Here in LA Kevin and Bean, the morning guys on KROQ radio pretty much saved the show TWICE. Listeners rallied around the show and good things happened. Unfortunately, they cancelled it anyway. It's good to see it may be coming back.
My favorite episode is where the dad gets cash for "slavery reparations", and the brother spends the money to make his house look like Pee Wee's Playhouse, complete with Chairy and Globe-y.
I always considered electronic chess a programming challenge. Hardware should be secondary to it, we pay too much attention to it. A supercomputer with inferior software is fast inferior computer. Let the programmers be the heroes, not the hardware.
Up until they got sued for the "put the cd in the tray, authorize and listen to it anywhere" debacle (I thought was brilliant idea), MP3.com was a great website with a valuable service for indy/garage bands. Upload your music, someone buys a CD - MP3.com burns the CD and ships it to them with cover art and everything. They even included non-DRM MP3 files on the disc in a second session. Then the band gets half the sale. It's too bad they didn't stick with this model and decided to spend their seed money on controversial ventures. I like Cnet OK, but I don't expect these services to be around again.
Allow me to summarize the Slashdotter response to an topic such as this (no, we won't read the article either):
I won't buy a CD unless:
- It's $2.99 pre album and comes with a free iPod.
- I can make unlimited copies for all my friends.
- My neighbor's garage band gets the same shot in show business as Nelly.
- I get free tickets and airfare to the concert included with the album purchase.
Yes the radio is full of crappy stuff but good artists who promote themselves well can still get signed if they have a following. Hey guess where Static X and Alice in Chains were before they got signed? Playing empty clubs on Tuesdays just like everybody else.
Wow, now I've seen everything. An anon copied my earlier post from another story, and didn't even try to get mod points for it. He should have at least plugged my band too!
There was an interesting piece on NPR the other day about Howard Dean and how he's actually a technophone - doesn't like computers much. Ironic because his online fund raising is stellar. They said the most tech-savvy candidate is Lieberman, who can't do without his BlackBerry. Apparently Al Gore introduced Lieb to all the gadgets that let him keep in touch with people.
Google got it right. Inobtrusive text ads instead of highly annoying flash/animated gif nightmares. I believe you can serve ads on your site through Google too.
Revolutions suffers highly from the hollywood ICHKY syndrome (I Could Have Killed You). Time and time again in this movie, Agent Smith has opportunities to kill Neo and others, but instead gives a speech, thereby giving the hero time to plot and execute and escape. I hate it!
Consider the inside the Zion Deck. While it looks cool to have the sentinels all flowing together, it makes more sense for them to seperate and kill.
Did the last exchange between the Oracle and the Architect mean that people will be freed from the Matrix at will? I know the point of this movie was to save Zion, but the point of the trilogy itself was to save the human batteries wasn't it? This was not done. I call the trilogy incomplete.
I just saw the 6:30 Am screening in Glendale, CA. My take: the 2nd best of the series. Less phony Kung Fu, more Sci-fi-ish. Fewer overt religious overtones. Overall, the most fantastic CGI I have ever seen. Not all is wrapped up nicely, so don't expect to understand everything when the credits start rolling.
I've been using Panther for a little less than a week and it's been bliss. Seriously, neither Windows XP or any Linux distro I've ever tried can touch Panther in terms of usability. It's very slick and polished, and blows even Jaguar away with lots of refinements in networking, the aqua GUI, and expose, the feature most likelt to be copied my MS when longhorn comes out.
The complainers will be the loudest of the bunch, and yes there are a few kinks. But note the firewire problem was an issue with the hardware chipset, not apple's programming. Obviously people like me, the happy ones are not going to get the headlines.
I have a Hercules Game Theater XP (I'm pretty sure it's discontinued) and I can tell you it is the single greatest sound card I have ever come across. It's sitting right in front of me. Optical inputs, USB on the front and back of the breakout box, MIDI ports built in, 7.1 surround sound.
I just checked Ebay, its still holding a $40 value.
Hercules makes great products, and this one looks interesting, although the reviewer notes the company has changed a bit recently. Still, the price tag is a bit high, and his last remark about a lag in button-pressing makes me wonder. And, the review smelled of "Better give good review so I can get more free stuff".
Break out the Photoshop fark-style, it's time to add some groovy DJ headphones to the Slashdot bill gates cyborg icon. Who's down with DRM? Every last homie!
This hasn't been a good followup week for Panther. First the upgrade issues, then the abysmal transfer rate of the belkin iPod media transfer thingy, now this security update fiasco.
Stebe, please save us with all your messiah powers. We want to bask in the glory of your healing rays!
Get your website into a story on Slashdot. A case beer and an XL Pizza should be enough bribing for a real geek. Get out your stopwatch, measure the seconds before you smell something burning.
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Engraved iPods will be treated differently. You didn't really think Stebe overlooked this, did you?
Here in LA Kevin and Bean, the morning guys on KROQ radio pretty much saved the show TWICE. Listeners rallied around the show and good things happened. Unfortunately, they cancelled it anyway. It's good to see it may be coming back.
My favorite episode is where the dad gets cash for "slavery reparations", and the brother spends the money to make his house look like Pee Wee's Playhouse, complete with Chairy and Globe-y.
Darl McBride now claims ownership of the new Finder in Panther, and Final Cut Pro.
I always considered electronic chess a programming challenge. Hardware should be secondary to it, we pay too much attention to it. A supercomputer with inferior software is fast inferior computer. Let the programmers be the heroes, not the hardware.
Let's all buy the things the spammers sell! If we all do it, they'll be so busy shipping the stuff, they won't have time to email us anymore!
Up until they got sued for the "put the cd in the tray, authorize and listen to it anywhere" debacle (I thought was brilliant idea), MP3.com was a great website with a valuable service for indy/garage bands. Upload your music, someone buys a CD - MP3.com burns the CD and ships it to them with cover art and everything. They even included non-DRM MP3 files on the disc in a second session. Then the band gets half the sale. It's too bad they didn't stick with this model and decided to spend their seed money on controversial ventures. I like Cnet OK, but I don't expect these services to be around again.
Allow me to summarize the Slashdotter response to an topic such as this (no, we won't read the article either):
I won't buy a CD unless:
- It's $2.99 pre album and comes with a free iPod.
- I can make unlimited copies for all my friends.
- My neighbor's garage band gets the same shot in show business as Nelly.
- I get free tickets and airfare to the concert included with the album purchase.
Yes the radio is full of crappy stuff but good artists who promote themselves well can still get signed if they have a following. Hey guess where Static X and Alice in Chains were before they got signed? Playing empty clubs on Tuesdays just like everybody else.
Since the site is down, let me chime in with 2 cool devices I've seen lately: PC keyboard with integrated MIDI keys and a rack-mounted device that supports VST plug-ins without a computer.Both look pretty cool, I though the musicians on here might find these interesting.
Wow, now I've seen everything. An anon copied my earlier post from another story, and didn't even try to get mod points for it. He should have at least plugged my band too!
There was an interesting piece on NPR the other day about Howard Dean and how he's actually a technophone - doesn't like computers much. Ironic because his online fund raising is stellar. They said the most tech-savvy candidate is Lieberman, who can't do without his BlackBerry. Apparently Al Gore introduced Lieb to all the gadgets that let him keep in touch with people.
Where do you guys work? We should network. The Glendale Slashdotter Association. Scary!
Google got it right. Inobtrusive text ads instead of highly annoying flash/animated gif nightmares. I believe you can serve ads on your site through Google too.
At least he didn't say the new powerbook had the lovely dalmatian finish of the early iMac.
And, don't expect anyone to say the G5 powerbook is coming soon. Nobody would buy the current models if that was remotely the case.
Revolutions suffers highly from the hollywood ICHKY syndrome (I Could Have Killed You). Time and time again in this movie, Agent Smith has opportunities to kill Neo and others, but instead gives a speech, thereby giving the hero time to plot and execute and escape. I hate it!
Consider the inside the Zion Deck. While it looks cool to have the sentinels all flowing together, it makes more sense for them to seperate and kill.
Did the last exchange between the Oracle and the Architect mean that people will be freed from the Matrix at will? I know the point of this movie was to save Zion, but the point of the trilogy itself was to save the human batteries wasn't it? This was not done. I call the trilogy incomplete.
At the Mann upstairs by Bennigans. Louise and Glenoaks? This is not good. I need at least a mile radius away from Slashdotters.
I just saw the 6:30 Am screening in Glendale, CA. My take: the 2nd best of the series. Less phony Kung Fu, more Sci-fi-ish. Fewer overt religious overtones. Overall, the most fantastic CGI I have ever seen. Not all is wrapped up nicely, so don't expect to understand everything when the credits start rolling.
A movie at 6:30 AM, what's wrong with me?
I've been using Panther for a little less than a week and it's been bliss. Seriously, neither Windows XP or any Linux distro I've ever tried can touch Panther in terms of usability. It's very slick and polished, and blows even Jaguar away with lots of refinements in networking, the aqua GUI, and expose, the feature most likelt to be copied my MS when longhorn comes out.
The complainers will be the loudest of the bunch, and yes there are a few kinks. But note the firewire problem was an issue with the hardware chipset, not apple's programming. Obviously people like me, the happy ones are not going to get the headlines.
Now's a good time to Donate to the EFF. As we all now, small donations can add up to a lot, if people who care pitch in.
Let's get this guy working on the raining donuts!
I can't wait for the Morpheus II Mod-chip that lets you run OS X on the Xbox2.
I have a Hercules Game Theater XP (I'm pretty sure it's discontinued) and I can tell you it is the single greatest sound card I have ever come across. It's sitting right in front of me. Optical inputs, USB on the front and back of the breakout box, MIDI ports built in, 7.1 surround sound.
I just checked Ebay, its still holding a $40 value.
Hercules makes great products, and this one looks interesting, although the reviewer notes the company has changed a bit recently. Still, the price tag is a bit high, and his last remark about a lag in button-pressing makes me wonder. And, the review smelled of "Better give good review so I can get more free stuff".
Break out the Photoshop fark-style, it's time to add some groovy DJ headphones to the Slashdot bill gates cyborg icon. Who's down with DRM? Every last homie!
This hasn't been a good followup week for Panther. First the upgrade issues, then the abysmal transfer rate of the belkin iPod media transfer thingy, now this security update fiasco.
Stebe, please save us with all your messiah powers. We want to bask in the glory of your healing rays!
I don't understand, how many elephants does an exabyte weigh?
Get your website into a story on Slashdot. A case beer and an XL Pizza should be enough bribing for a real geek. Get out your stopwatch, measure the seconds before you smell something burning.
Repeat and tweak as necessary.