Comment What pro-audio on Linux needs is ... (Score 0, Troll) 513
... Steve Jobs
Comment Timing doesn't equal "feel" (Score 5, Informative) 329
I'm an experienced drummer and I play regularly with, and without, click tracks; I can tell you that the assumption that "feel" or "groove" is only present when a drummer's time varies is not accurate.
There are at least two types of variation that matter in a drummer's performance: the overall sense of time and the moment by moment variations. The ability of a drummer to play a complete number and keep to a set tempo is really important, particularly in this day and age of digital editing. But it is a common feature of "click track performances" for the drummer to sway ahead of and fall behind of the beat (faster and slower). If done correctly this variance in tempo will add significant life to a performance and such a skill takes a lot of practice to perfect.
The subtle qualities of a drummer's performance go far beyond whether or not they stick to a given tempo for the duration of a number; this is just one variable that effects the quality of a performance. Some genres require a rigid sense (metal/electronica) of time whilst others benefit greatly from its absence (fusion/jazz).
Interesting software however ... I'm tempted to have a play with it.
There are at least two types of variation that matter in a drummer's performance: the overall sense of time and the moment by moment variations. The ability of a drummer to play a complete number and keep to a set tempo is really important, particularly in this day and age of digital editing. But it is a common feature of "click track performances" for the drummer to sway ahead of and fall behind of the beat (faster and slower). If done correctly this variance in tempo will add significant life to a performance and such a skill takes a lot of practice to perfect.
The subtle qualities of a drummer's performance go far beyond whether or not they stick to a given tempo for the duration of a number; this is just one variable that effects the quality of a performance. Some genres require a rigid sense (metal/electronica) of time whilst others benefit greatly from its absence (fusion/jazz).
Interesting software however
Comment Re:What about competition? (Score 2, Interesting) 158
5 - Insightful, what? Try logic-defying.
Firstly, Telstra is a formerly state owned monopoly (or at very least oligopoly) in the Australian telecommunications industry. Introducing another player into the scene will result in competition, NOT the opposite.
Secondly, this has nothing to do with the successful disavowing future interaction with Telstra, rather only placing limits on how Telstra can compete with the successful bidder.
This post really needs to be re-modded as the logic in it's argument is obviously flawed.
Firstly, Telstra is a formerly state owned monopoly (or at very least oligopoly) in the Australian telecommunications industry. Introducing another player into the scene will result in competition, NOT the opposite.
Secondly, this has nothing to do with the successful disavowing future interaction with Telstra, rather only placing limits on how Telstra can compete with the successful bidder.
This post really needs to be re-modded as the logic in it's argument is obviously flawed.
1000-mph Car Planned 380
Smivs notes a BBC report on a British team planning a 1000-mph record-breaking car. The previous land-speed record broke the sound barrier. The proposed vehicle will get from 0 to 1,050 mph in 40 seconds.
"RAF pilot Andy Green made history in 1997 when he drove the Thrust SSC jet-powered vehicle at 763 mph (1,228 km/h). Now he intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h). Known as Bloodhound, the new car will be powered by a rocket bolted to a Typhoon-Eurofighter jet engine. The team-members have been working on the concept for the past 18 months and expect to be ready to make their new record attempt in 2011."
Submission + - ZFS confirmed in MacOS X Server Snow Leopard (apple.com)
number655321 writes: "Apple has confirmed the inclusion of ZFS in the forthcoming OS X Server Snow Leopard.
From Apple's Site: 'For business-critical server deployments, Snow Leopard Server adds read and write support for the high-performance, 128-bit ZFS file system, which includes advanced features such as storage pooling, data redundancy, automatic error correction, dynamic volume expansion, and snapshots.'
CTO of Storage Technologies at Sun Microsystems, Jeff Bonwick, is hosting a discussion on his blog.
What does this mean for the "client" version of OS X Snow Leopard?"
From Apple's Site: 'For business-critical server deployments, Snow Leopard Server adds read and write support for the high-performance, 128-bit ZFS file system, which includes advanced features such as storage pooling, data redundancy, automatic error correction, dynamic volume expansion, and snapshots.'
CTO of Storage Technologies at Sun Microsystems, Jeff Bonwick, is hosting a discussion on his blog.
What does this mean for the "client" version of OS X Snow Leopard?"
DoS Attacks on Estonia Were Launched by Student 184
As_I_Please alerts us to the fact that a 20-year-old Estonian student has been fined for participating in DoS attacks against various Estonian political and governmental websites last May. The situation was notable because it escalated tensions between Estonia and Russia when the latter was accused of initiating the 'cyber-attack'. Quoting:
"The fact that a single student was able to trigger such events is particularly ominous when you consider just how many potential flashpoints exist between various countries all over the world. The DoS attack against Estonia is an excellent example of how a cyberattack carried out by a 20-year-old student in response to real-life events further exacerbated an existing problem between two nations."
Russian Police Seize Kasparov 495
An anonymous reader writes "Russian police seized Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess champion, for staging a political rally against Vladimir Putin. IBM's Deep Blue computer was the first to beat a world champion when it defeated Kasparov, who is one of the strongest players in history." He's also been a giant critic of the Russian administration which is increasingly restricting free speech.
Submission + - How badly is CentOS hurting Red Hat? (interopnews.com)
AlexGr writes: "Jeff Gould raises an interesting question in Interop News:
Why does Red Hat tolerate CentOS? The Community ENTerprise Operating System is an identical binary clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (minus the trademarks), compiled from the source code RPMs that Red Hat conveniently provides on its FTP site. It is also completely free, as in beer. CentOS provides no paid support, but it does track Red Hat updates and patches closely, and usually makes them available within a few hours or at most a few days of the upstream provider, which it refers to for legal reasons as "a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor." Free support for CentOS can be found in numerous places around the web, and a few third parties offer modestly priced paid support for those who want it.
http://www.interopnews.com/news/how-badly-is-centos-hurting-red-hat.html"
Journal Journal: One Versus Two Spaces After a Period
A while back someone asked several people what they thought was a simple typographic question. They were thinking about doing a quick eye tracking study with a colleague and wondered if there was any empirical research available that showed that a single space after a period was "better" than two spaces, or vice versa. While they were mostly interested in this as a web usability issue, many folks were very interested in this for all sorts of reasons. In any event, there was a flood of email abo
Journal Journal: A World First: A.I. Helicopter...
Australian scientists have invented a small helicopter that can see, think and navigate by itself. I want one of these for babies Christmas!! :) In TV footage they seemed quite at home buzzing between high voltage power lines. Read the full article...
Journal Journal: ACT (Australia) Passes Open Source Legislation
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT)* has recently passed a bill requiring ACT Government agencies to consider Open Source software. Although this is only state legislation it does set a significant precident for other states and, God willing, Federally.
Microsoft has labelled the bill as "anti-competi
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