Vinyl is still huge in DJ/hip hop culture. Especially Jungle / DnB genres of electronic music. In the U.S. however, prices for vinyl imported from UK/EU have skyrocketed due to many reasons, primarily the Dollar's strength compared to the Pound or Euro which then push consumers to more wallet friendly downloads. At my vinyl buying peak, I would spend $60-100 per week for 5-9 tracks. Now I spend $25/week for 12-15 tracks at full.wav (~1411kbps) quality.
But vinyl won't die and with the latest download sites, independant labels have found a happy medium of producing less vinyl and offering their tracks online. Many labels are vinyl purists and haven't yet entered the digital realm. Some label owners whom I've talked with have had increased profits but most said it stays about the same margin-wise without as much overhead.
Interesting articles but I have a very basic question: Where do we get the social stigma associated with "meeting someone online"?
I, for one, see it no different than being set up on a blind date or something of the like. I've developed quite a few solid friendships with people whom I met online. Never a relationship, but the idea doesn't scare me away either.
Is it because most people equate meeting people in a social setting as normal? Is it seen, by others, as a last resort for someone who doesn't have the balls to strike up a conversation in a public setting - the public "humiliation" of being turned down and feeling as if a spotlight is on you is something most people don't like or handle well? This shy and reserved personality is not seen as "cool". The people who speak against it, project it upon themselves and realize what it implies, then they turn their own insecurities into another's social stigma.
Another way to look at it is it's secret: what or who are they hiding; it's anonymous: you can be anyone... they can be anyone. Expectations change completely and people set themselves up for disaster. Your tiniest white lie about yourself can perhaps be a big issue to someone else. That's no different in normal dating, but when you talk with someone, you hear inflection, you see responses and remarks and it's easier to figure out if the other is on the level or has a facade (unfortunately it's not foolproof).
It doesn't help that computers and the people who use them have always seen through a badly focused lens of the media / entertainment industry.
IF it was going to happen would it shake up the industry? Which is such an obvious question I don't know why I'm bothering to ask that.
Would it lead to a huge push to opensource initiatives or would we see the baby bell effect and potentially have new operating systems from which to choose?
Would slashing Microsoft's workforce degrade the quality (hurrr!) of their systems or would it allow them to perhaps, for once, engage the standards for say IE8?
Again, this is all just random guessing - but those were the two things that first came to mind.
Both were pretty easy. I got her hooked on Firefox a few years ago when she had a huge adware / spyware problem from using IE (the kind that locked up your computer, running at 100%, etc). I told her if she continuted to use IE I wouldn't help her clean up and fix her computer.
Guinness was a bit tougher well it just took more time. I usually only keep that and Sierra Nevada in the fridge. She used to prefer the Flavored Stoli (and still does from time to time). But eventually I started to find more than the usual amount of Guinness missing and soon enough she's the one stopping at the distributor to buy a case of it.
These Slashdotter has a girlfriend?!? jokes are as cliched as the overlords joke.
Actually, check out Design is Kinky (it's work safe despite the name) and go through some of the sites they link. Some of the designers do things with flash that are amazing. Another site, Beatport (online store for EDM labels) uses a flash interface which I prefer to use primarily because it's easy to browse and listen to samples without reloading, popups or using external apps like winamp.
Granted there is some pretty hideous uses of flash (advertising) but that's on the downside and with adblock it becomes pretty managable.
I think Vista / IE7 will die based more on the mollycoddling MS put into it for their lowest common denominator users. Granted it's the Beta version, however I find it tedious to be reminded constantly that I'm at risk because I'm on the internet. The only way I was able to get the alert sections to stop was by putting the security settings on "High" and not have any applets, JavaScript, Flash, you name it. Makes it difficult since my company uses these tools for graphing data online. So far, it's been a nightmare for development.
I was this option: "I understand the risks, stop bugging the hell out of me"?
Or if they were to make IE7 as extensible as FireFox for a tool such as AdBlock (Plus) that'd be great and probably more helpful than just telling the drones they're at risk.
I, for one, would love to see a Fear and Loathing with Windows Vista or a copy of The Great Penguin Hunt as some tech books.
In order for true Gonzo to work, we need people who do drugs that can write well and actually have some intelligence. It seems that the ones who use drugs and have an interest in computers come up with laughable ideas like that movie Pulse that I saw a trailer for yesterday in the theatre. When they guy who is trying to be all melodramatic said, "There are people in my computer," myself and probably a couple others in the theatre started to laugh.
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Vinyl is still huge in DJ/hip hop culture. Especially Jungle / DnB genres of electronic music. In the U.S. however, prices for vinyl imported from UK/EU have skyrocketed due to many reasons, primarily the Dollar's strength compared to the Pound or Euro which then push consumers to more wallet friendly downloads. At my vinyl buying peak, I would spend $60-100 per week for 5-9 tracks. Now I spend $25/week for 12-15 tracks at full .wav (~1411kbps) quality.
But vinyl won't die and with the latest download sites, independant labels have found a happy medium of producing less vinyl and offering their tracks online. Many labels are vinyl purists and haven't yet entered the digital realm. Some label owners whom I've talked with have had increased profits but most said it stays about the same margin-wise without as much overhead.
Is it because most people equate meeting people in a social setting as normal? Is it seen, by others, as a last resort for someone who doesn't have the balls to strike up a conversation in a public setting - the public "humiliation" of being turned down and feeling as if a spotlight is on you is something most people don't like or handle well? This shy and reserved personality is not seen as "cool". The people who speak against it, project it upon themselves and realize what it implies, then they turn their own insecurities into another's social stigma.
Another way to look at it is it's secret: what or who are they hiding; it's anonymous: you can be anyone... they can be anyone. Expectations change completely and people set themselves up for disaster. Your tiniest white lie about yourself can perhaps be a big issue to someone else. That's no different in normal dating, but when you talk with someone, you hear inflection, you see responses and remarks and it's easier to figure out if the other is on the level or has a facade (unfortunately it's not foolproof).
It doesn't help that computers and the people who use them have always seen through a badly focused lens of the media / entertainment industry.
"iloveyou"
Damn! Tiger Tanaka has now been compromised! Must alert MI6.
For electronic music fans - everything from downtempo/chillout to drum and bass to house:
Beatport
DJ Download
Stompy
Myspace was called Geocities and you only had to put a link to their webpage to claim you were friends with the other person.
IF it was going to happen would it shake up the industry? Which is such an obvious question I don't know why I'm bothering to ask that.
Would it lead to a huge push to opensource initiatives or would we see the baby bell effect and potentially have new operating systems from which to choose?
Would slashing Microsoft's workforce degrade the quality (hurrr!) of their systems or would it allow them to perhaps, for once, engage the standards for say IE8?
Again, this is all just random guessing - but those were the two things that first came to mind.
Just find the 216 digit number.
This is why we can't have nice things!
Seriously, that has been a pain in the ass. But there seem to be ways around it.
Twins don't need phones for that, they have ESP.
Both were pretty easy. I got her hooked on Firefox a few years ago when she had a huge adware / spyware problem from using IE (the kind that locked up your computer, running at 100%, etc). I told her if she continuted to use IE I wouldn't help her clean up and fix her computer.
Guinness was a bit tougher well it just took more time. I usually only keep that and Sierra Nevada in the fridge. She used to prefer the Flavored Stoli (and still does from time to time). But eventually I started to find more than the usual amount of Guinness missing and soon enough she's the one stopping at the distributor to buy a case of it.
These Slashdotter has a girlfriend?!? jokes are as cliched as the overlords joke.
I was able to get my girlfriend to switch to Firefox and to start drinking Guinness (and she now drinks it more than me). Anything is possible.
Actually, check out Design is Kinky (it's work safe despite the name) and go through some of the sites they link. Some of the designers do things with flash that are amazing. Another site, Beatport (online store for EDM labels) uses a flash interface which I prefer to use primarily because it's easy to browse and listen to samples without reloading, popups or using external apps like winamp.
Granted there is some pretty hideous uses of flash (advertising) but that's on the downside and with adblock it becomes pretty managable.
Queue Fight Club reference.
If this were to happen in the US or UK, how long until we see extremist groups (crazy environmentalists, PETA) start targeting data centers?
Affleck could play Scotty and put in Rosario Dawson as Uhura.
Have an uncomfortable scene in which Scotty spills his unrequited love of Uhura on the bridge which is interrupted by a Klingon attack.
But this unfortunately is not going to stop the governments from wasting money on them.
Actually, I think they're my dreams.
When has MS ever offered a tier customization for IE? I really don't know if they have or not. I'm thinking "no" but someone may prove me wrong.
Are you kidding?
In its current state, you have to hack and rename files in the Sys32 folder to stop the popups.
I think Vista / IE7 will die based more on the mollycoddling MS put into it for their lowest common denominator users. Granted it's the Beta version, however I find it tedious to be reminded constantly that I'm at risk because I'm on the internet. The only way I was able to get the alert sections to stop was by putting the security settings on "High" and not have any applets, JavaScript, Flash, you name it. Makes it difficult since my company uses these tools for graphing data online. So far, it's been a nightmare for development.
I was this option: "I understand the risks, stop bugging the hell out of me"?
Or if they were to make IE7 as extensible as FireFox for a tool such as AdBlock (Plus) that'd be great and probably more helpful than just telling the drones they're at risk.
Well, of course they will when you can convince them that Lake Michigan is one of the Seven Seas.
No need to read all those books. Just a few clicks on myspace will give you the same information.
I, for one, would love to see a Fear and Loathing with Windows Vista or a copy of The Great Penguin Hunt as some tech books.
In order for true Gonzo to work, we need people who do drugs that can write well and actually have some intelligence. It seems that the ones who use drugs and have an interest in computers come up with laughable ideas like that movie Pulse that I saw a trailer for yesterday in the theatre. When they guy who is trying to be all melodramatic said, "There are people in my computer," myself and probably a couple others in the theatre started to laugh.
That's nothing compared to when Anna died from dysentery.