I live in Sweden and get most of my music from the public library system which has a wide section of everything from children's music to opera (with pop, jazz, and world music in between).
This is legal, (IMHO), since you have already paid for that material via the taxes that support the library system.
I wrote the question a few days ago (moderation is feeling the slowness of too many holiday goodies).
Since then I have found that same SFWA warnings that someone has posted and this article, which highlights a lot of the problems facing POD and self publishers:
1. Bookstores won't order books that they cannot return. POD's mantra is NO INVENTORY, so they will not take the books back.
2. Reviewers will not review POD or self published works, because they want a pre-release copy to review before the book comes onto the market.
3. Some distributors do strange things (like making the stores have the books on backorder) with POD books, which make the titles even more unattractive to book stores.
One POD publisher that the article mentions is Superior Books. For several years they have tried to merge the old way of publishing with the way of the future (POD). Offering free publishing, selective acceptance, delayed releases to make reviewers happy, and more. However, they have all but given up. Now they will only refer a good author to a literary agent or publish niche non-fiction (perhaps my ESL book would work here).
I will look at small presses which specialize in fantasy and adolescent literature and try to get an agent (which are all but unheard of here in Sweden for authors).
Would you touch having all of your music CDs available as ACC or MP3 files for burning/downloading to people with a valid library card? Maybe charging $1 or $2 per CD (or 10 cents per song).
Benefits: CDs last longer (less use = less scratches), modest revenue, could free up shelf space in the future.
Negatives: RIAA, bandwidth usage
I would enter in keywords for all of documents if I had a program like iTunes for Docs that would browse my docs for me.
Trying to find something that I wrote 4-years ago on another computer (transfered when I changed jobs or new computer was bought, etc.) that would be good for tomorrow's lesson is a pain the in rump.
Navigating folders is not easy. Navigating iTunes is. Every file (well maybe not system and lib files) should be organized this way.
As a teacher, I have a gazillion document files haphazardly saved all over my Documents folder.
The day that the light bulb went on while using iTunes ("Hey, this [FS as Database] is really, really powerful, yet simple.") is the day that I started dreaming about a way to get my all my documents into an iTunes-eque program/OS.
Your sternness seems a little misplaced. Perhaps your English is not very good. I'll help you out a bit, since I teach English.
The key word is "miffed." According to HyperdictionaryMiff is "
[n] a state of irritation or annoyance."
I was not angry with Telia. I was just miffed. I stopped all illegal downloads, as per their request. I still haven't read the ADSL contract (why bother--it is nothing about being lazy--do you read your telephone sign up contract?), but I would hazard a guess that no where does it say, "We will be doing periodic snooping of IP content."
I think I was justifiably annoyed and irritated (not angry, however).
I did not know it was against their contract (who reads such things), but that did not miff me. What miffed me was that look to see what is being downloaded viewed by users.
I am still miffed at Telia for sending me a cease and desist order when their random snooping of the net traffic revealed that I was downloading an episode of the Simpsons (I have no TV, so I relied on p2p for my Simpsons fix).
I know I was doing something against their policy and against the law (maybe). But it still miffed me that they were looking at what their customers were down/up loading.
You wrote: I just checked out the IRQ listing, and half my devices are using IRQ 9. This includes my sound card, my ata 100 controller, my video card, my usb controller, and my firewire controller. So how can I fix this?
You wrote: Make me a smartlist that says, "All songs from 1950 to 1958 except the ones on my Melancholy Love Songs playlist." Or how about, "All the rock tracks from my Melancholy Love Songs playlist that are less than 80 beats per minute."
But I would never want to do something like that. Ninety-nine percent of the population (maybe more) will never want to do something like that.
The rest of us are happy with what Apple gave us for free. I will never, ever need to write smart playlists like your examples.
I'm not rippin' on you. You just have a different need than most people. I, for one, generally listen to Albums in their entirety (listening to Classical music will require that). For things like Jazz and Children's music, I find iTune's Smart Playlists to be enough for what I need.
PS. Media Center sounds like a really cool program.
You wrote: Because seeing all those other windows behind the one window I want to concentrate on is a distraction. It's like in the real world I often clear my desk of clutter to concentrate on one thing.
I fail to see how you could waste a week's worth of effort in iTunes. If you take the time to always enter in detailed Artist, Composer, Genre, and Album metadata. Then there should be no problem generating Smart PlayLists. Or just playing songs via "Browse"
In fact I didn't like iTunes much until I clicked on that little browse button and said, "Oh my God! Look how my music is organized!"
From that day on, I made sure to enter in (and went through my old library to make sure old stuff was entered correctly) proper metadata.
Maybe that explains why there is so much clutter on my desk, but I still manage to get work done.
It's because I use a Mac!
You wrote: Because seeing all those other windows behind the one window I want to concentrate on is a distraction. It's like in the real world I often clear my desk of clutter to concentrate on one thing.
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This is legal, (IMHO), since you have already paid for that material via the taxes that support the library system.
It was created by a music professor in Canada. And is a little cheaper than the big 2 ($195 USD).
ItIsACocoaObjectiveCThing.
Since then I have found that same SFWA warnings that someone has posted and this article, which highlights a lot of the problems facing POD and self publishers:
1. Bookstores won't order books that they cannot return. POD's mantra is NO INVENTORY, so they will not take the books back.
2. Reviewers will not review POD or self published works, because they want a pre-release copy to review before the book comes onto the market.
3. Some distributors do strange things (like making the stores have the books on backorder) with POD books, which make the titles even more unattractive to book stores.
One POD publisher that the article mentions is Superior Books. For several years they have tried to merge the old way of publishing with the way of the future (POD). Offering free publishing, selective acceptance, delayed releases to make reviewers happy, and more. However, they have all but given up. Now they will only refer a good author to a literary agent or publish niche non-fiction (perhaps my ESL book would work here).
I will look at small presses which specialize in fantasy and adolescent literature and try to get an agent (which are all but unheard of here in Sweden for authors).
Benefits: CDs last longer (less use = less scratches), modest revenue, could free up shelf space in the future.
Negatives: RIAA, bandwidth usage
I'm unemployed (well, underemployed) and could get a G3 iBook a year ago.
tssfulk
Trying to find something that I wrote 4-years ago on another computer (transfered when I changed jobs or new computer was bought, etc.) that would be good for tomorrow's lesson is a pain the in rump.
Navigating folders is not easy. Navigating iTunes is. Every file (well maybe not system and lib files) should be organized this way.
The day that the light bulb went on while using iTunes ("Hey, this [FS as Database] is really, really powerful, yet simple.") is the day that I started dreaming about a way to get my all my documents into an iTunes-eque program/OS.
The key word is "miffed." According to Hyperdictionary Miff is " [n] a state of irritation or annoyance."
I was not angry with Telia. I was just miffed. I stopped all illegal downloads, as per their request. I still haven't read the ADSL contract (why bother--it is nothing about being lazy--do you read your telephone sign up contract?), but I would hazard a guess that no where does it say, "We will be doing periodic snooping of IP content."
I think I was justifiably annoyed and irritated (not angry, however).
Still waitin' for Euro-iTunes.
That is an invasion of privacy.
I know I was doing something against their policy and against the law (maybe). But it still miffed me that they were looking at what their customers were down/up loading.
There will be many confused (those who don't regularly check geek sites, at least) people out there concerning the new Napster.
Now they will have to call the Gobi with AltiVec a G4.
Most people just want a cheap, light and easy to use cell phone, just like most people use pen and paper over PDAs.
Suits and Tech Aficionados will use Smart-Phones, nobody else. Those are the same people who are now using PDAs.
Nothing changes.
A client/student of mine should me his when they first came out last year. It even came with Opera for web-browsing.
Good for business types, but bad for kid/average Joes and Janes who just want something light and easy to use.
I'd rather have an iPod than a PDA. Calendar, contacts, notes, and music.
Tatu fan?
Get a Mac
You wrote: I just checked out the IRQ listing, and half my devices are using IRQ 9. This includes my sound card, my ata 100 controller, my video card, my usb controller, and my firewire controller. So how can I fix this?
Might be a good time to . . . purchase a Mac and forget those problems. ;-0
But I would never want to do something like that. Ninety-nine percent of the population (maybe more) will never want to do something like that.
The rest of us are happy with what Apple gave us for free. I will never, ever need to write smart playlists like your examples.
I'm not rippin' on you. You just have a different need than most people. I, for one, generally listen to Albums in their entirety (listening to Classical music will require that). For things like Jazz and Children's music, I find iTune's Smart Playlists to be enough for what I need.
PS. Media Center sounds like a really cool program.
I fail to see how you could waste a week's worth of effort in iTunes. If you take the time to always enter in detailed Artist, Composer, Genre, and Album metadata. Then there should be no problem generating Smart PlayLists. Or just playing songs via "Browse"
In fact I didn't like iTunes much until I clicked on that little browse button and said, "Oh my God! Look how my music is organized!"
From that day on, I made sure to enter in (and went through my old library to make sure old stuff was entered correctly) proper metadata.
It's because I use a Mac!
You wrote: Because seeing all those other windows behind the one window I want to concentrate on is a distraction. It's like in the real world I often clear my desk of clutter to concentrate on one thing.
I am sure that IBM, RedHat, SUSE, or whoever can provide all the things in your list.
I have a 12" iBook and the drawer needs to go on a diet before I will date it.