It seems pretty unimaginative. They're making a film that takes dialog written by one person and lays it over characters created by another person, and the idea for this was surely "inspired" from the whole load of other movies out there like this (Park wars, Imperial Dogs, Trooper Clerks).
They're not really very funny either. Sure, it's MILDY amusing to see the characters from one movie in the roles of another, but other than that there aren't really any other jokes.
They do take advantage of the fact that it's not a turntable in some ways. You set it so that no matter where you drop the needle it starts playing at the beginning of the track (or any other cue point) and you can also set it so that it changes the record (going to the next one on a list) by lifting up the needle and setting it down again.
take some time to look at the links:
the record has a tone on it, this tone goes to a a box that has analog sound inputs and outputs plus USB connections, it translates the tone coming from the record to data which it sends to your computer. Based on this data your computer controls how the audio file is played then ouputs the audio data via USB back to the box, the box converts the data into audio (of the file from the computer played in its modified form).
#1 - The time code is not really time code. It's a tone and based on the change in this tone it tells how you're moving the record, it doesn't have like SMPTE time code or something like that on it.
#2 - Yes, the technology has been around a while, but not as a product you could buy, there's a big difference between something existing and something being put into wide spread application.
#3 - The reason why this is a big deal is because it's the first vinyl replacement that offers virtually all the qualities of vinyl, while still offering the advantages of using a vinyl replacement (you don't have to carry all your records, you can cue faster, you don't need to actually find music on vinyl (or even BUY it actually) etc.)
#4 - I've thought about submitting this about a billion other times but I never got around to it:-(
#5 - to anybody who's anti-dj or whatever, don't dismiss something before you understand it.
#6 - most serious DJs are geeks (i.e. Myself) Linux is a fine choice.
#7 - Yes, a lot of musicians choose Macs, that's why they're making it for macs too.
#8 - I'm sure if you break/lose the record that Stanton will allow you to buy another one.
#9 - The ONLY trouble I've heard of people having with this when scratching is that if you're going SUPER slow (like <5RPM) that it has trouble tracking the song. NO troubles reported for mixing
I never watched a full episode of it and I was never really a huge fan of the tick cartoon or comic, but it kind of seemed to me like it was a bad gimmick, if fox wanted to bring back the tick they should bring it back as the cartoon series. The only reason for making it live action I see besides "hey! it's a cartoon but with REAL PEOPLE!!!" is that animated series cost more money. Either way I don't like fox.
Gimmick? Evil.
Cheap? Evil.
by the way, I can sit through the first season of the simpsons and I did this christmas with my brother because he brought home the DVD set. Not only did I watch them but I watched them with commentary as well.
The Simpsons analogy doesn't go well because it was popular when it came out. I mean they were made into a series because the Tracy Ullman shorts were popular (even though those, for the most part, are REALLY lame). The reason why the first season simpsons seem kind of lame now is just because it's a totally different time now. I mean, the first season was 12 years ago, can you think of many things from 1990 that don't seem a little lamer now than they did then?
I can't entirely agree or disagree with you, there are good things and bad things about MS Office but the bad things definitely are prevalent. I think that alternatives aren't very apparent though.
"For while Linux has a large presence in the server marketplace, it doesn't cut it as a desktop operating system. That's not through any technical shortcomings of the product itself, but rather the technical shortcomings of users"
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It seems pretty unimaginative. They're making a film that takes dialog written by one person and lays it over characters created by another person, and the idea for this was surely "inspired" from the whole load of other movies out there like this (Park wars, Imperial Dogs, Trooper Clerks).
They're not really very funny either. Sure, it's MILDY amusing to see the characters from one movie in the roles of another, but other than that there aren't really any other jokes.
Overall grade: D+
They do take advantage of the fact that it's not a turntable in some ways. You set it so that no matter where you drop the needle it starts playing at the beginning of the track (or any other cue point) and you can also set it so that it changes the record (going to the next one on a list) by lifting up the needle and setting it down again.
take some time to look at the links:
the record has a tone on it, this tone goes to a a box that has analog sound inputs and outputs plus USB connections, it translates the tone coming from the record to data which it sends to your computer. Based on this data your computer controls how the audio file is played then ouputs the audio data via USB back to the box, the box converts the data into audio (of the file from the computer played in its modified form).
Simple story. THE END.
Here's what I think and know:
:-(
#1 - The time code is not really time code. It's a tone and based on the change in this tone it tells how you're moving the record, it doesn't have like SMPTE time code or something like that on it.
#2 - Yes, the technology has been around a while, but not as a product you could buy, there's a big difference between something existing and something being put into wide spread application.
#3 - The reason why this is a big deal is because it's the first vinyl replacement that offers virtually all the qualities of vinyl, while still offering the advantages of using a vinyl replacement (you don't have to carry all your records, you can cue faster, you don't need to actually find music on vinyl (or even BUY it actually) etc.)
#4 - I've thought about submitting this about a billion other times but I never got around to it
#5 - to anybody who's anti-dj or whatever, don't dismiss something before you understand it.
#6 - most serious DJs are geeks (i.e. Myself) Linux is a fine choice.
#7 - Yes, a lot of musicians choose Macs, that's why they're making it for macs too.
#8 - I'm sure if you break/lose the record that Stanton will allow you to buy another one.
#9 - The ONLY trouble I've heard of people having with this when scratching is that if you're going SUPER slow (like <5RPM) that it has trouble tracking the song. NO troubles reported for mixing
The End.
shhh!!!! don't tell the organization that's funding their research that!!!!
I never watched a full episode of it and I was never really a huge fan of the tick cartoon or comic, but it kind of seemed to me like it was a bad gimmick, if fox wanted to bring back the tick they should bring it back as the cartoon series. The only reason for making it live action I see besides "hey! it's a cartoon but with REAL PEOPLE!!!" is that animated series cost more money. Either way I don't like fox.
Gimmick? Evil.
Cheap? Evil.
by the way, I can sit through the first season of the simpsons and I did this christmas with my brother because he brought home the DVD set. Not only did I watch them but I watched them with commentary as well.
The Simpsons analogy doesn't go well because it was popular when it came out. I mean they were made into a series because the Tracy Ullman shorts were popular (even though those, for the most part, are REALLY lame). The reason why the first season simpsons seem kind of lame now is just because it's a totally different time now. I mean, the first season was 12 years ago, can you think of many things from 1990 that don't seem a little lamer now than they did then?
>>"it's never crashed on me"
I have crashed OS X. Once. sooo....
I AM KING!!! BOW DOWN BEFORE ME AND MY SUPERIOR COMPUTER CRASHING SKILLS!!!
I must be some sort of AMAZING POWER USER to have crashed it!!!
>"How can MS Word be more easier?"<
me fail english? that's unpossible!
I can't entirely agree or disagree with you, there are good things and bad things about MS Office but the bad things definitely are prevalent. I think that alternatives aren't very apparent though.
I liked this part:
"For while Linux has a large presence in the server marketplace, it doesn't cut it as a desktop operating system. That's not through any technical shortcomings of the product itself, but rather the technical shortcomings of users"
It's funny because it's true.