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  1. Re:One thing: hardware is *not* dead. on The Incredible Shrinking Recording Studio · · Score: 1

    Exactly what I mean. No audio, no virtual instruments, no nothing. If you need just the sequencer, then maybe. But then you could also just use Logic 3 :-)

  2. Re:One thing: hardware is *not* dead. on The Incredible Shrinking Recording Studio · · Score: 1

    Well I have seen dozens of so called "logic 6 cracks", but none of them actually work. Yes there are files called "logic 6 cracked", but they don't work. I know people that have tried them out all, and in the end bought the software anyway. It's not just me, I talked to 50+ people in the Mac music production business and they all told me the same thing: "there is no crack for Logic 6 Platinum. There wasn't one for L5 on the Mac either. PC yes, but Mac no. Every crack you see won't work."

    Cheers :-)

  3. Re:One thing: hardware is *not* dead. on The Incredible Shrinking Recording Studio · · Score: 1

    Buddy, Emagic Logic 6 is out for 9 months now and has not been cracked yet. It's not only a sequencer, but also contains software synths, which all are not cracked either. Obviously, it's possible to create crack proof software. Your point is moot :-)

  4. Reminds me of Java... on TRON Enters Alliance With Microsoft · · Score: 1
    it will not be changed for the next HUNDRED years for the sake of comatibilty of middlewares
    Little OT: I wished the creators of Java decided to make a great language and then freeze it. That way, the true portability could have been reached (like you write once and it runs everywhere). I see 3 big problems with Java:
    • Right now, everytime I run a Java app, I have to upgrade Java (granted, I only run an app about once a year...).
    • And the last time I wanted to run a Java App, it was a Java 1.4 app, and while it was out for Windows, Java 1.4 for Mac OS X took another 3 months until it came out :-(
    • When creating apps that should be compatible with consoles and cellphones, you cannot rely on an upgradable runtime environment because these devices often aren't upgradable at all. Therefore, true "run anywhere" cannot be promised without freezing Java.
    Of course, to freeze Java, Sun would need to would first need to make the language bug free (which couldn't have been said of 1.1, and there still are bugs in the newest incarnations) and have a clear, nice, rounded-up feature-set.

    We can still hope, though, that they will someday see the light :-(

  5. Re:I wonder... on Meteorite Strikes Indian Village · · Score: 1

    Cool stuff! Quite a big piece, I hope no little green men have come out of it yet :-)

  6. NS1 compatible! on Designing With Web Standards · · Score: 1
    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Psychic Burrito is about to make this one hundredth comment:

    Very cool site, thanks! It even works in Netscape 1.0 (yes I tried!)

    Thank you. We now return to our regular scheduled programming...

  7. Re:you can't read on Magnatune - a Non-Evil Record Label? · · Score: 1
    Actually, yes you sign the rights away.

    From their website:

    if you want to part ways, don't send us any more music. We'll retain the right to keep finding money for the music you have sent us
    So, there is no way an artist can part ways and get the rights back - Magnatude retains them. You can create new music, but your old songs are with them. Sounds very fishy to me :-(
  8. Re:Weak offer when compared to CD Baby on Magnatune - a Non-Evil Record Label? · · Score: 1
    Actually, no.

    If take a look at their website:

    [Magnatude is] NOT ABOUT buying you studio time: you have to figure out how to get a good quality recording yourself.
    So, you have to make the recording yourself, and then you can contact Magnatude. Pretty lame.
  9. Re:I wonder... on Meteorite Strikes Indian Village · · Score: 1

    Cool! I'd really be interested to see the pics, could you stuff them into a torrent so that we could download it without affecting your purse?

  10. I wonder... on Meteorite Strikes Indian Village · · Score: 1

    if meteor strikes in the real world look really like the ones in Armageddon? Fiery, a smoky trail, and everything bounces when they hit the ground...

  11. Weak offer when compared to CD Baby on Magnatune - a Non-Evil Record Label? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    What's the point in signing on to this "good" label if they don't promote me outside their website?

    All they offer is a website to listen to the songs and then buy them. If I need that service, I'll use CD Baby, where I don't sign the rights to my music away. And boy do they have many artists already!.

    Additionaly, CD Baby takes a flat amount of $4 (CDs) or 9% (iTunes music store), all without signing my rights away. I think I know which one I'm choosing :-)

  12. Re:Slashdot really POs me sometimes.... on MPAA Calls for Ban on Screeners · · Score: 1

    Joe, he was referring to the fact that these comments were all part of an original story writeup. Yes people have different opinions, but there's a "slashdot slant" because the story writeups are most prominent and chosen by slashdot editors.

  13. Obligatory poem... on 20th Anniversary of RMS's Original GNU Post · · Score: 1

    Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent.They imagine.They heal. They explore.They create.They inspire. They push the human race forward. Maybe they have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels? We make tools for these kinds of people. While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

  14. Inspiration on 2.6 Ton Pinball Machine · · Score: 1

    Of course, this flipper has been inspired by a 15 year old machine called the Tourismus Flipper, to be seen on permanent exhibition in the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne. Only half a ton, but still Guiness-worthy in its time :-) Here are some pictures.

  15. Has anybody read this related book? on Practical RDF · · Score: 1

    I ran over the pages of Spinning the semantic web today - does anybody know if this book is worthwhile my time?

    Thanks!
    - PB

  16. Re:Season 5 on Plasma Comes Alive · · Score: 1

    Isn't it funny that this joke needed 10 years to become a geek joke, then became boring in less than 2 weeks?

  17. Re:Sue the auto manufacturers as well? on Computer Makers Sued Over Hard Drive Size · · Score: 1
    The reason for this is actually taxes - at least in Germany. The bigger your motor, the more taxes you pay, and the borders are at simple numbers like 2.4 liters, 3 liters and so on.

    By having a 3 liter motor being actually 2993cc, buyers of these cars actually get classified as sub-3-liter and pay less taxes. Don't know if this is the real reason in other countries, though.

  18. Difference? on P2P Filesharing vs. The Web · · Score: 1

    As far as I know, both Gnutella and Kazaa use http for the actual file transfers, thus transforming every p2p filesharing computer into a webserver. Since both sides are so similar, I'm pretty sure that the **AAs will just shoot p2p filesharing down as easily as they did with mp3 webservers. Yeah, it's like 50 million of them, but if they get 2 grand from each, it's a nice business :-(

  19. Re:It'll start working eventually on P2P Music Sharing Remains Popular Despite RIAA · · Score: 1

    I would like to believe you, but history tells me otherwise:

    Between 1995 and 1997, thousands of web servers offered direct downloads of mp3s, wavs, the whole nine yards. But they were all gone *before* Napster entered the stage. Why? All of them, several thousands of these servers have been brought down using legal means. Even little ones. Even in Russia. Sending letters is cheap, and suing them can be outsourced (read: made open for bounty hunting lawyers). The number of people is no problem for the RIAA: sue them all and earn money while doing it! Neither is the location: Remember movie88.com? These guys streamed pay-per-view movies without a licence out from pre-war Iraq, and where down after less than 24 hours.

    Long story short: It's possible to stop them all, and history has already proven that it works in the past.

  20. Re:New kind of bottle neck on Finally: Broadband for the Commodore 64 · · Score: 4, Funny
    What's the use of broadband when it has just 64k of RAM? It'll download all it can store in memory in just over a second even using a dial-up connection..


    Well, but it's great for streaming videos :-)
  21. Re:WHY DID THEY DESIGN IT LIKE THIS? on Hands-On With The Nokia N-Gage · · Score: 1

    What's so bad with this? I like the Nokia GUI a lot, since it contained both "start call" and "hang up" buttons starting with their first phone, which is very intuitive: Even a dork can pick the phone up and start using it :^)

  22. Re:Former members on Google Helps Offer Blogger Pro For Free · · Score: 1

    Hmmm.... and how much is a Blogger Pro subscription?

    Blogger Pro users still get some additional features (RSS, Email stuff). If the Blogger Pro subscription is $24 as well, you can essentially get the additional features for free (sign up, pay the money, get the money back by refund).

    Which would open up the question: Why make a difference between Blogger normal and Pro?

  23. Space Elevators on The Return of Apollo? · · Score: 1, Insightful
    I think NASA should start thinking about space elvators:
    • Cheap. Launch costs can drop down a factor of 1000. More programs to do. Makes space tourism possible!
    • Expansible. Create another elevator by running climbers up the first elevator.
    • Safer. You're not sitting on a dynamite box to get up. You don't rely on heat tiles to get down. Build a climber that uses two ropes for added security.
  24. Re:Hello, editors??! on Google Turns 5 · · Score: 1

    Buddies.. sorry, this wasn't intented. It was all just a prank, really: Add "&num=-1" into the URL and Google reports 0 hits.

    Cheers!
    - Burrito

  25. Re:google censorship on Google Turns 5 · · Score: 1

    I think their solution is good, but could still be made better:

    How about if they incorporated the Chilling Effects site into their own site so that Google displays the results at the right place, including a (very small dislaimer) and the URL, with the only difference that the URL is not linked?