It'd be interesting to see what type of sleep these students had. I regularly take 20 minute naps that leave me refreshed and able to better handle problems. Can I assume that traditional / deep sleep is better than light sleep / napping?
And what about induced sleep through alcohol or medication? Could it be beneficial to have the ability to "sleep on demand" to solve a tough problem?
Maybe I'm missing the point here, but my Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 has a scroll wheel on it which I can use to scroll to songs, and generally navigate the interface, and I'm pretty sure this predates the iPod...
"And it's the only solution that allows you to take the files you buy from it, unprotect them, and turn them into whatever format you want."
Unfortunately, you have to burn an already lossy audio format onto CD, and then re-rip it meaning that the soundfile you end up with is considerably reduced in quality.
Meanwhile, I could just buy the CD for the same price as downloading the tracks, encode at QL 9 in Ogg Vorbis, and play them on as many computers as I want. Yes, that's the SAME price as iTunes....
Don't get me wrong, I think iTunes is a great step forward, but when I am paying the same amount of money for a restricted product as I would for an unrestricted product, something is very wrong....
Yeah damnit! He ruined it! I was really really happy paying the same price for 0s and 1s as I would for a product that I could hold in my hands, had pretty artwork and a case and better overall sound quality. It was sooooo cool that I could only play my 0s and 1s in 3 different places - it made me feel like I was part of an "elite music club" and was much better than CDs that *anyone* can borrow and enjoy - I mean after all, music shouldn't be enjoyed by everyone, just those with money to burn, right?
The only true way to unify the two DEs is to get both camps to agree on a common widget set.
I, like many other Gnome users, chose the Gnome DE because of it's professional appearance - something which I feel KDE doesn't even come close to. There is no way I'd want to replace my Gnome widgets with KDE widgets, and I'd bet the farm that KDE people would feel the same way about the reverse.
There are many half hearted, rush desktop unification jobs at the moment. Unfortunately the only way that we're ever going to see true unification is if everyone agrees to work on it simultaneously at a deeper level than just aesthetics.
How can you unify two groups of people that aren't even on the same page?
And then when the US government sees a foreign national using a fake address for financial transactions you'll get yourself labelled a terrorist and you'll be kidnapped in the middle of the night and sent to Cuba.
Is there any way you can set up a PO Box on line? I just need an address to use as an alternative address with my credit card company and then I can sign up....
To be honest, your best bet right now is to check out the Rhythmbox project at http://www.rhythmbox.org
It has an interface similar to iTunes, supports Ripping, as many audio formats as Gstreamer can handle (including mp3, and ogg), and will soon be able to burn to CDs as well.
"available by Apple's Site and Software Update (respectively)."
Hmmm when I opened up iTunes, it told me there was an update available and just redirected me to the website. Too bad it couldn't do a "real" software update - opening a web browser and sending you to the download page to download it manually seems a little clunky to me.
Boston isn't such a bad choice. Ximian desktop is just one of several large open source projects are based in Boston, and I hear there is a good open source "following" there.
Won't make any difference for me though, because I am stuck here in the UK:) Anyone know of any large Linux expos that are forthcoming in the UK?
As someone who has had his life touched personally by cancer, I think is fantastic news. However, I just hope that all involved have the sense to make this treatment available to everyone across the planet that it may make a difference for. Charging ridiculous amounts of money for a potential cure, and thus creating a rich / poor divide of cancer treatment would be a disaster.
I refer specifically to the large drugs corporation that are currently attempting to change a law that would prevent Indian drugs manufacturers from creating cheaper generic versions of their AIDS drugs. This just seems so WRONG to me.
But why? Open source shouldn't just be free as in beer, but also free as in speech - free information for all to share. Just restricting your software to a group is only adding to the negativity that is felt throughout this delicate situation
IMHO, if you allow political events to affect your emotions, and this begins to leak into your work, I dread to think what the state of your code looks like....
Essentially you made a good post there, it's just a shame it was wrapped up in all that flamebait...
$12 for a 12 track CD that I can buy for about $8 at spun.com does seem a little pricey. ESPECIALLY when you consider that I have my "fair use" right violated by the DRM.
Essentially it boils down to:
$12 - Download tracks, can play them in a maximum of 3 different PCs
-vs-
$8 - Buy CD, get nice case and better quality sound, can play in as many CD players as I deem fit, and make a copy for fair use purposes that I can also play pretty much anywhere I want to....and the labels wonder why they're in so much trouble...
Isn't it correct that Apple make next to nothing after their RIAA taxes, credit card processing fees and site fees? I don't quite understanding what they're celebrating - the fact that they are showing that people *will* pay to download music, or the fact that they have probably sold a ton of iPods off the back of iTunes... Either way, surely the logical next step here is for bands to sell the music themselves online? I'd feel a lot happier knowing that my money was going straight to the artist rather than a pigopoly, Apple might actually make a respectable profit per song rather than giving the majority of the cash to the RIAA, and it could possibly lead to better content - ie. Exclusive internet tracks. If I was Steve Jobs, step 2 of the music domination master plan would be to offer a system where Apple sell tunes on behalf of the artists, and just collect a tax per song.
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It'd be interesting to see what type of sleep these students had. I regularly take 20 minute naps that leave me refreshed and able to better handle problems. Can I assume that traditional / deep sleep is better than light sleep / napping?
And what about induced sleep through alcohol or medication? Could it be beneficial to have the ability to "sleep on demand" to solve a tough problem?
Maybe I'm missing the point here, but my Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 has a scroll wheel on it which I can use to scroll to songs, and generally navigate the interface, and I'm pretty sure this predates the iPod...
The most revealing quote for me had to be the part where Linus talked about how he was looking forward to attending Gnome conferences.
I thought that the KDE zealots loved to talk about how "Linus uses KDE"? Judging by this comment, not any more...
"And it's the only solution that allows you to take the files you buy from it, unprotect them, and turn them into whatever format you want."
Unfortunately, you have to burn an already lossy audio format onto CD, and then re-rip it meaning that the soundfile you end up with is considerably reduced in quality.
Meanwhile, I could just buy the CD for the same price as downloading the tracks, encode at QL 9 in Ogg Vorbis, and play them on as many computers as I want. Yes, that's the SAME price as iTunes....
Don't get me wrong, I think iTunes is a great step forward, but when I am paying the same amount of money for a restricted product as I would for an unrestricted product, something is very wrong....
http://www.gimp.org/the_gimp_screenshots.html
Yeah damnit! He ruined it! I was really really happy paying the same price for 0s and 1s as I would for a product that I could hold in my hands, had pretty artwork and a case and better overall sound quality. It was sooooo cool that I could only play my 0s and 1s in 3 different places - it made me feel like I was part of an "elite music club" and was much better than CDs that *anyone* can borrow and enjoy - I mean after all, music shouldn't be enjoyed by everyone, just those with money to burn, right?
:(
Now what am I going to do?
There certainly is - there is even a warning on the back of the CD explaining the protection.
Maybe only the UK version of the CD is protected?
The only true way to unify the two DEs is to get both camps to agree on a common widget set.
I, like many other Gnome users, chose the Gnome DE because of it's professional appearance - something which I feel KDE doesn't even come close to. There is no way I'd want to replace my Gnome widgets with KDE widgets, and I'd bet the farm that KDE people would feel the same way about the reverse.
There are many half hearted, rush desktop unification jobs at the moment. Unfortunately the only way that we're ever going to see true unification is if everyone agrees to work on it simultaneously at a deeper level than just aesthetics.
How can you unify two groups of people that aren't even on the same page?
Does anyone have a link to the site that supposedly can tell a hit based on a computer analysis of it?
It'd be interesting to see how well the list tallies up with the data produced by the supposed "hit analysis".
Now *that's* what I call the fastest call center on Earth!
Maybe Darl could give a free copy away with every SCO-Linux license he sells....
And then when the US government sees a foreign national using a fake address for financial transactions you'll get yourself labelled a terrorist and you'll be kidnapped in the middle of the night and sent to Cuba.
I could use a vacation :)
Is there any way you can set up a PO Box on line? I just need an address to use as an alternative address with my credit card company and then I can sign up....
To be honest, your best bet right now is to check out the Rhythmbox project at http://www.rhythmbox.org
It has an interface similar to iTunes, supports Ripping, as many audio formats as Gstreamer can handle (including mp3, and ogg), and will soon be able to burn to CDs as well.
"available by Apple's Site and Software Update (respectively)."
Hmmm when I opened up iTunes, it told me there was an update available and just redirected me to the website. Too bad it couldn't do a "real" software update - opening a web browser and sending you to the download page to download it manually seems a little clunky to me.
Boston isn't such a bad choice. Ximian desktop is just one of several large open source projects are based in Boston, and I hear there is a good open source "following" there.
:) Anyone know of any large Linux expos that are forthcoming in the UK?
Won't make any difference for me though, because I am stuck here in the UK
As someone who has had his life touched personally by cancer, I think is fantastic news. However, I just hope that all involved have the sense to make this treatment available to everyone across the planet that it may make a difference for. Charging ridiculous amounts of money for a potential cure, and thus creating a rich / poor divide of cancer treatment would be a disaster.
I refer specifically to the large drugs corporation that are currently attempting to change a law that would prevent Indian drugs manufacturers from creating cheaper generic versions of their AIDS drugs. This just seems so WRONG to me.
But you're only about 14 - that's far too young to be giving *anyone* a BJ, Jewish or not...
You're welcome. Don't let it happen again.
Mozilla restricted code because they were required to by law.
You are restricting code because you are a wannabe fascist.
Can you spot the difference?
But why? Open source shouldn't just be free as in beer, but also free as in speech - free information for all to share. Just restricting your software to a group is only adding to the negativity that is felt throughout this delicate situation
IMHO, if you allow political events to affect your emotions, and this begins to leak into your work, I dread to think what the state of your code looks like....
Wow! What a BRILLIANT contribution to free speech you're making!
Personics was a Sony initiative
http://www.dailyping.com/archive/2000/10/15/
Essentially you made a good post there, it's just a shame it was wrapped up in all that flamebait...
...and the labels wonder why they're in so much trouble...
$12 for a 12 track CD that I can buy for about $8 at spun.com does seem a little pricey. ESPECIALLY when you consider that I have my "fair use" right violated by the DRM.
Essentially it boils down to:
$12 - Download tracks, can play them in a maximum of 3 different PCs
-vs-
$8 - Buy CD, get nice case and better quality sound, can play in as many CD players as I deem fit, and make a copy for fair use purposes that I can also play pretty much anywhere I want to.
Isn't it correct that Apple make next to nothing after their RIAA taxes, credit card processing fees and site fees?
I don't quite understanding what they're celebrating - the fact that they are showing that people *will* pay to download music, or the fact that they have probably sold a ton of iPods off the back of iTunes...
Either way, surely the logical next step here is for bands to sell the music themselves online? I'd feel a lot happier knowing that my money was going straight to the artist rather than a pigopoly, Apple might actually make a respectable profit per song rather than giving the majority of the cash to the RIAA, and it could possibly lead to better content - ie. Exclusive internet tracks. If I was Steve Jobs, step 2 of the music domination master plan would be to offer a system where Apple sell tunes on behalf of the artists, and just collect a tax per song.