Yesterday when I was on a tech support call with Microsoft (our Exchange server was glowing red and hovering), they simply told us to start up Internet Explorer and they'd fix the problem from their end. Just like magic, the server floated back into the rack and stopped glowing!
Hats off to M$ for writing such an amazing tech support tool!
I kind of hold this stubborn belief that if it can be played--it can be copied. I'm not worried if they throw copy protection on a Redbook CD, because if they do there'll be a utility to do it within a few months (couldn't you do the audio equivalent of "blind read" where it ignores the data structure and just does a bit-by-bit copy?)
Anyway, in my opinion, until someone figures out how to encrypt sound coming out of the speaker there'll be no "copy-proof" CDs.
Hehe.. I sent this to the time cube guy to explain:
i understand your cube theory!
I have one question though:
Since man in essence "created" day and night in terms of thinking as such (i.e. to bats and other 'nocturnal' creatures, our night IS day for them, for others, such as single cell micro-organisms, there IS no day or night), a "time cube" doesn't apply as nature's invention, only man's. Since all organisms fall under nature's umbrella, wouldn't nature then have NO day or night, just one long span of time wherein the Earth simply rotates in and out of light and darkness linearly?
I sorta pride myself on being a recording "old hand" so to speak. I've got a total of about 15 studio-sessions under my belt.
I've tried recording both at an experienced friend's with a PC, and in the studio (40oz Sound in Ann Arbor, Mi.)
Both have more than satisfactory results... In fact, in some cases, the completely digital sound of the PC surpases the analog recording of the studio (they do have digital recording also). But, not only is it the machinery *doing* the recording, it's the environment and method of doing it.
You can't expect to get the same sound out of a drum set in your basement, as opposed to a real enclosed studio room. You *could* spend a decent amount of money, and build your own sound room, but in that case, wouldn't it be easier to just go to the studio?
A perfect example would be the recordings of Steve Albini. He purposely used regular empty rooms of houses to get a boomy sound out of the instruments. When used in the right context, it can be done--but only if you're *going* for that type of sound. Otherwise it's extremely difficult, if not impossible to get your instruments sounding their best outside a real sound room.
At any rate, you also have the benefit of having a sound tech at the studio to help you out with your laydown. More often that not, they generally have a better "ear" for recording sound than the average joe-guitar player. Not that it's completely necessary, but sound techs know what sounds good on tape (or HDD for that matter). Even though I've been doing it for a while, I still would take the sound tech's opinion over mine in regards to recording an instrument.
I agree with *some* of the Terms, but as a good friend of mine once put.. Are you selling the bandwidth or not?
Flashcom DSL (although not the best in customer service) pretty much allows you to do what you like with the bandwidth, although their TOS clearly states the same type rules (but not as in-depth).
Before I ordered it many moons ago, I asked the service rep about hooking the service up to a Masquerading box (their TOS claims no NAT), and the guy simply said: "We don't check on it unless you're hacking the pentagon, and they call us".
I'm sure Sprint's the same type of deal. I wouldn't worry folks.
it's posts like this that are in extremely poor taste. As the quality of posts--and lately it seems users--decline on Slashdot, I'm beginning to give up hope on this site. It was a good idea, but I think it's size has outgrown it's usefulness. Maybe I'll see you over at kuro5hin. Then again, I hope I don't.
I agree.. money backs everything, and makes things fly or fail. I see this going down in flames. Many companies with existing platforms will stay away from it and cause earnings problems for the manufacturers of these drives.
I noted in all the articles that it metioned all this was in consideration for the next standard of ATA. Personally, i could care less since i'm a SCSI guy.. but who knows what the future holds.
Really, I can't see this getting far off the ground. I'm predicting that there will be a bigger backlash from corporations complaining about integration worries with existing platforms. Let's face it people, money talks.. and if enough big companies bitch about it, it won't happen.
Isn't the FOIA all about them RELEASING information? I don't understand how they can get away with blacking things out. If you browse around the site a bit more.. there's a page that's completely blacked out, no information at all was released, except a black page.
Bullshit.
InitZero is more correct than most of you are giving him credit for.
Before you go off slandering his post, sit back and think about it.
How did mega-uber corporations like McDonald's a Coca-Cola become mega-uber corporations? Mostly through American ignorance and *laziness*. Did I say laziness? Yes, I did.
Face, the majority of Americans are lazy. As I quote one of my best (and sarcastical) friends: "Give me convenience, or give me death". Is that not an accurate statement of the average American mentality??
We *DO* have the power to vote over corporations, using their only source of power. MONEY. If you don't like the company, or what it's doing, DON'T BUY THEIR PRODUCTS! Is that easy? No!! Take a look around at typical consumables in your home (bathroom, kitchen products). I bet you'll find that about half of them are manufactured by Proctor & Gamble. If you took a stand against Proctor & Gamble, you'd have to do some serious work to avoid them. Would the typical American do so? No! It's too much work. "Give me convenience or give me death."
This country has been slowly lulled into a glazing coma-like state. We're so babied by Big Brother that we forget that we--and only we--have the responsibility to speak out or take actions against them when they wrong us--but often, it's too much trouble. Most of us would rather watch Monday Night Football (with the commercials) than go out getting signatures for a petition.
Corporations DO exist to make money. They make money with products. If you dislike a corporation, disassociate from them by not purchasing their products. Even the largest of corporations couldn't last long if their customer base severely thinned out. Competition is too ready and too willing for the weak to survive.
Instead of buying Coke, buy RC Cola. Heck that's probably owned by Coke now. CHECK before you buy! It's not hard.
But until people actually start doing this instead of just talking about it, nothing will change.
I do agree with you, i was just taking the standpoint of the employer's view since that's what the subject was on.
Face it, college is for doctors. The technology field works far too quickly for such "legacy" educational systems like colleges to be effective. If you speak of necessary "practices" & "theories" that need to be understood, keep in mind that most standard practices & procedures CHANGE in the tech field as fast as the industry moves.
While it's easy to picture most college professors as sitting in their ivory tower of knowledge, with crufty 1980's textbooks and know-how, a simple slashdot search shows that there's quite a bit of brand-new shiny innovations coming from acadamia. Do you think that we could have gee-whiz languages like Java (and its derivatives) without some serious formal education and research? Distributed computing? AI?
True again... BUT, how many individuals are at college currently working on such projects? Yes, I do give credit where credit is due, but for the average-joe college-goer, this is out of reach. I should have made my view clearer.
Hands-on training with the products you'll be using and want to know about is the way to go. If you want to learn about philosphy, go to a library.
It is if you're just looking for employment. For me, and I think the original poster would probably agree, the well-roundedness isn't necessarily for my employer, but for myself. I'm on my sorta lunch break right now at work, but other than now and 6 hours from now when I get home, I have zero free time to just hang out at the library and ponder the existence of the universe. Screw what that means to my employer, I cut code for them. If they want to discuss 19th century artwork or modern poetry over a beer, well, ok, but I don't think it'll effect my code.
Again, I agree... but the topic was whether these are useful in a workplace. The answer is probably no. I too am strapped for time like everyone else, but you *do* need to make time for yourself, even if it involves saying "no" to people. It took me a long time--and a serious burnout--to figure that simple fact out. But, now I'm much happier because of it. Like they say, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger".
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Oh yea? Can he take apart KITT??
Yesterday when I was on a tech support call with Microsoft (our Exchange server was glowing red and hovering), they simply told us to start up Internet Explorer and they'd fix the problem from their end. Just like magic, the server floated back into the rack and stopped glowing!
Hats off to M$ for writing such an amazing tech support tool!
I kind of hold this stubborn belief that if it can be played--it can be copied. I'm not worried if they throw copy protection on a Redbook CD, because if they do there'll be a utility to do it within a few months (couldn't you do the audio equivalent of "blind read" where it ignores the data structure and just does a bit-by-bit copy?)
Anyway, in my opinion, until someone figures out how to encrypt sound coming out of the speaker there'll be no "copy-proof" CDs.
I would assume that unless the bandwidth is optically transmitted, low clouds or other non-solid items in the way shouldn't be a problem.
You are not worthy of Linux. Return to Redmond.
What happens if the megawatt laser hits the oil? Or natural gas for that matter :)
Hehe.. I sent this to the time cube guy to explain:
i understand your cube theory!
I have one question though:
Since man in essence "created" day and night in terms of thinking as such (i.e. to bats and other 'nocturnal' creatures, our night IS day for them, for others, such as single cell micro-organisms, there IS no day or night), a "time cube" doesn't apply as nature's invention, only man's. Since all organisms fall under nature's umbrella, wouldn't nature then have NO day or night, just one long span of time wherein the Earth simply rotates in and out of light and darkness linearly?
I'd like to see how he'll answer that.
Well, I was getting 1.5/1.5 from Covad for $80/month. Guess I can kiss that goodbye.
Let's trademark every letter in the alphabet! That way we can sue whoever uses our trademarks. We'd make a fortune!
I sorta pride myself on being a recording "old hand" so to speak. I've got a total of about 15 studio-sessions under my belt.
I've tried recording both at an experienced friend's with a PC, and in the studio (40oz Sound in Ann Arbor, Mi.)
Both have more than satisfactory results... In fact, in some cases, the completely digital sound of the PC surpases the analog recording of the studio (they do have digital recording also). But, not only is it the machinery *doing* the recording, it's the environment and method of doing it.
You can't expect to get the same sound out of a drum set in your basement, as opposed to a real enclosed studio room. You *could* spend a decent amount of money, and build your own sound room, but in that case, wouldn't it be easier to just go to the studio?
A perfect example would be the recordings of Steve Albini. He purposely used regular empty rooms of houses to get a boomy sound out of the instruments. When used in the right context, it can be done--but only if you're *going* for that type of sound. Otherwise it's extremely difficult, if not impossible to get your instruments sounding their best outside a real sound room.
At any rate, you also have the benefit of having a sound tech at the studio to help you out with your laydown. More often that not, they generally have a better "ear" for recording sound than the average joe-guitar player. Not that it's completely necessary, but sound techs know what sounds good on tape (or HDD for that matter). Even though I've been doing it for a while, I still would take the sound tech's opinion over mine in regards to recording an instrument.
I agree with *some* of the Terms, but as a good friend of mine once put.. Are you selling the bandwidth or not?
Flashcom DSL (although not the best in customer service) pretty much allows you to do what you like with the bandwidth, although their TOS clearly states the same type rules (but not as in-depth).
Before I ordered it many moons ago, I asked the service rep about hooking the service up to a Masquerading box (their TOS claims no NAT), and the guy simply said: "We don't check on it unless you're hacking the pentagon, and they call us".
I'm sure Sprint's the same type of deal. I wouldn't worry folks.
it's posts like this that are in extremely poor taste. As the quality of posts--and lately it seems users--decline on Slashdot, I'm beginning to give up hope on this site. It was a good idea, but I think it's size has outgrown it's usefulness. Maybe I'll see you over at kuro5hin. Then again, I hope I don't.
I hate wired magazine. always have.
I agree.. money backs everything, and makes things fly or fail. I see this going down in flames. Many companies with existing platforms will stay away from it and cause earnings problems for the manufacturers of these drives.
I noted in all the articles that it metioned all this was in consideration for the next standard of ATA. Personally, i could care less since i'm a SCSI guy.. but who knows what the future holds.
Really, I can't see this getting far off the ground. I'm predicting that there will be a bigger backlash from corporations complaining about integration worries with existing platforms. Let's face it people, money talks.. and if enough big companies bitch about it, it won't happen.
ha-ha!
Works fine for me too
well it's not news for the mainstream.
Isn't the FOIA all about them RELEASING information? I don't understand how they can get away with blacking things out. If you browse around the site a bit more.. there's a page that's completely blacked out, no information at all was released, except a black page. Bullshit.
What do you mean... can you EVER have enough computers!?
Oh man!! I remember Omnibot.. I think it's still in my parent's garage somewhere!
:)
:)
How about the tape-deck data recorder???
I retired my omnibot when my cat puked on the "home base" station (basically a piece of cardboard). Man, those were the days
InitZero is more correct than most of you are giving him credit for.
Before you go off slandering his post, sit back and think about it.
How did mega-uber corporations like McDonald's a Coca-Cola become mega-uber corporations? Mostly through American ignorance and *laziness*. Did I say laziness? Yes, I did.
Face, the majority of Americans are lazy. As I quote one of my best (and sarcastical) friends: "Give me convenience, or give me death". Is that not an accurate statement of the average American mentality??
We *DO* have the power to vote over corporations, using their only source of power. MONEY. If you don't like the company, or what it's doing, DON'T BUY THEIR PRODUCTS! Is that easy? No!! Take a look around at typical consumables in your home (bathroom, kitchen products). I bet you'll find that about half of them are manufactured by Proctor & Gamble. If you took a stand against Proctor & Gamble, you'd have to do some serious work to avoid them. Would the typical American do so? No! It's too much work. "Give me convenience or give me death."
This country has been slowly lulled into a glazing coma-like state. We're so babied by Big Brother that we forget that we--and only we--have the responsibility to speak out or take actions against them when they wrong us--but often, it's too much trouble. Most of us would rather watch Monday Night Football (with the commercials) than go out getting signatures for a petition.
Corporations DO exist to make money. They make money with products. If you dislike a corporation, disassociate from them by not purchasing their products. Even the largest of corporations couldn't last long if their customer base severely thinned out. Competition is too ready and too willing for the weak to survive.
Instead of buying Coke, buy RC Cola. Heck that's probably owned by Coke now. CHECK before you buy! It's not hard.
But until people actually start doing this instead of just talking about it, nothing will change.
Face it, college is for doctors. The technology field works far too quickly for such "legacy" educational systems like colleges to be effective. If you speak of necessary "practices" & "theories" that need to be understood, keep in mind that most standard practices & procedures CHANGE in the tech field as fast as the industry moves.
While it's easy to picture most college professors as sitting in their ivory tower of knowledge, with crufty 1980's textbooks and know-how, a simple slashdot search shows that there's quite a bit of brand-new shiny innovations coming from acadamia. Do you think that we could have gee-whiz languages like Java (and its derivatives) without some serious formal education and research? Distributed computing? AI?
True again... BUT, how many individuals are at college currently working on such projects? Yes, I do give credit where credit is due, but for the average-joe college-goer, this is out of reach. I should have made my view clearer.
Hands-on training with the products you'll be using and want to know about is the way to go. If you want to learn about philosphy, go to a library.
It is if you're just looking for employment. For me, and I think the original poster would probably agree, the well-roundedness isn't necessarily for my employer, but for myself. I'm on my sorta lunch break right now at work, but other than now and 6 hours from now when I get home, I have zero free time to just hang out at the library and ponder the existence of the universe. Screw what that means to my employer, I cut code for them. If they want to discuss 19th century artwork or modern poetry over a beer, well, ok, but I don't think it'll effect my code.
Again, I agree... but the topic was whether these are useful in a workplace. The answer is probably no. I too am strapped for time like everyone else, but you *do* need to make time for yourself, even if it involves saying "no" to people. It took me a long time--and a serious burnout--to figure that simple fact out. But, now I'm much happier because of it. Like they say, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger".
Anyway, I gotta take a huge piss right now.
Too much info.
Wait.. I didn't go to college.... I don't understand this "reverse psychology"
I hope you were kidding... otherwise:
dimwit.
This post smells of Troll.