This is why I love the Mac so much. I use the Keychain application to store passwords I have that need to be strong, but that I may use only once a month (if that much). If I want to see the passwords, I have to enter the password to my user account (which is also strong).
I'm a software developer for a major corporation, and on the weekends I DJ at a night club. I even got to meet MC Hammer.
Oh, and I do more IT, by doing the club's website.
/my 0.02 USD
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I wish I could remember where I read this, but google isn't helping this time. I'd read that the Japanese government asked Squaresoft to release Final Fantasy games on weekends instead of Tuesdays (if that's Japan's release day) because so many people would take off work to play.
Here's an idea: if you're really so unhappy with giving Lucas money, just buy a ticket to a different film, and then go in to see Star Wars. Most theaters I see don't check the tickets too carefully (it might be tougher if there's a big crowd).
I recorded an album on my iBook with a TASCAM US-122, and found that Apple's loops just aren't good enough. They sound clear, but they're just not that interesting. So, I got M-Audio's These Drums Are Loud, and it really added a lot to my drum section (I don't have the space for a drum kit). Anyway, that's just a tip. I'd avoid the new Jam Packs without a lot of reviews and maybe some sample clips. Of course, if you want more than drums, that's another story.
Unless their primary goal is to protect their obsolete business model, but they wouldn't do that....
I think the RIAA is not really concerned about online communities like this one. Things like GarageBand.com have been around for a long time and the RIAA is not sweating it. Things like this make it easier for an RIAA label to sign a band. The band will be more professional, will already have some knowledge of marketing itself, and will have some sort of proven success to show that they can create a "buzz." Right now, all a major label can do is go to live shows and watch SoundScan reports for independents to look for talent (they don't open unsolicited demo tapes mailed to them for legal purposes). This is simply another venue for them to scout.
This is a good thing! Now companies that are tempted to ban iPods to keep their data in-house won't have to. I know I wouldn't enjoy work nearly as much if it weren't for my iPod.
From what I think I understand, video cards specialize in floating point operations, for handling 3-D objects and all that stuff, but sound processing is all about integers. I thought that was why Intel's MMX technology didn't really do much, because it only helped sound. (No one else really needed to do multiple adds in a single clock cycle.)
I still play house, from time to time. I just go easy on it. I listened to your mix, and I really like it! A bunch of drunk people in Memphis might be hearing it this weekend. While we're at showing off music, check out my gangsta rap song. I was just goofing off, but it's still fun to me.
The club I'm at has multiple dance floors, so they're all different. One floor is playing all techno (mostly house) and rap, so I try to keep a different flavor. I play almost any genre. Funk, disco, soul, hip hop (but not this freek-a-leek type stuff), a little bit of rock, 80's pop, very small dose of modern pop. In fact, all I know I haven't played is country or classical. It doesn't sound like your typical club set, but I'm going for a different mood. All in all, it's really cool, and extremely fun. Most of all, it just depends on what my crowd looks like, and it's really different every time.
I have a pair, and use them. I just like the computer. I use lossless codecs for stuff, and if it is compressed, I test it thoroughly before I pull it out in public. If it won't sound good on the sound system, I don't play it. But, seriously, I've been looking at the replies to my original post, and it further solidifies my belief that most DJs are too concerned with the technical side and not enough with the programming (choosing material) side. When I first started bringing a laptop, I thought it might bother people and they would not be as impressed with my performance. It turns out quite the opposite was true. Several people were impressed that I could do it off a computer, and they were blown away with how much music I could store on a firewire hard drive. And once I started using it, my show got better. I could get to the "perfect song" instantly, instead of having to do a binary search in my head through crates and boxes. You can have your head down looking through your records, or you can be watching the crowd and figuring out what they're going to dance to next. I choose the latter, even though it's treason.
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I occasionally use DJ-1800, which emulates multple CD players (I just got it, still testing the demo version before I buy it. The only extra feature I want is a brake, which MegaSeg has). There's also PCDJ, but I'm a Mac guy, so I don't mess with it much. I've even used iTunes and GarageBand. I also use "real" DJ gear, like turntables and CD players, but I'm an outcast (not to be confused with OutKast) among DJs I know because I actually prefer to use the computer.
I am a software developer by day, and DJ at a night club by night. The idea of programming live is really cool to me, but when I'm DJing with my computer, I'm scared to run anything other than the DJ software, because I can't have ANY lag. I do, however, write software at home to help my DJ gigs.
I'm actually willing to risk my "excellent" karma on this. This article is so irrelevant, I'm going to post Beck lyrics:
The Golden Age -------------- Put your hands on the wheel Let the golden age begin Let the window down Feel the moonlight on your skin Let the desert wind Cool your aching head Let the weight of the world Drift away instead
These day I barely get by I don't even try
It's a treacherous road With a desolated view There's distant lights But here they're far and few And the sun don't shine Even when it's day You gotta drive all night Just to feel like you're ok
These days I barely get by I don't even try
Don't get me wrong. I hate the RIAA too, but c'mon!
Slashdot Mirror
This is why I love the Mac so much. I use the Keychain application to store passwords I have that need to be strong, but that I may use only once a month (if that much). If I want to see the passwords, I have to enter the password to my user account (which is also strong).
I don't think that's the case. It sounds to me like AOL can just dangle Netscape in front of Microsoft's eyes to get them to play nice.
For correcting OCR, the text could be put in a wiki next to the page images, and whoever needs to read it first can correct it....
My password is weu@$9JKcpw34.
No one has ever guessed it.
I'm a software developer for a major corporation, and on the weekends I DJ at a night club.
/my 0.02 USD
I even got to meet MC Hammer.
Oh, and I do more IT, by doing the club's website.
I wish I could remember where I read this, but google isn't helping this time. I'd read that the Japanese government asked Squaresoft to release Final Fantasy games on weekends instead of Tuesdays (if that's Japan's release day) because so many people would take off work to play.
Maybe it'll say "Drew Curtis surrenders."
Here's an idea: if you're really so unhappy with giving Lucas money, just buy a ticket to a different film, and then go in to see Star Wars. Most theaters I see don't check the tickets too carefully (it might be tougher if there's a big crowd).
You Forgot Poland!
Sorry Windows . . . it isn't you, it's me. I don't like you.
I recorded an album on my iBook with a TASCAM US-122, and found that Apple's loops just aren't good enough. They sound clear, but they're just not that interesting. So, I got M-Audio's These Drums Are Loud, and it really added a lot to my drum section (I don't have the space for a drum kit). Anyway, that's just a tip. I'd avoid the new Jam Packs without a lot of reviews and maybe some sample clips. Of course, if you want more than drums, that's another story.
I think the RIAA is not really concerned about online communities like this one. Things like GarageBand.com have been around for a long time and the RIAA is not sweating it. Things like this make it easier for an RIAA label to sign a band. The band will be more professional, will already have some knowledge of marketing itself, and will have some sort of proven success to show that they can create a "buzz." Right now, all a major label can do is go to live shows and watch SoundScan reports for independents to look for talent (they don't open unsolicited demo tapes mailed to them for legal purposes). This is simply another venue for them to scout.
This is a good thing! Now companies that are tempted to ban iPods to keep their data in-house won't have to. I know I wouldn't enjoy work nearly as much if it weren't for my iPod.
From what I think I understand, video cards specialize in floating point operations, for handling 3-D objects and all that stuff, but sound processing is all about integers. I thought that was why Intel's MMX technology didn't really do much, because it only helped sound. (No one else really needed to do multiple adds in a single clock cycle.)
I still play house, from time to time. I just go easy on it. I listened to your mix, and I really like it! A bunch of drunk people in Memphis might be hearing it this weekend. While we're at showing off music, check out my gangsta rap song. I was just goofing off, but it's still fun to me.
The club I'm at has multiple dance floors, so they're all different. One floor is playing all techno (mostly house) and rap, so I try to keep a different flavor. I play almost any genre. Funk, disco, soul, hip hop (but not this freek-a-leek type stuff), a little bit of rock, 80's pop, very small dose of modern pop. In fact, all I know I haven't played is country or classical. It doesn't sound like your typical club set, but I'm going for a different mood. All in all, it's really cool, and extremely fun. Most of all, it just depends on what my crowd looks like, and it's really different every time.
I have a pair, and use them. I just like the computer. I use lossless codecs for stuff, and if it is compressed, I test it thoroughly before I pull it out in public. If it won't sound good on the sound system, I don't play it.
But, seriously, I've been looking at the replies to my original post, and it further solidifies my belief that most DJs are too concerned with the technical side and not enough with the programming (choosing material) side.
When I first started bringing a laptop, I thought it might bother people and they would not be as impressed with my performance. It turns out quite the opposite was true. Several people were impressed that I could do it off a computer, and they were blown away with how much music I could store on a firewire hard drive. And once I started using it, my show got better. I could get to the "perfect song" instantly, instead of having to do a binary search in my head through crates and boxes. You can have your head down looking through your records, or you can be watching the crowd and figuring out what they're going to dance to next. I choose the latter, even though it's treason.
I occasionally use DJ-1800, which emulates multple CD players (I just got it, still testing the demo version before I buy it. The only extra feature I want is a brake, which MegaSeg has). There's also PCDJ, but I'm a Mac guy, so I don't mess with it much. I've even used iTunes and GarageBand. I also use "real" DJ gear, like turntables and CD players, but I'm an outcast (not to be confused with OutKast) among DJs I know because I actually prefer to use the computer.
I am a software developer by day, and DJ at a night club by night. The idea of programming live is really cool to me, but when I'm DJing with my computer, I'm scared to run anything other than the DJ software, because I can't have ANY lag. I do, however, write software at home to help my DJ gigs.
I'm actually willing to risk my "excellent" karma on this. This article is so irrelevant, I'm going to post Beck lyrics:
The Golden Age
--------------
Put your hands on the wheel
Let the golden age begin
Let the window down
Feel the moonlight on your skin
Let the desert wind
Cool your aching head
Let the weight of the world
Drift away instead
These day I barely get by
I don't even try
It's a treacherous road
With a desolated view
There's distant lights
But here they're far and few
And the sun don't shine
Even when it's day
You gotta drive all night
Just to feel like you're ok
These days I barely get by
I don't even try
Don't get me wrong. I hate the RIAA too, but c'mon!
Screw SETI! Let's collectively brute force this b***h!
Palmela Handerson
. . . and now we have theme restaurants based on the movie.
I've posted a mirror. It won't fit in my sig. Sorry.
To whoever modded this up: thank you, and may your life have good fortune and high bandwidth!