there are units that use the heat of the stove passing through a heat sink to generate power, which then drives a fan. I think EcoFan is a Peltier-junction thermoelectric generator. There are stirling engine alternatives. We used one on our liveaboard boat for years.
while I don't hew to the subscription model for most of my media, as a musician and erstwhile student of music history, I've found Rhapsody to be an excellent tool. I can't afford to purchase (and don't have the time to steal) everything in Big Media's back catalog. Rhapsody enables that search/ listen/think cycle that makes me feel like I'm effectively schooling myself in musical history.
that bounces a lot. and includes things like salt and generally high moisture in the air. I think anyone that uses their pc - whatever form factor - anywhere that's not sitting on a desk in a climate controlled environment might do well to take these results with a grain of salt *sorry*
Antek has it exactly right, and Forbes completely misses the point.
First: if radiohead is allowing free downloads of the music, what makes the alternate download method "illegal" at all? Is BitTorrent being called illegal because... well, it's BitTorrent? Doesn't the characterization of torrent downloads as 'illegal' presume some untested legal theory that, even though free, obtaining music from any source other than Radiohead's website involves 'theft'? And again, theft of what, exactly? Radiohead's next tour will max out stadiums seating 60,000 people, paying (I'm sure) considerably more than zero. Second (and more importantly): in this age of digital media, recorded music is more of a 'loss leader' than it is product. You hope as many people as possible listen to and like your music so that they'll turn around and purchase items that are still effectively merchandisable - like concert tickets.
that's because the software was written by the phone companies. I worked on a team... eight or nine years ago (AT&T wireless)... that had a working version of this software available for sale (to anyone who 'needed' it). Just enter a known number and listen right in.
Odd, at the time I didn't think it was exceptional or even too interesting. Now it's a really big deal.
It's not the technology that's changed, but the use to which it's being put.
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seriously. I realize this is a cultural and legal issue of primary importance, but has no one ever read Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake"? err, ok. maybe not.
there are units that use the heat of the stove passing through a heat sink to generate power, which then drives a fan. I think EcoFan is a Peltier-junction thermoelectric generator. There are stirling engine alternatives. We used one on our liveaboard boat for years.
while I don't hew to the subscription model for most of my media, as a musician and erstwhile student of music history, I've found Rhapsody to be an excellent tool. I can't afford to purchase (and don't have the time to steal) everything in Big Media's back catalog. Rhapsody enables that search/ listen/think cycle that makes me feel like I'm effectively schooling myself in musical history.
that bounces a lot. and includes things like salt and generally high moisture in the air. I think anyone that uses their pc - whatever form factor - anywhere that's not sitting on a desk in a climate controlled environment might do well to take these results with a grain of salt *sorry*
Cookies! they're giving them away, so are they mine now?
Antek has it exactly right, and Forbes completely misses the point.
First: if radiohead is allowing free downloads of the music, what makes the alternate download method "illegal" at all? Is BitTorrent being called illegal because... well, it's BitTorrent? Doesn't the characterization of torrent downloads as 'illegal' presume some untested legal theory that, even though free, obtaining music from any source other than Radiohead's website involves 'theft'?
And again, theft of what, exactly?
Radiohead's next tour will max out stadiums seating 60,000 people, paying (I'm sure) considerably more than zero.
Second (and more importantly): in this age of digital media, recorded music is more of a 'loss leader' than it is product.
You hope as many people as possible listen to and like your music so that they'll turn around and purchase items that are still effectively merchandisable - like concert tickets.
that's because the software was written by the phone companies. I worked on a team... eight or nine years ago (AT&T wireless)... that had a working version of this software available for sale (to anyone who 'needed' it). Just enter a known number and listen right in. Odd, at the time I didn't think it was exceptional or even too interesting. Now it's a really big deal. It's not the technology that's changed, but the use to which it's being put.
has real rhapsody ever been cracked? I honestly don't know. ...might be an indication of their status... ;}