deviantART does. 1+ million users, 11+ million submissions, hundreds of millions of comments & forum posts, etc... all scaled across dozens of servers.
If I'm not mistaken, that's how Skype works. All the voice data is encrypted and routed through peers. Though whether it's truly multihop ("each stage only knows the next link the client wants the packet forwarded to") I don't know for sure...
No offense, but I kind doubt you've done much DIY recording or you'd not have posted this. I'm doing DIY recordings right now with my band... That setup is nice for someone recording at home with a synthesizer or a guitar, maybe two... but get into a band setting and that setup is useless.
First off, a 1.4GHz P4 is useless if you want to mix a whole band in realtime. Hell, if you want to mix more than a handfull of tracks in realtime. It's what we've got. Playing back all the tracks is no problem, but put more than a few effects on (even the essentials: EQ, Compression, reverb) and you can't even hit play.
A single-input soundcard is also useless. And if you want to record drums properly, you'll at least need an 8+ input box. Bare minimum that'll run you $600-700. That also means you need 8 microphones, and 8 stands. Sure, you could route all the drums through a mixing board and record them in 1 stereo track to tape, but the final result will sound like ass. Especially if you're using a couple of $99 microphones.
And do tell... if you can find me a 6-channel (NOT 6-input!) mixer for $50 I'll buy it outright. Behringer is about as cheap as it gets for any reasonable quality, and their 6-channel is $200+
Then there's the recording space... anywhere but a studio is less than ideal. Ceiling reflections, room compression, you name it. All of that going to tape, to be modified with whatever plugins that came with the $75 recording software which, if anytning, isn't much. And if, just if, there's somone behind the wheel who knows full well what they're doing when it comes to mixing and mastering (on $60 Bose speakers) in the same room that everything was recorded in, you might get a final recording that someone might find worth listening to in a world where every "professional" track has pristene production, recording, and mastering.
I'm not saying DIY is impossible... I'm doing it. Lots of people. But we spent a few grand, read up everything we can on mixing, tracked some songs just for the sake of learning how to mix, and the result is still far from even the cheap studio we went to a few summers ago. It's good enough to give to the public, and it gets us gigs, but you'd never hear something like this coming from the pros. DIY will never replace an experienced producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, and mastering engineer on top-notch equipment in proper acoustic environments. It's more than knowing how to take levels and work parametric EQ's. Like anything else, you get what (and who) you pay for. This is no different...
If there really needs to be DRM, then... since I paid for it, allow me all my fair rights and the ability to transfer those rights while disallowing anyone who isn't the proper rights holder. That would truly be Digital Rights Management.
Too hard? Impossible? Not my problem. Maybe if they'd spend less time on shift-key-defeatable "DRM"...
Bookmarks is one thing, but settings are another. I make extensive use of my userContent.css file, and have some about:config changes that I like to have. Not to mention that having the Web Developer toolbar is pretty essential.
I saw a recent statistic that 1 in 10 adults in the US had an iPod. Here in NYC I see them everywhere, and that's just walking on the street. I can walk one block and see at least 3-5 people with them. And there's likely many more who don't have them out...
Speaking of free good music... I compiled a list of sites that host indie music, nearly all of which have completly free downloads. You can see it here. Worth checking out for anyone whose listening habits aren't limited to Top 40 Radio...
Under what circumstances could we consider file sharing "outlawed" though? Copyright law already covers unauthorized distribution, and it'd be foolish to think that he'd try to outlaw any software/protocol by which one can share files with another computer.
Or am I being naive? Could they really start banning protocols like Bittorrent despite being used quite legitimately?
But thanks to the extension system, we're much less likely to see "big" features added to releases of Firefox. From what I've seen in looking through some Firefox development stuff, goals pretty much revolve around ehnancing existing features. Not that that's a bad thing, but if you're expecting a new user draw to flashy new features, it's not likely to happen.
"Now, it's a shame firefox doesn't come with a handy-dandy MSI file"
Well, the latest trunk builds do. Obviously, a corporate or university (or other large-scale deployment setting) woudln't want to roll out a development build, but I would think that we can see official MSI's for the next point release.
Well, if I want to test my website Linux browsers (Konqueror comes to mind), this would be a lot nicer than rebooting. Or having another box around. Especially if all I need to do is test a browser.
But even above and beyond that, it's nice to know that I have access to a Linux environment without having to do anything but pop in a CD.
Yes, posts refers to regular IM usage... from the TOS:
"AIM Products
For purposes of these Terms of Service, the term "AIM Products" shall mean AIM software (whether preinstalled, on a medium or offered by download), AIM services, AIM websites (including, without limitation, AIM.COM and AIMTODAY.COM) and all other software, features, tools, web sites and services provided by or through AIM from America Online, Inc. and its business divisions (e.g., Netscape) (collectively "AOL") and AOL's third-party vendors."
Pretty creepy, if you ask me. It would also seem that 3rd party client users aren't exempt from this since they're still using "AIM services."
1) Sue people for pirating music, citing copious legit sources.
2) Make said legal sources more expensive, "encouraging" people to pirate more frequently.
3) Sue more people for piracy, citing copious legit sources.
4) Profit!!
I mean, c'mon... what's easier? Putting out good music that people want to buy, or putting out "music" that adds to the population of songs for which the RIAA can sue people for downloading?
What's the point of 100Mbps though? A lot of servers are lucky to be sitting on their own 100MBps pipe. With the exception of P2P stuff, I'd imagine there's a point where additional MBps on a home line just aren't that significant anymore.
I never understood why they coulnd't just use scientific notation... a lot of articles do this. I mean, is "10^40 Watts" just not impressive enough? Did they really take the time to figure out what 10^40 watts was in "10,000 trillion trillion trillion watts?"
But that's part of the reason large-scale adoption of web standards are in such sad shape. If there's a set way of handling input but the software modifies said handling to a way it thinks it should be handled it defeats the whole purpose...
Would you be saying the same thing if it were happening in your country? Or if it were books they were banning instead of Internet access (though I'm sure they do that too...)?
Are you sure it's "exactly recontruct?" With a sampling frequency of 44.1kHz, wouldn't a non-sinusoidal signal approach sinusoidal shape as its frequency approached 22,050 Hz? Or am I misunderstanding something?
Sure... get the Shoutcast Server and the Broadcast Plugin. They work with WA2 and WA5. Start Server, connect Broadcast Plugin to said server (you can run both on the same computer), enjoy music. Takes a bit of configuration, but they step you through the process. And if you have the bandwidth, it helps to have a VNC connection so you can start/stop playback or switch playlists or whatever.
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deviantART does. 1+ million users, 11+ million submissions, hundreds of millions of comments & forum posts, etc... all scaled across dozens of servers.
Sure, they'll rule in favor of P2P ... but they'll rule against business who thrive on the rampant piracy that occurs via their P2P software.
Not saying I agree or disagree with said ruling, but it's likely the way it'll pan out...
If I'm not mistaken, that's how Skype works. All the voice data is encrypted and routed through peers. Though whether it's truly multihop ("each stage only knows the next link the client wants the packet forwarded to") I don't know for sure...
No offense, but I kind doubt you've done much DIY recording or you'd not have posted this. I'm doing DIY recordings right now with my band... That setup is nice for someone recording at home with a synthesizer or a guitar, maybe two ... but get into a band setting and that setup is useless.
... if you can find me a 6-channel (NOT 6-input!) mixer for $50 I'll buy it outright. Behringer is about as cheap as it gets for any reasonable quality, and their 6-channel is $200+
... anywhere but a studio is less than ideal. Ceiling reflections, room compression, you name it. All of that going to tape, to be modified with whatever plugins that came with the $75 recording software which, if anytning, isn't much. And if, just if, there's somone behind the wheel who knows full well what they're doing when it comes to mixing and mastering (on $60 Bose speakers) in the same room that everything was recorded in, you might get a final recording that someone might find worth listening to in a world where every "professional" track has pristene production, recording, and mastering.
... I'm doing it. Lots of people. But we spent a few grand, read up everything we can on mixing, tracked some songs just for the sake of learning how to mix, and the result is still far from even the cheap studio we went to a few summers ago. It's good enough to give to the public, and it gets us gigs, but you'd never hear something like this coming from the pros. DIY will never replace an experienced producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, and mastering engineer on top-notch equipment in proper acoustic environments. It's more than knowing how to take levels and work parametric EQ's. Like anything else, you get what (and who) you pay for. This is no different...
First off, a 1.4GHz P4 is useless if you want to mix a whole band in realtime. Hell, if you want to mix more than a handfull of tracks in realtime. It's what we've got. Playing back all the tracks is no problem, but put more than a few effects on (even the essentials: EQ, Compression, reverb) and you can't even hit play.
A single-input soundcard is also useless. And if you want to record drums properly, you'll at least need an 8+ input box. Bare minimum that'll run you $600-700. That also means you need 8 microphones, and 8 stands. Sure, you could route all the drums through a mixing board and record them in 1 stereo track to tape, but the final result will sound like ass. Especially if you're using a couple of $99 microphones.
And do tell
Then there's the recording space
I'm not saying DIY is impossible
If there really needs to be DRM, then ... since I paid for it, allow me all my fair rights and the ability to transfer those rights while disallowing anyone who isn't the proper rights holder. That would truly be Digital Rights Management.
...
Too hard? Impossible? Not my problem. Maybe if they'd spend less time on shift-key-defeatable "DRM"
Bookmarks is one thing, but settings are another. I make extensive use of my userContent.css file, and have some about:config changes that I like to have. Not to mention that having the Web Developer toolbar is pretty essential.
You get the walk down the street, singing along with headphones that don't appear to be plugged into anything!
I saw a recent statistic that 1 in 10 adults in the US had an iPod. Here in NYC I see them everywhere, and that's just walking on the street. I can walk one block and see at least 3-5 people with them. And there's likely many more who don't have them out...
Speaking of free good music ... I compiled a list of sites that host indie music, nearly all of which have completly free downloads. You can see it here. Worth checking out for anyone whose listening habits aren't limited to Top 40 Radio...
Under what circumstances could we consider file sharing "outlawed" though? Copyright law already covers unauthorized distribution, and it'd be foolish to think that he'd try to outlaw any software/protocol by which one can share files with another computer.
Or am I being naive? Could they really start banning protocols like Bittorrent despite being used quite legitimately?
But thanks to the extension system, we're much less likely to see "big" features added to releases of Firefox. From what I've seen in looking through some Firefox development stuff, goals pretty much revolve around ehnancing existing features. Not that that's a bad thing, but if you're expecting a new user draw to flashy new features, it's not likely to happen.
"Now, it's a shame firefox doesn't come with a handy-dandy MSI file"
Well, the latest trunk builds do. Obviously, a corporate or university (or other large-scale deployment setting) woudln't want to roll out a development build, but I would think that we can see official MSI's for the next point release.
Well, if I want to test my website Linux browsers (Konqueror comes to mind), this would be a lot nicer than rebooting. Or having another box around. Especially if all I need to do is test a browser.
But even above and beyond that, it's nice to know that I have access to a Linux environment without having to do anything but pop in a CD.
Yes, posts refers to regular IM usage... from the TOS:
" AIM Products
For purposes of these Terms of Service, the term "AIM Products" shall mean AIM software (whether preinstalled, on a medium or offered by download), AIM services, AIM websites (including, without limitation, AIM.COM and AIMTODAY.COM) and all other software, features, tools, web sites and services provided by or through AIM from America Online, Inc. and its business divisions (e.g., Netscape) (collectively "AOL") and AOL's third-party vendors."
Pretty creepy, if you ask me. It would also seem that 3rd party client users aren't exempt from this since they're still using "AIM services."
... do journalists blog?
1) Sue people for pirating music, citing copious legit sources.
... what's easier? Putting out good music that people want to buy, or putting out "music" that adds to the population of songs for which the RIAA can sue people for downloading?
2) Make said legal sources more expensive, "encouraging" people to pirate more frequently.
3) Sue more people for piracy, citing copious legit sources.
4) Profit!!
I mean, c'mon
What's stopping someone in Germany from just going to Google.com instead of Google.de? Would they not then get uncensored results?
What's the point of 100Mbps though? A lot of servers are lucky to be sitting on their own 100MBps pipe. With the exception of P2P stuff, I'd imagine there's a point where additional MBps on a home line just aren't that significant anymore.
I never understood why they coulnd't just use scientific notation... a lot of articles do this. I mean, is "10^40 Watts" just not impressive enough? Did they really take the time to figure out what 10^40 watts was in "10,000 trillion trillion trillion watts?"
In Soviet Russia, IDN ... nah, too easy. :D
But that's part of the reason large-scale adoption of web standards are in such sad shape. If there's a set way of handling input but the software modifies said handling to a way it thinks it should be handled it defeats the whole purpose...
Would you be saying the same thing if it were happening in your country? Or if it were books they were banning instead of Internet access (though I'm sure they do that too...)?
Are you sure it's "exactly recontruct?" With a sampling frequency of 44.1kHz, wouldn't a non-sinusoidal signal approach sinusoidal shape as its frequency approached 22,050 Hz? Or am I misunderstanding something?
Sure ... get the Shoutcast Server and the Broadcast Plugin. They work with WA2 and WA5. Start Server, connect Broadcast Plugin to said server (you can run both on the same computer), enjoy music. Takes a bit of configuration, but they step you through the process. And if you have the bandwidth, it helps to have a VNC connection so you can start/stop playback or switch playlists or whatever.
Well I'm sure it doesn't help that Slashdot's HTML isn't valid HTML 3.2... or even HTML 2.0.