What I can't figure out is Sony is part of this group against piracy but they sell CD-R mp3 players. I guess they assume everyone will mp3'ize their own audio cds? hehehehe.
The rift and hypocrisy of sony is well known. I love it, on the one hand the electronics division is trying to give people easier access to music and the publishing side is trying to force copyright protection on us, hopefully they will really screw up and release a cd that won't play on the playstation or one of their cd players.
I'm fairly certain if you asked your radiostation to play local bands they would.
The whole "radio only playing songs from big publishers" thing is a symptom of the wider problem, the complete strangle hold the big publishers have on the music industry. A label != publisher, but most publishers do own lots of labels, sony for example own madonna's maverick label.
The fact remains that if you want to get your cd into the big music chain shops you need to go through a big publisher. You may be right about how we got into this situation (lapping up too much over commercialized music) but the real issue is how do we get out ?.
It seems obvious to me that the big publishers have an effective monopoly on the industry, how do we break that ?, how do we make the radio challenge us with their playlists instead of the feeding us the same old crap until we like it ?. While the records they play are selling and people are listening to them, the radio stations will continue to value their relationships with the big publishers (I am sure that playing nice with such rich companies has it's rewards).
Seriously tho, how worried should I be living in the uk ?, have the RIAA any plans to get global with their crusade ?.
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I'm quite pleased with my Creative Muvo, an mp3 player that can also be used to carry data around. I think it's going to be very useful when I go back to uni.
If you do the math, and they make good on their threats to sue "thousands" of P2P users, the odds of any one of the 35 million plus users of Kazaa, not to mention the dozens of other networks, being sued are on the order of one in 10,000. Think roughly the odds of being trampled by a herd of zebra above the Arctic Circle, while being hit by a meteor and lightning.
1 in 10,000 ?, thats a bit low for my liking, and now I am more worried about the zebra's than the RIAA.
The truth is probably that the blame for this is squarely on the head of Microsoft for trying to make the PC ubiquitous, like a toaster, when it's really an extremely complicated technology which the common man should not even try to understand, let alone use to it's full potential. But now that the Genie is out of the bottle, so to speak, it's too late to shove her back in and we (the professional IT community) are left to deal with the aftermath of Microsoft's behaviour.
They (MS) got rich by marketing stuff to people with no business using it and we get the shaft.
I think that is a bit rich, there are many legitimate uses for PC's at home. Computers have become so widespread in the last 10 years because people want them. People use email at work, see how beneficial it is and want to have it at home. It is incredibly patronising to say that people shoudn't have a computer if they want one unless they have a degree in computer science.
Tell them the only difference between what they did and "filesharing" is that the RIAA bribed a bunch of politicians to declare the digital version is illegal and that the tape version is explicitly legal.
I don't think taping songs off the radio is illegal and the RIAA was quite worried about it at one point ("Home Taping is killing music"). However it is quite obvious that it was never a serious threat to sales (how much money have record companies made in the last 20 years ?).
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Could I repeat that kind of reliability experiment with a fingerprint-reading gun? No? Okay, great. Your new smartgun is now less reliable in the face of hostile environments (like mud, water, etc.) than a pistol first designed in the early 1900s.
We are talking about police that operate in the urban enviroment, it worries me that police could be so careless with their guns that they might accidently find a puddle of mud and drop it in.
I built myself a new pc about 6 months ago, after doing some research I went for an NForce 2 based board with on board sound and could not be happier with it. I'm not an audiophile (deaf in one ear) but I do use it for games, music and for watching telly and movies.
My previous pc's soundcard was a soundblaster pci 128, and it doesn't compare well. The NForce 2 on board sound worked flawlessly as soon as I installed the driver. The pci 128 had very picky drivers, some of which needed to be installed in a certain order, if not it wouldn't work with my tv card. It was always a bit flaky but that could just have been my card.
As for bad things about the NForce 2 sound, well I haven't tried setting up 5.1 because I don't need it (and don't have the speaker equipment to support it). I'm glad tho because after reading the mobo manual it looks very complicated. I reckon this is where seperate sound cards have an advantage over on board.
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What I can't figure out is Sony is part of this group against piracy but they sell CD-R mp3 players. I guess they assume everyone will mp3'ize their own audio cds? hehehehe.
The rift and hypocrisy of sony is well known. I love it, on the one hand the electronics division is trying to give people easier access to music and the publishing side is trying to force copyright protection on us, hopefully they will really screw up and release a cd that won't play on the playstation or one of their cd players.
I'm fairly certain if you asked your radiostation to play local bands they would.
The whole "radio only playing songs from big publishers" thing is a symptom of the wider problem, the complete strangle hold the big publishers have on the music industry. A label != publisher, but most publishers do own lots of labels, sony for example own madonna's maverick label.
The fact remains that if you want to get your cd into the big music chain shops you need to go through a big publisher. You may be right about how we got into this situation (lapping up too much over commercialized music) but the real issue is how do we get out ?.
It seems obvious to me that the big publishers have an effective monopoly on the industry, how do we break that ?, how do we make the radio challenge us with their playlists instead of the feeding us the same old crap until we like it ?. While the records they play are selling and people are listening to them, the radio stations will continue to value their relationships with the big publishers (I am sure that playing nice with such rich companies has it's rewards).
Seriously tho, how worried should I be living in the uk ?, have the RIAA any plans to get global with their crusade ?.
I'm quite pleased with my Creative Muvo, an mp3 player that can also be used to carry data around. I think it's going to be very useful when I go back to uni.
It's either prison within a prison or both the matrix and "real world" are in an uber-matrix, a-la 13th floor.
Aren't those essentially the same tho ?, I mean you have to assume their is or was a real world at some point.
Compare the size of Japan and the USA.
yeah but it is such a cop out, it might surprise joe public but anyone who likes science fiction will be dissapointed.
Point is, if you don't use Mozilla's mail and such, then it's effectively a browser to you. And you still get the bulk and such.
So use firebird instead, and Outlook Express and IE are also seperate programs.
don't you think he'd ahve RIAA lawyer's being airlifted by blackhawk to his house to litigate him and everything he owns into a smoking crater?
The dude lives in germany (AFAIK).
If you do the math, and they make good on their threats to sue "thousands" of P2P users, the odds of any one of the 35 million plus users of Kazaa, not to mention the dozens of other networks, being sued are on the order of one in 10,000. Think roughly the odds of being trampled by a herd of zebra above the Arctic Circle, while being hit by a meteor and lightning.
1 in 10,000 ?, thats a bit low for my liking, and now I am more worried about the zebra's than the RIAA.
does anyone seriously believe that enough people are going to buy an XBox and use it for non gaming purposes to actually hurt M$ financially ?.
Thanks for reading and have a pleasant morning (or whatever time of day it is, depending on your geometric location).
Geometric ?, is that a word ?, I think you probably meant geographical.
The truth is probably that the blame for this is squarely on the head of Microsoft for trying to make the PC ubiquitous, like a toaster, when it's really an extremely complicated technology which the common man should not even try to understand, let alone use to it's full potential. But now that the Genie is out of the bottle, so to speak, it's too late to shove her back in and we (the professional IT community) are left to deal with the aftermath of Microsoft's behaviour.
They (MS) got rich by marketing stuff to people with no business using it and we get the shaft.
I think that is a bit rich, there are many legitimate uses for PC's at home. Computers have become so widespread in the last 10 years because people want them. People use email at work, see how beneficial it is and want to have it at home. It is incredibly patronising to say that people shoudn't have a computer if they want one unless they have a degree in computer science.
Or Libraries Of Congress ?
funniest. post. ever.
As a consumer, I can listen to the radio. I can tape songs off the radio. I can take that tape and burn it to a CD. That's apparently okay.
Nope, not okay. They let you do it, they don't go around trying to sue people who are doing it, but it doesn't mean it is right.
I don't think taping songs off the radio is illegal
Doh!, that should have been legal instead of illegal.
Tell them the only difference between what they did and "filesharing" is that the RIAA bribed a bunch of politicians to declare the digital version is illegal and that the tape version is explicitly legal.
I don't think taping songs off the radio is illegal and the RIAA was quite worried about it at one point ("Home Taping is killing music"). However it is quite obvious that it was never a serious threat to sales (how much money have record companies made in the last 20 years ?).
I got one, but I'm not swharing.
like a rembigulator machine ?
Could I repeat that kind of reliability experiment with a fingerprint-reading gun? No? Okay, great. Your new smartgun is now less reliable in the face of hostile environments (like mud, water, etc.) than a pistol first designed in the early 1900s.
We are talking about police that operate in the urban enviroment, it worries me that police could be so careless with their guns that they might accidently find a puddle of mud and drop it in.
The Nforce 2 on board sound is very efficient when it comes to cpu clock cycles.
Dude get rid of the mac and get yourself a real computer.
I built myself a new pc about 6 months ago, after doing some research I went for an NForce 2 based board with on board sound and could not be happier with it. I'm not an audiophile (deaf in one ear) but I do use it for games, music and for watching telly and movies.
My previous pc's soundcard was a soundblaster pci 128, and it doesn't compare well. The NForce 2 on board sound worked flawlessly as soon as I installed the driver. The pci 128 had very picky drivers, some of which needed to be installed in a certain order, if not it wouldn't work with my tv card. It was always a bit flaky but that could just have been my card.
As for bad things about the NForce 2 sound, well I haven't tried setting up 5.1 because I don't need it (and don't have the speaker equipment to support it). I'm glad tho because after reading the mobo manual it looks very complicated. I reckon this is where seperate sound cards have an advantage over on board.
I just finished reading the new Harry Potter
Whats that swishing sound ?, yep it's your credibility going down the plughole.