No seriously, I've tried this on some really random music and it generally gets it right.
For example, I tried it on a bit of music in the film "The Shawshank Redemption", and it correctly named it as being composed *for* the film - and named it too (it was something like "Shawshank prison music").
There's no reason why they couldn't limit attachments to 3meg (or similar), and only allow a limited number of that size of attachments from an IP address per day - say maybe 3 per day.
Backing up using a cunning perl script wouldn't look like so much fun then would it....
Bah I say, I would have LOVED to go and support this but didn't know it was happening.
After just looking around the cheap flights sites, the cheapest I can now get is like 200 - and for a student thats just not viable. A month ago I could probably have got the flights for 50.
I just wish I'd had a bit more notice, and half of my universities compsci dept would have turned up with me!
I wonder what would happen if you placed some huge speakers in a room connected to mic's and some noise cancelling gubbins....would everything just fall silent no matter how loud you shouted?
Could be a useful mute tool for the girlfriend when she goes on too long:
GOD, you're so inconsiderate, you never take my feelings into acco
*click*..........
"I have heard of something like that for cars ages ago, basically replays the engine sound over the car sound to negate it."
Alternatively instead of wasting all that money on a sound cancelling system you could just install hugeass speakers, sub and an enormous exhaust pipe, that way no-one will be able to even *hear* the engine noise over all that deafening dance music you'll be playing.
If you feel like it add undercar neons and go-faster stripes for extra style - they're guaranteed to bring the hot chicks from miles around.
Well, I've never used the word "Chum" in my entire life - contrary to popular belief Brits dont use a dialect of english based around cricket and tea parties.
However I do use the word "Mate" regularly, in fact, I use it all the time - as do most people I know.
As far as I can see, this system is best at rewording things, and the best place to use that ability would be in writing essays.
Want to plagiarise something without getting caught? Feed it through the handy-dandy-rewordatron and you're away.
Hell you could feed an entire essay through the damn thing.
It's a scary thought, but one that I as a lazy student quite like the idea of;)
Yup, My boss got me one as a "Christmas Bonus":)
It made me happy. Albeit drunkenly happy, as I'd just got back from the pub when I recieved it.
Which is the best kind of happy really I suppose.
Just a thought, but why doesn't slashdot implement a feature that lists all of the rejected submissions on another page.
Obviously people would submit spam, so the reviewers would also have to have a "spam" (and possibly a "duplicate submission") button as well as a "reject" button.
It would provide an interesting read for all of the smaller bits of news whizzing around that none of us get to see due to the tight reviewing process.
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No seriously, I've tried this on some really random music and it generally gets it right.
For example, I tried it on a bit of music in the film "The Shawshank Redemption", and it correctly named it as being composed *for* the film - and named it too (it was something like "Shawshank prison music").
It made me go "ooooh", big time.
And that teaches me to RTFA more closely before commenting :P
Sounds suspiciously like the Shazam service we have in the uk (dial 2580). You can find their website here: http://www.shazam.com/
"I'm a commercial bulk emailer."
For gods sake, you may as well call yourself a spammer. Thats like calling a binman a "Waste disposal technician".
There's no reason why they couldn't limit attachments to 3meg (or similar), and only allow a limited number of that size of attachments from an IP address per day - say maybe 3 per day.
Backing up using a cunning perl script wouldn't look like so much fun then would it....
However, if this isn't "Stuff that matters" I don't know what is.
Totally agreed - this affects the jobs of a large percentage of slashdot readers and it's being almost totally ignored!
Bah I say, I would have LOVED to go and support this but didn't know it was happening.
After just looking around the cheap flights sites, the cheapest I can now get is like 200 - and for a student thats just not viable. A month ago I could probably have got the flights for 50.
I just wish I'd had a bit more notice, and half of my universities compsci dept would have turned up with me!
Dammit you're right! We demand to be an underground community!
:)
I mean c'mon, it's not like the latest kernel update is major world news - although god help me, one day I hope it is
Actually, I was just making the point that mac zealots irritate the hell out of me - ITS NOT PERFECT.
I use doze/nix pretty much equally these days for your information.
But, call me a troll if you will, its not the point I intended to make.
Who said I was a windows fan?
I say: "In yo face mac zealots!". I do.
It's called Peercast and you can find it here.
I just wish more people would use it....
But its possibly the ugliest phone on the planet...
I wonder what would happen if you placed some huge speakers in a room connected to mic's and some noise cancelling gubbins....would everything just fall silent no matter how loud you shouted?
Could be a useful mute tool for the girlfriend when she goes on too long:
GOD, you're so inconsiderate, you never take my feelings into acco
*click*..........
"I have heard of something like that for cars ages ago, basically replays the engine sound over the car sound to negate it."
Alternatively instead of wasting all that money on a sound cancelling system you could just install hugeass speakers, sub and an enormous exhaust pipe, that way no-one will be able to even *hear* the engine noise over all that deafening dance music you'll be playing.
If you feel like it add undercar neons and go-faster stripes for extra style - they're guaranteed to bring the hot chicks from miles around.
I did that all last year in University halls - at one point I was spending so much time out fixing boxes that my girlfriend threatened to leave me :D
It did mean that I had a permanent stack of beer crates in the doorway of my room all year though...
Well, I've never used the word "Chum" in my entire life - contrary to popular belief Brits dont use a dialect of english based around cricket and tea parties.
However I do use the word "Mate" regularly, in fact, I use it all the time - as do most people I know.
Why do I get the feeling that the lead programmer on this project is called Neo?
Most students in university halls leave their computers on 24/7 anyway...electricity is paid for by the uni.
I like big butts and I can not lie....
Great, now I can prank call the winnning bidder...
o2 in the UK have done something similar to this, but with a seperate device - take a look:
http://www.o2.co.uk/music?ref=hpmod2txt
As far as I can see, this system is best at rewording things, and the best place to use that ability would be in writing essays.
;)
Want to plagiarise something without getting caught? Feed it through the handy-dandy-rewordatron and you're away.
Hell you could feed an entire essay through the damn thing.
It's a scary thought, but one that I as a lazy student quite like the idea of
Yup, My boss got me one as a "Christmas Bonus" :)
It made me happy. Albeit drunkenly happy, as I'd just got back from the pub when I recieved it.
Which is the best kind of happy really I suppose.
Just a thought, but why doesn't slashdot implement a feature that lists all of the rejected submissions on another page.
Obviously people would submit spam, so the reviewers would also have to have a "spam" (and possibly a "duplicate submission") button as well as a "reject" button.
It would provide an interesting read for all of the smaller bits of news whizzing around that none of us get to see due to the tight reviewing process.