Genetic engineering of this sort is likely to be extremely rare if illegal.
I disagree. Even excepting the easy possibility of visiting other jurisdictions where such may be legal or less monitored, setting up an underground shop to provide this kind of service should be relatively easy compared to other "high-tech" ventures. My understanding is that the equipment for this is neither as complicated nor as expensive as one might think.
It records both the IP and the name of the server somewhere when doing the offlining. As a result if the name (but not the drive) or the IP changes your entire offline tree goes south and stays offline. Go download csccmd 1.1 from Microsoft.
man(1) and their sister organizations apropos(1) and whatis(1) meet most of my training needs. Sometimes I have to go to their less organized competitor/usr/share/doc, or the overly bureaucratic info(1), but most of the time all I need is man(1), man.
Let's see, an "enterprise-grade" firewall that also supports VPN connections, that in reality isn't really as good as its rep... 's' key on your keyboard broken so you can't type "SonicWALL"?
I have not had a chance to use it past the online demo*, but you might want to check out Apache Lenya
* A contract webmonkey proposed switching to Lenya halfway through a project. As much as I like F/OSS, I decided I'd rather have his existing VB/ASP mess working "on time" (only months late) rather than a nifty Lenya setup ready sometime after I would be fired for still not having delivered the new website...
It's bad enough that we have to put up with this kind of vague language in advertisements... but now in technical writing? "As many as" signifies an upper bound. "or more" extends that, which makes that bound meaningless. If some code takes "as much as 5 ms or more" to run, how fast is it? If a new PC came with "as much as 256 MB or more" RAM, would you buy it?
My favorite place to shop is Groovetech. They cater more to DJs and consequently carry mostly vinyl, but they do have quite a few CDs. Probably the best thing about them is that they have lots of audio samples for pretty much everything they've ever carried, in stock or not (RealAudio, but nobody's perfect). You could probably spend the rest of your life listening to tracks on their site.
If you find yourself appreciating DnB in any of its numerous flavors, a good DnB-oriented US retailer is Breakbeat Science. Their website isn't as groovy, but they get in lots of stuff that Groovetech doesn't.
If you find yourself doing more than casual buying and you're in the US, another option to consider is to buy stuff directly from Europe (which really is the epicenter of the electronic music scene). After VAT deductions, and with no import duties, the cost is usually competitive with buying in-country; the upside being that you have a huge selection (basically everything that's released), the downside being the time it takes for your purchases to wing their way across the pond (unless you choose to splurge on speedier shipment). I've ordered from Juno Records in the UK several times and have never had a problem.
If you get into DJ-style trainspotting for releases in your favorite genre, you'll quickly come to realize that despite being huge in Europe, the dance music industry still is mostly driven by a large number of small labels, mostly created and run by the artists themselves. It's similar to the US Indie Rock scene. Consequently, distribution is not nearly as universal as one might hope for. You can spend a lot of time checking many different sources for releases. Fortunately, most labels and many of their distributors sell directly through their websites.
Lastly, don't be afraid of vinyl! Eventually, you will discover tracks in mixes or DJ sets that you want that won't ever be available in any other format. A Technics SL-1200/1210 MkII or M3D turntable, still the preference of the vast majority of working DJs, will set you back $500-$600 with a good cartridge, will probably last longer than you will. With 78 dB s/n, it's a perfectly adequate source for making MP3s (not CD quality, but is your sound card even that clean?), and then you can store your vinyl away and not have to worry about wear. There are similarly priced offerings from Vestax which are more popular with scratch and other technique-oriented DJs, as well as lower-priced DJ- and consumer-oriented offerings from such companies as American DJ, Denon, Gemini, Numark, Sony, Stanton, and Technics. There are also innumerable pricey "audiophile" turntables, but unless you're in the tube-amp camp I'd steer clear. A more recent class of turntables such as the Stanton STR8-100 and Denon DP-DJ150 have internal A/D and a SPDIF output. A 24/96 card such as one of the M-Audio (formerly Midiman) Delta cards is probably a more flexible way to do the same thing; use quality audio cables to minimize noise pickup between the turntable and sound card.
My background--I used to do college radio, but now I'm just a semi-obsessive music lover. I've never been a working DJ. My favorite dance genre is dark/tech DnB, but my other music love is death metal;-)
>I would like the FSF to consider the fact that people have mortgages, children and college.
So now it's RMS' fault that people overextend their finances, buying expensive housing in overdeveloped areas with money they don't have, and believe the modern myth that education == formal schooling?
Pick up a copy of Countryside magazine sometime. You might be amazed at what some people are doing. It's very easy to live comfortably if you can reject the "Buy! Buy! Buy!" that our capitalist system is constantly shoving down our throats. Now, I'm no opponent of capitalism (or communism or socialism for that matter, at least as economic systems engaged in without government involvment). I'm just suggesting that you take responsibility for your own choices. If you choose to live a lifestyle that requires a high influx of money from others, don't whine at others' altruism just because it makes it a little harder to make all that money.
Oh yeah, one last note... if your kids want to go to college, let them pay for it. There are many good state schools where one can reasonably make enough money for tuition and living expenses working part-time while taking classes. (@ U of Idaho, in-state fees + tuition was $1k per semester when I graduated in '97, and there are many cheaper schools.) It'll teach them financial discipline, if nothing else. Maybe they'll have to take fewer classes per semester; big deal... Who cares if it takes you 5 or 6 years instead of 4 to graduate. Plus I found that fewer classes I took simultaneously, the more I got out of what I did take...
Where do you think all those trucks that haul the majority of our nation's goods get fuel? Anywhere there is business, there will be Diesel. Unless you're a *long* way from the nearest highway, there is a Diesel pump nearby.
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A rather geeky friend of mine has already released an app named UnixTime to let you enjoy this historic event on your iPhone/iTouch:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303467372&mt=8
http://markdamonhughes.com/UnixTime/
(no, I have no sponsorship deal, just thought if it was geeky enough to be worth writing, it might be geeky enough for some of you to be worth buying)
Genetic engineering of this sort is likely to be extremely rare if illegal.
I disagree. Even excepting the easy possibility of visiting other jurisdictions where such may be legal or less monitored, setting up an underground shop to provide this kind of service should be relatively easy compared to other "high-tech" ventures. My understanding is that the equipment for this is neither as complicated nor as expensive as one might think.
Used sequencers for pricing research:
http://www.labx.com/v2/newad.cfm?CatID=218
Then again, maybe I've just been reading too many cyberpunk novels lately...
csccmd
man(1) and their sister organizations apropos(1) and whatis(1) meet most of my training needs. Sometimes I have to go to their less organized competitor /usr/share/doc, or the overly bureaucratic info(1), but most of the time all I need is man(1), man.
Let's see, an "enterprise-grade" firewall that also supports VPN connections, that in reality isn't really as good as its rep... 's' key on your keyboard broken so you can't type "SonicWALL"?
I have not had a chance to use it past the online demo*, but you might want to check out Apache Lenya
* A contract webmonkey proposed switching to Lenya halfway through a project. As much as I like F/OSS, I decided I'd rather have his existing VB/ASP mess working "on time" (only months late) rather than a nifty Lenya setup ready sometime after I would be fired for still not having delivered the new website...
> as many as 60 or more
It's bad enough that we have to put up with this kind of vague language in advertisements... but now in technical writing? "As many as" signifies an upper bound. "or more" extends that, which makes that bound meaningless. If some code takes "as much as 5 ms or more" to run, how fast is it? If a new PC came with "as much as 256 MB or more" RAM, would you buy it?
Argh!
My favorite place to shop is Groovetech. They cater more to DJs and consequently carry mostly vinyl, but they do have quite a few CDs. Probably the best thing about them is that they have lots of audio samples for pretty much everything they've ever carried, in stock or not (RealAudio, but nobody's perfect). You could probably spend the rest of your life listening to tracks on their site.
If you find yourself appreciating DnB in any of its numerous flavors, a good DnB-oriented US retailer is Breakbeat Science. Their website isn't as groovy, but they get in lots of stuff that Groovetech doesn't.
If you find yourself doing more than casual buying and you're in the US, another option to consider is to buy stuff directly from Europe (which really is the epicenter of the electronic music scene). After VAT deductions, and with no import duties, the cost is usually competitive with buying in-country; the upside being that you have a huge selection (basically everything that's released), the downside being the time it takes for your purchases to wing their way across the pond (unless you choose to splurge on speedier shipment). I've ordered from Juno Records in the UK several times and have never had a problem.
If you get into DJ-style trainspotting for releases in your favorite genre, you'll quickly come to realize that despite being huge in Europe, the dance music industry still is mostly driven by a large number of small labels, mostly created and run by the artists themselves. It's similar to the US Indie Rock scene. Consequently, distribution is not nearly as universal as one might hope for. You can spend a lot of time checking many different sources for releases. Fortunately, most labels and many of their distributors sell directly through their websites.
Lastly, don't be afraid of vinyl! Eventually, you will discover tracks in mixes or DJ sets that you want that won't ever be available in any other format. A Technics SL-1200/1210 MkII or M3D turntable, still the preference of the vast majority of working DJs, will set you back $500-$600 with a good cartridge, will probably last longer than you will. With 78 dB s/n, it's a perfectly adequate source for making MP3s (not CD quality, but is your sound card even that clean?), and then you can store your vinyl away and not have to worry about wear. There are similarly priced offerings from Vestax which are more popular with scratch and other technique-oriented DJs, as well as lower-priced DJ- and consumer-oriented offerings from such companies as American DJ, Denon, Gemini, Numark, Sony, Stanton, and Technics. There are also innumerable pricey "audiophile" turntables, but unless you're in the tube-amp camp I'd steer clear. A more recent class of turntables such as the Stanton STR8-100 and Denon DP-DJ150 have internal A/D and a SPDIF output. A 24/96 card such as one of the M-Audio (formerly Midiman) Delta cards is probably a more flexible way to do the same thing; use quality audio cables to minimize noise pickup between the turntable and sound card.
My background--I used to do college radio, but now I'm just a semi-obsessive music lover. I've never been a working DJ. My favorite dance genre is dark/tech DnB, but my other music love is death metal ;-)
>I would like the FSF to consider the fact that people have mortgages, children and college.
So now it's RMS' fault that people overextend their finances, buying expensive housing in overdeveloped areas with money they don't have, and believe the modern myth that education == formal schooling?
Pick up a copy of Countryside magazine sometime. You might be amazed at what some people are doing. It's very easy to live comfortably if you can reject the "Buy! Buy! Buy!" that our capitalist system is constantly shoving down our throats. Now, I'm no opponent of capitalism (or communism or socialism for that matter, at least as economic systems engaged in without government involvment). I'm just suggesting that you take responsibility for your own choices. If you choose to live a lifestyle that requires a high influx of money from others, don't whine at others' altruism just because it makes it a little harder to make all that money.
Oh yeah, one last note... if your kids want to go to college, let them pay for it. There are many good state schools where one can reasonably make enough money for tuition and living expenses working part-time while taking classes. (@ U of Idaho, in-state fees + tuition was $1k per semester when I graduated in '97, and there are many cheaper schools.) It'll teach them financial discipline, if nothing else. Maybe they'll have to take fewer classes per semester; big deal... Who cares if it takes you 5 or 6 years instead of 4 to graduate. Plus I found that fewer classes I took simultaneously, the more I got out of what I did take...
Where do you think all those trucks that haul the majority of our nation's goods get fuel? Anywhere there is business, there will be Diesel. Unless you're a *long* way from the nearest highway, there is a Diesel pump nearby.