations for him; and the people who laid foundations for those people. Without Faraday computers wouldn't exist. Without Newton computers wouldn't exist. Without Aristotle, etc. etc.
Does scrutinizing Aristotle (or Babbage for that matter) propel our computer knowledge farther than if we spent more time studying Kevin Mitnick or Bill Gates [even those who despise him must agree he changed the computing world, for better or worse is not the question]. Does knowing about the history of the punch card help us as much as understanding the status of quantum computing?
The whole premise of computer science is to abstract layers upon layers so the guy who takes over can do more without having to understand fully the layers below him. Knowing about those layers is good, but do you need to know about how capacitors charge in order to write a solid C code?
Where does one draw the line between useful information and cool things to talk about at a party?
I'd say Fiber
I don't think optical is even remotely possible, even if the school was located on a flat plain.
Granted, fiber is indeed a superior connection. Lets not forget how cheap fiber is these days.
The communication companies know they can't charge much for the connection and for the physical fiber. In order to make a killing profit they must inflate the costs of installation. These costs are currently so high, that unless you are a huge corporation or university with a high demand and budget, optical is not a possibility.
If the school was in a more urban area, this could have been an option. Once fiber is already installed in a general area, it's relatively cheap (even with the phone company over-charge) to hook up to it.
Seeing how this school is located far away from any urban area, I'd say optical (or any wired connection for that matter) is out of the question.
I don't want to start listening to Ogg until the format name sounds cooler...
"MP3's with PCM ATA DIVX Encoding regulations BYOB with further RMS implications for BVD in the Matrix"
--or--
"Me man. Man want Ogg."
Instead of trying cram another tech event into California, why not try and fill the void that needs filling, namely a worthwhile Linux conference in the Southeast.
Hmmm...
Why California? I don't know.
Its not like every major technology corporation/interested party doesn't have an office there.
Its not like the birthplace of the modern computing industry wasn't there either. (Everyone always says Northern California, but I am convinced it was Kalamazoo, Michigan).
Besides that, the weather is so terribile. It makes me shudder to think of it.
All in favor of relocating to Dothan, Alabama say "AY". That will totally boost attendance. I mean the last big thing that hit there was the National Peanut Festival.
"Jesus" knows the answer to this question. I can't really explain to you who "Jesus" is, you really need to check out JESUS.COM. In a question in his FAQ, he addresses the issue of how much a good domain should go for:
If you can write a check for 10+ million we might have something to talk about.
While we are talking about wierd things happening in the background of important political messages...watch the presidents important address on Sunday about the US launching attacks on Afganistan here on CNN. I found it incredibly hard to pay attention to his speech with all those kites doing loop-de-loops outside the window.
I wonder if those guys flying the kites were aware that their tricks were being broadcasted (and rebroadcasted) to the everyone in the country. Man, talk about pressure to perform.
Isn't this disc supposed to be mixed/produced by the legendary trance master BT? I hate N'Sync as much as the next guy, but there might be a lot more musical value to this CD underneath all the superficial pretty-boy glamour.
I say we crack the CD just to prove to those motherflowers that we will ALWAYS be one step ahead of them. And just to piss them off even more, we pass the tracks through "N'Sync Filters" to remove the computer modified pretty-boy voices just so we can get some superfly BT beats.
It was probably bad enough for Sue RandomTeenager that her father could get a hold of her at any time through her metallic pink cell phone, which wasn't so bad with the advent of caller ID.
Now Sue's father knows exactly when she's at J.RandomPlaya's house, or at school for that matter.
I don't think teenagers will carry cell phones any more. Either that or their parents will force them to.
"Jim, we seem to have a problem with our unix servers? The public just exposed a crucial security leak [in telnet]"
"What should we do Ted?"
"Lets fire everyone who could possibly fix this situation"
"THATS A GREAT IDEA TED!!...and we can leave users with defective merchandise and never fix it!"
Why need a remote? What about a wireless mouse and/or keyboard?
I'm currently planning out my new apartment living room to have the appearance of a normal living room. The computer in the bedroom controls everything in the apartment, except the computer is invisible to the living room, yet it is controlled from the living room:
-Computer (with everything that a home entertainment center can do, and then some) with TV out -> TV in living room
-Digital Audio from Computer -> Speakers in living room (for DVD sound, mp3's)
-Wireless mouse on coffee table (or keyboard or both)
Now you can surf the internet, play games, watch movies, listen to music, etc right from the couch. You save a lot of clutter in the living room. None of your "lady friends" make fun of you and tell you "you are such a dork, I'm glad I cheated on you with Bob in 203" And you also don't spend a riduculous amount of money on stupid electronics which are like 1/8 the price on the computer.
For a second I was like "thats so cool that batman is a hacker!"...then I remembered thats Adam West, not Brian West.
Oh well.
I don't think that DARPA is using a stopwatch to calculate this to the nearest millisecond. They use very precise measuring tools that go to an accuracy far greater than a millesecond. The same goes for every number reported in the article. With all of these taken into account, the actual values probably differ than those reported by the illustrious 'sacramento bee'. Therefore, without the actual data, it is pointless to criticize or recalculate, since you are already using erroneous rounded data.
Just out of curiosity, when is the Itanium supposed to come out??? According to recruiters, it was supposed to be out by now, and then I heard another year from someone? I thought that they were through the Pentiums????