No worries. Every one starts some time. Not all of us were around or were involved when computers and real opertaing systems were born. It's very understandable when a new user walks through the door and doesn't know which place to look for information. Keep checking in with the/.'ers and with some luck and some dilligence, you'll get there.
More importantly, I think it's helpful to check the elitist mindest at the door when talking to new users. So much of the stuff goes right over people.
It, just like any thing, takes practice. Luckily, with *NIX in any form, it's pretty hard to destruct. So on a user-level you can screw up all over the place without getting the dreaded blue screen every time you make a mistake. Good Luck! and welcome to real computing.
I run Red Hat 7.0.1. Which has KDE, Gnome, and Enlightenment inside. It's loaded with page after page of those "man pages". Most likely, in the case of most distros. The techniques will work generally the same. Though I don't have Jedi experience in running all Linux Distros, I do know that the format between them is generally the same. Linux.org has an online tutorial course that you can spend a few days going through and that will help too. Make sure that if you do walk throughthe online tutorials, make sure to read everything. It may seem kind of painful at first, but the new user gets the whole story right from the beginning.
I must first and fore most explain that my comments do not reflect the views and beliefs of our entire band. These are opinions that are straight off the hip are often times inaccurate in the assumption. If this offended you and warranted your reply, then my appologies to you. Point well taken.
"And oh, yeah. Don't believe what you read about yourself."
Okay, here goes....
I am not a shit head. I am not a shit head. I am not a shit head. I am not a shit head. Cool a few more times and I think I'll get it. Thanks!
I own the song writng credits to all songs that bear my name in the credit listings. The record companies only buy the rights to publish, distribute, and sell. I only get a cut after that. Organizations like ASCAP and CDDB keep track of how many times it's played in a given year, and with any luck I get a little check at the end of the year based upon how many plays that song got in radion station rotation or other.
This whole thing is pretty stupid if you ask me. There wasn't much forethought put in to the issue when it came to looking out for the Musicians best interest. Now we are left picking up the pieces of a once established means. It's either join or die at this point. [Most have undoubtedly joined this revolution by now.]
I like Napster. I use it all the time. It's cool to search for your own band and find that there is a following out there. It does help the distribution, but it's not for the emerging artist. Napster is not MP3. MP3 is in place to help bands get noticed. Napster is there for after bands have been noticed. We, fortunately were around before this mess was even a thought, so we remain relatively unaffected by it. We still sell CDs because people like Liner Notes and Band Info. Some people just don't give a shit. They just want free stuff. That's fine. At least they are listening.
They are still breaking the law by downloading music they don't have rights too
The only right that they have is the listening priveledges. Not mixtapes, not mix CDS, etc.
"Rights" terms some one who the song writing credits are attributed to, being ASCAP reg'd, and many other copy protection laws. I wrote it. Therefor I own the rights. I say you can listen to it.
Better performance does not necessarily deem the answer as the best way to do things. Most IT pros are there through a very regimented form of training. Any thing straying from the norm in the IT profession causes serious lock-up in the minds of most of them. These are not the multi-tasked geniouses that are writing the goods, they are just the ones trying to tell you how to use what they learned about in books. More often than not in real app situations, which is where I appreciate most of my knowledge to come from.
You guys both picked the wrong thing to retort about. Any one give a rats ass about advertisng on the net? I'm talking about fscking commercials for crying out loud. Think about it. Commercials during your net viewing/using experience that you may not have any control over. Banner ads ten-fold.
The bandwidth is there but the bills are paid. They take money from major corporations in return for commercial airtime. Expect public wireless to be riddled with it.
What are the health risks invloved? It's proven that powerlines and power station outposts emit cancer causing energy.
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No worries. Every one starts some time. Not all of us were around or were involved when computers and real opertaing systems were born. It's very understandable when a new user walks through the door and doesn't know which place to look for information. Keep checking in with the /.'ers and with some luck and some dilligence, you'll get there.
More importantly, I think it's helpful to check the elitist mindest at the door when talking to new users. So much of the stuff goes right over people.
It, just like any thing, takes practice. Luckily, with *NIX in any form, it's pretty hard to destruct. So on a user-level you can screw up all over the place without getting the dreaded blue screen every time you make a mistake. Good Luck! and welcome to real computing.
.
I run Red Hat 7.0.1. Which has KDE, Gnome, and Enlightenment inside. It's loaded with page after page of those "man pages". Most likely, in the case of most distros. The techniques will work generally the same. Though I don't have Jedi experience in running all Linux Distros, I do know that the format between them is generally the same. Linux.org has an online tutorial course that you can spend a few days going through and that will help too. Make sure that if you do walk throughthe online tutorials, make sure to read everything. It may seem kind of painful at first, but the new user gets the whole story right from the beginning.
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Mr. Johnson,
I must first and fore most explain that my comments do not reflect the views and beliefs of our entire band. These are opinions that are straight off the hip are often times inaccurate in the assumption. If this offended you and warranted your reply, then my appologies to you. Point well taken.
Mark / Chin Ho!
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"And oh, yeah. Don't believe what you read about yourself."
Okay, here goes.... I am not a shit head. I am not a shit head. I am not a shit head. I am not a shit head. Cool a few more times and I think I'll get it. Thanks!
.
"Giant corporations own the music."
Almost.
I own the song writng credits to all songs that bear my name in the credit listings. The record companies only buy the rights to publish, distribute, and sell. I only get a cut after that. Organizations like ASCAP and CDDB keep track of how many times it's played in a given year, and with any luck I get a little check at the end of the year based upon how many plays that song got in radion station rotation or other.
This whole thing is pretty stupid if you ask me. There wasn't much forethought put in to the issue when it came to looking out for the Musicians best interest. Now we are left picking up the pieces of a once established means. It's either join or die at this point. [Most have undoubtedly joined this revolution by now.]
I like Napster. I use it all the time. It's cool to search for your own band and find that there is a following out there. It does help the distribution, but it's not for the emerging artist. Napster is not MP3. MP3 is in place to help bands get noticed. Napster is there for after bands have been noticed. We, fortunately were around before this mess was even a thought, so we remain relatively unaffected by it. We still sell CDs because people like Liner Notes and Band Info. Some people just don't give a shit. They just want free stuff. That's fine. At least they are listening.
.
They are still breaking the law by downloading music they don't have rights too
The only right that they have is the listening priveledges. Not mixtapes, not mix CDS, etc.
"Rights" terms some one who the song writing credits are attributed to, being ASCAP reg'd, and many other copy protection laws. I wrote it. Therefor I own the rights. I say you can listen to it.
.
Better performance does not necessarily deem the answer as the best way to do things. Most IT pros are there through a very regimented form of training. Any thing straying from the norm in the IT profession causes serious lock-up in the minds of most of them. These are not the multi-tasked geniouses that are writing the goods, they are just the ones trying to tell you how to use what they learned about in books. More often than not in real app situations, which is where I appreciate most of my knowledge to come from.
Blinders On?
Check!
Windows Running?
Check
Free Thought Turned off?
Check
OK. Go!
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You guys both picked the wrong thing to retort about. Any one give a rats ass about advertisng on the net? I'm talking about fscking commercials for crying out loud. Think about it. Commercials during your net viewing/using experience that you may not have any control over. Banner ads ten-fold.
.
The bandwidth is there but the bills are paid. They take money from major corporations in return for commercial airtime. Expect public wireless to be riddled with it.
What are the health risks invloved? It's proven that powerlines and power station outposts emit cancer causing energy.
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