By the time 10 years has passed, we`ll probably have seen at least 2 other major methods of storing audio. We`ll probably be using solid state storage then.
Not all music is supposed to convey emotion. I agree with you in general (read `the painted word` by tom wolf), but I`ve found i do get more out of music when i know what it follows, why it was done etc.
"You think we should just drop all our funding for law enforcement?"
You really think a bunch of 9-5 goons are going to catch intelligent people with sophisticated funds, access to uncrackable (one type pads twinned with PGG) encryption, and who think nothing of dying for their cause? Why? The FBI only caught the Unabomber - one guy living in the same place for 15 years, with his prints/dna all over the place, because his brother turned him in. Does Bin Laden have a brother? Time to call him.
The OP was right - you`re better off trying to work out why people are so pissed.
"In other words Stallman is making an effort to limit their freedom with their own product"
No, he`s suggesting they change. He`s not trying to limit anything. Such wilfil falsehoods are very tedious, and easy to see through, so whats the point?
Yeah, i have more faith in big oil companies myself. Anyone who doesnt is obviously a terrorist, or isnt putting Americans first. Oh, they`re the same thing...
Also, even people who claim that vinyl is objectively better (more accurate reproduction of the source material) can only do so by comparing a £300 cd player with a £3000 turntable. If you dont compare like with like, then whats the point of the comparison in the first place?
1) Child porn is bad (the fact that children were abused to create it that is - i`m less convinced that fake child porn (computer rendered,fictional,no-one hurt making it) is bad.
2) You cannot stop people sharing files through legal means alone.
I`m not saying theres no point in trying, but be aware that people have no problems using your and my dislike of child porn to restrict our freedoms. If any law would also (either through design,or implementation) restrict *one single piece* of non-child porn, it should be removed from the law immediately.
"the problem is that kids don't have the experience or cognative skills to judge the information and people they they find"
Fine. One law i would agree with is one which makes the parents of children responsible for what they get up to on their PC. If it turns out that a child uses a PC at home, with their parents (even if the PC is in their bedroom), then the parents should be charged with something approaching `aiding and abetting` the abuser. All net use of children (at home) should be logged for review by the parents.
"Why do they persist in eroding my rights in order to keep me "safe"?"
They`re not. They are attempting to give the impression that they are worth voting for, rather than the other party, because they are "doing something about child abuse". Doesnt matter if it will work, or erode your rights or whatever. They just need something where they can say "we are doing this".
In this case it was being applied to the book, but a rule is a rule, and unless this is book is the exception which proves it, then it is incorrect. I mean, its probably correct most of the time - god knows how much nonsense leading scientists get sent all the time with a view to something approaching credible support - but its a bit close-minded to just apply it to anything new!
A friend has ordered the book, so i`ll check it out and decide if i`m going to buy it too when i see it!
``What is true is not new, and what is new is not true''
Would this have been 'true' of the general theory of relativity just after it were published also? I think not! What kind of a bullshit attitude is that?
Nintendo can sell the cube at a profit forever. MS may have to always lose money selling. So Nintendo may not -ever- be the best selling console maker, but they`ll be making more out of each console, and will be able to develop future consoles. How long will MS be happy to sell at a loss? Perhaps the Xbox 2 will be not quite as good as its competitors, but will make MS a lot more money?
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Well, it certainly looks like China wants to be a super-power to compete with America. Thing is - is China going to adopt English as a first language (or at least get everyone to learn it), or do they think we`ll all learn Chinese?
He means (i think!) that the ST had an msdos style directory structure so you have a few sectors which contain info about all the files on the disk. Advantage - typeing DIR gets you fast results. Disadvantage - lose that data, and you`ve lost all the data on the disk (unless you want to piece it all together by hand).
The amiga had this godawful slow system where the OS had to look at the root block, and follow loads of links (header blocks, extension blocks etc) to build a list of what was on the disk. Disadvantage:slow! Advantage: you could go through the disk building up data about what sort of block was there, what it pointed to etc (redundant data pointing in both directions) so you could often recover everything. But yeah, having to calcuate hash values etc,follow linked lists and so on meant you tried to avoid writing code to read/write floppies yourself.
Best reason to get one yet! Add linux development/support, convert $200 to £'s properly (ie dont just switch the symbols) and maybe i`ll take it a bit more seriously!
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By the time 10 years has passed, we`ll probably have seen at least 2 other major methods of storing audio. We`ll probably be using solid state storage then.
Not all music is supposed to convey emotion. I agree with you in general (read `the painted word` by tom wolf), but I`ve found i do get more out of music when i know what it follows, why it was done etc.
"You think we should just drop all our funding for law enforcement?"
You really think a bunch of 9-5 goons are going to catch intelligent people with sophisticated funds, access to uncrackable (one type pads twinned with PGG) encryption, and who think nothing of dying for their cause? Why? The FBI only caught the Unabomber - one guy living in the same place for 15 years, with his prints/dna all over the place, because his brother turned him in. Does Bin Laden have a brother? Time to call him.
The OP was right - you`re better off trying to work out why people are so pissed.
"structure, meaning and most importantly emotion"
Stay away from John Cage, then - at least until you understand what he`s trying to achieve.
You have more faith in Slashdots search ability than me. I`ve *never* been able to find something, using only the text of the comment.
Mozilla v1.0
IE v6.0
I think they`ve left it a bit late, dont you? What are the market shares per browser again?
"In other words Stallman is making an effort to limit their freedom with their own product"
No, he`s suggesting they change. He`s not trying to limit anything. Such wilfil falsehoods are very tedious, and easy to see through, so whats the point?
someone will target them now, to test their claims!
Yeah, i have more faith in big oil companies myself. Anyone who doesnt is obviously a terrorist, or isnt putting Americans first. Oh, they`re the same thing...
Also, even people who claim that vinyl is objectively better (more accurate reproduction of the source material) can only do so by comparing a £300 cd player with a £3000 turntable. If you dont compare like with like, then whats the point of the comparison in the first place?
"US Government will sue the British government for "talking about illegal things such as freedom", because those pages can be seen from America"
Article doesnt mention Dysan or Bayliss. Oh well.
"how can you say it doesn't matter whether or not it will work"
I missed this - the most important - part. I dont mean `it doesnt matter`... i meant `it doesnt matter - the them (the law makers)`.
1) Child porn is bad (the fact that children were abused to create it that is - i`m less convinced that fake child porn (computer rendered,fictional,no-one hurt making it) is bad.
2) You cannot stop people sharing files through legal means alone.
I`m not saying theres no point in trying, but be aware that people have no problems using your and my dislike of child porn to restrict our freedoms. If any law would also (either through design,or implementation) restrict *one single piece* of non-child porn, it should be removed from the law immediately.
"the problem is that kids don't have the experience or cognative skills to judge the information and people they they find"
Fine. One law i would agree with is one which makes the parents of children responsible for what they get up to on their PC. If it turns out that a child uses a PC at home, with their parents (even if the PC is in their bedroom), then the parents should be charged with something approaching `aiding and abetting` the abuser. All net use of children (at home) should be logged for review by the parents.
(adopts Chris Morris voice) "Using a *special tool*"
"Why do they persist in eroding my rights in order to keep me "safe"?"
They`re not. They are attempting to give the impression that they are worth voting for, rather than the other party, because they are "doing something about child abuse". Doesnt matter if it will work, or erode your rights or whatever. They just need something where they can say "we are doing this".
The release version has debugging info?
No, i dont think so. The phrase is old (its called `immortal` in the quote i was replying to) and all over the net:
n g_ en&q=%22What+is+true+is+not+new%2C+and+what+is+new +is+not+true%22
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&lr=la
In this case it was being applied to the book, but a rule is a rule, and unless this is book is the exception which proves it, then it is incorrect. I mean, its probably correct most of the time - god knows how much nonsense leading scientists get sent all the time with a view to something approaching credible support - but its a bit close-minded to just apply it to anything new!
A friend has ordered the book, so i`ll check it out and decide if i`m going to buy it too when i see it!
"Personally, I'm going to read the book BEFORE i decide."
:)
I dont see you getting first post with THAT attitude!
``What is true is not new, and what is new is not true''
Would this have been 'true' of the general theory of relativity just after it were published also? I think not! What kind of a bullshit attitude is that?
Thats my point. I`m never going to learn Chinese - end of story. So, if China wants to be the next big thing, they`re going to have to learn English.
Nintendo can sell the cube at a profit forever. MS may have to always lose money selling. So Nintendo may not -ever- be the best selling console maker, but they`ll be making more out of each console, and will be able to develop future consoles. How long will MS be happy to sell at a loss? Perhaps the Xbox 2 will be not quite as good as its competitors, but will make MS a lot more money?
Well, it certainly looks like China wants to be a super-power to compete with America. Thing is - is China going to adopt English as a first language (or at least get everyone to learn it), or do they think we`ll all learn Chinese?
He means (i think!) that the ST had an msdos style directory structure so you have a few sectors which contain info about all the files on the disk. Advantage - typeing DIR gets you fast results. Disadvantage - lose that data, and you`ve lost all the data on the disk (unless you want to piece it all together by hand).
The amiga had this godawful slow system where the OS had to look at the root block, and follow loads of links (header blocks, extension blocks etc) to build a list of what was on the disk. Disadvantage:slow! Advantage: you could go through the disk building up data about what sort of block was there, what it pointed to etc (redundant data pointing in both directions) so you could often recover everything. But yeah, having to calcuate hash values etc,follow linked lists and so on meant you tried to avoid writing code to read/write floppies yourself.
Best reason to get one yet! Add linux development/support, convert $200 to £'s properly (ie dont just switch the symbols) and maybe i`ll take it a bit more seriously!