Having gone to this college a few years ago for a year, leaving for a year, and coming back to work for them, I can speak from both sides of the fence (now how often can you do that in real life?)
Back when I was here, the only network the college had was a lab of Mac's, and a college that was renting space from us had a lab of 486's with a shared ISDN. Internet browsing was so slow, it was ridiculous, and the dorms were not wired at all. In fact, at the time, there wasn't even cable in all rooms, and only one phone per room.
The next year, the year I was gone, the college began a technology initiative. They put a phone per person in each room, a cable line in each room, and 10 Meg Ethernet for each person. They purchased a T1, and have everyone on that. They also junked the Mac lab, and got two labs of 30 PC's each, all networked.
Now, all students have the option to buy their own computer from the college, all supported for the duration of their stay. They have the 10 Meg Ethernet. At the moment, we have about 1/3 of our resident students using the net. The labs all get 90-100% usage while they're open.
Next year, we'll start a new initiative. All students will be getting mandatory laptops, included in their tuition (for financial aid... if they bought them separately, then they wouldn't be able to put it under financial aid.). They'll all have wireless cards, so they can use them in the classroom without wires all over the place, and out on the green, down at the beach, and in unwired places, or places that can't take 30 wires running in and sitting there. These laptops will have wired 10/100 cards, to use in their dorm rooms and wired areas (We don't have the money at the moment to get total campus wireless coverage... that's next year, after we have a plan laid out and set.)
Myself, I am sorta addicted to the high speed. I got my T1 connection here at work, and grab what I need during the day, and burn it on CD if important. Then, at night, on my 56K connection, I use my Linux server and my workstation, both of which have VNC on them, to surf. I also have Winamp with Shoutcast bound to my sound on them, so whatever I play, gets burst through Shoutcast to home. Only thing I can't do is play games on the college network from home using my VNC'd workstation.(VNC is good, but even it can't keep up with games, even sitting on the same leg of the network as the machine playing the game!)
Then, the cable company's starting cable modem rollout's next month. The fun'll really start then.
Any questions, comments, well, you know what to do with my e-mail.
Ok, lets just not have one of "the Nerds" from ROTN play Paul, especially not Lewis (Robert Carradine). I would NOT be able to stop laughing at the movie, if that hapened.
Last Odd moment untill 11-11-3111
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The last Odd moment of this odd day will take place at 7:59:59 PM (19:59:59). The next odd moment will be at 11:11:11 on 11/11, 3111. So, how many of you odd people will I see then?
(Of course, I'll have transplanted my neural patterns into pure energy by then, so I won't actually SEE you.)
The plans to bomb the FBI plaza at 1 this afternoon are still in effect. Using a mix similar to that used in Oklahoma City, we will drive up in a red Mitsubishi Mirage. Our special Ops group of members of the Delta Force, Special Forces, and the 12th Group of the Arkanside Terrorists from the Iran Contras will coordinate strikes on other agency headquarters.
Remember, the NSA and CIA have screwed us out of our Rights, as stated in the Bill Of rights, the early part of the Constitution, especially Bill 1. It is time for a revolution. Remember what the ATF did at Waco.
Remember, geeks do well when put in locked subroutines for the night. They should be fed twice a day, but not overfed. That could lead to software bloating and the possible need for a complete code-rewrite.
Be firm, yet gentle with your geeks. If a geek has lost it's temper, do not make vocal contact. That could cause them to attack you. Instead, e-mail them in a soothing voice and hope that the geek goes back to what it was doing. Have Quake 3 CD's if necessary.
A clean geek is a happy geek. They should be washed regularly, and their locked subroutines should be kept clean and neat. Feed your geeks antivirus definition files daily to keep their intestinal tracks free of viruses and other pests. Having them checked up twice a year will also give you a happy healthy geek that has a shiny code and bright keyboard keys. A Linux shot is a must.
Positive renforcement is good for your geeks. Try using computer chips or other treats when training them. Negative renforcement can also be effective. Shouting "Microsoft!" in a clear voice will carry the message of dissatisfaction.
But, don't forget. Years of love and care for your geek will give you a geek that loves and codes for you!
Okay, so my CRUDE FIGURES are WAY off. Even if something like 1 million or even around 10 thousand people shows up in the last figure, it's still enough to say that MP3 won't die just because the companies say it will.
It'll only die because we say it will. And we aren't about to say that yet, are we?
What percentage of people on Earth who have ears (or at least one ear) listen to the music EVER produced by the music industry? Probably about 85% (the rest are either Amish, or don't have access to a radio deep in the areas of prehistory)
What percentage of those use computers? Probably about 40%... remember, not EVERYONE is computer literate! How many of your great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, or babies under 2 even use computers? (I know some do, but most don't.) Also include the guy next door who thinks a computer is the work of the devil, and should be burned at the stake.
What percentage of computer users actually KNOW how to use a computer, enough to hear something? Probably about 40%... and that's a bit high. If the private Liberal Arts college I work at is any indicator, we have about 50 students and about 10-15 faculty and staff who are even THAT literate. That's about 20% of the total college population. I say 50% to include all you home users.
Okay, and out of that number who can use a computer to hear stuff, how many are willing to listen to MP3's over buying the actual thing? Probably 25% of those. I know that if I hear a song that's good enough, sometimes I go out and get the actual CD.
Okay, let's take the current world population, (6 billion) and put things together:
5.1 Billion listen to music 2.04 Billion use computers (now that's a high number!!!) 816 Million listen to their computers. 204 Million listen to MP3's, and never buy the actual thing.
Okay, so the music industry is losing income from, at most, 214 Million of their customers.
That's how much of the total world population? A whopping 3.4% .
MP3 won't die, and neither will SDMI, of either sides complaints. They WILL die of people who don't use them.
Just see how many people are getting DVD's versus VHS, and how many people got DIVX versus DVD. The figures probably come out even less than mine did. DIVX's demise was that people didn't use it, so it became extinct!
At least a chunk of people ARE going to use DVD, so it will stay around, and eventually join tapes, CD's, VHS, ZIP (not for long), and floppy (who will kill them!) as media storage. I almost want to predict that DVD will become even more powerful, when both the audio, video, and computer industry use it... audio to get a MUCH higher sampling rate (as if current ones aren't good enough, soon our dogs and cats will enjoy our music!), video to get a much higher pixel rate, and more availability, and computer to get more storage.
MP3's dying? Not likely. SDMI dying? Well, let's watch the demand. DVD dying? Not a chance, it has a great future.
ERPbridge - looking at what might have happened if something occurred differently, in an alternate dimension. ------------------------------------------------ -------
Wrong. Take Windows 95 (Pre- MS Media Player (new edition), and some early releases of Windows 98 (same thing). These OS's DID NOT support MP3 with their media players. So, what happened? In comes WinAmp, in comes a few other companies, and boom, you have MP3 support WITHOUT Microsoft's support.
When (IF) Windows 2000 Media Player decides to drop the MP3 support, what will happen? Will WinAmp suddenly go out of business? Will the rest of the MP3 supporters go out of business, just because Microsoft doesn't support it? Nope. For proof, see the beginning of this article.
I should hope we won't have to run this test on Linux (at least not with Media Player!).
I could understand RealPlayer, and maybe QuickTime.... but not MediaPlayer!
(next thing we know, they'll be SELLING Microsoft XWindows with IE bundled in and MP part of it, which will almost definitely crash the kernel 60% of the time!)
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Having gone to this college a few years ago for a year, leaving for a year, and coming back to work for them, I can speak from both sides of the fence (now how often can you do that in real life?)
Back when I was here, the only network the college had was a lab of Mac's, and a college that was renting space from us had a lab of 486's with a shared ISDN. Internet browsing was so slow, it was ridiculous, and the dorms were not wired at all. In fact, at the time, there wasn't even cable in all rooms, and only one phone per room.
The next year, the year I was gone, the college began a technology initiative. They put a phone per person in each room, a cable line in each room, and 10 Meg Ethernet for each person. They purchased a T1, and have everyone on that. They also junked the Mac lab, and got two labs of 30 PC's each, all networked.
Now, all students have the option to buy their own computer from the college, all supported for the duration of their stay. They have the 10 Meg Ethernet. At the moment, we have about 1/3 of our resident students using the net. The labs all get 90-100% usage while they're open.
Next year, we'll start a new initiative. All students will be getting mandatory laptops, included in their tuition (for financial aid... if they bought them separately, then they wouldn't be able to put it under financial aid.). They'll all have wireless cards, so they can use them in the classroom without wires all over the place, and out on the green, down at the beach, and in unwired places, or places that can't take 30 wires running in and sitting there. These laptops will have wired 10/100 cards, to use in their dorm rooms and wired areas (We don't have the money at the moment to get total campus wireless coverage... that's next year, after we have a plan laid out and set.)
Myself, I am sorta addicted to the high speed. I got my T1 connection here at work, and grab what I need during the day, and burn it on CD if important. Then, at night, on my 56K connection, I use my Linux server and my workstation, both of which have VNC on them, to surf. I also have Winamp with Shoutcast bound to my sound on them, so whatever I play, gets burst through Shoutcast to home. Only thing I can't do is play games on the college network from home using my VNC'd workstation.(VNC is good, but even it can't keep up with games, even sitting on the same leg of the network as the machine playing the game!)
Then, the cable company's starting cable modem rollout's next month. The fun'll really start then.
Any questions, comments, well, you know what to do with my e-mail.
Can somebody moderate the Frank Rizzo Post and the one titled "Llama Story" down so they don't appear on top? Thanks.
It would be a hoot if we could nominate CmdrTaco for the Hemos award.
My nick, ERPbridge, is for Einstein Rosen Podolsky bridge (IOW, an interdimensional wormhole, like in Sliders).
Just an interesting coincidence that this article mentions ERP in a different aspect.
Ok, lets just not have one of "the Nerds" from ROTN play Paul, especially not Lewis (Robert Carradine). I would NOT be able to stop laughing at the movie, if that hapened.
The last Odd moment of this odd day will take place at 7:59:59 PM (19:59:59). The next odd moment will be at 11:11:11 on 11/11, 3111. So, how many of you odd people will I see then?
(Of course, I'll have transplanted my neural patterns into pure energy by then, so I won't actually SEE you.)
Actually, I kinda like the WTF pronunciation.
Searching for Hotbot takes you right to their homepage.
Searching for Altavista brings up listings.
So, not all search engines are taken off.
The plans to bomb the FBI plaza at 1 this afternoon are still in effect. Using a mix similar to that used in Oklahoma City, we will drive up in a red Mitsubishi Mirage. Our special Ops group of members of the Delta Force, Special Forces, and the 12th Group of the Arkanside Terrorists from the Iran Contras will coordinate strikes on other agency headquarters.
Remember, the NSA and CIA have screwed us out of our Rights, as stated in the Bill Of rights, the early part of the Constitution, especially Bill 1. It is time for a revolution. Remember what the ATF did at Waco.
Screw Bill Clinton and Hillary!!!!
Remember, geeks do well when put in locked subroutines for the night. They should be fed twice a day, but not overfed. That could lead to software bloating and the possible need for a complete code-rewrite.
Be firm, yet gentle with your geeks. If a geek has lost it's temper, do not make vocal contact. That could cause them to attack you. Instead, e-mail them in a soothing voice and hope that the geek goes back to what it was doing. Have Quake 3 CD's if necessary.
A clean geek is a happy geek. They should be washed regularly, and their locked subroutines should be kept clean and neat. Feed your geeks antivirus definition files daily to keep their intestinal tracks free of viruses and other pests. Having them checked up twice a year will also give you a happy healthy geek that has a shiny code and bright keyboard keys. A Linux shot is a must.
Positive renforcement is good for your geeks. Try using computer chips or other treats when training them. Negative renforcement can also be effective. Shouting "Microsoft!" in a clear voice will carry the message of dissatisfaction.
But, don't forget. Years of love and care for your geek will give you a geek that loves and codes for you!
Okay, so my CRUDE FIGURES are WAY off. Even if something like 1 million or even around 10 thousand people shows up in the last figure, it's still enough to say that MP3 won't die just because the companies say it will.
It'll only die because we say it will. And we aren't about to say that yet, are we?
Here's some VERY inaccurate numbers:
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What percentage of people on Earth who have ears (or at least one ear) listen to the music EVER produced by the music industry?
Probably about 85% (the rest are either Amish, or don't have access to a radio deep in the areas of prehistory)
What percentage of those use computers?
Probably about 40%... remember, not EVERYONE is computer literate! How many of your great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, or babies under 2 even use computers? (I know some do, but most don't.) Also include the guy next door who thinks a computer is the work of the devil, and should be burned at the stake.
What percentage of computer users actually KNOW how to use a computer, enough to hear something?
Probably about 40%... and that's a bit high. If the private Liberal Arts college I work at is any indicator, we have about 50 students and about 10-15 faculty and staff who are even THAT literate. That's about 20% of the total college population. I say 50% to include all you home users.
Okay, and out of that number who can use a computer to hear stuff, how many are willing to listen to MP3's over buying the actual thing?
Probably 25% of those. I know that if I hear a song that's good enough, sometimes I go out and get the actual CD.
Okay, let's take the current world population, (6 billion) and put things together:
5.1 Billion listen to music
2.04 Billion use computers (now that's a high number!!!)
816 Million listen to their computers.
204 Million listen to MP3's, and never buy the actual thing.
Okay, so the music industry is losing income from, at most, 214 Million of their customers.
That's how much of the total world population?
A whopping 3.4% .
MP3 won't die, and neither will SDMI, of either sides complaints. They WILL die of people who don't use them.
Just see how many people are getting DVD's versus VHS, and how many people got DIVX versus DVD. The figures probably come out even less than mine did. DIVX's demise was that people didn't use it, so it became extinct!
At least a chunk of people ARE going to use DVD, so it will stay around, and eventually join tapes, CD's, VHS, ZIP (not for long), and floppy (who will kill them!) as media storage. I almost want to predict that DVD will become even more powerful, when both the audio, video, and computer industry use it... audio to get a MUCH higher sampling rate (as if current ones aren't good enough, soon our dogs and cats will enjoy our music!), video to get a much higher pixel rate, and more availability, and computer to get more storage.
MP3's dying? Not likely. SDMI dying? Well, let's watch the demand. DVD dying? Not a chance, it has a great future.
ERPbridge - looking at what might have happened if something occurred differently, in an alternate dimension.
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Wrong. Take Windows 95 (Pre- MS Media Player (new edition), and some early releases of Windows 98 (same thing). These OS's DID NOT support MP3 with their media players. So, what happened? In comes WinAmp, in comes a few other companies, and boom, you have MP3 support WITHOUT Microsoft's support.
When (IF) Windows 2000 Media Player decides to drop the MP3 support, what will happen? Will WinAmp suddenly go out of business? Will the rest of the MP3 supporters go out of business, just because Microsoft doesn't support it? Nope. For proof, see the beginning of this article.
Microsoft does DOS floppies through Washington..... while AOL does floppies across the US and declares it the new equator.
Ni!
I should hope we won't have to run this test on Linux (at least not with Media Player!).
I could understand RealPlayer, and maybe QuickTime.... but not MediaPlayer!
(next thing we know, they'll be SELLING Microsoft XWindows with IE bundled in and MP part of it, which will almost definitely crash the kernel 60% of the time!)