Posts by Russell Brown
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So that's how we spell those words here? I wondered what the protocol was.
Not really. I personally use both versions ...
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FWIW- there's a link from the Herald now- at the bottom of the page "Read Russell Brown's full critique at Public Address". Not that buying a drink or three isn't in order.
Heh.
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__ If Dawn Raid is around much longer Dubber...__
eh? what? tell us more! (have they done a Deepgrooves?)
It was in the Sunday paper: winding-up type tax trouble, can't be contacted, artists don't know what's going on.
Damn shame. And I'm surprised: I thought those guys were a lot sharper than that.
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Which sort of fits my profile. However, I was surprised when opening the packaging of this neat little device to find that OGG was supported, although unmentioned by Ascent. So I can rip my CDs on my laptop without having to use patent busting software. Cool.
Indeed. Funny that Ascent didn't mention it though.
There seem to be quite a few options for AAC on Linux. Couldn't see AAC->OGG transcoding, but I guess it's possible with a bit of fiddling around. And you Linux guys love that, right?
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Is this where an NZ version of Life On Mars would come in handy? Compare and contrast current police culture & procedures with those of the early 80s.
Is James Griffin in da house?
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So on the one hand, MP3 bad because of encumberance issues. But OGG is not good because being generally free is irrelevant? I think you need an internal consistency check
Hey! Not what I said. OGG Vorbis is a good choice if FOSS is your primary criterion and you don't mind it not being supported by almost all portable music players. I don't think there are many people in that boat is all.
The encumbrance issues with MP3 aren't trivial after that crazy Lucent case. Apple would be mad to stake its future on that format. And it's not going to go to OGG either, having been a key player in the MPEG-4 standard.
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Of possible interest:
Music downloading discussion heats up (NZ Herald)
"Media commentator Russell Brown has hit out against RIANZ chief executive Campbell Smith and his assertion that digital downloading is killing the local music industry..."
Hmmm ... I could do without the "hit out" part, which sounds like I want to fight Campbell or something, especially with the two mugshots up the top. I like Campbell and I understand the position he's in; I just disagreed with what he said, and I thought it was a mistake to drag the artists on his management roster into it.
Oh, I just noticed: a whole story based entirely on my blog post and no fscking link!?
Some bugger at the Herald is buying me a drink.
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Stranger in a Strange Land certainly had an impact on me: as I explained in the post last year about my grandfather, he gave the book, and it was a real trip.
But I probably got more out of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress --- TANSTAAFL was a pretty important principle.
I'm not nearly as much of a longform reader, especially of fiction, as most of the people posting here, but as a kid I pretty much cleaned up the Fendalton Public Library's sci-fi section. I was always more interested in ideas than plot.
James White's Second Ending (beaten out for a Hugo by Stranger in a Strange Land!) fair did my head in too ...
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Even when I rip a CD I'm selective as to which tracks I take and I've only ever been inclined to buy one whole album from any online server (and that was based on nostalgia)
Fair enough. But I'm totally glad I got the whole Amy Winehouse and Lemonheads albums ...
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... and with a 300 page Police Commission report in front of me to digest ...
Dude! You should totally be live-blogging that!
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