I disagree. I think unmanned spaceflight is the REAL future, and will provide us with far more useful information than putting meat sacks in a tin can and blasting it into a vacuum.
Bunch of god damn parasites. PKD is DEAD. In my view that leaves his work should be public domain. Is that the law? No, the law presently favours the leeches, the parasites, the lawyers. I'm no big fan of Google as a company, but I say "go for it, Google". Fuck these people. PKD is dead. None of the people involved had anything to do with his writing or work or creativity. They are leeches existing at the pig trough of Imaginary Property rights. In a more just society they would be burned as devils.
'perhaps movie moguls will succeed where musicians and their moguls have failed so far, and rally America to defend the most creative economy in the world, where music, film, TV and video games help to account for nearly 4 percent of gross domestic product.'
Perhaps that would be a problem if it wasn't for the simple fact 99% of what both the "Movie Moguls" and so-called "contemporary musicians" make is utter bilge and a dire blight upon our culture. And this includes Bono's most recent record which was as forgettable as it was boring.
Musicians who have any sense have realised that a long time ago, and that it's really REALLY all about the music. The Music Industry Critic, Bob Lefsetz wrote in response to Bono's idiocy:
Oldsters are under the illusion that they can steer, that they can determine outcomes. What we've learned so far in the twenty first century is we follow the public. Rather than rant and rave at injustice, better to go online and try to figure out where it's all going.
The problem with Bono's precept is despite their protestations, the major labels no longer have a lock on distribution. Their power is limited. Most music is attached to no corporation, no one has power over the rights other than the creator. And the creator is doing everything in his power to get his message out to potential fans.
It's no longer the songwriter bitching at the publisher owned by the multinational that his songs are being stolen. It's now a college student, even a high school student, creating a song and instantly giving it away online, angling for some traction.
. ..
Old media is killing itself. By insisting the way it's always been done is the way it should be. That's the lesson that eludes Bono. It's not about protecting the old media monopolies, it's about them adjusting to the new landscape, in order to survive. What's a bigger threat, the ability to make an HD movie at home or theft on the Web? I'd say the former. Because we've learned in the twenty first century that he who grows up outside the system, a system that has very few opportunities for entry, will end up wanting to play by himself. MySpace sold out to Fox and is almost dead. Facebook is independent and thriving. The behemoth most feared is Google, not Viacom.
And old media and old people don't understand that we no longer pay attention to that which does not interest us. What Randy Phillips and the L.A. "Times" don't understand is we don't have to listen to "Empire State Of Mind" if we don't want to. That's the most interesting angle, not the limited penetration of the single. Ubiquity is a thing of the past. And just like those who watch Fox News don't watch MSNBC, and vice versa, those who like Lady GaGa don't give a shit about the Brooklyn scene. We no longer live in an homogenous society, with a common lingua franca, rather we're all heading to the hills in a different direction, in search of that which appeals exactly to us.
We live in a Tower of Babel society. Which cannot be fathomed by a music industry that believed in the silo of MTV exposure. And whereas every cable system has a limited number of channels, the Internet is inherently unlimited.
So the rules have completely changed. It's less about marketing than quality. If Bono wanted to get traction today, rather than rant in the "New York Times", he'd do what he does best, cut a record with his band. Something so good that the new avenues of distribution would pick it up and drive people to U2. Where you monetize in the food chain is an interesting question, but not as interesting as the death of the old paradigm, one of scarcity, with the public chomping like lemmings upon that which is fed to them.
Distribution has been flattened. Anybody can play. In news, music, movies, political opinion, you name it. Either try to establish a dominant distribution platform, or focus purely on content.
They blast the fuck out of it, announce a successful diversion, have a big party, and go home. In 2036 the thing turns Moscow into a giant crater. Just cuz it rolls like dat.
I just bought a terabyte drive for $79. Why would I want to store data in the cloud, when I can put it on a drive and have access to it immediately, and at a vastly higher bandwidth than any "cloud"? Why would I want some company to hold my files when I can hold them locally and at incredibly cheap rates and super high bandwidth? Why would I use software in the cloud, when it is dependent on an internet connection, when my internet connection is completely dependent on whether or not my next door neighbour pays his phone bills? And when will my mom let me out of the basement?
From: Dick Cheney
We need to destroy freedom to save it. I want to track everything. I want to track every keystroke on every computer ever. We will all feel safer when ther eis no safety from our snooping.
From: George W. Bush
I think my mind is a terrible fool thing again, hey what was that song by the Who?
From: ATT
Dear Mr President - it is all set up. Just pick up your phone reciever and press STAR 6 6 6. This will allow you to instantly listen to conversations by REAL LIVE TERRORISTS. It might SOUND like someone ordering pizza, but really, THEY ARE ORDERING OUR DESTRUCTION! Ask Cheney - he'll tell ya.
Even more evil: because some students are blind or vision impaired, they need digital copies they can have their computers blow up in size on screen or read audibly to them.
This means that every textbook HAS a doc or PDF version you can get from the publisher. As a professor I regularly get pdf versions of my text books for "disabled" students who can't afford the $95 these leeches charge for the text I use.
I'm in the process of putting together a "text pack" that consists of short excerpts from dozens of books and journals that I will put together as a pdf and give to the students. Fuck these leeches. They piss me off.
Ssssh - don't tell people that the ancient high carbon atmosphere had creatures adapted for it that had evolved over millions of years to deal with it, as the increase in carbon took an extremely long time to create, and don't tell people that we're upending a lower carbon position in a few centuries, far too fast for creatures to evolve to the new carbon dispensation, and since tey are ill adapted to it, we are facing a mass extinction not seen since te Permian, which is the last time something like this happened...
What is the method of manufacture for the nanotubes? right now, it's petroleum.
After that - are we going to char forests to make the carbon for the nanotubes to power the SUV so Joe Palooka can schlep his fat ass down the block for a six pack and a box of smokes?
The problem is lifestyle and expectations and overpopulation. Change any (or more) of those three and you have a big handle on mitigating the collapse.
What's the power density? If you need a dozen phonebooks worth of paper to store 100wH, never mind...
What's the ink made of? Oil? If so: never mind.
How fast an you charge it without it bursting into flames?
If it can charge faster and has equal power density to LiON batteries, and the ink isn't made out of oil, and the entire thing can be built outside of a petroleum context, I think we might have a winner...
And I've seen the American Border Patrol personnel deteriorate.
I still carry a USA passport, but when I'm travelling by car, usually through Port Huron, I get more of a grilling from the Americans than the Canadians.
This is the conversation with the American border guard last year for Xmas. In my car? Me, wife, child, cat in a travel box, several Xmas gifties and our clothes. He looks in, takes our American Passports and asks:
USA: Where you going?
RS: (city - state)
USA: Where you staying?
RS: in laws house.
USA: When you going back?
RS: Day After New Years.
USA: Got any food?
RS: Nothing of significance - just these cookies and bottled water.
USA: (jokingly) uh oh - we'll have to take those cookies.
(daughter bursts into tears)
RS: Great...
USA: just joking kid. You can keep the cookies.
RS: Thanks.
USA: (returns passports) have a nice trip.
On our return trip with USA Passports, the Canadian Guard says:
CAN: Passports?
RS: Here ya go.
CAN: Thanks. (looks in car at me, wife, child, and cat and bags) Have a good holiday?
RS: Yes.
CAN: Where do you live?
RS: Toronto.
CAN: OK. Have a nice day. (waves us in.)
I've only had one bad experience with Canadian officials, and he wasn't pissed at me, he was pissed at lazy ass colleagues who forced him to do their work.
Whenever I deal with American Border people, it's always more of a hassle. At the Airport, they even have American Customs in Toronto - you have to clear them in TO first. Nothing like an expanded sense of sovereignty.
So, like many people above, i simply reduce the amount of travel I do in the states. The place is so fucked up anymore, it's just not any fun.
I'd rather go to Europe. It's also fucked up, but in a much nicer way (at least where I travel....)
Are you saying it's different from VIEWING or ATTENDING a live performance or concert
Yes. It is.
A performance is a performance: it requires a performer and an audient. Playing a recording only requires an audient.
I would say if a recording captures and replicates the auditory inputs created by an artist to a sufficient level, certainly to the same level of any product the artist can produce and sell himself, then it IS in fact the song.
No, it is not. As your definition has nothing to do with a "song".
A "song" (i.e., a piece of music) exists in different levels in different contexts, and each has its own range in sociality. A recording is one instance of music which exists outside of a performer, and is no more a "song" than the sheet music.
Music is an experiential social object, and the farther it gets away from a direct communication between people, the less it exists as music and the more it exists as a commodity of reified socialiaty.
A CD consists of ones and zeros. Therefore, it is a number. No one can own a number, therefore no one can own a digitised piece of music. Digitised music, as "real" as it may sound, is actually the most attenuated and alienated form of musical understanding.
Slashdot Mirror
bigbrother, snoop, gestapo, stasi, kgb...
exactly. But the MS fanboys say I'm flamebait when I state the obvious.
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Yeah, that's really intuitive. Not.
RS
I disagree. I think unmanned spaceflight is the REAL future, and will provide us with far more useful information than putting meat sacks in a tin can and blasting it into a vacuum.
Bunch of god damn parasites. PKD is DEAD. In my view that leaves his work should be public domain. Is that the law? No, the law presently favours the leeches, the parasites, the lawyers. I'm no big fan of Google as a company, but I say "go for it, Google". Fuck these people. PKD is dead. None of the people involved had anything to do with his writing or work or creativity. They are leeches existing at the pig trough of Imaginary Property rights. In a more just society they would be burned as devils.
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I think that would solve the problem permanently.
'perhaps movie moguls will succeed where musicians and their moguls have failed so far, and rally America to defend the most creative economy in the world, where music, film, TV and video games help to account for nearly 4 percent of gross domestic product.'
Perhaps that would be a problem if it wasn't for the simple fact 99% of what both the "Movie Moguls" and so-called "contemporary musicians" make is utter bilge and a dire blight upon our culture. And this includes Bono's most recent record which was as forgettable as it was boring.
Musicians who have any sense have realised that a long time ago, and that it's really REALLY all about the music. The Music Industry Critic, Bob Lefsetz wrote in response to Bono's idiocy:
Oldsters are under the illusion that they can steer, that they can determine outcomes. What we've learned so far in the twenty first century is we follow the public. Rather than rant and rave at injustice, better to go online and try to figure out where it's all going.
The problem with Bono's precept is despite their protestations, the major labels no longer have a lock on distribution. Their power is limited. Most music is attached to no corporation, no one has power over the rights other than the creator. And the creator is doing everything in his power to get his message out to potential fans.
It's no longer the songwriter bitching at the publisher owned by the multinational that his songs are being stolen. It's now a college student, even a high school student, creating a song and instantly giving it away online, angling for some traction. .
. .
Old media is killing itself. By insisting the way it's always been done is the way it should be. That's the lesson that eludes Bono. It's not about protecting the old media monopolies, it's about them adjusting to the new landscape, in order to survive. What's a bigger threat, the ability to make an HD movie at home or theft on the Web? I'd say the former. Because we've learned in the twenty first century that he who grows up outside the system, a system that has very few opportunities for entry, will end up wanting to play by himself. MySpace sold out to Fox and is almost dead. Facebook is independent and thriving. The behemoth most feared is Google, not Viacom.
And old media and old people don't understand that we no longer pay attention to that which does not interest us. What Randy Phillips and the L.A. "Times" don't understand is we don't have to listen to "Empire State Of Mind" if we don't want to. That's the most interesting angle, not the limited penetration of the single. Ubiquity is a thing of the past. And just like those who watch Fox News don't watch MSNBC, and vice versa, those who like Lady GaGa don't give a shit about the Brooklyn scene. We no longer live in an homogenous society, with a common lingua franca, rather we're all heading to the hills in a different direction, in search of that which appeals exactly to us.
We live in a Tower of Babel society. Which cannot be fathomed by a music industry that believed in the silo of MTV exposure. And whereas every cable system has a limited number of channels, the Internet is inherently unlimited.
So the rules have completely changed. It's less about marketing than quality. If Bono wanted to get traction today, rather than rant in the "New York Times", he'd do what he does best, cut a record with his band. Something so good that the new avenues of distribution would pick it up and drive people to U2. Where you monetize in the food chain is an interesting question, but not as interesting as the death of the old paradigm, one of scarcity, with the public chomping like lemmings upon that which is fed to them.
Distribution has been flattened. Anybody can play. In news, music, movies, political opinion, you name it. Either try to establish a dominant distribution platform, or focus purely on content.
They blast the fuck out of it, announce a successful diversion, have a big party, and go home. In 2036 the thing turns Moscow into a giant crater. Just cuz it rolls like dat.
I just bought a terabyte drive for $79. Why would I want to store data in the cloud, when I can put it on a drive and have access to it immediately, and at a vastly higher bandwidth than any "cloud"? Why would I want some company to hold my files when I can hold them locally and at incredibly cheap rates and super high bandwidth? Why would I use software in the cloud, when it is dependent on an internet connection, when my internet connection is completely dependent on whether or not my next door neighbour pays his phone bills? And when will my mom let me out of the basement?
At least a 10 in diagonal screen.
2 USB ports. (one for storage as needed, one for keyboard as needed)
The ability to read and edit PDFs.
Word processing software.
Internet connectivity (obviously)
A stand so I can set it up like a laptop as needed.
That'll do.
Any of the above missing? I'll keep looking...
Renounce Empire.
We need to destroy freedom to save it. I want to track everything. I want to track every keystroke on every computer ever. We will all feel safer when ther eis no safety from our snooping.
From: George W. Bush
I think my mind is a terrible fool thing again, hey what was that song by the Who?
From: ATT
Dear Mr President - it is all set up. Just pick up your phone reciever and press STAR 6 6 6. This will allow you to instantly listen to conversations by REAL LIVE TERRORISTS. It might SOUND like someone ordering pizza, but really, THEY ARE ORDERING OUR DESTRUCTION! Ask Cheney - he'll tell ya.
THAT'S THE TICKET!!!
It'll be great - we can draw off some of that heat from the magma and power the country forever.
What? Weaken the dome? Create a supervolcano? Naaaaah. Never happen! Imagine all the money we'll make!!!
RS
This means that every textbook HAS a doc or PDF version you can get from the publisher. As a professor I regularly get pdf versions of my text books for "disabled" students who can't afford the $95 these leeches charge for the text I use.
I'm in the process of putting together a "text pack" that consists of short excerpts from dozens of books and journals that I will put together as a pdf and give to the students. Fuck these leeches. They piss me off.
RS
KT != Permian. KT is less than Permian in every sense.
Ssssh - don't tell people that the ancient high carbon atmosphere had creatures adapted for it that had evolved over millions of years to deal with it, as the increase in carbon took an extremely long time to create, and don't tell people that we're upending a lower carbon position in a few centuries, far too fast for creatures to evolve to the new carbon dispensation, and since tey are ill adapted to it, we are facing a mass extinction not seen since te Permian, which is the last time something like this happened...
What is the method of manufacture for the nanotubes? right now, it's petroleum.
After that - are we going to char forests to make the carbon for the nanotubes to power the SUV so Joe Palooka can schlep his fat ass down the block for a six pack and a box of smokes?
And we all know how plentiful silver is...
The problem is lifestyle and expectations and overpopulation. Change any (or more) of those three and you have a big handle on mitigating the collapse.
RS
What's the ink made of? Oil? If so: never mind.
How fast an you charge it without it bursting into flames?
If it can charge faster and has equal power density to LiON batteries, and the ink isn't made out of oil, and the entire thing can be built outside of a petroleum context, I think we might have a winner...
RS
I still carry a USA passport, but when I'm travelling by car, usually through Port Huron, I get more of a grilling from the Americans than the Canadians.
This is the conversation with the American border guard last year for Xmas. In my car? Me, wife, child, cat in a travel box, several Xmas gifties and our clothes. He looks in, takes our American Passports and asks:
USA: Where you going?
RS: (city - state)
USA: Where you staying?
RS: in laws house.
USA: When you going back?
RS: Day After New Years.
USA: Got any food?
RS: Nothing of significance - just these cookies and bottled water.
USA: (jokingly) uh oh - we'll have to take those cookies.
(daughter bursts into tears)
RS: Great...
USA: just joking kid. You can keep the cookies.
RS: Thanks.
USA: (returns passports) have a nice trip.
On our return trip with USA Passports, the Canadian Guard says:
CAN: Passports?
RS: Here ya go.
CAN: Thanks. (looks in car at me, wife, child, and cat and bags) Have a good holiday?
RS: Yes.
CAN: Where do you live?
RS: Toronto.
CAN: OK. Have a nice day. (waves us in.)
I've only had one bad experience with Canadian officials, and he wasn't pissed at me, he was pissed at lazy ass colleagues who forced him to do their work.
Whenever I deal with American Border people, it's always more of a hassle. At the Airport, they even have American Customs in Toronto - you have to clear them in TO first. Nothing like an expanded sense of sovereignty.
So, like many people above, i simply reduce the amount of travel I do in the states. The place is so fucked up anymore, it's just not any fun.
I'd rather go to Europe. It's also fucked up, but in a much nicer way (at least where I travel....)
RS
Then why isn't Saudi Arabia on that list?
Securitytheatre
You're just a garden variety idiot. I'm so glad I don't live in your country.
Yes. It is.
A performance is a performance: it requires a performer and an audient. Playing a recording only requires an audient.
I would say if a recording captures and replicates the auditory inputs created by an artist to a sufficient level, certainly to the same level of any product the artist can produce and sell himself, then it IS in fact the song.
No, it is not. As your definition has nothing to do with a "song".
A "song" (i.e., a piece of music) exists in different levels in different contexts, and each has its own range in sociality. A recording is one instance of music which exists outside of a performer, and is no more a "song" than the sheet music.
Music is an experiential social object, and the farther it gets away from a direct communication between people, the less it exists as music and the more it exists as a commodity of reified socialiaty.
A CD consists of ones and zeros. Therefore, it is a number. No one can own a number, therefore no one can own a digitised piece of music. Digitised music, as "real" as it may sound, is actually the most attenuated and alienated form of musical understanding.
RS
No, it is not. It is a recording of a song. Big difference.
All this will do is encourage LAN parties. That's how I get most of my music anyway. And videos? Rent once > Rip It > Done. Exchange at LAN parties.