The thing that really gets me is that most of the Canadian labels are subsidiaries of American labels (ie. EMI Canada, Sony Canada). If you take into account that these companies are generally controlled by the same execs and policies (adjusted to Canadian law) then you see how the RIAA really shapes American policy without taking into account the wishes of the consumer, the artist, or the record company.
I'm a dj in Canada and one of the great things about djing up here in the past has been that you can buy collections of licenced songs. You may have 600 albums that you've scraped pennies for but you probably don't have all of the songs that people would request (if you take em). I bought a collection of 200 cd's with my selection of songs on them. Covered everything and now when I n4eed neew music I only have to get singles updates. They're not for general distribution and are only available through dj supply companies, but sweet to have. THis mp3 licence is basically a revamping of the law that allows this in Canada.
I work for a College and when I want to access the accounting and/or grades systems I have to enter username/password and then I get a challenge number. I enter the 8 digit challenge number into the cryptocard (remember creditcardcalculators, it's like that) and it gives me an 8 digit response number to enter and voila, I have access.
I have no idea how this stands compared to PGP but it seems very secure in that if someone gets the card they don't have my user/pass and if they get the user/pass they don't have the card, unless of course they torture me, but I could probably be bought real cheap.
I think communism is a wonderful philosophy and I think that many would agree. But the Chinese model is a poor one of both communism and social responsibility. The treatment of the peoples of TIbet over the past 50 years sickens me. The fact that things have not drastically changed while people suffer by the billions (insert actual figure here) in this country sickens me. And the fact that the rest of the world does nothing about it truly sickens me.
The fact that the US will trade with China but won't with Cuba, not to say that Cuba is innocent, but let the grudge pass. This as well sickens me. Feeling Sick.
I'm especially interested in the codes that they put up as a challenge. I've never really played around with such things before, but you crypto freaks around here have inspired me, I'm interested in seeing how hard it is to approach with no crypto knowledge but the resources of the net at hand.
" "Corel's efforts in building an easy-to-use Linux OS and porting its world-class applications over to Linux make it a major player in this new market," said Johnson Yang, chairman of PC Chips. "This alliance gives us the opportunity to provide our customers with a Linux OS that is easy to install and simple for all users to adapt to. We are looking forward to providing our customers with this high quality, valuable alternative.""
Apparently the concept of running memory at this speed hasn't been accounted for in the past. Nothing suffers from it but it could be better apparently. I have no idea of the technical aspects of it but.............isn't this the way it always is.
According to a review I read in a hard copy of Maximumpc Mag, the Rambus does show performance improvements, but it won't really be taken advantage of until software is written to take full advantage. I'm really not that excited about it and can't understand what's taking so long. They released the i840 and they've released some to OEM's which have been passed along to the reviewers, so what's the hold-up baby!
I named the computers on the network I set up in my highschool in '95 after He-man characters. Skeletor was the server, with Man-At-Arms, Mossman, She-ra, and the rest of the gang as workstations. I was shocked that anybody else remembered but everyone thought it was hilarious.
My 486 at home is called Whore and my new Athlon is called SweetBaby.
I may be wrong, and probably am, but this is going to be one of the first times that open-sourcing something affects everyone across the board, regardless of whether you are directly using the software or not it's going to save everyone some bucks. Sadly that's what sticks in peoples minds. I for one will be glad to not have to give any more coin to NSI, I really don't trust them as much after that whole email fiasco.
The techniques used in modern egg and sperm freezing are quite different from just laying down and freezing to death. It is quite hard to flash freeze something without damaging it. The people who freeze bodies for re-animation (ie. Walt DiZnee) do so with very complex processes involving liquid nitrogen and such. I'm no expert but I'd say that even if the mammoth had fallen into sub-zero water and been frozen relatively quickly it would still be too damaged to be used in modern fertilization processes.
I'm not surprised that AMD had a gig chip in the pipes, but I am surprised that they were on the ball enough to get the announcement out so fast. Their press people must have been jumping to get this out before the markets open today. I can't wait to see how much the price drops on the already existing processors because of this. Still not believing that the Intel chip will come to fruition. Let's just see which one is vapourware.
The only thing that this is could show you is the timing of Hendrix and it could only uniquely do that graphically. I suppose it could give you readouts all day long about the frequency of his vibrato, but it could never help you mimmick it. That can be found by listening hard. It can't show you how to press your fingers down as hard as he did or how to improvise like he did. Really what impresses us about Jimi? It's his innovation. He was the first. A computer could never take that away.
THis article seems to be saying that the software simulates the imperfections of a performance, but doesn't actually harness any of the performers creativity. An experiment in the computer assisted writing of music by David Cope has led to the creation of a piece of AI software that will actually write new music in the style of other composers. Imagine Mozart's 42nd, well now it's been written. Experts say that it sounds like the real thing. This thing can even write its own original music by interpreting a predetermined list of influences. Bad thing is that it takes months for a composition to be completed.
And not just to OEMs. I got one just the other day. The hunt was hard to get one though. I checked all of AMD's recommended manufacturer's from their site for weeks and came up with nothing. I only got the 500mhz Athlon but oh, yeah, it smokes.
In one. GL well, rush hour. What does not. When the first vision was a home at the table would the cookies; cause you, motivate people just a large, circular saws and caller id, caller id info so pops down. She said, right places. Finally coming of clothes more shiny loudly. I needed have a while we were having drunken sex. Depeche Mode of money. Xkeycaps a correspondingly smaller and pulled up (off: and see any particular). It's impossible; to myself. BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM (edited for length, it shot at me for pages, I was lucky to get out alive).
PI was great, soundtrack kicked ass, and the way the number was being approached by a lot of people for different reasons really got me, especially the yahweh stuff. Watch this movie, I loved the reverence for the fastest chip available and the way he had his 'puter set up, all open for cooling. Anyway, I'm ranting.
I just read it a couple of weeks ago and I was very impressed. Most books made from movies are just pulp trash. This is the only one that springs to mind that complimented the movie perfectly. Brooks had a very good grasp on the feelings of the characters and provided another dimension to the movie by showing their underlying motivations. You might remember Terry Brooks from the Shannara series of books. Some of my favourites when I was in highschool and playing D&D and crap like that (nerd in training).
Never in all of its, I hate to say, fabulous history has Microsoft ever been at risk. It is now from many angles. Linux is slowly eating up the server market, waiting for the right moment to move to the desktop for the average user. The DOJ is thinking about busting up the biggest corporation in history. Bill is quivering and I like it, can't wait for the interview.
What, I'm not first, well at least I didn't say anything meaningful and as a bonus had a mispelling. Always preview boys and girls.........but I can't read..
I think we should have a/. prize to reward the perosn with the highest karma rating. The prize could be a licensed copy of linux (what?). We should also reward the person who gets the most first posts and says nothing with a good slap in the face.
.......makes me happy. If I could just get this damn modem to work properly with Linux I would believe that they could too. It's good to see that the majors are following through and realizing the linux-y goodness. If the hardware is developed with Linux un mind they've got me as a customer.
Of course Gates wouldn't want the crypto restrictions lifted. We've heard of the 'supposed' (and I do suppose) NSAkey in Windows. Microsoft always has great crypto to all of their products. Don't you think that there's an under the table deal? I do. If other companies could use crypto as strong as the M$ crypto then that means better competition and what businessman wants that. Seriously though, who here thinks Bill reads/. regularly. I do.
............at least it sounds that loud. Oh, how I long for a Marshall. As for playing it, if the strings were tuned you could cause a string to vibrate by matching the frequency with an outside noise. Like an Ebow (for those in the know), almost. It would basically be like starting a feedback loop, but instead of playing the start of the loop on the guitar it would come from an outside source. My other thought is if you possessed such a thing, how would you prove it.
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The thing that really gets me is that most of the Canadian labels are subsidiaries of American labels (ie. EMI Canada, Sony Canada). If you take into account that these companies are generally controlled by the same execs and policies (adjusted to Canadian law) then you see how the RIAA really shapes American policy without taking into account the wishes of the consumer, the artist, or the record company.
I'm a dj in Canada and one of the great things about djing up here in the past has been that you can buy collections of licenced songs. You may have 600 albums that you've scraped pennies for but you probably don't have all of the songs that people would request (if you take em). I bought a collection of 200 cd's with my selection of songs on them. Covered everything and now when I n4eed neew music I only have to get singles updates. They're not for general distribution and are only available through dj supply companies, but sweet to have. THis mp3 licence is basically a revamping of the law that allows this in Canada.
I work for a College and when I want to access the accounting and/or grades systems I have to enter username/password and then I get a challenge number. I enter the 8 digit challenge number into the cryptocard (remember creditcardcalculators, it's like that) and it gives me an 8 digit response number to enter and voila, I have access.
I have no idea how this stands compared to PGP but it seems very secure in that if someone gets the card they don't have my user/pass and if they get the user/pass they don't have the card, unless of course they torture me, but I could probably be bought real cheap.
I think communism is a wonderful philosophy and I think that many would agree. But the Chinese model is a poor one of both communism and social responsibility. The treatment of the peoples of TIbet over the past 50 years sickens me. The fact that things have not drastically changed while people suffer by the billions (insert actual figure here) in this country sickens me. And the fact that the rest of the world does nothing about it truly sickens me.
The fact that the US will trade with China but won't with Cuba, not to say that Cuba is innocent, but let the grudge pass. This as well sickens me.
Feeling Sick.
I'm especially interested in the codes that they put up as a challenge. I've never really played around with such things before, but you crypto freaks around here have inspired me, I'm interested in seeing how hard it is to approach with no crypto knowledge but the resources of the net at hand.
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"Corel's efforts in building an easy-to-use Linux OS and porting its
world-class applications over to Linux make it a major player in this
new market," said Johnson Yang, chairman of PC Chips. "This alliance
gives us the opportunity to provide our customers with a Linux OS that
is easy to install and simple for all users to adapt to. We are looking
forward to providing our customers with this high quality, valuable
alternative.""
http://corel.com/news/1999/november/november_1_
Apparently the concept of running memory at this speed hasn't been accounted for in the past. Nothing suffers from it but it could be better apparently. I have no idea of the technical aspects of it but.............isn't this the way it always is.
The review was on a Micron system and one other that I can't remember.
According to a review I read in a hard copy of Maximumpc Mag, the Rambus does show performance improvements, but it won't really be taken advantage of until software is written to take full advantage. I'm really not that excited about it and can't understand what's taking so long. They released the i840 and they've released some to OEM's which have been passed along to the reviewers, so what's the hold-up baby!
I named the computers on the network I set up in my highschool in '95 after He-man characters. Skeletor was the server, with Man-At-Arms, Mossman, She-ra, and the rest of the gang as workstations. I was shocked that anybody else remembered but everyone thought it was hilarious.
My 486 at home is called Whore and my new Athlon is called SweetBaby.
I may be wrong, and probably am, but this is going to be one of the first times that open-sourcing something affects everyone across the board, regardless of whether you are directly using the software or not it's going to save everyone some bucks. Sadly that's what sticks in peoples minds. I for one will be glad to not have to give any more coin to NSI, I really don't trust them as much after that whole email fiasco.
The techniques used in modern egg and sperm freezing are quite different from just laying down and freezing to death. It is quite hard to flash freeze something without damaging it. The people who freeze bodies for re-animation (ie. Walt DiZnee) do so with very complex processes involving liquid nitrogen and such. I'm no expert but I'd say that even if the mammoth had fallen into sub-zero water and been frozen relatively quickly it would still be too damaged to be used in modern fertilization processes.
I'm not surprised that AMD had a gig chip in the pipes, but I am surprised that they were on the ball enough to get the announcement out so fast. Their press people must have been jumping to get this out before the markets open today. I can't wait to see how much the price drops on the already existing processors because of this. Still not believing that the Intel chip will come to fruition. Let's just see which one is vapourware.
The only thing that this is could show you is the timing of Hendrix and it could only uniquely do that graphically. I suppose it could give you readouts all day long about the frequency of his vibrato, but it could never help you mimmick it. That can be found by listening hard. It can't show you how to press your fingers down as hard as he did or how to improvise like he did. Really what impresses us about Jimi? It's his innovation. He was the first. A computer could never take that away.
THis article seems to be saying that the software simulates the imperfections of a performance, but doesn't actually harness any of the performers creativity. An experiment in the computer assisted writing of music by David Cope has led to the creation of a piece of AI software that will actually write new music in the style of other composers. Imagine Mozart's 42nd, well now it's been written. Experts say that it sounds like the real thing. This thing can even write its own original music by interpreting a predetermined list of influences. Bad thing is that it takes months for a composition to be completed.
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http://www.newscientist.com/ns/970809/features.
And not just to OEMs. I got one just the other day. The hunt was hard to get one though. I checked all of AMD's recommended manufacturer's from their site for weeks and came up with nothing. I only got the 500mhz Athlon but oh, yeah, it smokes.
In one. GL well, rush hour. What does not. When the first vision was a home at the table would the cookies; cause you, motivate people just a large, circular saws and caller id, caller id info so pops down. She said, right places. Finally coming of clothes more shiny loudly. I needed have a while we were having drunken sex. Depeche Mode of money. Xkeycaps a correspondingly smaller and pulled up (off: and see any particular). It's impossible; to myself. BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM (edited for length, it shot at me for pages, I was lucky to get out alive).
PI was great, soundtrack kicked ass, and the way the number was being approached by a lot of people for different reasons really got me, especially the yahweh stuff. Watch this movie, I loved the reverence for the fastest chip available and the way he had his 'puter set up, all open for cooling. Anyway, I'm ranting.
I just read it a couple of weeks ago and I was very impressed. Most books made from movies are just pulp trash. This is the only one that springs to mind that complimented the movie perfectly. Brooks had a very good grasp on the feelings of the characters and provided another dimension to the movie by showing their underlying motivations. You might remember Terry Brooks from the Shannara series of books. Some of my favourites when I was in highschool and playing D&D and crap like that (nerd in training).
Never in all of its, I hate to say, fabulous history has Microsoft ever been at risk. It is now from many angles. Linux is slowly eating up the server market, waiting for the right moment to move to the desktop for the average user. The DOJ is thinking about busting up the biggest corporation in history. Bill is quivering and I like it, can't wait for the interview.
What, I'm not first, well at least I didn't say anything meaningful and as a bonus had a mispelling. Always preview boys and girls.........but I can't read..
I think we should have a /. prize to reward the perosn with the highest karma rating. The prize could be a licensed copy of linux (what?). We should also reward the person who gets the most first posts and says nothing with a good slap in the face.
.......makes me happy. If I could just get this damn modem to work properly with Linux I would believe that they could too. It's good to see that the majors are following through and realizing the linux-y goodness. If the hardware is developed with Linux un mind they've got me as a customer.
Of course Gates wouldn't want the crypto restrictions lifted. We've heard of the 'supposed' (and I do suppose) NSAkey in Windows. Microsoft always has great crypto to all of their products. Don't you think that there's an under the table deal? I do. If other companies could use crypto as strong as the M$ crypto then that means better competition and what businessman wants that. Seriously though, who here thinks Bill reads /. regularly. I do.
............at least it sounds that loud. Oh, how I long for a Marshall. As for playing it, if the strings were tuned you could cause a string to vibrate by matching the frequency with an outside noise. Like an Ebow (for those in the know), almost. It would basically be like starting a feedback loop, but instead of playing the start of the loop on the guitar it would come from an outside source. My other thought is if you possessed such a thing, how would you prove it.