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Some ways musicians combat this is to set up 12 channel sound systems with the speakers distributed around the entire hall so you can hear hear music moving around in a real 3D space////////////
Are you kidding me ? The phasing problems coming off of the PA would be enormous. It would sound like shit. Like most overly academic dope smoking music does.//////////
And for anyone who thinks this is weird, you need to get out more often. I have been to concerts where the audience were given bubble wrap, and the piece consisted of the audience popping it - oooh fun!//////////
I hope you are not paying money for this and putting real musicians/performance artists out of work. Think of your environmental consequences for Chris Sake ?
Think moronically act globally ? Think smurfily act locally ?
sigh
While I agree in a foolishly pseudo intellectual slashdot way that electricity is important, its also important to realize that electricity is dangerous as well....
Mod this up sucker.
The technology used to print books on demand is going suck for a few generations. Forget about cool hardcover books with nice illustrations.
Futhermore, how long am I going to have to wait for my copy to be xeroxed/mimeographed by the grandma at WaldenBooks anyways ?
When is the grandma at Waldenbooks ever gonna learn how to run the Acme Book Machine anyways ??
Real publishers have this stuff down. They have been doing it for a long time.
I don't want some scrappy tech head to print my book on his pre beta box with a bubble jet. Thats why I go to a book store and buy a real friggin book with glossy pages and nice pictures.
If I wanted a purple mimeograph printed diagonally across the page I would go buy some computer hardware.
Books are good technology that I use every day. Please don't fuck them up.
Thank You.
/////////// The SMG has no torque converter. Like on F1 cars, the SMG is a stardard manual gearbox fitted with computer controled actuators that do the same work your hand and left foot would do in a standard manual transmission. The clutch part #s for the manual and SMG M3s are the same.///////////
No. The computer controlled acuators do not do the same thing as my hand and left foot would do. If I pay even 5k for an automobile, my hand and left foot would sometimes cause that automobile to burn serious rubber!
Having a trashcan means deleting junk twice. It's an unnatural interface. Just as annoying are the pop-ups that ask me "are you sure you want to...".
*nix operating systems attract me because they are customizable and fast to use after you set them up. The difference between the interface of a *nix system and Windoze is the difference between adolescence and some toddler pointing and crying "MUH!!".
I certainly like macs more with BSD underneath.
People don't like to learn. But you got to. You are living in the Digital Age(tm). Past ages where people had to learn included the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Industrial Age.
I like the fact that this guy is contributing to Free Software. Props. But I don't ever go through my garbage looking for half a cheese sandwich that was in the fridge too long. If the bums outside want a wack at though more power.
Built in Firewire Built in Firewire that works all of the time unlike Sony Vaio.
Firewire Target Mode Connect your laptop via firewire to your desktop and back up absolutely everyfile on your laptop to your desktop. This rocks!
Dual Monitor Capability Run your browser/Telnet in on your laptop display and your development stuff on your squanking huge monitor. All built in to the Powerbooks.
Ethernet with auto-crossover detection You don't need a crossover cable to connect computer to computer. The circuitry does the 1,2 to 3,6 crossover stuff for you.
Runs really quiet.
Big honking screen at more than 1152 X 768 nice screen baby!
USB stuff works on Macs!
Real FTP Server that configures quick and works.
Light laptop with built in Airport support. light enough to run to the crapper with
All conspire to make a Powerbook the laptop on choice for this geek.
This is my second post ever on slashdot. The first wasnt formatted. I have run linux since 1.12. I was an engineer for Cisco, so I have at least some geek karma.
I lurve my Mac enough to get a user account on/. to rant about it. This beats running Linux on even the coolest of thinkpads.
Your gonna love it guys. The hardware alone is worth it.
I have run linux on some nice thinkpads. Now I have OS X on a 400 mhz tibook. The cool things about the switch is onboard firewire with the very cool firewire target mode. This boot feature allows you to access your computer as a firewire drive through another computer. Its the best way that I have ever backed up a computer.
This laptop has a VGA out that runs a monitor as a second monitor. So you can run your browser on one screen and you development stuff on your laptop screen. NICE.
The ethernet port on this computer autosenses between crossover cables and normal ethernet cables so you never need an ethernet cable.
Classic mode emulation in OSX runs great for running OS9 stuff.
I was a Cisco Engineer, now I do silly Audio/video stuff. Logic Audio or ProTools on a mac is just heavy. Being able to run adobe Premiere, ProTools, Logic and a bash shell, gcc, perl on the same laptop is cool.
Built in Airport is cool. A very quiet computer is very, very cool. Long battery running time is very very cool.
Scoring audio to a movie wearing headphones on a plane next to some dotcom dork running XP on his thinkpad is very very cool.
I lurve my Mac. It's the coolest Unix box I have ever owned.
Slashdot Mirror
Based on what ? What do you know about this ?? I guess nothing. But you are learding right ?
Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of these!!!!
I stand corrected.
Hmm.
That sucks.
My dad could beat up your dad.
Dude, I am from Nebraska. What crawled up yer ass. BMW dont make it Austin does. Fuck off. Loser.
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Curiously, the BMW Mini-Cooper is not currently represented - certainly an oversight.
Not so curious. BMW does not make the Mini-Cooper Austin does. If you are going to be witty atleast get your references straight.
You can send the payment and a handwritten apology letter plus some cookies to DJ FirBee at ....
... But I am already propping up Apple and OSX ...
or would it be PayBay ? Hmm.
//////////// Some ways musicians combat this is to set up 12 channel sound systems with the speakers distributed around the entire hall so you can hear hear music moving around in a real 3D space ////////////
Are you kidding me ? The phasing problems coming off of the PA would be enormous. It would sound like shit. Like most overly academic dope smoking music does. //////////
And for anyone who thinks this is weird, you need to get out more often. I have been to concerts where the audience were given bubble wrap, and the piece consisted of the audience popping it - oooh fun! //////////
I hope you are not paying money for this and putting real musicians/performance artists out of work. Think of your environmental consequences for Chris Sake ?
Think moronically act globally ? Think smurfily act locally ?
sigh
While I agree in a foolishly pseudo intellectual slashdot way that electricity is important, its also important to realize that electricity is dangerous as well.... Mod this up sucker.
go from being hardcore Linux nuts to being a bunch of Xbox, console gaming pussies that yearn for Macs.
...
WTF happened ?
You guys
I went to Audio Engineering School at SAE in Amsterdam during a sabatical at Cisco.
We did a blindfold test. I could hear the difference in microphone cables. Line level cables are harder but at least 80% of the class still got it.
Furthermore you can hear the difference between minidisc and CD and MP3.
Furthermore you can hear the difference between a 2 million dollar Sony Oxford and a Behringer and an SSL.
If you could not tell a difference professional studios would just use shit cables.
There is a difference its just that for some electrical applications the difference is less.
You are spreading some FUD right now.
Also, monster cables are ridiculously overpriced.
Use good cables for speakers, Mics and video and phonographs. Use pretty good cables for line level signals and you should be ok.
The technology used to print books on demand is going suck for a few generations. Forget about cool hardcover books with nice illustrations. Futhermore, how long am I going to have to wait for my copy to be xeroxed/mimeographed by the grandma at WaldenBooks anyways ? When is the grandma at Waldenbooks ever gonna learn how to run the Acme Book Machine anyways ?? Real publishers have this stuff down. They have been doing it for a long time. I don't want some scrappy tech head to print my book on his pre beta box with a bubble jet. Thats why I go to a book store and buy a real friggin book with glossy pages and nice pictures. If I wanted a purple mimeograph printed diagonally across the page I would go buy some computer hardware. Books are good technology that I use every day. Please don't fuck them up. Thank You.
/////////// ///////////
The SMG has no torque converter. Like on F1 cars, the SMG is a stardard manual gearbox fitted with computer controled actuators that do the same work your hand and left foot would do in a standard manual transmission. The clutch part #s for the manual and SMG M3s are the same.
No. The computer controlled acuators do not do the same thing as my hand and left foot would do. If I pay even 5k for an automobile, my hand and left foot would sometimes cause that automobile to burn serious rubber!
When I need software to peel out in a BMW. WTF?
Having a trashcan means deleting junk twice. It's an unnatural interface. Just as annoying are the pop-ups that ask me "are you sure you want to ...".
*nix operating systems attract me because they are customizable and fast to use after you set them up. The difference between the interface of a *nix system and Windoze is the difference between adolescence and some toddler pointing and crying "MUH!!".
I certainly like macs more with BSD underneath.
People don't like to learn. But you got to. You are living in the Digital Age(tm). Past ages where people had to learn included the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Industrial Age.
I like the fact that this guy is contributing to Free Software. Props. But I don't ever go through my garbage looking for half a cheese sandwich that was in the fridge too long. If the bums outside want a wack at though more power.
YeeHaw
Built in Firewire
/. to rant about it. This beats running Linux on even the coolest of thinkpads.
Built in Firewire that works all of the time unlike Sony Vaio.
Firewire Target Mode
Connect your laptop via firewire to your desktop and back up absolutely everyfile on your laptop to your desktop. This rocks!
Dual Monitor Capability
Run your browser/Telnet in on your laptop display and your development stuff on your squanking huge monitor. All built in to the Powerbooks.
Ethernet with auto-crossover detection
You don't need a crossover cable to connect computer to computer. The circuitry does the 1,2 to 3,6 crossover stuff for you.
Runs really quiet.
Big honking screen at more than 1152 X 768
nice screen baby!
USB stuff works on Macs!
Real FTP Server that configures quick and works.
Light laptop with built in Airport support.
light enough to run to the crapper with
OSX
Really cool multimedia Apps. Bash shell, GCC, blah blah blah. Same laptop. OS9 apps in cool classic compatibility (like vmware) mode.
All conspire to make a Powerbook the laptop on choice for this geek.
This is my second post ever on slashdot. The first wasnt formatted. I have run linux since 1.12. I was an engineer for Cisco, so I have at least some geek karma.
I lurve my Mac enough to get a user account on
Your gonna love it guys. The hardware alone is worth it.
I have run linux on some nice thinkpads. Now I have OS X on a 400 mhz tibook. The cool things about the switch is onboard firewire with the very cool firewire target mode. This boot feature allows you to access your computer as a firewire drive through another computer. Its the best way that I have ever backed up a computer. This laptop has a VGA out that runs a monitor as a second monitor. So you can run your browser on one screen and you development stuff on your laptop screen. NICE. The ethernet port on this computer autosenses between crossover cables and normal ethernet cables so you never need an ethernet cable. Classic mode emulation in OSX runs great for running OS9 stuff. I was a Cisco Engineer, now I do silly Audio/video stuff. Logic Audio or ProTools on a mac is just heavy. Being able to run adobe Premiere, ProTools, Logic and a bash shell, gcc, perl on the same laptop is cool. Built in Airport is cool. A very quiet computer is very, very cool. Long battery running time is very very cool. Scoring audio to a movie wearing headphones on a plane next to some dotcom dork running XP on his thinkpad is very very cool. I lurve my Mac. It's the coolest Unix box I have ever owned.