Was "run as..." not working when installing an application?
No, "run as..." would not work as it was supposed to. Most of the time it did work, but there were at least a couple of times where the installation would fail. I don't remember offhand which applications this was a problem with, and I gave up running as a non-admin a long time ago. Yes, this is a problem with the 3rd party software's installation script...however, it still makes running as a non-admin a pain in the ass, and so I don't do it (on Windows, I run as a regular user on OSX and Linux)
The 'install for all users' confusion isn't a problem with windows, but a problem with the installation script for the program you were installing. You seem to be blaming inconsistencies in 3rd party software on the OS.
No, I'm not. I'm blaming the OS, because the OS shouldn't let 3rd party software be installed at all by non-administrators, and in the case that it does let something be installed, it should not ever be installed for all users by anyone but an administrator.
Even so, please tell me which pieces of spyware exploit legitimate security holes? The "security hole" they exploit is that users run as admin.
It may not be a legitimate security hole, but I know that in Win2k at least, it's a pain in the ass to run in anything but administrator mode. Installing software is "supposed" to be possible to do as long as you have the admin password, but several programs still won't install for one reason or another. So, installing some software requires logging out, logging back in as admin, installing, logging out again, and logging back in as a regular user...then discovering that you neglected to choose "install for all users", and going through the whole process again. I know it's not supposed to work that way, but I've had the experience at least a couple of times.
That, and the non-admin mode isn't exactly secure anyway...anybody here never been to a university computer lab and have AIM pop up as soon as you log in? Windows' handling of multiple users is crap when compared to Linux or OS X.
Of course, my comments are based on Windows 2000...I've never really used Windows XP, with the exception of checking my email or something on someone else's computer...
I have a better idea: why don't you divert money meant for the military to that worthy cause and stop whining about some millions spent on a space probe?
Ooh, here's an idea...how's about we dissolve the military, and spend the money on, oh, say...education? And yes, on science, and ooh...how's about healthcare? It sure would be nice not to have to spend an assload of money on health insurance, and then still have them not pay 100% of dr. bills...
I remember reading a little while back about a service where you could actually own part of a car which you would share with only a select group of people. Sort of like a timeshare for cars. I think it was mostly exotic cars though...Ferraris and stuff.
I currently have six original mp3s and 3 mpegs for free on my website (link above). I ask nothing in return. Some things are free. As to whether or not these files have any actual value is of course up for debate, but the oft-stated claim that nothing is free is an obvious falacy. Open-source software is free. Unwanted stuff left on the curb is free. I have a juicer that was in the garage when I bought my house, and I've never even considered using it. Anyone who wants it (provided they know where I live, and don't mind stopping by to pick it up) is welcome to it. That's also free.
I don't think Linux has a realistic shot at beating down Apple (Logic), Steinberg (Nuendo, Cubase), Cakewalk (Sonar), Digidesign (Protools) and MOTU (Digital Performer) without any kind of differentiation.
I dunno...right now, all of the good sequencers are pretty expensive, so there's definitely a market on the Mac/PC for a somewhat decent, free sequencer. For instance, I own Logic 5.1 for Windows, which I use for recording and stuff, but I have an OSX laptop that I use for performances, etc. However, I can't afford Logic 7 for OSX, so it would be nice to have a minimal sequencer that I could use when I'm on the road.
an open-standard "music computer" with a lightweight embedded OS that can be taken out live on stage, and used to run what are effectively server applications (MIDI or audio in, audio or MIDI out) in a stable manner.
One thing to look into would be the Planet CCRMA version of Fedora out of Stanford. You have to install Fedora first, but then you install their stuff with APT. It has a low-latency kernel, and
a bunch of audio software:
Seems like a wise decision would be to follow Audacity's example and to release an OSX port...Windows would be nice as well, but I guess OSX is more likely. In all honesty, many musicians aren't going to want to take the time to futz with compiling relatively unproven software on Linux.
Granted, you'll have a generic "loss of quality", but as long as you're playing from the CD, in theory the loss is no more or less than an encode directly from the CD (if using the device driver method, the audio cable may/may not kill some quality).
Pfft...what theory is that, your own? If you're converting something from digital to analogue, and then back to digital, you're going through your sound card's DAC and then its ADC. And, if you're most people, neither one is particularly high quality. In cheap, onboard cards, the DC offset will likely get all messed up, resulting in distortion, and loss of signal to noise ratio, and you'll also have loss of sound quality due to word-clock jitter. (http://www.stereophile.com/reference/1093jitter/).
Or course it's always possible to go the analogue route, but that's not really the point. You could also copy it to a casette tape, but their goal is to prevent you from making perfect copies by working entirely in the digital spectrum. Which is stupid, of course, because someone inevitably will break the DRM, probably the day after it's released...if not the day before...
Anybody know if it breaks the iBook/iMac screen spanning hack (http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html) ? I'm guessing it doesn't, but one never knows...
Ah, just because your students couldn't write well, that means that all American students can't write? We don't even know where you were teaching...maybe you teach at a crappy 2-year community college down in Arkansas where half of the students are two steps from dropping out. There are many fine schools in America, and many excellent students...
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
-- Dr. Spock, stardate 2822.3.
I'm pretty sure Yoda said that, and either way the tall guy with the pointy ears from Star Trek is Mr. Spock, not Dr. Spock. Dr. Spock wrote a book on how to raise children, and I'm almost positive that he doesn't use any "stardates".
Pre-recorded calls should all be illegal unless you've specifically told a company that they can call you with a recording because it's impossible to ask the recording to stop calling you. So, you end up getting a call for a congressional representative who you'd never vote for every single day, and you have no way to tell them to stop calling.
I thought businesses with which you already have a prior business relationship can call you already...I get recorded calls from the Walgreens all the time saying that a prescription is ready to pick up...how's that different?
I call B.S. on this unless you have a serious complex.
While I have no idea if this guy is telling the truth about his own condition, "synesthesia" is a real neurological condition. It can be brought on by drugs, such as LSD, or it can occur naturally...
In my state, at least (Illinois), you don't have to provide any ID in order to vote. I don't know if this is the same in other states, but I definitely only told my name and address to the person behind the desk, so having the wrong address on my drivers license wouldn't have caused any problems whatsoever. Do other states require identification?
So, how come the "Visit URL" button just opens up another copy of Sunbird instead of doing what it seems like it should do (visit the url in the box).
and if I only have one event in a day, why doesn't it wrap the text, so I can see what I have to do that day without mousing over it, and waiting for the tooltip to come up?
and why does it display the time first in the little box on the calendar...that's not very useful. If I can only see one thing, I'd rather see what I have to do next Monday, rather than know that there's some unkown task that I have to do at 10:00 PM...
and why is the task list font color gray?
Other than that, it's pretty cool...I'll probably continue using it, and it might even replace my monitor-covered-in-sticky-notes.
If you like the distortion tube amps give (remember, you're not getting the audiophile shound, you're getting "nicely" distorted sound) I'm sure a DSP can do it for you. Even an EQ would probably help.
But wouldn't it be helpful to know what *exactly* it is that makes tubes sound more pleasing, if one were to design a DSP distortion effect that closely mimics the effect of a tube? Just layering on distortion isn't really the answer. If it were, manufacturers would have started doing that years ago, and given it a nifty name, like, "warmaphonic"...okay, it wouldn't be "warmaphonic", but you get the idea...
Am I the only one who thinks that once the FCC sees the Internet available over public airwaves, they will start to get all snippy about "obscene" content, and then will declare a "War on Internet Obscenity"...or "War On Internet Porn"...or just plane-ole "War on the Last Bastion of Free Speech"
I'm mostly joking, but seriously...I think we need to keep the FCC and Little P. away from the Internet...I'd prefer they stayed away from my TV and Radio too, but I guess I'm just all *liberal* like that...I like it when people can say whatever they want to without worry that they will be fined or imprisoned by the government.
Your phone company can't just lose a few calls you made and not bill you for them.
I lived in an apartment for almost a year where we didn't get a single long-distance bill (and, yes, we made plenty of long-distance calls). They eventually started billing us for long distance, but they never did mention the old bills that we never received or paid...
huh? the "rifling" on the inside of a gun is there to make the bullet go straight...the fact that it's effects can be used to identify the gun like a fingerprint is merely a side-effect...
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Read the stuff over at Magnatune...the average musician makes like $1500 a year or so on their record sales. The rest they make up in performances. Not to mention that music existed long before the RIAA got its strangle-hold on it, and will exist long after the RIAA is dead and buried.
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Was "run as..." not working when installing an application?
No, "run as..." would not work as it was supposed to. Most of the time it did work, but there were at least a couple of times where the installation would fail. I don't remember offhand which applications this was a problem with, and I gave up running as a non-admin a long time ago. Yes, this is a problem with the 3rd party software's installation script...however, it still makes running as a non-admin a pain in the ass, and so I don't do it (on Windows, I run as a regular user on OSX and Linux)
The 'install for all users' confusion isn't a problem with windows, but a problem with the installation script for the program you were installing. You seem to be blaming inconsistencies in 3rd party software on the OS.
No, I'm not. I'm blaming the OS, because the OS shouldn't let 3rd party software be installed at all by non-administrators, and in the case that it does let something be installed, it should not ever be installed for all users by anyone but an administrator.
Even so, please tell me which pieces of spyware exploit legitimate security holes? The "security hole" they exploit is that users run as admin.
It may not be a legitimate security hole, but I know that in Win2k at least, it's a pain in the ass to run in anything but administrator mode. Installing software is "supposed" to be possible to do as long as you have the admin password, but several programs still won't install for one reason or another. So, installing some software requires logging out, logging back in as admin, installing, logging out again, and logging back in as a regular user...then discovering that you neglected to choose "install for all users", and going through the whole process again. I know it's not supposed to work that way, but I've had the experience at least a couple of times.
That, and the non-admin mode isn't exactly secure anyway...anybody here never been to a university computer lab and have AIM pop up as soon as you log in? Windows' handling of multiple users is crap when compared to Linux or OS X.
Of course, my comments are based on Windows 2000...I've never really used Windows XP, with the exception of checking my email or something on someone else's computer...
I have a better idea: why don't you divert money meant for the military to that worthy cause and stop whining about some millions spent on a space probe?
Ooh, here's an idea...how's about we dissolve the military, and spend the money on, oh, say...education? And yes, on science, and ooh...how's about healthcare? It sure would be nice not to have to spend an assload of money on health insurance, and then still have them not pay 100% of dr. bills...
I remember reading a little while back about a service where you could actually own part of a car which you would share with only a select group of people. Sort of like a timeshare for cars. I think it was mostly exotic cars though...Ferraris and stuff.
I currently have six original mp3s and 3 mpegs for free on my website (link above). I ask nothing in return. Some things are free. As to whether or not these files have any actual value is of course up for debate, but the oft-stated claim that nothing is free is an obvious falacy. Open-source software is free. Unwanted stuff left on the curb is free. I have a juicer that was in the garage when I bought my house, and I've never even considered using it. Anyone who wants it (provided they know where I live, and don't mind stopping by to pick it up) is welcome to it. That's also free.
I don't think Linux has a realistic shot at beating down Apple (Logic), Steinberg (Nuendo, Cubase), Cakewalk (Sonar), Digidesign (Protools) and MOTU (Digital Performer) without any kind of differentiation.
I dunno...right now, all of the good sequencers are pretty expensive, so there's definitely a market on the Mac/PC for a somewhat decent, free sequencer. For instance, I own Logic 5.1 for Windows, which I use for recording and stuff, but I have an OSX laptop that I use for performances, etc. However, I can't afford Logic 7 for OSX, so it would be nice to have a minimal sequencer that I could use when I'm on the road.
an open-standard "music computer" with a lightweight embedded OS that can be taken out live on stage, and used to run what are effectively server applications (MIDI or audio in, audio or MIDI out) in a stable manner.
One thing to look into would be the Planet CCRMA version of Fedora out of Stanford. You have to install Fedora first, but then you install their stuff with APT. It has a low-latency kernel, and a bunch of audio software:
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
Also, a traditional sequencer isn't really the best for live performances...look into PD http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html or Supercollider http://www.audiosynth.com/ for live-performance stuff on Linux
Tom
Seems like a wise decision would be to follow Audacity's example and to release an OSX port...Windows would be nice as well, but I guess OSX is more likely. In all honesty, many musicians aren't going to want to take the time to futz with compiling relatively unproven software on Linux.
Granted, you'll have a generic "loss of quality", but as long as you're playing from the CD, in theory the loss is no more or less than an encode directly from the CD (if using the device driver method, the audio cable may/may not kill some quality).
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Pfft...what theory is that, your own? If you're converting something from digital to analogue, and then back to digital, you're going through your sound card's DAC and then its ADC. And, if you're most people, neither one is particularly high quality. In cheap, onboard cards, the DC offset will likely get all messed up, resulting in distortion, and loss of signal to noise ratio, and you'll also have loss of sound quality due to word-clock jitter. (http://www.stereophile.com/reference/1093jitter/
Or course it's always possible to go the analogue route, but that's not really the point. You could also copy it to a casette tape, but their goal is to prevent you from making perfect copies by working entirely in the digital spectrum. Which is stupid, of course, because someone inevitably will break the DRM, probably the day after it's released...if not the day before...
cool, thanks! I'm used to things in the Windows world, where it's best to find out how much critical stuff isn't going to work once you update...
Anybody know if it breaks the iBook/iMac screen spanning hack (http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html) ? I'm guessing it doesn't, but one never knows...
Huh...didn't know that was a bug...I just thought I had something screwey somewhere on my network...that's interesting.
Ah, just because your students couldn't write well, that means that all American students can't write? We don't even know where you were teaching...maybe you teach at a crappy 2-year community college down in Arkansas where half of the students are two steps from dropping out. There are many fine schools in America, and many excellent students...
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
-- Dr. Spock, stardate 2822.3.
I'm pretty sure Yoda said that, and either way the tall guy with the pointy ears from Star Trek is Mr. Spock, not Dr. Spock. Dr. Spock wrote a book on how to raise children, and I'm almost positive that he doesn't use any "stardates".
Pre-recorded calls should all be illegal unless you've specifically told a company that they can call you with a recording because it's impossible to ask the recording to stop calling you. So, you end up getting a call for a congressional representative who you'd never vote for every single day, and you have no way to tell them to stop calling.
I thought businesses with which you already have a prior business relationship can call you already...I get recorded calls from the Walgreens all the time saying that a prescription is ready to pick up...how's that different?
I call B.S. on this unless you have a serious complex.
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While I have no idea if this guy is telling the truth about his own condition, "synesthesia" is a real neurological condition. It can be brought on by drugs, such as LSD, or it can occur naturally...
http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/synesthesia.ht
you know, if i'd wanted my browser resized, I'd have done it myself...
In my state, at least (Illinois), you don't have to provide any ID in order to vote. I don't know if this is the same in other states, but I definitely only told my name and address to the person behind the desk, so having the wrong address on my drivers license wouldn't have caused any problems whatsoever. Do other states require identification?
So, how come the "Visit URL" button just opens up another copy of Sunbird instead of doing what it seems like it should do (visit the url in the box).
and if I only have one event in a day, why doesn't it wrap the text, so I can see what I have to do that day without mousing over it, and waiting for the tooltip to come up?
and why does it display the time first in the little box on the calendar...that's not very useful. If I can only see one thing, I'd rather see what I have to do next Monday, rather than know that there's some unkown task that I have to do at 10:00 PM...
and why is the task list font color gray?
Other than that, it's pretty cool...I'll probably continue using it, and it might even replace my monitor-covered-in-sticky-notes.
I like how he starts out with, "Only a customer can define the word 'open.' That's my view.", and then procedes to define the word 'open'.
If you like the distortion tube amps give (remember, you're not getting the audiophile shound, you're getting "nicely" distorted sound) I'm sure a DSP can do it for you. Even an EQ would probably help.
But wouldn't it be helpful to know what *exactly* it is that makes tubes sound more pleasing, if one were to design a DSP distortion effect that closely mimics the effect of a tube? Just layering on distortion isn't really the answer. If it were, manufacturers would have started doing that years ago, and given it a nifty name, like, "warmaphonic"...okay, it wouldn't be "warmaphonic", but you get the idea...
Am I the only one who thinks that once the FCC sees the Internet available over public airwaves, they will start to get all snippy about "obscene" content, and then will declare a "War on Internet Obscenity"...or "War On Internet Porn"...or just plane-ole "War on the Last Bastion of Free Speech"
I'm mostly joking, but seriously...I think we need to keep the FCC and Little P. away from the Internet...I'd prefer they stayed away from my TV and Radio too, but I guess I'm just all *liberal* like that...I like it when people can say whatever they want to without worry that they will be fined or imprisoned by the government.
Your phone company can't just lose a few calls you made and not bill you for them.
I lived in an apartment for almost a year where we didn't get a single long-distance bill (and, yes, we made plenty of long-distance calls). They eventually started billing us for long distance, but they never did mention the old bills that we never received or paid...
huh? the "rifling" on the inside of a gun is there to make the bullet go straight...the fact that it's effects can be used to identify the gun like a fingerprint is merely a side-effect...
Read the stuff over at Magnatune...the average musician makes like $1500 a year or so on their record sales. The rest they make up in performances. Not to mention that music existed long before the RIAA got its strangle-hold on it, and will exist long after the RIAA is dead and buried.