First, the people that say vinyl is superior to CD are mostly nostalgists who like the "warm" analog distortion, which usually is not intended by the artist.
MP3 is does not usually have the highest fidelity as you said, but it is extremely convenient. I know people that encode mp3s from their own CDs so that they can play them in a big shuffle off of their desktop. It's also easier to mail or FTP mp3s than it is to mail CDs.
It certainly beats tapes, and they are of great value to tape traders. I know someone said that that's "for kids," but in actuality, there are a lot of serious music fans that like to trade MP3s.
I don't think that MP3 is going to revolutionize the record industry by replacing CDs, but it will co-opt radio and MTV, thereby causing some trouble for the big five. Having another source of free music around will shake things up, especially when there is no restriction on the kind of music offered by this new source. That's the real danger to the big five.
Also, another way big record companies will be hit is that one-hit wonders won't do so well. There are millions of idiots that'll buy a whole album for one catchy song. Now, someone is bound to encode it and post it somewhere.
--end of Completely Relevant stuff---
Here's some MP3's of my stuff, if you're interested (yeah! Take that record corporations! heh, heh):
Well, personally I still like the term hacker, but yeah it does cause a lot of confusion.If a new term is really what we're after, something someone mentioned in a comment (which I now can't find) inspired a little idea in me...
The consensus of opinion from a few people seemed to be that using an old term might be a good idea, so how about something we see reasonably often in using Linux (even if it doesn't need to run), something that has already made its way into slang, something that can sum up the idea of poking about with something to get it working. fscker? ...If that's awkward to say, either because of formal company or whatever, or just because of linguisticyness, you could perhaps pronounce it fiscker or something. Just a thought, anyhoo. I like it...
As I say, I still like the term hacker. Would starting to use a new term necessarily make the old one void? Or would we be using both depending on company? BTW-When I said about seeing it often in Linux, I wasn't trying to say I think it's unstable, because I know it isn't, too.
I bet most of the people involved in this conversation can't code worth a damn. The real programmers are too busy doing real things to participate in this sandbox discussion
It has to be admitted that Jon Katz is right in this case.
We should be more worried about the plight of those who aren't crackers, or those who are but are smart enough to say they are hackers, who, like Kevin Mitnick are rotting in jail without even having a fair bail hearing and others who are being raided by the FBI and demonized in the press for fairly innocent manipulations of data that caused no harm and were only rooted in the deep seated desire for knowledge that is within every true hacker who ever walked the face of the earth. We need to unseat from power those who plagiarize words, as though it is those who speak who can define their meaning, and tear down this system that is dragging us to the ground and our hacker brothers with us, and cracker alike.
Long live the war of words that will drag its wards into the eternal misery of linguistic squabbling!
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Quit your whining - the faster the backbone is, the faster your downloads will be.
As for business with T1's - they can upgrade anytime they want. Most urban centers have access to bandwidth far exceeding T1 capacity. OC3 should be available in any urban center.
You have a choice - another distro (for which you can either pay - Caldera, or obtain freely - Debian), or simply roll your own distro and call it RedHatEatsPoo.
Your fate is in your own hands. You've got the tools (a computer) and the raw materials (open source software) to address your dilemma.
This isn't mean as flamebait, I'm simply asking what specifically about RedHAt's status as a private company made you think the Bob Young was developing a strategy witgh you in mind?
More likely he was thinking of the pre-IPO investors like Intel.
Added to which, if you wish to make your voice heard, purchase some stock. This is exactly what the machanism of shareholding addresses. The way people talk about shareholders in here, you'd think everyone who owns stock lives on Mars.
And if you want to reply that you're a starving student who can't afford stock - live with it - you're already existing at the whims of the your parents and your scholarship review board anyway, so loss of control isn't a new concept to you.
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Posted by _DogShu_:
We already use geek somewhat interchangeably with hacker.
As one word is changed to have negative connotations, perhaps another can be changed to have positive.
Posted by Shub-Niggurauth:
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First, the people that say vinyl is superior to CD are mostly nostalgists who like the "warm" analog distortion, which usually is not intended by the artist.
MP3 is does not usually have the highest fidelity as you said, but it is extremely convenient. I know people that encode mp3s from their own CDs so that they can play them in a big shuffle off of their desktop. It's also easier to mail or FTP mp3s than it is to mail CDs.
It certainly beats tapes, and they are of great value to tape traders. I know someone said that that's "for kids," but in actuality, there are a lot of serious music fans that like to trade MP3s.
I don't think that MP3 is going to revolutionize the record industry by replacing CDs, but it will co-opt radio and MTV, thereby causing some trouble for the big five. Having another source of free music around will shake things up, especially when there is no restriction on the kind of music offered by this new source. That's the real danger to the big five.
Also, another way big record companies will be hit is that one-hit wonders won't do so well. There are millions of idiots that'll buy a whole album for one catchy song. Now, someone is bound to encode it and post it somewhere.
--end of Completely Relevant stuff---
Here's some MP3's of my stuff, if you're interested (yeah! Take that record corporations! heh, heh):
"Important Metal": Carpal MP3s
Wacky Cult Music: Cult
A more serious project:
Inverted Silence
-Jim
Posted by judabenhammer:
I always used the term hacking when trying to get something to work they way I want it to work.
getting the server to send audio messages to my cell phone. (hacking the pbx or emmail client)
uising the VCR to backup computer data.(hacking the VCR)
Well, personally I still like the term hacker, but yeah it does cause a lot of confusion.If a new term is really what we're after, something someone mentioned in a comment (which I now can't find) inspired a little idea in me...
The consensus of opinion from a few people seemed to be that using an old term might be a good idea, so how about something we see reasonably often in using Linux (even if it doesn't need to run), something that has already made its way into slang, something that can sum up the idea of poking about with something to get it working.
fscker?
...If that's awkward to say, either because of formal company or whatever, or just because of linguisticyness, you could perhaps pronounce it
fiscker
or something. Just a thought, anyhoo. I like it...
As I say, I still like the term hacker. Would starting to use a new term necessarily make the old one void? Or would we be using both depending on company?
BTW-When I said about seeing it often in Linux, I wasn't trying to say I think it's unstable, because I know it isn't, too.
Posted by Denium:
What do you think?
Denium
denium2001@yahoo.com
Posted by The Mongolian Barbecue:
I bet most of the people involved in this conversation can't code worth a damn. The real programmers are too busy doing real things to participate in this sandbox discussion
Posted by frogbert:
People would remember you if you called yerself a nuclear terrorist.
It has to be admitted that Jon Katz is right in this case.
We should be more worried about the plight of those who aren't crackers, or those who are but are smart enough to say they are hackers, who, like Kevin Mitnick are rotting in jail without even having a fair bail hearing and others who are being raided by the FBI and demonized in the press for fairly innocent manipulations of data that caused no harm and were only rooted in the deep seated desire for knowledge that is within every true hacker who ever walked the face of the earth. We need to unseat from power those who plagiarize words, as though it is those who speak who can define their meaning, and tear down this system that is dragging us to the ground and our hacker brothers with us, and cracker alike.
Long live the war of words that will drag its wards into the eternal misery of linguistic squabbling!
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TK427 - Do you copy?Posted by d106ene5:
Quit your whining - the faster the backbone is, the faster your downloads will be.
As for business with T1's - they can upgrade anytime they want. Most urban centers have access to bandwidth far exceeding T1 capacity. OC3 should be available in any urban center.
Posted by d106ene5:
You have a choice - another distro (for which you can either pay - Caldera, or obtain freely - Debian), or simply roll your own distro and call it RedHatEatsPoo.
Your fate is in your own hands. You've got the tools (a computer) and the raw materials (open source software) to address your dilemma.
Posted by d106ene5:
This isn't mean as flamebait, I'm simply asking what specifically about RedHAt's status as a private company made you think the Bob Young was developing a strategy witgh you in mind?
More likely he was thinking of the pre-IPO investors like Intel.
Added to which, if you wish to make your voice heard, purchase some stock. This is exactly what the machanism of shareholding addresses. The way people talk about shareholders in here, you'd think everyone who owns stock lives on Mars.
And if you want to reply that you're a starving student who can't afford stock - live with it - you're already existing at the whims of the your parents and your scholarship review board anyway, so loss of control isn't a new concept to you.
Posted by MaldaSuX:
Have a slash and the dot follows
Posted by MaldaSuX:
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Posted by MaldaSuX:
yes.
Posted by MaldaSuX:
No it doesn't.
Simple as.
Posted by MaldaSuX:
Mud is that wet dirty stuff outside.
Posted by MaldaSuX:
I think dickhead Malda has fucked up in his comment scripts with the '&' symbol. Sort it out Rob, you inadequate loser nerd.
Posted by MaldaSuX:
Thanx for clearing that one up
Posted by MaldaSuX:
Repeating the previous poster is a really good thing to do. I found it really useful
Posted by MaldaSuX:
Go out and get a life
Posted by MaldaSuX:
Go out and get a shag instead it's much better!
Posted by MaldaSuX:
You can't deny that their cames are complete RUBBISH can you?
Posted by MaldaSuX:
yes
Posted by MaldaSuX:
It's a fact of life that people don't like paying for anything
Posted by MaldaSuX:
Just consider, however, that Amazon has yet to show a profit.