How do you know? At any given time virus / spyware checkers only get between 30 and 50 percent of malware that is currently being used, and it takes several months before they eventually get detected. If you can remove stuff that nobody else can detect, you are doing pretty well.
I think I missed something somewhere in the comments or the article - are Real planning on releasing this under the (evil) GPLv3 then? Or a less draconian licence?
I think your comment might have some truth to it - most bands giving public performances in bars sound so bad that they probably *are* using the purchased sheet music, which usually contains more mistakes than a typical Slashdot post.
I'm musical director of a successful corporate function band in the UK, so we play an awful lot of current and past chart music. I would only ever use the official sheet music (ie that from the record company press) for chart songs if I couldn't obtain it elsewhere - not because I'm too stingy, but because the music is almost always awful, often sounding drastically different to the recordings.
As a result I tend to buy legal sheet music from third parties (usually quite expensive - say between 20 and 50 pounds per song), or I write the music out by ear from the recordings and adapt it for our line-up. Hopefully that isn't illegal - the ridiculous venue licencing laws in the UK cover it as far as I know.
Yeah, the links I posted describe the process (typically the ovens get to around 50C or so) and allows the tapes to be played for a couple of weeks. The process can be repeated if necessary, eg for longer time periods. Unfortunately, it only works on one of the problems and not both:(
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Perhaps those tapes were on stock not vulnerable to the binder degrading over time causing the oxide to literally fall off the backing, or that has a problem often known as "vinegar syndrome" where the binder reacts with the backing producing a sticky residue (I believe certain Ampex tapes from the 70's/80's are good examples of this). Many recording studios have been stung by these problems, particularly the residue one, to the point that specialist companies have sprung up to deal with the problems. One solution is to cool or bake the tapes respectively, but it doesn't always work.
One large classical music label in the UK (sadly now dead) had major issues with these problems in the early 90's, and decided to take action before it was too late. They played all of their tapes through a specially modified deck which I believe had basically huge swabs to catch the residue before the tape passed any of the mechanism. The audio was then recorded onto modern DAT tape. Those master tapes were all almost certainly ruined in the process, but at least there is a backup on modern DAT using tape which is supposedly not susceptible to the problem.
No, it just proves that the BBC who didn't keep any records of Copyright were unable to archive the material properly, and now you have only a couple of portals in which to view the original data (coming from the original disks via an emulator / translator of some kind no doubt). Paper/parchment needs archiving too, it is just that the digital equivalent is somewhat more difficult and there are no surviving copyrights. I suspect that the digital version will be widely distributed in future years when copyright expires.
The digital version was somewhat different to the original anyway - it had photographs, drawings, audio, and (most importantly) video. We could archive that on paper (if we knew the Copyright holders), but I think the cost of a suitable facility to preserve it might be prohibitive.
Personally, I think the British Government should step in and waive all Copyright holders rights to the digital version. After all, people knew what they were getting into with the project and its implications.
And the mislabelling of the ratings at the start of the show isn't going to get around you until the children have seen the first sex or violent scene, by which point it is probably too late?
I assume that is a typo and you really meant "My new hard drives arrive in 4 days" - otherwise you haven't learnt anything from the exercise (I was stung this way once btw). Once a hard drive hits the end of its warantee, it is generally bunk and should be replaced. Sure, many will live on far past that date, but far too many die to warrant the risk.
Many enterprises don't even use disks for that long - many replace disks in arrays well within the warantee period, and as such don't suffer disk failures (ie my employer is one of the largest computing centers in Europe and hasn't suffered a disk failure on it's enterprise class systems since the system was introduced over 6 years ago. The overhead in disk costs outweighs the cost of losing some of that data several times over.
How many of us pay for bank service? We are really exchanging our willing to see advertising in exchange for a service, and so I guess we really can't complian about the situation.
Umm, I think pretty much all of us pay for our bank services, or do you not ever get charged interest on mortgages, loans, overdrafts, credit cards, currency conversions, bankers drafts, etc? Or how about getting a much lower rate of interest on your savings than the bank makes on lending that money out.
The banks fleece their customers big time, and then try and blame all the fraud on them. Unfortunately all the banks operate in the same way, and since for most people it is impossible to get by without a bank account, we are stuck with it.:(
It is generally helpful to RTFA before commenting. For example, I saw the following things:
"create a unique mathematical signature for each one based on a common formula"
"If child porn is detected, AOL would refer the case to the missing-children's center for further investigation, as service providers are required to do under federal law."
If you drive into the back of someone you are far too close to the car in front. Of course, if you do keep your distance, some idiot will drive into the gap:(
My girlfriend's father was diagnosed less than three years ago and can't even speak to anyone now, he just mutters. Most of the time he recognises everyone though, including me (who he has only known during the last 3 years). When I met him originally he was still able to drive (though probably shouldn't have been), could hold a conversation with you, and knew how to get himself a cup of tea. Less than three years on he can do none of that, and it is really shocking to see him on a bad day - he just sits still looking into thin air, almost like he is in a trance.
Of course, had the family GP listened to everyone and not just said it was "old age" for the last 7 or 8 years he might have stood a slightly better chance (drugs that slow down the progress, etc). A better method for diagnosis is critical for people with this disease. Unfortunately, nobody wants to take the test while they are "unaffected" because they don't want to know if they have it.
Maybe you really did mean the 200mm f2.8 because of it's affordability, but the lens in the photos is the 200mm f/1.8 - somewhat more expensive and only available secondhand (although there are some rumours about a new version with IS)
I agree with the grandparent - I have never heard this version either. I believe most people in the UK say "yer-ay-nus" (at least that is how I was taught), but because of the jokes I understand that it is now being taught as "yere-an-us".
Of course, I've forgotten that there is life outside of the UK like so many slashdotters;-)
Or cope with the fact that people change their writing style based on the recipient, and that writing styles change over time - vocubulary use changes, sentence structure alters, arrogance increases, etc;-)
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I'm not aware of any foodstuff that "God" created for us.
How do you know? At any given time virus / spyware checkers only get between 30 and 50 percent of malware that is currently being used, and it takes several months before they eventually get detected. If you can remove stuff that nobody else can detect, you are doing pretty well.
I think I missed something somewhere in the comments or the article - are Real planning on releasing this under the (evil) GPLv3 then? Or a less draconian licence?
If I had mod points I'd mod you up man :))
I think your comment might have some truth to it - most bands giving public performances in bars sound so bad that they probably *are* using the purchased sheet music, which usually contains more mistakes than a typical Slashdot post.
I'm musical director of a successful corporate function band in the UK, so we play an awful lot of current and past chart music. I would only ever use the official sheet music (ie that from the record company press) for chart songs if I couldn't obtain it elsewhere - not because I'm too stingy, but because the music is almost always awful, often sounding drastically different to the recordings.
As a result I tend to buy legal sheet music from third parties (usually quite expensive - say between 20 and 50 pounds per song), or I write the music out by ear from the recordings and adapt it for our line-up. Hopefully that isn't illegal - the ridiculous venue licencing laws in the UK cover it as far as I know.
B.F.D.
So he made a spelling mistake. And you had to reduce yourself to posting as an A/C. Sad, very sad.
OLVWM has had this feature for yonks (some time before GNOME and KDE got off the ground) - screenshot here http://www.luv.asn.au/overheads/wm/olvwm/olvwm_fea tures.html
Yeah, the links I posted describe the process (typically the ovens get to around 50C or so) and allows the tapes to be played for a couple of weeks. The process can be repeated if necessary, eg for longer time periods. Unfortunately, it only works on one of the problems and not both :(
"RTFA suddenly seemed like a good idea."
Perhaps those tapes were on stock not vulnerable to the binder degrading over time causing the oxide to literally fall off the backing, or that has a problem often known as "vinegar syndrome" where the binder reacts with the backing producing a sticky residue (I believe certain Ampex tapes from the 70's/80's are good examples of this). Many recording studios have been stung by these problems, particularly the residue one, to the point that specialist companies have sprung up to deal with the problems. One solution is to cool or bake the tapes respectively, but it doesn't always work.
c are.html and http://www.tiguersound.com/Studio_Information/Tape Bake.html
One large classical music label in the UK (sadly now dead) had major issues with these problems in the early 90's, and decided to take action before it was too late. They played all of their tapes through a specially modified deck which I believe had basically huge swabs to catch the residue before the tape passed any of the mechanism. The audio was then recorded onto modern DAT tape. Those master tapes were all almost certainly ruined in the process, but at least there is a backup on modern DAT using tape which is supposedly not susceptible to the problem.
More information at http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/st-laurent/
No, it just proves that the BBC who didn't keep any records of Copyright were unable to archive the material properly, and now you have only a couple of portals in which to view the original data (coming from the original disks via an emulator / translator of some kind no doubt). Paper/parchment needs archiving too, it is just that the digital equivalent is somewhat more difficult and there are no surviving copyrights. I suspect that the digital version will be widely distributed in future years when copyright expires.
The digital version was somewhat different to the original anyway - it had photographs, drawings, audio, and (most importantly) video. We could archive that on paper (if we knew the Copyright holders), but I think the cost of a suitable facility to preserve it might be prohibitive.
Personally, I think the British Government should step in and waive all Copyright holders rights to the digital version. After all, people knew what they were getting into with the project and its implications.
And the mislabelling of the ratings at the start of the show isn't going to get around you until the children have seen the first sex or violent scene, by which point it is probably too late?
How can you be wrong about fiction?
;-)
Now +1 troll the hell out of me
I assume that is a typo and you really meant "My new hard drives arrive in 4 days" - otherwise you haven't learnt anything from the exercise (I was stung this way once btw).
Once a hard drive hits the end of its warantee, it is generally bunk and should be replaced. Sure, many will live on far past that date, but far too many die to warrant the risk.
Many enterprises don't even use disks for that long - many replace disks in arrays well within the warantee period, and as such don't suffer disk failures (ie my employer is one of the largest computing centers in Europe and hasn't suffered a disk failure on it's enterprise class systems since the system was introduced over 6 years ago. The overhead in disk costs outweighs the cost of losing some of that data several times over.
How many of us pay for bank service? We are really exchanging our willing to see advertising in exchange for a service, and so I guess we really can't complian about the situation.
Umm, I think pretty much all of us pay for our bank services, or do you not ever get charged interest on mortgages, loans, overdrafts, credit cards, currency conversions, bankers drafts, etc? Or how about getting a much lower rate of interest on your savings than the bank makes on lending that money out.
The banks fleece their customers big time, and then try and blame all the fraud on them. Unfortunately all the banks operate in the same way, and since for most people it is impossible to get by without a bank account, we are stuck with it. :(
It is generally helpful to RTFA before commenting. For example, I saw the following things:
"create a unique mathematical signature for each one based on a common formula"
"If child porn is detected, AOL would refer the case to the missing-children's center for further investigation, as service providers are required to do under federal law."
Kinda covers most of your post, no?
You seriously felt the need to post that on Slashdot? :o
If you drive into the back of someone you are far too close to the car in front. Of course, if you do keep your distance, some idiot will drive into the gap :(
Since when has there been a reliable way of doing that then?
My girlfriend's father was diagnosed less than three years ago and can't even speak to anyone now, he just mutters. Most of the time he recognises everyone though, including me (who he has only known during the last 3 years). When I met him originally he was still able to drive (though probably shouldn't have been), could hold a conversation with you, and knew how to get himself a cup of tea. Less than three years on he can do none of that, and it is really shocking to see him on a bad day - he just sits still looking into thin air, almost like he is in a trance.
Of course, had the family GP listened to everyone and not just said it was "old age" for the last 7 or 8 years he might have stood a slightly better chance (drugs that slow down the progress, etc). A better method for diagnosis is critical for people with this disease. Unfortunately, nobody wants to take the test while they are "unaffected" because they don't want to know if they have it.
Maybe you really did mean the 200mm f2.8 because of it's affordability, but the lens in the photos is the 200mm f/1.8 - somewhat more expensive and only available secondhand (although there are some rumours about a new version with IS)
I agree with the grandparent - I have never heard this version either. I believe most people in the UK say "yer-ay-nus" (at least that is how I was taught), but because of the jokes I understand that it is now being taught as "yere-an-us".
Of course, I've forgotten that there is life outside of the UK like so many slashdotters ;-)
Or cope with the fact that people change their writing style based on the recipient, and that writing styles change over time - vocubulary use changes, sentence structure alters, arrogance increases, etc ;-)
Yeah, because desk-sharing isn't commonplace at all.