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We estimate economic growth for Romania in 2014 at 2.5-3 percent, even higher
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DURHAM – The Duke Men's Basketball team was honored by the city of Durham on the American Tobacco campus on Thursday. Several Duke fans gathered in the converted former warehouses to honor their Duke Blue Devils for winning the 2010 National Championship. Chants of "Let's go Duke," rang through a beautiful spring day in the […]
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In software development, we often face the same problem over and over again. For example, when designing user-interfaces, we need to specify the layout of components; when designing financial systems, we need to detect various patterns in changing prices. The Domain Specific Language (DSL) approach is to design a language for the specific problem domain and then use it repeatedly to solve multiple instances of the same problem.
In the talk-part of the meetup, we look how to think about DSLs in a functional way. This lets us focus on the domain. Rather than worrying about the syntax, we start by understanding what problems we actually want to model and what is the best way to do so. Along the way, I'll show three DSLs – for composing 3D objects, for working with Markdown documents and for detecting live price patterns.
In the hands-on part of the meetup, you'll get to use and extend the DSL of your choice. Do you want to create some 3D fractals using F# and add animation? Or do you want to process and render Markdown documents? Bring your laptop with Windows, Mac or Linux and F# installed – just follow the guide on www.fsharp.org!
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Security. Performance. Affordability. Pick two. Storage administrators who have been instructed to secure their organization's backup tapes are grappling with this reality.
The bulletproof, high-performance encryption appliances offered by vendors like Decru (now owned by Network Appliance) and NeoScale Systems come at a cost of $25,000 or more per appliance (see "
DLTSage Tape Security is a firmware addition to Quantum's existing DLT-V4 drives, and will be included on the next generation DLT-S4, due out this quarter. It works by embedding a 256-bit key in the header of the tape cartridge that can only be unlocked if the drive reading it has the same key. The data itself isn't encrypted, so you can still use the drive's compression capabilities, and you don't incur the performance overhead that comes with encryption. "It's analogous to putting a lock on the front door," says Mark O'Malley, Quantum's product marketing manager.
Quantum is also plugging other obvious holes in tape security. For example, it's adding user authentication and authorization to its tape drive and library management GUIs, and making it harder to out-and-out steal backup media by putting physical locks on its library doors and a specialized bezel on its DX series virtual tape library appliances.
"The storage industry is finally changing the way it builds storage," says Kevin Brown, Decru's VP of marketing.
But because the data behind the DLTSage Tape Security key is still in the clear, it's probably not appropriate for organizations with personal customer data like credit card numbers. Laws like California's SB 1386 exempt companies from having to disclose a data theft if the data was encrypted, and lawmakers have proposed similar laws at the federal level. If you're using only DLTSage Tape Security, "I'd imagine you'd probably have to disclose," says Jon Oltsik, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, Milford, MA.
Perhaps more to the point, even though "you'd have to go through some real hoops to do it, there may be some forensic ways to get around this kind of security," Oltsik admits. Still, "this is way better than nothing," he says. "Quantum has moved the ball forward."
For enterprise shops, encryption is still the only choice, and the number of encryption offerings available to customers will continue to grow. Sun has announced native encryption on its new StorageTek T10000 drive, Spectra Logic offers it as part of its T120 and T950 libraries, and Quantum promises native encryption in both libraries and drives in the second half of this year.
Unfortunately, native hardware encryption doesn't signal the end of storage administrators' problems--key management is the real issue. "The encryption being built into tape drives is rudimentary," says Brown. "It turns out that tape drives aren't that smart." For example, one issue to consider is how keys are passed from one driveto another--is it in clear text or are they, too, encrypted? Increasingly, says Brown, "customers are saying, 'Great, you've encrypted the data. Now did you do the other 99 things to make sure it's secure?' "
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Greg Riggs opened Stone's Field of Dreams farm at 8481 Hungary Road earlier this year, hoping to create an atmosphere in which future farmers can learn the trade. The farm produces and offers vegetables for sale to consumers and commercial businesses. It is offering hayrides daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (except on Sundays, when they will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Haunted hayrides for children will begin Oct. 16. For details, call 332-7000.
The Greater Richmond Partnership, Inc., a regional economic development organization, received six awards for excellence in economic development and communications from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and the Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC). The IEDC honors were presented at an awards ceremony Sept. 28 during the IEDC Annual Conference in Columbus, Oh. The SEDC Communications Awards were presented at the SEDC Annual Conference held Aug. 14-17 New Orleans.
The GRP also recently named Charles "Chuck" Peterson as vice president. Prior to joining GRP, Peterson spent 17 years at the West Virginia Development Office, where he advanced his career from research analyst to manager, research and strategic planning unit.
The Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau recently earned the 2010 Excellence in Internet Award by the Southeast Tourism Society. The award, which was presented at the Shining Example Awards banquet, recognizes extraordinary performance in digital communication.
Thalhimer recently announced the following leases in Henrico County: Sausage Craft, LLC leased 4,400 square feet of space at 2004 Dabney Road (R. Scott Douglas and Franklin Bell of Thalhimer handled lease negotiations); VSF Sweepstakes Centers leased 2,200 square feet of space at 4501 West Broad Street (Michael A. Shaia of Thalhimer handled lease negotiations); Jeffrey C. Robinson CPA leased 1,296 square feet of space at the Banks Brothers Building at 4461 Cox Road (Evan M. Magrill, Dean Meyer and Brian K. Berkey of Thalhimer handled lease negotiations). Thalhimer also announced the sale of approximately 2.033 acres of land at 7800 Shrader Road, from A.F. Associates, LLP, to IHH Properties, LLC. Millard F. Jones of Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations.
Richmond-based based company H&A Architects & Engineers ranked sixth of 200 on The Zweig Letter Hot Firm List, a construction industry consulting and publication firm. This annual list features the architecture, engineering, and environmental firms that have outperformed the economy and competitors to become leaders in their field.
Volunteer leader Deb Downing recently was selected as the "Beacon of Hope" recipient by Safe Harbor, a Henrico organization whose goal is to stop domestic violence. The award recognizes excellence in advocacy against intimate partner violence. Downing will be honored this week at a reception at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. Downing has a long-standing history of activism against intimate partner violence in Virginia. In 1975, she oversaw operations for Shelter for Help and Emergency, a program to help victims of domestic violence in the Charlottesville area. Four years later, she was selected as the agency's executive director, a position she held for 10 years. After 14 years of service at the local level, Downing transitioned to state-level policy and advocacy work. Downing has helped to implement public policy, and funding and training programs to enhance Virginia's capacity to serve survivors of intimate partner violence and their children.
Lisa Wilson Gidcumb recently opened her new company, S E M E Education Consulting LLC. S E M E is a "child first" business that works collaboratively with parents and schools for the children's success. S E M E, "Special Education Made Easy," is a comprehensive consulting company providing personalized and meaningful education solutions to parents and schools throughout Virginia. For details, visit http://www.semeedconsulting.com
Founder and president of Richmond marketing and public relations firm OFD Consulting Meghan Ely recently was chosen as the keynote speaker for the Business of Wedding Ireland Conference, which will take place Nov. 2-3 in Killarney, Ireland. At the conference, Ely will cover topics such as "The State of the Wedding Industry," "Expectations of Brides and Grooms," "Marketing to Brides in this Economy," "Social Media and Networking" and "Pre-bridal Show Strategies," in a two day seminar.
The National Association of Scholars recently recognized the University of Richmond's John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship as an "excellent program" for its approach to understanding and practicing responsible leadership. The center is advised by an international board of distinguished scholars, including honorary chair and former prime minister of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher.
America's Best Cleaners recently selected Richmond's Puritan Cleaners as one of America's best dry cleaning establishments. The recognition also certifies the dry cleaning business under the Fashion Care Label of Europe, a worldwide network of certified dry cleaners.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden raises admission $1
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's admission has increased by $1 across all categories. Admission is now $12 for adults; $11 for seniors ages 55 and older; and $8 for children ages 3–12. Admission remains free for children ages 3 and younger and for members.
The last price increase was in 2011, before the Garden consistently hosted Butterflies LIVE! (which is included with admission). > Read more.
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The threat of bad weather didn't keep visitors away from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden July 10 for the facility's weekly Flowers After 5 event (which pairs music and food with a chance to stroll the garden) and its monthly Fidos After 5 (which allows dog owners to bring their pets with them to enjoy the evening). > Read more.
Western Henrico Rotary helps fund Midwives For Haiti Jeep
Thanks in part to a $10,000 gift from the Western Henrico Rotary Club, another bright pink Jeep modified to travel extremely rough terrain has been delivered to Midwives For Haiti so that more pregnant women in the quake-ravaged country will have access to prenatal care and a greater chance of surviving childbirth.
The funds were raised at the annual casino night held in February, club president Adam Cherry said. The Rotary Club also helped purchase the Virginia-based charity's first pink jeep three years ago. > Read more.
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Take in a show at several locations this weekend! West End Comedy will provide laughs at HATTheatre; the production of "Pump Boys and Dinettes" will close Sunday; and the youth theatre company CharacterWorks will present "Footloose" at The Steward School. Another show perfect for the kids – "Despicable Me 2" is playing at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center tonight. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Is there an Echo in here?
'Earth to Echo' aims to become this generation's 'ET'
It's no secret that all found-footage genre movies are the same. Grab a couple of characters, give one of them a camera, and expose them to something supernatural that's content to lurk just off-screen until the last five minutes. Everything else will just fall into place.
But that formula isn't particularly family friendly, if only because that thing waiting a few feet to the left of the cast is usually plotting their violent doom.
That's what sets Earth to Echo apart from the pack. It, too, follows a group of characters armed with a camera and a tendency to encounter unknown life forms. But all those familiar parts have been rearranged just enough to make it suitable for a much younger audience. > Read more.
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An eclectic array of events are taking place this weekend throughout the county. In the West End, we have the Richmond Wedding Expo, the Under the Stars Family Film Series and Henrico Theatre Company's production of "Pump Boys and Dinettes." In the eastern part of the county, we have a blood drive at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, Gallmeyer Farm's annual Sweet Corn Festival and an origami workshop at Fairfield Library. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Top red from Durbanville? Not that surprising when you consider that supposedly the greatest red wines ever made in South Africa, the 1966 and 1968 vintages of GS Cabernet, originated from here. Yesterday the 2011 vintage of Diemersdal MM Louw … [Read more...]
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Yesterday over lunch with Diemersdal winemaker Thys Louw, the current release of his flagship white, the MM Louw Sauvignon Blanc 2012 (R165 a bottle). The wine contains 7% Semillon and was fermented and matured for 10 months in 500-litre French oak … [Read more...]
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Diemersdal Eight Rows Sauvignon Blanc 2012
Today the launch of the new eatery in the old stables of Durbanville property winery Diemersdal – heading up the kitchen is Nic van Wyk, previously of Terroir and Kleine Zalze lodge. Welcome drink was the standard label Sauvignon Blanc, with … [Read more...]
Diemersdal Private Collection 2010 vs. Vrede en Lust Boet Erasmus 2009
Two serious takes on the Bordeaux style red blend side by side, the Private Collection 2010 (R100 a bottle) from Diemersdal in Durbanville and the Boet Erasmus 2009 (R150) from Vrede en Lust on the Paarl side of the Simonsberg. And lest the debate … [Read more...]
Diemersdal Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2012
For some time I've advocated a shift from ultra-green Sauvignon Blanc, but it is possible for the pendulum to swing too far the other way. The Reserve 2012 from Durbanville property (R75 a bottle) is big and rich with plenty of thiol-derived tropical … [Read more...]


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Clippers-Spurs Preview
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
Posted Mar 28 2013 11:19PM
Reaching 50 wins is rather routine for the San Antonio Spurs, but it's uncharted territory for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Winning three straight regular-season games in San Antonio would also be a new feat.
The Clippers look to clinch the best season in franchise history Friday night when they face the Western Conference-leading Spurs, who continue a daunting late-season stretch.
San Antonio (54-17) has reached the 50-win mark in 14 straight seasons, and has already assured itself a spot in the playoffs along with Los Angeles (49-23).
While the Clippers are going to the postseason in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1991-92 and 92-93, they're on the brink of doing it as the best team in franchise history.
Los Angeles tied the team's 38-year-old record for wins in a season Wednesday while setting a mark for the most on the road at 21 as it beat New Orleans 105-91.
With 10 games left in the regular season, the Clippers are also closing in on their first division title, leading the Pacific by 8 1/2 games on second-place Golden State.
"At the beginning of the season, we set some goals for the team," coach Vinny Del Negro told the team's official website Tuesday. "Obviously, to win the division. It's all about improving throughout the season. I expect a lot from this team, but more importantly they expect a lot from themselves. We just want to play as consistently as possible, count them up at the end and hopefully be healthy going into the playoffs."
Chauncey Billups, who has been limited to 20 games this season, may be the main concern after aggravating a nagging right groin strain and exiting in the third quarter Wednesday. It's unclear if he'll play Friday.
Chris Paul will, and though he struggled against San Antonio in the playoffs last season, he has totaled 55 points and 19 assists in the Clippers' back-to-back regular-season wins at the AT&T Center.
Los Angeles is one of only four teams to win there this season after posting a 92-87 victory Nov. 19 as it held San Antonio to a season low-tying 35.4 percent from the field.
The Spurs, who lead the conference by 1 1/2 games over Oklahoma City, have won 27 of 29 at home since that defeat. They extended their winning streak at the AT&T Center to six games by defeating Denver 100-99 on Wednesday, beginning a three-game homestand that ends Sunday against Miami.
San Antonio has won three of four to begin this season-ending 15-game stretch that includes 11 meetings with teams currently in playoff position.
"The schedule that we have is something that should be embraced and considered a great opportunity," coach Gregg Popovich said, "because it's like taking a final exam every day or most days. To get ready for the playoffs, understanding the physicality, aggressiveness and competitiveness that's necessary night after night in the playoffs."
Having a healthy Tony Parker would help. Parker sprained his right middle finger late in the third quarter against the Nuggets, but returned to finish with 18 points and 11 assists and is expected to play Friday after X-rays were negative.
Parker totaled 15 points as the Spurs lost twice to the Clippers in November, but scored 31 points while sinking 12 of 16 from the floor in a 116-90 win at Los Angeles on Feb. 21. He also helped limit Paul to four points on 1-of-6 shooting in that victory.
Tim Duncan is averaging 25.0 points, 14.8 rebounds and 3.4 blocks over the past five home games. Duncan had 20 points and 14 boards against the Clippers there in November.
I just want to see CP3 own Parker. Send a message... see you in May, m*********.
^ Me too. I expect CP and Jamal to both have huge games. We've beaten the Spurs twice this season already 8) I like our chances.
Would love for that to happen. To beat the spurs though our 3pt defense needs to be sharp. That's probably the biggest key since they have so many shooters.
^ It's been better these last couple of games. I just don't want us to over-commit. It's a fine balance.
Yup love to see that too
^ Again.
Yeah, the Clippers HAVE to still be bothered by the last meeting with the Spurs. You just know CP3 and company heard ALL about the commentary during that game...particularly all that crap about Parker being a better point guard than Paul.
If we're not motivated to play these guys this time...
the two wins were early in the season before our 3 point defense was exposed. The third game was very telling because popovich went straight at our weakness and blew us out by more than 25 points. This time we do need to win, the team has had some good results with zone defense and we cant afford to lose this game. I kno paul will show up, but we will need some key games from willie green, butler, and DJ. It cant be a one man show or ths purs will make this a win
Our team better come in pissed and with energy. Last time the Spurs embarrassed us on our own home court. Time to return the favor!
CP3 better dominate the matchup against TP and BG has to step up and be dominant. Of course hopefully the rest of the team is fired up as well. That was an embarrassing loss.
If we don't show up in a big way it means our team doesn't have heart.
Most important game of the year. We NEED to prove we can still beat elite teams! Seriously a loss tonight will be devastating
Last I checked.....we beat them when we were hot before the All Star break and they put us in check after the Al Star break.
Hangover or not, they are the best team in the West.
I am curious to see if POP is going to be resting his starters for this game, or the Miami game on Sunday.
I am sure that CP3 can own Parker, but who on the Clippers is going to stop Danny Green from bombing 3's in the corner?
We have the talent and the bench, they have the coach who is voulumes better than his understudy.
I just hope that the momentum from Wed carries us into today and hopefully tomorrow.
We don't have to win tonight for me to be happy, just go out and prove you can beat this team and make them think twice about over-looking us in the playoffs.
Would be interesting to see DJ play a big part in a win tonight, he's been on fire lately. Wait, did I just give DJ a compliment? I thought if you hate someone that you have to relentlessly slander them till you're blue in the face. But wait, doesn't that mean you can't have a preconceived notion of a person? My head is all turned around.
Stop the 3 and keep them moving so they can't set and shoot.
Time to mess with Texas
Too bad Vinny isn't smart enough to start Bledsoe at SG. He's done a hell of a job on the Spurs guards defensively and Green may get torched bad.
Yep. Small sample size, but Bledsoe has done well (PER) @ that position. Maybe next year.
Didn't mike smith said that ebled is our highest percentage 3 pt shooter
I am not looking forward to the rain of 3s. Hopefully we get lucky that they brick their open shots.
Yeah I heard that during the Dallas game. Something like 40-41%. Willie Green was our next best at like 38%.
Bledsoe shoots 42.2% from 3, he doesn't shoot it that much but he's definitly better than last year.
Exactly why it's not a good idea to use that as the sample. It's too small of a sample size but we've all seen it with our own eyes... Bledsoe does a great job against the Spurs guards and him and CP3 have stretches where they are terrific together defensively and offensively.
I just know Bledsoe does a hell of a lot better job than Green or Billups chasing their shooters around and he does a great job denying Parker and Ginobili the ball. Lately he's been off so nothing is guaranteed but I hope Vinny tries him early for perimeter defense.
danny green is going to eat us alive as usual
The only way we win is if Chris goes hard and wants to win.
I want this game so bad... this team needs a W against a legit playoff team.
Too true!
Not to mention our first 50th win ever to come on the road, against the Spurs would make it that much more special. Ralph on pregame even just called it the best win of the year so far if we win.
I'm pretty sure CP always wants to win!
that's cool but a win is a win, streak or not...
Love what Ralph is saying. He said Vinny dropped the hammer on the team military style this morning about them needing to be ready and wake up today.
Popovich on CP3: "He's a mean, nasty man... I don't know if there's anybody more competitive in the league than that little dude."
Popovich jokes someone must have stolen CP3's toys when he was little, because he plays like he's getting back at the world.
Haha I love that quote.
Regarding us hanging a banner when we win the Division,,,,I just noticed SA has a single banner for Division (with a butt load of years on it) next to a banner for Conf Champion (again,,a few numbers) then individual banners for Companionship. My point,,we should hang a banner,,if it is good enough for them it is good enough for us.
Whoa, I didn't realize Blake averages 18 & 10 against Spurs this year.
I just hope duncan doesnt own blake and dj. Cmon young guys, show the old man your speed and athleticism. Block shots, fight for position, muscle your way to the rim, play nasty
Blue unis
Haha well I guess mike smith agrees with me
Blake hesitating BAD on shot, Spurs get easy cut to get a bucket. Bad start. Blake needs to look at the rim as Mike Smith says. Stop fu**ing passing dude.
Start the game with second hance points. Wonderful.
Lol at Duncan's bitch flop. Comon dude DJ didn't even shove and you end up out of bounds on the floor? Gotta love it.
Splitter owns us.
Feels playoff like
Sloppy as hell but the effort is at least great. We just need to sharpen the hell up otherwise this will get out of hand.
THAT'S how we do it, leonard! Lmaoo
That was embarassing
Ok now Im pissed at the refs. Pop is literally in the ref's face and doesn't get a T. If that's Vinny he'd probably be ejected by now.
Idk what's been motivating Dj lately but he's been a monster on the glass lately!
DJ the last 3 or 4 games has been fantastic, can't lie. If he keeps it up and steps up DEFENSIVELY this game to lead us to a win.. he deserves huge props. He can't vanish in the games that count. He's not defending the rim enough.
I love when we play with purpose and passion
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In this work we are exploring amygdala activation in response to simple stimuli such as rising and falling intensity and rising and falling pitch tones.
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Competing with the iPod is a very difficult thing to do. You need to get a lot right to be even in the same league. In typical Sony fashion, they have spent a lot of marketing, design and PR dollars creating and promoting their "iPod killing" Network Walkman. This is a device roughly the same size as an iPod--or smaller, depending on if you believe the PR, but not smaller than an iPod mini...but whatever.
Before I rant a bit, let's compare their features:
Hard Drive Size: Sony appears to be offering a 20 gigabyte version or a 40 gigabyte version for its Network Walkman, depending on which report you believe. Either way, the iPod has a range of capacities as well.
Price: Sony's offering costs a bit less when comparing comparable capacities with the iPod. Yay Sony!
Support Software: Sony Connect vs. iTunes. iTunes is good, Sony Connect is not. But hey, you might like Sony Connect, so that's up to you. I prefer to encode my CDs myself at the insane bit rates I prefer.
Formats Supported: Sony likes you to use Atrac, Apple likes AAC, so who cares, right? You simply can play MP3s on them and forget their DRMed proprietary formats. Right? Right? Well, on the iPod you can. And on every portable player made in the last five years, you can. I don't have enough room or time to list every player that does, really.
But Sony doesn't play MP3. It seems it "supports" MP3 through conversion, and we all love trans-coded music, right? But nope, no playback of MP3.
Yes, seriously. Really, stop laughing. Transcoding is an abomination. Running your music through two lossy encoding steps is plain bad for the music if your standards are anywhere above 1950's AM radio technology. It would be like using a Xerox machine to do micrography, as in that old AIR article, which I couldn't find on-line.
So, in short, Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Take a perfectly interesting product and make it sucky in one fell swoop. I mean, I know that Sony has their stuff together much of the time--don't ask me about VAIO build quality, please, I've repressed that. The PS/2 is a fine product, and the Sony classical label does some remarkable recordings, but these landfill worthy players should be abandoned as some Sony executive's bad-trip drug dream. Better yet, the firmware should be upgraded to play the freaking MP3 standard that litters most people's music collections.
This isn't the first time Sony has done this. About four years ago, it had a pretty drop-dead sexy little MP3, um, Atrac player that looked like a stuppy pen, and I would have bought one in a second had it played MP3s.
I know what you are thinking: "What about Ogg? MP3 is stinky patent encumbered crapola." All I can say is iRiver seems to get it, and its player looks very nice; I want one and all that (I'd love to review one, fellas). But you have to support MP3 if you want a player to be a commercial success. Sony obviously is the kind of company that, even if Ogg were the dominant encoding system the way MP3 is today, would not support it in favor of Atrac-on-memory-stick.
Also, can I say that Atrac stinks? Good. Atrac stinks. I have an old minidisk player that is great for recording lectures and interviews and such, but past that? Crap.
Thanks for listening to my rant.
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actually, it ain't transcoded
I've spent the last two weeks tooling around with a Sony NW-S23, reverse-engineering the file format that my MP3 files ended up in when I copied them over using the MP3FileManager tool on the device itself.
They're still MP3 files.
They're obfuscated, but they retain the exact same bitrate, etc. as the original files. No transcoding, no recompression.
I believe the PS/2 is a product of IBM, not Sony.
your old
your old
these kids meant playstation 2
The Horrors of MiniDisc
I too own a MiniDisc player/recorder. The audio quality is great for recording events and lectures (which usually don't require such high quality).
Sony failed with the MiniDisc format as a long-term standard because recordists and radio programmers cannot upload their own warez to their home computer. How simple could it have been to add a flag to personally recorded files to permit this?
No, recording people -- the people who generally know music and audio technology from end to end -- are forced to use real-time analog recording to get materials OUT of the device.
On top of this, as mentioned, one must re-encode audio to put MP3s on the device. Or, if you use Linux as I do, you must again use an analog patch cable. Don't bother using a longer recording mode -- your music will have that high-pitch hiss that "most people can't hear."
Sony should die.
Sony is a record company
You can feely copy MP3s and Sony, as a record company, doesn't want you to do that. Seems pretty simple to me. Their software won't let you trade ATRAC tracks with friends, and only allows 3 copies of a track to be "checked out" from your computer at any one time. You don't delete a track from your MP3 player, you have to check it back into your computer!
PS2 is a sloppy piece of hardware.
"The PS/2 is a fine product"? I think not. The PS2 is a stunning example of how not to design a console.
Re: cat /dev/DiBona/brain: Sony Just Doesn't Get It
Maybe EFF will add Sony to their samplecomplaint under the INDUCE Act.
Re: cat /dev/DiBona/brain: Sony Just Doesn't Get It
The US doesn't drive SONY's product line. SONY produces cell phones, computers, TV, camcorders and Mini-Disc players that the USA never sees in stores because the US market is too slow to pick up a new media.
Take a look at minidisc.org's equipment list to see all the MD products that SONY and other companies manufacture for the Japanese market. In Japan, Atrac is huge. It makes sense for them to make this product. They are probably looking to see if the US will pick up on this time.
The other reason to go with Atrac over MP3 is that they are getting a better compression rate. Sony is comparing their storage by the number of songs instead of the number of Gigs.
I do agree with Chris on the fact that it would be nicer to make high bitrates to get the best quality then to be able to fit 18,000 songs on the player. I don't know 18,000 songs.
Re: cat /dev/DiBona/brain: Sony Just Doesn't Get It
Betamax was technically better than VHS, but everyone had their content in VHS form, so Sony finally gave up and made VHS VCRs like the rest of the industry.
In this situation, though, Sony wouldn't even have to give up support for their own pet codec -- it would be as if they could add VHS support to a Betamax VCR for a few dollars, then try to convince the user to keep renting VHS, but put their time-shifted recordings on Betamax tapes. Failing to support MP3 is pure butt-headedness.
Re: cat /dev/DiBona/brain: Sony Just Doesn't Get It
iRiver gets it in regard to Ogg - but not Linux. For the moment, you must use proprietary software (Windows/Mac only) to copy content to/from the players.
They are supposed to be working on adding "memory drive" capability to their devices... But, I'll be waiting until they have it working before buying.
Re: cat /dev/DiBona/brain: Sony Just Doesn't Get It
That's only true for some of iRivers flashmemory players that doesn't support UMS (USB Mass Storage).
My iRiver H120 havn't even been used in Windows, I bought it, plugged in the USB cabel and mounted the device in my filesystem, no software needed.
Re: cat /dev/DiBona/brain: Sony Just Doesn't Get It
I am new to Linux, thinking of buying the iRiver H120. Culd you please tell me what USB port I need. Is it USB 2? And are there any problems with running iRiver on Linux?
Untrue no problems xferng under Linux
My igp-100 plugs in and is seen as a usb hard drive.
Mount the sucker and if you need a pretty picture fire up mc to watch the files move
Re: iriver / linux
I have a iRiver IHP-120 and its "just works" on linux. No problems at all...
Re: cat /dev/DiBona/brain: Sony Just Doesn't Get It
Um....I've used ogg/linux and my iRiver....
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Seaton says the band will assemble in a studio to start recording a new album in June, and though they're playing some of the new songs during their current mini-tour of the South, they're still ostensibly touring on the back of 2009's Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em, Free, which shows the band in a leaner, tighter mode. All the "classic" Akron elements are present—group vocals, extended improvs, proggy bits, pastoral folk ballads that lead to mid-song freak-outs—but the song fragments and meanders that categorize earlier albums have all but disappeared.
While Akron/Family seem to be crafting their albums with more precision with each successive release, at heart they remain a band that thrives on playing before an audience. Seaton says the dynamics shift on any given night, depending a lot on the crowd. They'll be returning to Pilot Light for their third show there, having played the Bijou Theatre their last time through Knoxville in 2007. Known for rowdy, spontaneous sets (they invited the entire less-than-capacity audience at the Bijou on stage for a pre-show dance party), Seaton says the band is particularly fond of playing the Old City club.
"That last show we did at Pilot Light was probably the most violent, intense show we ever played," he says. "I had put a microphone in my mouth and I looked over and Seth had two in his mouth, and we looked at each other like, 'What is going on?' We were just in a mood that night, and that room just has an edge anyway. You feel like you can do whatever you want there."
The band still plays all shapes and sizes of venues, from large stages at international festivals to small clubs, but Seaton admits that the amount of curiosity seekers they attracted after an initial surge of Internet-fueled popularity has thinned somewhat, something he insists the band is more than fine with.
"People come to see us now because they want to hear us, and I'll take that over a room full of people who are just there to be there," he says. "The marketing machine is not something I want to have much to do with. You want to try to be positive, but when you create something and drop it into the culture machine, our conditioned response is so much about commodity. And I hesitate even saying this, because I know how it sounds and people are going to see it as some pitch behind a product, but I truly want to make people feel good, to feel joy. This is something we talk about in the band all the time—how do you create that intimacy in the midst of all these products? We'll still keep making albums, but playing live we can create this feeling and connect with people and make something special."
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Bright students at all Knox County high schools may benefit from the new STEM school that opened this week in the old L&N building downtown. The school system got over $400,000 in "distance learning" equipment from UT-Battelle, the operator of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A video conferencing room is being constructed at each high school.
It will be possible, for example, that the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math school could offer an advance physics course that would be of interest to only one or two students at other high schools. But the students from all over the county could sign up for and participate in the advanced physics class being offered downtown.
The STEM school will offer a variety of science and math courses that might not have enough students at an individual high school to justify offering the course and assigning a teacher. The distance learning program can provide STEM school resources to all the other high schools.
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