I know I stopped buying VHS tapes as soon as I had a DVD player, even though I still owned a couple of VHS players and plenty of old tapes. But you could theoretically copy your DVDs to VHS if you wanted to. Buying a DVD player didn't make your VHS players essentially obsolete... just a little less accessible. Not to mention, DVD players can't play VHS tapes.
You can theoretically copy DVD to BD, but it's much more of a pain in the ass. And the BD player can play DVDs.
About the only time she doesn't react to it is when she's driving or asleep. My girlfriend writes non-urgent text messages while driving. It scares the shit out of me, since she already isn't the most proficient driver. Add the iPod to the mix and it's just a disaster waiting to happen.
And he 100% accepts responsibility for his actions. And that's how it should be. But there's not enough of that going around right now, too many people wanting to blame their own lack of education on the world. If you don't understand a system to the point that you are not able to use it responsibly, you shouldn't be using it. Boy does this remind me of the current US economy!
If you bought a house with a sub-prime mortgage, fuck you, why should my tax money bail you out?
If your bank gave out tons of dubious loans out of greed, why the fuck should the Federal Reserve save you by diluting our currency (effectively taxing all citizens)?
By bailing out these people, nobody learns how to take responsibility for their actions, and thus it will continue to get worse until the dollar collapses.
Meanwhile, people who make frugal decisions bare the consequences of these idiots.
If you're really serious about recording, you're going to buy an external audio unit, not some dainty sound card. Most people who buy external sound "cards" don't buy whatever crap Creative makes.
Also, from personal experience and what I've read, the on-board sound built into nForce boards has always been good enough or better than auxiliary sound cards.
Moral of the story: If you're going to use a computer for recording, you're going to spend at least $200 on an external audio unit. If you're going to play games, you're fine with high-end motherboard sound. If you're going to play solitaire, you're fine with on-board sound.
There's really no case where you should ever buy a "sound card" unless you want some exxxxxtreme gaming "features" (like a free temporary tattoo in the box).
And so that's why the original poster implied that Creative's commodity sound card market is drying up.
The thing I don't understand is why Creative doesn't own the on-board market. But then again, I'm not crying because I still hate them for crappy drivers from the year 2000.
Too late. Bush-Cheney have remade the image of the USA: we are now a country that tortures, snoops on its citizens at whim and overthrows countries on spec. Well, on the bright side, at least everyone thinks we're crazy and schizophrenic. If we were just mean-spirited, it'd be one thing. If we were weak and forgiving, it'd be another thing. But everyone's going to think twice when they confront America, because they don't know which America they'll get! Will a random country be bombed, or will we give them money for AIDS prevention? Who knows, we're crazy! This will be amplified once Obama is president.
Think of all the proprietary software that doesn't let you change the things you want.
I imagine the reason Firefox makes some options harder to get at is because they want most normal users happy and easy to troubleshoot. If you are advanced enough to want those features and mess with about:config, you are advanced enough to fix things yourself when they go wrong. A lot of the settings in there could be detrimental when used inappropriately.
I work for a major Hollywood studio and would like to make a movie based on your plot. It is both refreshing and unique. Can you get me a complete transcript by next Friday?
I just had the most insane problem with my Linux desktop that kept it down over the weekend while I straightened it out. I 3 Linux, I use Linux as my primary OS, but if it's that hard getting my mainstream hardware working properly, then I fear how hard it would be to get obscure recording hardware working properly.
Not to mention I still can't find a simple drop-in replacement for sound editing that's as good as soundforge and won't crash on me. Audacity is the closest thing, and it never fails to ruin my day.
However, I will take a look at this 64Studio thing. I was also curious about the Ubuntu-based multimedia distro out there. It's hard enough dragging myself to the recording computer without running into bizarre computer issues.
Additionally, I don't see anything wrong with correcting people. On a complete tangent, I consider this the #1 difference between the East Coast and the Midwest. People in the Midwest won't shout "What the fuck are you doing, asshole?" when you park in the wrong spot and, consequentially, you get a parking ticket. Ah, the fine line between being hostile and being assertive.
It's so weird how you never think of this stuff until somebody else says it differently.
#2 - I don't think of it as the combination of two words, which is probably why I ignore the hard G from 'regular' and replace it with the soft G from 'register'. I do the same with Linux (lin ucks), char (chair), etc.
Although I admit I can't pronounce the word "debacle" correctly for the life of me.
This demonstrates the problem with allowing private organizations to serve as the gateway to the network. The nets, like the roads, should be a public resource; otherwise, they're going to be filtered by the views and fears of those entities providing access. Oh yeah, like Iran, and China, and all the other governments that filter their net connections. Yeah, I know, "but that couldn't happen in the U.S.A.!"
I guess I'd prefer that a private organization be sued and/or lose business to a less restrictive organization than a debate/pandering over this in the Senate. The government should ensure that there is competition we can go to in such cases, not to provide the service itself or strong arm private organizations.
While McCain is the least strident nominee to appear among the Republicans is some time, my hope lies with Obama. You, and the gp, must not have seen McCain in the Republican primary debates. I'd probably be voting for him had I not seen what a huge ignorant asshole he is.
While that's damn insightful, it assumes that there is a substantial rift between 'pop' music and 'real' music.
I used to be pretty judgmental of pop music. But, shit, somebody has to write it. Somebody has to perform it. Somebody has to slave for hours for the final mix. Is the sum of all that talent worthless just because we think we're better than that? Just because there's more division of labor, does that make it any less musical? Does that mean I should snub it even if I find it catchy?
Don't get me wrong - I'm a musician, I understand the resentment toward, what is perceived as, Wal-Mart music. I hate the music industry just as much as anyone. However, I don't think that this division you bring up is that simple.
I know people who only listen to indie bands... just so they can say they only listen to indie bands... because for some reason, being indie makes the music more authentic. If the music were that good, you'd think the bands would be signed to a major label. Then the fans would complain that the band sold out!
Human beings have this illogical obsession with originality and authenticity. Look at synthetic vs real diamonds, generic vs name brands, anything vs Apple, etc.
There will always be music made for 'profit', and there will always be music made for the hell of it, but I don't think that means that one or the other will stick firmly to a specific distribution model.
I just ported our administrative database generator application from Windows Mobile to the desktop. It used to take 1 to 4 hours on the handheld device... it takes less than 30 seconds on the desktop. (It was originally a Pocket PC app because there wasn't a way to use SQL Mobile from desktop applications.)
Do you want it fast or do you want it correct? Do I want it fast 99.99999999% of the time with a 0.00000001% chance of incident, or do I want it slow 100% of the time with a 0% chance of incident?
If correcting the repercussions of the incident takes less time than the total time lost by doing things the correct way, then I will take the fast way, please.
it forces me to conclude, that you, AC are in fact a woman and are using feminine wiles. INTRUDER ALERT!!!! Sound the alarms!! We've got a code 159. Get me a traceroute, now!!!
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You don't talk to enough old people.
"I'm old but hip. I Google the interweb for recipes on Martha's website."
He didn't say which hand.
Eh, at least it's ASUS and not another Apple spoogefest.
You can theoretically copy DVD to BD, but it's much more of a pain in the ass. And the BD player can play DVDs.
Entirely different scenario IMO.
Add the iPod to the mix and it's just a disaster waiting to happen.
Naturally, I offer to drive as much as possible.
If you bought a house with a sub-prime mortgage, fuck you, why should my tax money bail you out?
If your bank gave out tons of dubious loans out of greed, why the fuck should the Federal Reserve save you by diluting our currency (effectively taxing all citizens)?
By bailing out these people, nobody learns how to take responsibility for their actions, and thus it will continue to get worse until the dollar collapses.
Meanwhile, people who make frugal decisions bare the consequences of these idiots.
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I agree with you almost 100%.
The only time I had a hard drive die was at work... which is probably one of the worst places for it to happen.
And our tech people couldn't recover data; I had to ask for the broken drive and recover it myself.
And I was quite dicked because we get just one big partition and so the fragmentation rate was extremely high over my important documents.
That's why:
1. always partition everything
2. never use Maxtor drives
3. never buy Dell
If you're really serious about recording, you're going to buy an external audio unit, not some dainty sound card. Most people who buy external sound "cards" don't buy whatever crap Creative makes.
Also, from personal experience and what I've read, the on-board sound built into nForce boards has always been good enough or better than auxiliary sound cards.
Moral of the story:
If you're going to use a computer for recording, you're going to spend at least $200 on an external audio unit.
If you're going to play games, you're fine with high-end motherboard sound.
If you're going to play solitaire, you're fine with on-board sound.
There's really no case where you should ever buy a "sound card" unless you want some exxxxxtreme gaming "features" (like a free temporary tattoo in the box).
And so that's why the original poster implied that Creative's commodity sound card market is drying up.
The thing I don't understand is why Creative doesn't own the on-board market. But then again, I'm not crying because I still hate them for crappy drivers from the year 2000.
I remember people arguing about the term "hack" 10 years ago. Let's just give up on trying to force correctness in its usage.
I hacked your mom last night.
Aw cmon, porting isn't that hard! You just run "replace all" a few thousand times and then fix compile errors until it runs!
Then you hand it to your QAers. "Good luck, fuckers!"
But then the police would... have to find something useful to do.
Think of all the proprietary software that doesn't let you change the things you want.
I imagine the reason Firefox makes some options harder to get at is because they want most normal users happy and easy to troubleshoot. If you are advanced enough to want those features and mess with about:config, you are advanced enough to fix things yourself when they go wrong. A lot of the settings in there could be detrimental when used inappropriately.
Dear Sir,
I work for a major Hollywood studio and would like to make a movie based on your plot. It is both refreshing and unique. Can you get me a complete transcript by next Friday?
I just had the most insane problem with my Linux desktop that kept it down over the weekend while I straightened it out. I 3 Linux, I use Linux as my primary OS, but if it's that hard getting my mainstream hardware working properly, then I fear how hard it would be to get obscure recording hardware working properly.
Not to mention I still can't find a simple drop-in replacement for sound editing that's as good as soundforge and won't crash on me. Audacity is the closest thing, and it never fails to ruin my day.
However, I will take a look at this 64Studio thing. I was also curious about the Ubuntu-based multimedia distro out there. It's hard enough dragging myself to the recording computer without running into bizarre computer issues.
I was doing that on my recording machine... until I couldn't use my new Alesis 26 input firewire device, due to lack of drivers.
STILL waiting for Linux multimedia to not suck.
It's so weird how you never think of this stuff until somebody else says it differently.
#2 - I don't think of it as the combination of two words, which is probably why I ignore the hard G from 'regular' and replace it with the soft G from 'register'. I do the same with Linux (lin ucks), char (chair), etc.
Although I admit I can't pronounce the word "debacle" correctly for the life of me.
I guess I'd prefer that a private organization be sued and/or lose business to a less restrictive organization than a debate/pandering over this in the Senate. The government should ensure that there is competition we can go to in such cases, not to provide the service itself or strong arm private organizations.
While that's damn insightful, it assumes that there is a substantial rift between 'pop' music and 'real' music.
I used to be pretty judgmental of pop music. But, shit, somebody has to write it. Somebody has to perform it. Somebody has to slave for hours for the final mix. Is the sum of all that talent worthless just because we think we're better than that? Just because there's more division of labor, does that make it any less musical? Does that mean I should snub it even if I find it catchy?
Don't get me wrong - I'm a musician, I understand the resentment toward, what is perceived as, Wal-Mart music. I hate the music industry just as much as anyone. However, I don't think that this division you bring up is that simple.
I know people who only listen to indie bands... just so they can say they only listen to indie bands... because for some reason, being indie makes the music more authentic. If the music were that good, you'd think the bands would be signed to a major label. Then the fans would complain that the band sold out!
Human beings have this illogical obsession with originality and authenticity. Look at synthetic vs real diamonds, generic vs name brands, anything vs Apple, etc.
There will always be music made for 'profit', and there will always be music made for the hell of it, but I don't think that means that one or the other will stick firmly to a specific distribution model.
It's funny because it's true.
I just ported our administrative database generator application from Windows Mobile to the desktop. It used to take 1 to 4 hours on the handheld device... it takes less than 30 seconds on the desktop. (It was originally a Pocket PC app because there wasn't a way to use SQL Mobile from desktop applications.)
If correcting the repercussions of the incident takes less time than the total time lost by doing things the correct way, then I will take the fast way, please.
By giving away their software for free, they are stealing from the mouths of paid developers!
Imagine programming for a living but being unable to purchase that custom-made kimono or life-size Princess Leia doll. It saddens the heart.