Senator Joe: So tell us Agent Kurtis, why did the FBI discount the idea of using RC's in causing harm to our people?
Agent Kurtis: Well, we threw out the idea because the author of the original article did some pretty spotty research. He used the abbreviation for Mississippi instead of Michigan and mixed up 20 pounds for 20 kilograms.
Senator Bob: You see, this is why we need to outlaw all nitpickers that ignore the issue and quibble over small, petty things.
How long with DLT last though? What if a stray magnet (like in a speaker or something) comes around the DLT? And of course, in 100 years will there be any machines around to read the DLT?
But negatives last a VERY long time. You could pop in a negative that Ansel Adams made 80 years ago...no dupe but the original negative...into an enlarger and make a print. 80 years from now they may not have enlargers you say? OK, make a contact print from his 4x5 or 8x10 negs.
Digital Photography is SO much better in many regards and I know this is the future (hell, it's the present!) of photography, but I'm still wary of the long term storage of images.
I just hope someone in the industry is working on this problem.
(for those with no humor, this was all taken from an episode of The Simpsons. If you're offending in any way, I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.)
The main thing to understand about relative tuning is that a guitar can be in tune with itself, but not necessarily be in tune with another instrument, such as a piano. The low string on a guitar (i.e. 6th string) corresponds with the note 'E', and there is an absolute, known pitch and frequency associated with this note. However, if your 6th string is not exactly this pitch, it's not a big deal unless you're going to be jamming with a piano player or someone playing an instrument that isn't easily tunable. In fact, many bands don't tune to the exact frequency of an 'E'. They just tune to an 'E' on somebody's guitar, and as long as they're in tune with other, everything sounds fine. For most beginners, it isn't particularly important to be tuned to the exact pitch of an 'E'.
This is what I use. After years of playing I can tell when something is sharp or flat...to a pretty good degree. Is it exact? Not according to a chromatic tuner...which may show the notes slightly sharp or slightly flat. But they're not whole notes out of place.
But everyone is different. What works great for you may not work great for me and vice versa.
Yes yes yes...I know this. But the gist of what I was saying is to learn to do it by ear. It's part of the learning process. Buying cheap crap that goes out of tune just sitting there (trust me, I had one of these before) is one of the problems, along with those you mentioned.
But this bridge is geared more for people that use different alternate tunings on the fly instead of having 5 different guitars tuned differently.
But, as you said, retuning your guitar does affect the strings...so I wonder how much shorter the life is on the strings using this bridge?
Agreed. Also, you notice that their all electric guitars.
No WAY would I muddy up my beautiful Martin with one of these things...not that it would work since the sound goes through the bridge to the top to get the tone.
But then again, a plus in the acoustic guitars favor. You just pick it up and play it. No batteries, no electricity needed. Could be marooned on an island and still play it.
you know, this is true really. But you have to be in the mood for that. When I want to see a performance I would watch the Zeppelin DVD, but to get a good laugh watch the Song Remains the Same.
The backstage parts with Peter Grant are pretty funny too.
I can understand maybe with people just starting out in learning the guitar, but with someone that knows how to tune a guitar, and having a guitar that stays in tune (ie, don't buy cheap crap), is important. But learning to tune the guitar by ear is part of the learning process.
Well, perhaps as the strings age the guitar can compensate for that I suppose...but I use Elixers on my Martin and they last a good month before they need changing.
Ah, also forgot, if you're into alternate tunings this would be a quick way to switch them around without having 5 different guitars all tuned differently.
Also, in case you haven't check it out yet, go buy the Led Zeppelin DVD that was released last year. You'll see why Zeppelin ruled the stage in their day. Much better than the lack-luster "Song Remains the Same" performance we were stuck with for so long. I actually saw them in concert in May of 1977 in Maryland, and they were MUCH better than that movie. This new DVD shows this, and without all the silly acting parts (remember Jimmy Page's eyes glowing red?).
Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with the source code in question - we did.
winks at Darl McBride
But you can't hold a whole company responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole development system? And if the whole development system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of all operating systems in general? I put it to you, Darl - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!
Leads the Linux community out of the hearing, all humming the Star-Spangled Banner.
Never saw Fischer Spooner, but I believe you when you say they did this. The Village People did this exact same thing, sometimes only having a big boom-box as their "amp". (not that I ever saw the Village People live...no really.)
I will check out the Avalanches, thanks for the link.
And you're pretty right on about hip-hop, I really do agree, even though I just don't prefer it.
And yes, I love Kraftwerk. But also, notice in my post I didn't really put down any of the music being created, I was just asking if this is where we're heading. It's obvious we are. Not to say that that's a bad thing. I wasn't putting down that everything in the last 30 years is crap, which is clearly is not. But there are those out there that think the opposite.
In music, there is really nothing new under the sun. New ways of making it for sure, but there is a VERY rich history of music that many don't even expose themselves to. Why do some people think that only music being made today is relevant? (obviously I'm not refering to you in that statement).
But how many people rememeber Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, Rev Gary Davis, Tommy Johnson, Ichman Bracey, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Robert Johnson, Skip James?
On the same token, perhaps some day someone will ask if anyone still listens to Dr. Dre or Eminem. I suppose the older you get, the more out of touch you are with the new music being made today. I remember my Dad hating listening to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, telling me that it's crap. And here I've turned right around and did the same thing he did to me.
Well, wasn't trying to troll, but I sure put a lot of people on the defensive.
Actually, I saw Depeche Mode in concert, with Berlin and Talk Talk. This isn't what I wrote of course, Depeche Mode and Berlin didn't walk out and just hit a mouse and the computer did everything else.
But then again, the 80's music didn't end up "lasting" as we all thought it would. It sounds terribly dated today (for the most part, some still stands the test of time).
I will check these out, as I'm always looking for new musical experiences. Even though it sounds like I don't. But like everyone else out there, I like some things, I don't like some things.
But I will be on the look out for those artists you mentioned.
I wasn't trying to troll, I'm sorry that you became so defensive in your love of hip-hop. I was voicing my opinion.
But let's face it. The Emperor has no clothes. Hip-hop is here today, gone tomorrow. If you were as in touch as you claim to be, you would notice that hip-hop artists have zero staying power. Zero. In fact, there was a special documentory about how fleeting hip-hop artists are. You say they become public figures, and idols in their communities. Yet that only lasts about a year, perhaps more. Then they're gone. Also, I guess I'm not as shallow to think that making "shitloads of money" is a measurment of talent.
Yes, I was being general in my sweeping remarks on this genre, but that's how I feel. It's an opinion. Also, you yourself are making sweeping denigrations of what I was talking about. YOU are the one that is walking around in an opaque bubble if you think that hip-hop is "today's music". Today's music covers a very very broad spectrum and hip-hop is a small part of it. A vocal minority. Also, I wasn't rejecting anything newer than 30 years old, I was mearly pointing out that "some" people "seem" to not like anything older than 30 years old.
But your post was really defensive, if you wish to actually argue the points I would be happy to, but you need to learn a little more about today's music and get out of just one small part of it.
But I guess in your world others can't have contrasting opinions.
I mean, people go and see some DJ at a club. They use terms like "he's one of the best DJ's in the country". I mean...um...he spins records. How is that a musical talent? Also, I still think that hip-hop, or rap or whatever they're calling it this week is basically a bunch of guys with a rhyme dictionary and a drum machine. Perhaps that's a generalization, but it does seem to be people wanting to get into music with little to no musical knowledge and not really wanting to take the time nor the effort to learn an instrument. But I digress.
So, what are we in store for in the future. Going to see Synth programmers in concert? He'll come out on stage, take a bow and go and click a mouse, as the computer starts it's sequence. Afterwards the crowd goes wild! "He's the best synth programmer in the country, no one can beat his sequences!"
Sorry, I like my music live and for the most part acoustic. I grew up as a nerd, liking all of these things, computers doing music and artwork, digital photography and the rest. But now my tastes are going more and more ludite it seems. I keep thinking that the mindset these days seems to be if it's older than 30 years, it's outdated and everything now is better. Also many think that a computer could do everything better. Is this the case?
Yes, it's a cost thing for orchestra pit musicians being replaced by a synth. I get that. But is it "better" or are we now shooting for "just as good"?
Slashdot is a lie. While its purpose is to advance the cause of OSS and Lunix, its users overwhelmingly use Microsoft products to surf the web. Recently I put forth a challenge to slashdot my site in my sig file. The idea of turning a server into a smoking pile of metal is irresistible to the average Slashdotter. The hits began pouring in. Now you'd think that my referral logs would show that the visitors coming from Slashdot would be using Mozilla under Lunix. You'd be wrong though.
So, the people that came to your site represent all of Slashdot? The people that read your sig...which by the way, I personally never saw at all until now, represent all of Slashdot?
How can you make a sweeping generalization like that? Also, where in the offical Slashdot headlines or titles does it say "to advance the cause of OSS and Linux"? I look at it now, all I see is "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters". Plus, a ton of the stories here don't even have anything to do with computers!
I don't really see what you're point is. Also, where is the "lie" you speak of. A lie means a deliberate falsehood, so show me where the people accessing your site SAY they're using Linux, but are lying and using Windows.
Anyway, thought it was interesting, and this post will probably be modded down to bedrock.
Lambroghini, Ferrari = Touchy, "style over substance" crap. If you gave me one, I'd sell it and buy a German car.
Remember J. Geils Band? The guitarist, J. Geils actually left music and started a Ferrari repair shop in Boston and made MORE money fixing these things that are always breaking down than he ever did with J. Geils.
Ah, never heard it like that. I think I like your version better...though I would switch the french and italians with Italians making the crappier cars. But that's just me (and George).
They changed it to "Episode IV" when they re-released it after "The Empire Strikes Back" came out and had "Episode V" on it.
I'm talking about sitting in a theater in 1977 and seeing just "Star Wars" and that was it.
Lucas started changing things around way back then. At first, I'm sure everyone was saying "oh cool, he changed it to be consistent"...but then he went kinda hog wild with everything.
Meh...it's a minor sticking point I guess. I think it's us old guys still trying to capture that fleeting feeling when we first saw the original movie back in 77. Released with no fan-fare, being the "sleeper hit" of the summer since they hardly advertised it, and it seemed to have come out of no where.
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Senator Joe: So tell us Agent Kurtis, why did the FBI discount the idea of using RC's in causing harm to our people?
Agent Kurtis: Well, we threw out the idea because the author of the original article did some pretty spotty research. He used the abbreviation for Mississippi instead of Michigan and mixed up 20 pounds for 20 kilograms.
Senator Bob: You see, this is why we need to outlaw all nitpickers that ignore the issue and quibble over small, petty things.
How long with DLT last though? What if a stray magnet (like in a speaker or something) comes around the DLT? And of course, in 100 years will there be any machines around to read the DLT?
But negatives last a VERY long time. You could pop in a negative that Ansel Adams made 80 years ago...no dupe but the original negative...into an enlarger and make a print. 80 years from now they may not have enlargers you say? OK, make a contact print from his 4x5 or 8x10 negs.
Digital Photography is SO much better in many regards and I know this is the future (hell, it's the present!) of photography, but I'm still wary of the long term storage of images.
I just hope someone in the industry is working on this problem.
Dumped Napster
Dumped-Napster
DumpedNapster
Dumpster
It all becomes clear.
Coppola has a pretty big vineyard. Actually, I'm kind of partial to their wines.
Pretty good stuff.
Here's what they've found:
Oil slicks found to keep seals young, supple
They've found that Democrats cause cancer
Study: 92 percent of Democrats are gay
JFK posthumously joins Republican Party
(for those with no humor, this was all taken from an episode of The Simpsons. If you're offending in any way, I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.)
This is taken from http://www.wholenote.com/
The main thing to understand about relative tuning is that a guitar can be in tune with itself, but not necessarily be in tune with another instrument, such as a piano. The low string on a guitar (i.e. 6th string) corresponds with the note 'E', and there is an absolute, known pitch and frequency associated with this note. However, if your 6th string is not exactly this pitch, it's not a big deal unless you're going to be jamming with a piano player or someone playing an instrument that isn't easily tunable. In fact, many bands don't tune to the exact frequency of an 'E'. They just tune to an 'E' on somebody's guitar, and as long as they're in tune with other, everything sounds fine. For most beginners, it isn't particularly important to be tuned to the exact pitch of an 'E'.
This is what I use. After years of playing I can tell when something is sharp or flat...to a pretty good degree. Is it exact? Not according to a chromatic tuner...which may show the notes slightly sharp or slightly flat. But they're not whole notes out of place.
But everyone is different. What works great for you may not work great for me and vice versa.
Yes yes yes...I know this. But the gist of what I was saying is to learn to do it by ear. It's part of the learning process. Buying cheap crap that goes out of tune just sitting there (trust me, I had one of these before) is one of the problems, along with those you mentioned.
But this bridge is geared more for people that use different alternate tunings on the fly instead of having 5 different guitars tuned differently.
But, as you said, retuning your guitar does affect the strings...so I wonder how much shorter the life is on the strings using this bridge?
Agreed. Also, you notice that their all electric guitars.
No WAY would I muddy up my beautiful Martin with one of these things...not that it would work since the sound goes through the bridge to the top to get the tone.
But then again, a plus in the acoustic guitars favor. You just pick it up and play it. No batteries, no electricity needed. Could be marooned on an island and still play it.
you know, this is true really. But you have to be in the mood for that. When I want to see a performance I would watch the Zeppelin DVD, but to get a good laugh watch the Song Remains the Same.
The backstage parts with Peter Grant are pretty funny too.
I can understand maybe with people just starting out in learning the guitar, but with someone that knows how to tune a guitar, and having a guitar that stays in tune (ie, don't buy cheap crap), is important. But learning to tune the guitar by ear is part of the learning process.
Well, perhaps as the strings age the guitar can compensate for that I suppose...but I use Elixers on my Martin and they last a good month before they need changing.
Ah, also forgot, if you're into alternate tunings this would be a quick way to switch them around without having 5 different guitars all tuned differently.
Also, in case you haven't check it out yet, go buy the Led Zeppelin DVD that was released last year. You'll see why Zeppelin ruled the stage in their day. Much better than the lack-luster "Song Remains the Same" performance we were stuck with for so long. I actually saw them in concert in May of 1977 in Maryland, and they were MUCH better than that movie. This new DVD shows this, and without all the silly acting parts (remember Jimmy Page's eyes glowing red?).
Now I can just plug my relay right into my ISP and just surf the web and get email through Morse code!
Playing ut2003 will be a pain though. Hopefully ut2004 will have a "Morse" input option.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with the source code in question - we did.
winks at Darl McBride
But you can't hold a whole company responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole development system? And if the whole development system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of all operating systems in general? I put it to you, Darl - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!
Leads the Linux community out of the hearing, all humming the Star-Spangled Banner.
IANAL...but imagine a Beowulf cluster of mutant rat overlords!
Never saw Fischer Spooner, but I believe you when you say they did this. The Village People did this exact same thing, sometimes only having a big boom-box as their "amp". (not that I ever saw the Village People live...no really.)
I will check out the Avalanches, thanks for the link.
And you're pretty right on about hip-hop, I really do agree, even though I just don't prefer it.
And yes, I love Kraftwerk. But also, notice in my post I didn't really put down any of the music being created, I was just asking if this is where we're heading. It's obvious we are. Not to say that that's a bad thing. I wasn't putting down that everything in the last 30 years is crap, which is clearly is not. But there are those out there that think the opposite.
In music, there is really nothing new under the sun. New ways of making it for sure, but there is a VERY rich history of music that many don't even expose themselves to. Why do some people think that only music being made today is relevant? (obviously I'm not refering to you in that statement).
But how many people rememeber Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, Rev Gary Davis, Tommy Johnson, Ichman Bracey, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Robert Johnson, Skip James?
On the same token, perhaps some day someone will ask if anyone still listens to Dr. Dre or Eminem. I suppose the older you get, the more out of touch you are with the new music being made today. I remember my Dad hating listening to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, telling me that it's crap. And here I've turned right around and did the same thing he did to me.
Well, wasn't trying to troll, but I sure put a lot of people on the defensive.
Actually, I saw Depeche Mode in concert, with Berlin and Talk Talk. This isn't what I wrote of course, Depeche Mode and Berlin didn't walk out and just hit a mouse and the computer did everything else.
But then again, the 80's music didn't end up "lasting" as we all thought it would. It sounds terribly dated today (for the most part, some still stands the test of time).
I will check these out, as I'm always looking for new musical experiences. Even though it sounds like I don't. But like everyone else out there, I like some things, I don't like some things.
But I will be on the look out for those artists you mentioned.
I wasn't trying to troll, I'm sorry that you became so defensive in your love of hip-hop. I was voicing my opinion.
But let's face it. The Emperor has no clothes. Hip-hop is here today, gone tomorrow. If you were as in touch as you claim to be, you would notice that hip-hop artists have zero staying power. Zero. In fact, there was a special documentory about how fleeting hip-hop artists are. You say they become public figures, and idols in their communities. Yet that only lasts about a year, perhaps more. Then they're gone. Also, I guess I'm not as shallow to think that making "shitloads of money" is a measurment of talent.
Yes, I was being general in my sweeping remarks on this genre, but that's how I feel. It's an opinion. Also, you yourself are making sweeping denigrations of what I was talking about. YOU are the one that is walking around in an opaque bubble if you think that hip-hop is "today's music". Today's music covers a very very broad spectrum and hip-hop is a small part of it. A vocal minority. Also, I wasn't rejecting anything newer than 30 years old, I was mearly pointing out that "some" people "seem" to not like anything older than 30 years old.
But your post was really defensive, if you wish to actually argue the points I would be happy to, but you need to learn a little more about today's music and get out of just one small part of it.
But I guess in your world others can't have contrasting opinions.
I mean, people go and see some DJ at a club. They use terms like "he's one of the best DJ's in the country". I mean...um...he spins records. How is that a musical talent? Also, I still think that hip-hop, or rap or whatever they're calling it this week is basically a bunch of guys with a rhyme dictionary and a drum machine. Perhaps that's a generalization, but it does seem to be people wanting to get into music with little to no musical knowledge and not really wanting to take the time nor the effort to learn an instrument. But I digress.
So, what are we in store for in the future. Going to see Synth programmers in concert? He'll come out on stage, take a bow and go and click a mouse, as the computer starts it's sequence. Afterwards the crowd goes wild! "He's the best synth programmer in the country, no one can beat his sequences!"
Sorry, I like my music live and for the most part acoustic. I grew up as a nerd, liking all of these things, computers doing music and artwork, digital photography and the rest. But now my tastes are going more and more ludite it seems. I keep thinking that the mindset these days seems to be if it's older than 30 years, it's outdated and everything now is better. Also many think that a computer could do everything better. Is this the case?
Yes, it's a cost thing for orchestra pit musicians being replaced by a synth. I get that. But is it "better" or are we now shooting for "just as good"?
I get it now. At the end of that his article, he states: "As you can see, Linux is dying".
I fell for it, you got me. Good one.
having gone to your web site, it reads:
Slashdot is a lie. While its purpose is to advance the cause of OSS and Lunix, its users overwhelmingly use Microsoft products to surf the web. Recently I put forth a challenge to slashdot my site in my sig file. The idea of turning a server into a smoking pile of metal is irresistible to the average Slashdotter. The hits began pouring in. Now you'd think that my referral logs would show that the visitors coming from Slashdot would be using Mozilla under Lunix. You'd be wrong though.
So, the people that came to your site represent all of Slashdot? The people that read your sig...which by the way, I personally never saw at all until now, represent all of Slashdot?
How can you make a sweeping generalization like that? Also, where in the offical Slashdot headlines or titles does it say "to advance the cause of OSS and Linux"? I look at it now, all I see is "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters". Plus, a ton of the stories here don't even have anything to do with computers!
I don't really see what you're point is. Also, where is the "lie" you speak of. A lie means a deliberate falsehood, so show me where the people accessing your site SAY they're using Linux, but are lying and using Windows.
Anyway, thought it was interesting, and this post will probably be modded down to bedrock.
Lambroghini, Ferrari = Touchy, "style over substance" crap. If you gave me one, I'd sell it and buy a German car.
Remember J. Geils Band? The guitarist, J. Geils actually left music and started a Ferrari repair shop in Boston and made MORE money fixing these things that are always breaking down than he ever did with J. Geils.
'nuff said
Ah, never heard it like that. I think I like your version better...though I would switch the french and italians with Italians making the crappier cars. But that's just me (and George).
Kinda reminds me of a joke that George Carlin used to tell:
In Heaven, the Italians make the food, the English are the diplomats and the Germans make the cars.
In Hell, the English make the food, the Germans are the diplomats and the Italians make the cars.
They changed it to "Episode IV" when they re-released it after "The Empire Strikes Back" came out and had "Episode V" on it.
I'm talking about sitting in a theater in 1977 and seeing just "Star Wars" and that was it.
Lucas started changing things around way back then. At first, I'm sure everyone was saying "oh cool, he changed it to be consistent"...but then he went kinda hog wild with everything.
Meh...it's a minor sticking point I guess. I think it's us old guys still trying to capture that fleeting feeling when we first saw the original movie back in 77. Released with no fan-fare, being the "sleeper hit" of the summer since they hardly advertised it, and it seemed to have come out of no where.