Dunno about Paradox, but Access at least has views (something any decent relational database should have, IMHO - after all, that's kind of the point, no?). So I'd say "yes, kinda..."
And yes, my day job involves MySQL and I quite like it, but I'm not deluded enough to think it's the be all and end all of databases.
No you don't. Because then they'll get search warrants and they'll come back, your hardware gets impounded for investigation and you won't have access to it for several months before the powers that be figure out there's nothing illegal on there.
Why do you think BSA audits scare companies so much?
Sweep is actually a pretty usable program - unlike Audacity, it lets you apply LADSPA effects to your audio. Unfortunately, it loads complete audio files into RAM, so for some projects you're still going to need Audacity.
While my home connection (700 something mbps) is now actually *faster* than my office connection (512), I still use P2P apps a lot at work: we have a server at the office where we store mp3s and it's just so much easier (on your workstation) to get mp3s of CDs you own (honest!) from SoulSeek than it is to bring in the CD and rip it (not to mention that most of the music I own is on vinyl, which is too much of a hassle to rip anyways).
The boss is fine with us doing this, it's not like it takes up a lot of work time to load up a queue of downloads once every few days or so.
It grows on you. Really it does. The first few episodes I saw I thought were mediocre as well, but once you get to know the characters, Futurama is funny as hell.
This isn't funny, it's the truth - most script kiddiez and the scriptz they run(z) are after Linux boxes 'cos they're more powerful. Tools(z) for spoofing IP-adresses, hosting warez-sites and DDoSing people are already in place on most Linux systems, while it takes effort to get them onto an 0wn3d Windows box.
Don't laugh - I had more or less this very same thing happen to me some years ago with a bike lock I bought. By accident, I tried to unlock a bike that was not my own but just looked *very* similar and had a similar lock, and to my astonishment the lock opened.
Bullshit. For 95% of users, Sweep is good enough (Audacity's feature set - on Linux - is a bit limited, IMHO). Even better, unlike GIMP, Sweep is fairly straightforward to use when you're coming from its Windows counterpart.
What's more, I dare say the people who need the extra functionality Sweep doesn't have, don't use SoundForge or WaveLab either but some seriously fancy mastering tool.
Gearing your web hosting operation towards musicians seems like a business plan that's just waiting to end in bankruptcy.
Data traffic isn't free, you know, and even a few mp3s downloaded every month adds up *very* quickly if you've got several hundreds of sites on your servers that contain mostly mp3s.
As a long time user of a foreign language Windows (Dutch) I can assure you it's almost never a problem. C:\Windows is the same in all language versions, as is C:\Program Files.
The only thing that causes problems is c:\windows\desktop, as "desktop" does get translated (it's c:\windows\bureaublad in Dutch).
Actually, Access is indeed a pretty good learning tool, in that it *gently* weens you into SQL and other database concepts. Not something you should turn back to once you've outgrown it, but as a beginner's package, it isn't half bad.
There was a C'T article about PDF three months ago or so. It was shocking to read what a mess PDF really is. Objects haphazardly strung together, that sort of thing. In fact, it came accross much the same way as those descriptions of the Office file format you read every now and then: hack upon hack upon hack upon hack upon...
Kind of explained why PDF files are *always* slow to open, no matter how fast your computer is, though...
With browsers 6 years ago there was very little loyalty, so MSIE could move in before everyone realized just how powerful MS was going to be over Netscape and the other companies involved in browsers.
Funny, I remember most people were vehement Netscape supporters back then. Hardly anyone who knew even the slightest bit about computers would touch IE with a ten foot pole.
Of course that all changed when Netscape started sucking so bad users had no choice but to go IE instead (which by that time had become a pretty decent browser as well).
My laptop has an AC97 as well (via686). It will only output sound using OSS from the latest stable kernel (2.4.19), previous kernels don't work.
The ALSA snd-via686 module *completely* locks up the system.
Which is why, if you're taking screenshots for use in computer manuals, your publisher expressly *forbids* custom themes, fonts, icons, etc.
Unfortunately, you'll see this rule broken quite often in magazine articles, even venerable CT publishes screenshots done in horrible color combinations.
Sorry, I stupidly missed the fact that you were the poster I was originally responding to.
Anyway, I still stand by what I said - it takes a lot of work to get it off the ground. I'm involved in a similar project here in NL, which is kind of getting underway, but nowhere near being a viable business yet. Nor do I think it ever will be.
Also, I don't think you should worry too much about the internet part of your business for now - worry about getting gigs instead, as that, ultimately, is where the money'll be coming from. With any luck, you'll make enough to fund a decent website that hosts material of the artists you'll be working for - don't estimate how expensive this is.
I'll be interested to see where this goes, though, don't hesitate to drop me a line as soon as you've got something set up.
someone needs to fund a way to do this and make money, while promoting artists to venues and building confidence both among the artists and venues.
There is a way - it's called getting off your ass and doing something. Get a bunch of musicians together, pester venue owners (don't expect to make money when you're starting out) and put on shows. You'll have to work at it, but then GNU didn't become successful overnight either.
I'm not really interested in starting a business, but...
I *am* part of a collective of computer musicians, and I've had more arguments with the rest of the collective about this issue. They all want to release CDs and vinyl because, well, having a CD or a record with your name on it is just sooo cool.
Me, I tend to think it's useless to even try to sell CDs or records in this day and age. Much better to give mp3s away for free on the net and to rake in your money by putting on shows that'll be visited by the people who know you because of the mp3s you give away.
It's a really difficult concept to sell, even though, in practice, that is *exactly* what we're doing right now (out of necessity).
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Dunno about Paradox, but Access at least has views (something any decent relational database should have, IMHO - after all, that's kind of the point, no?). So I'd say "yes, kinda ..."
And yes, my day job involves MySQL and I quite like it, but I'm not deluded enough to think it's the be all and end all of databases.
No you don't. Because then they'll get search warrants and they'll come back, your hardware gets impounded for investigation and you won't have access to it for several months before the powers that be figure out there's nothing illegal on there.
Why do you think BSA audits scare companies so much?
Sweep is actually a pretty usable program - unlike Audacity, it lets you apply LADSPA effects to your audio. Unfortunately, it loads complete audio files into RAM, so for some projects you're still going to need Audacity.
Up until the 1800s, when machinery made working while intoxicated rather dangerous, everyone was pissed drunk most of the time.
Seriously.
While my home connection (700 something mbps) is now actually *faster* than my office connection (512), I still use P2P apps a lot at work: we have a server at the office where we store mp3s and it's just so much easier (on your workstation) to get mp3s of CDs you own (honest!) from SoulSeek than it is to bring in the CD and rip it (not to mention that most of the music I own is on vinyl, which is too much of a hassle to rip anyways).
The boss is fine with us doing this, it's not like it takes up a lot of work time to load up a queue of downloads once every few days or so.
It grows on you. Really it does. The first few episodes I saw I thought were mediocre as well, but once you get to know the characters, Futurama is funny as hell.
This isn't funny, it's the truth - most script kiddiez and the scriptz they run(z) are after Linux boxes 'cos they're more powerful. Tools(z) for spoofing IP-adresses, hosting warez-sites and DDoSing people are already in place on most Linux systems, while it takes effort to get them onto an 0wn3d Windows box.
Don't laugh - I had more or less this very same thing happen to me some years ago with a bike lock I bought. By accident, I tried to unlock a bike that was not my own but just looked *very* similar and had a similar lock, and to my astonishment the lock opened.
IIRC, CIH could wreck (some) BIOSES, rendering the motherboard inoperable.
No it wouldn't. Very few Mac audio apps have made the transition to OSX-native. Those that haven't run like a dog on OS X.
Bullshit. For 95% of users, Sweep is good enough (Audacity's feature set - on Linux - is a bit limited, IMHO). Even better, unlike GIMP, Sweep is fairly straightforward to use when you're coming from its Windows counterpart.
What's more, I dare say the people who need the extra functionality Sweep doesn't have, don't use SoundForge or WaveLab either but some seriously fancy mastering tool.
Tractor is a DJ-ing app. Very cool (if you're into that sort of thing) but also very useless for mastering.
What's more, there's some very adequate OSS replacements for it.
Gearing your web hosting operation towards musicians seems like a business plan that's just waiting to end in bankruptcy. Data traffic isn't free, you know, and even a few mp3s downloaded every month adds up *very* quickly if you've got several hundreds of sites on your servers that contain mostly mp3s.
As a long time user of a foreign language Windows (Dutch) I can assure you it's almost never a problem. C:\Windows is the same in all language versions, as is C:\Program Files.
The only thing that causes problems is c:\windows\desktop, as "desktop" does get translated (it's c:\windows\bureaublad in Dutch).
Actually, Access is indeed a pretty good learning tool, in that it *gently* weens you into SQL and other database concepts. Not something you should turn back to once you've outgrown it, but as a beginner's package, it isn't half bad.
There was a C'T article about PDF three months ago or so. It was shocking to read what a mess PDF really is. Objects haphazardly strung together, that sort of thing. In fact, it came accross much the same way as those descriptions of the Office file format you read every now and then: hack upon hack upon hack upon hack upon ...
Kind of explained why PDF files are *always* slow to open, no matter how fast your computer is, though ...
With browsers 6 years ago there was very little loyalty, so MSIE could move in before everyone realized just how powerful MS was going to be over Netscape and the other companies involved in browsers.
Funny, I remember most people were vehement Netscape supporters back then. Hardly anyone who knew even the slightest bit about computers would touch IE with a ten foot pole.
Of course that all changed when Netscape started sucking so bad users had no choice but to go IE instead (which by that time had become a pretty decent browser as well).
My laptop has an AC97 as well (via686). It will only output sound using OSS from the latest stable kernel (2.4.19), previous kernels don't work. The ALSA snd-via686 module *completely* locks up the system.
You install X on a server? Why?
Which is why, if you're taking screenshots for use in computer manuals, your publisher expressly *forbids* custom themes, fonts, icons, etc.
Unfortunately, you'll see this rule broken quite often in magazine articles, even venerable CT publishes screenshots done in horrible color combinations.
Well, Warp has recently started doing just that - for one quid you can download two 192K Squarepusher tracks.
Sorry, I stupidly missed the fact that you were the poster I was originally responding to.
Anyway, I still stand by what I said - it takes a lot of work to get it off the ground. I'm involved in a similar project here in NL, which is kind of getting underway, but nowhere near being a viable business yet. Nor do I think it ever will be.
Also, I don't think you should worry too much about the internet part of your business for now - worry about getting gigs instead, as that, ultimately, is where the money'll be coming from. With any luck, you'll make enough to fund a decent website that hosts material of the artists you'll be working for - don't estimate how expensive this is.
I'll be interested to see where this goes, though, don't hesitate to drop me a line as soon as you've got something set up.
someone needs to fund a way to do this and make money, while promoting artists to venues and building confidence both among the artists and venues.
There is a way - it's called getting off your ass and doing something. Get a bunch of musicians together, pester venue owners (don't expect to make money when you're starting out) and put on shows. You'll have to work at it, but then GNU didn't become successful overnight either.
I'm not really interested in starting a business, but ...
I *am* part of a collective of computer musicians, and I've had more arguments with the rest of the collective about this issue. They all want to release CDs and vinyl because, well, having a CD or a record with your name on it is just sooo cool.
Me, I tend to think it's useless to even try to sell CDs or records in this day and age. Much better to give mp3s away for free on the net and to rake in your money by putting on shows that'll be visited by the people who know you because of the mp3s you give away.
It's a really difficult concept to sell, even though, in practice, that is *exactly* what we're doing right now (out of necessity).
How does that work? If time travel would really be possible, why would there be an arbitrary limit to what point in time you could go back to?