But the equally important part is that a pile of money will stay in the US and contribute to domestic activity, not over seas activity.
Who do you think you're talking about? Apple has over $250 billion in cash that they have pretty much purely horded. What makes you think they're going to suddenly start spending that money?
Yes there will be a high degree of automation. Even so there will be some jobs. Some dealing with phones, some dealing with the robots.
Yeah...that's not much in the way of employment and none of them are really manufacturing jobs which are what were promised. Hell, dealing with the robots hardly even qualifies as a blue collar type job as it's presumably far more tech oriented. And that assumes Apple doesn't outsource that aspect of their factory to already existing professionals.
So, really, the only boon from this would be the construction (short term), the dozen phone operators that they'd need (remember, this is an internal business facility), the dozen plant supervisors they need on hand in case of a fire, and the freight trucks that are used to ship it (although, I don't know that that would be much of an increase vs Apple's current shipping with their partners there).
Don't get me wrong. The USB interface is the better choice for serious applications, but when you just need some quick background music, or you need to get somebody up and running fast...
Not to mention there's always that concern that the laptop might not have the proper OS/driver compatibility with the USB interface.
Complaining to the manufacturer can be effective as well. If they hear complaints like this, eventually they could revoke the dealer's license to sell new [insert manufacturer here] vehicles. See how well that would go over when the dealer can't deal those cars anymore.
Yes but they can use the DMCA to shut down that source that lists the sequence of steering wheel or ignition key movements. As they can say that list is dealer only or that the codes / software are only for dealers only.
Considering my sequence is outlined in my owner's manual for that and many other things that "you need to go to the dealer for" I'd be shocked to hear them do that...
Which I often do. It's hilarious to look on Amazon for a book I want, and sometimes find the ebook selling for $11.99 while a used paper copy is $4.00 including shipping.
Even worse, when the ebook is going for $14 and the physical book is $6 shipped.
This "solution" would seem to require DACs (and amplifiers? (and therefore batteries)) in headphones and completely baffle a lot of non-geek users who would have to deal with three incompatible connectors -- 3.5mm audio, usb-C, usb-C with sidepins.
There's no batteries added, you're talking about USB. It carries power. Just a $0.25 circuit to convert that into power for those headphones and the DAC. I don't like it, but it's simple.
This "solution" would seem to require DACs (and amplifiers? (and therefore batteries)) in headphones and completely baffle a lot of non-geek users who would have to deal with three incompatible connectors -- 3.5mm audio, usb-C, usb-C with sidepins
Why batteries? We're talking USB-C already, that's USB 3.0 which gives off more than enough power for a simple DAC. It's going to make compatible headphones more expensive, but we're talking a chip that probably costs less than $0.25, it's going to be negligible enough.
I don't support this decision, but your objection there is meaningless.
I've read the first article before, it's actually a great one. But it's from 2012, get a clue.
That would likely be why the summery (and the story) refer to it as infamous (def: well known for some bad quality or deed.), indicating that most people have heard of/read/or are aware of the story and view the incident in a negative light.
If you're looking for simple 2 channel interfaces or something like that, there's a plethora available that work nearly out of the box.
That's the problem with just about any DAW... the hardware. There are plenty of purpose built hardware multi-track recorders that are 24 or 32 track and can record 8 or 12 inputs. Dump it to the PC and edit to your hearts content if you like.
Not really, not anymore at least. There's really only 2 currently being made targeting the prosumer, the TASCAM and the Zoom and neither of them do more than 8 tracks at a time. Targeting the professional, there's the joeco Black boxes. Everything else is going to be computer oriented. This also is problematic if you want to ever do punches, overdubs, or anything of the like. You have to go back to your purpose built box. And it's entirely worth noting that the TASCAM and Zoom have mediocre sound to them (at best). In this day and age, if you want something good sounding, you pretty much have to go to the computer realm.
Most audio interfaces of any substance don't work under Linux. If you're looking for simple 2 channel interfaces or something like that, there's a plethora available that work nearly out of the box. If you're looking for serious multichannel, there's compromises left and right. It wasn't until a couple years ago that my Fireface 800 was made to work with ffado and, coincidentally, the FF800 has been discontinued since then.
The audio professional would either need to have a lot of hardware processing for the quality to remain up. Having worked in the Mac world where you have access to things like Universal Audio plugins as well as other 3rd party plugs, it's a lot cheaper to be on OS X or Windows. Sure, the UAD 1176 doesn't sound exactly like the hardware 1176 (I'd say 80% of the way there), but it also costs a fraction of what a hardware 1176 costs and can be used across all the tracks you have enough DSP for at once.
Of (off-topic) potential interest to the Slashdot crowd, the RADAR still runs BeOS all these years later.
Allow me to be the first, and possibly only, to say: that's cool. To each his own.
Myself, I like a combination of the two. Some of the SE stuff is great, some... not so much. That's why I was once a Star Wars fan editor. Before it was cool:p
I agree with a blend, although I'm excited to be able to see it as it was originally made finally (being born in the 80s, the original was never truly available, although I still have the pre-SE VHS trilogy). I can simplify and say that I like almost none of the first act (all of Tatooine basically) from the SE, but after that, anything added I feel isn't detracting from the movie and actually improves upon it in most cases. I'm sure that's an oversimplification of my true feelings, but I'm not about to do an edit of my favorite parts to make my favorite version, so I'm not about to list all the changes I like and don't.
No, that's not what happened. Six county delegates were decided by coin-toss and those six went to Clinton. There exists the capability of one person having more of the popular vote and the other having more delegates, much like in the presidential election, and had just one of those coin tosses gone the other way, Sanders would've won with slightly less of the populace's vote. As it stands, Clinton won by chance and luck.
Have you been living under a rock? This has been discussed here and later removed by Mozilla. You can't blame them for trying to find a revenue stream not linked to a competing browser and the fact that they admitted its failure should be respected.
But how can someone determine what is original before publishing it and inviting the world to sue? The Simpsons: Road Rage was not a Crazy Taxi game but still got shut down by the makers of Crazy Taxi.
No, but it violated a Patent not Copyright. Patents are a whole different ball of wax, whereby if you have a patent on a specific method of doing something, anything that implements that method without your approval for the time period you have said patent, is in violation of your patent rights. Copyright, on the other hand, protects the story, artwork, music, etc against someone making a copy or derivative work.
(Standard IANAL disclaimers) As such, if I were to create a game that uses the elements (magic, physical attacks, hit points, etc) found in a Final Fantasy game, Square would have no recourse with me (duh, they lifted those elements themselves). If I were to create a game that doesn't use any elements of a Final Fantasy game, but used the characters, the music, the story, or the artwork without their permission, they would have every right to sue me (IE I make a game that's not parody set in the world of Final Fantasy VII, it's a derivative work and they can sue me if I haven't cleared it first). Now, if that game were considered parody, I would have a legal case that I could build on it. If I were to create a game, that told the exact story of Final Fantasy VII, without the same names of any characters or locations, without the same music, and without the artwork, but the actual story is identical, without their permission, I'm almost certainly going to get sued, and if I do, I'm going to lose.
I'm not suggesting there's something unusual about blatant distribution of the original work... that's piracy, but if you make a patch - that's not, that's original work, or if you use none of the original content and create a replica and release it for free that's original content, sure if you sell it there might be an issue but no original content was used and it's free?? or you create software that utilises the original content but don't distribute it and require the user to have a copy of the original??, please read all of my points before responding.
Sounds like you're describing derivative works, which requires the approval of the copyright holder under US (and many other nations) copyright laws.
Because soundproofing is not a simple process, it's construction. It may be cheaper to hire a lawyer than to improve the soundproofing of your house. Acoustics 101 is a good resource despite late 90s appearance (full disclosure, Auralex is the company that makes the site, I sell Auralex products as well as other manufacturers products). The cheapest way to improve your soundproofing is to use something like their SheetBlok, but a 4'x30' strip runs over $400 and it's really meant to be put in between layers of walls, ceilings, and floors. It only does about 6 dB of isolation, but, when you remember that decibels are a logarithmic measurement, 6 dB is cutting about half, 12 dB is cutting to a quarter, etc. If you're looking for cheap, quick, and dirty, put up SheetBlok on the interior wall (glossy side to the room) and paint it. It'll look okay at best, but it should give you some decent benefit sonically.
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But the equally important part is that a pile of money will stay in the US and contribute to domestic activity, not over seas activity.
Who do you think you're talking about? Apple has over $250 billion in cash that they have pretty much purely horded. What makes you think they're going to suddenly start spending that money?
Yes there will be a high degree of automation. Even so there will be some jobs. Some dealing with phones, some dealing with the robots.
Yeah...that's not much in the way of employment and none of them are really manufacturing jobs which are what were promised. Hell, dealing with the robots hardly even qualifies as a blue collar type job as it's presumably far more tech oriented. And that assumes Apple doesn't outsource that aspect of their factory to already existing professionals.
So, really, the only boon from this would be the construction (short term), the dozen phone operators that they'd need (remember, this is an internal business facility), the dozen plant supervisors they need on hand in case of a fire, and the freight trucks that are used to ship it (although, I don't know that that would be much of an increase vs Apple's current shipping with their partners there).
Don't get me wrong. The USB interface is the better choice for serious applications, but when you just need some quick background music, or you need to get somebody up and running fast...
Not to mention there's always that concern that the laptop might not have the proper OS/driver compatibility with the USB interface.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the word Origami comes from Ori, meaning folding, and kami, meaning paper? So...they mean to say it folds?
Complaining to the manufacturer can be effective as well. If they hear complaints like this, eventually they could revoke the dealer's license to sell new [insert manufacturer here] vehicles. See how well that would go over when the dealer can't deal those cars anymore.
Yes but they can use the DMCA to shut down that source that lists the sequence of steering wheel or ignition key movements. As they can say that list is dealer only or that the codes / software are only for dealers only.
Considering my sequence is outlined in my owner's manual for that and many other things that "you need to go to the dealer for" I'd be shocked to hear them do that...
It can't be completed online and requires submitting all the documents in person.
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Which I often do. It's hilarious to look on Amazon for a book I want, and sometimes find the ebook selling for $11.99 while a used paper copy is $4.00 including shipping.
Even worse, when the ebook is going for $14 and the physical book is $6 shipped.
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For pointing out the specific details of a statement that was generalized in TFS?
(Note: iOS 8, which features improved encryption and security features, came out months after the killing).
This "solution" would seem to require DACs (and amplifiers? (and therefore batteries)) in headphones and completely baffle a lot of non-geek users who would have to deal with three incompatible connectors -- 3.5mm audio, usb-C, usb-C with sidepins.
There's no batteries added, you're talking about USB. It carries power. Just a $0.25 circuit to convert that into power for those headphones and the DAC. I don't like it, but it's simple.
This "solution" would seem to require DACs (and amplifiers? (and therefore batteries)) in headphones and completely baffle a lot of non-geek users who would have to deal with three incompatible connectors -- 3.5mm audio, usb-C, usb-C with sidepins
Why batteries? We're talking USB-C already, that's USB 3.0 which gives off more than enough power for a simple DAC. It's going to make compatible headphones more expensive, but we're talking a chip that probably costs less than $0.25, it's going to be negligible enough.
I don't support this decision, but your objection there is meaningless.
I've read the first article before, it's actually a great one. But it's from 2012, get a clue.
That would likely be why the summery (and the story) refer to it as infamous (def: well known for some bad quality or deed.), indicating that most people have heard of/read/or are aware of the story and view the incident in a negative light.
You've got that backwards, Midas is now Behringer, not the other way around.
If you're looking for simple 2 channel interfaces or something like that, there's a plethora available that work nearly out of the box.
That's the problem with just about any DAW... the hardware. There are plenty of purpose built hardware multi-track recorders that are 24 or 32 track and can record 8 or 12 inputs. Dump it to the PC and edit to your hearts content if you like.
Not really, not anymore at least. There's really only 2 currently being made targeting the prosumer, the TASCAM and the Zoom and neither of them do more than 8 tracks at a time. Targeting the professional, there's the joeco Black boxes. Everything else is going to be computer oriented. This also is problematic if you want to ever do punches, overdubs, or anything of the like. You have to go back to your purpose built box. And it's entirely worth noting that the TASCAM and Zoom have mediocre sound to them (at best). In this day and age, if you want something good sounding, you pretty much have to go to the computer realm.
Most audio interfaces of any substance don't work under Linux. If you're looking for simple 2 channel interfaces or something like that, there's a plethora available that work nearly out of the box. If you're looking for serious multichannel, there's compromises left and right. It wasn't until a couple years ago that my Fireface 800 was made to work with ffado and, coincidentally, the FF800 has been discontinued since then.
The audio professional would either need to have a lot of hardware processing for the quality to remain up. Having worked in the Mac world where you have access to things like Universal Audio plugins as well as other 3rd party plugs, it's a lot cheaper to be on OS X or Windows. Sure, the UAD 1176 doesn't sound exactly like the hardware 1176 (I'd say 80% of the way there), but it also costs a fraction of what a hardware 1176 costs and can be used across all the tracks you have enough DSP for at once.
Of (off-topic) potential interest to the Slashdot crowd, the RADAR still runs BeOS all these years later.
Allow me to be the first, and possibly only, to say: that's cool. To each his own.
Myself, I like a combination of the two. Some of the SE stuff is great, some... not so much. That's why I was once a Star Wars fan editor. Before it was cool :p
I agree with a blend, although I'm excited to be able to see it as it was originally made finally (being born in the 80s, the original was never truly available, although I still have the pre-SE VHS trilogy). I can simplify and say that I like almost none of the first act (all of Tatooine basically) from the SE, but after that, anything added I feel isn't detracting from the movie and actually improves upon it in most cases. I'm sure that's an oversimplification of my true feelings, but I'm not about to do an edit of my favorite parts to make my favorite version, so I'm not about to list all the changes I like and don't.
Polls belong on the sidebar. But don't believe just me. Go back and look at all the prior discussions about it.
I came here solely to put this comment in. Polls have become even more meaningless/less viewed due to their random placement.
No, that's not what happened. Six county delegates were decided by coin-toss and those six went to Clinton. There exists the capability of one person having more of the popular vote and the other having more delegates, much like in the presidential election, and had just one of those coin tosses gone the other way, Sanders would've won with slightly less of the populace's vote. As it stands, Clinton won by chance and luck.
Have you been living under a rock? This has been discussed here and later removed by Mozilla. You can't blame them for trying to find a revenue stream not linked to a competing browser and the fact that they admitted its failure should be respected.
And that was parody.
But how can someone determine what is original before publishing it and inviting the world to sue? The Simpsons: Road Rage was not a Crazy Taxi game but still got shut down by the makers of Crazy Taxi.
No, but it violated a Patent not Copyright. Patents are a whole different ball of wax, whereby if you have a patent on a specific method of doing something, anything that implements that method without your approval for the time period you have said patent, is in violation of your patent rights. Copyright, on the other hand, protects the story, artwork, music, etc against someone making a copy or derivative work.
(Standard IANAL disclaimers) As such, if I were to create a game that uses the elements (magic, physical attacks, hit points, etc) found in a Final Fantasy game, Square would have no recourse with me (duh, they lifted those elements themselves). If I were to create a game that doesn't use any elements of a Final Fantasy game, but used the characters, the music, the story, or the artwork without their permission, they would have every right to sue me (IE I make a game that's not parody set in the world of Final Fantasy VII, it's a derivative work and they can sue me if I haven't cleared it first). Now, if that game were considered parody, I would have a legal case that I could build on it. If I were to create a game, that told the exact story of Final Fantasy VII, without the same names of any characters or locations, without the same music, and without the artwork, but the actual story is identical, without their permission, I'm almost certainly going to get sued, and if I do, I'm going to lose.
Mod parent up, this is a well thought out and explained response.
I'm not suggesting there's something unusual about blatant distribution of the original work... that's piracy, but if you make a patch - that's not, that's original work, or if you use none of the original content and create a replica and release it for free that's original content, sure if you sell it there might be an issue but no original content was used and it's free?? or you create software that utilises the original content but don't distribute it and require the user to have a copy of the original??, please read all of my points before responding.
Sounds like you're describing derivative works, which requires the approval of the copyright holder under US (and many other nations) copyright laws.
Because soundproofing is not a simple process, it's construction. It may be cheaper to hire a lawyer than to improve the soundproofing of your house. Acoustics 101 is a good resource despite late 90s appearance (full disclosure, Auralex is the company that makes the site, I sell Auralex products as well as other manufacturers products). The cheapest way to improve your soundproofing is to use something like their SheetBlok, but a 4'x30' strip runs over $400 and it's really meant to be put in between layers of walls, ceilings, and floors. It only does about 6 dB of isolation, but, when you remember that decibels are a logarithmic measurement, 6 dB is cutting about half, 12 dB is cutting to a quarter, etc. If you're looking for cheap, quick, and dirty, put up SheetBlok on the interior wall (glossy side to the room) and paint it. It'll look okay at best, but it should give you some decent benefit sonically.
Yeah, I heard the devil calling the local HVAC place looking to install a furnace.
That would be brother-in-law, not step brother...