Fine, if I "tell people to use one product". But I can't tell anyone on Slashdot to use CDDB, because they already know about it and have already made up their minds about it.
I used CDDB as an example, because everyone already knows about it. Musicbrainz is a terrible example, because no one's ever heard of it.
I agree that what's happened to CDDB is upsetting, and I even alluded to the "conflict", though I didn't say much as I was just trying to make a quick point.
Curry's proposing a central database of meta-info that could be used to fill in the boxes like Mad Libs.
It's like CDDB, with more info and less conflict.
Can you recognise a top 40 song when it's played on the radio?
Do you know every lyric, note and chord change?
Why shouldn't it be possible for a computer to do the same thing? Remember: it's not a watermark-- it's more like MD5.
Fingerprints in the abstract are fundamentally more secure: a properly constructed fingerprint can't be broken without scrambling the audio file, while a sufficiently smart and well-funded adversary can always break a watermark, given enough time.
If watermarks are steganography, fingerprints are more like hashes or CRCs. If you have a perfect fingerprint, the fingerprint being separate from the song, you'd have to make the song not sound like itself in order to stop it from being recognized.
Of course, we have yet to see how good Tuneprint is, but it sounds pretty cool. And it wouldn't be hard to build up a database with a bunch of CDs and CDDB.
Incorrect. Not all companies have investors. Some rely on bank loans and founders' money.
The owners alone can decide sufficient reason for a company's existence. Investors can play a valuable role in a company, but it is a supporting role. Any time the investors are in charge, the founders have literally sold out.
Do you honestly think that they started this company with no intention of being *profitable*? Do you honestly think they threw all this money, time, and energy into making Google out of some sense of philanthropy?
No, I honestly think that the founders are in this for the joy of hacking. They're not doing it for us, they're doing it because they love it. From their perspective, the company's purpose is to pay them, not make money.
That's one perspective, but TV and radio haven't changed much. What changes have taken place are backwards-compatible. There's no need for old TV sets, because new TV sets can do all that and more.
But it's different when you look at IT.
Punch cards are still in use. My overclocked Celeron has a 5.25" disk drive. My friend just bought a record player.
Why? Because there's information in old formats that's valuable. And as long as that data's out there, the equipment that can read it is valuable.
Sure radio, itself, didn't disappear, but radio drama was a huge part of radio content. TV kicked its' ass all the way to pluto. Tech change is almost always destructive AND creative. That's what science fiction is about.
And you're right about the tendency of the media to sensationalize. Good news doesn't sell papers.
Evidence in Caldera's lawsuit showed that Windows 95 and 98 still rely on DOS for some of their system functions. Since Windows Milennium is not a major architectural change, it probably uses DOS the same way.
Just because you can't go into MS-DOS mode doesn't mean DOS isn't there.
Anyhow, it still has DOS boxes. I haven't heard anyone authoritative say that no DOS apps will work with Windows Milennium.
What's stopping them is that Mozilla's HTML+CSS support is not complete.
I've been watching the same CSS-P bug pushed back and back, through milestone and milestone until finally the assigned developer abandoned it completely.
No, it's more like 80% water. Which is amusing because the surface of the Earth is about 75% water. Maybe if I pee a lot, I can become a planet!
Re:Er, it's called "television"
on
Movies Online?
·
· Score: 4
The movie theatre isn't where big movies make most of their money these days. Video's where it's at. So what's the advantage of a theatrical release?
Strangely, it seems that "credibility" is what comes with a theatrical release. Made-for-tv movies are always "made-for-tv movies", and direct to video movies are always "direct-to-video" movies. But theatrical releases, those are "real movies".
They get major ad campaigns. They get reviewed by the film critics. They're even "group culture". People will talk about current theatrical releases the same way they'll talk about recent events in the world of sports. They'll go see them on dates.
Video has already come up as a contender for movie distribution, and it sure hasn't replaced any of those things. Downloads may replace VHS (oh happy day!) but they won't replace movie theatres. Ever.
An article in ZDNet says that people DO use Napster to prieview music before buying. A while ago I downloaded a Sheryl Crow song I liked. Then I downloaded some more. Realized I like Sheryl Crow, not just a few of her songs. Bought the CD.
It says in the article why enhanced vision is a Good Thing. Night vision. To paraphrase Apple: "When it's dark, normal vision sucks rhinos. Enhanced vision sucks less."
Slashdot Mirror
The "apocalypse" was the departure of Jeff "Hemos" Bates.
Fine, if I "tell people to use one product". But I can't tell anyone on Slashdot to use CDDB, because they already know about it and have already made up their minds about it.
I used CDDB as an example, because everyone already knows about it. Musicbrainz is a terrible example, because no one's ever heard of it.
I agree that what's happened to CDDB is upsetting, and I even alluded to the "conflict", though I didn't say much as I was just trying to make a quick point.
You give a well-known example, and what does it get you?
Advocacy.
Mention Windows 2000, they'll advocate Be.
Mention MS Word, they'll advocate Star Office.
Mention KDE, they'll advocate Gnome (yes, even now).
There are worthy alternatives to the most popular options, but why do folks feel compelled to advocate them ceacelessly? It gets old fast. . .
Curry's proposing a central database of meta-info that could be used to fill in the boxes like Mad Libs.
It's like CDDB, with more info and less conflict.
Can you recognise a top 40 song when it's played on the radio?
Do you know every lyric, note and chord change?
Why shouldn't it be possible for a computer to do the same thing? Remember: it's not a watermark-- it's more like MD5.
FAQ:
If watermarks are steganography, fingerprints are more like hashes or CRCs. If you have a perfect fingerprint, the fingerprint being separate from the song, you'd have to make the song not sound like itself in order to stop it from being recognized.
Of course, we have yet to see how good Tuneprint is, but it sounds pretty cool. And it wouldn't be hard to build up a database with a bunch of CDs and CDDB.
Come on. It's "News for Nerds". By reading it, you agree that you are a nerd.
:-)
Right?
Incorrect. Not all companies have investors. Some rely on bank loans and founders' money.
The owners alone can decide sufficient reason for a company's existence. Investors can play a valuable role in a company, but it is a supporting role. Any time the investors are in charge, the founders have literally sold out.
Do you honestly think that they started this company with no intention of being *profitable*? Do you honestly think they threw all this money, time, and energy into making Google out of some sense of philanthropy?
No, I honestly think that the founders are in this for the joy of hacking. They're not doing it for us, they're doing it because they love it. From their perspective, the company's purpose is to pay them, not make money.
Just have each of you record himself having a conference call with the others. Then get the recordings to Nate, and make him mix them together.
Computer recording's better than analog tape for the purpose, because there aren't so many synch problems.
There. That's my idea.
Microchannel? There may have been microchannel hard disk interfaces back in the golden days of the PS/2, but I dare you to find one now.
That's one perspective, but TV and radio haven't changed much. What changes have taken place are backwards-compatible. There's no need for old TV sets, because new TV sets can do all that and more.
But it's different when you look at IT.
Punch cards are still in use. My overclocked Celeron has a 5.25" disk drive. My friend just bought a record player.
Why? Because there's information in old formats that's valuable. And as long as that data's out there, the equipment that can read it is valuable.
Sure radio, itself, didn't disappear, but radio drama was a huge part of radio content. TV kicked its' ass all the way to pluto. Tech change is almost always destructive AND creative. That's what science fiction is about.
And you're right about the tendency of the media to sensationalize. Good news doesn't sell papers.
The xfree86 FAQ at their site says "If you want 640x480 without scrolling, remove all the larger modes." This is not acceptable.
Evidence in Caldera's lawsuit showed that Windows 95 and 98 still rely on DOS for some of their system functions. Since Windows Milennium is not a major architectural change, it probably uses DOS the same way.
Just because you can't go into MS-DOS mode doesn't mean DOS isn't there.
Anyhow, it still has DOS boxes. I haven't heard anyone authoritative say that no DOS apps will work with Windows Milennium.
Something about this idea scares me.
Use the network as a disk cache?
What's stopping them is that Mozilla's HTML+CSS support is not complete.
I've been watching the same CSS-P bug pushed back and back, through milestone and milestone until finally the assigned developer abandoned it completely.
"You have a GeForce? Can I be your friend?"
No, it's more like 80% water.
Which is amusing because the surface of the Earth is about 75% water. Maybe if I pee a lot, I can become a planet!
The movie theatre isn't where big movies make most of their money these days. Video's where it's at. So what's the advantage of a theatrical release?
Strangely, it seems that "credibility" is what comes with a theatrical release. Made-for-tv movies are always "made-for-tv movies", and direct to video movies are always "direct-to-video" movies. But theatrical releases, those are "real movies".
They get major ad campaigns. They get reviewed by the film critics. They're even "group culture". People will talk about current theatrical releases the same way they'll talk about recent events in the world of sports. They'll go see them on dates.
Video has already come up as a contender for movie distribution, and it sure hasn't replaced any of those things. Downloads may replace VHS (oh happy day!) but they won't replace movie theatres. Ever.
Well, yeah. Even the ISA bus used to run at processor speed.
:-)
Then the system bus started running faster than the expansion bus. (286 time?)
Then the processor started running faster than the system bus. (486DX2, DX4, and Blue Lightning)
What's next? Processors running faster than their on-chip cache?
If there were a central organization certifying Kerberos compliance, do you think MS would have pulld the crap they did?
An article in ZDNet says that people DO use Napster to prieview music before buying. A while ago I downloaded a Sheryl Crow song I liked. Then I downloaded some more. Realized I like Sheryl Crow, not just a few of her songs. Bought the CD.
Alternatively, perhaps VMware can give people their choice of BIOS key. . .
It says in the article why enhanced vision is a Good Thing. Night vision. To paraphrase Apple: "When it's dark, normal vision sucks rhinos. Enhanced vision sucks less."