Silicon Graphics spun off their media streaming
solution to a separate company called Kasenna
about 1.5 years ago.
Their product runs on
Linux and IRIX. The IRIX version is something
of an industry standard (CNN uses it to broadcast
raw video material to hundreds of editors simultaneously).
I'm surprised that an audiophile would even consider listening to music decoded
from MP3, even at high bitrates. Presumably an audiophile's ears are
sensitive enough to justify purchasing that
$$$$ worth of equipment as opposed to your average
high-quality stereo set -- so if you're listening
to MP3 - what's the point?
Besides, as computers and networks become faster
and storage cheaper and more compact, we're not too far from the
point where non-lossy compression wil suffice, as
far as downloading/storing music is concerned.
once you learn it you'll be hard pressed to use much else.
I learned it, I like it. But I totally agree with Yoda (quoting funkster@midwinter.com):
EXTERIOR: DAGOBAH -- DAY
With Yoda strapped to his back, Luke climbs up one of the many thick vines that grow in the swamp until he reaches the Dagobah statistics lab. Panting heavily, he continues his exercises -- grepping, installing new packages, logging in as root, and writing replacements for two-year-old shell scripts in Python.
YODA:
Code! Yes. A programmer's strength flows from code maintainability. But beware of Perl. Terse syntax... more than one way to do it... default variables. The dark side of code maintainability are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you when code you write. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
LUKE:
Is Perl better than Python?
YODA:
No... no... no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.
LUKE:
But how will I know why Python is better than Perl?
YODA:
You will know. When your code you try to read six months from now.
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He was nursing a vodka? his nipple must have become quite soggy.
Thanks, Emo P.
Read it again, check the links in his "abstract". This is just an advertisement for
webopedia.internet.com, and I'm sure it worked.
--lp
Their product runs on Linux and IRIX. The IRIX version is something of an industry standard (CNN uses it to broadcast raw video material to hundreds of editors simultaneously).
The Linux version supposedly kicks ass as well.
http://www.kasenna.com/
Then again, it's ultimately *his* decision what to do with his life at any given time.
Besides, as computers and networks become faster and storage cheaper and more compact, we're not too far from the point where non-lossy compression wil suffice, as far as downloading/storing music is concerned.
I want my music in .gz format, not .mp3 !
--lp
I learned it, I like it. But I totally agree with Yoda (quoting funkster@midwinter.com):
EXTERIOR: DAGOBAH -- DAY
YODA: LUKE: YODA: LUKE: YODA:The earliest example I'm aware of is "Mock Lisp" in Gosling's Emacs, but there are probably others. A rather recent example is Script-Fu in GIMP etc.
Anyone know where the concept originated?
Interesting ideas, but the writer's ego shines through much too clearly.