>>>.....So really there is no reason to think up new products because in the end China will end up screwing you.
Wow.,.. Just when I was thinking about putting the laptop down, having some breakfast and taking a shower, you removed my last piece of motivation for getting out of bed today - altogether.
Good post. I was going to say something similar but had the sense to search for "Dire Straits" in the thread....
I've noticed the difference in music most on my home theater system (HTPC), and Dire Straits sounds awesome, and my Coldplay CD sounds like arse. I've also taken the next step and encoded my 'good' CD's in FLAC onto the HDD, and to be honest I really only want music that sounds great - with high dynamic range....
Are there any software tools (pref for Linux) that tell me the stat's of the dynamic range etc, or that can normalize this compressed crap?
>>> LT: I've been to Australia several times,..... But my first trip..... was in 93 or so, talking about Linux for the Australian Unix Users Group.
And I'd never go bush walking. Not that I mind the idea of poisonous animals (or the drop-bears), but simply because I'm just not into that whole outdoor thing.
A drop bear (or dropbear) is a fictional Australian marsupial said to be related to the koala.
Drop bears are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, carnivorous koalas that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above. They are an example of local lore intended to frighten and confuse outsiders (usually American tourists), and amuse locals, similar to the jackalope, hoop snake, haggis or snipe hunting.
Stories of drop bears are often told to unsuspecting foreign visitors to illustrate Australian morbid humour. It is often suggested that doing ridiculous things like having forks in the hair or Vegemite or toothpaste spread behind the ears will deter the creatures.
He is a theoretical physicist who is forced to defend himself and coworkers against hostile aliens and other enemies following an experiment gone wrong. In the process, he becomes an almost-mythical resistance hero, eventually becoming one of the leaders of an uprising against alien invaders.
But I get your point. Scientists like to be accurate. Politicians feel the need to distort the truth. But Politicians != leader.
I totally agree. I think the 5 day wait, along with the ability for 'regular law abiding citizens' to CCW puts the ball in our court - not that of the common street thug.
Watcha talking 'bout Willis?
This, says murders in the USA peaked in 1993 at 24,530 and then has been on the decline ever since. (Along with almost every other Stat.)
Although waiting 5 days to buy a gun usually rules them out as last minute stocking fillers for the family at Christmas time.
>>> The lesson to be learned here is that you should never believe anything you read on the Internet that you don't know to already be true or that you get from a source that has proven its trustworthiness repeatedly.
..... unless it is written in Times New Roman font. If it's in Times New Roman.. it's true.
Wow, that is really interesting. I've never looked at it from that perspective. Still though. Just because they did it back then, doesn't mean it's right by today's standards. Thanks for that link though, it is very interesting.
>>> it'll probably end up being a "it's illegal to copy images/music/movies from the internet" lecture every day.
Yeah, you're probably not far from the truth there.
In New Zealand they've just introduced a program, as reported here:
Actor Temuera Morrison is being used as the face of a nationwide campaign against film and television piracy. Secondary schools throughout New Zealand have been sent movie posters featuring Morrison for their classrooms as part of a campaign launched in Auckland today.
The posters show Morrison appealing to school children to do their part by only buying legitimate copies of their favourite films.
The 4000 posters recommend students "Buy Original; See Original" and have been distributed to over 2700 secondary schools across the country.
The campaign is the initiative of the New Zealand Federation Against Copyright Theft, supported by the Ministry of Education.
I think this is fucking bullshit. Why the fuck are TradeGroups getting into our schools and doing their bidding. What, are the steel unions next? Will the Printing Union be putting posters around saying "Don't use a photocopier - it's steeling!"
Be very careful that a proposal like TFA outlines is not a wolf in sheep's clothing....
Thank you for replying to my post and asking the question:
Who do you think those "Trade industry groups" represent ?
I clearly recognize who their customers are, in that I stated:
[the RIAA] only have the ability to legally represent their 'customers' (labels and paying members within the trade),
What I'm getting at with that last statement (Trade industry groups should be to the benefit of the people they represent, not their detriment.) Is that I believe the RIAA are negatively impacting the Recording Industry and Major Labels giving them a bad name and a bad rep. While I think this is GREAT for inde' labels, the RIAA are having a negative effect on the overall recording industry. e.g The RIAA are hindering the labels (their customers) by not embracing new business models that work with new distribution technologies. [caution: Metaphors ahead] They are the farrier union trying to stop rail tracks being laid, when they should be encouraging the farriers to change their skill set and make rail. [end of metaphor zone]. Look at the opportunities they've lost because they've shut down online distribution mediums, rather than working with them. e.g Napster: The RIAA could have worked with Napster for a paying service instead of shutting them down. They already had the customer base and the marketing and a captive audience.
But to answer your question, yes. I clearly understand who the RIAA's customers are, and I stated that In my original post.
I've had a discussion with my boss yesterday over the seeming lack of alternatives to MS Project. For a start, I've used Project on and off over the last 5 years for various small tasks and always found it was not that user friendly and not very intuitive, (like not being able to drag the Gant chart around, or drag and drop resources into tasks. AJAX style)
ah fuck, i'm a tard. While looking up info for the rest of my hate for MS Project, I came across a list of other project applications here
I'm off to try these out. But I can say it would be nice if a simple and user friendly project tool was bundled as part of the office suite....
"This IDE is a bunch of Eclipse plugins that comes from the fusion of JBoss IDE and Exadel Studio. The main advantages it offers are: JSF development improved, in particular integrating RichFaces and Ajax4JSF libraries; Seam (next J2EE middleware standard?) integration; and plugins for JBoss, Hibernate.."
Now I know that is in English, but I have no idea what half of those words mean.
Sorry, but this is music, therefore the RIAA. And that last "A" stands for America, so they have no (legitimate) influence outside of the US
The RIAA are a Trade Group and so have no real 'jurisdiction' ANYWHERE in the context of law enforcement, they only have the ability to legally represent their 'customers' (labels and paying members within the trade), as agreed by their customers. (Jurisdiction being the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters within a defined area of responsibility.)
I don't see anything stopping this organisation conducting business outside the USA though they're are other trade organizations who have taken on that task such as the IFPI to do their bidding internationally. Also many countries appear to have their own Recording Label industry group which appear to have similar roles.
But don't mistake their name implying they only operate inside the USA, and its certainly recognized they influence the IFPI, AND the US Govt who were kind enough to put conditions on the entry of Russia into the WTO with regards to allofmp3.com. That IS international Influence.
Oh, and before I go, I must mention I think the RIAA are a bunch of scum sucking bottom feeders. Trade industry groups should be to the benefit of the people they represent, not their detriment.
>>> IMHO, the scary part is how pathetically stupid this particular company goes about it. One would hope that a company like Diebold knows a bit more about IT security. Just send an employee with a laptop to your local wifi coffee shop already. Jeez.
.. dont forget to mention the employee might want to chose another user login than 'Not_from_Diebold_sitting_in_a_coffeeshop_uber1337 '.
Not that Diebold need the obvious pointed out to them.... often.
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>>> .....So really there is no reason to think up new products because in the end China will end up screwing you.
Wow.,.. Just when I was thinking about putting the laptop down, having some breakfast and taking a shower, you removed my last piece of motivation for getting out of bed today - altogether.
>>> with what money shall the US consume if it does not manufacture anything to sell for profit?
What are you talking about? You do what the rest of us do and put it on your credit card
yeah, i was kidding, but just goes to show... be careful what you wish for... and that there are some pretty weired fetishes out there....
I guess it just proves how much this comic strip rings totally true....
If you don't mind my asking, and hypothetically speaking... where would one find pr0n with such content.....?
Good post. I was going to say something similar but had the sense to search for "Dire Straits" in the thread....
I've noticed the difference in music most on my home theater system (HTPC), and Dire Straits sounds awesome, and my Coldplay CD sounds like arse. I've also taken the next step and encoded my 'good' CD's in FLAC onto the HDD, and to be honest I really only want music that sounds great - with high dynamic range....
Are there any software tools (pref for Linux) that tell me the stat's of the dynamic range etc, or that can normalize this compressed crap?
Any audiophiles out there?
>>> wrestling with a Japanese arcade machine, the manufacturer promised to remove all 150 of the mechanized appendages
I think you probably would get hurt tangling with an arcade machine that has 150 mechanized appendages...
>>> If you think that Linus did not know that, I think you don't know Linus.
Unfortunately I don't, but if he's ever in the DFW area I'd like to buy him a beer or two.
I hope he was told the truth about Drop Bears and that he was kidding...
>>> This is why scientists are generally not leaders.
Oh yeah? Then Explain THIS GUY
I totally agree. I think the 5 day wait, along with the ability for 'regular law abiding citizens' to CCW puts the ball in our court - not that of the common street thug.
>>> murder hasn't changed.
Watcha talking 'bout Willis? This, says murders in the USA peaked in 1993 at 24,530 and then has been on the decline ever since. (Along with almost every other Stat.)
Although waiting 5 days to buy a gun usually rules them out as last minute stocking fillers for the family at Christmas time.
I note the decline in 'crime victims' on your graph started in 1993... the same year the Brady bill was signed into law...
Someone needs to release a super violent video game called: "No! I'm Jack Thompson and I'm an ass!"
Then, I want to sit in the court room and try not to laugh each time he, or anyone else says the title....
>>> The lesson to be learned here is that you should never believe anything you read on the Internet that you don't know to already be true or that you get from a source that has proven its trustworthiness repeatedly.
..... unless it is written in Times New Roman font. If it's in Times New Roman.. it's true.
Wow, that is really interesting. I've never looked at it from that perspective. Still though. Just because they did it back then, doesn't mean it's right by today's standards. Thanks for that link though, it is very interesting.
BAH! Stealing..... vs Steeling...
Spelling... Ok. I get it. Should have looked closer but I was soo pissed off with this shit that I missed it.
Yeah, you're probably not far from the truth there.
In New Zealand they've just introduced a program, as reported here: I think this is fucking bullshit. Why the fuck are TradeGroups getting into our schools and doing their bidding. What, are the steel unions next? Will the Printing Union be putting posters around saying "Don't use a photocopier - it's steeling!"
Be very careful that a proposal like TFA outlines is not a wolf in sheep's clothing....
But to answer your question, yes. I clearly understand who the RIAA's customers are, and I stated that In my original post.
I've had a discussion with my boss yesterday over the seeming lack of alternatives to MS Project. For a start, I've used Project on and off over the last 5 years for various small tasks and always found it was not that user friendly and not very intuitive, (like not being able to drag the Gant chart around, or drag and drop resources into tasks. AJAX style)
ah fuck, i'm a tard. While looking up info for the rest of my hate for MS Project, I came across a list of other project applications here
I'm off to try these out. But I can say it would be nice if a simple and user friendly project tool was bundled as part of the office suite....
LOL, you don't sound bitter or anything.....
You made my day.
"This IDE is a bunch of Eclipse plugins that comes from the fusion of JBoss IDE and Exadel Studio. The main advantages it offers are: JSF development improved, in particular integrating RichFaces and Ajax4JSF libraries; Seam (next J2EE middleware standard?) integration; and plugins for JBoss, Hibernate.."
Now I know that is in English, but I have no idea what half of those words mean.
The RIAA are a Trade Group and so have no real 'jurisdiction' ANYWHERE in the context of law enforcement, they only have the ability to legally represent their 'customers' (labels and paying members within the trade), as agreed by their customers. (Jurisdiction being the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters within a defined area of responsibility.)
I don't see anything stopping this organisation conducting business outside the USA though they're are other trade organizations who have taken on that task such as the IFPI to do their bidding internationally. Also many countries appear to have their own Recording Label industry group which appear to have similar roles.
But don't mistake their name implying they only operate inside the USA, and its certainly recognized they influence the IFPI, AND the US Govt who were kind enough to put conditions on the entry of Russia into the WTO with regards to allofmp3.com. That IS international Influence.
Oh, and before I go, I must mention I think the RIAA are a bunch of scum sucking bottom feeders. Trade industry groups should be to the benefit of the people they represent, not their detriment.
>>>... maybe we should leave the rocket scientist stuff to real rocket scientists...
I dunno. I think the Slashdot crowd would make for interesting space program management.
Couldn't be much worse....
>>> IMHO, the scary part is how pathetically stupid this particular company goes about it. One would hope that a company like Diebold knows a bit more about IT security. Just send an employee with a laptop to your local wifi coffee shop already. Jeez.
.. dont forget to mention the employee might want to chose another user login than 'Not_from_Diebold_sitting_in_a_coffeeshop_uber1337 '.
Not that Diebold need the obvious pointed out to them.... often.