Improved correctness may mean better adherence to the language. Rather than bug fixes, it may mean that 1.4.1 is more "correct" (i.e. compliant), just as Mozilla provides better "correctness" than IE at HTML rendering.
This wouldn't stand up. If you could do so for free, then there would instantly be huge sites devoted to sharing music amongst one another, maybe with a cover charge of a few dollars, in case someone decides not to play fair.
Technical issues could be overcome with an addition to the Apple Music Store authorization system that let you give your song to someone else, deauthorizing you in the process. No major technical difficulties there. The real problem comes in verification that you have not made copies for yourself. If you have, then the "re-sale" is simply a fraud. The only way they could do this is have every computer that is authorized on the account report back whenever the song is burnt to a musics CD - it would be worthless as a data file (unless you manually drop it on your iPod...), only allowing you to sell songs you have never duplicated. However, I don't think Apple wants to keep track of everyone's CD burning, and people are just as unlikely to be interested in the prospect.
Of couse, you could get around this by using a program that grabs the audio stream during playback and acheive the same end result.
I understand Apple's position. Even if it isn't the greatest solution, they have stated that they believe in the "first sale" right, even though it isn't practical to implement. Their stance can be noted when the time comes that support for those rights is needed.
I have 498.2 MB free on my PowerBook G3, and it says I must have 498 MB free to install this package, which seems strange for a 39.7MB package. Something is borked. Time to restart.
When I saw the first few pictures, I thought it simply looked rendered. The light, the curves, the shading, even the capacitors on the video card look perfect.
I think for the RIAA case, it would depend on how extreme the behavior was. If the user (not the owner) of the connection was serving 15GB of MP3s, and collecting 50+ per day, the likelihood of the owner not knowing - assuming they are present - is small.
You may not go after the owner of the line for the actual act, but if you show that the owner reasonably knew the crime was happening, they may be charged with being an accomplice, or perhaps aiding & abetting.
Now, for the random Acronym listing... IANAL,AFAIK YMMV,FFS,WTF,BFAA
Having to change the video drivers to "compress the edges" seems like a messy task. I don't see any information about control software that lets you choose which edges are compressed, either.
A little sparse on technical detail, though that is somewhat expected... I want to know where the "compressed image" it talks about comes from. Does it create additional "virtual pixels" that cover the gap, and then mash them into the few on the edges?
I think with huge amounts of effort, you could use JavaScript for highlighting or underlining - select the text you want and then press a key sequence that triggers a function - which would have to add something to a database. I think you could then turn around and re-create the highlighting by locating the text - perhaps by string position and length in the unaltered document as opposed to recording the full string - and then adding tags with classes. This could even give you different color highlights.
Bookmarks could function on a similar idea - insert an element like a table that would be left- or right-aligned with an anchor, a label if desired, and a noticable background color.
Margin notes might be best as little icons indicating a note that makes a hidden <div> appear with the note in it.
I don't know how much it would chew on a server, or how difficult it would be to create. Last I knew the JavaScript for document control - selections, specifically - is entirely different for IE and Mozilla, and I couldn't even hazard a guess at other browsers.
Well, this turned out to be longer than I anticipated, but here are my thoughts on a re-design:
Consider changing the color of the links. Buy-Me Blue is very harsh, especially in large concentrations, such as the ToC.
Clean up the HTML. Replace <font> tags with Stylesheets. You aren't likely to trim out much of your audience by switching to them at this point.
Stylesheets, stylesheets, stylesheets. Define tags whenever possible, and use classes to clean it all up. Have the pages all link to a single stylesheet for ease of updates.
You might seriously consider Dreamweaver or something similar for easy control of site updates.
Consider switching to a sans-serif font. For most people they tend to be easier to read.
As much as it pains me to use tables like this, create classes of tables, and make one of them for your "figures". Use the <caption> tag for the text, and:
Put the caption below the image
Optionally insert breaks in the caption
Put the images to the left or right and allow the text to flow around them
This won't work on all of the pages. KallDepth.html for example. You may also (again a horrible bastardization of tables) place the sections of a page in a table, so the images don't run out beyond them.
Put ALT text on your images. It can (And should, probably) be the same as the caption.
Get rid of the link borders on images. They don't add anything visually, and if people can't identify the change of cursor for a link by now, they are in trouble.
Get rid of extra underlines (titles on pages). They confuse some people, and, personally, I don't think they look good.
Replace bracketed links (the sections in a page) with links separated by pipes (|). Also, make sure the link is closed before the space, so you don't get the trailing underline. It took me a moment to realize the links were sections, but I'm not sure how to better identify them.
Replace images containing text, back and forward buttons, etc. with text. Make the "Start Chapter" into "Top" links. Use stylesheet classes to colorize them if you like.
Shrink the hell out of the bottom text on the main page.
Get rid of anything flashing, unless it's a demonstration.
Consider some way of more clearly separating sections in the page. An <hr> may be ok, but I'd test it on a focus group before fully implementing it.
Remove the words "CLICK HERE" from all links -there's always another way to say it.
You can probably remove the image and animation sizes from their captions. It's not so important as it was 5 years ago.
Properly Capitalize section headings and links to them. They are titles, and should be treated as such.
Don't bold the entire ToC. Only the major headings, or not at all, if you prefer.
Different sizes of text on the ToC would make it much more readable.
If you can, change some of the section titles. "ON and OFF center pathways and center surround organization of the retina are initiated at the photoreceptor to bipolar and horizontal cell contacts in the outer plexiform layer." is a sentence, not a title. It even has a period.
This will also clean up the ToC and the section headings.
Place the Table of Contents on a page that is not the index or place an anchor at the start of the ToC so the links don't go to the huge image at the top. I think it would be best to place the ToC on another page, as the index can become a Welcome page.
In the Table of Contents, put the bylines in a smaller font below the Part Title.
I think it would be a lot of work, but a listing with links of all of the charts and figures would be good.
Get rid of or change the Readme First. It's so old it's funny.:)
Desktop Superdrives do support DVD-RW, but Apple's software doesn't. I recall a bit in Macworld about replacing a DVD-R with an RW after iDVD first recognized the media - though it may not work with the later versions of iDVD.
This may or may not hold true for the laptop Superdrives.
Microsoft would much more likely fork a BSD, like Apple did, as the licensing is far easier to deal with for a company.
Microsoft may be able to placec an interface over a BSD core, though they would likely use it as a server platform first. I imagine there would be significant customization to prevent Microsoft apps from porting easily to another BSD or Linux.
You are paying for the media, production, shipping, warehousing, a variety of salaries and processes, and a bit of money to the artist.
You are paying for license to possess the cover art.
You are paying for personal, non-commercial permission to listen to the music.
You may or may not be paying (likely are) for the authority to transfer said music to another medium for the same personal, non-commercial permission to listen to the music.
You most likely are permitted to transfer the music to several formats, provided they are all for your personal, private use and only one is in use at any time. This same stipulation can be found on many software titles.
Media damage is a failure to adequately maintain your investment. You should not expect any company to pay for your lack of care.
While you purchase to ability to listen to your music, and possibly transfer it to another medium, your license, and the license of any friends you may have, are generally considered to be personal, private, and non-commercial. This means that you cannot listen to your friend's CD - it's not a license for the music in general, it a license for that copy of the music.
Quality tolerances are fairly arbitrary, and the term "near CD-quality" is generally accepted. CD quality is uncompressed and covering a range beyond the limits of human hearing. "Near CD-quality" is said to be close enough that the average listener cannot tell the difference. For many people, 128kbps CBR MP3 is "near CD". Each different format has its own range of "near CD".
You do not receive full license to a piece of music. You receive license to a hear a particular reproduction of the music. Derivative copies of that particular recording are most likely covered.
As for license termination, but I think that the RIAA would make the case that you purchased a copy, not an intangible piece of music. The actual copy, being subject to damage, degradation, etc. would be non-refundable. Copies of music can be considered a "consumable" product, and therefore not subject to similar laws as software. -- Just my thoughts.
Alright, this doesn't require major ventilation, nor any electricity. Cost, quantity, and availability may be issues, though.
An open dewar of liquid nitrogen will evaporate off cooling the servers. You could get some flexible tubing, seal it onto the dewar, and pipe the cold air over your largest heat sources. All of this requires no electricity. You might be able to set up some kind of pump to increase cold air flow - I'm thinking gently blowing room air into the dewar to speed evaporation, not pumping liquid nitrogen around.
Assuming the room wasn't tightly closed off the extra nitrogen shouldn't be a problem. If you do keep it locked, you might want to air it out before entering...
I don't work or play with the stuff, so I'm making this up as I go, but it's no/low electricity and guaranteed to be cold.
There is another variety of printer not covered in this...
Line Matrix. Instead of a small moving head of pins, there is a large oscillating shuttle with a number of pins evenly spaced. The oscillation allows the pins to cover the entire print area. The ribbon is angled across the print surface so that each pin uses a different space on it.
I have worked on/with a few of them - primarily old DEC high-volume green-bar printers.
Not that this is an option for the initial request. They are good with multi-part forms, though.
I liked the Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600. The Canon engines in Apple's printers and the compatibility made them excellent choices. I don't know what you could pick one up for these days, though.
Mounting drives upside down isn't an option for many purchased RAID arrays. You could likely build something yourself that would meet those needs that allowed you to mount the drives in any fashion.
Otherwise, I think the Xserve RAID is a pretty good idea. You could get away with the $7500 model, which supports 1TB RAID 3/5, 540GB in RAID 0. You might get the $11000 model and use RAID 30 or 50 for maximum speed/reliability.
Also, are there any considerations around the interface?
The original iMac was released in 1998 - 5 years ago. It sports a G3 (PowerPC 750) processor. I use the same chip in my PowerBook G3, though at a higher speed. I have the latest revision of Mac OS X installed on my computer. It would run slower on the iMac, and I wouldn't suggest someone who owned one to install Mac OS X.
1998 would be right at the introduction of the PIII, which came out at 450MHz. So, we would be looking at a high-end PII or a low-end PIII. You can run XP on it, but, again, I wouldn't recommend it.
I saw a 12" PowerBook G4 for the first time today. Maybe it's the juxtaposition of the little laptop, but the keys just look HUGE. I don't know if I could stand the tiny screen, though - I use a 14.1" PowerBook G3 right now.
But, are you a cyborg if the state is temporary? It is reasonable to assume that you engage in a number of activities that do not involve the use of your headphones.
However, temporary may not be the best word. Steve Mann, for instance, can be considered a cyborg, but he does remove the electronics to shower. Perhaps the word "usual" could be applied, but it is vague.
It comes back to my original question - are you a cyborg instantly, or does it require a continued period of technological augmentation?
I've never tried shutting down Apache during a session, but it seems to me that any web applications that require authentication or maintain application variables could be severly impacted by restarting Apache.
For site design & hosting, file (music, preview) storage, server capacity for traffic, bandwidth for downloads, a payment management system, and a support staff for updating and maintaining the site - I'd say $0.33 per song isn't unreasonable.
With Indie labels only it could probably less as you would have a smaller audience. But, if you get Indie music on a large site, you expose a larger audience to your music.
Plus, I hope that we will start seeing varying prices on the Apple Music Store.
I don't think that indie labels are likely to request a bigger cut than the big labels. With smaller overhead and fewer artists to bring to the table, asking for more money than Universal would be much like giving Apple the finger.
The same percentage may give them better margins than they are used to receiving with conventional sales. Also, Apple needs to make some money at this, or it loses its viability, even if it is also a form of advertising.
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Improved correctness may mean better adherence to the language. Rather than bug fixes, it may mean that 1.4.1 is more "correct" (i.e. compliant), just as Mozilla provides better "correctness" than IE at HTML rendering.
This wouldn't stand up. If you could do so for free, then there would instantly be huge sites devoted to sharing music amongst one another, maybe with a cover charge of a few dollars, in case someone decides not to play fair.
Technical issues could be overcome with an addition to the Apple Music Store authorization system that let you give your song to someone else, deauthorizing you in the process. No major technical difficulties there. The real problem comes in verification that you have not made copies for yourself. If you have, then the "re-sale" is simply a fraud. The only way they could do this is have every computer that is authorized on the account report back whenever the song is burnt to a musics CD - it would be worthless as a data file (unless you manually drop it on your iPod...), only allowing you to sell songs you have never duplicated. However, I don't think Apple wants to keep track of everyone's CD burning, and people are just as unlikely to be interested in the prospect.
Of couse, you could get around this by using a program that grabs the audio stream during playback and acheive the same end result.
I understand Apple's position. Even if it isn't the greatest solution, they have stated that they believe in the "first sale" right, even though it isn't practical to implement. Their stance can be noted when the time comes that support for those rights is needed.
I have 498.2 MB free on my PowerBook G3, and it says I must have 498 MB free to install this package, which seems strange for a 39.7MB package. Something is borked. Time to restart.
When I saw the first few pictures, I thought it simply looked rendered. The light, the curves, the shading, even the capacitors on the video card look perfect.
That is some awesome photography.
It's a decent example...
I think for the RIAA case, it would depend on how extreme the behavior was. If the user (not the owner) of the connection was serving 15GB of MP3s, and collecting 50+ per day, the likelihood of the owner not knowing - assuming they are present - is small.
You may not go after the owner of the line for the actual act, but if you show that the owner reasonably knew the crime was happening, they may be charged with being an accomplice, or perhaps aiding & abetting.
Now, for the random Acronym listing...
IANAL,AFAIK YMMV,FFS,WTF,BFAA
There's still a perceptible seam, and the span is somewhat distorted. Not the greatest for details.
It looks to me like they may have used one of the desktop models from Panoram Technologies.
Having to change the video drivers to "compress the edges" seems like a messy task. I don't see any information about control software that lets you choose which edges are compressed, either.
A little sparse on technical detail, though that is somewhat expected... I want to know where the "compressed image" it talks about comes from. Does it create additional "virtual pixels" that cover the gap, and then mash them into the few on the edges?
I think with huge amounts of effort, you could use JavaScript for highlighting or underlining - select the text you want and then press a key sequence that triggers a function - which would have to add something to a database. I think you could then turn around and re-create the highlighting by locating the text - perhaps by string position and length in the unaltered document as opposed to recording the full string - and then adding tags with classes. This could even give you different color highlights.
Bookmarks could function on a similar idea - insert an element like a table that would be left- or right-aligned with an anchor, a label if desired, and a noticable background color.
Margin notes might be best as little icons indicating a note that makes a hidden <div> appear with the note in it.
I don't know how much it would chew on a server, or how difficult it would be to create. Last I knew the JavaScript for document control - selections, specifically - is entirely different for IE and Mozilla, and I couldn't even hazard a guess at other browsers.
- Put the caption below the image
- Optionally insert breaks in the caption
- Put the images to the left or right and allow the text to flow around them
This won't work on all of the pages. KallDepth.html for example. You may also (again a horrible bastardization of tables) place the sections of a page in a table, so the images don't run out beyond them.Desktop Superdrives do support DVD-RW, but Apple's software doesn't. I recall a bit in Macworld about replacing a DVD-R with an RW after iDVD first recognized the media - though it may not work with the later versions of iDVD.
This may or may not hold true for the laptop Superdrives.
Microsoft would much more likely fork a BSD, like Apple did, as the licensing is far easier to deal with for a company.
Microsoft may be able to placec an interface over a BSD core, though they would likely use it as a server platform first. I imagine there would be significant customization to prevent Microsoft apps from porting easily to another BSD or Linux.
Tactile is no problem. We just need HUGE magnets.
You are paying for the media, production, shipping, warehousing, a variety of salaries and processes, and a bit of money to the artist.
You are paying for license to possess the cover art.
You are paying for personal, non-commercial permission to listen to the music.
You may or may not be paying (likely are) for the authority to transfer said music to another medium for the same personal, non-commercial permission to listen to the music.
You most likely are permitted to transfer the music to several formats, provided they are all for your personal, private use and only one is in use at any time. This same stipulation can be found on many software titles.
Media damage is a failure to adequately maintain your investment. You should not expect any company to pay for your lack of care.
While you purchase to ability to listen to your music, and possibly transfer it to another medium, your license, and the license of any friends you may have, are generally considered to be personal, private, and non-commercial. This means that you cannot listen to your friend's CD - it's not a license for the music in general, it a license for that copy of the music.
Quality tolerances are fairly arbitrary, and the term "near CD-quality" is generally accepted. CD quality is uncompressed and covering a range beyond the limits of human hearing. "Near CD-quality" is said to be close enough that the average listener cannot tell the difference. For many people, 128kbps CBR MP3 is "near CD". Each different format has its own range of "near CD".
You do not receive full license to a piece of music. You receive license to a hear a particular reproduction of the music. Derivative copies of that particular recording are most likely covered.
As for license termination, but I think that the RIAA would make the case that you purchased a copy, not an intangible piece of music. The actual copy, being subject to damage, degradation, etc. would be non-refundable. Copies of music can be considered a "consumable" product, and therefore not subject to similar laws as software.
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Just my thoughts.
Alright, this doesn't require major ventilation, nor any electricity. Cost, quantity, and availability may be issues, though.
An open dewar of liquid nitrogen will evaporate off cooling the servers. You could get some flexible tubing, seal it onto the dewar, and pipe the cold air over your largest heat sources. All of this requires no electricity. You might be able to set up some kind of pump to increase cold air flow - I'm thinking gently blowing room air into the dewar to speed evaporation, not pumping liquid nitrogen around.
Assuming the room wasn't tightly closed off the extra nitrogen shouldn't be a problem. If you do keep it locked, you might want to air it out before entering...
I don't work or play with the stuff, so I'm making this up as I go, but it's no/low electricity and guaranteed to be cold.
There is another variety of printer not covered in this...
Line Matrix. Instead of a small moving head of pins, there is a large oscillating shuttle with a number of pins evenly spaced. The oscillation allows the pins to cover the entire print area. The ribbon is angled across the print surface so that each pin uses a different space on it.
I have worked on/with a few of them - primarily old DEC high-volume green-bar printers.
Not that this is an option for the initial request. They are good with multi-part forms, though.
I liked the Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600. The Canon engines in Apple's printers and the compatibility made them excellent choices. I don't know what you could pick one up for these days, though.
Mounting drives upside down isn't an option for many purchased RAID arrays. You could likely build something yourself that would meet those needs that allowed you to mount the drives in any fashion.
Otherwise, I think the Xserve RAID is a pretty good idea. You could get away with the $7500 model, which supports 1TB RAID 3/5, 540GB in RAID 0. You might get the $11000 model and use RAID 30 or 50 for maximum speed/reliability.
Also, are there any considerations around the interface?
The original iMac was released in 1998 - 5 years ago. It sports a G3 (PowerPC 750) processor. I use the same chip in my PowerBook G3, though at a higher speed. I have the latest revision of Mac OS X installed on my computer. It would run slower on the iMac, and I wouldn't suggest someone who owned one to install Mac OS X.
1998 would be right at the introduction of the PIII, which came out at 450MHz. So, we would be looking at a high-end PII or a low-end PIII. You can run XP on it, but, again, I wouldn't recommend it.
I saw a 12" PowerBook G4 for the first time today. Maybe it's the juxtaposition of the little laptop, but the keys just look HUGE. I don't know if I could stand the tiny screen, though - I use a 14.1" PowerBook G3 right now.
1GB DDR 400 is running $174 on Pricewatch. I imagine it's a little more at the Apple Store. :)
But, are you a cyborg if the state is temporary? It is reasonable to assume that you engage in a number of activities that do not involve the use of your headphones.
However, temporary may not be the best word. Steve Mann, for instance, can be considered a cyborg, but he does remove the electronics to shower. Perhaps the word "usual" could be applied, but it is vague.
It comes back to my original question - are you a cyborg instantly, or does it require a continued period of technological augmentation?
I've never tried shutting down Apache during a session, but it seems to me that any web applications that require authentication or maintain application variables could be severly impacted by restarting Apache.
I suppose it depends on application.
For site design & hosting, file (music, preview) storage, server capacity for traffic, bandwidth for downloads, a payment management system, and a support staff for updating and maintaining the site - I'd say $0.33 per song isn't unreasonable.
With Indie labels only it could probably less as you would have a smaller audience. But, if you get Indie music on a large site, you expose a larger audience to your music.
Plus, I hope that we will start seeing varying prices on the Apple Music Store.
I don't think that indie labels are likely to request a bigger cut than the big labels. With smaller overhead and fewer artists to bring to the table, asking for more money than Universal would be much like giving Apple the finger.
The same percentage may give them better margins than they are used to receiving with conventional sales. Also, Apple needs to make some money at this, or it loses its viability, even if it is also a form of advertising.