When I have an old piece of coax to discard, I often save the shield and throw away the rest. The braided pieces of copper wire make nice RF ground lines.
I don't do anything very advanced, but I am using Audacity running on Ubuntu Studio with a simple USB interface. This allows me to record, edit, playback audio and probably has a lot of other capabilities that I don't use and am not aware of. Audacity is plenty powerful for anything I'm likely to do at home.
Most music people I'm acquainted with are hooked on ProTools, which is prohibitively expensive as far as I'm concerned, but may have features and advantages that I wouldn't appreciate.
My favorite commentary on this subject so far has been written by Ralph Nader. Someone else may have already referred to this in the comments; I am far too lazy to search for the reference, and it's a good enough piece of writing to be mentioned more than once.
https://t.co/i6wSYugqFy
I was somewhat gratified to see this. I've been feeling somewhat guilty about my growing tendency to feel sort of sorry for MS lately. See, I didn't even type "M$" like I certainly would have a few years ago.
What with all the i-things and the Desktop is dead and we'll do everything on a little hand-sized touch-screen now they seem to be moving from the Great Defective Monster to simply Irrelevant.
Rather than kicking a puppy, it's like kicking your grandfather. He can't remember who you are, but he's kind of upset by it.
Amen. I am a strong advocate (to whom no one listens) for whiteboard use where I work. Our users are completely familiar with how they work, require no support in running them, and are generally able to invent new ways to use them. These devices are energy-efficient, especially if placed near a window where they will require very little artificial light.
You have touched a nerve, sir(or madam).
I heartily agree with what you say about "identity theft." I had an episode a few years ago where someone used my name etc. to open a cell phone account. I heard nothing about this until the phone co. turned "my" account over to a collection agency. The fact that I had no dealings with the phone co., that they had no signature, picture, no physical proof that I had ever agreed to anything -- this was next to useless and not proof against harassment and the necessity for ME to produce documentation (i.e. spend money) proving/swearing that I had no such agreement.
I did/do not have the nerves of steel that it would have taken to do what, in retrospect, would have been correct, that is to simply ignore the harassment and let them sue me. I was annoyed and my peace disturbed because the phone co. in question has, in my opinion, sloppy business practices. That they will extend credit to a person based on a telephone call is their (questionably intelligent) decision; it should not become my problem. But it was.
As you say: when the banks and/or credit card companies (and other businesses that extend credit) are made to take responsibility for bad debts incurred in this way the game will change, and quickly.
There are those who will say that this would be bad for business. I will remind them of the "Crunchy Dead Frog" sketch from Monty Python, in which the confection company is asked why they don't reveal on the package label that the food therein contains a dead frog with bones in it. "It would affect sales!" is the horrified answer.
Every new development by the RIAA and related idiots merely increases my determination to not ever buy any commercially produced recordings of music.
The assumption that there is a demand for the supply is incorrect, at least as far as I'm concerned.
If the masses will buy this garbage and bow down to the Oligarchs, the Oligarchs will succeed. So what. These are the same people who watch "Reality TV."
My suggestion: learn to play an instrument and make your own music. The outcome may not be very polished, but you'll entertain yourself (and perhaps entertain others), and be at least incrementally smarter than before you started.
All you need is a soul.
Ah, yes. The culture.
I have an acquaintance who is an RN. She works part-time as a bartender to make ends meet, and keeps noticing that her hourly pay (including tips, of course) is much better in bartending. This keeps leading her to an obvious conclusion, but so far she has avoided taking the next step.
An unscientific but possibly helpful observation: I feel much better and my eyes are much less tired when I drink a lot of water during the time that I'm at the computer. This may be because I am forced to get up and go to the bathroom a lot, which forces me away from the screen for a while. It may also be a hydration thing, or a combination of the two, but I'd suggest that it's worth a try.
And I can't help but mention: 5 hours of sleep? Maybe if you're in your 70s, but if you're a young person that's not enough.
Grandpa Lester
I think the poster has a point. I've not had a problem with my bank, but I did have a situation with a cellular phone company that issued an account in my name to someone who was pretending to be me. My conclusion from that experience was that the phone company was much too eager to open a new account without due diligence. Ultimately I didn't have to pay anything, but the experience was moderately expensive in terms of time and fees for certified mail, etc., and quite unpleasant.
A simple legal principle something like "if you give someone who claims to be me some money, and it turns out not to have been me, too bad for you" is what I'd like to see. I think then we would see some real attention paid to the problem of securing transactions over the Internet and the POTS.
Yes, I suppose this would make it more expensive for banks and others to do these transactions, but it seems that a reduction in fraud would make their overall expenses lower over time.
Under the present system, much of the risk and frustration is borne by the consumer, who can do little to prevent fraud other than follow the boilerplate advice given out by government and commercial representatives.
"If I actually need a job by the time I'm in my 50s, I'll have screwed up royally somewhere. Compound interest and dollar cost averaging are your friends. You really can take responsibility for your own life."
Hmm. Let's see. I was born in 1952. I certainly have screwed up royally somewhere. Thank you for pointing that out. I feel so much better now.
Is anyone but me thinking about _Player Piano_? I just looked around the web and was reminded that Vonnegut's jobless future was controlled by a giant computer named EPICAC, buried in the Carlsbad caverns.
I know the "reeks and wrecks" are already deployed, they keep digging up the roads I drive to work, then filling in the holes, and changing nothing.
What's next?
My favorite quote from the InfoWorld article:
"We ourselves are not going after the e-voting market or the nuclear reactor control market," Gates said.
Slashdot Mirror
When I have an old piece of coax to discard, I often save the shield and throw away the rest. The braided pieces of copper wire make nice RF ground lines.
I don't do anything very advanced, but I am using Audacity running on Ubuntu Studio with a simple USB interface. This allows me to record, edit, playback audio and probably has a lot of other capabilities that I don't use and am not aware of. Audacity is plenty powerful for anything I'm likely to do at home. Most music people I'm acquainted with are hooked on ProTools, which is prohibitively expensive as far as I'm concerned, but may have features and advantages that I wouldn't appreciate.
My favorite commentary on this subject so far has been written by Ralph Nader. Someone else may have already referred to this in the comments; I am far too lazy to search for the reference, and it's a good enough piece of writing to be mentioned more than once. https://t.co/i6wSYugqFy
You guys should have stuck to selling books.
It's probably Alice. Although Wally is my personal hero.
I was somewhat gratified to see this. I've been feeling somewhat guilty about my growing tendency to feel sort of sorry for MS lately. See, I didn't even type "M$" like I certainly would have a few years ago. What with all the i-things and the Desktop is dead and we'll do everything on a little hand-sized touch-screen now they seem to be moving from the Great Defective Monster to simply Irrelevant. Rather than kicking a puppy, it's like kicking your grandfather. He can't remember who you are, but he's kind of upset by it.
Facebook says they have 500 million users. Last I knew, that's quite a bit more than the population of the USA. http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
If Osama is alive he must be laughing his skinny ass off.
I reached this article from Twitter, via this URL: http://bit.ly/cTGasX
That was by far the most fascinating headline I've seen on Slashdot in many a day.
in North Korea, computer system operates you!
Amen. I am a strong advocate (to whom no one listens) for whiteboard use where I work. Our users are completely familiar with how they work, require no support in running them, and are generally able to invent new ways to use them. These devices are energy-efficient, especially if placed near a window where they will require very little artificial light.
Apparently the Maersk Alabama did indeed fight back, and was successful, a week or two ago.
You have touched a nerve, sir(or madam). I heartily agree with what you say about "identity theft." I had an episode a few years ago where someone used my name etc. to open a cell phone account. I heard nothing about this until the phone co. turned "my" account over to a collection agency. The fact that I had no dealings with the phone co., that they had no signature, picture, no physical proof that I had ever agreed to anything -- this was next to useless and not proof against harassment and the necessity for ME to produce documentation (i.e. spend money) proving/swearing that I had no such agreement. I did/do not have the nerves of steel that it would have taken to do what, in retrospect, would have been correct, that is to simply ignore the harassment and let them sue me. I was annoyed and my peace disturbed because the phone co. in question has, in my opinion, sloppy business practices. That they will extend credit to a person based on a telephone call is their (questionably intelligent) decision; it should not become my problem. But it was. As you say: when the banks and/or credit card companies (and other businesses that extend credit) are made to take responsibility for bad debts incurred in this way the game will change, and quickly. There are those who will say that this would be bad for business. I will remind them of the "Crunchy Dead Frog" sketch from Monty Python, in which the confection company is asked why they don't reveal on the package label that the food therein contains a dead frog with bones in it. "It would affect sales!" is the horrified answer.
No. (1952)
Every new development by the RIAA and related idiots merely increases my determination to not ever buy any commercially produced recordings of music. The assumption that there is a demand for the supply is incorrect, at least as far as I'm concerned. If the masses will buy this garbage and bow down to the Oligarchs, the Oligarchs will succeed. So what. These are the same people who watch "Reality TV." My suggestion: learn to play an instrument and make your own music. The outcome may not be very polished, but you'll entertain yourself (and perhaps entertain others), and be at least incrementally smarter than before you started. All you need is a soul.
Ah, yes. The culture. I have an acquaintance who is an RN. She works part-time as a bartender to make ends meet, and keeps noticing that her hourly pay (including tips, of course) is much better in bartending. This keeps leading her to an obvious conclusion, but so far she has avoided taking the next step.
and definitely, too
An unscientific but possibly helpful observation: I feel much better and my eyes are much less tired when I drink a lot of water during the time that I'm at the computer. This may be because I am forced to get up and go to the bathroom a lot, which forces me away from the screen for a while. It may also be a hydration thing, or a combination of the two, but I'd suggest that it's worth a try. And I can't help but mention: 5 hours of sleep? Maybe if you're in your 70s, but if you're a young person that's not enough. Grandpa Lester
I think the poster has a point. I've not had a problem with my bank, but I did have a situation with a cellular phone company that issued an account in my name to someone who was pretending to be me. My conclusion from that experience was that the phone company was much too eager to open a new account without due diligence. Ultimately I didn't have to pay anything, but the experience was moderately expensive in terms of time and fees for certified mail, etc., and quite unpleasant. A simple legal principle something like "if you give someone who claims to be me some money, and it turns out not to have been me, too bad for you" is what I'd like to see. I think then we would see some real attention paid to the problem of securing transactions over the Internet and the POTS. Yes, I suppose this would make it more expensive for banks and others to do these transactions, but it seems that a reduction in fraud would make their overall expenses lower over time. Under the present system, much of the risk and frustration is borne by the consumer, who can do little to prevent fraud other than follow the boilerplate advice given out by government and commercial representatives.
yep: [ system32]# strings winsock.dll | grep BSD BSD Socket API for Windows [ system32]#
"sentence" If we're going to be pedantic, let's get it right...
"If I actually need a job by the time I'm in my 50s, I'll have screwed up royally somewhere. Compound interest and dollar cost averaging are your friends. You really can take responsibility for your own life." Hmm. Let's see. I was born in 1952. I certainly have screwed up royally somewhere. Thank you for pointing that out. I feel so much better now.
Is anyone but me thinking about _Player Piano_? I just looked around the web and was reminded that Vonnegut's jobless future was controlled by a giant computer named EPICAC, buried in the Carlsbad caverns. I know the "reeks and wrecks" are already deployed, they keep digging up the roads I drive to work, then filling in the holes, and changing nothing. What's next?
My favorite quote from the InfoWorld article: "We ourselves are not going after the e-voting market or the nuclear reactor control market," Gates said.