"Livschitz grew up in Lithuania, where she was the women's chess champion and a National Chess Master in 1988 -- the same year in which she won the prestigious Russian national junior mathematical competition."
Case in point: a copy of the Mohawks' "The Champ" - a famous funk record that has been heavily sampled by many greats (including the organ from "let your backbone slide.) A mint condition white (promo) label pressing, neighborhood $450-$500, was had by me for $47 because the auction title read "Mohewks." Sweet!
"The FBI affidavit does not explain how the films were uploaded to the Internet."
The FBI understands how the screeners were distributed and then illegally copied using elaborate equipment. As for how that digital information made it on to the interweb, they are still researching the possibilities. Their suspicions include the use of some kind of Computing Machine.
I work in the IT department of an aerospace engineering company, and the Professional Engineers (aeronautical and mechanical) here got very territorial and downright pissed the first time our network administrator sent out an email with the sig "Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer."
How is it that Microsoft gets away with using this phrase when the certification is not recognized by the association of professional engineers?
My friend has to take a dump. So he jumps into the lake and drops his bathing suit.
Your friend is an idiot. Now there are two invading species destroying the ecosystem. You should always do that stuff at least thirty feet from the shore.
My solution doesn't get me all the functionality of a TiVo but it only cost me about $150 and very little setup time.
I installed an ATI TV Wonder in my Windows XP PC. It includes a free program guide service and the ability to schedule recordings using any installed codec. I used the S-VHS secondary out on my video card and a split line-out from my soundcard to run to an RF Modulator (radio shack, ~$40) that stuffs these signals into a coaxial cable, which runs upstairs to my television. I installed MyHTPC (it's on sourceforge) for a frontend to browse media.
With the auxilliary output clicked off, i get standard cable on the TV. With the aux output clicked on, i get the MyHTPC menu which I control with an ATI Remote Wonder. It lets me watch any video files, or play any audio on my hard drive.
This was a perfect solution for me, because it lets me record programs, view legal public domain movies that i download from various p2p services as well as use my entertainment system as an mp3 jukebox. Another user can still use the computer downstairs while i'm watching content, because the primary display is unaffected (with a second sound card, the separation could be complete.) Best of all it didn't require a second machine, which is a huge plus. It was cheap, setup within a few hours, and hasn't given me any trouble since I got everything working. Good luck with your project!
d'oh... i had the i with the two little dots over it... it was really quite clever, i swear... looks like slash filtered it out... With this explanation you can now feel free to mod my parent post as funny and insightful. thank-you for your time.
Caller: You don't sound like the guy who helped me last time. Is that you, Dave?
Tech (sounding like apu): Oh, you must be referring to the way I am talking now.
I can tell you that helicopter-style UAV's are not unique, although this particular craft may have other unique characteristics. We finished work on the chassis of one, the CL-327 Guardian, a few years ago for Bombardier. You can see a picture here:
http://www.comtekadvanced.com/manufacturing_design build.aspx
"I searched on the Posies and clicked on "Dream All Day," and the same thing happened: It played Vince Guaraldi's "Skating." Odd, and likely an inconvenience for those Posies fans."
As a followup to the recent Slashdot story about X10 losing a $4.3 million patent infringement suit over pop-unders"...
It wasn't a patent infringement suit. The brothers were suing for money owed for services rendered. The popunder technology isn't even patented, though according to the article it is proprietary.
This distinction was made many times over when the last article was posted, so I was surprised to see this misconception make it into the text of the next article...
For those who remember, the FTAA was the reason for the massive protests in Quebec City in 2001. It was the biggest shindig since the Battle of Seattle. Ah, the memories of getting teargassed while peacefully protesting... damn that CS gas is wicked stuff.
Will suing customers hurt the RIAA? It certainly didn't work well for those who sued Henry Ford's customers, but this is a different situation.
The recording industry has done an excellent job of separating the public perception of the industry from the product. There is a classic stereotype of the big evil record label, always trying to force the innovative artist to compromise their vision and sell out. The artist, on the other hand, is viewed as the struggling genius fighting capitalism to bring music to his fans. The truth of the situation is that the artist, and especially our perception of him, is the product the industry creates and sells to us. Buying CDs, attending concerts, getting "into" a band (including attaching our ego to them in unhealthy ways) is how we buy into it. The artist is a partner in crime.
But I don't think the youth of america, especially teenagers, see this partnership. They choose to believe in a system where the big evil record companies screw over the blameless artist while charging them $20.00 for a CD - I mean come on, Enrique Iglesias would never do that to me if he had a choice! By cultivating and maintaining this delusion the industry can be as unpopular as it likes and continue to make money.
From what I understand about the state of the american educational system, isn't this a rather absurd way to be spending the reduced dollars that US schools are receiving? $156 million could go toward reducing class sizes, improving curriculum, even (gasp!) books...
The author of the article is wise to note that affordable equipment does not provide the user with the expertise to make professional sounding recordings. And there are a couple of things that still, and may always, cost money.
Instruments, for example. Any keyboard player worth their piano tie and ponytail is going to need an 88-key fully weighted controller to really play - you can have a vast array of soft synths and samplers but if your instrument is a hollow-plastic 61 key piece of junk your performance is going to be affected.
If you're recording a lead instrument that is not a piano, you will not find a synthesized equivalent to replace the real thing. So you're going to need a good mic. If we're talking professional quality recording, a good mic is going to cost a pretty penny. And you'll need a high quality pre-amp to run it through. And you'll need to build an acoustically friendly space to record this. This is true for wind instruments, strings, vocals... If you want to record a drum kit you're going to need an array of high quality microphones and a mixer big enough to bring them all in. Sure, you can use a drum machine instead - but the drummer in the band you're recording might have some objections to that, and rightfully so. Nothing sounds like a live musician.
For post production and especially mixing and mastering, professional monitors are essential. There goes another couple thousand. And if you don't have any education in sound engineering you're going to have to hire somebody.
The leaps and bounds we are talking about here do not apply to all genres of music, just those that lend themselves well to machines. Sure, one guy worked on NSync's "Pop," while flying on a plane, but don't doubt for a second that the vocals and any live instruments were recorded in a million-dollar studio. the Crystal Method's music is much more within the reach of the budget musician. Hiphop, Dance music, great. If you want to record a string quartet, folk music, funk, jazz, anything that relies on real instruments and musicians, you may not reap all the benefits of these advances.
All this assumes you want to make an industry quality recording. On the other hand, working on less-than-standard equipment can remove the "studio veneer" from music and make it sound much more real and personal, something I enjoy. After fifty years of million dollar studios creating our music, it's refreshing to "remove the plastic coating" and hear something raw and low-fi. It's all a matter of opinion.
Once these sort of wi-fi areas become more pervasive, it should be incredibly easy for the Adrian Lamos of the world to do their work - drop anchor, drop bomb, sail on.
Slashdot Mirror
She's the real story here. I think I'm in love.
Here's a great item, a set of olympic dimonds from the 1953 olympics in... Hungery.
Case in point: a copy of the Mohawks' "The Champ" - a famous funk record that has been heavily sampled by many greats (including the organ from "let your backbone slide.) A mint condition white (promo) label pressing, neighborhood $450-$500, was had by me for $47 because the auction title read "Mohewks." Sweet!
"The FBI affidavit does not explain how the films were uploaded to the Internet."
The FBI understands how the screeners were distributed and then illegally copied using elaborate equipment. As for how that digital information made it on to the interweb, they are still researching the possibilities. Their suspicions include the use of some kind of Computing Machine.
I work in the IT department of an aerospace engineering company, and the Professional Engineers (aeronautical and mechanical) here got very territorial and downright pissed the first time our network administrator sent out an email with the sig "Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer."
How is it that Microsoft gets away with using this phrase when the certification is not recognized by the association of professional engineers?
My friend has to take a dump. So he jumps into the lake and drops his bathing suit.
Your friend is an idiot. Now there are two invading species destroying the ecosystem. You should always do that stuff at least thirty feet from the shore.
If you're going to hand me $36M, you can tell me whatever you want.
"require mandatory surprise recounts"
Mandated surprises tend to lose that "surprising" quality.
My solution doesn't get me all the functionality of a TiVo but it only cost me about $150 and very little setup time.
I installed an ATI TV Wonder in my Windows XP PC. It includes a free program guide service and the ability to schedule recordings using any installed codec. I used the S-VHS secondary out on my video card and a split line-out from my soundcard to run to an RF Modulator (radio shack, ~$40) that stuffs these signals into a coaxial cable, which runs upstairs to my television. I installed MyHTPC (it's on sourceforge) for a frontend to browse media.
With the auxilliary output clicked off, i get standard cable on the TV. With the aux output clicked on, i get the MyHTPC menu which I control with an ATI Remote Wonder. It lets me watch any video files, or play any audio on my hard drive.
This was a perfect solution for me, because it lets me record programs, view legal public domain movies that i download from various p2p services as well as use my entertainment system as an mp3 jukebox. Another user can still use the computer downstairs while i'm watching content, because the primary display is unaffected (with a second sound card, the separation could be complete.) Best of all it didn't require a second machine, which is a huge plus. It was cheap, setup within a few hours, and hasn't given me any trouble since I got everything working. Good luck with your project!
d'oh... i had the i with the two little dots over it... it was really quite clever, i swear... looks like slash filtered it out... With this explanation you can now feel free to mod my parent post as funny and insightful. thank-you for your time.
let me be the first to call www.hotmail.com !
Caller: You don't sound like the guy who helped me last time. Is that you, Dave? Tech (sounding like apu): Oh, you must be referring to the way I am talking now.
Not only that, but at least three others considered it worthy of mod points.
I can tell you that helicopter-style UAV's are not unique, although this particular craft may have other unique characteristics. We finished work on the chassis of one, the CL-327 Guardian, a few years ago for Bombardier. You can see a picture here: http://www.comtekadvanced.com/manufacturing_design build.aspx
"I searched on the Posies and clicked on "Dream All Day," and the same thing happened: It played Vince Guaraldi's "Skating." Odd, and likely an inconvenience for those Posies fans."
Yeah, I talked to him and he's mighty pissed.
Hell, give me some rocket feet and ceramic plates for skin, and we can skip the spaceship altogether!
As a followup to the recent Slashdot story about X10 losing a $4.3 million patent infringement suit over pop-unders"...
It wasn't a patent infringement suit. The brothers were suing for money owed for services rendered. The popunder technology isn't even patented, though according to the article it is proprietary.
This distinction was made many times over when the last article was posted, so I was surprised to see this misconception make it into the text of the next article...
Thanks so much Mr. AC - but at least i feel passionately about my beliefs. You can't even sign your name to your post.
For those who remember, the FTAA was the reason for the massive protests in Quebec City in 2001. It was the biggest shindig since the Battle of Seattle. Ah, the memories of getting teargassed while peacefully protesting... damn that CS gas is wicked stuff.
http://members.tripod.com/infobank1/
"... from a peer-to-peer network ... you're never quite sure if the file ... contains a virus."
I keep hearing this included in the PR for the new wave of music sites. I've never heard of a virus-infected MP3 file. Am I wrong?
Will suing customers hurt the RIAA? It certainly didn't work well for those who sued Henry Ford's customers, but this is a different situation.
The recording industry has done an excellent job of separating the public perception of the industry from the product. There is a classic stereotype of the big evil record label, always trying to force the innovative artist to compromise their vision and sell out. The artist, on the other hand, is viewed as the struggling genius fighting capitalism to bring music to his fans. The truth of the situation is that the artist, and especially our perception of him, is the product the industry creates and sells to us. Buying CDs, attending concerts, getting "into" a band (including attaching our ego to them in unhealthy ways) is how we buy into it. The artist is a partner in crime.
But I don't think the youth of america, especially teenagers, see this partnership. They choose to believe in a system where the big evil record companies screw over the blameless artist while charging them $20.00 for a CD - I mean come on, Enrique Iglesias would never do that to me if he had a choice! By cultivating and maintaining this delusion the industry can be as unpopular as it likes and continue to make money.
From what I understand about the state of the american educational system, isn't this a rather absurd way to be spending the reduced dollars that US schools are receiving? $156 million could go toward reducing class sizes, improving curriculum, even (gasp!) books...
The author of the article is wise to note that affordable equipment does not provide the user with the expertise to make professional sounding recordings. And there are a couple of things that still, and may always, cost money.
Instruments, for example. Any keyboard player worth their piano tie and ponytail is going to need an 88-key fully weighted controller to really play - you can have a vast array of soft synths and samplers but if your instrument is a hollow-plastic 61 key piece of junk your performance is going to be affected.
If you're recording a lead instrument that is not a piano, you will not find a synthesized equivalent to replace the real thing. So you're going to need a good mic. If we're talking professional quality recording, a good mic is going to cost a pretty penny. And you'll need a high quality pre-amp to run it through. And you'll need to build an acoustically friendly space to record this. This is true for wind instruments, strings, vocals... If you want to record a drum kit you're going to need an array of high quality microphones and a mixer big enough to bring them all in. Sure, you can use a drum machine instead - but the drummer in the band you're recording might have some objections to that, and rightfully so. Nothing sounds like a live musician.
For post production and especially mixing and mastering, professional monitors are essential. There goes another couple thousand. And if you don't have any education in sound engineering you're going to have to hire somebody.
The leaps and bounds we are talking about here do not apply to all genres of music, just those that lend themselves well to machines. Sure, one guy worked on NSync's "Pop," while flying on a plane, but don't doubt for a second that the vocals and any live instruments were recorded in a million-dollar studio. the Crystal Method's music is much more within the reach of the budget musician. Hiphop, Dance music, great. If you want to record a string quartet, folk music, funk, jazz, anything that relies on real instruments and musicians, you may not reap all the benefits of these advances.
All this assumes you want to make an industry quality recording. On the other hand, working on less-than-standard equipment can remove the "studio veneer" from music and make it sound much more real and personal, something I enjoy. After fifty years of million dollar studios creating our music, it's refreshing to "remove the plastic coating" and hear something raw and low-fi. It's all a matter of opinion.
Once these sort of wi-fi areas become more pervasive, it should be incredibly easy for the Adrian Lamos of the world to do their work - drop anchor, drop bomb, sail on.
Bart: [spying a kangaroo] Hey! We can get away in their pouches. [tries to climb in] Ew! It's not like in cartoons.
Homer: Yeah, there's a lot more mucus.