It's pretty amazing what happens when you do a little intercranial hacking like this (LSD in my case). The two things that stuck with me the most were
1) the incredibly vivid details in terms of surface texture - patterns in wood grain, imperfections in polished metal, etc. (let alone a good stucco ceiling), and
2. visual artifacts from listening to right music at the right time. I could swear that during the solo to Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower", we'd been transported to the bottom of the ocean.
It looks like what this is really about is getting recipricality with US copyright laws, and avoiding having Iraq become an end-around for file traders. That will alleviate the concerns of media companies that would want to do business in Iraq. While Rosen is a celebrated enemy of the/. crowd, this is hardly that big of a deal. Have some perspective! Between food, water, electricity, setting up a new governmment and rebuilding their oil industry, I think that saddling them with a US-style copyright law is not only a really minor offense, it actually opens the door to bringing more business and jobs to the country, which sorely needs it.
First B1's, then bunker busters, MOAB's, and now Hilary Rosen! After this, hopefully other rogue nation-states will truly fear the mighty power of the good ole USA...
Many of the "grunts" of the tech boom were hardly grunts at all, and fared better in those years than they would have under more normal circumstances (HTML-monkeys making $100K+, for example). And again by historical standards, unemployment has remained low during the recent recession. Things have looked bad for the last couple years, but that's mostly a matter of perspective compared to the Go-Go 90's...
There's a fine balancing act here - just having a sheer volume of music makes the service more valuable to users, so Apple has a strong interest in gathering as much content as possible. On the other hand, they need to ensure that the content is of high quality, so people feel that they get value for what they're paying.
The way I see it, in the initial stages, Apple would have to stick with labels to guarantee quality. Down the road, you may see labels spring up that are designed around getting bands online, rather than on the radio. But only time will tell...
At long last we're seeing some innovations in this space that are designed around making a wide variety of music available for download and portable use by the consumer. The jury won't be in for at least a year, I'd think, as to whether this works for all parties involved...
In this case, it looks like innovation is starting in the smaller towns and villages. There have been a number of stories lately about small towns building broadband out to each resident. This is a classic example of government providing a public good - it'll be interesting to see how this trend plays out...
You gotta cheer on the content-providing big boys here as opposed to the cable big boys. While it makes sense to even out the regulatory framework for cable vs. DSL, you'd hope that the more open DSL environment would prevail.
It could use a little more meat, however - exactly how was Krawtchouk's work influential? Anybody care to dig a little further (I would, but work has a bad habit of getting in the way sometimes)?
And so did the Opteron as well - for such a large technological leap, backwards compatability is a must (read: lessened risk for the corporate consumer)...
Nothing seems to get people more worked up for a self-righteous rant than the possibility of "racism." This has absolutely nothing to do with ethnicity or race, but merely government policy. Monster is trying to comply with federal law, and not engaging in commerce with sanctioned countries. Get a grip...
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1) the incredibly vivid details in terms of surface texture - patterns in wood grain, imperfections in polished metal, etc. (let alone a good stucco ceiling), and
2. visual artifacts from listening to right music at the right time. I could swear that during the solo to Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower", we'd been transported to the bottom of the ocean.
Meeeeemorieeeeees...
All you gotta do is stare at the screen long enough to ruin your eyesight, and it doesn't make much of a difference anymore...
I hereby declare the right to a nice fat salary and an extremely hot nymphomaniac personal assistant....
I assume you mean OUTSIDE on the wing...
The way I see it, in the initial stages, Apple would have to stick with labels to guarantee quality. Down the road, you may see labels spring up that are designed around getting bands online, rather than on the radio. But only time will tell...
At least they have a smile on their face as they get bent over...
No, RLS and Linus go to work for SCO...
You gotta cheer on the content-providing big boys here as opposed to the cable big boys. While it makes sense to even out the regulatory framework for cable vs. DSL, you'd hope that the more open DSL environment would prevail.
Or at least bring enough to share with the rest of the class.
It could use a little more meat, however - exactly how was Krawtchouk's work influential? Anybody care to dig a little further (I would, but work has a bad habit of getting in the way sometimes)?
Mod parent up, and rally the troops! War dialers, catalog mailers, religious missionaries, go get 'em!
And so did the Opteron as well - for such a large technological leap, backwards compatability is a must (read: lessened risk for the corporate consumer)...
But on the bright side, all you have to do is lift a hot dog on a stick up into the air, and you've got lunch in under 2 minutes!
Nothing seems to get people more worked up for a self-righteous rant than the possibility of "racism." This has absolutely nothing to do with ethnicity or race, but merely government policy. Monster is trying to comply with federal law, and not engaging in commerce with sanctioned countries. Get a grip...
At least it didn't get outsourced to India!