But I unfortunately don't really feel I learned much from this article about why Linux is a good choice. All the apps he mentioned (Audacity, Ardour, etc.) are available for both platforms. And his reasons for switching, like the lack of a tree view in the OS X finder, strike me as weirdly trivial and not music related.
Yes, that's all he mentions. Never once does he mention price. Nope. Well, perhaps vaguely here:
A quick back-of-a-napkin estimate came to approximately $3,000, not including the time it would take tweaking and testing to make it work for the tour. If the netbook revolution hadn't come along and spawn a price-wars on laptops, I might have proceeded to increase my credit card debt.
But he certainly doesn't mention it here:
The solution to my financial constraint became clear, and I bought a refurbished Dell Studio 15, installed Ubuntu on it, and set it up for sound production and business administration. The total cost was around $600 for the laptop plus a donation to a software developer -- a far cry from the $3000.00 price tag and weeks of my time it would have cost me to stay locked-in to Apple.
Or here:
Not only was the expense of owning and maintaining Apple hardware a key factor in my switch, but the operating system had become a frustration to me.
Is the prospect of having a picture associated with an email address really creepy and disturbing? The 100M+ people who use Myspace and Facebook to associate their email with their picture, contacts, relationship status and favorite foods don't seem to think so.
In any case, I have a Google Photos/Picasa Web account with hundreds of pictures and everybody whose name I know in them is tagged, not one of which is identified by their email address.
So to conclude, thanks for the FUD. I'm looking forward to more technology reviews by people with no understanding of technology, much less the concept of social networking.
A drawback to Android application developers, however, is the fact that the potential Android Market user base is fairly small right now, as there is presently only one Android phone available, the T-Mobile G1.
You mean as opposed to the several dozen different phones Apple has on the market? Way to end a horribly fragmented run-on sentence with a cringe inducing logical fallacy, buddy.
I agree. Literary merit is independent of genre. I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't. But scifi has a common crutch in that it typically relies on escapism attained by proposing some technologically advanced society. The problem is that it was born in a time when technology was fresh and authors could explore its possibilities. Now it seems to be dying in a world where technology advances rapidly, and these concepts quickly become dated. Once dated, the escapism is gone, and the story no longer has anything to stand on.
That's what I think about profusely when I read or watch scifi, making it difficult for me to enjoy it. Even fresh ideas will become instantly dated in my own mind because they can't keep up with my own imagination. I believe others feel the same. As real technology advances and approaches its limitations, it becomes less mysterious, and readers lose interest. Hence, the decline of scifi's popularity.
I was never taking a stab at the genre or its fans. The parent proposed an idea as why scifi/fantasy is dying, I proposed my own. I could be wrong. No biggie.
Re: the snob comment: ouch! There's nothing wrong with letting the test of time determine what I read. If I wanted to beta-test modern literature, I'd major in English and become a publication editor.:)
Deal with what? I don't care who reads what. I was merely proposing a possible explanation as to why a genre of fiction with no literary merit happens to be waning in magazine subscription. This isn't about me or my love for alcoholic writers. This is about academia's love of said writers. How's this for science fiction:
The year is 2309. The iPod has passed the Turning Test. College students are still reading and analyzing the great works of Hemingway. Asimov who?
That, or they're like me and choose to spend their reading time with Joyce, Fitzgerald or Faulkner instead of reading about some cheesy distance future that will be outdated in 10 years. Fantasy is even less appealing.
Not every geek is into sci-fi and fantasy, you insensitive clods.
OMG, Microsoft reused code and documentation! What an outrage. Could you imagine the shitstorm that would ensure if Leopard used code from Tiger, or if Ubuntu 8.10 shared code with 8.04? At least I can sleep well at night knowing every gig of source for those releases was completely rewritten from scratch.
Given that you've been online long enough to have a 6-digit Slashdot account and a brand new, shiny netbook on the way, I'm assuming you're not exactly part of OLPC's target audience of the world's poorest children. There's no need to refuse something was never really offered to you in the first place.
Agreed. This is Slashdot, News for Nerds, and any computer geek is says this isn't cool is lying. Apple slapping a handle on the clamshell iBook is "innovative and utterly desirable", but Microsoft programming an app to create music isn't awesome? Give me a break. It may not be practical or useful, but sense when are those criteria in determining what geeks find interesting? Case in point: ASCII Art Steganography.
That said, this is pretty cool. As a songwriter myself, I'll often write a melody and build some chords around it. Limited to the most basic of music theory, an algorithm for finding the most appropriate chords is actually very simple, so it's surprising this hasn't been done before.
But to not have a personal device because he is the "President" is pure crap! Since when did the "President" become royalty?
You're absolutely right. Taking away Royal Blackberries is a time honored tradition that dates back to Edward the First and should not be applied to lowly public servants.
I apologize if I came across as rude. I wasn't being sarcastic. I just can't really imagine what a lame duck president could possibly do to interfere with the transition of power. Jeb Bush is already talking about establishing a shadow government. For all we know, he's speaking on behalf the family.
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But I unfortunately don't really feel I learned much from this article about why Linux is a good choice. All the apps he mentioned (Audacity, Ardour, etc.) are available for both platforms. And his reasons for switching, like the lack of a tree view in the OS X finder, strike me as weirdly trivial and not music related.
Yes, that's all he mentions. Never once does he mention price. Nope. Well, perhaps vaguely here:
A quick back-of-a-napkin estimate came to approximately $3,000, not including the time it would take tweaking and testing to make it work for the tour. If the netbook revolution hadn't come along and spawn a price-wars on laptops, I might have proceeded to increase my credit card debt.
But he certainly doesn't mention it here:
The solution to my financial constraint became clear, and I bought a refurbished Dell Studio 15, installed Ubuntu on it, and set it up for sound production and business administration. The total cost was around $600 for the laptop plus a donation to a software developer -- a far cry from the $3000.00 price tag and weeks of my time it would have cost me to stay locked-in to Apple.
Or here:
Not only was the expense of owning and maintaining Apple hardware a key factor in my switch, but the operating system had become a frustration to me.
That's why it's the hottest device on the market.
So how do I install Cubase, B4, Bandstand, and Cakewalk?
Actually, they're FBI agents.
So then you don't mind the colostomy bag?
People with proper psychological functioning ...
We're talking about cops here. *ducks*
I figured if there is anybody that has a right to download "Death Magnetic" for free, it's me.
I figure if there is anybody that would want to download "Death Magnetic" at all, it's him.
Is the prospect of having a picture associated with an email address really creepy and disturbing? The 100M+ people who use Myspace and Facebook to associate their email with their picture, contacts, relationship status and favorite foods don't seem to think so.
In any case, I have a Google Photos/Picasa Web account with hundreds of pictures and everybody whose name I know in them is tagged, not one of which is identified by their email address.
So to conclude, thanks for the FUD. I'm looking forward to more technology reviews by people with no understanding of technology, much less the concept of social networking.
not deserving of a mod-point.
Yeah, I suppose it is too much to ask for more than high school freshman level writing from the largest technology news site on the internet.
A drawback to Android application developers, however, is the fact that the potential Android Market user base is fairly small right now, as there is presently only one Android phone available, the T-Mobile G1.
You mean as opposed to the several dozen different phones Apple has on the market? Way to end a horribly fragmented run-on sentence with a cringe inducing logical fallacy, buddy.
Fart? I'm too far intellectually advanced to give in to primitive bodily functions.
I do masturbate, however, but only to the poetry of John Keats.
I agree. Literary merit is independent of genre. I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't. But scifi has a common crutch in that it typically relies on escapism attained by proposing some technologically advanced society. The problem is that it was born in a time when technology was fresh and authors could explore its possibilities. Now it seems to be dying in a world where technology advances rapidly, and these concepts quickly become dated. Once dated, the escapism is gone, and the story no longer has anything to stand on.
:)
That's what I think about profusely when I read or watch scifi, making it difficult for me to enjoy it. Even fresh ideas will become instantly dated in my own mind because they can't keep up with my own imagination. I believe others feel the same. As real technology advances and approaches its limitations, it becomes less mysterious, and readers lose interest. Hence, the decline of scifi's popularity.
I was never taking a stab at the genre or its fans. The parent proposed an idea as why scifi/fantasy is dying, I proposed my own. I could be wrong. No biggie.
Re: the snob comment: ouch! There's nothing wrong with letting the test of time determine what I read. If I wanted to beta-test modern literature, I'd major in English and become a publication editor.
Deal with it. Embrace IDIC.
Deal with what? I don't care who reads what. I was merely proposing a possible explanation as to why a genre of fiction with no literary merit happens to be waning in magazine subscription. This isn't about me or my love for alcoholic writers. This is about academia's love of said writers. How's this for science fiction:
The year is 2309. The iPod has passed the Turning Test. College students are still reading and analyzing the great works of Hemingway. Asimov who?
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(For the record, I like Asimov too. Jeez.)
That, or they're like me and choose to spend their reading time with Joyce, Fitzgerald or Faulkner instead of reading about some cheesy distance future that will be outdated in 10 years. Fantasy is even less appealing.
Not every geek is into sci-fi and fantasy, you insensitive clods.
OMG, Microsoft reused code and documentation! What an outrage. Could you imagine the shitstorm that would ensure if Leopard used code from Tiger, or if Ubuntu 8.10 shared code with 8.04? At least I can sleep well at night knowing every gig of source for those releases was completely rewritten from scratch.
But I could have swore that OLPNSB stood for "One Laptop Per Neckbearded Slashdot Douchebag."
OOOOOH, TFA's about OLPC. Well then never mind.
Given that you've been online long enough to have a 6-digit Slashdot account and a brand new, shiny netbook on the way, I'm assuming you're not exactly part of OLPC's target audience of the world's poorest children. There's no need to refuse something was never really offered to you in the first place.
Yes, Darwin I believe.
I use exclusively free *nixes and so does all my friends (otherwise they wouldn't be real friends, would they?).
If *nix use is among your criteria for determining friendships, good luck finding one with a vagina.
Agreed. This is Slashdot, News for Nerds, and any computer geek is says this isn't cool is lying. Apple slapping a handle on the clamshell iBook is "innovative and utterly desirable", but Microsoft programming an app to create music isn't awesome? Give me a break. It may not be practical or useful, but sense when are those criteria in determining what geeks find interesting? Case in point: ASCII Art Steganography.
That said, this is pretty cool. As a songwriter myself, I'll often write a melody and build some chords around it. Limited to the most basic of music theory, an algorithm for finding the most appropriate chords is actually very simple, so it's surprising this hasn't been done before.
The young'uns should learn there are reasons to make those things unavailable. Like, uhhh, security? Think back to when Clinton took office...
You don't even have to back that far. Just rewind to last summer when the Obama campaign got their data compromised. Seems like they should know better by now.
But to not have a personal device because he is the "President" is pure crap! Since when did the "President" become royalty?
You're absolutely right. Taking away Royal Blackberries is a time honored tradition that dates back to Edward the First and should not be applied to lowly public servants.
I apologize if I came across as rude. I wasn't being sarcastic. I just can't really imagine what a lame duck president could possibly do to interfere with the transition of power. Jeb Bush is already talking about establishing a shadow government. For all we know, he's speaking on behalf the family.
What would you expect him to do? Kick and scream and challenge Barack to a duel?
God forbid we have a leader who paid attention in his university English courses. Does he know how to hunt? That's what I wanna know!