Good point. However, the US military does use the.com tld for some things -- goarmy.com for example. Mostly recruting, propaganda, etc *i think*. AFAIK, most military email correspondence is with a.mil tld, but how many "average janes and joes" would think to notice that?
More companies should do this. Hell, banks should do this to their customers. If more companies did this, then people would stop using their services as the trust relationship would be totally broken. People in general don't like to be dicked around with, even if it's for their own good (maybe especially then?). More companies should create better mechanisms that protect their consumers instead.
Sounds like the test went off swimmingly. I can't count the number of times I've thought about doing the same sort of thing to people I work with. A few good solid scares will tighten up their security policy
*Sigh (not at you, just in general)* That's true, but how long will they remain scared and secure? People often fall into a false sense of security when there has been either a trend of "good times" or when someone keeps crying wolf. One scare will keep people safer in the short term, but not permanently.
Except for those of us who are always waiting for the other shoe to drop...
It is a cool idea to split the 6 tracks and 6 outputs from a 5:1 system into 3 stereo streams. A palm hitting the forehead kind of moment for sure.
Yea, it really is, however if you've ever used certain foreign language study tapes or the jazz "Play Along" or "Band minus One" tapes then the idea is a little less novel. The foreign language tapes usually have English on one channel and *whatever* on the other, and the play alongs have rhythm on one channel and melody on the other. Not to say it's anything like streaming multiple music tracks to different rooms in some organized fashion, but the general idea is the same.
I've used audacity to stream multiple tracks to different channels before, but that was more for mixing purposes rather than a home audio solution.
Now that this idea has hit/., I wouldn't be surprised if some on the open-source collaborators implement something similar (if they haven't already). Amarok?!
In this case, I think DRM is moot, since most (?) soundcards allow one to read directly from their buffer (like connecting line out to line in, only through software), thus bypassing the DRM entirely. Vista is probably different since they changed the sound driver to protect DRM streams "to the speakers", but like you mention it'll eventually be bypassed.
For those who want to try something similar (no DRM), you can easily use audacity to load multiple MP3's, FLAC, OGG or whatever and set each to play on a different channel. With a little scripting, you can have a neat multi-room, multi stream music server too!
Hehe. No kidding (about the egghead professional thing)! A few years ago I was piggybacking off of the neighbor's wireless, as I just moved in to a new place. Since they didn't change the default router/WAP settings, I did, using a similar scheme as the (*BUSINESS*) down the street. Since they no longer had access to their own router I decided to play kind: I had an identical model router/WAP (Netgear) that I set up in the following way: their internet-> their router-> my wireless card-> my computer-> Ethereal-> my NETGEAR-> (can you see where this is going?)...
Needless to say, don't use plaintext to transmit your email passwords. Thanks to (then) Ethereal, I was able to obtain way too much information about these people than I should have. And gimme a break, this is/was the only "black hat" thing I've ever done...
Now that I think about it, I was allowing them to share *their own* internet connection *from me*. I feel like such a dick.
I'd much rather support the LED industry rather than Fluorescent lighting, simply for the lighting quality. Some of us can not physically handle fluorescent lighting...
For one thing, some of us have light-induced migraines. Fluorescent-lights are often a contributing factor. Whether it's the light spectrum output, the AC frequency, or some placebo, whatever, in *my* case, fluorescent lights seem to be a *major* contributing factor. I'm all for efficiency, but this case, Incandescent light is one of the few things that I have a hard time letting go. I *need* incandescent light in order to make my living... Nary that, just to survive.
I will make no statement as to the parent's %age claims, but the general thesis *seems* to be fundamentally correct. Whether or not human muscles are that efficient is by definition moot(pertaining to this/. discussion).
[...]After comparing it to previous instructions, it seems that they only have until March 29th, they need to email several specific people, that email must be sent by certain people, and they need to confirm it in writing as well, most likely via registered mail[...]
Snips and emphasis mine, but still, I'm sorry. Sometimes I'm a bit slow, but just what does this mean?...
I *really* wish I could find a link to this, but about a decade a go, some city in the US decided to pass a law that construction workers on the job couldn't look at a woman for more than 9 seconds. Any more than that was considered lewd behaviour. Probably an urban myth, but what the hell.
Exactly! Perl always kicks my synesthesia into major overdrive -- it looks like the racket the contents of a silverware drawer makes as it tumbles down a flight of wooden stairs:-(
I remember reading a quote by Larry Wall that was something like "Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in". Hmmmm. Makes you think:-)
If only I had mod-points... Whatever agenda I might or might not have, that's probably the single most insightful/. comment I've ever read. Perhaps it's for the better as I try to stay away from matters of opinion, but nevertheless...
Unrelatedly -- regarding your sig:...besides, who would ever need a Slashdot number over 640k? you seem to be over your limit by about 0.3642578125K. That's really OK though, as playing your/. digits sequentially over a diatonic scale (or mode thereof) lends some nice tones. In Jazz Lingo you're a ii V7 I. Interesting as all hell.
Which is why the loony rants of Obama's pastor of choice for two decades is highly relevant... Of course! Why resort to ad-hominem when ad-hominem-by-proxy is more "orange" than "yellow"?
I wonder what one has to do to qualify as part of this music publishing business? Everyday, I pass subway musicians with decent home burned CDs for sale. I have even bought a few, in fact one of my favorite classical CDs is direct from the musician. They are a part of the "music industry" how do they go about getting their cut?
I think the major publishers have been trying to undermine the independent musician (*note* not necessarily "indie") for quite a while. To answer your question, unless you belong to (pay dues to) the music distribution cartel, you don't get a cut.
Let's all face it -- the physical media for music distribution is all but a thing of the past, with the noteworthy re-emergence of new vinyl pressings. And since major distributors are no longer necessary for, well, distributing music, the independent musician finally has an opportunity for a fair chance to ply their trade to a large audience. Check out some of the younger set of YouTube for example. Millions of views for the "Canon Rock", etc. While this new electronic delivery (new for independents) is still a bit primitive, it has only room to grow, and *I* see it as the way of the *very near* future. The RIAA et al is all but obsolete.
There will, however, remain a need for promoters, managers and the like... Perhaps some more scrupulous people could fill this need without sniping a large portion of royalties from the artists themselves....
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Good point. However, the US military does use the .com tld for some things -- goarmy.com for example. Mostly recruting, propaganda, etc *i think*. AFAIK, most military email correspondence is with a .mil tld, but how many "average janes and joes" would think to notice that?
Then people would stop using paypal. Wait, that's a *good* thing, right?!;-)
*Sigh (not at you, just in general)* That's true, but how long will they remain scared and secure? People often fall into a false sense of security when there has been either a trend of "good times" or when someone keeps crying wolf. One scare will keep people safer in the short term, but not permanently.
Except for those of us who are always waiting for the other shoe to drop...Yea, it really is, however if you've ever used certain foreign language study tapes or the jazz "Play Along" or "Band minus One" tapes then the idea is a little less novel. The foreign language tapes usually have English on one channel and *whatever* on the other, and the play alongs have rhythm on one channel and melody on the other. Not to say it's anything like streaming multiple music tracks to different rooms in some organized fashion, but the general idea is the same.
I've used audacity to stream multiple tracks to different channels before, but that was more for mixing purposes rather than a home audio solution.
Now that this idea has hit /., I wouldn't be surprised if some on the open-source collaborators implement something similar (if they haven't already). Amarok?!
In this case, I think DRM is moot, since most (?) soundcards allow one to read directly from their buffer (like connecting line out to line in, only through software), thus bypassing the DRM entirely. Vista is probably different since they changed the sound driver to protect DRM streams "to the speakers", but like you mention it'll eventually be bypassed.
For those who want to try something similar (no DRM), you can easily use audacity to load multiple MP3's, FLAC, OGG or whatever and set each to play on a different channel. With a little scripting, you can have a neat multi-room, multi stream music server too!
You seem to be forgetting Enlightenment. If only they could wrap up the 0.17.* to a release
Hehe. No kidding (about the egghead professional thing)! A few years ago I was piggybacking off of the neighbor's wireless, as I just moved in to a new place. Since they didn't change the default router/WAP settings, I did, using a similar scheme as the (*BUSINESS*) down the street. Since they no longer had access to their own router I decided to play kind: I had an identical model router/WAP (Netgear) that I set up in the following way: their internet-> their router-> my wireless card-> my computer-> Ethereal-> my NETGEAR-> (can you see where this is going?)...
Needless to say, don't use plaintext to transmit your email passwords. Thanks to (then) Ethereal, I was able to obtain way too much information about these people than I should have. And gimme a break, this is/was the only "black hat" thing I've ever done...
Now that I think about it, I was allowing them to share *their own* internet connection *from me*. I feel like such a dick.
Johnny: What's that -- I think it's a boob!!
Timmy: Nope, just some dude's shoulder. Maybe next time, Johnny.
We here at slashdot tend to forgive logical fallacies from time to time, but we, *in general* tend to loath tautologies. Just FYI.
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I'd much rather support the LED industry rather than Fluorescent lighting, simply for the lighting quality. Some of us can not physically handle fluorescent lighting...
For one thing, some of us have light-induced migraines. Fluorescent-lights are often a contributing factor. Whether it's the light spectrum output, the AC frequency, or some placebo, whatever, in *my* case, fluorescent lights seem to be a *major* contributing factor. I'm all for efficiency, but this case, Incandescent light is one of the few things that I have a hard time letting go. I *need* incandescent light in order to make my living... Nary that, just to survive.
I will make no statement as to the parent's %age claims, but the general thesis *seems* to be fundamentally correct. Whether or not human muscles are that efficient is by definition moot(pertaining to this /. discussion).
Snips and emphasis mine, but still, I'm sorry. Sometimes I'm a bit slow, but just what does this mean? ...
BTW, what's that smell?!I *really* wish I could find a link to this, but about a decade a go, some city in the US decided to pass a law that construction workers on the job couldn't look at a woman for more than 9 seconds. Any more than that was considered lewd behaviour. Probably an urban myth, but what the hell.
I'm personally not as concerned with issues of theft, but rather accountability for data that's transferred through what is essentially *my* network.
It should also be noted that both links lead to the same article (for those who don't pay attention or use a crappy browser).
Brilliant! Quite an illuminating journal entry you have there. Thanks for shedding some light on it!
Exactly! Perl always kicks my synesthesia into major overdrive -- it looks like the racket the contents of a silverware drawer makes as it tumbles down a flight of wooden stairs :-(
I remember reading a quote by Larry Wall that was something like "Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in". Hmmmm. Makes you think :-)
If only I had mod-points... Whatever agenda I might or might not have, that's probably the single most insightful /. comment I've ever read. Perhaps it's for the better as I try to stay away from matters of opinion, but nevertheless...
Unrelatedly -- regarding your sig: ...besides, who would ever need a Slashdot number over 640k? you seem to be over your limit by about 0.3642578125K. That's really OK though, as playing your /. digits sequentially over a diatonic scale (or mode thereof) lends some nice tones. In Jazz Lingo you're a ii V7 I. Interesting as all hell.
I think the major publishers have been trying to undermine the independent musician (*note* not necessarily "indie") for quite a while. To answer your question, unless you belong to (pay dues to) the music distribution cartel, you don't get a cut.
Let's all face it -- the physical media for music distribution is all but a thing of the past, with the noteworthy re-emergence of new vinyl pressings. And since major distributors are no longer necessary for, well, distributing music, the independent musician finally has an opportunity for a fair chance to ply their trade to a large audience. Check out some of the younger set of YouTube for example. Millions of views for the "Canon Rock", etc. While this new electronic delivery (new for independents) is still a bit primitive, it has only room to grow, and *I* see it as the way of the *very near* future. The RIAA et al is all but obsolete.
There will, however, remain a need for promoters, managers and the like... Perhaps some more scrupulous people could fill this need without sniping a large portion of royalties from the artists themselves....
Why not?