Has anyone actually handed over the cash for one of these? They're not exactly cheap but are they a viable alternative to a laptop as a "going to client site and fixing stuff" piece of hardware?
Does anyone else remember when you had to buy a bootleg LP for $15 or $20 in order to hear studio outtakes or live unreleased shows?
A good example is the work of 2 Many Djs, a remix radio show in Belguim which produced about 30 episodes. These shows are regularly sold on eBay for £10 - £20 with no return to the artist. This site is aiming to provide information on the shows as well as make them available for all to download.
Now, how are they (U2) being hurt when my friend amasses a bootleg collection? He's already bought everything they're selling. If they missed an opportunity for a sale (by not selling recordings of every single one of their shows) it's their fault.
It should also be noted that U2 encourage tapers. Bono has said
We invite people to bootleg our shows. We invite people to...make CD copies....
we've no problems with that, but if some guy is gonna make money off the back of this, we're gonna find out where he parks his car...
-- Bono on KROQ Radio USA (10-2000)
I used Easytree regularly, and before that Sharingthegroove.org. While it is true that there were non-taper friendly artists on there (based on that have never said that they are taper friendly) moderators consistently required and requested removal of copyright infringing material, e.g. tracks that have been officially released. On the vast majority of torrents it was requested that the material never be sold, and on most that the music not converted to mp3, ogg or other lossless format.
Lets agree at least on one thing (I know this is Slashdot but please humour me at least), Bittorrent, the protocol is no more illegal than HTTP, FTP or IRC: it is the content that these people are being taken down for (and as an aside the fact that the protocol has become some prevalent in the transmission of these huge files is a testament to both its success and necessity). Personally I think the taking down of Easytree is a great shame and travesty. It provided a great community for *sharing* and *archiving* live and unheard music by a huge variety of artist. I personally will greatly miss it
I think it's a bit sad when people who are already making a living at webcomics decide to get involved in a contest that's obviously not aimed at them.
Its a valid point and one that I thought initially. At the same time, having a relatively big hitter like PVP adds some publicity to the competition, and then passes that on to the up and comers also playing. Without this kind of aura of credibility and publicity, it might as well be a group of high schoolers having a competition amongst themselves
Me too. I used to buy singles fairly regularly JUST FOR the b-sides. In many cases I already owned the album and wanted some of the stuff that they hadn't thought should go on the album. Bands like the Wildhearts would regularly put record brand new songs for the B sides. Then bad things happened... the BPI introduced rules limiting what could be released as a single to be eligible for the chart. Naturally this means B-Sides get thrown to the wayside and a crappy remix gets thtown in to make up the space (should point out that this isn't true with the Wildhearts - Ginger started a singles club last year with the aim of puting out 4 new songs every month. If you haven't heard them do your selve a favour and get them collected)
I like music a lot and its where the guts of whatever spare cash I have get spent. I buy 2 - 3 albums a month, but rarely buy anything through iTunes, Napster and the like (eMusic and Magnatune are a rare exception). Why? I like CDs. I like holding the disc and seeing the pretty label, opening up the case and reading the booklet. I like being able to listen to it on the stereo, in the car or horror of horrors, ripping it and sticking it on my iRiver. Having it on CD originally makes a pretty good back up.
Technology isn't killing albums, they are alive and well. I still haven't grasped the logic of spending $9.99 on an album, downloading it and for my money only having a pile of scream electrons, just waiting to disapper at the next HD crash (how many people really back up all their downloaded legal mp3s?).
As long as I can get music on shiny discs I will!!
Check with the former Commanding Officer and Navigator of the USS LaMoure County for their opinion regarding over-reliance on GPS positions with respect to local chart datums.
Similarily, how many wannabe mountaineers have ventured into the hills tooled up with their GPS and no map because they don't need that tatty paper thing anymore.
My own personal inclination is that having the "old skool" skills is just as important as having the nice kit. Map reading is pretty much essential when stuck in the middle of nowhere when your GPS goes to electronics heaven. And sod's law dictate these things will fail when you need them the most.
I am not a Mac zealot. I do not own a Mac. I have never owned a Mac. I want a Mac Mini
Why? True, they may not be the fastest mover on the block, nor have the biggest hard drives etc, but the extra premium is worth it for the damn style of the thing. I'll not be switching myself over from a PC to be using this exclusively. My plans for it involve it sitting nicely in the living room beside the PS2, DVD and Gamecube hooked into the TV and stereo playing MAME and other emulators and as a networked mp3/Ogg Jukebox.
I don't think its really fair to compare it to the headless Dell. A better comparison is possibly a *complete* Mini-ITX setup. With case/board/memory/HD how does the price balance out?
The Sun is an example of everything wrong with British journalism. Low grade version of the Daily mail - a paper for Chavs everwhere.
Wow, Slashdot becoming Brit Centric!! For those that don't know Chavs are the delights regularly found around the shopping centres and car parks of Britain. Feel free to convert and report back on your local equivalent
I work for an organization that provides tech support for non-profits. It's sad but true, non-profits have to live in the same world as commercial entities. They're subject to the same forces as anyone else -- they have momentum with existing Microsoft installations; there are custom legacy software that would require replacement, retaining, and conversation of data; they have users who only know Windows and (rightly or wrongly) would resist a switch to any other OS because it would mean they have to learn to use something slightly different.
Amen to that. I do support work here for a non profit and the attitude towards IT in general is hard to work with. There are a number of projects going on that are deemed to require funding ahead of any IT development to the point that the majority of machines are sick and dying (in the literal, not BSD way).
Coupled with the fact that the majority of people within the organisation are hostile towards any development the thought of running Linux on desktops is a far far far away pipe dream. We have one Linux server running authentication, web and file services only because I haven't told anyone about the switch from Win2k server (one long night when others had gone home...).
and now to focus and try and make a point...
The greatest asset to any non profit is people and volunteers, at the end of the day the funding behind that is secondary. Trying to convince, or worse, force volunteers to use a piece of software or operating system that they are not familiar with may lead to the good will of volunteering disappearing as the task becomes a chore. The only reason that I'm getting away with the server is that its transparent to most users and I've enough documentation prepared that I can hand it over to someone unfamiliar.
You have obviously never heard of American McGee I'm afraid. American McGee is probably most famous around these parts for the "Alice" game causing a dispute between American Greetings and Penny Arcade. His take on Alice was.... interesting.... to say the least, touching much more on the insanity of the books that the Disney cartoon. I would say that his take on the Oz will be much closer to "Return to Oz" that "The Wizard..." - those flying monkey sstill give me nightmares...
The ever popular Register has some more information on this and have raised the point that a question is being asked at the House of Parliament today to the Secretary of State as to whether or not he authorised the seizure.
For those that prefer they're musicv live check out sharingthegroove.org . Mostly downloaded by bit-torrent, in FLAC format. A lot of stuff by taper friendly artists
Slashdot Mirror
Most succinct and useful comparison of BSD to Linux I've found in an age. Thanks
Death Certificate?
Has anyone actually handed over the cash for one of these? They're not exactly cheap but are they a viable alternative to a laptop as a "going to client site and fixing stuff" piece of hardware?
Try also EMusic.com. Mp3 files but NO DRM and a decent selection - no britney either
Grand Theft Auto
Street Fighter
I'm not sure this a trend I want to be a part of
Does anyone else remember when you had to buy a bootleg LP for $15 or $20 in order to hear studio outtakes or live unreleased shows?
A good example is the work of 2 Many Djs, a remix radio show in Belguim which produced about 30 episodes. These shows are regularly sold on eBay for £10 - £20 with no return to the artist. This site is aiming to provide information on the shows as well as make them available for all to download.
It should also be noted that U2 encourage tapers. Bono has said
We invite people to bootleg our shows. We invite people to...make CD copies.... we've no problems with that, but if some guy is gonna make money off the back of this, we're gonna find out where he parks his car... -- Bono on KROQ Radio USA (10-2000)
I used Easytree regularly, and before that Sharingthegroove.org. While it is true that there were non-taper friendly artists on there (based on that have never said that they are taper friendly) moderators consistently required and requested removal of copyright infringing material, e.g. tracks that have been officially released. On the vast majority of torrents it was requested that the material never be sold, and on most that the music not converted to mp3, ogg or other lossless format.
Lets agree at least on one thing (I know this is Slashdot but please humour me at least), Bittorrent, the protocol is no more illegal than HTTP, FTP or IRC: it is the content that these people are being taken down for (and as an aside the fact that the protocol has become some prevalent in the transmission of these huge files is a testament to both its success and necessity). Personally I think the taking down of Easytree is a great shame and travesty. It provided a great community for *sharing* and *archiving* live and unheard music by a huge variety of artist. I personally will greatly miss it
I think it's a bit sad when people who are already making a living at webcomics decide to get involved in a contest that's obviously not aimed at them.
Its a valid point and one that I thought initially. At the same time, having a relatively big hitter like PVP adds some publicity to the competition, and then passes that on to the up and comers also playing. Without this kind of aura of credibility and publicity, it might as well be a group of high schoolers having a competition amongst themselves
Me too. I used to buy singles fairly regularly JUST FOR the b-sides. In many cases I already owned the album and wanted some of the stuff that they hadn't thought should go on the album. Bands like the Wildhearts would regularly put record brand new songs for the B sides. Then bad things happened... the BPI introduced rules limiting what could be released as a single to be eligible for the chart. Naturally this means B-Sides get thrown to the wayside and a crappy remix gets thtown in to make up the space (should point out that this isn't true with the Wildhearts - Ginger started a singles club last year with the aim of puting out 4 new songs every month. If you haven't heard them do your selve a favour and get them collected)
I like music a lot and its where the guts of whatever spare cash I have get spent. I buy 2 - 3 albums a month, but rarely buy anything through iTunes, Napster and the like (eMusic and Magnatune are a rare exception). Why? I like CDs. I like holding the disc and seeing the pretty label, opening up the case and reading the booklet. I like being able to listen to it on the stereo, in the car or horror of horrors, ripping it and sticking it on my iRiver. Having it on CD originally makes a pretty good back up.
Technology isn't killing albums, they are alive and well. I still haven't grasped the logic of spending $9.99 on an album, downloading it and for my money only having a pile of scream electrons, just waiting to disapper at the next HD crash (how many people really back up all their downloaded legal mp3s?).
As long as I can get music on shiny discs I will!!
Check with the former Commanding Officer and Navigator of the USS LaMoure County for their opinion regarding over-reliance on GPS positions with respect to local chart datums.
Similarily, how many wannabe mountaineers have ventured into the hills tooled up with their GPS and no map because they don't need that tatty paper thing anymore.
My own personal inclination is that having the "old skool" skills is just as important as having the nice kit. Map reading is pretty much essential when stuck in the middle of nowhere when your GPS goes to electronics heaven. And sod's law dictate these things will fail when you need them the most.
Anyway lighthouses look real pretty anyway
Rule Number 2: Do NOT talk about Mac Mini
And if this is your first Mac, you have to Mini
Or something
Why? True, they may not be the fastest mover on the block, nor have the biggest hard drives etc, but the extra premium is worth it for the damn style of the thing. I'll not be switching myself over from a PC to be using this exclusively. My plans for it involve it sitting nicely in the living room beside the PS2, DVD and Gamecube hooked into the TV and stereo playing MAME and other emulators and as a networked mp3/Ogg Jukebox.
I don't think its really fair to compare it to the headless Dell. A better comparison is possibly a *complete* Mini-ITX setup. With case/board/memory/HD how does the price balance out?
All I wanted for Christmas was knowledge of where the respawn point is and how to quick save before doing something stupid...
The Sun is an example of everything wrong with British journalism. Low grade version of the Daily mail - a paper for Chavs everwhere.
Wow, Slashdot becoming Brit Centric!! For those that don't know Chavs are the delights regularly found around the shopping centres and car parks of Britain. Feel free to convert and report back on your local equivalent
Yes, sales should be able to list and read but apparently all they can do is come to my desk and ask stupid and/or redundant questions...
They have those sorts of resources in prison. Thats it, I want in now!
I work for an organization that provides tech support for non-profits. It's sad but true, non-profits have to live in the same world as commercial entities. They're subject to the same forces as anyone else -- they have momentum with existing Microsoft installations; there are custom legacy software that would require replacement, retaining, and conversation of data; they have users who only know Windows and (rightly or wrongly) would resist a switch to any other OS because it would mean they have to learn to use something slightly different.
Amen to that. I do support work here for a non profit and the attitude towards IT in general is hard to work with. There are a number of projects going on that are deemed to require funding ahead of any IT development to the point that the majority of machines are sick and dying (in the literal, not BSD way).
Coupled with the fact that the majority of people within the organisation are hostile towards any development the thought of running Linux on desktops is a far far far away pipe dream. We have one Linux server running authentication, web and file services only because I haven't told anyone about the switch from Win2k server (one long night when others had gone home...).
and now to focus and try and make a point...
The greatest asset to any non profit is people and volunteers, at the end of the day the funding behind that is secondary. Trying to convince, or worse, force volunteers to use a piece of software or operating system that they are not familiar with may lead to the good will of volunteering disappearing as the task becomes a chore. The only reason that I'm getting away with the server is that its transparent to most users and I've enough documentation prepared that I can hand it over to someone unfamiliar.
BSOD on a chip - i'd buy that for a dollar
You have obviously never heard of American McGee I'm afraid. American McGee is probably most famous around these parts for the "Alice" game causing a dispute between American Greetings and Penny Arcade. His take on Alice was .... interesting .... to say the least, touching much more on the insanity of the books that the Disney cartoon. I would say that his take on the Oz will be much closer to "Return to Oz" that "The Wizard..." - those flying monkey sstill give me nightmares...
The Revolution is coming Brothers
Apologies - Parliament Link, question but to the Secretary of State David Blunkett by Lynne Jones, MP for Birmingham and a member of the Commons Science & Technology Select Committee. Apparently the legality of the action is already being questioned.
The ever popular Register has some more information on this and have raised the point that a question is being asked at the House of Parliament today to the Secretary of State as to whether or not he authorised the seizure.
One of the more interesting things I saw in a video game store in Japan was a ps2 controller/keyboard combo
Try this
For those that prefer they're musicv live check out sharingthegroove.org . Mostly downloaded by bit-torrent, in FLAC format. A lot of stuff by taper friendly artists
Small size and big functionality = Essential place on thumbdrive
Would also stick on Trillian (windows only, but handy none the less if you are that way inclined). Thanks to those with the Firefox information too!!