And the old game runs on newer computers and OS'? So, the game is bascially like Apple II version with the low colors, horrible computer speaker, etc. Yucky.
I don't mind the logins as long as BugMeNot has accounts for me to use. Anyways, I am surprised no one copied and pasted the article. Here it is:
Paul McCartney is a man on the run He has a new album, a new record label, new living arrangements and even a new plan about putting the Beatles' music catalog online this year. By Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writer June 3, 2007
What's in a name? What's in a name? click to enlarge Winchelsea, England -- HE noticed it when his cellphone, stuffed with too many text messages, voicemails and phone numbers, started flashing at him: "Memory almost full." It was remarkably like his own brain, weighted down with half-written songs, daughter Bea's schedule, the lyrics to old Beatles B-sides, the blurring faces of long-buried loves and friends.
Delete? Re-record? Which parts go, and which -- the carpets of bluebells outside Liverpool in spring, sitting on twin beds in a hotel room with John Lennon writing "She Loves You" -- stay locked in the hard drive of time?
"Your memory is always almost full these days. There's so much going on, so I thought it was a poetic way to sum up modern life. Just overload, information overload," Paul McCartney says of his 21st solo album, "Memory Almost Full," which explores the persistence of memory, preparing for the settling of scores and a life too full to hold it all.
"It's been pointed out to me that since the album is heavy on retrospective stuff, there's a sort of finality about it. 'Memory almost full,' any second now it will be full, and, 'Goodbye cruel world.' It's not what I meant about it at all, but I can see that meaning, and I like, you know, people to have different interpretations. "Abbey Road" to us was a crossing outside the studio. I'm sure to some people, it meant Monastery Lane, and we liked that sort of quasi-religious feel of it too."
The album (out Tuesday) marks the 64-year-old McCartney's plunge into another kind of digital age. Ending his relationship with Capitol Records/EMI that began in 1962, McCartney has hooked up with Starbucks' new Hear Music Label and unlocks the new album (along with the rest of his solo catalog) for online downloads. McCartney also says the Beatles catalog is on deck for online release near the end of the year, although EMI has not announced a date.
The video for "Dance Tonight," the party-tune, mandolin-laced foot-tapper that opens the record, made its world premiere on YouTube, in a bid to charm a third generation with the kind of winsome songs their grandmother should know.
"I was bored with the old record company's jaded view," McCartney says, plopped on a sofa in the large, comfortable farmhouse that doubles as a rehearsal studio here in the rolling, tree-studded hills of rural East Sussex. Outside, there is an old windmill, and in the near distance, the hazy blue carpet of the English Channel.
"They're very confused, and they will admit it themselves: that this is a new world, and they're a little bit at a loss as to what to do. So they've got millions of dollars and X budget... for them to come up with boring ways -- because they've been at it for so long -- to what they call 'market' it. And I find that all a bit disturbing.
"I write it, I play it, I record it, and that's all fun. And you go to the record company, and it gets very boring. You sit around in rooms with people, and you're almost falling asleep" -- he rolls his head down midchest --"and they're almost falling asleep.
"My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that."
McCartney heard that Starbucks' content development guy, Alan Mintz, loved his music; better, he was a bass player. They arranged to meet in New York, along with Howard Schultz, the chief executive who turned Starbucks from
The problem is cost, time, etc. of hosting that. Sure, I can have someone else do it, but that will add costs even more. I don't want to have to deal with that. I can't even manage my own little network at home.:)
And yes, I live in a city with a cable monopoly. DSL is too far (20K ft.) and other options are either too slow and/or too expensive (e.g., 100+ bucks for IDSL 144Kb/sec speeds per month).
Of course, this cancellation of service doesn't work if the broadband provider is monopoly where you can't get anything else for decent prices and speeds.
For example with me, TWC (used to be Adelphia) is the monopoly broadband service here. The only other options are: Dial-up (3 KB/sec max. even on 56K modems), satellite Internet (slow and expensive), ISDN (slow and expensive, IDSL (slow and expensive, T1+ (uh huh, would you like to pay for it?), Verizon has no FIOS service here, and DSL is unavailable (20+K ft. from CO). And I live in a small city that has a lot of small computer/high-tech companies.
I don't know anyone who uses Jabber. Everyone seems to be using AIM, MSN, or Yahoo! (mostly at work). ICQ used to be hot many years ago, but people seem to have left it.
For me, I was born partially deaf. I wear an analog bone conduction hearing aid (Oticon 380P -- I think a 10 years old model). I hate it when movie theaters, concerts, plays, etc. are SO loud. But I have an advantage. Turn my hearing aid down or off.:) What's funny is that sometimes they're still loud even if I turn it off! Ugh!
VideoSift mentions an one minute and 52 seconds YouTube video showing big-name Compact Discs (CDs) [and other audio sources] manufacturers are distorting sounds to make them seem louder. At the same time, sound quality suffers.
From Debian's package: "A console client for AOL Instant Messenger and IRC. Naim is a console-based client for AOL Instant Messenger, IRC, and Lily. It supports the TOC protocol and can store its buddylist on AOL's servers."
I think they do that so people don't download and watch in their Web browsers. That's annoying. If they zip it up, then it forces the browsers to download the files.
We should contact the Web team about their annoying ads, banners, etc. This is too much. Yes, we can read the print version, but we should share our complaints.
Apple //c for me and I had an awesome teacher!
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And the old game runs on newer computers and OS'? So, the game is bascially like Apple II version with the low colors, horrible computer speaker, etc. Yucky.
Pfffbt. So, what if we print out the story and we share with people (not making money here)?
Wow, is it still the same graphics and all that by someone else?
I don't mind the logins as long as BugMeNot has accounts for me to use. Anyways, I am surprised no one copied and pasted the article. Here it is:
... for them to come up with boring ways -- because they've been at it for so long -- to what they call 'market' it. And I find that all a bit disturbing.
Paul McCartney is a man on the run
He has a new album, a new record label, new living arrangements and even a new plan about putting the Beatles' music catalog online this year.
By Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writer
June 3, 2007
What's in a name?
What's in a name?
click to enlarge
Winchelsea, England -- HE noticed it when his cellphone, stuffed with too many text messages, voicemails and phone numbers, started flashing at him: "Memory almost full." It was remarkably like his own brain, weighted down with half-written songs, daughter Bea's schedule, the lyrics to old Beatles B-sides, the blurring faces of long-buried loves and friends.
Delete? Re-record? Which parts go, and which -- the carpets of bluebells outside Liverpool in spring, sitting on twin beds in a hotel room with John Lennon writing "She Loves You" -- stay locked in the hard drive of time?
"Your memory is always almost full these days. There's so much going on, so I thought it was a poetic way to sum up modern life. Just overload, information overload," Paul McCartney says of his 21st solo album, "Memory Almost Full," which explores the persistence of memory, preparing for the settling of scores and a life too full to hold it all.
"It's been pointed out to me that since the album is heavy on retrospective stuff, there's a sort of finality about it. 'Memory almost full,' any second now it will be full, and, 'Goodbye cruel world.' It's not what I meant about it at all, but I can see that meaning, and I like, you know, people to have different interpretations. "Abbey Road" to us was a crossing outside the studio. I'm sure to some people, it meant Monastery Lane, and we liked that sort of quasi-religious feel of it too."
The album (out Tuesday) marks the 64-year-old McCartney's plunge into another kind of digital age. Ending his relationship with Capitol Records/EMI that began in 1962, McCartney has hooked up with Starbucks' new Hear Music Label and unlocks the new album (along with the rest of his solo catalog) for online downloads. McCartney also says the Beatles catalog is on deck for online release near the end of the year, although EMI has not announced a date.
The video for "Dance Tonight," the party-tune, mandolin-laced foot-tapper that opens the record, made its world premiere on YouTube, in a bid to charm a third generation with the kind of winsome songs their grandmother should know.
"I was bored with the old record company's jaded view," McCartney says, plopped on a sofa in the large, comfortable farmhouse that doubles as a rehearsal studio here in the rolling, tree-studded hills of rural East Sussex. Outside, there is an old windmill, and in the near distance, the hazy blue carpet of the English Channel.
"They're very confused, and they will admit it themselves: that this is a new world, and they're a little bit at a loss as to what to do. So they've got millions of dollars and X budget
"I write it, I play it, I record it, and that's all fun. And you go to the record company, and it gets very boring. You sit around in rooms with people, and you're almost falling asleep" -- he rolls his head down midchest --"and they're almost falling asleep.
"My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that."
McCartney heard that Starbucks' content development guy, Alan Mintz, loved his music; better, he was a bass player. They arranged to meet in New York, along with Howard Schultz, the chief executive who turned Starbucks from
Isn't Oregon Trail still sold today?
Is there a ROM for this? I'd like to see this myself. Virtual Apple 2 doesn't have it online. :(
Play Oregon Trail on Virtual Apple 2's emulator. There are other games as well.
I don't watch this series, but it was interesting to see how the rating was on TV.com. I guess everyone didn't like this series finale. :(
The problem is cost, time, etc. of hosting that. Sure, I can have someone else do it, but that will add costs even more. I don't want to have to deal with that. I can't even manage my own little network at home. :)
And yes, I live in a city with a cable monopoly. DSL is too far (20K ft.) and other options are either too slow and/or too expensive (e.g., 100+ bucks for IDSL 144Kb/sec speeds per month).
Of course, this cancellation of service doesn't work if the broadband provider is monopoly where you can't get anything else for decent prices and speeds.
For example with me, TWC (used to be Adelphia) is the monopoly broadband service here. The only other options are: Dial-up (3 KB/sec max. even on 56K modems), satellite Internet (slow and expensive), ISDN (slow and expensive, IDSL (slow and expensive, T1+ (uh huh, would you like to pay for it?), Verizon has no FIOS service here, and DSL is unavailable (20+K ft. from CO). And I live in a small city that has a lot of small computer/high-tech companies.
I don't know anyone who uses Jabber. Everyone seems to be using AIM, MSN, or Yahoo! (mostly at work). ICQ used to be hot many years ago, but people seem to have left it.
For me, I was born partially deaf. I wear an analog bone conduction hearing aid (Oticon 380P -- I think a 10 years old model). I hate it when movie theaters, concerts, plays, etc. are SO loud. But I have an advantage. Turn my hearing aid down or off. :) What's funny is that sometimes they're still loud even if I turn it off! Ugh!
VideoSift mentions an one minute and 52 seconds YouTube video showing big-name Compact Discs (CDs) [and other audio sources] manufacturers are distorting sounds to make them seem louder. At the same time, sound quality suffers.
Yeah, it has missing features like Gtalk. Gtalk is useless for me to due to my speech and hearing impediments.
Same here for Trillian (Basic). It's not that bloated. In Linux, I use Gaim/Pidgin. If Trillian existed in Linux, I would use it too.
From Debian's package: "A console client for AOL Instant Messenger and IRC. Naim is a console-based client for AOL Instant Messenger, IRC, and Lily. It supports the TOC protocol and can store its buddylist on AOL's servers."
Trillian v3.1 can do this too for its ICQ, MSN, and AIM component. I log in invisibile as default.
I think they do that so people don't download and watch in their Web browsers. That's annoying. If they zip it up, then it forces the browsers to download the files.
Yeah, but WoW doesn't have a native Linux port. Only Mac OS X and Windows ports.
The images reminded me of Forrest Gump carrying men back to the shore in the movie.
I thought it said Chairboy, not Chairbot. :P
We should contact the Web team about their annoying ads, banners, etc. This is too much. Yes, we can read the print version, but we should share our complaints.
My parents got me an Apple //c with a green monochrome monitor (not that tiny one -- the box one used for IIe] after TI-99/4A (didn't die). I played a lot of games on it, but I also learned BASIC and LOGO. At school, I had an awesome sixth grade teacher (Mr. Mangel? I wonder if he reads /.]) who was a geek and perfect mentor for me since I was into computers. I remember I got introduced to LOGO and he had one of those Apple robot turtle like a plotter on the floor/ground. It was neat!
Patience, good stories, no life, etc. :) See who is #4 on Hall of Fame for "Most Active Submitters". ;)
We need Jack Bauer for this!