I'm an experienced drummer and I play regularly with, and without, click tracks; I can tell you that the assumption that "feel" or "groove" is only present when a drummer's time varies is not accurate.
There are at least two types of variation that matter in a drummer's performance: the overall sense of time and the moment by moment variations. The ability of a drummer to play a complete number and keep to a set tempo is really important, particularly in this day and age of digital editing. But it is a common feature of "click track performances" for the drummer to sway ahead of and fall behind of the beat (faster and slower). If done correctly this variance in tempo will add significant life to a performance and such a skill takes a lot of practice to perfect.
The subtle qualities of a drummer's performance go far beyond whether or not they stick to a given tempo for the duration of a number; this is just one variable that effects the quality of a performance. Some genres require a rigid sense (metal/electronica) of time whilst others benefit greatly from its absence (fusion/jazz).
Interesting software however... I'm tempted to have a play with it.
Firstly, Telstra is a formerly state owned monopoly (or at very least oligopoly) in the Australian telecommunications industry. Introducing another player into the scene will result in competition, NOT the opposite.
Secondly, this has nothing to do with the successful disavowing future interaction with Telstra, rather only placing limits on how Telstra can compete with the successful bidder.
This post really needs to be re-modded as the logic in it's argument is obviously flawed.
Another release, another batch of new features and improvements; NOW all it needs is a new name that doesn't make IT staff cringe whilst recommending it to normal people.
How about "DirtyPirateHooker 2.6", or perhaps, "Spankings 2.6". And more suggestions?
Apple hardware is a premium product at a premium price, a price which an increasing number of consumers are willing to pay. The design of their products is top-notch and the market is recognising it. Additionally, regular Windows PC users benefit from having truly innovative companies, such as Apple, in the market place, their competitiveness forces the incumbent monopolies to improve their products and compete for price and quality.
"If you don't give people a choice [in the Apple stores], people will spend more."
What kind of logic is this? This analyst is saying that people who purchase Apple computers are forced into paying higher prices. I think this statistic is a strong indication of "free choice" at work. Regular PC stores are a-dime-a-dozen yet Apple's sales are built on consumers who walk past 10 of these to choose an Apple computer.
280 million Trinitron displays equals how many billion tonnes of lead and other human-unfriendly substances?
These products are dead and (soon to be) buried but they're not going anywhere. Rather than being mildly nostalgic we should take this as an opportunity to look forward to the next generation of displays and ask ourselves the questions that really matter; what impact does the manufacture have, what happens to these materials once they reach the end of their short life, do these valuable materials really need to be entombed forever?
I don't want a Sony Trinitron cocktail when I take a drink from the tap!
I know I'm going to get slapped around for suggesting this... an iPod Touch would ALMOST be the ideal pocket size, travel computer IF the darn thing could be hooked up to a digital camera via USB. It's tiny, it has WiFi, a web browser and a great interface.
I'm travelling around Europe next summer and this Eee-thing is perfect for slipping in a backpack and hitting the road. Primarily what I would use it for is blog updates (with photos) and checking e-mails at free wifi hotspots. I have no need to store gigs of holiday pics on it as I have a small collection of 2Gb SD cards.
All the more reason why Open Source developers need to be proactive and focused on creating new and useful technologies. Forget trying to copy Windows XP functionality, how about making a spam-proof e-mail system or a radical new way for people to interact over the Internet. Leadership in technology will cause Linux to boom, emulation will be a slow death.
Linux means different things to different people. To some its an icon of a new age in computing, to others it's a free desktop OS and the rest its probably "that free thing that's supposed to be good". Linux distributions will probably never be THE desktop OS, neither will the server distributions take over the enterprise. But there is unquestionably a place for Linux wherever computing will go.
However, ever increasing abstraction is going to mean that Linux itself will be ever less visible as the layers of progress continue to be deposited above it. As this happens will Linux itself become the invaluable bedrock of new technology, or will it become silent and redundant? It will be crucial that Linux (and Open Source in general) set the trends and lead the way rather than merely playing catch-up with proprietary technologies.
Yawn... yeah sure I'm crying that someone acquired e-mails that caught torrentspy execs admitting the're engaged in illegal activity. The only people who care here are losers who haven't woken up to the fact that copyrighted material costs money to produce and needs to be paid for. Next time the FBI intercepts some e-mails from the mafia and manages to send some drug lord to jail I'll be looking for all the porn leeches protesting in the streets. Do you know for a fact that someone inside torrentspy didn't willingly GIVE them to one of these acronym organisations?
"from the government-is-setting-a-great-precident-on-this dept."... well, firstly the institution making the ruling is called the "judiciary" which is not the same as "the government" (regardless of what Bush thinks). secondly, torrentspy is nothing but a haven for copyright infringement... I'd like someone to find me just 10 examples of non-copyright infringed content from torrentspy. i love getting the occassional stargate series, or whatever, with the aid of search engines such as torrent spy but I'm not confused about what I'm doing - infringing copyright.
Perhaps you could look into substituting the hard drive with a USB mass storage device (AKA thumb drive). Most modern mainboards support booting to USB and some linux distros are able to be installed onto such devices. USB 2.0 would provide tolerable performance and you can easily add or remove storage space.
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I'm an experienced drummer and I play regularly with, and without, click tracks; I can tell you that the assumption that "feel" or "groove" is only present when a drummer's time varies is not accurate.
... I'm tempted to have a play with it.
There are at least two types of variation that matter in a drummer's performance: the overall sense of time and the moment by moment variations. The ability of a drummer to play a complete number and keep to a set tempo is really important, particularly in this day and age of digital editing. But it is a common feature of "click track performances" for the drummer to sway ahead of and fall behind of the beat (faster and slower). If done correctly this variance in tempo will add significant life to a performance and such a skill takes a lot of practice to perfect.
The subtle qualities of a drummer's performance go far beyond whether or not they stick to a given tempo for the duration of a number; this is just one variable that effects the quality of a performance. Some genres require a rigid sense (metal/electronica) of time whilst others benefit greatly from its absence (fusion/jazz).
Interesting software however
5 - Insightful, what? Try logic-defying.
Firstly, Telstra is a formerly state owned monopoly (or at very least oligopoly) in the Australian telecommunications industry. Introducing another player into the scene will result in competition, NOT the opposite.
Secondly, this has nothing to do with the successful disavowing future interaction with Telstra, rather only placing limits on how Telstra can compete with the successful bidder.
This post really needs to be re-modded as the logic in it's argument is obviously flawed.
Another release, another batch of new features and improvements; NOW all it needs is a new name that doesn't make IT staff cringe whilst recommending it to normal people.
How about "DirtyPirateHooker 2.6", or perhaps, "Spankings 2.6". And more suggestions?
Apple hardware is a premium product at a premium price, a price which an increasing number of consumers are willing to pay. The design of their products is top-notch and the market is recognising it. Additionally, regular Windows PC users benefit from having truly innovative companies, such as Apple, in the market place, their competitiveness forces the incumbent monopolies to improve their products and compete for price and quality.
"If you don't give people a choice [in the Apple stores], people will spend more."
What kind of logic is this? This analyst is saying that people who purchase Apple computers are forced into paying higher prices. I think this statistic is a strong indication of "free choice" at work. Regular PC stores are a-dime-a-dozen yet Apple's sales are built on consumers who walk past 10 of these to choose an Apple computer.
Perhaps if you live in a total vacuum, you might have never heard of "production waste".
Sadly, your assumption about my municipal water system is completely wrong. Perhaps you should invest some water filtration for your home.
Perhaps if you live in a total vacuum, you might have never heard of "production waste".
280 million Trinitron displays equals how many billion tonnes of lead and other human-unfriendly substances?
These products are dead and (soon to be) buried but they're not going anywhere. Rather than being mildly nostalgic we should take this as an opportunity to look forward to the next generation of displays and ask ourselves the questions that really matter; what impact does the manufacture have, what happens to these materials once they reach the end of their short life, do these valuable materials really need to be entombed forever?
I don't want a Sony Trinitron cocktail when I take a drink from the tap!
I know I'm going to get slapped around for suggesting this ... an iPod Touch would ALMOST be the ideal pocket size, travel computer IF the darn thing could be hooked up to a digital camera via USB. It's tiny, it has WiFi, a web browser and a great interface.
Plausible Deniability
I'm travelling around Europe next summer and this Eee-thing is perfect for slipping in a backpack and hitting the road. Primarily what I would use it for is blog updates (with photos) and checking e-mails at free wifi hotspots. I have no need to store gigs of holiday pics on it as I have a small collection of 2Gb SD cards.
Apparently the Bongo Project inherited the old Hula code. Has anyone had experience with this permutation? http://www.bongo-project.org/
All the more reason why Open Source developers need to be proactive and focused on creating new and useful technologies. Forget trying to copy Windows XP functionality, how about making a spam-proof e-mail system or a radical new way for people to interact over the Internet. Leadership in technology will cause Linux to boom, emulation will be a slow death.
Linux means different things to different people. To some its an icon of a new age in computing, to others it's a free desktop OS and the rest its probably "that free thing that's supposed to be good". Linux distributions will probably never be THE desktop OS, neither will the server distributions take over the enterprise. But there is unquestionably a place for Linux wherever computing will go.
However, ever increasing abstraction is going to mean that Linux itself will be ever less visible as the layers of progress continue to be deposited above it. As this happens will Linux itself become the invaluable bedrock of new technology, or will it become silent and redundant? It will be crucial that Linux (and Open Source in general) set the trends and lead the way rather than merely playing catch-up with proprietary technologies.
My question: where do we want to go tomorrow?
OSS 3D driver, great! Now we just need some games play.
Warning slashdotters; the dark lord is coming take your soul! Or is it the MPAA? (Is that pronounced "oompa"?)
Oh, please? I was enjoying our inane conversation. Come back, please!!! 70 posts and counting ...
Yawn... yeah sure I'm crying that someone acquired e-mails that caught torrentspy execs admitting the're engaged in illegal activity. The only people who care here are losers who haven't woken up to the fact that copyrighted material costs money to produce and needs to be paid for. Next time the FBI intercepts some e-mails from the mafia and manages to send some drug lord to jail I'll be looking for all the porn leeches protesting in the streets. Do you know for a fact that someone inside torrentspy didn't willingly GIVE them to one of these acronym organisations?
"from the government-is-setting-a-great-precident-on-this dept." ... well, firstly the institution making the ruling is called the "judiciary" which is not the same as "the government" (regardless of what Bush thinks). secondly, torrentspy is nothing but a haven for copyright infringement ... I'd like someone to find me just 10 examples of non-copyright infringed content from torrentspy. i love getting the occassional stargate series, or whatever, with the aid of search engines such as torrent spy but I'm not confused about what I'm doing - infringing copyright.
Perhaps you could look into substituting the hard drive with a USB mass storage device (AKA thumb drive). Most modern mainboards support booting to USB and some linux distros are able to be installed onto such devices. USB 2.0 would provide tolerable performance and you can easily add or remove storage space.
Excuse me while I fork the rest of my life.
Kim-Yong-Ill over compensating once more ... who's got the biggest piece of HARDWARE now?
Seriously, is this lunatic really set on turning his starving masses into nuke fodder?
Strange, that must be why Bind Named and Apache Httpd continue to lead by massive margins. :P