If you read the website this guy is not claiming to have a working OSX environment. He clearly states the the emulated PPC rus 500 times slower than the host. This is just a cool program in very early beta. Besides, he has screenshots of the initial stages of and OSX install, which is pretty nice for version 0.1.
Yep, I hear all of the criticism of how much better PShop is, but for _this_ average, graphics-challenged user, the gimp is great. I don't have to borrow a copy of a copy of it from someone's friend, I don't have to drop hundreds on it. And I'm not saying that the graphics on my site are proof that GIMP is better, just that they're good enough for what I need.
But I do use finale and I've spent a lot on it over the years, but I'm a composer and I need the program, not an open source notation program.
I guess my point is, shut up and use what works. the GIMP will come along eventually, so will open source music notation programs, so will my website:-)
I know that's the conventional wisdom about NPR, but I just don't hear it. Perhaps it's the case on PHC or some of the other weekend fare, but as for ATC and morning edition (I commute 2 hours every day) it all sounds fairly balanced to me. I don't agree with every opinion expressed, and that's how it should be. And besides, whenever a story is not presented in a completely equal way, some listener is ready to write in explaining the inequity, and then they read the letter on the air.
I guess my point is, at least they try to be fair, and are ready to air criticism if they are less than fair. I imagine if they really were so liberal, Mr. Franken et al would not feel the need to start their own left-wing radio.
Perhaps you already know about this guy, but Harry Partch was the ultimate do-it-yourself instrument builder. Just a general summary of his diamond marimba is enough to make jaws drop.
Also agreed. I have a small leatherman and I just finished replacing the hard drive in my iBook with it. Anyone who's actually replaced an iBook harddrive knows this is quite a feat.
I haven't heard about this product yet, but it's now on the list. I'm fascinated by stereo sound, as for the first 26 years of my life I've had only one ear. I just had the other operated on this past year and I'm starting to experience spatialization and stereo sound for the first time ever. It's easier with headphones because the vibration helps with the effect. Still have to crank the right channel a bit, tho'.
You clearly don't understand. This is the last piece in the puzzle of completely eliminating musicians. We have had a drum machine to replace you for a while, electronic instruments and MIDI.
Now we can finally get rid of these whiny musicians, always complaining about "I need to feed my family" and "I'm a professional and should be paid like one." Now all of those unskilled morons can be sent to fill up the thousands of food preparation and customer service jobs that our public school system can't seem to find enough people for.
Sorry about the offtopic (tongue firmly in cheek) rant. You're right. this does sound like a fun toy.
No, saying "anyone" was meant as hyperbole. I apologize if there was a misunderstanding. Certainly few people know what schizophrenic means like you do.
Might I add the word "schizophrenic" to the list? It seems anyone that uses this word in everyday speech has no idea what it means. The analogy they are often going for is with multiple-personality or bi-polar disorder.
Oh well, as long as we're griping about the misuse of language...
Myth: Publicly releasing open source code will attract flurries of patches and new contributors.
...should be read as, "write any featureless, buggy program and then people in the community will do your work for you." I mean, how is this different than any other project you might undertake?
Heh, actually, I don't. I work for the high school only one period per day and my home campus is the Intermediate School. But I own my own iBook, upon which I can run whatever the hell I want.
Well, since I work at Pleasanton HS, I would LOVE to be paid more. But here's the thing: the school (apparently) can't afford textbooks for every child. They have to run to class after school for a chance to check one out. But apparently the school can afford the iBooks that no one will learn how to use. Great. I only hope they can atleast put.pdf files of their textbooks on the macs.
The genious admin is also building a gymnasium twice the size of the high school. 9 million for that. What no one wants to mention around here (pleasanton and/.) is that a good number of the teachers can't use a computer, let alone teach their students on one!
But then again, I'm looking forward to getting some of my kids into digital audio processing and other sound manipulation goodies (did I mention I teach music here?)
How about an FAQ about why the hell every laptop you send me blows a system board in just over a month? 3 laptops, 2 different models, and all of them break within months.
This is not a troll, either. In 18 months, 3 system boards have failed on my personal computer, this last one in less than a month. How do they stay in business if they can't send me one computer that works?
Finale is not yet supported under OSX. It will be soon.
Finale is a very nice package of software which I cannot live without, but it doesn;t sound like this guy needs that much, and I think I can save him $400. Allegro is just as good, made by the same folks, without some of the advanced functionality (unlimited staves, customized staves, etc.). It also is not supported under OSX, ya' gotta use classic mode.
It will be interesting to see if they can apply this same type of technology to help increase other types of brainwave activity.
They do use this kind of thing (biofeedback) for certain mental conditions, like ADD. When the learner has "focused" brain waves, s/he does better at the game.
This article reminds me of the "Mozart effect." Fellow musicians proclaimed it to be the reason we teach music . . . until the "effect" was proven quite temporary. But hopefully this will turn out to have some long term effects, as the learner takes an active role in the process, whereas subjects in the the Mozart experiments were entirely passive.
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Ugh, you peasant. Those bits are reshuffled by centripetal force. Centrifugal force is a myth put forth by the religious right.
If you read the website this guy is not claiming to have a working OSX environment. He clearly states the the emulated PPC rus 500 times slower than the host. This is just a cool program in very early beta. Besides, he has screenshots of the initial stages of and OSX install, which is pretty nice for version 0.1.
But I do use finale and I've spent a lot on it over the years, but I'm a composer and I need the program, not an open source notation program.
I guess my point is, shut up and use what works. the GIMP will come along eventually, so will open source music notation programs, so will my website :-)
Can anyone else just sense the other slashdotters trying to come up with a joke involving these guys?
I know that's the conventional wisdom about NPR, but I just don't hear it. Perhaps it's the case on PHC or some of the other weekend fare, but as for ATC and morning edition (I commute 2 hours every day) it all sounds fairly balanced to me. I don't agree with every opinion expressed, and that's how it should be. And besides, whenever a story is not presented in a completely equal way, some listener is ready to write in explaining the inequity, and then they read the letter on the air.
I guess my point is, at least they try to be fair, and are ready to air criticism if they are less than fair. I imagine if they really were so liberal, Mr. Franken et al would not feel the need to start their own left-wing radio.
I think we're about to find out what kind of lawyers are over at general mills.
Perhaps you already know about this guy, but Harry Partch was the ultimate do-it-yourself instrument builder. Just a general summary of his diamond marimba is enough to make jaws drop.
Sheesh...ya' know you've been around here too long when you can't even bother to read past the title. I'm thinking "they posted video of them coding?"
Now I can distribute my patented "Hello, World" application (note the comma) without fear of infringement.
Also agreed. I have a small leatherman and I just finished replacing the hard drive in my iBook with it. Anyone who's actually replaced an iBook harddrive knows this is quite a feat.
I haven't heard about this product yet, but it's now on the list. I'm fascinated by stereo sound, as for the first 26 years of my life I've had only one ear. I just had the other operated on this past year and I'm starting to experience spatialization and stereo sound for the first time ever. It's easier with headphones because the vibration helps with the effect. Still have to crank the right channel a bit, tho'.
Now we can finally get rid of these whiny musicians, always complaining about "I need to feed my family" and "I'm a professional and should be paid like one." Now all of those unskilled morons can be sent to fill up the thousands of food preparation and customer service jobs that our public school system can't seem to find enough people for.
Sorry about the offtopic (tongue firmly in cheek) rant. You're right. this does sound like a fun toy.
If he were still alive you'd have a lawsuit on your hands, but with recent commercialization I suspect you have a check coming.
Oh well, as long as we're griping about the misuse of language...
I won't switch until FreeBSD XP comes out.
Heh, actually, I don't. I work for the high school only one period per day and my home campus is the Intermediate School. But I own my own iBook, upon which I can run whatever the hell I want.
The genious admin is also building a gymnasium twice the size of the high school. 9 million for that. What no one wants to mention around here (pleasanton and /.) is that a good number of the teachers can't use a computer, let alone teach their students on one!
But then again, I'm looking forward to getting some of my kids into digital audio processing and other sound manipulation goodies (did I mention I teach music here?)
Heh, I remember seeing an ad back in 2000 asking for at least 10 years experience with linux.
This is not a troll, either. In 18 months, 3 system boards have failed on my personal computer, this last one in less than a month. How do they stay in business if they can't send me one computer that works?
Finale is a very nice package of software which I cannot live without, but it doesn;t sound like this guy needs that much, and I think I can save him $400. Allegro is just as good, made by the same folks, without some of the advanced functionality (unlimited staves, customized staves, etc.). It also is not supported under OSX, ya' gotta use classic mode.
They do use this kind of thing (biofeedback) for certain mental conditions, like ADD. When the learner has "focused" brain waves, s/he does better at the game.
This article reminds me of the "Mozart effect." Fellow musicians proclaimed it to be the reason we teach music . . . until the "effect" was proven quite temporary. But hopefully this will turn out to have some long term effects, as the learner takes an active role in the process, whereas subjects in the the Mozart experiments were entirely passive.
...because I think Oracle has its hands full making sure that its own software works.
Great to see a project like this run on Free software. Read more at Greenstone's website.