The people at Irdial Discs deconstruct (to put it politely) Sony's
hype about their newest audio technology:
http://www.irdial.com/scum.htm
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Sony:
...you don't have to throw out your old CDs, although once you have
experienced SACD you may want to.
Irdial:
...the true sound in
True, of course, but the word cover is a bit tricky with Led
Zeppelin. They famously stole dozens of old blues songs songs, in
some cases almost note-for-note, and simply credited them to
Page/Plant, collecting all the royalties for themselves. Nice work
if you can get it.
There are tapes
This is a fascinating subject. A few comments, if this thread isn't cold yet:
The days of the paternalistic corporation are over in the U.S., but a handful of
companies still provide a pretty warm cocoon for their employees. These tend
to be
some of the bigger and more elite financial
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/29/bulge/index.html
[Nelson's photos at the URL above]
NASA photo analyst: Bush wore a device during debate
Physicist says imaging techniques prove the president's bulge was not
caused by wrinkled clothing.
by Kevin Berger
Oct. 29, 2004 | George W. Bush
This is quite a serious penalty (unless it gets overturned). U.S.
regulators take note.
The proof that the authorities in Japan, the EU, etc., are actually feared
is in Citibank's respectful, no-bullshit response (ditto Microsoft, for
example--though of course they contested the charges
Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*Some US firms prefer cons to Indians*
USA Today
Ontario, July 8
[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_873417,00150022.htm]
But the convicted workforce elicits as much dread as
interest. Companies flinch at the prospect of a public-relations
Un-Liberating the Airwaves
WFMU's Ken Freedman on the Post-Janet Jackson FCC
Interview by Dave Mandl
Brooklyn Rail (http://brooklynrail.org)
Dave Mandl (Rail): How have things changed for radio broadcasters in
the wake of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl performance?
Ken Freedman: Things have changed
Excellent article in Salon describing the nether world of customer
service in the twenty-first century (what I like to call the No-Service
Economy), from someone who spent a lot of time working there:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/02/23/no_support/
The explicitly stated goal of these
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Morlock Elloi wrote:
Generic capitalism bad something else good essays are FUCKING
BORING. NO ONE READS THAT. MAKES YOU LOOK DUMB AND NOT BEING LAID IN
MONTHS.
So if we prevent everyone from getting laid for a couple of months
they'll all turn against capitalism? Let's
http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf
CyberINsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly
How the Dominance of Microsoft's Products Poses a Risk to Security
[From the introduction:]
Computing is crucial to the infrastructure of advanced countries.
Yet, as fast as the world's computing
New from Autonomedia...
BEHIND THE BLIP: ESSAYS ON THE CULTURE OF SOFTWARE
by Matthew Fuller
Software actively shapes the way we know, see, and do things in the
world. In BEHIND THE BLIP, a far-reaching and strikingly original
collection of essays on the culture of software, new-media critic
However you feel about New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer's
motives in his prosecution of Wall St. criminals, you've got to
admire the guy. He may merely be grandstanding (with his eye on a
higher political office), and naturally he's been ignoring deeper
Wall St. issues while focusing
Christopher Hill, the great Marxist historian and author of The
World Upside Down died this past Monday.
Obituary at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,902955,00.html
--
Dave Mandl
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http://www.wfmu.org/~davem
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