How about all the Indie artists form a label called IndieMusica and use that as a label. Burn your CDs at home with a IndieMusica label on them and sell them through a web site on demand. I would love a single location where I can order from these local band and the web site could charge a $0.25 transaction charge per order to cover bandwidth charges and operational expenses. Thats all, nothing more. Perhaps host low bitrate samples. Similar to MP3.Com but only handling transactions with each artist's profile containing a link to their homepage. How much would it cost to set that up? If I had the extra cash I'd set it up but getting the artists to participate would be the hardest part. Why use Ebay? I found Bassic on MP3.Com and own all his CDs. He's great and I didn't need a major label to find him, just a well done web site. It doesn't take much, even if we all could pop $5 bucks to start the web site and try it at least. (I am currently broke just maxxed my creditcards paying for school, can't help.)
I do realize the inequality of the current standards. But the raw truth is that violence should be mandated as well but technology hasn't caught up to the demands of parents. Blood, murder, and violence is something I'd like to see limited as well. But as we all know in our arguments here on slashdot all too often we tend to over-simplify our arguements as we don't have time to write 40 pages. You and I both could write for months on end debating the issue. Remember to take the arguements presented as only fractions of the total argument. What we present here are simplifications. Again I ask to you want your 5 year old watching say, Silence of the Lambs? Probably not but the ways to restrict minors and those who shouldn't be seeing things like that is more complex that you or I can handle in this format. That's why trends change. 1 step at a time. I personally think eliminating the bans is a poor implementation, as would total restriction. The problem is how to manage such a policy of content. Again you can see this discussion could spiral out of control beyond anything we may be able to resolve.
Also I don't know many 8 year olds that are still breast fed (Ekkk!) Another serious point I think we can agree on is young children cannot easily understand complex human interactions or determine fantasy from reailty. This is why content debates rage on in very heated arenas (Are we any different) We are reactionaries here lashing out in a free method. You bitch, I bitch, we all bitch but that is the beauty of/. We can vent and scream when the outside world would frown upon us. Never take stuff personally here, everyone gets bitched at, flamed, whatever. It's the nature of the beast. Keep it up, I don't mind. It's through people like you and me screaming at eachother that sanity bubbles to the surface. We debate without rules here, and I am happy with that:) Later
Do you work for the government? If not then it would be you work moderating THEIR communcations. If you work for the Government WHY ARE YOU SURFING THE WEB ON MY TAXPAYER DIME:) You kinda dug a hole on that one:) jk.. I have contracted for the Fed and State a few times and man there is some times there really isn't anything to do but sit there.
No I hate to break it to you this is acutally nothing more than American Bashing. Sorry, it is. Do some background checking on the members and it is funded by many of the most well known Anti-American groups (Funny because most of them are IN America:) )
This report is as about as valid as a Tobacco Company pointing out that Cigarettes can kill bacteria (and I am a smoker btw).
It called setting a moral standard. With public access broadcasts I don't know what sick fuck of a parent wants their kid watching Porn but we in the US set moral standards that the broadcasters must follow. The FCC regulates these standards so my 4 year old doesn't hear those seven words. If you like the idea of exposing your kids to those words and all those things we evil americans censor fine but we still are trying to set some standards in the US (They are being eroded quickly though, hell Britney Spears is a ROLE MODEL! HA! I think I am going to be ill...)
Concerning arrresting reporters that cross security lines, they can only arrest people if it is a crime scene or restricted public property. If it is Private property only the property owner can ask for them to be arrested. I understand your perspective but it is leaving out a people's choice to set standards, that isn't censorship, it's social decency for public display. On cable TV (which isn't under FCC jurisdiction) they can do what ever they want, it's whether the sponsors then are willing to pay for it.
The problem most "outsiders" don't understand is that there is a difference between Anarachy and Democracy (Technically we are a Republic). They ignore concepts like the social contract and take the Constitution out of context trying to use it verbatim without knowing the background details.
P.S. Sheldon, I can actually visualize a Family Ties episode to you comment. Eeekk!
A: We have the freedom to print malicious and many times false and misleading articles on both public and private citizens
I can think hundreds of cases that the press has convicted people of things like rape, child molestation without a trial, cause grief and suffering to the accused, effectively blacklisting them for life regardless of the trial outcome. Even when proven innocent beyond doubt these peoples lives have been destroyed by lies twice over, once from the accuser and once from the press. I see the press do this DAILY here in the US.
B: We have the right to interfere with police investigations putting people lives at risk. Including invalidating/contaminating evidence.
Hey those brilliant geniuses who reported some of our operations in Afghanistan area and during the gulf war were committing treason, people could have died. They put our service men and women at risk by providing intelligence to the enemy. They run and hide under their freedom of the press. And what about the brilliant idea of telling the Sniper in Maryland that we are using a big spy plane in an attempt to track him? What, the reports think this guy doesn't own a TV or Radio?
C: We have the right to report secret government information that places security at risk and could result in the deaths of our soldiers and aid our enemies.
See the previous entry.
D: We have the right to put forth our own political agendas and parade our biases as Journalism.
There is a considerable difference kid, you need to look back at reporting 40 or 50 years ago to actually see journalism. It's not my fault your too young to remember what journalism is.
E: We have the right to, without jury or due process, label someone guilty by inference
I could start to list the number of times but just do a search on false charges in the US and then look at the local news paper headlines and tell me that a headline that Read "Mr. Smith Arrested for Raping Teen" doesn't convict him. Where is the objective, innocent till proven guilty concept in that?
I am all for protecting Journalism, too bad there isn't any left to protect.
You only come off sounding like a bitter, America hating, blame America for the world's ills Socialist.
A: We have the freedom to print malicous and many times false and misleading articles on both public and private citizens B: We have the right to interfere with police investigations putting people lives at risk. Including invalidating/contaminating evidence. C: We have the right to report secret government information that places security at risk and could result in the deaths of our soldiers and aid our enemies. D: We have the right to put forth our own political agendas and parade our biases as Journalism. E: We have the right to, without jury or due process, label someone guilty by inference.
I question "The Journalist" these days. Especially after the military plane in Maryland fiasco. Lets not even start with CNN and the Gulf War. Or How about our plans for our recent IRAQ plans, that was nice.
There is a fine line between the right to privacy and the rights of "journalists".
Any population is held in check by the laws of supply and demand. If China's population is too big to ensure prosperity they will reduce their population. There is more than enough resources to ensure that nations can have some level of prosperity Mr or Ms Communist but there will always be a bigger, and small fish. It is the drive to be a bigger fish, and the fear of being a smaller fish that drives people to excel. If there wasn't a heaven or a hell, why would people try to be good?
YOu know it just dawned on me that you could be a woman, if that is the case please breed with a clone of Albert Einstien or have an affair with Hawking.
You are a genius! I want you to father children for me with a clone of Marie Curie so I can raise kids that are superior in their graps of the world. Dude, I joke not your a genius! You need to breed a lot! Preferrably with really attractive women or really smart women (Ideally both but that seems to be rare..)
Odd because the US geological survey a few years back posted that only 15% of the US is "DEVELOPED". I wonder as I look a the NASA pic of earth at night, it doesn't look like 85% is illuminated... Hmm I guess that not everyone in the US has electricity...
ZZZZ... P.S look who the scientists work for, no bias there...
Hahahahha you don't even know. You should see my Karma. It's freaky. All I do is patrol/. stirring up trouble for trouble's sake. my theory here is no matter how good or bad my posts are (I some days just write something that will get people talking just for the sake of getting them talking.) I can be comforted in knowing it will force people to think. I am happy with that.
Very true on all counts. I don' defend the RIAA I just simply point out that the RIAA is not some mutant entity that doesn't have people involved. Companies must be allowed to succeed and fall as the market dictates. But when people refuse to act, they shouldn't complain when things don't go their way. I think there are a lot of Dinosaurs that are on life support the RIAA is one of them, but so is the Automotive Union. Where is the fervor when it comes to some guy demanding $30 and hour to pop rivets when I can replace it with a machine that is just as good and 1/10th the cost? Now hte argument changes but in reality it doesn't. All these areguments no matter where we stand are very subjective..02 CHING!
Hey guys I just read that the software for this pen requieres.NET! Isn't that cool? Now MS can compile a database of every living person's handwriting and hopefully when you sign you name someone won't exploit.NET to get a copy of your signature. I wonder how many forged checks could come out of this technology?
Let me think.. I'll pass on this technology, smells like Teen Spir.. umm I mean... nevermind I need an Ice Pack, it's been a long day.
Simple, change the leadership. Most of the labels are publically held correct? Buy stock and get rid of the crooked board. I think they call them Hostile Takeovers.:) We could try couldn't we?
How, based on your number, would an artist afford to book a concert say in LA, rent a stadium (So all thier fans in the area can come and enjoy this new, high quality music), and pay for all the up-front costs to do a tour?
A: Yes you can buy action. It's called forming a politcal party and taking action using your collective money to promote your ideas.
B: A high profile statement? Big deal. If you had a president talking about this I would be interested but Janis is an insect in the big wide world.
C: My $5 a month plus the other 4 million people that help contribute made the political party gave us more than 300 million dollars to help campaign with. My $5 is imporant, especially where there are over 4 million more people like me. You sound like the guy who watches TV and say, "I am only one person." as 50% of the nation says the same thing. Have some self esteem your more imporant than you think.
Yep and in my whiney-ass rant I pointed out the problem, gave evidence of the problem and offered a solution that corrects the problem. Not bad for a single rant.
"The only plan that works is one that you can implement with the resources available."
Ok I had lunch (TGIF, Jack Daniel's Chicken Strips with a Sprite) and feel much better. I checked up on Janis' "SOLUTIONS" and still stick to my above position. Each record company would only split $500,000 a day? Any company with more than 3000 employees couldn't even begin to cover costs in the end. If each employee made only $10 an hour at 8 hours a day that mean you must pull down at least $240,000 just in labor costs. Now factor in all the other overhead costs that just a regular business has. Now Janis is telling me that oh say 3 of the labels are only going to pull down $167000 a day? Oh I can see the shareholders (who are people just like you) loving the idea of their dividends dropping out from under the floor. Then you have what is left of capitalism fighting for the "artists" (whether they have talent or not is irrelevant, they are a limited resource) just like professional athletes are pursued. If you are a marketable entity Sony may offer X dollars and RCA might offer you Y dollars and AOL/TW might offer you Z dollars. Then capitalism kicks in and a billing war ensues.
Janis is, like so many other morons some how crafting companies into these weird super-natural entities. Here is a quote:
"We elect our legislators, so they will pass laws designed for us. We elect and pay the thousands of judges, policemen, civil servants who implement the laws we elect our officials to pass. It is the promise that our government supports the will of the people, and not the will of big business, that makes this issue so damning - and at the same time, so hope-inspiring."
Well Janis, WHO THE FUCK RUNS COMPANIES?! MYTHICAL WIDGETS?! CYBORGS?! PEOPLE RUN THEM YOU DENSE EUPHORIAN! The PEOPLE that invest in companies, the PEOPLE that run the companies, and the PEOPLE that work for the company. Since when did being a business owner, fighting for your business, somehow strip you of being a human? If the PEOPLE that invest in Sony and other large corporations didn't like what the board is doing they would put their foot down and remove them or do a massive sell off of the stock and watch the company go broke. Next thing she'll be saying is that the "Republican" or "Democrats" don't work for the people. WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR MONEY? PEOPLE! Who comes to the rallies? PEOPLE. It's not our fault your not organized you fucked up anarchist.
Now if you argue they can reduce staff and overhead by going online fine, too bad Janis, like so many short sighted, know nothing visionaries, should have mentioned that. The only way you will win against the RIAA is by showing them that there is a GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY in the idea. If you tell me to give you a dollar so you can help people that is called CHARITY. If you tell me that if I give you a dollar you'll give me back $50 that's an investment. The rule of compromise is to try and make it a WIN-WIN. All I see is entitlement brats trading one oligarchy for another. Another sign of a growing rise of the Fordian society. Sorry cool down period didn't help that much. I need to start smoking again I think...
Ok so rad the pre-writeup on this and I can say this: WAY OVER MY HEAD! I understood about
1.05E-60% of that. Holy cow. There is proof that higher education still turns out some bright people. I wish I knew what the hell all that was about, it "looks" cool. You could use that as a prop in a movie for some secret formula or something.
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How about all the Indie artists form a label called IndieMusica and use that as a label. Burn your CDs at home with a IndieMusica label on them and sell them through a web site on demand. I would love a single location where I can order from these local band and the web site could charge a $0.25 transaction charge per order to cover bandwidth charges and operational expenses. Thats all, nothing more. Perhaps host low bitrate samples. Similar to MP3.Com but only handling transactions with each artist's profile containing a link to their homepage. How much would it cost to set that up? If I had the extra cash I'd set it up but getting the artists to participate would be the hardest part. Why use Ebay? I found Bassic on MP3.Com and own all his CDs. He's great and I didn't need a major label to find him, just a well done web site. It doesn't take much, even if we all could pop $5 bucks to start the web site and try it at least. (I am currently broke just maxxed my creditcards paying for school, can't help.)
I do realize the inequality of the current standards. But the raw truth is that violence should be mandated as well but technology hasn't caught up to the demands of parents. Blood, murder, and violence is something I'd like to see limited as well. But as we all know in our arguments here on slashdot all too often we tend to over-simplify our arguements as we don't have time to write 40 pages. You and I both could write for months on end debating the issue. Remember to take the arguements presented as only fractions of the total argument. What we present here are simplifications. Again I ask to you want your 5 year old watching say, Silence of the Lambs? Probably not but the ways to restrict minors and those who shouldn't be seeing things like that is more complex that you or I can handle in this format. That's why trends change. 1 step at a time. I personally think eliminating the bans is a poor implementation, as would total restriction. The problem is how to manage such a policy of content. Again you can see this discussion could spiral out of control beyond anything we may be able to resolve.
/. We can vent and scream when the outside world would frown upon us. Never take stuff personally here, everyone gets bitched at, flamed, whatever. It's the nature of the beast. Keep it up, I don't mind. It's through people like you and me screaming at eachother that sanity bubbles to the surface. We debate without rules here, and I am happy with that :) Later
Also I don't know many 8 year olds that are still breast fed (Ekkk!) Another serious point I think we can agree on is young children cannot easily understand complex human interactions or determine fantasy from reailty. This is why content debates rage on in very heated arenas (Are we any different) We are reactionaries here lashing out in a free method. You bitch, I bitch, we all bitch but that is the beauty of
Do you work for the government? If not then it would be you work moderating THEIR communcations. If you work for the Government WHY ARE YOU SURFING THE WEB ON MY TAXPAYER DIME :) You kinda dug a hole on that one :) jk.. I have contracted for the Fed and State a few times and man there is some times there really isn't anything to do but sit there.
No I hate to break it to you this is acutally nothing more than American Bashing. Sorry, it is. Do some background checking on the members and it is funded by many of the most well known Anti-American groups (Funny because most of them are IN America :) )
This report is as about as valid as a Tobacco Company pointing out that Cigarettes can kill bacteria (and I am a smoker btw).
AMEN! Simply put if it is so bad here GO BACK HOME! If you don't like it here, LEAVE. It's that easy.
It could be summarized as thus:
Reporters in general have forgotten the difference between Editorial News and Journalism.
Joe Friday summed up Journalism in every episode it seems, "Just the facts"
It called setting a moral standard. With public access broadcasts I don't know what sick fuck of a parent wants their kid watching Porn but we in the US set moral standards that the broadcasters must follow. The FCC regulates these standards so my 4 year old doesn't hear those seven words. If you like the idea of exposing your kids to those words and all those things we evil americans censor fine but we still are trying to set some standards in the US (They are being eroded quickly though, hell Britney Spears is a ROLE MODEL! HA! I think I am going to be ill...)
Concerning arrresting reporters that cross security lines, they can only arrest people if it is a crime scene or restricted public property. If it is Private property only the property owner can ask for them to be arrested. I understand your perspective but it is leaving out a people's choice to set standards, that isn't censorship, it's social decency for public display. On cable TV (which isn't under FCC jurisdiction) they can do what ever they want, it's whether the sponsors then are willing to pay for it.
The problem most "outsiders" don't understand is that there is a difference between Anarachy and Democracy (Technically we are a Republic). They ignore concepts like the social contract and take the Constitution out of context trying to use it verbatim without knowing the background details.
P.S. Sheldon, I can actually visualize a Family Ties episode to you comment. Eeekk!
A: We have the freedom to print malicious and many times false and misleading articles on both public and private citizens
I can think hundreds of cases that the press has convicted people of things like rape, child molestation without a trial, cause grief and suffering to the accused, effectively blacklisting them for life regardless of the trial outcome. Even when proven innocent beyond doubt these peoples lives have been destroyed by lies twice over, once from the accuser and once from the press. I see the press do this DAILY here in the US.
B: We have the right to interfere with police investigations putting people lives at risk. Including invalidating/contaminating evidence.
Hey those brilliant geniuses who reported some of our operations in Afghanistan area and during the gulf war were committing treason, people could have died. They put our service men and women at risk by providing intelligence to the enemy. They run and hide under their freedom of the press. And what about the brilliant idea of telling the Sniper in Maryland that we are using a big spy plane in an attempt to track him? What, the reports think this guy doesn't own a TV or Radio?
C: We have the right to report secret government information that places security at risk and could result in the deaths of our soldiers and aid our enemies.
See the previous entry.
D: We have the right to put forth our own political agendas and parade our biases as Journalism.
There is a considerable difference kid, you need to look back at reporting 40 or 50 years ago to actually see journalism. It's not my fault your too young to remember what journalism is.
E: We have the right to, without jury or due process, label someone guilty by inference
I could start to list the number of times but just do a search on false charges in the US and then look at the local news paper headlines and tell me that a headline that Read "Mr. Smith Arrested for Raping Teen" doesn't convict him. Where is the objective, innocent till proven guilty concept in that?
I am all for protecting Journalism, too bad there isn't any left to protect.
You only come off sounding like a bitter, America hating, blame America for the world's ills Socialist.
Here is their idea of freedom of the press:
A: We have the freedom to print malicous and many times false and misleading articles on both public and private citizens
B: We have the right to interfere with police investigations putting people lives at risk. Including invalidating/contaminating evidence.
C: We have the right to report secret government information that places security at risk and could result in the deaths of our soldiers and aid our enemies.
D: We have the right to put forth our own political agendas and parade our biases as Journalism.
E: We have the right to, without jury or due process, label someone guilty by inference.
I question "The Journalist" these days. Especially after the military plane in Maryland fiasco. Lets not even start with CNN and the Gulf War. Or How about our plans for our recent IRAQ plans, that was nice.
There is a fine line between the right to privacy and the rights of "journalists".
Any population is held in check by the laws of supply and demand. If China's population is too big to ensure prosperity they will reduce their population. There is more than enough resources to ensure that nations can have some level of prosperity Mr or Ms Communist but there will always be a bigger, and small fish. It is the drive to be a bigger fish, and the fear of being a smaller fish that drives people to excel. If there wasn't a heaven or a hell, why would people try to be good?
YOu know it just dawned on me that you could be a woman, if that is the case please breed with a clone of Albert Einstien or have an affair with Hawking.
You are a genius! I want you to father children for me with a clone of Marie Curie so I can raise kids that are superior in their graps of the world. Dude, I joke not your a genius! You need to breed a lot! Preferrably with really attractive women or really smart women (Ideally both but that seems to be rare..)
Odd because the US geological survey a few years back posted that only 15% of the US is "DEVELOPED". I wonder as I look a the NASA pic of earth at night, it doesn't look like 85% is illuminated... Hmm I guess that not everyone in the US has electricity...
ZZZZ... P.S look who the scientists work for, no bias there...
Hahahahha you don't even know. You should see my Karma. It's freaky. All I do is patrol /. stirring up trouble for trouble's sake. my theory here is no matter how good or bad my posts are (I some days just write something that will get people talking just for the sake of getting them talking.) I can be comforted in knowing it will force people to think. I am happy with that.
Very true on all counts. I don' defend the RIAA I just simply point out that the RIAA is not some mutant entity that doesn't have people involved. Companies must be allowed to succeed and fall as the market dictates. But when people refuse to act, they shouldn't complain when things don't go their way. I think there are a lot of Dinosaurs that are on life support the RIAA is one of them, but so is the Automotive Union. Where is the fervor when it comes to some guy demanding $30 and hour to pop rivets when I can replace it with a machine that is just as good and 1/10th the cost? Now hte argument changes but in reality it doesn't. All these areguments no matter where we stand are very subjective. .02 CHING!
Do you realize you are bordering on 1000 posts!? Your a maniac! :)
Hey guys I just read that the software for this pen requieres .NET! Isn't that cool? Now MS can compile a database of every living person's handwriting and hopefully when you sign you name someone won't exploit .NET to get a copy of your signature. I wonder how many forged checks could come out of this technology?
... nevermind I need an Ice Pack, it's been a long day.
Let me think.. I'll pass on this technology, smells like Teen Spir.. umm I mean
Simple, change the leadership. Most of the labels are publically held correct? Buy stock and get rid of the crooked board. I think they call them Hostile Takeovers. :) We could try couldn't we?
Bravo, once again you post some reason, and really good ideas. Didn't / Doesn't MP3.com still have user ranking?
It's simple
N=N+1
Therefore God must exist.
OK then answer me this:
How, based on your number, would an artist afford to book a concert say in LA, rent a stadium (So all thier fans in the area can come and enjoy this new, high quality music), and pay for all the up-front costs to do a tour?
A solid, realistic answer is all I ask.
A: Yes you can buy action. It's called forming a politcal party and taking action using your collective money to promote your ideas.
B: A high profile statement? Big deal. If you had a president talking about this I would be interested but Janis is an insect in the big wide world.
C: My $5 a month plus the other 4 million people that help contribute made the political party gave us more than 300 million dollars to help campaign with. My $5 is imporant, especially where there are over 4 million more people like me. You sound like the guy who watches TV and say, "I am only one person." as 50% of the nation says the same thing. Have some self esteem your more imporant than you think.
Yep and in my whiney-ass rant I pointed out the problem, gave evidence of the problem and offered a solution that corrects the problem. Not bad for a single rant.
"The only plan that works is one that you can implement with the resources available."
Ok I had lunch (TGIF, Jack Daniel's Chicken Strips with a Sprite) and feel much better. I checked up on Janis' "SOLUTIONS" and still stick to my above position. Each record company would only split $500,000 a day? Any company with more than 3000 employees couldn't even begin to cover costs in the end. If each employee made only $10 an hour at 8 hours a day that mean you must pull down at least $240,000 just in labor costs. Now factor in all the other overhead costs that just a regular business has. Now Janis is telling me that oh say 3 of the labels are only going to pull down $167000 a day? Oh I can see the shareholders (who are people just like you) loving the idea of their dividends dropping out from under the floor. Then you have what is left of capitalism fighting for the "artists" (whether they have talent or not is irrelevant, they are a limited resource) just like professional athletes are pursued. If you are a marketable entity Sony may offer X dollars and RCA might offer you Y dollars and AOL/TW might offer you Z dollars. Then capitalism kicks in and a billing war ensues.
Janis is, like so many other morons some how crafting companies into these weird super-natural entities. Here is a quote:
"We elect our legislators, so they will pass laws designed for us. We elect and pay the thousands of judges, policemen, civil servants who implement the laws we elect our officials to pass.
It is the promise that our government supports the will of the people, and not the will of big business, that makes this issue so damning - and at the same time, so hope-inspiring."
Well Janis, WHO THE FUCK RUNS COMPANIES?! MYTHICAL WIDGETS?! CYBORGS?! PEOPLE RUN THEM YOU DENSE EUPHORIAN! The PEOPLE that invest in companies, the PEOPLE that run the companies, and the PEOPLE that work for the company. Since when did being a business owner, fighting for your business, somehow strip you of being a human? If the PEOPLE that invest in Sony and other large corporations didn't like what the board is doing they would put their foot down and remove them or do a massive sell off of the stock and watch the company go broke. Next thing she'll be saying is that the "Republican" or "Democrats" don't work for the people. WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR MONEY? PEOPLE! Who comes to the rallies? PEOPLE. It's not our fault your not organized you fucked up anarchist.
Now if you argue they can reduce staff and overhead by going online fine, too bad Janis, like so many short sighted, know nothing visionaries, should have mentioned that. The only way you will win against the RIAA is by showing them that there is a GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY in the idea. If you tell me to give you a dollar so you can help people that is called CHARITY. If you tell me that if I give you a dollar you'll give me back $50 that's an investment. The rule of compromise is to try and make it a WIN-WIN. All I see is entitlement brats trading one oligarchy for another. Another sign of a growing rise of the Fordian society. Sorry cool down period didn't help that much. I need to start smoking again I think...
Ok so rad the pre-writeup on this and I can say this: WAY OVER MY HEAD! I understood about
1.05E-60% of that. Holy cow. There is proof that higher education still turns out some bright people. I wish I knew what the hell all that was about, it "looks" cool. You could use that as a prop in a movie for some secret formula or something.