Great! To solve poverty in the third world, let's just give all that land to big American corporations, who'll lovingly give their inhabitants work and build nice semi-detached houses for them.
You don't really think those people would be able to find proper housing if they didn't have that comfortable unpropertied area 'round the corner, do you?
You don't really want to go through the speaker output, though, since you lose some (quite a lot, I think) information in the digital-analog conversion that takes place before. Of course, players for such high quality CDs will have to have digital output, so there's not really a problem (for us).
The "higher quality" layer is, as seems to be clear, of higher quality than the CD layer. What you're saying makes as little sense as converting your MP3s to WAVs for the higher quality of that format.
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I don't know about Capital, but Radio 1 (I assume that's what you mean) certainly doesn't play the same songs all day everyday. I think their daytime program is playlisted (lots of info about that on their website), but they have some great shows in the evening. John Peel, most notably.
I was actually thinking of something more general: A language which lets you define a piece of music by defining what note to play at what time with what instrument, but also what sample to play where, and where what lyrics go. Then this could be used to generate the finished sound file, but also the notation, or whatever else is interesting. It should basically describe the whole thing in a generic way.
Please excuse me if this doesn't make much sense since I haven't really looked into sequencing with Linux.
Anyway, I'm wondering whether the situation with GUI sequencers isn't similar to IDEs or typesetting, in that a large part of Linux users are happy (happier, actually) with using an editor, compiler and some command line tools, and not a GUI.
So, does an appropriate language for defining a piece of music exist, a LaTeX for musicians? Or are the features that musicians need that can't reasonable be implemented in such a version?
This ruling does not actually apply to all forums. For instance, Slashdot would not be affected. The court's explanation (google translation) clearly states that the decision was based on the fact that Microsoft has "acquired" the posted information by closely integrating it into their site and, more importantly, by claiming rights to it.
While I prefer its sloppy focus behaviour (wouldn't take offense at it being configurable, thouhg), it's not possible to maximize vertically. Can't live without that, I'm afraid.
While I agree that in general, IMDB ratings give a good impression of the "quality" of a film, they are somewhat biased towards new films, as shown by the positions of Episode II and Spider-Man, probably The Matrix and also Donnie Darko (haven't seen the last). The rating tends to be signifcantly higher shortly after release than a few years later. Audience overwhelmed by the cinema experience versus video watchers?
Morality and good/evil have to do with human actions. Applying them to things like Nature or Physics makes no sense at all. So, while I agree that dictatorship is not inherently evil, a dictator certainly can be.
Spacetripper is more like Defender than R-Type, but a beautiful game regardless. There's even a Linux version available. Perfect combination of gameplay and graphics, IMO.
How do you know this is a fact? Has it been proved that a human being is defined by the molecules it's made up of? Would copying a person molecule by molecule result in two humans thinking and feeling exactly the same?
BTW, while certainly we wouldn't be here without nucleic acids, that doesn't imply there isn't something else. It only proves the existence of nucleic acids (assuming we exist, of course).
While many of us might agree with this statement, it is in no way a proven fact. And there's lots of people out there who'll tell you that a human is more than a just body.
Just watch a film made in the language you're learning. Duh.
Re subtitles: They are probably already available in both languages, so all you need to do if you really want both simultaneously is to modify a DVD player to show two sets of subtitles. Not a big problem, if the source code is available.
Speaking of which, I'm continually being surprised by the ratings foreign films are "awarded" in the US. I'd be very grateful if anybody could explain why e.g. Amelie or Lola Rennt were rated "R".
It seems a lot like the US are trying to save their children from dangerous foreign thoughts. Or is this just the usual free trade^W^WAmerican protectionism?
So, without internet access, people will spend those two hours drinking coffee, calling home, etc. Do you seriously think many people actually spend the whole 8 working hours on work?
However, what if you don't actually want to run the app?
Ideally, the DLLs should be loaded the first time the app is run, and kept in memory afterwards (as long as there's enough around). Which is effectively what happens if the OS caches things sensibly.
Piracy is still very much active, though. If it were indeed a thing of the past, I'd agree with you. Check for instance the weekly piracy report (first non-software hit on google).
Well, tell that to the people whose family have been killed in one of the frequent pirate attacks in south-east Asia or off the African coast.
I am not saying that "pirating" music is terrorism, I'm saying that calling it pirating is inappropriate in a similar way in which calling it terrorism is.
Both piracy and terrorism are horrible things, and in no way comparable to copying music.
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However, by calling him "G-d" instead of "God", you're just changing the name. So his name is still written.
Great! To solve poverty in the third world, let's just give all that land to big American corporations, who'll lovingly give their inhabitants work and build nice semi-detached houses for them.
You don't really think those people would be able to find proper housing if they didn't have that comfortable unpropertied area 'round the corner, do you?
You don't really want to go through the speaker output, though, since you lose some (quite a lot, I think) information in the digital-analog conversion that takes place before. Of course, players for such high quality CDs will have to have digital output, so there's not really a problem (for us).
Sure they could do that, but why? Manufacturing a layered CD is not a problem, is it? So this seems to be beside the point.
Excuse me if I'm being dense, but what does using both sides solve? I don't think capacity is an issue.
The "higher quality" layer is, as seems to be clear, of higher quality than the CD layer. What you're saying makes as little sense as converting your MP3s to WAVs for the higher quality of that format.
I don't know about Capital, but Radio 1 (I assume that's what you mean) certainly doesn't play the same songs all day everyday. I think their daytime program is playlisted (lots of info about that on their website), but they have some great shows in the evening. John Peel, most notably.
I was actually thinking of something more general: A language which lets you define a piece of music by defining what note to play at what time with what instrument, but also what sample to play where, and where what lyrics go. Then this could be used to generate the finished sound file, but also the notation, or whatever else is interesting. It should basically describe the whole thing in a generic way.
Please excuse me if this doesn't make much sense since I haven't really looked into sequencing with Linux.
Anyway, I'm wondering whether the situation with GUI sequencers isn't similar to IDEs or typesetting, in that a large part of Linux users are happy (happier, actually) with using an editor, compiler and some command line tools, and not a GUI.
So, does an appropriate language for defining a piece of music exist, a LaTeX for musicians? Or are the features that musicians need that can't reasonable be implemented in such a version?
This ruling does not actually apply to all forums. For instance, Slashdot would not be affected. The court's explanation (google translation) clearly states that the decision was based on the fact that Microsoft has "acquired" the posted information by closely integrating it into their site and, more importantly, by claiming rights to it.
To quote the top poster, "Isn't it just a fancy system [...] ?" (emphasis mine). Now if that doesn't support the negative connotation...
Also, if you want to use an expression which is usually used in a negative way neutrally, that needs to be made clear.
BTW, I would be quite interested in seeing an example of a non-negative use of this expression.
In what way is improving existing concepts "reinventing the wheel"? Should CVS never have been developed as RCS already existed?
The fundamental difference between BitKeeper and existing systems is its completely distributed approach. Go read the interview.
the US government is trying to stop the European Commission's antitrust case against Microsoft.
While I prefer its sloppy focus behaviour (wouldn't take offense at it being configurable, thouhg), it's not possible to maximize vertically. Can't live without that, I'm afraid.
While I agree that in general, IMDB ratings give a good impression of the "quality" of a film, they are somewhat biased towards new films, as shown by the positions of Episode II and Spider-Man, probably The Matrix and also Donnie Darko (haven't seen the last). The rating tends to be signifcantly higher shortly after release than a few years later. Audience overwhelmed by the cinema experience versus video watchers?
Morality and good/evil have to do with human actions. Applying them to things like Nature or Physics makes no sense at all. So, while I agree that dictatorship is not inherently evil, a dictator certainly can be.
Spacetripper is more like Defender than R-Type, but a beautiful game regardless. There's even a Linux version available. Perfect combination of gameplay and graphics, IMO.
BTW, while certainly we wouldn't be here without nucleic acids, that doesn't imply there isn't something else. It only proves the existence of nucleic acids (assuming we exist, of course).
While many of us might agree with this statement, it is in no way a proven fact. And there's lots of people out there who'll tell you that a human is more than a just body.
Re subtitles: They are probably already available in both languages, so all you need to do if you really want both simultaneously is to modify a DVD player to show two sets of subtitles. Not a big problem, if the source code is available.
It seems a lot like the US are trying to save their children from dangerous foreign thoughts. Or is this just the usual free trade^W^WAmerican protectionism?
So, without internet access, people will spend those two hours drinking coffee, calling home, etc. Do you seriously think many people actually spend the whole 8 working hours on work?
Ideally, the DLLs should be loaded the first time the app is run, and kept in memory afterwards (as long as there's enough around). Which is effectively what happens if the OS caches things sensibly.
Piracy is still very much active, though. If it were indeed a thing of the past, I'd agree with you. Check for instance the weekly piracy report (first non-software hit on google).
I am not saying that "pirating" music is terrorism, I'm saying that calling it pirating is inappropriate in a similar way in which calling it terrorism is.
Both piracy and terrorism are horrible things, and in no way comparable to copying music.