I disagree. Unless you yourself are providing the mp3's on your site, then what the hell are you really doing wrong? Giving directions? Some previous posts have already mentioned that telling someone where to go to get drugs isn't illegal. The seller and buyer are the ones doing the illegal activity. In fact, one small short step farther would be to condemn a person for simply KNOWING where to buy drugs. Anyway, web sites are dynamic. You could link to a healthy site called allfree.com (freeware for instance) and then a month later it's sold, or degenerates to an illegal mp3 site some day later. This means anyone with any links on their site is in jeopardy. But, to be a devil's advocate to my own self, if the person was providing a download link to the mp3 itself, then I guess it would be the same as saying "oh, you don't have to go to the dealer", go to us middle men, and we'll UPS/FedEx it to you! ---------------- Dustin (43 GB of full-album MP3's, so who am I to talk?)
I would like to make a SCSI tower for fast (and multiple) MP3 ripping. My question is how fast can I expect this pricey purchase to work for me? I've looked at some SCSI adapters saying they can handle 80MB/sec. But does that mean a 40X SCSI CD-ROM will rip at that speed? I'm sure there's some computation needed for converting to WAV format. However, is it possible to rip a whole CD in less than a minute? Half a minute? Also, what CD-ROM/HardDrive ratio can SCSI handle? I know that SCSI is good at handling multiple reads and writes that IDE can't handle. But could I rip 7 CD's on 7 SCSI Cd-Rom's and use only one SCSI hard drive? Also, has anyone run encoders with dual processors? I was curious if you could run your favorite encoder more than once, and get good speed results. -Rader
I have a Xitel Platinum Storm sound card that only cost $99. It came with great headphones that vibrate on the low bass, supports EAX, A3D, Direct, etc. 128 bit, 96 channels (?), 4 speaker support, etc. Competes well with SoundBlaster's Live. Then bought Creative Labs FPS 2000 for $199 retail (you can get it on the net for $142 at computershopper.com). The music is great. My gf is a huge critic of her music, and even she loves it. Oh yea, I forgot to mention the mp3 files themselves... I'm using CDCOPY and it's default encoder (I think it's L3enc?) Much better encoding than most of the songs I've traded for (did I say trade? I mean temporarily tested). I'm only doing it at 128 bit too. Rader
The problem with stringing a transmitter from a tree powered by solar cells is the cost factor. You must be willing to lose all the hardware during each raid.
Now, if you just wanted to be heard once, then maybe this would be worth it. But to gain listeners, (afterall, people usually have their stations memorzied, preset, etc) that takes time. And after the FCC finds the 'first tree' they'll be trolling for your next broadcast, and get their quicker.
Now how about a mobile transmittor - ala Pump Up The Volume). What would be nice is to set it up in a mass transit system, and let the city unwittingly move it 24/7. Subway/L-Train is the only thing I can think of that goes 24/7. If you wanted to put it in a bus, you might want some "down time" at night when the bus is parked all night.
He doesn't know what he's talking about? I'm afraid you're being quite rude, and wrong yourself. Intel (or shall we call them Wintel) has a 64 bit mainstream plan that was announced at least a year ago. I'm sure Windoze'64bit is a needed ingredient in this.
Actually comments from elitists like yours aren't slashdot material. You're right, slashdots recent track record is going down the drain with comments like yours
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Off shore banking, off shore selling. Mp3 albums for sale for 50 cents an album. Oh yea.
Dustin
SDMI? 43 GB of MP3....
I disagree. Unless you yourself are providing the mp3's on your site, then what the hell are you really doing wrong? Giving directions? Some previous posts have already mentioned that telling someone where to go to get drugs isn't illegal. The seller and buyer are the ones doing the illegal activity. In fact, one small short step farther would be to condemn a person for simply KNOWING where to buy drugs. Anyway, web sites are dynamic. You could link to a healthy site called allfree.com (freeware for instance) and then a month later it's sold, or degenerates to an illegal mp3 site some day later. This means anyone with any links on their site is in jeopardy. But, to be a devil's advocate to my own self, if the person was providing a download link to the mp3 itself, then I guess it would be the same as saying "oh, you don't have to go to the dealer", go to us middle men, and we'll UPS/FedEx it to you! ---------------- Dustin (43 GB of full-album MP3's, so who am I to talk?)
I would like to make a SCSI tower for fast (and multiple) MP3 ripping. My question is how fast can I expect this pricey purchase to work for me? I've looked at some SCSI adapters saying they can handle 80MB/sec. But does that mean a 40X SCSI CD-ROM will rip at that speed? I'm sure there's some computation needed for converting to WAV format. However, is it possible to rip a whole CD in less than a minute? Half a minute? Also, what CD-ROM/HardDrive ratio can SCSI handle? I know that SCSI is good at handling multiple reads and writes that IDE can't handle. But could I rip 7 CD's on 7 SCSI Cd-Rom's and use only one SCSI hard drive? Also, has anyone run encoders with dual processors? I was curious if you could run your favorite encoder more than once, and get good speed results. -Rader
I have a Xitel Platinum Storm sound card that only cost $99. It came with great headphones that vibrate on the low bass, supports EAX, A3D, Direct, etc. 128 bit, 96 channels (?), 4 speaker support, etc. Competes well with SoundBlaster's Live. Then bought Creative Labs FPS 2000 for $199 retail (you can get it on the net for $142 at computershopper.com). The music is great. My gf is a huge critic of her music, and even she loves it. Oh yea, I forgot to mention the mp3 files themselves... I'm using CDCOPY and it's default encoder (I think it's L3enc?) Much better encoding than most of the songs I've traded for (did I say trade? I mean temporarily tested). I'm only doing it at 128 bit too. Rader
The problem with stringing a transmitter from a tree powered by solar cells is the cost factor. You must be willing to lose all the hardware during each raid.
Now, if you just wanted to be heard once, then maybe this would be worth it. But to gain listeners, (afterall, people usually have their stations memorzied, preset, etc) that takes time. And after the FCC finds the 'first tree' they'll be trolling for your next broadcast, and get their quicker.
Now how about a mobile transmittor - ala Pump Up The Volume). What would be nice is to set it up in a mass transit system, and let the city unwittingly move it 24/7. Subway/L-Train is the only thing I can think of that goes 24/7. If you wanted to put it in a bus, you might want some "down time" at night when the bus is parked all night.
He doesn't know what he's talking about? I'm afraid you're being quite rude, and wrong yourself. Intel (or shall we call them Wintel) has a 64 bit mainstream plan that was announced at least a year ago. I'm sure Windoze'64bit is a needed ingredient in this.
Actually comments from elitists like yours aren't slashdot material. You're right, slashdots recent track record is going down the drain with comments like yours