He contends that his proposed rate structure, if implemented, would actually result in higher total revenues to SoundExchange than their current proposal would, after it kills off 90% of Net radio stations.
Yeah, but would his proposal accomplish the RIAA's main objective, which is killing off Net radio?
Any technologically advanced country that is small and dense will have an easier time bringing great internet rates to people than the U.S.
Why didn't I think of that? It perfectly explains why rural areas like San Francisco and Manhattan have such poor Internet access compared to, say, Iceland.
$DAUGHTER just decided to skip getting cable Internet to her apartment because $50/month for a minimum level of service is just insane. Especially since there's a cafe across the street with free wifi and a short walk to her office on campus.
Now, in Japan with ~$20/mo for 100 Mb/s service starts to sound more reasonable.
Anyone wonder why the USA is rapidly dropping below third-world countries?
Considering the gross "peak limiting" that those same producers insist on using for their CDs, I'm not sympathetic. When the recording gain is cranked up to where a large portion of it is clipping, you're not hearing the musicians either.
Not that it directly affects me -- the yahoos currently ruining the studios never had their hands on the stuff I listen to.
"There are some things that Windows does pretty well," Zemlin said. Microsoft for instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good track record in fending off competition.'
So on the subject of "what MSWindows does well," the best examples he can come up with are:
Marketing, and
fending off competition
How's that different from the critics saying that:
MSWindows is a marketing tool that
is designed to block other market entrants?
He wants them to change their tune, so since the message is the same I guess he just wants us to have the same admiration for software-as-ad-medium and market foreclosure that he does.
IMHO we're dealing with the blind and the elephant here.
Not to discount your views, but $DAUGHTER is doing graduate work in exactly this subject (sociology of gender in the technology workplace) and none of the simple answers seem to hold water. It's a real puzzlement.
OTOH, I'll tell you now that if you contact her (/. DarlingDaughter) she'll be very interested in what you have to tell her.
The problem with (Procrustes') rack-balls [1], at least for me, is that you have to keep moving back and forth between the ball and the buttons. You either click or you move, but you can't drag and it seems like half the time the movement from ball to buttons causes the pointer to move again and you have to go back and do it over until you get it perfect.
No thanks.
[1] Yes, I use one. It's attached to the exercise machinery because there's no suitable surface for a mouse. It's also even harder to get right when you're stepping on the stair machine, but fortunately I'm not trying to do anything much.
Intelligent voters are about 1% of the population.
No, voters are about 30% of the population, intelligent citizens are maybe 3% of the population, but you have yet to demonstrate that the intersection of the two sets is non-null.
Qwest "partnered" with MSN, so if you get their DSL your ISP just flat-out requires MSWindows for authentication, period.
Fortunately, for now the FCC still requires them to allow you to use other ISPs (if you pay more, but it's worth it). No telling how long that will last, though.
Joke as you will, but ain't no way they're going to be able to fit a skintight codpiece. Which means that the suit for women will be a lot simpler and more comfortable than the one for men (ever thought of how to pressurize a codpiece? How hard does the cup have to be applied to keep a seal?)
If air pressure inside the suit was really zero, the astronaut would die of the bends.
No, the bends only happen if the pressure inside your body drops. That's not under discussion.
Human skin actually does a very good job of selective permeability; osmotic pressures across it easily exceed an atmosphere. All it really needs is mechanical support to prevent the Mother of All Hickeys.
So, no, it wasn't a joke. Nice that you can't tell which of my posts are serious though. I think. Maybe.
* Cooling and heating. The body has a very narrow temp range that is comfortable. You are not going to be comfortable in spandex with your sunward side near boiling and your shadowed side near absolute zero.
Ahem. Vacuum is a wonderful insulator. Your sunward side gets only a little more sun than it does at the beach, and that's assuming you don't have a (nonpressurized) reflective layer to minimize radiative transfer. The opposite side doesn't radiate that much more than it does on a clear night, same comment about screening.
* Ventilation. People sweat. You need a constant flow of air across the skin to take away the humidity, otherwise it's like wearing all-polyester clothes. Very uncomfortable after five minutes.
Air? We don't need no steenking air! Has it occurred to you that several light-years of vacuum is about as good as it gets in terms of removing bodily outgassing? (Yes, that includes flatulence. No more jokes about "as funny as a fart in a vac suit.")
* Speed of access. If your craft springs a leak it might be crucial to be able to do this stuff in a hurry. Ever try putting on a wet swimsuit when you're already wet?
In an emergency with the current suits, you're screwed. They aren't exactly quick-on devices either.
* Joints. If the elbows are not constant-volume, you waste energy bendig your elbows. oops.
Most of the problem from current suits comes from the fact that they aren't form-fitting. Your elbow is already constant-volume, after all. It's that layer of (pressurized) air around it that makes the suit so tiring to work in.
There are advantages to having been around a while.
One of them is my collection of Astounding/Analog. Another, frankly, is a son who haunts used bookstores and sends me copies I'm missing from my collection.
Now, all I need to do is knock over the University of Arizona's Special Collections library. I spent too many hours there as a student reading every issue that John Campbell edited, clear back to the 30s.
I thought most of the problems are because the spacesuit needs to insulate against the heat and cold, and protect from radiation?
Heat and cold you handle with a reflective cover (yup, silver foil! another SF tradition upheld.)
Heat especially is actually easier since human skin has built-in evaporative cooling. Can't beat vacuum for insulation. Most of the heating/cooling problems of current suits are self-inflicted by their bulky closed designs.
Radiation? Nothing shorter than UV is going to be stopped by a suit anyway and UV can be blocked by that beautiful silver film.
You can exert mechanical pressure but the real air pressure inside the suit is going to be zero. That means water is going to boil off. Presumably they have considered that issue.
Of course -- it's a great way to keep the astronaut cool. Just add water (orally, thank you; like any athlete hydration is essential!)
If that means "too cool" then a sweater or other insulation should be used. As long as it breaths. Gore-Tex is wonderful stuff.
Back when John Campbell was editor of Analog, one of the "Science Fact" articles proposed that spacesuits could be made of gas-permeable mesh that would let skin do what skin does: selective permeability. (Obviously, some parts such as the head still get air!) Provide pressure support but don't try to create an interior environment, and you eliminate a huge number of the worst design challenges of a spacesuit.
You also make it a lot less vulnerable to life-threatening damage.
Chalk up another one for the old Analog, right along with Giant Meteor Impact.
According to a third source, FBI officials also said at the meeting that some bureau employees have already been granted immunity from prosecution in the investigation.
And in the end, they'll all get immunity for testifying against each other. At which point, the charges will be dropped because there aren't any defendants left. Of course, the records will be sealed for national security so we'll never know.
The third source, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, did not recall, however, that FBI officials described the investigation as "criminal."'"
Oops! Mentioning that is itself a violation of the (secret) secrecy clauses in the Patriot Act. We'll never hear from that source again.
I love it -- they're actually foaming mad enough to publicly admit that they're engaged in a conspiracy in restraint of trade based on blocking artists' access to radio and retail.
Should make for utterly gripping testimony in the antitrust lawsuit under Sherman Act Part One.
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Now, in Japan with ~$20/mo for 100 Mb/s service starts to sound more reasonable.
Anyone wonder why the USA is rapidly dropping below third-world countries?
Just pass the word to the Administration and its Congressional allies that those satellites are good enough to show nekkid women sunbathing.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_an d_entertainment/music/article1878724.ece
Not that it directly affects me -- the yahoos currently ruining the studios never had their hands on the stuff I listen to.
So on the subject of "what MSWindows does well," the best examples he can come up with are:
- Marketing, and
- fending off competition
How's that different from the critics saying that:He wants them to change their tune, so since the message is the same I guess he just wants us to have the same admiration for software-as-ad-medium and market foreclosure that he does.
Not to discount your views, but $DAUGHTER is doing graduate work in exactly this subject (sociology of gender in the technology workplace) and none of the simple answers seem to hold water. It's a real puzzlement.
OTOH, I'll tell you now that if you contact her (/. DarlingDaughter) she'll be very interested in what you have to tell her.
I realize that /. isn't intended for fast-breaking news, but TFM is from February and a Hell of a lot has happened since then.
No thanks.
[1] Yes, I use one. It's attached to the exercise machinery because there's no suitable surface for a mouse. It's also even harder to get right when you're stepping on the stair machine, but fortunately I'm not trying to do anything much.
It's just that the current Administration has all of the subtlety and finesse of California mudslide.
Fortunately, for now the FCC still requires them to allow you to use other ISPs (if you pay more, but it's worth it). No telling how long that will last, though.
Human skin actually does a very good job of selective permeability; osmotic pressures across it easily exceed an atmosphere. All it really needs is mechanical support to prevent the Mother of All Hickeys.
So, no, it wasn't a joke. Nice that you can't tell which of my posts are serious though. I think. Maybe.
One of them is my collection of Astounding/Analog. Another, frankly, is a son who haunts used bookstores and sends me copies I'm missing from my collection.
Now, all I need to do is knock over the University of Arizona's Special Collections library. I spent too many hours there as a student reading every issue that John Campbell edited, clear back to the 30s.
Heat especially is actually easier since human skin has built-in evaporative cooling. Can't beat vacuum for insulation. Most of the heating/cooling problems of current suits are self-inflicted by their bulky closed designs.
Radiation? Nothing shorter than UV is going to be stopped by a suit anyway and UV can be blocked by that beautiful silver film.
If that means "too cool" then a sweater or other insulation should be used. As long as it breaths. Gore-Tex is wonderful stuff.
You also make it a lot less vulnerable to life-threatening damage.
Chalk up another one for the old Analog, right along with Giant Meteor Impact.
How many dinners has he bought?
How may hot babes has he brought to parties with the MPs?
Bottom line: who cares what he thinks?
Somebody order another truckload -- this is going to be ugly.
Should make for utterly gripping testimony in the antitrust lawsuit under Sherman Act Part One.