My dispute is: Does selecting additional memory or disk drives really constitute a product that is "custom configured to your specifications". According to the defense that Apple used, even adding one stick of memory would have made it custom configured.
These servers are largely manufactured by machines, at a pretty fast pace. Humans are part of the process, but at a minimal level.. it's how prices can be kept down to a reasonable level. You know how this goes. When you want to upgrade the machine... Configure To Order / Build To Order... that means someone has to crack open the box, unpack the machine, crack the server open, and manually do stuff to it to make it the way you asked for it... uncrack the server, and repack the box, uncrack the shipping box, and then send it to you. If you wanted a stock server, it would have gone from the assembly line to your door, most likely. Sorry your experience was not the one you were expecting.
If you're rooting for the crack of what's arguably the coolest legal music download system on earth, you're obviously not a musician, or have any respect for art whatsoever. Without any kind of relative perspective on what it means to create a piece of art, you're caving into consumerism in it's most idiotic form. You have no clue how hard it is to eke out a song, have the courage to release it to the world, then promote yourself tirelessly just to make ends meet. At some point, you have to stop looking at a mountain as a thing to blow up and just accept it as a beautiful part of our landscape.
As a occassional professional DJ a few years ago, an occassional professional soundman with my room shaking EV's, co creator of Quicktime Turntablefrom 1997 and as an owner of Final Scratch, I can tell you with fairly expert opinion that the $250 pricetag this new piece of hardware carries puts it smack dab into the "way too expensive toy" category.
Pro CD turntables that accurately simulate the platter of a vinyl turntable are anywhere from US$800-$1500. Technics 1200's (the 30+ year gold standard for dj'ing turntables) run anywhere from US$400-$750 each depending on who you get them from... a excellent mixer will cost you between US$50-$1000 or more.
FinalScratch is $500. It is a professional grade piece of equipment. It is not a toy. It's complex and responsive. It does what you expect it to. It costs that much money because it's worth it.
I dunno about this $250 new item. Who IS it for anyway? Obviously not pros, and at that price you can alternatively buy a console and a few games to occupy your time.
Nope, 10 bucks a month for access to the library, then 79 cents per song per cd you burn. 10 bucks to find an album, then full album price to brun it to a cd... *a* cd, not *as many cds as you want*.
It's amazing how many of these games I found myself nodding in reading to the posts here..
for me it was:
Castle Wolfenstein (the apple ][ version... "as pass??" "IIIEEEE!!!")
Karateka (stupid falcon! take that!... ah, girl, I rescue you! NO! stop fighting me!! doh!!)
Descent (360*360 motion sickness, whee)
Moria (5 year old characters, yeesh.. can't... stop... playing...)
Unreal Tournament (in the year 2000, unemployment, suddenly unimportant, AND... walking in parking lots at the mall making me very very nervous for fear of snipers)
Tekken (bleeding thumbs)
Choplifter (run! no, get out of the away, I have to land *squish*... doh!!)
Sim City 1 (alien attack!)
Wolfenstein 3d (running against every wall to find all the hidden doors)
and soooo many more...
Unfortunately, I'm seeing what appears to be a filesize limit... I tried to open up a 1000+ line file, and I didn't get the entire file open
Ah, maybe not.. I may have been experiencing some other phenomenon that caused that... possibly a VPN issue unreleated to this... oppologies to the authors of this software... it does not appear to be malfunctioning.
Of course, this also means the two programmers have to be on the same
LAN segment. Rendezvous doesn't route.
Actually there's a "connect via Internet" option where you can connect to anyone with an IP address and the right port open. I was very skeptical at first, but it works beautifully. We've been testing it out all morning. Unfortunately, I'm seeing what appears to be a filesize limit... I tried to open up a 1000+ line file, and I didn't get the entire file open... very strange, and sad... I hope they fix it soon.
I'm torn on this, because I think a lot of people are able to make movies for a lot less money now, thanks to lots of cheap components like DV and easy to use video editing software.. which is good...
but on the otherhand, it could be bad, too... I definitely don't want to plunk down 10 bucks to go watch an indie movie that's of a quality that would be an equivalent to an average-mp3.com-quality song.
If digital theatres are going to be the future, and indie films are going to have access to more screens because of that technological leap, we should consider the need for an apollo-style project for the arts to build a website that's open to all, to submit and to adjudicate submissions... that way the best rise to the top of the ratings... take the ease of use to submit a rating from netflix and combine it with amazon's review format, and I think you'd have a government website that might be... cool?
As long as the funding went to inexpensive hardware infrastructure, and not on expensive proprietary servers and solutions... you could make even 10 million dollars go a long way with OSS.
You're kidding me, right? attention 99.9% of the world, nobody reads your blog! people don't even have the capacity to listen to anything but what clearchannel tells you to,jeesh.
and I even have my own blog... Nobody reads it but my brother.
those who show a propensity for platform elitism, or for discounting certain solutions out of hand, often seem to prove poor developers - for the very reason that they show a lack of imagination, an unwillingness to consider different options, and so forth.
I envy people who can walk on their hands, maybe some day when I have sufficient time, I'll learn how... but when I have to run from a fire, I use my legs, because I'm faster at running with my legs.
Help, is there any way to script SFTP? I know with ftp you can use the.netrc file to hide the ftp login, etc.. but I haven't found any solution to automate a secure ftp process.
"allows to avoid scripted storylines" does not make sense with "Game companies are realising that story telling has a lot of potential that has not been tapped yet."
so how can you tell stories without some sort of a script? Live dungeon masters?
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My dispute is: Does selecting additional memory or disk drives really constitute a product that is "custom configured to your specifications". According to the defense that Apple used, even adding one stick of memory would have made it custom configured.
... that means someone has to crack open the box, unpack the machine, crack the server open, and manually do stuff to it to make it the way you asked for it... uncrack the server, and repack the box, uncrack the shipping box, and then send it to you. If you wanted a stock server, it would have gone from the assembly line to your door, most likely. Sorry your experience was not the one you were expecting.
These servers are largely manufactured by machines, at a pretty fast pace. Humans are part of the process, but at a minimal level.. it's how prices can be kept down to a reasonable level. You know how this goes. When you want to upgrade the machine... Configure To Order / Build To Order
Launch Terminal.app or iTerm or whatever: /wherever/you/downloaded/the_files
:)
cd
unzip filename
Oi! Well done! Thanks for the tip, it works great.
That appears to be an .exe file they offer. Is that incorrect?
the Commission is considering imposing a record fine of EUR 100,000,000 (USD 123,840,000) on Microsoft.
Is that per year? Until they're not longer, what, 60% market share. Something reasonable. That'd be a good fine.
Nah, it'll be "Software or training vouchers?"
Or Xbox's..
oh boy, it's funny for now... man, just wait until it's you leaking... then we'll see who's crackin' wise...
If you're rooting for the crack of what's arguably the coolest legal music download system on earth, you're obviously not a musician, or have any respect for art whatsoever. Without any kind of relative perspective on what it means to create a piece of art, you're caving into consumerism in it's most idiotic form. You have no clue how hard it is to eke out a song, have the courage to release it to the world, then promote yourself tirelessly just to make ends meet. At some point, you have to stop looking at a mountain as a thing to blow up and just accept it as a beautiful part of our landscape.
As a occassional professional DJ a few years ago, an occassional professional soundman with my room shaking EV's, co creator of Quicktime Turntablefrom 1997 and as an owner of Final Scratch, I can tell you with fairly expert opinion that the $250 pricetag this new piece of hardware carries puts it smack dab into the "way too expensive toy" category.
Pro CD turntables that accurately simulate the platter of a vinyl turntable are anywhere from US$800-$1500. Technics 1200's (the 30+ year gold standard for dj'ing turntables) run anywhere from US$400-$750 each depending on who you get them from... a excellent mixer will cost you between US$50-$1000 or more.
FinalScratch is $500. It is a professional grade piece of equipment. It is not a toy. It's complex and responsive. It does what you expect it to. It costs that much money because it's worth it.
I dunno about this $250 new item. Who IS it for anyway? Obviously not pros, and at that price you can alternatively buy a console and a few games to occupy your time.
if you want to do, for instance, something more complex like charting in a web page (well, in a .PNG), things can get messy.
You must not have tried very hard to look for anything.
go check out jpgraph.
c'mon, it's time to recall Bloomberg.
I smell a sequel!
Trivial, but not legal for the license.
Nope, 10 bucks a month for access to the library, then 79 cents per song per cd you burn. 10 bucks to find an album, then full album price to brun it to a cd... *a* cd, not *as many cds as you want*.
Ok, fine, stop using iTunes then. What are you gonna use? Oh, tons of other programs, right. It's a free program, sheesh.
Also, if this is all so lame, why are so many large companies rushing to catch up (again, just like with the iPod)?
It's amazing how many of these games I found myself nodding in reading to the posts here.. for me it was: Castle Wolfenstein (the apple ][ version... "as pass??" "IIIEEEE!!!") Karateka (stupid falcon! take that!... ah, girl, I rescue you! NO! stop fighting me!! doh!!) Descent (360*360 motion sickness, whee) Moria (5 year old characters, yeesh.. can't... stop... playing...) Unreal Tournament (in the year 2000, unemployment, suddenly unimportant, AND... walking in parking lots at the mall making me very very nervous for fear of snipers) Tekken (bleeding thumbs) Choplifter (run! no, get out of the away, I have to land *squish*... doh!!) Sim City 1 (alien attack!) Wolfenstein 3d (running against every wall to find all the hidden doors) and soooo many more...
Unfortunately, I'm seeing what appears to be a filesize limit... I tried to open up a 1000+ line file, and I didn't get the entire file open
Ah, maybe not.. I may have been experiencing some other phenomenon that caused that... possibly a VPN issue unreleated to this... oppologies to the authors of this software... it does not appear to be malfunctioning.
Of course, this also means the two programmers have to be on the same LAN segment. Rendezvous doesn't route.
Actually there's a "connect via Internet" option where you can connect to anyone with an IP address and the right port open. I was very skeptical at first, but it works beautifully. We've been testing it out all morning. Unfortunately, I'm seeing what appears to be a filesize limit... I tried to open up a 1000+ line file, and I didn't get the entire file open... very strange, and sad... I hope they fix it soon.
I'm torn on this, because I think a lot of people are able to make movies for a lot less money now, thanks to lots of cheap components like DV and easy to use video editing software.. which is good...
but on the otherhand, it could be bad, too... I definitely don't want to plunk down 10 bucks to go watch an indie movie that's of a quality that would be an equivalent to an average-mp3.com-quality song.
If digital theatres are going to be the future, and indie films are going to have access to more screens because of that technological leap, we should consider the need for an apollo-style project for the arts to build a website that's open to all, to submit and to adjudicate submissions... that way the best rise to the top of the ratings... take the ease of use to submit a rating from netflix and combine it with amazon's review format, and I think you'd have a government website that might be... cool?
As long as the funding went to inexpensive hardware infrastructure, and not on expensive proprietary servers and solutions... you could make even 10 million dollars go a long way with OSS.
Call it an "Administration area"
You're kidding me, right? attention 99.9% of the world, nobody reads your blog! people don't even have the capacity to listen to anything but what clearchannel tells you to,jeesh.
and I even have my own blog... Nobody reads it but my brother.
Maybe the newest handhelds today has all the above "built-in", but let's not forget who invented the wheel. yeah, Apple's Message Pad.
those who show a propensity for platform elitism, or for discounting certain solutions out of hand, often seem to prove poor developers - for the very reason that they show a lack of imagination, an unwillingness to consider different options, and so forth.
I envy people who can walk on their hands, maybe some day when I have sufficient time, I'll learn how... but when I have to run from a fire, I use my legs, because I'm faster at running with my legs.
Help, is there any way to script SFTP? I know with ftp you can use the .netrc file to hide the ftp login, etc.. but I haven't found any solution to automate a secure ftp process.
"allows to avoid scripted storylines" does not make sense with "Game companies are realising that story telling has a lot of potential that has not been tapped yet."
so how can you tell stories without some sort of a script? Live dungeon masters?
as in "I got dibs on your data!" ?