Honestly, it probably takes a LOT for a company to refuse further business from a customer.
I worked retail for a while. We had recidivist returns abusers. Some people would even come in repeatedly and switch tags on things, but we were powerless to stop them because they might give the company a bad name.
Good for the retailers, I say. "The customer is always right" worked until the screaming assholes got the upper hand.
Yeah. Maybe you slashdot editors should do a little investigating before you start posting uninvestigated speculation as news. *cough*FOXNEWS*cough*DRUDGEREPORT*cough*
Seriously. It took, what, all of a few hours for the truth to out? But no. You couldn't wait.
You're right. If someone believes that fairies from the 19th dimension push the planets and also paint the brown on toast, it would be rude to try to convince them otherwise.
It's probably just the gear they're using/environment they're recording in. That bass hum is probably air conditioning.
These sounds are easily missed on average speakers. I have a band and do recording/mastering for it, so my gear might reveal things theirs doesn't. It's a good argument for visual analysis tools.
And the benefits aren't just in sound quality; they could drop the data rate of their stream significantly by cutting off the high and low end and leaving basic vocal frequencies. Doing that you can approach 100:1 compression with clarity to spare.
You're comparing this to fine art?????Walk away from your computer RIGHT NOW and get a life. Start by talking a walk in the fresh air or talking face to face with another human being.
I feel sorry for people who bitch about how this has no "practical" use. I can't help thinking they're the same ones who walk into art museums and make winning comments like "pfff, I could do THAT..."
Modularity is nothing new, although you seem very impressed by it. It's no substitute for allocating a safe amount of time for design, testing and implementation. This is from programming and project management experience. In the real world. Involving companies and money, not bands.
Define "couple hours"... because from what this person's asking, it could get pretty complex. Any time a calendar's involved, things can get pretty hairy pretty quickly with business rules, open days, etc. Not to mention setting up a system so they can return to the site and cancel (registration? some kind of random # on the ticket?) And if registering involves paying a fee of any kind...
The way I see it, you might be able to design this in a "couple hours". Coding, testing...
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Oh please. As if it was so urgent they couldn't wait and contact google about it before they started makign wild conspiratorial accusations.
I'd rather wait a few hours for my news then have to wonder whether every story I'm reading is bullshit.
Yeah, insinuating that the federal government and google are in bed humping out a great right wing conspiracy was what brought out the truth. Sure.
Honestly, it probably takes a LOT for a company to refuse further business from a customer.
I worked retail for a while. We had recidivist returns abusers. Some people would even come in repeatedly and switch tags on things, but we were powerless to stop them because they might give the company a bad name.
Good for the retailers, I say. "The customer is always right" worked until the screaming assholes got the upper hand.
Exactly.
Open source is just a programming "contexted" facet of the regular behavior of information (Open/Free).
The fact is that, under real, tremendous stresses (like this election), this kind of information gets out anyway.
It has nothing to do with your software movement. Your software movement is a small acknowledgement of something bigger.
Just goes to show you how surreal the intellectual environment has become.
Kinda reminds me of the movie "life of brian". You could become the messiah based on a misinterpreted joke.
Hahah, well, you did get moderated insightful.
Looks like some Foxies might be taking you seriously.
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Yeah. Maybe you slashdot editors should do a little investigating before you start posting uninvestigated speculation as news. *cough*FOXNEWS*cough*DRUDGEREPORT*cough*
Seriously. It took, what, all of a few hours for the truth to out? But no. You couldn't wait.
Pfft.
You're right. If someone believes that fairies from the 19th dimension push the planets and also paint the brown on toast, it would be rude to try to convince them otherwise.
It's probably just the gear they're using/environment they're recording in. That bass hum is probably air conditioning.
These sounds are easily missed on average speakers. I have a band and do recording/mastering for it, so my gear might reveal things theirs doesn't. It's a good argument for visual analysis tools.
And the benefits aren't just in sound quality; they could drop the data rate of their stream significantly by cutting off the high and low end and leaving basic vocal frequencies. Doing that you can approach 100:1 compression with clarity to spare.
He needs to condition his sound a bit, just a high pass filter. There's a nasty bass hum in it. I had to switch off my sub.
Mapquest with downloadable video directions?
If missing the point was a martial art, you could start your own dojo.
You think doing technically hard things with absolutely no practical use is on the same level as producing fine art, and you're calling me stupid?
"Technically hard things with no practical use" is an intriguing description of art.
Thanks!
Looking stupid once just wasn't enough for you, was it?
You're comparing this to fine art?????Walk away from your computer RIGHT NOW and get a life. Start by talking a walk in the fresh air or talking face to face with another human being.
Wow, way to miss the forest...
I feel sorry for people who bitch about how this has no "practical" use. I can't help thinking they're the same ones who walk into art museums and make winning comments like "pfff, I could do THAT..."
Modularity is nothing new, although you seem very impressed by it. It's no substitute for allocating a safe amount of time for design, testing and implementation. This is from programming and project management experience. In the real world. Involving companies and money, not bands.
Agreed. I've learned this one the hard way.
And sometimes it's not even unperceived complexity in the request. Sometimes it's the client saying "I know I said X but I MEANT Y!"
What you are describing is *nothing* like what the person requested. Read it again.
Agreed 100%. This should be modded down before it gives any inexperienced programmers delusions.
I have to wonder, if this person had said ASP.NET/MSAccess, would they have gotten modded up so high?
Sure, you can let the band post. That's simple, because they know when they're playing.
Now let the public post and decide when THEY want to see the band. And have them pay for it. And let them cancel whenever they want.
I'm sorry, but you're looking at this from the wrong angle.
Define "couple hours"... because from what this person's asking, it could get pretty complex. Any time a calendar's involved, things can get pretty hairy pretty quickly with business rules, open days, etc. Not to mention setting up a system so they can return to the site and cancel (registration? some kind of random # on the ticket?) And if registering involves paying a fee of any kind...
The way I see it, you might be able to design this in a "couple hours". Coding, testing...
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