Greetings, welcome to Marklar. Here on Marklar, we refer to all people, places, and things, as Marklar. If Marklar here wants to bring all his Marklar to Marklar, that would be fine. But you must explain one at a Marklar.
While products like cannabis, shrooms, and speed may be grown/synthesized locally, cocaine and heroin is not. What South America is to Coacine, is what the Middle East is to Opiates. And while just because heroin may have come from Afghanistan, doesn't mean it's funding terrorists. However that commerical really did take a low ball shot, trying to impose the idea that if you smoke weed your responsible for the destruction of America.
Groovetech.com offers some pretty good music samples. Typically 1:30-3:30 (2:00 being average). The quality is OK, however it's still better than low-quality mp3 samples (htfr.com). Plus, they usually offer samples of all the remixes.
As it currently stands, the majority of dance/electronic music is only released on vinyl. However the CD dj is no longer a novelty, but the problem arises of finding music on CD. But the current amount of CD dj's don't warrant the need for widespread CD releases. It seems like a PERFECT idea to sell this type of music online, with the intention of people buring the music for their own use. You can't even find much new dance music on P2P networks, so there isn't a whole lot of competition. And I think that many DJ's would jump at this opportunity. You can buy or pirate pop/rock anywhere, but the dance music scene is no where to be found in many american outlets.
You make a good point about non tech savy voters, but it WILL still happen. I know it's hard to imagine, but I've met elderly people who don't use their TV remote because it's too confusing. And I'm not talking about a complex remote; just a simple, standard channel/volume/numbers remote. It's not so much a matter of them not being able to do it, but a fear of doing it. Plus, I really don't trust microsoft with the ballott. I'm not some MS hater, but in the case of ballots, just leave it up to a *nix system. There WILL be problems. And on the hacing part, yeah, that's a big problem. No matter how secure they make it, just remember that $ is a great motivational tool. Let's say the RIAA wants to bribe a politician. Why not just hire someone for less to elect the official of their choice. There are just too many if's. And I don't trust it.
For like $13,000 less, you can get a near equal set of Stax w/ Amp. Whoa, I just checked the price on the Sennheiser HD 600's (Senn's highest end, non electrostatic), and they're $350. That's crazy, I've seen them sell for double. The Grado's are still a AMAZING product though. From the $70 SR60, to the $700 RS1, they deliever a high quality product all the way. And nothing can compete to the value of the SR60's. If your interested in a good pair of midpriced headphones, check out the Grado SR-60 or SR-80 models. For more info, check out www.headwize.com , however their site is acting a little bit weird connection wise.
That title is truly a sign of geekdom. "KDE has KEG in CVS". There is just something wrong about a title when 3 of the 5 words are acronyms. Just my opinion.
I have a few questions about CARP fee's and how they may affect my listening. How does this affect webstations overseas? And what about non-riaa content? I mean...it seems like the answers are obvious, no they don't affect other countries, and they shouldn't affect non-riaa music. However when I check the webpages of some of my favorite webcasters, who are usually located in Britain or Spain, I get bombarded with notices about CARP and wanting me to fax my congressman. What's the deal?
Serves them right, those evil pirates were a threat to the music industry and artists creativity. One might even describe those webstations operators as terrorists! It's great to know that we can continue to pay $16 for our Avril Lavigne and NOW cd's. I mean, that Avril worked her way up through the ranks of the music business. She started off singing at local clubs with a band, and then she got her big break. Oh wait...my bad. She was most likely picked out of a pool of 300 other teenage girls. Whoopsie! But still, who's going to protect her from evil terrorist music pirates.
Come on now peoples, get it together! Where's the obligatory Simpsons quote relating to the time when Homer posed as a reporter for Colliers magazine so that Mr. B could be in that months Star Snoop? Then as Burns was being hauled off by the FBI/IRS? he shouts to Homer to let the people of Colliers Magazine know of his injustice???
Are Mhz a misleading figure? Yeah. But that's because people associate higher clockspeed with higher overall speed. Intel and the rest shouldn't be held responsible for someone's own interpretation. Sure, in the past a higher clock did normally mean a faster comp. But thank's to AMD, this is no longer true. It's just like the bit system when it came to videogames. There was a time when a 16-bit system did look better then a 8-bit, purely for the reason of it's bit-count. Nowadays the console manufactures don't even advertise how many bits their system is. Instead they choose to advertise by listing how many polygons per second their system can do with absolutely no effects, textures, etc. One would then think that PS2 would have the best graphics, afterall, they said it could to some ungodly high number or polygons per second (60 million?). But no, it doesn't, x-box beats it in my opinion, and gamecube has better rendering. But even if it could do that many polygons in the real word; it could still look worse then gamecube. *Ecscuse any errors; i am not a videogame geek.
Thank god that an FBI member told us this info. I would've never checked to make sure my wlan was secure if it weren't for them advising me to do so. I was always under the assumption that my network was suppose to be insecure. Phew, excuse me while I drown in a pool of my own sarcasm.
I was watching G4 (the video game channel) today, and they had some vid caps of Doom 3 in action. It is hands down the best looking game I've seen. Some of the things that really impressed me were the lighting effects and character movement. I think many video games suffer from an overall smoothness in motion. Even games that use motion capture extensively (i.e. footbal games), still have a certain soul-less motion to them. Think of when you try walking underwater...the water constricts you motion so that you can't make subtle movements. Video games I feel are very similar. And the lighting effects in the game really added to the realism. Sure, the character models have really high polygon counts; but i've always been a much bigger fan of high quality rendering. I think Doom 3 could really usher in a new level or graphics.
Yea, I got an ad for the 'Reef Club Casino' (which i'd bet is owned by Casino On Net).::Paranoid Geek Mode: ON:: Wired must be down on their luck and decided to stimulate some interest in the online gambling industry by posting a article about screwing the system to give people a false sense of hope. Hmm...was that a run on sentence?::Paranoid Geek Mode: OFF:: But it brings up a pretty good point about counting cards in the virtual arena. I was under the assumption that they had to have their games as close to real as possible odds wise. But maybe a game like "V.Poker" is made to get around such problems.
Ephedra (aka Ma Huang, or Ephedrine) is the herb in question. Pseudoephedrine is what I think your referring to. Psedophed is fairly harmles, and is not included in any drinks. Pseudophed is however used in the production of homemade amphetamines, but in itself it is harmless. It is true that Ephedra is commonly used in diet aids (Xenedrine and the such, however many are now taking it out), and it is usually harmless for dieting. Not the best for those with heart problems, but I am not a doctor. It is when people start using an ephedra/caffeine combination for extra energy (higher than dieting dose) that it becomes a concern.
Red Bull is non-alcoholic, however it does contain caffeine, guarana (very similar to caffeine), and ephedra (very similar to, well, amphetamines). Ephedra is basically amphetamine (in terms of it's chemistry and effects) with less buzz and more side-effects. Combined with caffeine and the notion that a store bought drink is healthy, many people have been sent to the hospital for heart attacks, uncontrolable twitching, and hallucinations. And cases of ephedra abuse are on the rise (however it's normally associated with pill-form ephedra). So, it's more like a "let's get tweeked out and jump into the world's filthiest bay while the people who competed in the chugging contest are picking at their skin".
The July 2002 issua of BPM Magazine had an article of just this nature. "While we're busily working on the machine-side of humas, the machines are, of course, busily working on their human attributes (they will try to kill us someday, you know, just as we once did the cro-magnons): Big is the endeavor to develop and Artificial Intelligence that can interpret human moods and affect them with music, visiuals, and even scent. In the meantimes, cute li'l DJ I-Robot spends the day memorizing and analyzing the movements of famous DJs so that, by night, he can 'read the room'" -BPM. The jist of it is a machine with 3 turntables that can scratch and beat juggle. Go to google and to a search for 'DJ I-Robot' for more info.
Next thing you know her husband will die and in an effort to keep her house she'll create a a massive greenhouse with HPS lighting and hydroponics to grow tons of weed. But only to end up burning it so the whole town will get high. Oh wait, differan't Grace.
I use to view the Mac as having only bad/learning games a while ago. Then I started viewing them as having 3 or 4 large releases. But I was checking out the Apple online store, and I was AMAZED at how many NEW and GOOD games were out for Mac. And in a fairly particular order: 4x4 Evo2, Age of Empire 2, Alice, Aliens Vs. Predadtor, Alpha Centauri, Baldur's Gate, Baldurs Gate 2, Baldurs Gate: TSC, Beach Head 2002, Bioscopia, Black & White, Civilization 3, Undying, Descent 3, Deus Ex, Diablo 1/2, Driver, F/A-18 Korea, Fallout 2, Fly 2, Giants, Icewind Dale, Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, Majesty, Max Payne, Medal of Honor, Myth 3, No One Lives Forever, Otto Matic, RealMyst, Red Faction, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Sheep, Sin, Soldier of Fortune 2, Spiderman, Star Trek Voyager: EF, Star Wars:Galactic Battleground, StarCraft, Rainbow 6, Rogue Spear, Tomb Raider, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Unreal Tournament, Warcraft 2, 3, Wingnuts, and Wipeout 2097. While that may not be enough for a hardcore gamer, I'd definently say that the majority of the general public would find that more than sufficient. *No, I don't use Mac.
I saw a very similar machine on a tv logging special a while back. And while you would assume that the 'AT-AT' would be a very stiff and rigid machine, it wasn't. To view video of it (and i'll once again point out, it wasn't the same machine) in hi-res @ 30fps was stunning. The arm just seemed to have a life of it's own as it wildly swept in to grasp, trim, and cut it's next victim. It by no means seemed precise in it's movements, but the randomness and looseness it had really gave it charm. I know it seems out to talk to passionantly about a logger, but it was just crazy.
What ever happened to those 'audio domes'?
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I remember coming across a company that sold these weird speaker dome type things. It looked like a dome (about 2 feet wide), with a odd looking speaker driver on top of it. They were marketing them to vending corporations (ATM's) and to companies that rent convention space. They didn't seem nearly as scientific as these speaker panels, but they claimed that there was very little sound that bleed outward.
PS: I recently saw a company on Fox News Chicago being interviewed with this type of supersonic speaker. Not sure what company it was, but they said they were working on marketing the product to the military for use in the battlefield. They briefly said something about a tricked out one that could kill a person on sight, as well as a handheld version with a collection of the worlds most annoying sounds (a baby crying...backwards).
Compare the average budget between a university or high school in America, then compare it to that of a university of high school in Malaysia. The the prices to each are the same. They simply CAN'T afford expensive software, or even cheaper software. In many countries, US$50 is a LOT of money....money that could be better spent on necessities. And until American software manufactures realize that trying to sell a thousand dollar CAD package (+ many licenses) to a University in Malaysia is INSANE, there will be piracy. So if the Malaysian government would rather not spend their time busting Schools, more power to them!
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I've always enjoyed hearing the weather and traffic when I pick up my phone, or improperly wire my stereo.
Greetings, welcome to Marklar. Here on Marklar, we refer to all people, places, and things, as Marklar. If Marklar here wants to bring all his Marklar to Marklar, that would be fine. But you must explain one at a Marklar.
While products like cannabis, shrooms, and speed may be grown/synthesized locally, cocaine and heroin is not. What South America is to Coacine, is what the Middle East is to Opiates. And while just because heroin may have come from Afghanistan, doesn't mean it's funding terrorists. However that commerical really did take a low ball shot, trying to impose the idea that if you smoke weed your responsible for the destruction of America.
Groovetech.com offers some pretty good music samples. Typically 1:30-3:30 (2:00 being average). The quality is OK, however it's still better than low-quality mp3 samples (htfr.com). Plus, they usually offer samples of all the remixes.
As it currently stands, the majority of dance/electronic music is only released on vinyl. However the CD dj is no longer a novelty, but the problem arises of finding music on CD. But the current amount of CD dj's don't warrant the need for widespread CD releases. It seems like a PERFECT idea to sell this type of music online, with the intention of people buring the music for their own use. You can't even find much new dance music on P2P networks, so there isn't a whole lot of competition. And I think that many DJ's would jump at this opportunity. You can buy or pirate pop/rock anywhere, but the dance music scene is no where to be found in many american outlets.
You make a good point about non tech savy voters, but it WILL still happen. I know it's hard to imagine, but I've met elderly people who don't use their TV remote because it's too confusing. And I'm not talking about a complex remote; just a simple, standard channel/volume/numbers remote. It's not so much a matter of them not being able to do it, but a fear of doing it. Plus, I really don't trust microsoft with the ballott. I'm not some MS hater, but in the case of ballots, just leave it up to a *nix system. There WILL be problems. And on the hacing part, yeah, that's a big problem. No matter how secure they make it, just remember that $ is a great motivational tool. Let's say the RIAA wants to bribe a politician. Why not just hire someone for less to elect the official of their choice. There are just too many if's. And I don't trust it.
Thanks for the info, I might need to do some searching around. My Grado SR225's are getting a little bit beat-up.
For like $13,000 less, you can get a near equal set of Stax w/ Amp. Whoa, I just checked the price on the Sennheiser HD 600's (Senn's highest end, non electrostatic), and they're $350. That's crazy, I've seen them sell for double. The Grado's are still a AMAZING product though. From the $70 SR60, to the $700 RS1, they deliever a high quality product all the way. And nothing can compete to the value of the SR60's. If your interested in a good pair of midpriced headphones, check out the Grado SR-60 or SR-80 models. For more info, check out www.headwize.com , however their site is acting a little bit weird connection wise.
That title is truly a sign of geekdom. "KDE has KEG in CVS". There is just something wrong about a title when 3 of the 5 words are acronyms. Just my opinion.
I have a few questions about CARP fee's and how they may affect my listening. How does this affect webstations overseas? And what about non-riaa content? I mean...it seems like the answers are obvious, no they don't affect other countries, and they shouldn't affect non-riaa music. However when I check the webpages of some of my favorite webcasters, who are usually located in Britain or Spain, I get bombarded with notices about CARP and wanting me to fax my congressman. What's the deal?
Serves them right, those evil pirates were a threat to the music industry and artists creativity. One might even describe those webstations operators as terrorists! It's great to know that we can continue to pay $16 for our Avril Lavigne and NOW cd's. I mean, that Avril worked her way up through the ranks of the music business. She started off singing at local clubs with a band, and then she got her big break. Oh wait...my bad. She was most likely picked out of a pool of 300 other teenage girls. Whoopsie! But still, who's going to protect her from evil terrorist music pirates.
Come on now peoples, get it together! Where's the obligatory Simpsons quote relating to the time when Homer posed as a reporter for Colliers magazine so that Mr. B could be in that months Star Snoop? Then as Burns was being hauled off by the FBI/IRS? he shouts to Homer to let the people of Colliers Magazine know of his injustice???
Are Mhz a misleading figure? Yeah. But that's because people associate higher clockspeed with higher overall speed. Intel and the rest shouldn't be held responsible for someone's own interpretation. Sure, in the past a higher clock did normally mean a faster comp. But thank's to AMD, this is no longer true. It's just like the bit system when it came to videogames. There was a time when a 16-bit system did look better then a 8-bit, purely for the reason of it's bit-count. Nowadays the console manufactures don't even advertise how many bits their system is. Instead they choose to advertise by listing how many polygons per second their system can do with absolutely no effects, textures, etc. One would then think that PS2 would have the best graphics, afterall, they said it could to some ungodly high number or polygons per second (60 million?). But no, it doesn't, x-box beats it in my opinion, and gamecube has better rendering. But even if it could do that many polygons in the real word; it could still look worse then gamecube. *Ecscuse any errors; i am not a videogame geek.
Thank god that an FBI member told us this info. I would've never checked to make sure my wlan was secure if it weren't for them advising me to do so. I was always under the assumption that my network was suppose to be insecure. Phew, excuse me while I drown in a pool of my own sarcasm.
I was watching G4 (the video game channel) today, and they had some vid caps of Doom 3 in action. It is hands down the best looking game I've seen. Some of the things that really impressed me were the lighting effects and character movement. I think many video games suffer from an overall smoothness in motion. Even games that use motion capture extensively (i.e. footbal games), still have a certain soul-less motion to them. Think of when you try walking underwater...the water constricts you motion so that you can't make subtle movements. Video games I feel are very similar. And the lighting effects in the game really added to the realism. Sure, the character models have really high polygon counts; but i've always been a much bigger fan of high quality rendering. I think Doom 3 could really usher in a new level or graphics.
I am the Geekinator, I will kill you my demonstrating my knowledge of COBOL.
Yea, I got an ad for the 'Reef Club Casino' (which i'd bet is owned by Casino On Net). ::Paranoid Geek Mode: ON:: Wired must be down on their luck and decided to stimulate some interest in the online gambling industry by posting a article about screwing the system to give people a false sense of hope. Hmm...was that a run on sentence? ::Paranoid Geek Mode: OFF:: But it brings up a pretty good point about counting cards in the virtual arena. I was under the assumption that they had to have their games as close to real as possible odds wise. But maybe a game like "V.Poker" is made to get around such problems.
Ephedra (aka Ma Huang, or Ephedrine) is the herb in question. Pseudoephedrine is what I think your referring to. Psedophed is fairly harmles, and is not included in any drinks. Pseudophed is however used in the production of homemade amphetamines, but in itself it is harmless. It is true that Ephedra is commonly used in diet aids (Xenedrine and the such, however many are now taking it out), and it is usually harmless for dieting. Not the best for those with heart problems, but I am not a doctor. It is when people start using an ephedra/caffeine combination for extra energy (higher than dieting dose) that it becomes a concern.
Red Bull is non-alcoholic, however it does contain caffeine, guarana (very similar to caffeine), and ephedra (very similar to, well, amphetamines). Ephedra is basically amphetamine (in terms of it's chemistry and effects) with less buzz and more side-effects. Combined with caffeine and the notion that a store bought drink is healthy, many people have been sent to the hospital for heart attacks, uncontrolable twitching, and hallucinations. And cases of ephedra abuse are on the rise (however it's normally associated with pill-form ephedra). So, it's more like a "let's get tweeked out and jump into the world's filthiest bay while the people who competed in the chugging contest are picking at their skin".
The July 2002 issua of BPM Magazine had an article of just this nature. "While we're busily working on the machine-side of humas, the machines are, of course, busily working on their human attributes (they will try to kill us someday, you know, just as we once did the cro-magnons): Big is the endeavor to develop and Artificial Intelligence that can interpret human moods and affect them with music, visiuals, and even scent. In the meantimes, cute li'l DJ I-Robot spends the day memorizing and analyzing the movements of famous DJs so that, by night, he can 'read the room'" -BPM. The jist of it is a machine with 3 turntables that can scratch and beat juggle. Go to google and to a search for 'DJ I-Robot' for more info.
Next thing you know her husband will die and in an effort to keep her house she'll create a a massive greenhouse with HPS lighting and hydroponics to grow tons of weed. But only to end up burning it so the whole town will get high. Oh wait, differan't Grace.
I use to view the Mac as having only bad/learning games a while ago. Then I started viewing them as having 3 or 4 large releases. But I was checking out the Apple online store, and I was AMAZED at how many NEW and GOOD games were out for Mac. And in a fairly particular order: 4x4 Evo2, Age of Empire 2, Alice, Aliens Vs. Predadtor, Alpha Centauri, Baldur's Gate, Baldurs Gate 2, Baldurs Gate: TSC, Beach Head 2002, Bioscopia, Black & White, Civilization 3, Undying, Descent 3, Deus Ex, Diablo 1/2, Driver, F/A-18 Korea, Fallout 2, Fly 2, Giants, Icewind Dale, Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, Majesty, Max Payne, Medal of Honor, Myth 3, No One Lives Forever, Otto Matic, RealMyst, Red Faction, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Sheep, Sin, Soldier of Fortune 2, Spiderman, Star Trek Voyager: EF, Star Wars:Galactic Battleground, StarCraft, Rainbow 6, Rogue Spear, Tomb Raider, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Unreal Tournament, Warcraft 2, 3, Wingnuts, and Wipeout 2097. While that may not be enough for a hardcore gamer, I'd definently say that the majority of the general public would find that more than sufficient. *No, I don't use Mac.
I saw a very similar machine on a tv logging special a while back. And while you would assume that the 'AT-AT' would be a very stiff and rigid machine, it wasn't. To view video of it (and i'll once again point out, it wasn't the same machine) in hi-res @ 30fps was stunning. The arm just seemed to have a life of it's own as it wildly swept in to grasp, trim, and cut it's next victim. It by no means seemed precise in it's movements, but the randomness and looseness it had really gave it charm. I know it seems out to talk to passionantly about a logger, but it was just crazy.
I remember coming across a company that sold these weird speaker dome type things. It looked like a dome (about 2 feet wide), with a odd looking speaker driver on top of it. They were marketing them to vending corporations (ATM's) and to companies that rent convention space. They didn't seem nearly as scientific as these speaker panels, but they claimed that there was very little sound that bleed outward. PS: I recently saw a company on Fox News Chicago being interviewed with this type of supersonic speaker. Not sure what company it was, but they said they were working on marketing the product to the military for use in the battlefield. They briefly said something about a tricked out one that could kill a person on sight, as well as a handheld version with a collection of the worlds most annoying sounds (a baby crying...backwards).
Compare the average budget between a university or high school in America, then compare it to that of a university of high school in Malaysia. The the prices to each are the same. They simply CAN'T afford expensive software, or even cheaper software. In many countries, US$50 is a LOT of money....money that could be better spent on necessities. And until American software manufactures realize that trying to sell a thousand dollar CAD package (+ many licenses) to a University in Malaysia is INSANE, there will be piracy. So if the Malaysian government would rather not spend their time busting Schools, more power to them!