...I ran a Pokemon fansite on Geocities which offered midis of the game's music, tips (really just reading Tips&Tricks and putting it on my site, kind of like blogs), information on the different versions and ROMs of the Gameboy games. I got my first Cease and Desist letter, ever, from Nintendo. Because of my Geocities site.
Non-tech users don't need this anymore than the tech users, just that a lot, not all - but a lot of the progress in the world of computers can be helpful if you let it. I don't stick with the latest, most cutting edge hardware, but if I can set up a faster machine or add to my desktop at little cost, why wouldn't I? If I have a lot of images and the power to display thumbnails, why not? Not taking advantage of features that may seem "flashy" but do offer functionality just because you are "hardcore" is kind of silly.
You would be right, and you kind of are, except that this guy is the Director of Microsoft's OSS Lab, which means its not just one employee's opinion, because in a position like that you speak for, I dunno, the branch of the company you represent. If it was just some regular-ol'-coder for M$ ablogging away, then it wouldn't carry enough weight for a story on/. (not that you need THAT much weight here...), but it didn't, it came from the Director of MS OSS Labs, and that kind of talk means that even if it is his opinion, its one that he has now made the opinion of said labs.
Filesharing never said it would bring forth a massive wave of indie rock, but it certainly has helped that particular genre of music greatly. Between working at a college radio station (WUAG, bbbbbaby!) and partaking in P2P networks since good ol' Napster, I've discovered many artists I would never have heard of, and, consequently, bought merch, gone to shows, even got to meet The National after a show here. Without P2P, The Octopus Project probably never would have come to my town to play. While it hasn't propelled indie to the mainstream completely (and is that a bad thing?), it certainly has helped many artists reach a much broader audience...such as Of Montreal, Cut Copy, Girl Talk, The Fiery Furnaces, Broken Social Scene...to name a few, at least in my experience, because I probably wouldn't have heard of any of these bands and many more without P2P.
Well yes, I noted that "(and other frameworks and web servers, I'm sure)," I was just stating that I had first used it myself through the Symfony framework, and no matter how you do it, the result is still a much easier URL to handle.
Long, ugly URLs are a result of the software and practices in use with the web server. I just started looking at PHP frameworks and began with Symfony, which I like though I had some setup issues. Symfony (and other frameworks and web servers, I'm sure) uses a method of "routing" and some other mechanisms in the framework to compose pages from several places and makes urls in the form of:
Come on now, I know we've discussed the demise of the CAPTCHA here on/. before. Its simple, though, to see that we'll need to innovate for more solid methods of checking human vs. computer, if you've seen one CAPTCHA you've likely seen 50 different styles, which should be a clear sign that developers are struggling to keep up with the enemy, as usual, but as long as we keep innovating, the spammers will have to continue innovating as well. There won't ever [likely] be a solid, full-proof solution for detecting a human vs. a bot as far as testing the "user" against some set of images or speech even.
is this really an anti-terrorism/hacking law or is it really just an RIAA/MPAA tool to give them the info they need to sue the pants off of people?
Ah-ha! Thats whose going to pay the stimulus bill - its still us, but the RIAA/MPAA will get much larger returns than measily tax hikes, and the lobbyists feed the money back to Washington - well played, sirs, well played.
I've been using Ubiquity for some time now, and its not really all that stable, or fast, or great. In fact, the mapping features seem to have gotten worse from when I started using it. Either it won't find the proper location, won't show the map, or will just sit there going "What, you lookin' at me?" I could definitely see including something that isn't really even stable into something that is mostly stable would be a bad move on Mozilla's part.
Authentic crap.
After post previews and e-mail alerts, inline spell-check is the next scourge of the forum community...its everywhere, and it makes people with no spelling ability look awesome (note: mine is currently off, so there might be some mispelled words).
Good show, sir. Altering music happens no matter what time period you are in - I mean, an orchestra in one concert hall will inevitably sound different in another hall, and still more different playing an outside theater. Don't bash a musician for the tools they use, base the merit on how much you like the goddamn music itself!
You just bought into the hype of pop music, right there. They want to kill music so that you have to buy what the big record labels are selling. I just started reading the next reply and everyone here seems to have a real knack for making me feel like shit about being a musician. I write music that I feel, and I may use a drum machine or synth to tweak effects, but that doesn't make me a crappy musician. That doesn't mean that music is dead, in fact music is more alive than ever.
Some bands, believe it or not, are writing great music, and are utilizing things like synths and (OMG!!!) vocoders to create unique sounds that are actually pleasing to the ear, original, and, what is it, oh yeah MUSIC. To think that the state of music in today's world is that it is dead is a sign of ignorance and corporate hogwash telling you to buy everything from FYE because you probably shouldn't bother listening to anything that none of your friends are listening to, or that might be considered "underground," "indie," or otherwise.
Original music is out there, blooming in cities and towns across the world. Listen to The National, Animal Collective, The Polyphonic Spree, Beirut, Panda Bear, Yeasayer, MGMT, Broken Social Scene; the list goes on, and its all good - no, great - MUSIC.
Oh, and say hello to Marketing for me while you're there - pirating music is what has led me to actually spend money seeing these bands, buying their CDs, and supporting them as artists. Good music should be rewarded, bad music is just propped up by a dying business model that knows how to work over 13 year-old girls into buying crap - know the difference.
Woo. Vocoders are nothing new, neither is the notion that some artists use it and autocorrecting technology to sound spot on, but whats the hubub, Bub? Music is, to some people, about the little mistakes, spaces between notes, and original sound created. While this might raise concerns that pop music is headed down the toilet - no wait, it was already there - it doesn't mean the "END OF AUTHENTIC MUSIC" in the next 20-50 years. Its like saying that the teleprompter is going to kill improv television. Completely unfounded, unreliable and rather foolsih FUD isn't something I expect here...well, there was a time when I didn't expect it.
The fact of the matter is, music isn't limited to what the popular people in the scene do, and it certainly doesn't hang in the balance of a teeny-bopper using an auto-tuner.
Offtopic, but IMO, insightful people don't use "doesn't" where they should use "don't." Also, being +5, I'm sure you are aware that some people have power-saving options and can leave their computers "on," but not completely "on" - some of us run websites, you insensitive clod!
Thousands of flavors to choose from: how would you like your Linux?
Seriously, I love Linux and open-source in general, but when does something like Pro/Home/Ultimate/EXTREME/Slim/Micro/Mobile/ME/2KWTF compare to the massive number of available distros and install choices (most distros I've dealt with have at least the choice of server vs. desktop), and I know "A *nix user will know what they want the OS to do, otherwise they wouldn't be using FREEOSSOSNAMEHERE," but some people who actually AREN'T familiar with Linux get it anyways, just like some people aren't familiar with Windows (granted, not as many n00bs there), so choosing between 3 versions of Windows 7 vs. LOTS of versions of Linux - give me a break,/..
Hey now, self-publishing has a lot of benefits. If your book doesn't stand a chance of getting on Opra, then don't count on many major publishers picking it up. If your book is too complex and not accessible to the general public, don't expect anyone to pick it up. If your book appeals to a target market of people who, though small, would still really enjoy your book, why not self-publish? You can self-promote, save costs of what a major publisher would take from your profits, and do everything else the way you want to - and then, if it gets recognized by enough people, some major publisher may say "Hey, I want you and your book on Opra."
Just in response to point A: Firefox may be damn good, but if you are a web developer and need to make sure your site works across all browsers, IE Tab isn't a bad thing to have.
I know, it would've taken 20 minutes to write "Obligatory" on your MacBook wheel - I'm still using one of those damn keyboards and it only took me half a minute to type this - can't wait for that wheeeel!
My bad, not another line, but definitely paying for a second IP from your ISP. True a NAT itself isn't required, but NATs tend to be the most commonly produced solution for this problem that I have seen, and ISPs hand them out like "whoa."
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It's terribly true lol. At that point in my life, I played Pokemon and listened to Kid Rock. Its safe to say that this is not the case these days.
...I ran a Pokemon fansite on Geocities which offered midis of the game's music, tips (really just reading Tips&Tricks and putting it on my site, kind of like blogs), information on the different versions and ROMs of the Gameboy games. I got my first Cease and Desist letter, ever, from Nintendo. Because of my Geocities site.
Geocities, you will forever be in my heart.
Non-tech users don't need this anymore than the tech users, just that a lot, not all - but a lot of the progress in the world of computers can be helpful if you let it. I don't stick with the latest, most cutting edge hardware, but if I can set up a faster machine or add to my desktop at little cost, why wouldn't I? If I have a lot of images and the power to display thumbnails, why not? Not taking advantage of features that may seem "flashy" but do offer functionality just because you are "hardcore" is kind of silly.
You would be right, and you kind of are, except that this guy is the Director of Microsoft's OSS Lab, which means its not just one employee's opinion, because in a position like that you speak for, I dunno, the branch of the company you represent. If it was just some regular-ol'-coder for M$ ablogging away, then it wouldn't carry enough weight for a story on /. (not that you need THAT much weight here...), but it didn't, it came from the Director of MS OSS Labs, and that kind of talk means that even if it is his opinion, its one that he has now made the opinion of said labs.
Filesharing never said it would bring forth a massive wave of indie rock, but it certainly has helped that particular genre of music greatly. Between working at a college radio station (WUAG, bbbbbaby!) and partaking in P2P networks since good ol' Napster, I've discovered many artists I would never have heard of, and, consequently, bought merch, gone to shows, even got to meet The National after a show here. Without P2P, The Octopus Project probably never would have come to my town to play. While it hasn't propelled indie to the mainstream completely (and is that a bad thing?), it certainly has helped many artists reach a much broader audience...such as Of Montreal, Cut Copy, Girl Talk, The Fiery Furnaces, Broken Social Scene...to name a few, at least in my experience, because I probably wouldn't have heard of any of these bands and many more without P2P.
Ha, your sig totally got me - shame on me for not hovering over the link first :P
But yes, most public "Top X" are going to be what you would expect - popular, well-known material.
Well yes, I noted that "(and other frameworks and web servers, I'm sure)," I was just stating that I had first used it myself through the Symfony framework, and no matter how you do it, the result is still a much easier URL to handle.
Long, ugly URLs are a result of the software and practices in use with the web server. I just started looking at PHP frameworks and began with Symfony, which I like though I had some setup issues. Symfony (and other frameworks and web servers, I'm sure) uses a method of "routing" and some other mechanisms in the framework to compose pages from several places and makes urls in the form of:
http://server[/appname]/module/action/<[param][,[param]]...>
Making for a URL more like: http://my.page.com/blog/read/new
Instead of http://my.page.com/blog.php?read=new&prev=42024
Come on now, I know we've discussed the demise of the CAPTCHA here on /. before. Its simple, though, to see that we'll need to innovate for more solid methods of checking human vs. computer, if you've seen one CAPTCHA you've likely seen 50 different styles, which should be a clear sign that developers are struggling to keep up with the enemy, as usual, but as long as we keep innovating, the spammers will have to continue innovating as well. There won't ever [likely] be a solid, full-proof solution for detecting a human vs. a bot as far as testing the "user" against some set of images or speech even.
mod parent up please for informativeness!
*Ben Heck has done way more than just sweeeet 360 mods and re-casing.
In that case, they're more backronym friendly.
Ah-ha! Thats whose going to pay the stimulus bill - its still us, but the RIAA/MPAA will get much larger returns than measily tax hikes, and the lobbyists feed the money back to Washington - well played, sirs, well played.
I've been using Ubiquity for some time now, and its not really all that stable, or fast, or great. In fact, the mapping features seem to have gotten worse from when I started using it. Either it won't find the proper location, won't show the map, or will just sit there going "What, you lookin' at me?" I could definitely see including something that isn't really even stable into something that is mostly stable would be a bad move on Mozilla's part.
Authentic crap.
After post previews and e-mail alerts, inline spell-check is the next scourge of the forum community...its everywhere, and it makes people with no spelling ability look awesome (note: mine is currently off, so there might be some mispelled words).
Good show, sir. Altering music happens no matter what time period you are in - I mean, an orchestra in one concert hall will inevitably sound different in another hall, and still more different playing an outside theater. Don't bash a musician for the tools they use, base the merit on how much you like the goddamn music itself!
You just bought into the hype of pop music, right there. They want to kill music so that you have to buy what the big record labels are selling. I just started reading the next reply and everyone here seems to have a real knack for making me feel like shit about being a musician. I write music that I feel, and I may use a drum machine or synth to tweak effects, but that doesn't make me a crappy musician. That doesn't mean that music is dead, in fact music is more alive than ever.
Some bands, believe it or not, are writing great music, and are utilizing things like synths and (OMG!!!) vocoders to create unique sounds that are actually pleasing to the ear, original, and, what is it, oh yeah MUSIC. To think that the state of music in today's world is that it is dead is a sign of ignorance and corporate hogwash telling you to buy everything from FYE because you probably shouldn't bother listening to anything that none of your friends are listening to, or that might be considered "underground," "indie," or otherwise.
Original music is out there, blooming in cities and towns across the world. Listen to The National, Animal Collective, The Polyphonic Spree, Beirut, Panda Bear, Yeasayer, MGMT, Broken Social Scene; the list goes on, and its all good - no, great - MUSIC.
Oh, and say hello to Marketing for me while you're there - pirating music is what has led me to actually spend money seeing these bands, buying their CDs, and supporting them as artists. Good music should be rewarded, bad music is just propped up by a dying business model that knows how to work over 13 year-old girls into buying crap - know the difference.
Woo. Vocoders are nothing new, neither is the notion that some artists use it and autocorrecting technology to sound spot on, but whats the hubub, Bub? Music is, to some people, about the little mistakes, spaces between notes, and original sound created. While this might raise concerns that pop music is headed down the toilet - no wait, it was already there - it doesn't mean the "END OF AUTHENTIC MUSIC" in the next 20-50 years. Its like saying that the teleprompter is going to kill improv television. Completely unfounded, unreliable and rather foolsih FUD isn't something I expect here...well, there was a time when I didn't expect it.
The fact of the matter is, music isn't limited to what the popular people in the scene do, and it certainly doesn't hang in the balance of a teeny-bopper using an auto-tuner.
Offtopic, but IMO, insightful people don't use "doesn't" where they should use "don't." Also, being +5, I'm sure you are aware that some people have power-saving options and can leave their computers "on," but not completely "on" - some of us run websites, you insensitive clod!
Thousands of flavors to choose from: how would you like your Linux?
/..
Seriously, I love Linux and open-source in general, but when does something like Pro/Home/Ultimate/EXTREME/Slim/Micro/Mobile/ME/2KWTF compare to the massive number of available distros and install choices (most distros I've dealt with have at least the choice of server vs. desktop), and I know "A *nix user will know what they want the OS to do, otherwise they wouldn't be using FREEOSSOSNAMEHERE," but some people who actually AREN'T familiar with Linux get it anyways, just like some people aren't familiar with Windows (granted, not as many n00bs there), so choosing between 3 versions of Windows 7 vs. LOTS of versions of Linux - give me a break,
Hey now, self-publishing has a lot of benefits. If your book doesn't stand a chance of getting on Opra, then don't count on many major publishers picking it up. If your book is too complex and not accessible to the general public, don't expect anyone to pick it up. If your book appeals to a target market of people who, though small, would still really enjoy your book, why not self-publish? You can self-promote, save costs of what a major publisher would take from your profits, and do everything else the way you want to - and then, if it gets recognized by enough people, some major publisher may say "Hey, I want you and your book on Opra."
Just in response to point A: Firefox may be damn good, but if you are a web developer and need to make sure your site works across all browsers, IE Tab isn't a bad thing to have.
I know, it would've taken 20 minutes to write "Obligatory" on your MacBook wheel - I'm still using one of those damn keyboards and it only took me half a minute to type this - can't wait for that wheeeel!
"Yeah I know! Its a rotary dial, so I can exercise my pointer finger for all those butt-hole massages."
Anyone else think of Terror Phone?
My bad, not another line, but definitely paying for a second IP from your ISP. True a NAT itself isn't required, but NATs tend to be the most commonly produced solution for this problem that I have seen, and ISPs hand them out like "whoa."