I DJ'd while in college and have recently (within the last year) started DJing again and I can tell you that I went through the hoops and have tried to do everything as legit as possible. I contacted the major licensing agents (ASCAP, BMI, etc) and asked what I would need to do as a DJ to make sure I'm as compliant as possible and paid the appropriately royalties under license. What was explained to me by all of those agencies was that I didn't need to aquire my own license as the venues that I was playing in would be required to have their own licenses. I specifically asked, "Well, what about small weddings, house parties, etc.?" Their reply was that since those are generally small, private venues that were not open to the "public", I didn't need a license. Basically, the only license I need to get paid to be a DJ, under those guidelines, is a city/county occupational license. That's it. Pay the appropriate taxes and you're done.
Do I play from my laptop? You bet your ass. When I need to go to the bathroom, or if I'm playing something I mixed myself, or if I get an obscure request to play something that I don't carry in my CD crates... I have digitized my CD collection onto my laptop for a backup. You never know when your CD that you've played 400 times is going to crap out on you -- even if it is the Electric Slide. *chokes self*
Sounds like a double-licensing scheme to me. Hmm How would they say it overseas, "Blimey! That's bloody awful!"
Yeah, right. Let me introduce myself, my name is Richard and I am Vice Peon, Assistant to the High Junior Acolyte In Charge of Dustbins of the Holy Order of 8th Day Advanced Micro Devicers. Once we were few in numbers, our faith challenged at every turn by the Church of Intel. Scoffed at, most cruelly as rank copyists without an innovation to our name. After years of wandering the wilderness between iterations our faith was rewarded most gloriously! Speak not of Quantum Notbooks and Handhelds being a thing of dreams, for we know the mighty AMD will deliver.
Say it in a Borg voice and you just might convince me.:-P
Not all of them. We use Symantec's IDS and AV/anti-spam appliances, both of which are just i386 linux boxes with some proprietary software and a candy-coated front-end. Just because their marketing folk badmouth open source software doesn't mean that their technical staff don't see the advantages.
You are correct. In fact, the last company I worked for swore by the Gateway Security Appliances (which are actually fairly well made) in lieu of the higher cost appliances. The whole GSA Core function runs on Linux.
[Read about it here.] In 6 years, there was one failure and that was due to an error while installing a firmware upgrade. Symantec was extremely helpful in rectifying the problem and assisted that site's admin to getting things back to normal in less than an hour. Moreover, the built-in VPN capabilities were a breeze to configure and easy for the users to manipulate.
I'm not saying it's the best out there, because it's not, but for a company with a marginal IT budget it's not bad.
I used to see about 6-10 movies a year at the theater. This year, I saw two. I should have only seen one because one of them stunk so bad.
My point is that I can't see paying $8-12 to see some drivel that someone calls "movie of the year" when no less than 10 people walk out of it feeling cheated. By the time I sit through their commericals, which still kills me by the way, and the previews of other equally bad movies, my expectations are for a pallatable movie.
I could be wrong, but maybe that's why movie sales are down anyway.
As far as music, it's basically the same premise. If you like spending money for copies of the same crap, then buy into artists on the Universal, Sony/BMG or Jive Record labels. They have no "vision" anymore. Everything sounds the same. Same tempo. Same back beat. Same sounding vocals. Same studio backup singers. Kind of boring if you ask me.
Another lousy music service to me. The only one that really stands out in my mind is the iTunes service, which I do use from time to time to find specific things, but I have tried others.
I would much rather see MS develop something that's, I dunno, going to fix problems with the security in Windows.
Let's start with releasing the WMF udpate patch...
If you are a Windows OneCare user and your current status is green, you are already protected from known malware that uses this vulnerability to attempt to attack systems.
My question in all of this is if it's fixed in this "OneCare" thing, then what's the difference in the rollout to everyone else? Please, God, tell me this isn't some stupid marketing ploy (the delay that is) to get more people on this damn OneCare thing...
This is a hacked up version of the article I submitted up there. I put in some important links that were chopped off on the editorial above by mistake it seems.
Seems to me that this just looks like BT in a new shell. I do agree with one of the previous posters that BT may not be the best thing to really become the "pulse" of the web generation, but enabled sharing between users in general is becoming more the norm -- not just music/movies/other DRM affected crap -- files in general.
TFA doesn't really give you a whole lot to go on -- or the links to OFA's from TFA. (Follow that?)
Does anyone else find it mildly amusing that stuck in the bottom of the article between the comments and the article is a big, fat, moving FLASH animation advertisement?
I wouldn't say that you're off point -- at least regarding my post. Yes, there are thousands of sites that support the dancing genre. I have seen it over and over though regarding games and their "shelf life". There are tons of other simulators that do well overseas and flop here in the US. Para-Para-Paradise, Keyboard Mania, Drum Mania and Beatmania to name a few. Beatmania not as much as the others. The price of the Beatmania series is what held it down. A new machine for 11k+, used for 8k+ and upgrade packs being sub-par were also to blame.
As far as re-hashing songs, Naoki is the senior song guy at Konami still, I think. A lot of the re-hashes are actual Naoki songs. They have gotten better about licensing popular music in the latter mixes. You could note the Duran Duran, Britney Spears and Earth Wind & Fire songs that made it into later mixes. Pretty good about licensing the EU stuff too with Captain Jack and E-Rotic.
I know I strayed a little off-topic but stayed within the sub-thread.:) Mod me nicely.:)
Hey, they very well could set the carpet on fire with the heat that thing is creating!!
"Now from MicroShaft!! It plays games! It sets flames!! XBox360!" - Board meeting foiled marketing pitch. (The guy who pitched this was immediately fired (bad pun), thrown into the street and chairs were tossed at him. Film at 11.)
As a former general manager and arcade technician of an amusement center that had several DDR machines, Pump-It-Up (PIU) and the incarnation of the DDR clone, "In The Groove" (ITG), I can tell you that the only one that held any salt with the dance simulation fans was the DDR. We had DDR from 3rd Mix all the way through DDR Extreme (8th Mix) and it was the only one that remained popular.
The pad design on the PIU was pure garbage. The corner/center arrow layout was difficult for kids to use because the transitions across the board were quite far. Most kids abandoned it after a few honest plays. The use of the center arrow was poorly done. It appeared to the player that they only put the Center step into the song steps because it was on the board and for no other real reason. The stepping patterns were not well thought out. Moreover, the graphic engine's sync with the steppnig patterns continually lagged. Let's not even mentioned how many of the Sub amps that had to be replaced by a faulty design. Now, the latest release by Andamiro for the PIU series wasn't too bad. I got to play this piece at the most recent IAAPA convention and was mildly impressed by the visual improvements and song selection which was majorly lacking in previous versions.
As far as In The Groove, or ITG, which is based on the Stepmania PC versions that were out there, it was pretty solid. If my memory servies me correctly, ITG ran on *BSD. It was a "kit" for a DDR cabinet. The purchase price when I bought them were $2000 which included the ROMS, the decal set, USB card reader (which was always flaky) and the flimsy instruction manual. Not a bad upgrade. This software had some pretty great songs and step patterns that the arcade players enjoyed but the release was plagued by missed deadlines of song upgrades (we were promised semi-annual availability of new songs and "song packs" that we were never able to obtain). No new songs means no new players and the players that had been following it died off exponentially. Needless to say, after one year the game pretty much flopped and we converted it back to a DDR with increased earnings.
As far as lawsuits in this area are concerned, Konami's suit against Andamiro was a long, drawn out process that wasn't over until the market for dance simulators was dead. A game genre that was on top of the arcade gaming community was dead in 3 years.
I tend to agree with you. I learned the proper way to type years ago but adapted my own hand and finger placement that suits the keystrokes I use most often in writing queries, code adjustments and other bits of programming. I am actually quite comfortable when I type and my hands move all over the place as well.
I've always questioned the logic behind it. I placed it as an assumed contributor because it's something that people do in a fixed manner with their hands.
I have been an avid computer user for the last 16 years and can say that I have no signs of carpal tunnel. In fact, I've heard of very few cases of it in people around me in the same field who spend upwards of 8-10 hours a day on the computer. I have seen it, however, in people who have a disposition towards weak bones, etc. You know, the guys you won't play football with at the company picnic because they break SOMETHING every year...
Xserv
Yeah, it's highly unlikely that two separate browsers would die at the same time... Makes it lead more towards the site having a problem with processing the redirect loop than issues with the browser.
The last update that I'm aware of on this browser was Nov. 29, but from what I've read of TFA and some of the user comments, they're not related. I spoke to a friend of mine at work today about this who is an avid Safari user and he said his work computer has the problem but his home computer does not.
I would almost definitely relate this to a malformed header problem as the summary states...
Xserv
The signatories believed the internet should be regulated in a similar way to other media. If adults wished to "opt in" to access the material then of course that would be their right, and they would have to apply for their right of access.
This is another prime example of poor, malformed government at work. They want to make free profit off of the "right" to opt in. First of all, "opting in" should be unnecessary. It's currently no more expensive than your current ISP fees right now so who gives the government the right to tax something that belongs to the world as a whole? Are they going to pay some of those profits to the content originators that they'd be unlawfully collecting "fees" for?
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I DJ'd while in college and have recently (within the last year) started DJing again and I can tell you that I went through the hoops and have tried to do everything as legit as possible. I contacted the major licensing agents (ASCAP, BMI, etc) and asked what I would need to do as a DJ to make sure I'm as compliant as possible and paid the appropriately royalties under license. What was explained to me by all of those agencies was that I didn't need to aquire my own license as the venues that I was playing in would be required to have their own licenses. I specifically asked, "Well, what about small weddings, house parties, etc.?" Their reply was that since those are generally small, private venues that were not open to the "public", I didn't need a license. Basically, the only license I need to get paid to be a DJ, under those guidelines, is a city/county occupational license. That's it. Pay the appropriate taxes and you're done.
Do I play from my laptop? You bet your ass. When I need to go to the bathroom, or if I'm playing something I mixed myself, or if I get an obscure request to play something that I don't carry in my CD crates... I have digitized my CD collection onto my laptop for a backup. You never know when your CD that you've played 400 times is going to crap out on you -- even if it is the Electric Slide. *chokes self*
Sounds like a double-licensing scheme to me. Hmm How would they say it overseas, "Blimey! That's bloody awful!"
Xserv
Say it in a Borg voice and you just might convince me.
I'm not saying it's the best out there, because it's not, but for a company with a marginal IT budget it's not bad.
Xserv
Ok, Ok. I have to hand it to you. It's funny. :)
Well, now THAT would be entertainment though! At least you could get them all to work together -- better than Windows anyway.
It's it amazing how we've trained our ears to this rather loose form of "music". When my computer does a song and dance, I'll be entertained. Wow.
I used to see about 6-10 movies a year at the theater. This year, I saw two. I should have only seen one because one of them stunk so bad.
My point is that I can't see paying $8-12 to see some drivel that someone calls "movie of the year" when no less than 10 people walk out of it feeling cheated. By the time I sit through their commericals, which still kills me by the way, and the previews of other equally bad movies, my expectations are for a pallatable movie.
I could be wrong, but maybe that's why movie sales are down anyway.
As far as music, it's basically the same premise. If you like spending money for copies of the same crap, then buy into artists on the Universal, Sony/BMG or Jive Record labels. They have no "vision" anymore. Everything sounds the same. Same tempo. Same back beat. Same sounding vocals. Same studio backup singers. Kind of boring if you ask me.
Another lousy music service to me. The only one that really stands out in my mind is the iTunes service, which I do use from time to time to find specific things, but I have tried others.
I would much rather see MS develop something that's, I dunno, going to fix problems with the security in Windows.
Let's start with releasing the WMF udpate patch...
Xserv
My question in all of this is if it's fixed in this "OneCare" thing, then what's the difference in the rollout to everyone else? Please, God, tell me this isn't some stupid marketing ploy (the delay that is) to get more people on this damn OneCare thing...
Xserv
As far as gadgets go, it's pretty neat. The price is going to be the deterring factor for the general public though.
This is a hacked up version of the article I submitted up there. I put in some important links that were chopped off on the editorial above by mistake it seems.
See these links for more information:
1. EU Space Agency Galileo Project
2. Galileo Nav WIKI Page
Seems to me that this just looks like BT in a new shell. I do agree with one of the previous posters that BT may not be the best thing to really become the "pulse" of the web generation, but enabled sharing between users in general is becoming more the norm -- not just music/movies/other DRM affected crap -- files in general.
TFA doesn't really give you a whole lot to go on -- or the links to OFA's from TFA. (Follow that?)
Xserv
Does anyone else find it mildly amusing that stuck in the bottom of the article between the comments and the article is a big, fat, moving FLASH animation advertisement?
Maybe it's just me....
I thought I was the only one who felt that way after reading the first line. Someone, for the love God, please mod that down...
Xserv
I wouldn't say that you're off point -- at least regarding my post. Yes, there are thousands of sites that support the dancing genre. I have seen it over and over though regarding games and their "shelf life". There are tons of other simulators that do well overseas and flop here in the US. Para-Para-Paradise, Keyboard Mania, Drum Mania and Beatmania to name a few. Beatmania not as much as the others. The price of the Beatmania series is what held it down. A new machine for 11k+, used for 8k+ and upgrade packs being sub-par were also to blame.
:) Mod me nicely. :)
As far as re-hashing songs, Naoki is the senior song guy at Konami still, I think. A lot of the re-hashes are actual Naoki songs. They have gotten better about licensing popular music in the latter mixes. You could note the Duran Duran, Britney Spears and Earth Wind & Fire songs that made it into later mixes. Pretty good about licensing the EU stuff too with Captain Jack and E-Rotic.
I know I strayed a little off-topic but stayed within the sub-thread.
Xserv
I knew there was a reason I kept that 'ol FreeBSD server kicking around the house.. ;)
... Does that mean that if you have a piece of hardware that was created before the new legislation you don't have anything to worry about?
Xserv
Hey, they very well could set the carpet on fire with the heat that thing is creating!!
"Now from MicroShaft!! It plays games! It sets flames!! XBox360!" - Board meeting foiled marketing pitch. (The guy who pitched this was immediately fired (bad pun), thrown into the street and chairs were tossed at him. Film at 11.)
As a former general manager and arcade technician of an amusement center that had several DDR machines, Pump-It-Up (PIU) and the incarnation of the DDR clone, "In The Groove" (ITG), I can tell you that the only one that held any salt with the dance simulation fans was the DDR. We had DDR from 3rd Mix all the way through DDR Extreme (8th Mix) and it was the only one that remained popular.
The pad design on the PIU was pure garbage. The corner/center arrow layout was difficult for kids to use because the transitions across the board were quite far. Most kids abandoned it after a few honest plays. The use of the center arrow was poorly done. It appeared to the player that they only put the Center step into the song steps because it was on the board and for no other real reason. The stepping patterns were not well thought out. Moreover, the graphic engine's sync with the steppnig patterns continually lagged. Let's not even mentioned how many of the Sub amps that had to be replaced by a faulty design. Now, the latest release by Andamiro for the PIU series wasn't too bad. I got to play this piece at the most recent IAAPA convention and was mildly impressed by the visual improvements and song selection which was majorly lacking in previous versions.
As far as In The Groove, or ITG, which is based on the Stepmania PC versions that were out there, it was pretty solid. If my memory servies me correctly, ITG ran on *BSD. It was a "kit" for a DDR cabinet. The purchase price when I bought them were $2000 which included the ROMS, the decal set, USB card reader (which was always flaky) and the flimsy instruction manual. Not a bad upgrade. This software had some pretty great songs and step patterns that the arcade players enjoyed but the release was plagued by missed deadlines of song upgrades (we were promised semi-annual availability of new songs and "song packs" that we were never able to obtain). No new songs means no new players and the players that had been following it died off exponentially. Needless to say, after one year the game pretty much flopped and we converted it back to a DDR with increased earnings.
As far as lawsuits in this area are concerned, Konami's suit against Andamiro was a long, drawn out process that wasn't over until the market for dance simulators was dead. A game genre that was on top of the arcade gaming community was dead in 3 years.
Xserv
I tend to agree with you. I learned the proper way to type years ago but adapted my own hand and finger placement that suits the keystrokes I use most often in writing queries, code adjustments and other bits of programming. I am actually quite comfortable when I type and my hands move all over the place as well.
Xserv
I've always questioned the logic behind it. I placed it as an assumed contributor because it's something that people do in a fixed manner with their hands. I have been an avid computer user for the last 16 years and can say that I have no signs of carpal tunnel. In fact, I've heard of very few cases of it in people around me in the same field who spend upwards of 8-10 hours a day on the computer. I have seen it, however, in people who have a disposition towards weak bones, etc. You know, the guys you won't play football with at the company picnic because they break SOMETHING every year... Xserv
But it's already crashed.
Yeah, it's highly unlikely that two separate browsers would die at the same time... Makes it lead more towards the site having a problem with processing the redirect loop than issues with the browser.
Xserv
The last update that I'm aware of on this browser was Nov. 29, but from what I've read of TFA and some of the user comments, they're not related. I spoke to a friend of mine at work today about this who is an avid Safari user and he said his work computer has the problem but his home computer does not.
I would almost definitely relate this to a malformed header problem as the summary states... Xserv
// Brace for Karma flame.