I know some people that would do it free of charge to the state. That aside, there are also others who have commited murder on the day before their 18th birthday. As I understand it, the states that allow juveniles to be executed require this: That they have been at least 14 when the crime was commited, be tried as an adult, the prosecutor must seek to try them as an adult, and the judge AND jury must agree to the death penalty. At least that's how it is in VA. And the one reason why malvo didn't get the needle is because of the judge.
Saying that P2P is an important network standard and therefore grokster cannot be held liable for what it enables with its software is the equivalent of saying that, since libraries are essential to the transmission of information, the government cannot request that the book "Practical Guide to Terrorist Attacks" be taken off library shelves.
Except with libraries, they can choose to remove the book permanently, and don't have to worry about anyone renaming the book to "Pr@ct1c4l Gyd3 +0 +3rr0r1st @++@ck5". The libraries specifically choose what books to have on their shelves. In P2P, it is up to the users, not the software providers.
The truth is that P2P networks have made absolutely no effort to provide even minimal safeguards against copyright infringement.
So tell us how they could provide any safegaurd that would actually do anything? Block any file that contains the name "christina agulera"? Block all MP3s? You just blocked images of a singer and any MP3 that someone chooses to freely distribute. Hashes don't work as you can do a very slightly different encode(add 1ms of silence to the beginning, for example).
The industries have every right to demand that P2P networks be held to the same standards that other transmission methods are held, and to claim that the very Internet is under attack is a red herring.
So lets talk about other transmission methods. The Telephone, for example. Telephone companies are not held liable for any illegal activity discused over their networks. If I plot to kill someone with you over the phone line, Verizon or Southern Bell or whoever is our ISP and long distance company are immune from prosecution.
Finally, at what point is a program no longer a P2P or file sharing application? Does AIM, IRC, HTTP and FTP count?
I am strongly considering making the trip up to DC for this one,
It has been a few years since I was in the court house (as an observer, not involved in the proceedings) I sugest you check o make sure that you do not need to make any form of "reservation/tckets" in order to be there (like you do for the capitol building and congress). I can't remmeber if my teacher at the time made some arangements or not for the ~10 of us that went. But better check just to be sure.
If MGM manages to get Grokster and Streamcast banned, it is quite likely that it will be used as a precident to ban other P2P networks and technologies. This especially includes BitTorrent.
Referencing the two guys (one of which who was under 18) that were sniping people as they went about their daily business in Virgnia, Maryland, DC and several other states ranging from Alabama to Texas to Washington (State). And that Maryland seriously considered removing the moratorium on the death penalty when they caught those two, Something tells me the majority would be in favor of it in certain circumstances.
Not really. Intel and AMD have never had the console gaming market. Also, the consoles really do require either an embedded microprocessor, or one that is customized. The gameboy series uses arm7 and arm9 processors. The recent Consoles themselves have used customized ones. The X-Box is the only exception in that it used a general purpose Pentium 3.
I can see that Intel and AMD might want to break into that market, but they would have to create a custom chip (as a general purposed will either use too much power or won't cut it) just for that. Something I am not sure they want to do.
it is important that we also work to challenge our educational system to provide critical thinking skills.
I can think of some games that did this for me. Here's a math one http://www.24game.com/
The other kind is where you are given the bare minimum of information to figure things out. (sally is taller than jessy, but shorter than tom. tom is...) and that sort of thing. Puzzlebooks, in general.
Also, puzzle video games such as Myst and the like. Number munchers (or whatever it has evolved into), Oregon Trail and others.
One other thing, don't fall into the trap of "but he's too young for..." or anything like that. That is the one thing that has been consistently proven wrong. (Just look at Harry Potter, many publishers said it was too complex and too high a level for the age group that it was targeted at. Kids younger than that target are reading it.)
As for the schools, see about getting your kid into a decent GT/AP program. I was playing that 24 game in elementary, so you can't start too soon. That is about the best I can say.
The basic reason why Classical requires better reproduction comes down to one thing. Dynamic Range. This is realted to distortion. In Classical, you want to record the original sound, completely free of distortion. You keep overhead available in your system so that the highs don't get distorted during amplification and recording. In most modern pop/rock/rap, distortion is used (on purpose) in the amplification to add to the effect in the sound.
Basic summary, the dynamic range is the ration between the loudest and quietest sounds. Rock/pop/rap is normally consistently loud, and hence a low dynamic range. Classical has very low lows and highs and as such has a very high dynamic range. That is what it comes down to. Here is another link on dynamic range Handel's "The Messiah Hallelujah Chorus" is one example of a classical piece that uses a high dynamic range. Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" 9th Sympthony is a very good example of one as it goes from quiet to loud (possibly the best example I can give). Jazz is the one other kind that typically uses this (that I know of off the top of my head). Look around for pieces of music that audiophiles use to brag about thier systems "Because it makes their system sound good".
E.g., anyone can obtain a redistribution license for no more than 10c/song/copy. The licensee can then set their own resale price.
Can you provide a link or more information on this? Something tells me that if Apple could do this at 10c a copy they would. Especially since they are paying more than that now to the Recording Companies.
Actually, I post date the LPs by several years. I use a small MP3 player (smaller than the ipod) that only goes up to 10khz for when I go to the gym. But I play songs on there where I won't know the difference. When I listen to music on a proper system, I prefer the uncompressed formats. I can hear the difference in a home between compressed and uncompressed. At the gym, there is too much background noise to be able to tell. Same with the car.
I have nothing against compressed formats. I use them for when I am on the go. But when I buy music, I expect the highest quality I can get. Not something that is worse than what I can get on a P2P network for free.
The truth be told, there are more millionaire plumbers than there are Computer Scientists.
My grandma has this cartoon hanging on her wall. It's from the 60s or maybe a bit earlier. Picture of a kid playing with a Flash Gordon style rocket and a man in a tumbler. Man asks the boy "Wanna be an astronaut when you grow up?" Kid responds. "Nope, I want to be a plumber so I can be rich!"
I know more people who are happy as blue collar workers than I do those who are happy as white collar workers. To me, happieness matters more than money. Same with them.
My son is now 14 months old, and I keep thinking more and more about how to prepare for his eventual schooling and make sure he can think and approach matters of substance.
Easiest way I can think of. Take time off every evening to teach him something yourself. That way you have some input. One of the fun things my dad taught me was how to convert to binary easily, while I was in elementary. Also, find out his interests and encourage them.
At some point pull him out of the public school system and place him in private/religious education if you can afford it. (note on relgious, some religious schools will take your kid even if they are not the same religion and will not try to convert them) Interview the school to find out if you like them.
I have been through every type of school there is. My favorite was at an alternative school. www.nsnva.pvt.k12.va.us There is a network of them, all run independantly. Look them up. I was at that one for 8th through 12th. I was taking Geometry in 8th grade and I could have skipped it. I personally chose to take it because I felt that I had not learned enough at teh summer programs I learned it at. (And this was actually my choice too). Another is CTY (http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/) It is a summer program for 5th-10th graders where you can take higher level courses. 2 sessions at 3 weeks. They have many interesting things there, I remond looking them up too. They also have fun activities for him to do there outside of classes. There are more things out there like this. Find them.
Interestingly enough, I thought about this a few years ago. Having been through 4 different types of schools. Public, Private (alternatice), Religious and Outpatient. Public was 1st-6th. Relatively 1 size fits all, but we had a special ed teacher for those of us who needed work in some areas (I went to her for writing). And some extra clubs and areas for those of us that were fast (I went to that for math). My parents pulled me out for 7th to a religious school since the public schools idea of GT was put all the smart kids together, give them the same work, extra asignments and the same grade. Nothing that would actually help us. Don't ask about the religious one, it is not a good example. Same with the outpatient. The private alternative school was The New School of NVA. We could work at our own pace and were helped along by the teacher if we needed it or given advanced if we needed it. The teachers managed to teach classes of up to 14 with everyone at their own abilities. Good luck finding that in a public school with 30 kids per class. One of the other things is that we had longer classes. Up to 2 hours, and we enjoyed them. I think that is the main thing that needs to be improved. Learning can be fun.
Can I simply ask somebody who really knows? What are the costs associated with digital distribution versus printing and distribution of physical media? Is this simply a case of music labels being greedy?
Well, for the labels the recuring cost of online distribution is zero. They suply the song, but the distributor pays all the bandwidth and associated costs. Their costs deal with producing the song and administration.
Throughout the entire decade of the 90's, they waited for somebody else to innovate the digital distribution of music (Napster), and waited for Apple to do it right with the iTunes Music Store, and now they want to profit on top of all of others hard work.
Remember, they own the music. Quite literaly in most cases. Unless an artist retained the rights, the Recording Companies own it. It is up to them to set the price.
Are you making a profit with iTunes with the current pricing scheme? It would certainly appear to be the case, so why are you now trying to increase prices?
To make more money, of course!
The cost of distribution through the Apple iTMS has not changed. Apple has not changed the terms for distributing music in your contracts. Apple is not making any more money on it than previously agreed.
Frequently when a new product comes out, a company will test the waters with various prices to find the one that maximizes their profits. Sometimes fewer sales at higher margins means more money. Sometimes more sales at lower margins means more money. They are trying to find the peak in that equation. Personally I think they should go lower. But that is up to them.
Here is a prediction: If the price for music increases right now for digital distribution, sales will fall and piracy will increase.
No argument here. But the main questing from the recording execs is, will sales fall so much as to offset the increase in revenue per song?
Sure I'm analyzing this from a money grubbing point of view. But then again, that's what you have to do in order to understand what the labels are doing. They want to make more money.
I personally won't buy lossy formats. I don't consider them good enough quality for what I listen to. (Classical) But many people will, especially for pop and rock. All this is, is a basic exercise in Econ 101.
It's interesting to see that only 3 coutries have revenues of more that a trillion : US, Germany and Japan. All of which where the biggest players in WWII.
Agreed, but a better number might be spending per capita. You'd expect bigger countries to spend more. Hmm... I'm going to have to calculate that out now.
Also, the figures for some of those countries aren't directly comprable. China has it's currency tied to the dollar (fixed trade ratio) instead of floating it (letting the market decide the exchange rate) like most countries do. This is believed to have caused their currency to be undervalued. (Encouraging exports, discouraging imports). So given the turn the dollar has made, and the belief about the Chinese Won, they probably spend more than it looks like.
You made me thing of something with this. Linksys made an amplifier for their 802.11b system called the BSB24. It was made to stack on top of the wireless hub. Here's a link. It stacks neatly on top of it and maintains the stackability of the hub. Is it possible this is what they had in mind?
Same goes for Solomon, Nebuchadnezzar, Any Ceasar, many Kings/Queens/Emperors/Czars of any country, Buddah, Joan of Arch, Jacob, Moses and many, many more.
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(particularly in the case of late-term abortion of pregnancy caused by rape).
You just reminded me of an old saying:
Sins of the Father
Interesting how that applies here.
Thanks. I couldm't remember as it has been about 6/7 years.
I know some people that would do it free of charge to the state. That aside, there are also others who have commited murder on the day before their 18th birthday. As I understand it, the states that allow juveniles to be executed require this: That they have been at least 14 when the crime was commited, be tried as an adult, the prosecutor must seek to try them as an adult, and the judge AND jury must agree to the death penalty. At least that's how it is in VA. And the one reason why malvo didn't get the needle is because of the judge.
Doesn't Exeem come with some form of spyware?
Saying that P2P is an important network standard and therefore grokster cannot be held liable for what it enables with its software is the equivalent of saying that, since libraries are essential to the transmission of information, the government cannot request that the book "Practical Guide to Terrorist Attacks" be taken off library shelves.
Except with libraries, they can choose to remove the book permanently, and don't have to worry about anyone renaming the book to "Pr@ct1c4l Gyd3 +0 +3rr0r1st @++@ck5". The libraries specifically choose what books to have on their shelves. In P2P, it is up to the users, not the software providers.
The truth is that P2P networks have made absolutely no effort to provide even minimal safeguards against copyright infringement.
So tell us how they could provide any safegaurd that would actually do anything? Block any file that contains the name "christina agulera"? Block all MP3s? You just blocked images of a singer and any MP3 that someone chooses to freely distribute. Hashes don't work as you can do a very slightly different encode(add 1ms of silence to the beginning, for example).
The industries have every right to demand that P2P networks be held to the same standards that other transmission methods are held, and to claim that the very Internet is under attack is a red herring.
So lets talk about other transmission methods. The Telephone, for example. Telephone companies are not held liable for any illegal activity discused over their networks. If I plot to kill someone with you over the phone line, Verizon or Southern Bell or whoever is our ISP and long distance company are immune from prosecution.
Finally, at what point is a program no longer a P2P or file sharing application? Does AIM, IRC, HTTP and FTP count?
I am strongly considering making the trip up to DC for this one,
It has been a few years since I was in the court house (as an observer, not involved in the proceedings) I sugest you check o make sure that you do not need to make any form of "reservation/tckets" in order to be there (like you do for the capitol building and congress). I can't remmeber if my teacher at the time made some arangements or not for the ~10 of us that went. But better check just to be sure.
If MGM manages to get Grokster and Streamcast banned, it is quite likely that it will be used as a precident to ban other P2P networks and technologies. This especially includes BitTorrent.
Referencing the two guys (one of which who was under 18) that were sniping people as they went about their daily business in Virgnia, Maryland, DC and several other states ranging from Alabama to Texas to Washington (State). And that Maryland seriously considered removing the moratorium on the death penalty when they caught those two, Something tells me the majority would be in favor of it in certain circumstances.
here's a link on profits http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/01 /17/daily19.html
That done, profits don't always matter when calculating the value of a company. What usually matters is how much their assets are worth.
Not really. Intel and AMD have never had the console gaming market. Also, the consoles really do require either an embedded microprocessor, or one that is customized. The gameboy series uses arm7 and arm9 processors. The recent Consoles themselves have used customized ones. The X-Box is the only exception in that it used a general purpose Pentium 3.
I can see that Intel and AMD might want to break into that market, but they would have to create a custom chip (as a general purposed will either use too much power or won't cut it) just for that. Something I am not sure they want to do.
it is important that we also work to challenge our educational system to provide critical thinking skills.
I can think of some games that did this for me. Here's a math one http://www.24game.com/
The other kind is where you are given the bare minimum of information to figure things out. (sally is taller than jessy, but shorter than tom. tom is...) and that sort of thing. Puzzlebooks, in general.
Also, puzzle video games such as Myst and the like. Number munchers (or whatever it has evolved into), Oregon Trail and others.
One other thing, don't fall into the trap of "but he's too young for..." or anything like that. That is the one thing that has been consistently proven wrong. (Just look at Harry Potter, many publishers said it was too complex and too high a level for the age group that it was targeted at. Kids younger than that target are reading it.)
As for the schools, see about getting your kid into a decent GT/AP program. I was playing that 24 game in elementary, so you can't start too soon. That is about the best I can say.
The basic reason why Classical requires better reproduction comes down to one thing. Dynamic Range. This is realted to distortion. In Classical, you want to record the original sound, completely free of distortion. You keep overhead available in your system so that the highs don't get distorted during amplification and recording. In most modern pop/rock/rap, distortion is used (on purpose) in the amplification to add to the effect in the sound.
Here is a link on Dynamic Range
Basic summary, the dynamic range is the ration between the loudest and quietest sounds. Rock/pop/rap is normally consistently loud, and hence a low dynamic range. Classical has very low lows and highs and as such has a very high dynamic range. That is what it comes down to. Here is another link on dynamic range Handel's "The Messiah Hallelujah Chorus" is one example of a classical piece that uses a high dynamic range. Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" 9th Sympthony is a very good example of one as it goes from quiet to loud (possibly the best example I can give). Jazz is the one other kind that typically uses this (that I know of off the top of my head). Look around for pieces of music that audiophiles use to brag about thier systems "Because it makes their system sound good".
I hope this clears it up somewhat.
E.g., anyone can obtain a redistribution license for no more than 10c/song/copy. The licensee can then set their own resale price.
Can you provide a link or more information on this? Something tells me that if Apple could do this at 10c a copy they would. Especially since they are paying more than that now to the Recording Companies.
Actually, I post date the LPs by several years. I use a small MP3 player (smaller than the ipod) that only goes up to 10khz for when I go to the gym. But I play songs on there where I won't know the difference. When I listen to music on a proper system, I prefer the uncompressed formats. I can hear the difference in a home between compressed and uncompressed. At the gym, there is too much background noise to be able to tell. Same with the car.
I have nothing against compressed formats. I use them for when I am on the go. But when I buy music, I expect the highest quality I can get. Not something that is worse than what I can get on a P2P network for free.
This will never pass. I don't care that this guy is a Republican. There won't be a majority that will vote for this.
The truth be told, there are more millionaire plumbers than there are Computer Scientists.
My grandma has this cartoon hanging on her wall. It's from the 60s or maybe a bit earlier. Picture of a kid playing with a Flash Gordon style rocket and a man in a tumbler. Man asks the boy "Wanna be an astronaut when you grow up?" Kid responds. "Nope, I want to be a plumber so I can be rich!"
I know more people who are happy as blue collar workers than I do those who are happy as white collar workers. To me, happieness matters more than money. Same with them.
My son is now 14 months old, and I keep thinking more and more about how to prepare for his eventual schooling and make sure he can think and approach matters of substance.
Easiest way I can think of. Take time off every evening to teach him something yourself. That way you have some input. One of the fun things my dad taught me was how to convert to binary easily, while I was in elementary. Also, find out his interests and encourage them.
At some point pull him out of the public school system and place him in private/religious education if you can afford it. (note on relgious, some religious schools will take your kid even if they are not the same religion and will not try to convert them) Interview the school to find out if you like them.
I have been through every type of school there is. My favorite was at an alternative school. www.nsnva.pvt.k12.va.us There is a network of them, all run independantly. Look them up. I was at that one for 8th through 12th. I was taking Geometry in 8th grade and I could have skipped it. I personally chose to take it because I felt that I had not learned enough at teh summer programs I learned it at. (And this was actually my choice too). Another is CTY (http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/) It is a summer program for 5th-10th graders where you can take higher level courses. 2 sessions at 3 weeks. They have many interesting things there, I remond looking them up too. They also have fun activities for him to do there outside of classes. There are more things out there like this. Find them.
Interestingly enough, I thought about this a few years ago. Having been through 4 different types of schools. Public, Private (alternatice), Religious and Outpatient. Public was 1st-6th. Relatively 1 size fits all, but we had a special ed teacher for those of us who needed work in some areas (I went to her for writing). And some extra clubs and areas for those of us that were fast (I went to that for math). My parents pulled me out for 7th to a religious school since the public schools idea of GT was put all the smart kids together, give them the same work, extra asignments and the same grade. Nothing that would actually help us. Don't ask about the religious one, it is not a good example. Same with the outpatient. The private alternative school was The New School of NVA. We could work at our own pace and were helped along by the teacher if we needed it or given advanced if we needed it. The teachers managed to teach classes of up to 14 with everyone at their own abilities. Good luck finding that in a public school with 30 kids per class. One of the other things is that we had longer classes. Up to 2 hours, and we enjoyed them. I think that is the main thing that needs to be improved. Learning can be fun.
Can I simply ask somebody who really knows? What are the costs associated with digital distribution versus printing and distribution of physical media? Is this simply a case of music labels being greedy?
Well, for the labels the recuring cost of online distribution is zero. They suply the song, but the distributor pays all the bandwidth and associated costs. Their costs deal with producing the song and administration.
Throughout the entire decade of the 90's, they waited for somebody else to innovate the digital distribution of music (Napster), and waited for Apple to do it right with the iTunes Music Store, and now they want to profit on top of all of others hard work.
Remember, they own the music. Quite literaly in most cases. Unless an artist retained the rights, the Recording Companies own it. It is up to them to set the price.
Are you making a profit with iTunes with the current pricing scheme? It would certainly appear to be the case, so why are you now trying to increase prices?
To make more money, of course!
The cost of distribution through the Apple iTMS has not changed. Apple has not changed the terms for distributing music in your contracts. Apple is not making any more money on it than previously agreed.
Frequently when a new product comes out, a company will test the waters with various prices to find the one that maximizes their profits. Sometimes fewer sales at higher margins means more money. Sometimes more sales at lower margins means more money. They are trying to find the peak in that equation. Personally I think they should go lower. But that is up to them.
Here is a prediction: If the price for music increases right now for digital distribution, sales will fall and piracy will increase.
No argument here. But the main questing from the recording execs is, will sales fall so much as to offset the increase in revenue per song?
Sure I'm analyzing this from a money grubbing point of view. But then again, that's what you have to do in order to understand what the labels are doing. They want to make more money.
I personally won't buy lossy formats. I don't consider them good enough quality for what I listen to. (Classical) But many people will, especially for pop and rock. All this is, is a basic exercise in Econ 101.
It's interesting to see that only 3 coutries have revenues of more that a trillion : US, Germany and Japan. All of which where the biggest players in WWII.
Agreed, but a better number might be spending per capita. You'd expect bigger countries to spend more. Hmm... I'm going to have to calculate that out now.
Also, the figures for some of those countries aren't directly comprable. China has it's currency tied to the dollar (fixed trade ratio) instead of floating it (letting the market decide the exchange rate) like most countries do. This is believed to have caused their currency to be undervalued. (Encouraging exports, discouraging imports). So given the turn the dollar has made, and the belief about the Chinese Won, they probably spend more than it looks like.
Doesn't Microsoft have more money than most countries?
Not sure how to analyze that. But here's one way. Microsofts revenues for 2004 were 38.47 Billion. Here is a link by the CIA for revenues for governments.
Unfortunately, it isn't in any order other than alphabetical. They do have more revenue than some Governments. Note Countries!=Governments.
You kidding? He's using the mac mini to heat the coffee!
But did anyone else notice the convientley placed R2 and D2 ?
Hmm.. They are planning on having an option where you can order repair droid with your Mac Mini!
You made me thing of something with this. Linksys made an amplifier for their 802.11b system called the BSB24. It was made to stack on top of the wireless hub. Here's a link. It stacks neatly on top of it and maintains the stackability of the hub. Is it possible this is what they had in mind?
Same goes for Solomon, Nebuchadnezzar, Any Ceasar, many Kings/Queens/Emperors/Czars of any country, Buddah, Joan of Arch, Jacob, Moses and many, many more.