Sounds a lot like the way Gmail operates, except instead of 'labels', you'll get 'virtual folders'.
There's that much vaunted MS-innovation again, right?
Except for the stupid Matrix sequal DVDs, which had you watching the unbelievably bad WB Movieworld commercial until you thought 'what the hell is this?', and scrambled for the remote. I mean seriously, it comes up when you hit 'Play Movie'!!
The Pythagorean method of tuning is *not* Equal Temperament. You are correct insofar as the octave, fifth and fourth ratios, but when these are actually used to make the actual scale - create a fifth, build a fifth on top of that; go through the cycle of fifths, and theoretically you should hit the same (albeit higher) note. Due to the somewhat analogue nature of these measurements, though, you won't hit the same *exact* note at the top. The difference between the top note and the fundamental is called the 'wolf', and it's the basis for all the controversy regarding the Pythagorean method of tuning. Using fifths, you end up slightly higher than the original note; using thirds, you end up slightly lower.
It's similar to the problem where you start out 1 metre from the wall, and walk towards it - will you ever reach the wall? Because you can subtract the distance walked, or you can divide by two when you reach halfway.
Anyway, here's the disclaimer: it's been a while since I read about this stuff, but here's a book for anyone who's interested:
Stuart Isacoff - "Temperament: How music became a battleground for the great minds of western civilization."
I was at HMV the other day, and had an option of two CDs I wanted to buy. One was Massive Attack - 100th Window, and the other Nick Cave - Nocturama. I figured, since I'd already heard Nocturama, and hadn't heard 100th Window, I'd get the latter. That is, until I saw the Copy Protection sticker on the back of the CD Case, after which I put it down, and bought Nick Cave instead.
Of course, had there been no copy protection sticker/warning, I would probably have ended up with 100th Window (it was cheaper!). It's good to know, certainly - I don't want a crippled CD that may or may not play in my computer, cd player, dvd player, whatever; let's hope all recording labels follow suit.
Four good. Two bad. I really, really enjoyed God Emperor of Dune. Perhaps my second favourite. The last two... well, Frank Herbert was content to churn out Dune books, I suppose, as long as he was getting paid.
Here in Singapore there are plenty of 'portable' DVD players, that is, they come with an in built LCD screen. I've no idea how much they cost, but I remember initial impressions being not exceedingly expensive.
That said, I don't see the point in the toys, personally, other than a 'ooh, look what I have' factor. As another poster said, you're well on your way to a decent laptop by purchasing a portable DVD player, and you'd be able to do other stuff with it, as well... especially on those long boring flights.
Anothing thing: if you're intending to use these at home as well, I'm not entirely sure of the quality these things would output, if indeed it's quality that you're after. Might be best to get a cheap-ish DVD deck, and a cheap laptop. Best of both worlds, then.
For those interested, check out the music by Iannis Xenakis. Architect by trade, he wrote music based on mathematical series, probability, and much, much more. Difficult to appreciate, certainly, but most 'classical' music is, regardless of tonality, harmony, or length. He even wrote a book, or several, about the processes and the background to his works. Definitely worth checking out, especially for the engineers amongst you. The maths is nearly mind-boggling.
One of the books can be found here.
I think the article was suggesting that the object placed on the spinning disk was above it, and therefore stationary. And that would make more sense, I think...
The Terminator 2: Judgement Day Ultimate Edition DVD had this. Upon loading, you could choose whether to view the theatrical release, or the special edition.
The Special Edition used most of the theatrical release's chapters and inserted chapters where necessary. Audio must have been separate, I'm not entirely sure.
That said, I don't know about whether this could be used in Blade Runner... the differences between the edits are much greater than between the T2 editions.
Could be done, I suppose.
Or perhaps they could release one of those double sided discs.. That might make things a bit easier, though more cumbersome.
I went to see Bugs Bunny on Broadway a couple of weeks back, when it was showing down here in Melbourne - for those who don't know, a number of Looney Tune cartoons on a big screen, accompanied by live orchestra. Truly brought to mind just what a genius Chuck was. And his use of musical score is generally overlooked, I feel.
We had the luck of seeing most of the greats, including What's Opera, Doc, and Rabbit of Seville. I hadn't seen either in ages. Brought back memories, it did, all those childhood imitations of "Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit", coming to mind. And now I want to hunt down Rabbit of Seville, just to watch it again.
Rest in peace, Chuck. A true genius. We'll all miss you.
It's been very evident over the past years just how mercenary the Internet has become. Many great services have been killed off because of lack of funds for bandwidth or server space, and existing sites remain because of the introduction of subscriptions for 'faster downloads' or 'no ads' - it's very sad. There's more ads than information, now.
What I really can't stand though, is the popup shockwave ads that appear slap bang on the browser window you're reading, and you have to wait for the ad to finish before you can close it.
I don't know if I'd pay for any sites - generally I just ignore the ads. But the queue times at fileplanet are really annoying. Still, there are the ftp servers, although finding files on them can be a bit of a task.
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Somebody Else's Problem... Art imitating life, or life imitating art?
Sounds a lot like the way Gmail operates, except instead of 'labels', you'll get 'virtual folders'. There's that much vaunted MS-innovation again, right?
Except for the stupid Matrix sequal DVDs, which had you watching the unbelievably bad WB Movieworld commercial until you thought 'what the hell is this?', and scrambled for the remote. I mean seriously, it comes up when you hit 'Play Movie'!!
Wikipedia has an entry on "Black Tuseday"? Inconceivable!
The Pythagorean method of tuning is *not* Equal Temperament. You are correct insofar as the octave, fifth and fourth ratios, but when these are actually used to make the actual scale - create a fifth, build a fifth on top of that; go through the cycle of fifths, and theoretically you should hit the same (albeit higher) note. Due to the somewhat analogue nature of these measurements, though, you won't hit the same *exact* note at the top. The difference between the top note and the fundamental is called the 'wolf', and it's the basis for all the controversy regarding the Pythagorean method of tuning. Using fifths, you end up slightly higher than the original note; using thirds, you end up slightly lower.
It's similar to the problem where you start out 1 metre from the wall, and walk towards it - will you ever reach the wall? Because you can subtract the distance walked, or you can divide by two when you reach halfway.
Anyway, here's the disclaimer: it's been a while since I read about this stuff, but here's a book for anyone who's interested:
Stuart Isacoff - "Temperament: How music became a battleground for the great minds of western civilization."
I was at HMV the other day, and had an option of two CDs I wanted to buy. One was Massive Attack - 100th Window, and the other Nick Cave - Nocturama. I figured, since I'd already heard Nocturama, and hadn't heard 100th Window, I'd get the latter. That is, until I saw the Copy Protection sticker on the back of the CD Case, after which I put it down, and bought Nick Cave instead.
Of course, had there been no copy protection sticker/warning, I would probably have ended up with 100th Window (it was cheaper!). It's good to know, certainly - I don't want a crippled CD that may or may not play in my computer, cd player, dvd player, whatever; let's hope all recording labels follow suit.
Four good. Two bad. I really, really enjoyed God Emperor of Dune. Perhaps my second favourite. The last two... well, Frank Herbert was content to churn out Dune books, I suppose, as long as he was getting paid.
Here in Singapore there are plenty of 'portable' DVD players, that is, they come with an in built LCD screen. I've no idea how much they cost, but I remember initial impressions being not exceedingly expensive.
That said, I don't see the point in the toys, personally, other than a 'ooh, look what I have' factor. As another poster said, you're well on your way to a decent laptop by purchasing a portable DVD player, and you'd be able to do other stuff with it, as well... especially on those long boring flights.
Anothing thing: if you're intending to use these at home as well, I'm not entirely sure of the quality these things would output, if indeed it's quality that you're after. Might be best to get a cheap-ish DVD deck, and a cheap laptop. Best of both worlds, then.
For those interested, check out the music by Iannis Xenakis. Architect by trade, he wrote music based on mathematical series, probability, and much, much more. Difficult to appreciate, certainly, but most 'classical' music is, regardless of tonality, harmony, or length. He even wrote a book, or several, about the processes and the background to his works. Definitely worth checking out, especially for the engineers amongst you. The maths is nearly mind-boggling.
One of the books can be found here.
I think the article was suggesting that the object placed on the spinning disk was above it, and therefore stationary. And that would make more sense, I think...
About time. I always wondered why they hung on for so long to RAMBUS. Maybe their contract finally expired?
The Terminator 2: Judgement Day Ultimate Edition DVD had this. Upon loading, you could choose whether to view the theatrical release, or the special edition.
The Special Edition used most of the theatrical release's chapters and inserted chapters where necessary. Audio must have been separate, I'm not entirely sure.
That said, I don't know about whether this could be used in Blade Runner... the differences between the edits are much greater than between the T2 editions.
Could be done, I suppose.
Or perhaps they could release one of those double sided discs.. That might make things a bit easier, though more cumbersome.
I went to see Bugs Bunny on Broadway a couple of weeks back, when it was showing down here in Melbourne - for those who don't know, a number of Looney Tune cartoons on a big screen, accompanied by live orchestra. Truly brought to mind just what a genius Chuck was. And his use of musical score is generally overlooked, I feel.
We had the luck of seeing most of the greats, including What's Opera, Doc, and Rabbit of Seville. I hadn't seen either in ages. Brought back memories, it did, all those childhood imitations of "Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit", coming to mind. And now I want to hunt down Rabbit of Seville, just to watch it again.
Rest in peace, Chuck. A true genius. We'll all miss you.
It's been very evident over the past years just how mercenary the Internet has become. Many great services have been killed off because of lack of funds for bandwidth or server space, and existing sites remain because of the introduction of subscriptions for 'faster downloads' or 'no ads' - it's very sad. There's more ads than information, now. What I really can't stand though, is the popup shockwave ads that appear slap bang on the browser window you're reading, and you have to wait for the ad to finish before you can close it. I don't know if I'd pay for any sites - generally I just ignore the ads. But the queue times at fileplanet are really annoying. Still, there are the ftp servers, although finding files on them can be a bit of a task.