I agree with you, but that doesn't mean he used any complex math to make the app better. As you said, the group had very little experience, so of course they didn't do it the best. But I'm sure if you put someone on there who had a lot of programming experience and very little math background then they would have done a much better job than your group.
I'm not saying math background is useless (when did I say ANYTHING about experience or background?) just that it's not applicable to ALL programming problems. Some would say many and some would say some...but it's really NOT applicable to every programming problem (or job) out there.
Sure though, the guy who goes to college is more than likely going to do a better job than the guy who doesn't.
However, writing a web front-end to a database (which is what a *LOT* of people end up doing for years and years) requires practically NO math 90% of the time. Of course, it't that 10% that will get you.
I really haven't researched the topic of DRM and fair use enough to be able to debate it with you, so I'll concede on that point. Will you admit using Linux doesn't make you any more likely to be a music/movie pirate than if you've never heard of Linux?
I'm not a lawyer, are you? Many say fair use supercedes those arguments. I've seen many compelling arguments (I did and will continue to try to find the links to them and post them) saying there's no such thing in copyright law which allows for a "license to use". You either have rights to the copyrighted material or you don't....either way, this is getting horribly off-topic and away from your original post which I most had issues with. Specifically
Quite true, but remember the group you are talking about, many of whom seem to think that downloading music and movies for free with out compensating the artist/recording company/copyright holder is alright!
You're referring to piracy/stealing whatever. Not breaking DRM which is a whole different topic alltogether.
Are you saying merely breaking DRM scheme on media is the same thing as sharing 10 gigs of music on Kazaa?
It's pretty rare to see someone advocating pirating music or movies on/. but wielding your fair use rights by removing DRM is another issue alltogether.
1st - Do any of you see the hypocrisy in buying from the Russian site? Are you the same people complaining about the outsourcing of American jobs/economy?
Yes, because Slashdot is one big collective hive mind. Score -1, Shut up
Some albums do have the original CDA as the encoding source but most have 384kbps VBR MP3s. Also I believe the price of encoding from the original CDA is a whopping 2cents per meg instead of 1cent.
I've been using it for a few months now. 1cent per meg! 3gigs of music = $30. You can pick your bitrate and format (including OGG, AAC, MP3, and some lossless compression algos).
Also, for those of you worried about re-encoding, many albums have the original CDA as the encoding source, but the majority have 384kbps VBR mp3s as the source...some quality is lost on re-encoding but it's hardly noticable.
As more people get more and more spyware on their computer they tend to think it's "getting old" and is "too slow" for today. Hence they want a new computer because all the sudden their old one seems slow. I've seen it several times and I'm sure it's happening elsewhere.
People will always buy new desktop computers and upgrade their OS (you'd be suprised how many typical home users actually do this...).
Longhorn will have a pretty decent installed base once all is said and done I bet.
As soon as I somehow get a spare AMD Duron 850mhz, i'll use my current p3 550 (which can just barely emulate snes games).
There's something wrong with your setup then, cause I can emulate SNES with no problem on a K6-2 400/256megs ram. That's Zsnes/Win2k and Zsnes/FreeBSD. A P3 550 should be able to handle it fine unless you've got something like 32megs ram.
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Seems like you're implying that IIS costs money...which it does not. The OSes it runs on do however...that might have been what you were implying but it seemed otherwise to me.
I'm aware that I.E. is closed-source, but that's not what most people focus on, most people tend to focus on its stability, without really knowing anything about its stability
Then how can you hold that against Opera but not IE?
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I agree with you, but that doesn't mean he used any complex math to make the app better. As you said, the group had very little experience, so of course they didn't do it the best. But I'm sure if you put someone on there who had a lot of programming experience and very little math background then they would have done a much better job than your group.
I'm not saying math background is useless (when did I say ANYTHING about experience or background?) just that it's not applicable to ALL programming problems. Some would say many and some would say some...but it's really NOT applicable to every programming problem (or job) out there.
Sure though, the guy who goes to college is more than likely going to do a better job than the guy who doesn't.
I agree with you there, but employers will still want that degree....whether or not it really helps you do your job...it helps you get it and keep it.
However, writing a web front-end to a database (which is what a *LOT* of people end up doing for years and years) requires practically NO math 90% of the time. Of course, it't that 10% that will get you.
Shouldn't your sig be "life IS a repetitve stress injury" ?
pseudo /sarcasm tag got filtered out apparently....it's there though!
So they'll be monitoring my traffic AND spamming me with ads?! BAH! PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY!!!!
So, WMA has a 90% infection rate today? I don't think so.
I really haven't researched the topic of DRM and fair use enough to be able to debate it with you, so I'll concede on that point. Will you admit using Linux doesn't make you any more likely to be a music/movie pirate than if you've never heard of Linux?
Not "license to use"....it was something else. I'll find it and post the link.
You're referring to piracy/stealing whatever. Not breaking DRM which is a whole different topic alltogether.
Are you saying merely breaking DRM scheme on media is the same thing as sharing 10 gigs of music on Kazaa?
/. but wielding your fair use rights by removing DRM is another issue alltogether.
It's pretty rare to see someone advocating pirating music or movies on
Shouldn't you make the trolling a little less obvious?
Since when did believers in Open Source suddenly become equated with music pirates? Go back to your cave.
Yes, because Slashdot is one big collective hive mind. Score -1, Shut up
Some albums do have the original CDA as the encoding source but most have 384kbps VBR MP3s. Also I believe the price of encoding from the original CDA is a whopping 2cents per meg instead of 1cent.
I've been using it for a few months now. 1cent per meg! 3gigs of music = $30. You can pick your bitrate and format (including OGG, AAC, MP3, and some lossless compression algos).
Also, for those of you worried about re-encoding, many albums have the original CDA as the encoding source, but the majority have 384kbps VBR mp3s as the source...some quality is lost on re-encoding but it's hardly noticable.
Without a working implementation how do we even know that's an issue?
As more people get more and more spyware on their computer they tend to think it's "getting old" and is "too slow" for today. Hence they want a new computer because all the sudden their old one seems slow. I've seen it several times and I'm sure it's happening elsewhere.
People will always buy new desktop computers and upgrade their OS (you'd be suprised how many typical home users actually do this...).
Longhorn will have a pretty decent installed base once all is said and done I bet.
No proof of concept app? Heh.
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www.gotdotnet.com
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I could go on...but I won't.
As soon as I somehow get a spare AMD Duron 850mhz, i'll use my current p3 550 (which can just barely emulate snes games).
There's something wrong with your setup then, cause I can emulate SNES with no problem on a K6-2 400/256megs ram. That's Zsnes/Win2k and Zsnes/FreeBSD. A P3 550 should be able to handle it fine unless you've got something like 32megs ram.
Seems like you're implying that IIS costs money...which it does not. The OSes it runs on do however...that might have been what you were implying but it seemed otherwise to me.
But, I guess the battle for free software must be ganing ground - because Microsoft is fighting back... On our turf.
Usually when your enemy is fighting you on your turf that means you're losing ground, not gaining it.
I'm aware that I.E. is closed-source, but that's not what most people focus on, most people tend to focus on its stability, without really knowing anything about its stability
Then how can you hold that against Opera but not IE?
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