The only thing artists still need is someone to produce their music; that is record it, mix it, and edit it. And even those things are slipping from the big boys with help from the personal computer.
After artists can independantly make a quality product, they will be able to distribute it as they please, to the benefit of both fans and the artists (who will make a considerably higher percentage).
The last stage will be slow and painful, as it always is. And that is overcoming the entrenchment of large corporations. People already listen to music from RIAA labels, and that drives many artists to those labels. That is a recursive cycle held up only by itself. Once there's a crack in the dam, it will all fall to pieces. But making that first crack is harder than it sounds.
Does anyone have any insight into why neither Napster nor iTunes are available in Canada?
Canadians pay a tax on recordable media like CD-Rs. That compensates the artists, so downloading is perfectly legal in Canada. You would have to be very dense to pay once for the media tax, and then pay AGAIN to download when the download is free and legal. And no one in Canda is dumb enough to...
But this time they seem to be less blissfully unencumbered. In fact, I beleive Napster is now a completely different entity - basically a business that wanted to make money, that bought the Napster name in order to jump start publicity and credibility.
I fear the Napster we all knew and loved is inexorably dead and gone.
The scheme works by spectral fingerprinting -- illuminating a target envelope with tunable terahertz radiation and analyzing the absorption spectra of the resulting image. The results are cross-referenced with a database of spectra to check for the chemicals of interest.
So meth absorbs terahertz... who knew.
I'm sorry officer. I didn't know meth was illegal. You see, there's a terahertz signal emitted from the city that interferes with my wireless internet. So I filled this warehouse with drugs to block the noise.
The researchers are now working with companies to develop a mail screening system that could suit use in post offices and airports.
First of all, I'd never thought the the US Postal Service might be one of the most egregious trafficers in illicit drugs. But now that I think about it, it's sort of funny.
I an can also see us walking through crack scanners at the airport.
...Man walks through Airport security checkpoint
I'm sorry sir, you're going to have to step aside.
> Why?
When you walked through the detector you were cleared for bombs, guns, and knives... but the little crack light came on.
Using state-of-the-art technology, scientists have laser scanned Stonehenge and found a detailed description of the monolithic structure carved on one of the stones.
However, the description was encoded using 128 bit public key (axe,axe,hammer,axe,dagger,dagger,axe,axe,dagger,d agger,hammer,axe,dagger,axe...)
With the current state of computing. It will take 10000 years and the energy of the Sun to decipher the carvings
Standards are standards, yes, but what about the right to innovate and to make it pay?
Of course there is a right to innovate and make it pay, but Verisign has a prior obligation to uphold role they took on. Police don't innovate after they get the job. Neither do surgeons or firefighters. There are specific people who's role is to innovate, such as lawmakers, medical researchers, and scientists. And those innovations, after shown to be safe and advantageous, are carrie over to the first set of people. Police implement what the lawmakers say... etc.
There are consequences when someone with a well defined duty strays from it. In this case Verisign agreed to resolve names as the current standards dictate, not to say, "I feel like doing it differently today."
Under 15 U.S.C. 1125d, cybersquatting is the illegal act of registering a domain intentionally to be confused with another. Thus, Ford could not register Chevrelet.com to themselves and hope people looking for Chevy's mistype and go to the Ford site.
From what I understand, sitefinder is being used in almost the exact same way as the scenario I just mentioned. Verisign's activity is prohibited at least by the spirit, if not by the letter of the law.
There is a fundamental issue of standards that Verisign is not getting. The whole point of standards is so that everything runs smoothly, especially systems that rely on many many interconnected entities, like the internet.
Whenever someone blatantly blows off standards to line their pockets a little, it has serious implications for the continuity and integrity of the system.
If Verisign would like to continue making money from the internet, they should play by the collective rules that allow fair access according to standards. If they are not willing, they should be treated as an error, and routed around.
This marks the first time I have EVER considered AOL as a potential ISP. When all you want is a basic connection, AOL used to be the absolute worst way to go. This new option may be more suitable to advanced users.
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Martial Arts Robots
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· Score: 2, Informative
Here's another post, you need to fix the extra space in the link.
"Now the only thing left to do is program the enemy recognition system. That's the CCD imager and decision chip that decides whether the robot defends you or butterfly kick's your shoulders off. Right now it's a little less than 60% accurate. But hey, we're making progress, and we've got plenty of research assistants left."
This is the kind of thing you read about after it's too late.
I've seen this in a lot of bad movies. Instead of making nice robots that get your coffee, or make your bed, someone makes a killer robot. But they never intended for it to kill. They just wanted to prove the critics wrong... plus the little fella is cute.
Then they multiply and the world is laid waste. Who hasn't seen that scenario played out?
Seriously, who makes robots that know karate? Oh well, most lessons are learned after its too late.
I read the article, but didn't find anything about how these worked other than a cop-out answer. I've experienced what you might call a 3D effect when different colors are displayed on my LCD monitor. Perhaps their screeen is an extreme of this phenomenon.
Without glasses, I can only assume the screen shows different images as a function of the angle at which you view the screen (like these pictures that "move" because they have ridges in them with different pictures).
As one of the largest failings of Windows XP was that it didn't antialias EVERYTHING, Longhorn will be finishing what XP couldn't.
To keep up with new hardware, Longhorn will continue to competively use 96% of system resources through such bonus features as antialiasing the clock, folders, the XP search dog, and many more. For very fast computers, Longhorn is dabbling with a groundbreaking antialiasing loop, which, if there is nothing left to antialias, will loop in the background reantialiasing bitmaps that are already smooth.
The screenshots of the latest build of Longhorn can be found here
- That is entirely too much blue...
I beleive this is to ease in to the Blue Screen of Death. When you go from an application packed full of vital data to the BSOD, there is a sinking feeling accompanied by shock.
The new all blue screen will ease you into the BSOD. You might still be angry to lose your data, but heck, the screen was already blue.
Strange juxtaposition
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Longhorn in 2006
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I'm debating what exactly the ups and downs of the next release will be. If my office uses Longhorn, there will be hell with DRM. And I'd hate to lose control of my own machine.
On the other hand, I will only have to wait a week to find a root expoit and regain access to my own computer.
Sort of strange isn't it? Everyone can gain access to your computer (1200 inevitable bugs)... except you (DRM).
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The only thing artists still need is someone to produce their music; that is record it, mix it, and edit it. And even those things are slipping from the big boys with help from the personal computer.
After artists can independantly make a quality product, they will be able to distribute it as they please, to the benefit of both fans and the artists (who will make a considerably higher percentage).
The last stage will be slow and painful, as it always is. And that is overcoming the entrenchment of large corporations. People already listen to music from RIAA labels, and that drives many artists to those labels. That is a recursive cycle held up only by itself. Once there's a crack in the dam, it will all fall to pieces. But making that first crack is harder than it sounds.
I admit - you got me.
Does anyone have any insight into why neither Napster nor iTunes are available in Canada?
...
Canadians pay a tax on recordable media like CD-Rs. That compensates the artists, so downloading is perfectly legal in Canada. You would have to be very dense to pay once for the media tax, and then pay AGAIN to download when the download is free and legal. And no one in Canda is dumb enough to
But this time they seem to be less blissfully unencumbered. In fact, I beleive Napster is now a completely different entity - basically a business that wanted to make money, that bought the Napster name in order to jump start publicity and credibility.
I fear the Napster we all knew and loved is inexorably dead and gone.
From all I've read, Apple makes very little from the selling of songs. iTunes DOES promote the iPod, which is a cash cow.
If the new (hechem.. fake) Napster is selling songs for about the same price, how are they going to make enough money to stay in business?
The scheme works by spectral fingerprinting -- illuminating a target envelope with tunable terahertz radiation and analyzing the absorption spectra of the resulting image. The results are cross-referenced with a database of spectra to check for the chemicals of interest.
So meth absorbs terahertz... who knew.
I'm sorry officer. I didn't know meth was illegal. You see, there's a terahertz signal emitted from the city that interferes with my wireless internet. So I filled this warehouse with drugs to block the noise.
The researchers are now working with companies to develop a mail screening system that could suit use in post offices and airports.
...Man walks through Airport security checkpoint
First of all, I'd never thought the the US Postal Service might be one of the most egregious trafficers in illicit drugs. But now that I think about it, it's sort of funny.
I an can also see us walking through crack scanners at the airport.
I'm sorry sir, you're going to have to step aside.
> Why?
When you walked through the detector you were cleared for bombs, guns, and knives... but the little crack light came on.
What appointments do I have today?
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>> Acknowleged, changing permissions to Administrator.
No. List my appointments.
>> Delete all records in database: Are you sure you want to do that?
NOOO!!!!!
>> Yes. Ok. Database deleted. Continue with disk format?
The research team got such useful results from this test that they have received a grant to do a similar experiment with the Borg Cube.
Just through it in with the other __AA abreviations.
Using state-of-the-art technology, scientists have laser scanned Stonehenge and found a detailed description of the monolithic structure carved on one of the stones.
d agger,hammer,axe,dagger,axe...)
However, the description was encoded using 128 bit public key (axe,axe,hammer,axe,dagger,dagger,axe,axe,dagger,
With the current state of computing. It will take 10000 years and the energy of the Sun to decipher the carvings
I always thought Stonehenge was early modern art-deco.
I don't like to see that K in there in the AMD chip name. It reminds me of my old, underperforming processor, and makes me sad.
Standards are standards, yes, but what about the right to innovate and to make it pay?
Of course there is a right to innovate and make it pay, but Verisign has a prior obligation to uphold role they took on. Police don't innovate after they get the job. Neither do surgeons or firefighters. There are specific people who's role is to innovate, such as lawmakers, medical researchers, and scientists. And those innovations, after shown to be safe and advantageous, are carrie over to the first set of people. Police implement what the lawmakers say... etc.
There are consequences when someone with a well defined duty strays from it. In this case Verisign agreed to resolve names as the current standards dictate, not to say, "I feel like doing it differently today."
Under 15 U.S.C. 1125d, cybersquatting is the illegal act of registering a domain intentionally to be confused with another. Thus, Ford could not register Chevrelet.com to themselves and hope people looking for Chevy's mistype and go to the Ford site.
From what I understand, sitefinder is being used in almost the exact same way as the scenario I just mentioned. Verisign's activity is prohibited at least by the spirit, if not by the letter of the law.
There is a fundamental issue of standards that Verisign is not getting. The whole point of standards is so that everything runs smoothly, especially systems that rely on many many interconnected entities, like the internet.
Whenever someone blatantly blows off standards to line their pockets a little, it has serious implications for the continuity and integrity of the system.
If Verisign would like to continue making money from the internet, they should play by the collective rules that allow fair access according to standards. If they are not willing, they should be treated as an error, and routed around.
This marks the first time I have EVER considered AOL as a potential ISP. When all you want is a basic connection, AOL used to be the absolute worst way to go. This new option may be more suitable to advanced users.
Here's another post, you need to fix the extra space in the link.
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=82123&cid=720
The link has good videos, but there's an extra space in the second products.
d ucts092.html
http://www.automation.fujitsu.com/en/products/pro
"Now the only thing left to do is program the enemy recognition system. That's the CCD imager and decision chip that decides whether the robot defends you or butterfly kick's your shoulders off. Right now it's a little less than 60% accurate. But hey, we're making progress, and we've got plenty of research assistants left."
This is the kind of thing you read about after it's too late.
I've seen this in a lot of bad movies. Instead of making nice robots that get your coffee, or make your bed, someone makes a killer robot. But they never intended for it to kill. They just wanted to prove the critics wrong... plus the little fella is cute.
Then they multiply and the world is laid waste. Who hasn't seen that scenario played out?
Seriously, who makes robots that know karate? Oh well, most lessons are learned after its too late.
I read the article, but didn't find anything about how these worked other than a cop-out answer. I've experienced what you might call a 3D effect when different colors are displayed on my LCD monitor. Perhaps their screeen is an extreme of this phenomenon.
Without glasses, I can only assume the screen shows different images as a function of the angle at which you view the screen (like these pictures that "move" because they have ridges in them with different pictures).
I'm very curious to see how well these work.
As one of the largest failings of Windows XP was that it didn't antialias EVERYTHING, Longhorn will be finishing what XP couldn't.
To keep up with new hardware, Longhorn will continue to competively use 96% of system resources through such bonus features as antialiasing the clock, folders, the XP search dog, and many more. For very fast computers, Longhorn is dabbling with a groundbreaking antialiasing loop, which, if there is nothing left to antialias, will loop in the background reantialiasing bitmaps that are already smooth.
The screenshots of the latest build of Longhorn can be found here
- That is entirely too much blue...
I beleive this is to ease in to the Blue Screen of Death. When you go from an application packed full of vital data to the BSOD, there is a sinking feeling accompanied by shock.
The new all blue screen will ease you into the BSOD. You might still be angry to lose your data, but heck, the screen was already blue.
I'm debating what exactly the ups and downs of the next release will be. If my office uses Longhorn, there will be hell with DRM. And I'd hate to lose control of my own machine.
On the other hand, I will only have to wait a week to find a root expoit and regain access to my own computer.
Sort of strange isn't it? Everyone can gain access to your computer (1200 inevitable bugs)... except you (DRM).