I am a musician (pianist)... Currently I play at a church and for each service, I have to pull music from 5 different books + sheet music, etc..etc..
Needless to say, first, its a pain to carry around those books with me, flipping through them during a service, finding particular songs, etc...
So back in 1999 when I bought my Visor Deluxe PDA, I thought it would be cool to scan in all of that sheet music and have the PDA hooked up to some e-paper sheets (probably two of them) and then use a foot switch to "turn the pages"..
The setup would be very cool, small and portable. Before a service, I'd simply download the lineup into the system and everything would be ready to go. No carrying around the books, no page flipping, etc.. Heck.. given the way I play the piano (music laying flat on top of the piano), it could possibly make it look like I memorized all the music to the congregation:-)
Of course, I heard about e-paper back then as well.. and so far, no products.. so by the time it *IS* released, i might already use something like a tablet PC....
I suppose the simple answer is this:
Any sound sampled from a copyright piece of work, no matter how big or small, without proper permission from the copyright holder is illegal.
I suppose some of you can say "but what if it is SO small.. " -- well my thoughts are pretty simple on this: if the sample is so small, then just make your own. Given the amount of music technology out there (synths, portable recording units, software, etc..) -- create your own sample and use it.
Under those circumstances, if your imitating too much as to be in a copyright violation, your still screwed (ie same as recording a cover and selling w/o permission) but if you have to do that, you *PROBABLY* shouldn't be an artist creating your own original pieces to begin with.:)
This could be VERY cool. Assuming that the input can work as a line in, I could see hooking up a nice set of mics to a mixer, run it into the ipod and use it as a very quick and easy recording setup for band practices. Download the resulting MP3/WAV files and email them out to band members.:) (or perhaps come up with some funky script that would de-hiss the recording, compress it slightly, etc)
I have to second this notion. I've always looked at Unix/Linux as the ultimate pick-and-choose OS.. I can build in what functionaility I need and get rid of functionaility that I don't need. Unlike Windows where lots of apps are bundled (IE, Outlook Express, etc..etc..), Linux gives me the freedom to customize virtually every aspect of my system...
well except one --> X11.. It might be great for a network / sysadmin configuration, but for a desktop, it blows. With so much activity happening at the desktop, it is imperitive that X11 be REMOVED!
We need to back something like DirectFB that will allow for a much more responsive interface, an interface that can meet the needs of desktop users and provide for the needs of the desktop Linux user. Like Apple, if X11 is needed, it should be provided in-addition-to the core fast desktop.
It would be pretty cool...:) Not quite sure of the likelihood or feesibility of such an undertaking, but definitely something to think about.
Wouldn't this end up being the 2.6.0pre releases? While it would be great to load up 2.5 to try out, I think it would be very difficult to determine a certain release as "stable enough" to give it a more stable rating than a previous or future version of the kernel.
If you want to try out latest kernel, best thing to do is to setup a development box to test out the kernel (read: a system where if it gets completely trashed, you won't be losing critical/important data) --- next best is dual boot, but you *may* run the risk of data corruption/deletion on your other setup.
Hmm.. I use to do billboard printing/design work. First off, Photoshop has a 2GB-3.5GB size limit. As far as the printing process is concerned, older large format printers could only do between 20dpi-70dpi... using uncompressed TIFF CMYK files for output, on a standard 20'x50' billboard, this would yield a file around 219MB - 1GB+ per layer. Granted, given the viewing distance factor of a billboard, these graphics would generally be printed at only 10dpi yielding an effective TIFF size of 54MB.
However, given the current level of technology in this segment of the printing market, most (if not all) large format printers will now use Postscript files as input, so much of the design is done like traditional desktop publishing (quark, indesign, illustrator) and then rasterized on usualy a multiprocessor PC-based RIP (raster image processor).
In anycase, getting back to the original poster.. just because graphic houses are currently using Macs is not a representation of them being faster. It is simply a case of being what they have used for years. Many places that I do consulting work for (as well as where I previously worked) offload all of their heavy processing requirements to the fastest systems they can find, Mac or PC.. lately they have been buying PCs..
So essentially Red Hat upgrades from 8 to 9 in ~6 months. No wonder no one wants to write general-release commerical apps for Linux.. by the time they develop & test their product, the distro essentially discontinues the release & doesn't support it. At this rate, I don't think we will ever convince developers of some great software (Adobe, Macromedia, etc) to port to Linux. Way too much support-related cost involved.
But I'm sure that there are some really excellent features packed into 9 to make it worth being a full version upgrade and not a point upgrade (uhh.. not)
If I had some mod points, I would mod this up.
What you said is 100% correct.. as a part-time musician, I have a very good understanding of the industry. Quite frankly, it sucks (thats why I don't consider myself a full-time musician) --- Creating a CD is rather expensive if done right.. studio time, hiring musicians, royalities/etc if your doing any covers, the sheer amount of practice (individually and as a group) to get the sound just right, the arrangement of the piece, etc..etc..
So the logic goes, "yeah just take your CDs and sell them on Gigs.." well those avenues are less and less viable. Lots of large acts are taking entire sets of musicians and replacing them with recordings (or a few synths), many smaller bars, coffee houses, etc are either not having bands or paying them essentially less than minimum wage (after you figure in travel expenses, setup/tear down, practices, etc.. split the pay between 3-5 people..)
Unfortunately, for any place that has live musicians, there are generally dozens of bands that want to play. So if your lucky, you get to play at a particular venue once maybe twice a month. Given that most places will only have live music on weekends, your limited to fighting with all the other local talent for a friday or saturday night gig.
So my point? I guess nothing really. Its just a shame that like the original poster said -- music plays a huge part in our society. Virtually anywhere you go, you will hear music. Any way you slice it, smaller acts have to give away a lot of their music simply to get the word out (and ideally get one of those nice low paying gigs (though it does pay)) and after they get big, RIAA and friends milk the bands revenues as to only allow a handful of bands to actually ever make it truly successfully.
I wish I had some mod points handy to mod this up a bit.. thats EXACTLY RIGHT.
I feel if people would just spend some time learning about the WHY and less about the HOW when using a computer, their productivity would be significantly higher.
"I don't know WHY I do it this way, its just HOW I've been told to do it.."
Granted, these people are good for MY business (I just repeat the same lessons over and over again to them...) but as an idealist, I'd like to show them and explain to them the concepts and how to apply the concepts to everyday tasks so they can be self sufficient learners. Oh well. guess not enough people are truly interested (which is a shame considering most spend 8+ hours per day on a computer..)
I have had similar experiences in both high school and college.. Hense one of the reasons why I DID NOT get a degree in IT (though today I am very well entrenched in IT) -- Quite frankly I thought most of the teachers I came in contact with with the lower-level stuff (intro, pascal, etc..) were complete morons... One of my teachers had a God complex (he wrote the book -- he MUST be right) -- augh.. couldn't stand that class.. was constantly in disagreement -- getting marked wrong on tests/etc because his BOOK was incorrect. grr..
Agreed.. definitely not impressive if thought of as a raytraced/3d modeled animation.. heck, not even all that impressive for the person being introduced to the DVD as their first glimps at the demoscene..
However, for some of us that have been active in/around the demo scene over the past 10-15 years, it seems like it would be a very nice collection to have for nostalga purposes more than anything.
I'm really glad to see someone took the time to preserve the older scene demos. Just a week or so ago I was curious if someone was creating videos of these demos (found an mpeg of Second Reality, done really poorly) --- Can't wait to watch Crystal Dreams 2. . haven't seen that one in ages..
sorry.. left out a part.. on the P2/266 machine, I ended up replacing the drive with an IDE 60GB RAID 1.. then when they upgraded the rest of the machine, I simply placed the RAID in the new system and booted up..
W2K is a good operation system based on Microsoft standards.
But lets face facts.. good/excellent uptimes for a Microsoft OS vs a *nix based OS are still two VERY different leagues..
excellent uptimes in a Windows world is somewhere around 2-3months.. (assuming you don't have to do any of those annoying security band-aid fixes that REQUIRE a reboot.. augh...)
Case in point: small biz web server -- I use to have it running on a lowly P2/266 machine running W2K & IIS... that machine on average would require a reboot once per month (not too bad) due to strange stuff occuring (under the have no idea category) -- I changed it to a Linux machine for easier remote management functionaility and the same machine w/Linux ran for over 1 year as a ftp/http/mail/router/proxy server.. no reboots, crashes, etc..
the only reason why it died was due to a hardware failure (hard drive died)... the machine was upgraded to an AMD Athlon 2000 system (popped the drive into the new system and was off and running in no time.. try this with W2K) and going strong after 60 days..
I have yet to see a Windows system maintain this level of availability.. it just doesn't happen.
May 1990 (ok.. a bit more than 10 years ago) 80MB was twice as much as I'd EVER need... Well this according to a Laser computer rep.. (umm.. laser computers.. hehe.. a little short sighted and *poof* no longer here!)
Its an indirect cycle. While you are not directly getting paid for the originating product - you are getting paid for custom applications that are built using the products. Ie web based apache/php/mysql applications. Companies that are paying programmers to do development work get the distinction of being more knowledgable (They know the code inside and out..) and as a result, I think this is definitely marketable to people requiring customized apps using the core technology.
Couple this with CS majors working on open source projects and those working on projects for the love of programming, I think it is a sustainable, profitable model.
[root@iserver root]# uptime
11:17am up 224 days, 2:58, 0 users, load average: 0.11, 0.03, 0.01 [root@iserver root]# uname -a Linux iServer 2.2.16-22smp #1 SMP Tue Aug 22 16:39:21 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
This system is used to manipulate large graphic files (100MB - 1GB) for billboard printing applications... lets see . . it was 224 days ago since changing it from an WinNT box to Linux (The AppleTalk/Macintosh connectivity in NT caused the system to randomly crash)
AOL wants Red Hat for one reason: post-pc devices.. The first device they want to develop is something to go along with their $230 cable plan.. Develop a box for cable/email/internet/etc for the millions of people out there that really don't need a computer -- its great. Why Red Hat? 1. free OS = cheaper boxes 2. competent programmers to develop the boxes.
Of course, they could probably use Red Hat for internal IT development -- but as far as Red Hat how it is known today -- forget it, if AOL buys them, you can kiss Red Hat goodbye -- there is absolutely no reason AOL would keep them around.
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I am a musician (pianist) ... Currently I play at a church and for each service, I have to pull music from 5 different books + sheet music, etc..etc..
..
.. given the way I play the piano (music laying flat on top of the piano), it could possibly make it look like I memorized all the music to the congregation :-)
....
Needless to say, first, its a pain to carry around those books with me, flipping through them during a service, finding particular songs, etc...
So back in 1999 when I bought my Visor Deluxe PDA, I thought it would be cool to scan in all of that sheet music and have the PDA hooked up to some e-paper sheets (probably two of them) and then use a foot switch to "turn the pages"
The setup would be very cool, small and portable. Before a service, I'd simply download the lineup into the system and everything would be ready to go. No carrying around the books, no page flipping, etc.. Heck
Of course, I heard about e-paper back then as well.. and so far, no products.. so by the time it *IS* released, i might already use something like a tablet PC
I suppose the simple answer is this: Any sound sampled from a copyright piece of work, no matter how big or small, without proper permission from the copyright holder is illegal. .. " -- well my thoughts are pretty simple on this: if the sample is so small, then just make your own. Given the amount of music technology out there (synths, portable recording units, software, etc..) -- create your own sample and use it.
:)
I suppose some of you can say "but what if it is SO small
Under those circumstances, if your imitating too much as to be in a copyright violation, your still screwed (ie same as recording a cover and selling w/o permission) but if you have to do that, you *PROBABLY* shouldn't be an artist creating your own original pieces to begin with.
This could be VERY cool. Assuming that the input can work as a line in, I could see hooking up a nice set of mics to a mixer, run it into the ipod and use it as a very quick and easy recording setup for band practices. Download the resulting MP3/WAV files and email them out to band members. :) (or perhaps come up with some funky script that would de-hiss the recording, compress it slightly, etc)
I have to second this notion. I've always looked at Unix/Linux as the ultimate pick-and-choose OS .. I can build in what functionaility I need and get rid of functionaility that I don't need. Unlike Windows where lots of apps are bundled (IE, Outlook Express, etc..etc..), Linux gives me the freedom to customize virtually every aspect of my system...
well except one --> X11.. It might be great for a network / sysadmin configuration, but for a desktop, it blows. With so much activity happening at the desktop, it is imperitive that X11 be REMOVED!
We need to back something like DirectFB that will allow for a much more responsive interface, an interface that can meet the needs of desktop users and provide for the needs of the desktop Linux user. Like Apple, if X11 is needed, it should be provided in-addition-to the core fast desktop.
It would be pretty cool... :) Not quite sure of the likelihood or feesibility of such an undertaking, but definitely something to think about.
Wouldn't this end up being the 2.6.0pre releases? While it would be great to load up 2.5 to try out, I think it would be very difficult to determine a certain release as "stable enough" to give it a more stable rating than a previous or future version of the kernel. If you want to try out latest kernel, best thing to do is to setup a development box to test out the kernel (read: a system where if it gets completely trashed, you won't be losing critical/important data) --- next best is dual boot, but you *may* run the risk of data corruption/deletion on your other setup.
Hmm.. I use to do billboard printing/design work. First off, Photoshop has a 2GB-3.5GB size limit. As far as the printing process is concerned, older large format printers could only do between 20dpi-70dpi ... using uncompressed TIFF CMYK files for output, on a standard 20'x50' billboard, this would yield a file around 219MB - 1GB+ per layer. Granted, given the viewing distance factor of a billboard, these graphics would generally be printed at only 10dpi yielding an effective TIFF size of 54MB.
However, given the current level of technology in this segment of the printing market, most (if not all) large format printers will now use Postscript files as input, so much of the design is done like traditional desktop publishing (quark, indesign, illustrator) and then rasterized on usualy a multiprocessor PC-based RIP (raster image processor).
In anycase, getting back to the original poster .. just because graphic houses are currently using Macs is not a representation of them being faster. It is simply a case of being what they have used for years. Many places that I do consulting work for (as well as where I previously worked) offload all of their heavy processing requirements to the fastest systems they can find, Mac or PC .. lately they have been buying PCs ..
So essentially Red Hat upgrades from 8 to 9 in ~6 months. No wonder no one wants to write general-release commerical apps for Linux .. by the time they develop & test their product, the distro essentially discontinues the release & doesn't support it. At this rate, I don't think we will ever convince developers of some great software (Adobe, Macromedia, etc) to port to Linux. Way too much support-related cost involved.
But I'm sure that there are some really excellent features packed into 9 to make it worth being a full version upgrade and not a point upgrade (uhh.. not)
If I had some mod points, I would mod this up. What you said is 100% correct .. as a part-time musician, I have a very good understanding of the industry. Quite frankly, it sucks (thats why I don't consider myself a full-time musician) --- Creating a CD is rather expensive if done right .. studio time, hiring musicians, royalities/etc if your doing any covers, the sheer amount of practice (individually and as a group) to get the sound just right, the arrangement of the piece, etc..etc..
So the logic goes, "yeah just take your CDs and sell them on Gigs.." well those avenues are less and less viable. Lots of large acts are taking entire sets of musicians and replacing them with recordings (or a few synths), many smaller bars, coffee houses, etc are either not having bands or paying them essentially less than minimum wage (after you figure in travel expenses, setup/tear down, practices, etc.. split the pay between 3-5 people..)
Unfortunately, for any place that has live musicians, there are generally dozens of bands that want to play. So if your lucky, you get to play at a particular venue once maybe twice a month. Given that most places will only have live music on weekends, your limited to fighting with all the other local talent for a friday or saturday night gig.
So my point? I guess nothing really. Its just a shame that like the original poster said -- music plays a huge part in our society. Virtually anywhere you go, you will hear music. Any way you slice it, smaller acts have to give away a lot of their music simply to get the word out (and ideally get one of those nice low paying gigs (though it does pay)) and after they get big, RIAA and friends milk the bands revenues as to only allow a handful of bands to actually ever make it truly successfully.
A better built, more efficient chip .. I like it. Though since its winter, I'll stick with my AMD chips to keep me warm.
I wish I had some mod points handy to mod this up a bit .. thats EXACTLY RIGHT.
I feel if people would just spend some time learning about the WHY and less about the HOW when using a computer, their productivity would be significantly higher.
"I don't know WHY I do it this way, its just HOW I've been told to do it.."
Granted, these people are good for MY business (I just repeat the same lessons over and over again to them...) but as an idealist, I'd like to show them and explain to them the concepts and how to apply the concepts to everyday tasks so they can be self sufficient learners. Oh well. guess not enough people are truly interested (which is a shame considering most spend 8+ hours per day on a computer..)
I have had similar experiences in both high school and college .. Hense one of the reasons why I DID NOT get a degree in IT (though today I am very well entrenched in IT) -- Quite frankly I thought most of the teachers I came in contact with with the lower-level stuff (intro, pascal, etc..) were complete morons ... One of my teachers had a God complex (he wrote the book -- he MUST be right) -- augh.. couldn't stand that class.. was constantly in disagreement -- getting marked wrong on tests/etc because his BOOK was incorrect. grr..
oh well..
Agreed .. definitely not impressive if thought of as a raytraced/3d modeled animation .. heck, not even all that impressive for the person being introduced to the DVD as their first glimps at the demoscene..
However, for some of us that have been active in/around the demo scene over the past 10-15 years, it seems like it would be a very nice collection to have for nostalga purposes more than anything.
I'm really glad to see someone took the time to preserve the older scene demos. Just a week or so ago I was curious if someone was creating videos of these demos (found an mpeg of Second Reality, done really poorly) --- Can't wait to watch Crystal Dreams 2. . haven't seen that one in ages..
sorry .. left out a part .. on the P2/266 machine, I ended up replacing the drive with an IDE 60GB RAID 1 .. then when they upgraded the rest of the machine, I simply placed the RAID in the new system and booted up..
W2K is a good operation system based on Microsoft standards. But lets face facts .. good/excellent uptimes for a Microsoft OS vs a *nix based OS are still two VERY different leagues..
excellent uptimes in a Windows world is somewhere around 2-3months.. (assuming you don't have to do any of those annoying security band-aid fixes that REQUIRE a reboot.. augh...)
Case in point: small biz web server -- I use to have it running on a lowly P2/266 machine running W2K & IIS ... that machine on average would require a reboot once per month (not too bad) due to strange stuff occuring (under the have no idea category) -- I changed it to a Linux machine for easier remote management functionaility and the same machine w/Linux ran for over 1 year as a ftp/http/mail/router/proxy server .. no reboots, crashes, etc..
the only reason why it died was due to a hardware failure (hard drive died)... the machine was upgraded to an AMD Athlon 2000 system (popped the drive into the new system and was off and running in no time.. try this with W2K) and going strong after 60 days..
I have yet to see a Windows system maintain this level of availability.. it just doesn't happen.
May 1990 (ok .. a bit more than 10 years ago) 80MB was twice as much as I'd EVER need ... Well this according to a Laser computer rep.. (umm.. laser computers.. hehe.. a little short sighted and *poof* no longer here!)
office suites don't matter now .. much less the future..
North American Marlon Brando Look-a-like Association? What does THAT have to do with .kids?!?
I have to give Gates credit .. this is really thinking outside the box .. :)
Get rid of GNU/Linux? Simple! Switch the earth's magnetic polarity!
.. somewhere around Redmond Wa...Steve Ballmer cries out "The apocalypse is coming! #1 on RailGunner's list is coming true!! AHHH!!!!"
Its an indirect cycle. While you are not directly getting paid for the originating product - you are getting paid for custom applications that are built using the products. Ie web based apache/php/mysql applications. Companies that are paying programmers to do development work get the distinction of being more knowledgable (They know the code inside and out..) and as a result, I think this is definitely marketable to people requiring customized apps using the core technology. Couple this with CS majors working on open source projects and those working on projects for the love of programming, I think it is a sustainable, profitable model.
Check it out: Warning: Any User Can 'Root' Win NT, 2000 ---- maybe Microsoft can mention this in their ads..
[root@iserver root]# uptime
... lets see . . it was 224 days ago since changing it from an WinNT box to Linux (The AppleTalk/Macintosh connectivity in NT caused the system to randomly crash)
11:17am up 224 days, 2:58, 0 users, load average: 0.11, 0.03, 0.01
[root@iserver root]# uname -a
Linux iServer 2.2.16-22smp #1 SMP Tue Aug 22 16:39:21 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
This system is used to manipulate large graphic files (100MB - 1GB) for billboard printing applications
AOL wants Red Hat for one reason: post-pc devices.. The first device they want to develop is something to go along with their $230 cable plan .. Develop a box for cable/email/internet/etc for the millions of people out there that really don't need a computer -- its great. Why Red Hat? 1. free OS = cheaper boxes 2. competent programmers to develop the boxes.
Of course, they could probably use Red Hat for internal IT development -- but as far as Red Hat how it is known today -- forget it, if AOL buys them, you can kiss Red Hat goodbye -- there is absolutely no reason AOL would keep them around.
*sigh*