Their "organization" is just a mailing list of people who
regularly post an email with their contents, and ftp connect
information (FTP is the "file transfer protocol" - it's the
ultimate).
If someone posts non-trader-friendly material to the list,
they are banned by the aggressive list nazi(s).
I have been using etree.org for 3 years now and it is just
as good as ever. The member stick to only using
taper-friendly bands (phish, grateful dead, allman bros,
etc) and use standard protocols: ftp, email, and irc.
It is a much looser connection than something like napster;
it is really just a mailing list with a bunch of individual
ftp servers. If someone puts non-trader-friendly music,
they are banned from the mailing list for life by the list
nazi.
Yes, it is RIAA-proof.
The only real problem is that there is never enough
bandwidth!
The most important feature that Tivo needs to add is HDTV
support. I realize that it will take a ton of disk space, but it
is worth it. Is there any estimation on when this might
happen?
I will not purchase any HDTV equipment until Tivo supports
it.
I read that methanol's main use currently is in window washer
fluid.
It is much safer than gasoline; it has been used at the Indy
500 ever since a major fire in the 60's or 70's. I read that
Henry Ford built a car out of mostly hemp; and it was
powered by methanol, which can be made from hemp.
Unfortunately, our government is fighting a war on drugs right
now, so hemp-based products might be illegal; whether or
not they are safer and better for the environment.
And on that topic, look at how toxic it is to make Nylon,
when hemp fibers are just as good and grow naturally,
and don't require disgusting pesticides and processing
like cotton.
If I were starting up, and had someone who was very smart
about accounting, I'd use SQL Ledger. It's open source, and
looks nice, but I'm sure there are things missing that you
would have to work on.
Rumor has it that IBM is forcing CA to port AccPac to Linux,
so maybe that is an option.
Obviously you're not the target demographic then. The
target is people who can't stand the limited programming
available on FM, and people who don't like commercials.
Perhaps you live in a market that has good choices for
radio stations. Most big cities do not have this, and most
rural areas have limited choices.
Moderators are dumbasses. Yours is the most important
comment in all of the posts here, why is it still 1.
Being commercial-free is the most important factor. I don't
think it will be as bad as cable though; with cable, each
channel can have its own policy. With Sirius, I don't think
that is the case... if they started introducing commercials,
people would leave; whereas with cable, the original cable
channels like HBO are still commercial free.
> Seriously, if this technology is just an overglorified radio,
> what is the benifit?
It is different in one key way. With FM radio, you are not a
customer; you are a product that is delivered to advertisers
and record lables, who are the real customers.
Because satellite is commercial-free, and there are more
channels, there is a bigger incentive to provide diverse and
interesting programming.
Obviously I'm being optimistic, but I think it has potential.
If the channels are good enough, I will gladly add this in
addition to my mp3 player.
The key, obviously, is programming. I have been radio-free
for years and sometimes I just wish someone would choose
good music for me... but every time I listen to the radio I
realize how unlikely it is because you are not the customer;
you are the product.
With these guys, you are the customer, so I think they are
more likely to come up with good programming.
I have used an in-car mp3 player for several years now,
and I would enjoy having a source of interesting new music,
as long as it is commercial-free.
This simply was not possible with broadcast stations because
the formats were driven by labels, not by people interested
in music for music's sake. And of course you know how bad
the commercials are.
I wish it were possible to get something like this for TV.
The only problem is those exclusive deals made by the
TV shows. What I wouldn't give for a commercial free
version of comedy central.
I hope XM fails and Sirius succeeds for the basic reason
of being commercial-free.
Consolidation and advertisers are the big problems with FM
radio these days. There are many people willing to spend
$10 a month to not have advertising.
I wish it were possible to tune out the commercials on regular
cable and the networks. I'd pay $20 a month for this.
Obviously this wouldn't be possible for live events, but
I can live with that.
Drives are getting cheap enough that you should
consider going RAID. Either get two identical drives
(well, partitions) and do RAID-0, or get multiple identical
partitions and do raid 5.
Linux (red hat at least) includes all the software RAID tools
you need...
> Of course the Wine solutions are x86 only, but with the
> use of MPEG-4 on the horizon, maybe we will have a
> more cross-platform style. Of course, it seems silly that all
> these formats are converging on the same codecs. Nice
> for developers, but then why bother with.mov files when
>.avi files will have identical codecs for the most part?
Good point, but the main problem is proprietary codecs.
A standard that doesn't specify the details of the codecs
is no standard at all... An x86 binary solution is just not
good enough. In our case, we make embedded Linux
products with non-x86 cpu's.
No direct evidence, but I spoke to folks at Sorenson and
they want to release their codec for Linux, but Apple will
not allow it.
Considering that Apple would want their format to be
viewable on all platforms, and that they allowed their
partmers to make Linux implementations before the Microsoft
investment, there is one obvious conclusion.
The fact that Einstein didn't take the uncertainty principle
into account in the Relativity theory means that it isn't a
complete unified theory.
IANAP, but I understand that It is possible for particles to,
briefly, move faster than the speed of light at a quantum
level. Relativity works on a large, cosmic scale, but breaks
down at the subatomic level.
I'm sure this isn't new news to everyone, but it is something
that I just learned recently when reading an old Hawking
book.
I realize that you might not want to spend a billion dollars
on the Linux desktop. However, why are you not doing
some basic things, like porting over Smart Suite and Notes?
One of the key features that is holding back Linux is the
inability to easily view and send MS Office documents.
If this problem were eliminated; it would go a long way to
helping grow, or at least sustain, the Linux market.
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Their "organization" is just a mailing list of people who
regularly post an email with their contents, and ftp connect
information (FTP is the "file transfer protocol" - it's the
ultimate).
If someone posts non-trader-friendly material to the list,
they are banned by the aggressive list nazi(s).
It's been working for almost 4 years now...
I have been using etree.org for 3 years now and it is just
as good as ever. The member stick to only using
taper-friendly bands (phish, grateful dead, allman bros,
etc) and use standard protocols: ftp, email, and irc.
It is a much looser connection than something like napster;
it is really just a mailing list with a bunch of individual
ftp servers. If someone puts non-trader-friendly music,
they are banned from the mailing list for life by the list
nazi.
Yes, it is RIAA-proof.
The only real problem is that there is never enough
bandwidth!
lossless compression is the only way to go.
This sucks... does anyone have a copy of the linux client?
Does it work?
Taking hydrogen from seawater doesn't sound too smart to
me. Doesn't life on earth depend on the ocean?
The most important feature that Tivo needs to add is HDTV
support. I realize that it will take a ton of disk space, but it
is worth it. Is there any estimation on when this might
happen?
I will not purchase any HDTV equipment until Tivo supports
it.
I read that methanol's main use currently is in window washer
fluid.
It is much safer than gasoline; it has been used at the Indy
500 ever since a major fire in the 60's or 70's. I read that
Henry Ford built a car out of mostly hemp; and it was
powered by methanol, which can be made from hemp.
Unfortunately, our government is fighting a war on drugs right
now, so hemp-based products might be illegal; whether or
not they are safer and better for the environment.
And on that topic, look at how toxic it is to make Nylon,
when hemp fibers are just as good and grow naturally,
and don't require disgusting pesticides and processing
like cotton.
So you would now have two industries trying to kill this idea
by any means necessary, the oil industry, and duracell,
energizer, etc.
It has been difficult enough with just the oil industry fighting
against this idea.
Remember the guy who ported Sun's Java code to Linux?
He was hired by Microsoft and was never heard from again.
Hopefully this won't happen again.
If I were starting up, and had someone who was very smart
about accounting, I'd use SQL Ledger. It's open source, and
looks nice, but I'm sure there are things missing that you
would have to work on.
Rumor has it that IBM is forcing CA to port AccPac to Linux,
so maybe that is an option.
Obviously you're not the target demographic then. The
target is people who can't stand the limited programming
available on FM, and people who don't like commercials.
Perhaps you live in a market that has good choices for
radio stations. Most big cities do not have this, and most
rural areas have limited choices.
Moderators are dumbasses. Yours is the most important
comment in all of the posts here, why is it still 1.
Being commercial-free is the most important factor. I don't
think it will be as bad as cable though; with cable, each
channel can have its own policy. With Sirius, I don't think
that is the case... if they started introducing commercials,
people would leave; whereas with cable, the original cable
channels like HBO are still commercial free.
> I will not pay $10 a month for the 'right' to listen to more
> commercials
Sirius is commercial free, at least for the music channels.
I guess the talk radio guys will need a break now and then.
> Seriously, if this technology is just an overglorified radio,
> what is the benifit?
It is different in one key way. With FM radio, you are not a
customer; you are a product that is delivered to advertisers
and record lables, who are the real customers.
Because satellite is commercial-free, and there are more
channels, there is a bigger incentive to provide diverse and
interesting programming.
Obviously I'm being optimistic, but I think it has potential.
If the channels are good enough, I will gladly add this in
addition to my mp3 player.
The key, obviously, is programming. I have been radio-free
for years and sometimes I just wish someone would choose
good music for me... but every time I listen to the radio I
realize how unlikely it is because you are not the customer;
you are the product.
With these guys, you are the customer, so I think they are
more likely to come up with good programming.
I have used an in-car mp3 player for several years now,
and I would enjoy having a source of interesting new music,
as long as it is commercial-free.
This simply was not possible with broadcast stations because
the formats were driven by labels, not by people interested
in music for music's sake. And of course you know how bad
the commercials are.
I wish it were possible to get something like this for TV.
The only problem is those exclusive deals made by the
TV shows. What I wouldn't give for a commercial free
version of comedy central.
I hope XM fails and Sirius succeeds for the basic reason
of being commercial-free.
Consolidation and advertisers are the big problems with FM
radio these days. There are many people willing to spend
$10 a month to not have advertising.
I wish it were possible to tune out the commercials on regular
cable and the networks. I'd pay $20 a month for this.
Obviously this wouldn't be possible for live events, but
I can live with that.
Drives are getting cheap enough that you should
consider going RAID. Either get two identical drives
(well, partitions) and do RAID-0, or get multiple identical
partitions and do raid 5.
Linux (red hat at least) includes all the software RAID tools
you need...
Apparently they are also suggesting that Microsoft should
open source Internet Explorer.
It would be nice to have IE on Linux. I wonder what kind of
issues this would raise w.r.t. Windows Media and ActiveX...
> Of course the Wine solutions are x86 only, but with the
> use of MPEG-4 on the horizon, maybe we will have a
> more cross-platform style. Of course, it seems silly that all
> these formats are converging on the same codecs. Nice
> for developers, but then why bother with
>
Good point, but the main problem is proprietary codecs.
A standard that doesn't specify the details of the codecs
is no standard at all... An x86 binary solution is just not
good enough. In our case, we make embedded Linux
products with non-x86 cpu's.
No direct evidence, but I spoke to folks at Sorenson and
they want to release their codec for Linux, but Apple will
not allow it.
Considering that Apple would want their format to be
viewable on all platforms, and that they allowed their
partmers to make Linux implementations before the Microsoft
investment, there is one obvious conclusion.
Downloadable codecs are just as bad as things like
plug-ins, and shockwave. It means that Linux will get
the shaft, as usual.
You see, MIcrosoft requires that Apple not make QuickTime
for Linux; otherwise they will pull Explorer and Office for
the Mac.
The fact that Einstein didn't take the uncertainty principle
into account in the Relativity theory means that it isn't a
complete unified theory.
IANAP, but I understand that It is possible for particles to,
briefly, move faster than the speed of light at a quantum
level. Relativity works on a large, cosmic scale, but breaks
down at the subatomic level.
I'm sure this isn't new news to everyone, but it is something
that I just learned recently when reading an old Hawking
book.
I have to agree with this. The Borg movie was perhaps the
biggest disappointment in all of Trek.
I realize that you might not want to spend a billion dollars
on the Linux desktop. However, why are you not doing
some basic things, like porting over Smart Suite and Notes?
One of the key features that is holding back Linux is the
inability to easily view and send MS Office documents.
If this problem were eliminated; it would go a long way to
helping grow, or at least sustain, the Linux market.