Yes, and every other book he's written ;) Snow Crash is the best sci-fi book ever written in my opinion. I'm biased though, because it's about hackers.
How is this 313 related, I have no idea ;) -----Original Message----- From: Giles Dickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:35 PM To: Grammenos, Peter; 313@Hyperreal.Org (E-mail); Eric Scuccimarra Subject: RE: [313] final scratch ==>> Very Appealing for these reasons ==>> Has anyone read the Neil Stephenson book "In The Beginning Was The Command Line"? - Giles D I G I T A S // B O S T O N -- Giles Dickerson Art Director 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 -- mobile 617 899 9635 office 617 369 8601 > ---------- > From: Eric Scuccimarra > Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 4:24 PM > To: Grammenos, Peter; Giles Dickerson; 313@Hyperreal.Org (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [313] final scratch ==>> Very Appealing for these reasons ==>> > > When they were shipping it out on their laptops they were sending the > laptops with a dual boot of Windows and BeOS, I think. Be has been out of > business for a while, I thought, but apparently you can still get the OS. > > I was not aware that it ran on Linux, though. > > At 04:19 PM 6/5/2002 -0400, Grammenos, Peter wrote: > > >I took a look at the website earlier, it can be installed on LINUX. PC only > >though... > > > >-p > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Giles Dickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:12 PM > >To: 313@Hyperreal.Org (E-mail); Eric Scuccimarra > >Subject: RE: [313] final scratch ==>> Very Appealing for these reasons > >==>> > > > > > >So what type of system do you need for final scratch? > > > >- Giles > > > >D I G I T A S // B O S T O N > >-- > >Giles Dickerson > >Art Director > >800 Boylston Street > >Boston, MA > >02199 > >-- > >mobile 617 899 9635 > >office 617 369 8601 > > > > > ---------- > > > From: Eric Scuccimarra > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 4:05 PM > > > To: Giles Dickerson; 313@Hyperreal.Org (E-mail) > > > Subject: Re: [313] final scratch ==>> Very Appealing for these > >reasons ==>> > > > > > > I think that the reason it's only written for BeOS, not Mac or Windows, is > > > > > because of the audio latency. The last I heard they had it down to like 5 > > > ms or something. If anyone has ever seen BeOS in action it's pretty > > > impressive. There's no way a Mac or a Windows machine could handle audio > > > latency that low. > > > > > > And 5 ms still isn't all that great for DJ uses, at least in my opinion. > > > > > > At 03:58 PM 6/5/2002 -0400, Giles Dickerson wrote: > > > >1. I had spine surgery 1 year ago for an injury I incurred most probably > > > >from carrying my records to my radio show and DJ gigs. It caused me three > > > > > >years of unbearable pain (anyone who knew me then can attest to this by > > > >the shear number of pills I was taking) and my limp. I ended up in the > > > >emergency room in New York and then on Morphine for a week and into > > > >neurosurgery. I would like to avid another back injury and therefore not > > > >carrying my records to gigs is very appealing. > > > > > > > >2. My record bag can only hold 40 - 60 records, and is limiting as I'm > > > >sure you all know. You know that moment where you still have apile of > > > >records you HAVE to bring with you to this gig but there's just no room! > > > >With a big selection of my records on a laptop I can have a few hundred > > > >tracks with me. > > > > > > > >3. With my music in a laptop or hard drive in my carry-on bag I never > >have > > > >to worry about flying / losing / breaking my records in airports / > >baggage > > > >claims. Ever know anyone that's had a crate of their favorite records > > > >ripped off? Don't answer that. > > > > > > > >All this adds up to me wanting a MAC version. I'll keep buying vinyl, I > > > >love listening to it at home and almost all the music I own in on wax, > >but > > > >come on, get that heavy record bag off my shoulder and I'm a happy > >camper. > > > > > > > >- Giles > > > > > > > >D I G I T A S // B O S T O N > > > >-- > > > >Giles Dickerson > > > >Art Director > > > >800 Boylston Street > > > >Boston, MA > > > >02199 > > > >-- > > > >mobile 617 899 9635 > > > >office 617 369 8601 > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------> > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
