He has to say this sort of thing since he's bet the MS farm on DRM and the like. When you hear people making these kind of references though, you know they are concerned. That tells me the DRM plan isn't going as well as they thought it would.
I like the fact that they are trying to make p2p easier for content creators. Once this has been done and a quality filtering process has been established...look out TV. I agree that something like this could make a dent in TV. Not overnight, of course, but the impact will be felt over the next few years.
this thread doesn't seem to get at the real issue, and the author only touches on it. are you a profit centre or a cost centre? most people don't consider this, and it's human nature i guess to think that your view of the world is the most important.
any argument admins can make against developers, developers can in turn make them about their end users in a typical enterprise. the bottom line is that you serve your client as best you can, and eventually you get to the money maker. if a user can't make the widgets because an app doesn't meet their needs, they get frustrated. if a developer can't meet her deadline because she is tied up in admin-related stuff, then they get frustrated. and all of it is counter-productive.
so please, before another admin posts an "i am admin, hear me roar" comment, realize that the servers your company bought are there primarily for getting business done, not to be administered. also, i'm not saying the developer who wrote the article was correct, but he made some good points. it is wrong to undervalue an admin and say they are unskilled, etc, but if business isn't getting done because the policies are too tight (they just seem to get tighter and not looser?!), then there is a problem within that company.
as companies get bigger, it is very difficult to preserve the environment where everyone has the same agenda - to get the company's business done.
It's better than any alternative that I know of. I like the fact that they don't charge a setup fee. As others have pointed out, it's good for a band wanting to sell songs because you don't need to be selling 100 songs a week to make it profitable for you.
I agree that Shirkey makes some good points, but personally I think the biggest stumbling block is getting people to sign up for the Bitpass service. Once a defacto standard emerges and people are used to the idea of spending money in such a way, I think things will gel together. It will take time though.
It's actually not that hard, although I'm sure some people will not be able to use this system. They offer PHP and Perl solutions. You do need a little technical skill, but I assume the next step will be for ISPs to offer it as a service.
yeah, seriously - changes in the way music is distributed, alternatives to the RIAA stronghold, etc would be of no interest to slashdotters - that sort of thing is never covered/discussed here.
i agree with your principle, but i think that the label concept will always be around. anything that aggregates a bunch of artists will be label-like. i think people will always want that, rather than scouring the web for individual artists themselves...
I think I agree with what you are hinting at. For someone not well versed in Linux, actually configuring and maintaining an installation of software like Ardour is not trivial. There is a business opportunity for someone who wants to build Linux pro audio solutions and I hope somebody takes it and runs with it. As much as musicians bitch about software costs, most of them just want to hit record and let it fly, not spend hours (or days) configuring kernels and config files. In the end, that was why I got a Mac. I'm not saying that it was the only right choice, but it was certainly the right one for me.
I'm hoping that independent artists will use this to broadkast their own stuff, rather than have a bunch of warez channels. The great thing about kast is that it makes it economical for such artists to make their stuff freely available - being popular doesn't mean you pay more for bandwidth anymore. Everyone wins, at least in my opinion. Sure, there will be a lot of shitty channels created and abandoned, but the good ones will rise to the top on their own merits eventually. I believe this really could be revolutionary stuff.
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since your node typically keeps connections with 10 other nodes (a config setting), there's a lot of uploading/downloading that could be going on at any point in time...you aren't just connected to one other node. You could be sending 3 files and receiving 7, for example (or any combination i guess)
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i don't think the slow link affects things as much as you suggest - it just means the source can't use that link to spread out the load as much. i don't think each phase 'sychronized' that way, but i could be wrong.
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it can do this...
1. just give the sender's key to the other people on the channel team
2. make the broadcasts private and send the receiver keys to people by invitation
it sounds like you're getting a good deal for your 'like $30 a month', but don't forget that others in the union you were forced to join are subsidizing your master's degree...nothing is free my friend.
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...i think you should go work for a company that mirrors your own ideas. or start your own. if your ideas are better, you'll have a decent shot at success.
also, don't forget that the usefulness of an intranet isn't so much a function of the tools used to build it as it is the content...
wow - such venom! you seem to be making the assumption that we're all equal and that people end up where they are by mere chance. not true. some people are smarter and/or stronger. you can improve your position in life. no, it isn't easy, but people do it. a lot of US immigrants have 'pulled themselves up' without handouts. i don't have a problem with people helping other people. i do have a problem when i'm forced to do it by the barrel of a gun. sorry, i can't accept that this would make me immoral. please explain this assertion to me.
i'm not sure the "evil corporations" can take credit for corrupting politics. politics is about robbing peter to pay paul, plain and simple. and you wonder why people are sick of it all? it seems pretty simple to me.
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He has to say this sort of thing since he's bet the MS farm on DRM and the like. When you hear people making these kind of references though, you know they are concerned. That tells me the DRM plan isn't going as well as they thought it would.
I like the fact that they are trying to make p2p easier for content creators. Once this has been done and a quality filtering process has been established...look out TV. I agree that something like this could make a dent in TV. Not overnight, of course, but the impact will be felt over the next few years.
i wonder if they realize they are helping to spread the adoption of bittorrent users sharing shows?
this thread doesn't seem to get at the real issue, and the author only touches on it. are you a profit centre or a cost centre? most people don't consider this, and it's human nature i guess to think that your view of the world is the most important.
any argument admins can make against developers, developers can in turn make them about their end users in a typical enterprise. the bottom line is that you serve your client as best you can, and eventually you get to the money maker. if a user can't make the widgets because an app doesn't meet their needs, they get frustrated. if a developer can't meet her deadline because she is tied up in admin-related stuff, then they get frustrated. and all of it is counter-productive.
so please, before another admin posts an "i am admin, hear me roar" comment, realize that the servers your company bought are there primarily for getting business done, not to be administered. also, i'm not saying the developer who wrote the article was correct, but he made some good points. it is wrong to undervalue an admin and say they are unskilled, etc, but if business isn't getting done because the policies are too tight (they just seem to get tighter and not looser?!), then there is a problem within that company.
as companies get bigger, it is very difficult to preserve the environment where everyone has the same agenda - to get the company's business done.
Don't sign up if there's nothing compelling for you, or if you can get "good enough equivalents". That's your call.
It's better than any alternative that I know of. I like the fact that they don't charge a setup fee. As others have pointed out, it's good for a band wanting to sell songs because you don't need to be selling 100 songs a week to make it profitable for you.
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htpp://curvedspace.org
I agree that Shirkey makes some good points, but personally I think the biggest stumbling block is getting people to sign up for the Bitpass service. Once a defacto standard emerges and people are used to the idea of spending money in such a way, I think things will gel together. It will take time though.
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http://curvedspace.org
It's actually not that hard, although I'm sure some people will not be able to use this system. They offer PHP and Perl solutions. You do need a little technical skill, but I assume the next step will be for ISPs to offer it as a service.
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http://curvedspace.org
yeah, seriously - changes in the way music is distributed, alternatives to the RIAA stronghold, etc would be of no interest to slashdotters - that sort of thing is never covered/discussed here.
i agree with your principle, but i think that the label concept will always be around. anything that aggregates a bunch of artists will be label-like. i think people will always want that, rather than scouring the web for individual artists themselves...
...and if you can't code, etc, but would like to see the app evolve, try giving the author 5 or 10 bucks. That's another way of helping out.
I think I agree with what you are hinting at. For someone not well versed in Linux, actually configuring and maintaining an installation of software like Ardour is not trivial. There is a business opportunity for someone who wants to build Linux pro audio solutions and I hope somebody takes it and runs with it. As much as musicians bitch about software costs, most of them just want to hit record and let it fly, not spend hours (or days) configuring kernels and config files. In the end, that was why I got a Mac. I'm not saying that it was the only right choice, but it was certainly the right one for me.
you could also only publish material that you're allowed to publish, i.e. music you created, public domain or creative commons content, etc.
I'm hoping that independent artists will use this to broadkast their own stuff, rather than have a bunch of warez channels. The great thing about kast is that it makes it economical for such artists to make their stuff freely available - being popular doesn't mean you pay more for bandwidth anymore. Everyone wins, at least in my opinion. Sure, there will be a lot of shitty channels created and abandoned, but the good ones will rise to the top on their own merits eventually. I believe this really could be revolutionary stuff.
since your node typically keeps connections with 10 other nodes (a config setting), there's a lot of uploading/downloading that could be going on at any point in time...you aren't just connected to one other node. You could be sending 3 files and receiving 7, for example (or any combination i guess)
i don't think the slow link affects things as much as you suggest - it just means the source can't use that link to spread out the load as much. i don't think each phase 'sychronized' that way, but i could be wrong.
it can do this...
1. just give the sender's key to the other people on the channel team
2. make the broadcasts private and send the receiver keys to people by invitation
Why don't you try to find a real job? Surely a technical guy like yourself is employable by someone.
it sounds like you're getting a good deal for your 'like $30 a month', but don't forget that others in the union you were forced to join are subsidizing your master's degree...nothing is free my friend.
...i think you should go work for a company that mirrors your own ideas. or start your own. if your ideas are better, you'll have a decent shot at success.
also, don't forget that the usefulness of an intranet isn't so much a function of the tools used to build it as it is the content...
you're right that Unions don't support mediocrity, they create it in the first place.
how dare you confuse the issue with some common sense. where's the romance in that?!?
in the solar federation...
we have assumed control
we have assumed control
we have assumed control
wow - such venom! you seem to be making the assumption that we're all equal and that people end up where they are by mere chance. not true. some people are smarter and/or stronger. you can improve your position in life. no, it isn't easy, but people do it. a lot of US immigrants have 'pulled themselves up' without handouts. i don't have a problem with people helping other people. i do have a problem when i'm forced to do it by the barrel of a gun. sorry, i can't accept that this would make me immoral. please explain this assertion to me.
i'm not sure the "evil corporations" can take credit for corrupting politics. politics is about robbing peter to pay paul, plain and simple. and you wonder why people are sick of it all? it seems pretty simple to me.