If you're all done ranting about the quality (or lack thereof) of British music, let's get back to something remotely related to the story...
I'm sure in the UK, as is the case here, there are still some bands that see the value of giving away complete tracks as samples. This system, which does not count free downloads, penalizes the artist by handicapping their chances for a "hit" if they allow free downloads. Even amazon.com has some free downloads... check out "Stress" by Jim's Big Ego - awesome. And free for the downloading.
I have to agree with previous posts - if you have a problem with sampling a whole day, I don't see how recording a whole day and then only sampling parts is any different. You've still made the recording.
I would suggest settling on a standard for the recorder, and then stick with it so you don't have to make new chips all the time. And if you can't afford to buy a few years' supply of the recorders, just make sure you settle on a wildly popular one and when they stop selling them retail, pick them up on eBay. The Dragon Naturally Speaking mobile edition (comes with a voice recorder) I bought on clearance like 4 years ago is still available on eBay. Cheap, too.
So all these giant Barnes and Nobles they're building are just for decoration?
No, they're just a place for people to go drink coffee and look intelligent while they try and pick up chicks and discuss their favorite reality shows. It's the meat market of the new millenium. Depending on your goal, either look for or avoid the ones holding their books upside-down.
I just spent 10 minutes looking for an article I recently read, but can't find it.. it had some interesting things that some people to when checking out job candidates... simple things like being 45 minutes late to interview them (to see how they handle change) and dropping a pen to see if they pick it up, to more extreme measures like calling them pretending to be a telemarketer, to see if their rude or not. I think the link was on Fark, but I can't find it.
If you're really interested, reply to this message and I'll look at work on monday... I either have a hardcopy of it with the address or it's in my sent mail.
Ok, here's one... in 10 years, when this is actually in use in a fair amount of schools, SCO's publishing arm will find paragraphs in it that some well intentioned moron decided to copy verbatim from his textbook he bought at the used book store or on eBay (he is heard saying while typing, "well, I paid for it, didn't I?"). SCO Books(TM) will then proceed to charge college students a $69.90 (they're college students, after all) "licencing" fee to avoid being sued.
...the sound of everyone's head exploding when they can no longer buy a phone they can actually use for something as radical as making phone calls. But the good news is, we'll finally be able to get WebTV at a reasonable price.
And I really don't see what's so wrong with me in MD wanting to watch the local news from CA.
That's actually not what they're worried about. Your local CBS affiliate wants you to only be able to watch Wheel of Fortune on their channel, because if you can get the California feed, you might decide to watch it at 10:00pm local time on the Cali station instead of at 7:00pm on their station, thereby robbing them of ratings and ad revenue.
More choices are only good for the consumer, which is why businesses tend to fight anything that gives you more options.
Is everyone forgetting that DirecTV has effectively shut down the "pirates" (for now) by phasing out the last of the "hackable" smart cards? Between that and their soaring subscriber base (especially when compared to cable), it's no longer cost effective for them to continue with these tactics, nor is it worth the negative publicity. I'm all for the EFF, but if the RIAA found a way to stop 99.9% of file sharing, they'd drop their lawsuits too. Hate them all you want, but they are only fighting a perceived threat, using what they consider to be a deterent. If there's nothing left to deter, they aren't going to spend the money on it.
All these types of games are highly addictive. People waste insane amounts of time playing them. I can imagine hiring a few of these "addicts", showing them some basic web promotion techniques (and more importantly, how to teach themselves more) and set them loose with it. I'd have no problems paying someone to play this game, especially if they could build a huge city. If it were customiseable, the first thing I would do would be to turn the order confirmation page into a shopping mall. Turn that puppy into the Mall of America:-)
It's all a matter of levels. If this guy was a member of Critical Art, OR he had a home based lab, OR his wife died of apparently natural causes, we wouldn't have even heard about him. Even 2 out of 3 probably would have gotten him questioned a little. This guy hit the trifecta, so he's going to have to deal with the consequences. Not that I'm saying any of it is wrong or his fault. But for everyone's safety, they need to look into it.
And where do you people keep getting the PATRIOT Act connection? There are plenty of examples of abuse of the PATRIOT Act for those (like myself) who oppose all or parts of it. Trying to blame unrelated (FACT), legitimate (IMHO) investigations on the PATRIOT Act only serves as ammunition to it's supporters.
You're absolutley right. Just like if she had called 911 on him for domestic abuse a dozen times in the past year - it wouldn't mean that couldn't have slipped on a bar of soap in the shower - but they'd probably look into any pattern of bruises a little closer at the autopsy./hypothetical
Well, I do believe that I am not alone when I say the circumstances outlined in the Wired article would make me very afraid of this guy, long before 9/11 and regardless of what he's for or against. I mean, come on - this guy is an artist.
Nothing against artists, but I would feel only slightly less comfortable with an artist who makes unexploded ordinance sculptures. Actually, I'd be more comfortable with that, because as long as you're out of the blast zone, you're pretty safe. This guy makes a mistake with some microbes, and who knows how far or fast it would spread. I'm just as (or maybe more) scared of him making a mistake than doing something intentionally malicious.
To me, real art is about experimentation outside of traditional boundries. With abstract art especially, "mistakes" are often a good thing. Somehow I'm just not comfortable with anyone experimenting in their home based bio-lab for the sake of art, especially if they may be trying to prove a point. I mean, some of the stuff their literature talks about - wouldn't that be kinda like Peta slaughtering lab monkeys outside a department store to protest cosmetics testing on rabbits?
The CAE presents its performance arts pieces as satire. But the group's electronic books, with introductions featuring quotes from the likes of Malcolm X ("By any means necessary," is one of the quotes), may have the federal government suspecting that artists connected to the ensemble harbor sinister motives.
One of the ensemble's e-books advocates releasing mutant organisms into the environment to disrupt the work of biotech firms. Another proposes secretly releasing mutated flies into restaurants.
The CAE says this tactic, which it calls "fuzzy biological sabotage," would encourage "those who never would join a movement (to) become unknowing cohorts or willing allies" in the struggle against the biotech industry.
Let's not mention that his "healthy" wife was found dead in their home among all the bio-lab equipment. Just another example of the Man keeping an artist down! He's an artist and an activist - so they shouldn't even investigate the bio-lab in his house, or his views on releasing mutant organisms in the wild! It's his constitutional right!
The slant on this posting is reprehensible. If you want to stand up for this guy, I suggest you take a trip to his house, go inside and take a deep breath.
It's called ODB-II. There's a standard diagnostics connector, probably under your dash, that a $100 code reader will interface with and give you error codes for most of the standard problems. I think they're talking about more advanced, manufacturer specific codes. If you're buying a car without checking into how easily and cheaply it is to get repaired or how reliable it is, then you better not plan on keeping it past the bumper to bumper warranty. If more people start buying older used cars so they can get service, the manufacturers will probably take notice. And if newer used car sales start to dive because of repair costs, that's going to kill their resale values, making trading up to a new vehicle harder, and their sales will be hurt. They can try all of this, but in the end, it's going to bite them in the rear end. IMHO, of course.
"...and how does Japan manage to stay light years ahead of everyone else in wireless?"
Population Dens... Ha! Gotcha! I'm not going to say what 47 other people did...
The real reason they can stay ahead is two-fold. 1.) They don't have near as many lawyers per capita and
B.) They have a different philosophy on devices that "thin the heard" being a "bad" thing.
Sticking my nose in...
He got screwed because the lawyers are getting cash and he, as one of the "victims" gets shiite. Even if he wanted to use their product, he'd still only get 12 months of upgrades, when what he paid for was a lifetime up upgrades. Even if he died within the next 12 months, he still wouldn't have gotten anything for the years prior when he didn't get the free upgrades he paid for. Even if a "lifetime" were taken to mean 10 years, since he only got 1 (if that), then he should have received 90% of his purchase price back.
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If you're all done ranting about the quality (or lack thereof) of British music, let's get back to something remotely related to the story...
I'm sure in the UK, as is the case here, there are still some bands that see the value of giving away complete tracks as samples. This system, which does not count free downloads, penalizes the artist by handicapping their chances for a "hit" if they allow free downloads. Even amazon.com has some free downloads... check out "Stress" by Jim's Big Ego - awesome. And free for the downloading.
I have to agree with previous posts - if you have a problem with sampling a whole day, I don't see how recording a whole day and then only sampling parts is any different. You've still made the recording. I would suggest settling on a standard for the recorder, and then stick with it so you don't have to make new chips all the time. And if you can't afford to buy a few years' supply of the recorders, just make sure you settle on a wildly popular one and when they stop selling them retail, pick them up on eBay. The Dragon Naturally Speaking mobile edition (comes with a voice recorder) I bought on clearance like 4 years ago is still available on eBay. Cheap, too.
So all these giant Barnes and Nobles they're building are just for decoration?
No, they're just a place for people to go drink coffee and look intelligent while they try and pick up chicks and discuss their favorite reality shows. It's the meat market of the new millenium. Depending on your goal, either look for or avoid the ones holding their books upside-down.
PSAND.
I just spent 10 minutes looking for an article I recently read, but can't find it.. it had some interesting things that some people to when checking out job candidates... simple things like being 45 minutes late to interview them (to see how they handle change) and dropping a pen to see if they pick it up, to more extreme measures like calling them pretending to be a telemarketer, to see if their rude or not. I think the link was on Fark, but I can't find it.
If you're really interested, reply to this message and I'll look at work on monday... I either have a hardcopy of it with the address or it's in my sent mail.
Ok, here's one... in 10 years, when this is actually in use in a fair amount of schools, SCO's publishing arm will find paragraphs in it that some well intentioned moron decided to copy verbatim from his textbook he bought at the used book store or on eBay (he is heard saying while typing, "well, I paid for it, didn't I?"). SCO Books(TM) will then proceed to charge college students a $69.90 (they're college students, after all) "licencing" fee to avoid being sued.
...the sound of everyone's head exploding when they can no longer buy a phone they can actually use for something as radical as making phone calls. But the good news is, we'll finally be able to get WebTV at a reasonable price.
And I really don't see what's so wrong with me in MD wanting to watch the local news from CA.
That's actually not what they're worried about. Your local CBS affiliate wants you to only be able to watch Wheel of Fortune on their channel, because if you can get the California feed, you might decide to watch it at 10:00pm local time on the Cali station instead of at 7:00pm on their station, thereby robbing them of ratings and ad revenue.
More choices are only good for the consumer, which is why businesses tend to fight anything that gives you more options.
Is everyone forgetting that DirecTV has effectively shut down the "pirates" (for now) by phasing out the last of the "hackable" smart cards? Between that and their soaring subscriber base (especially when compared to cable), it's no longer cost effective for them to continue with these tactics, nor is it worth the negative publicity. I'm all for the EFF, but if the RIAA found a way to stop 99.9% of file sharing, they'd drop their lawsuits too. Hate them all you want, but they are only fighting a perceived threat, using what they consider to be a deterent. If there's nothing left to deter, they aren't going to spend the money on it.
Named after the person who decided to use NT for the "State of the art" computers.
All these types of games are highly addictive. People waste insane amounts of time playing them. I can imagine hiring a few of these "addicts", showing them some basic web promotion techniques (and more importantly, how to teach themselves more) and set them loose with it. I'd have no problems paying someone to play this game, especially if they could build a huge city. If it were customiseable, the first thing I would do would be to turn the order confirmation page into a shopping mall. Turn that puppy into the Mall of America :-)
"perfectly healthy intern found dead"
Doesn't sound very healthy to me. I didn't know Scarborough had a bio-lab in his office.
It's all a matter of levels. If this guy was a member of Critical Art, OR he had a home based lab, OR his wife died of apparently natural causes, we wouldn't have even heard about him. Even 2 out of 3 probably would have gotten him questioned a little. This guy hit the trifecta, so he's going to have to deal with the consequences. Not that I'm saying any of it is wrong or his fault. But for everyone's safety, they need to look into it.
And where do you people keep getting the PATRIOT Act connection? There are plenty of examples of abuse of the PATRIOT Act for those (like myself) who oppose all or parts of it. Trying to blame unrelated (FACT), legitimate (IMHO) investigations on the PATRIOT Act only serves as ammunition to it's supporters.
You're absolutley right. Just like if she had called 911 on him for domestic abuse a dozen times in the past year - it wouldn't mean that couldn't have slipped on a bar of soap in the shower - but they'd probably look into any pattern of bruises a little closer at the autopsy. /hypothetical
Well, I do believe that I am not alone when I say the circumstances outlined in the Wired article would make me very afraid of this guy, long before 9/11 and regardless of what he's for or against. I mean, come on - this guy is an artist.
Nothing against artists, but I would feel only slightly less comfortable with an artist who makes unexploded ordinance sculptures. Actually, I'd be more comfortable with that, because as long as you're out of the blast zone, you're pretty safe. This guy makes a mistake with some microbes, and who knows how far or fast it would spread. I'm just as (or maybe more) scared of him making a mistake than doing something intentionally malicious.
To me, real art is about experimentation outside of traditional boundries. With abstract art especially, "mistakes" are often a good thing. Somehow I'm just not comfortable with anyone experimenting in their home based bio-lab for the sake of art, especially if they may be trying to prove a point. I mean, some of the stuff their literature talks about - wouldn't that be kinda like Peta slaughtering lab monkeys outside a department store to protest cosmetics testing on rabbits?
The CAE presents its performance arts pieces as satire. But the group's electronic books, with introductions featuring quotes from the likes of Malcolm X ("By any means necessary," is one of the quotes), may have the federal government suspecting that artists connected to the ensemble harbor sinister motives.
One of the ensemble's e-books advocates releasing mutant organisms into the environment to disrupt the work of biotech firms. Another proposes secretly releasing mutated flies into restaurants.
The CAE says this tactic, which it calls "fuzzy biological sabotage," would encourage "those who never would join a movement (to) become unknowing cohorts or willing allies" in the struggle against the biotech industry.
Let's not mention that his "healthy" wife was found dead in their home among all the bio-lab equipment. Just another example of the Man keeping an artist down! He's an artist and an activist - so they shouldn't even investigate the bio-lab in his house, or his views on releasing mutant organisms in the wild! It's his constitutional right!
The slant on this posting is reprehensible. If you want to stand up for this guy, I suggest you take a trip to his house, go inside and take a deep breath.
Here's a link to a Washinton Post article from January on the Sarasota Segway Tours. Googling for "segway tours" yeilds over 22,000 results from all over the world.
It was a few months ago we had a news story down here about a company giving Segway tours of Sarasota, with full support of City Hall.
It's called ODB-II. There's a standard diagnostics connector, probably under your dash, that a $100 code reader will interface with and give you error codes for most of the standard problems. I think they're talking about more advanced, manufacturer specific codes. If you're buying a car without checking into how easily and cheaply it is to get repaired or how reliable it is, then you better not plan on keeping it past the bumper to bumper warranty. If more people start buying older used cars so they can get service, the manufacturers will probably take notice. And if newer used car sales start to dive because of repair costs, that's going to kill their resale values, making trading up to a new vehicle harder, and their sales will be hurt. They can try all of this, but in the end, it's going to bite them in the rear end. IMHO, of course.
"...and how does Japan manage to stay light years ahead of everyone else in wireless?"
Population Dens... Ha! Gotcha! I'm not going to say what 47 other people did...
The real reason they can stay ahead is two-fold.
1.) They don't have near as many lawyers per capita and
B.) They have a different philosophy on devices that "thin the heard" being a "bad" thing.
So we can have no competition or freedom of choice, like the crap you get from the cable company or sat providers for "free".
Anyone else squirelling away some hardware and software every year or so, "just in case"?
Sticking my nose in... He got screwed because the lawyers are getting cash and he, as one of the "victims" gets shiite. Even if he wanted to use their product, he'd still only get 12 months of upgrades, when what he paid for was a lifetime up upgrades. Even if he died within the next 12 months, he still wouldn't have gotten anything for the years prior when he didn't get the free upgrades he paid for. Even if a "lifetime" were taken to mean 10 years, since he only got 1 (if that), then he should have received 90% of his purchase price back.
Apparently they don't have the Internet on their computers... site's down.
I tried installing the Intenet on my computer, but my hard drive wasn't big enough.
Any WiFi compliant wireless router or access point
Did you realize that you don't even need to spend the dough for an Access Point?
They have Open Source hardware now?