RTP-area local music and culture

["James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>]

Dammit.  I didn't know I was being cyber bully.  I just wanted to liven
things up a little.  :(

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Joel Peck <joelpeck88 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Oh James, when will you finally accept the fact that you're unflappably
> brilliant and deserving of all the success you've had? 86 the cyber-bully
> role. In person, you're so affable it's ridonkulous. > To:
> ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:50:54 -0800> From:
> djstevo AT wknc.org> Subject: Re: Did Ruckus Kill Schoolkids?> > On Mar 5,
> 11:59 am, chapelhillguitar... AT hotmail.com wrote:> > True consumer. Makes
> me sick.> >> > Newsflash! Open source is already here for those of us who
> can follow> > instructions in a readme file.> > By Stallman's beard, you
> have no idea who you're talking to when you> say that. Having a slight bit
> of experience with FOSS myself, I can> say with definite surety that Jim is
> extremely familiar with open> source software and the free software
> movement. He's managed to use> Ardour, and even I've had trouble grokking
> that tool.> > On Feb 29, 12:54 pm, jim.brantley AT gmail.com wrote:> > > What
> I really want is a way to remotely access (and downlo
>  ad, if not> > > stream) my entire music collection from my phone. I know
> eMusic and> > > others tried out this "digital locker" concept a few years
> back, but> > > why has no one picked this back up? I guess it's more likely
> that some> > > kind of
> all-music-ever-recorded-is-freely-available-on-the-internets> > > solution
> will show up first. I guess we're already there is some ways.> > My best
> suggestion here would be a tool called Ampache, which runs on> top of an
> Apache/MySQL/PHP stack, installs in about 20 minutes, and> provides a
> pseudo-WinAmp-like web interface for both audio and Flash> streaming and
> downloading your music. It can transcode to MP3, OGG,> FLAG, and AAC on the
> fly if you've got the codecs installed, it can> control numerous 'remote
> stereo' devices, and we've found it to be> really useful for both sharing
> and enjoying music here at the> StevoPad. Believe me, there's nothing like
> cueing the dulcet tones of> Rick Astley to play over the stereo via the
> Internet
>  , giving you the> power to annoy your roommates from anywhere on the
> planet.> > Regarding playing them over the phone, it sounds like you've an>
> iPhone, which should make grabbing the streams and/or audio from the>
> interface a simple procedure.> > > Why? How could you possibly listen to
> your entire music collection at> > one time unless you have less than a few
> hours of music? I don't> > understand the reasons that compel people to want
> things that have> > such overblown features which a person could not
> possibly use without> > constantly wearing such a device. This is similar to
> the hundreds of> > channels of programming now available on subscription
> based TV. Why> > would anyone pay for all of those channels if they can
> never watch all> > of the channels at once? It is wasteful and indicative of
> a society> > out of touch with a sustainable future.> > Dude, are you a
> troll in real life, or do you just play one on the> Internet?> > > Now I am
> not saying that every person who
>  fits the description above> > is an idiot but it is fairly clear that
> this is the method of> > operation for a lot of people in this country. We
> seem to be lazy> > (well some of us), so we must be spoon-fed new ideas and
> new> > technologies through some mechanism other than our own thoughts and>
> > curiosities. I think that paradigm should be changed to benefit the> >
> thinkers as opposed to the non-thinking hoards. Technology used to be> > a
> domain restricted to those who took the time to learn about the> >
> technology. Then along came MicroCrap and their ilk and decided to> > make
> the PC an appliance that even an untrained human could operate> > (well most
> of them anyway). This lowest common denominator approach> > has created a
> population of non-technical people using highly> > technical machines... a
> formula destined to be remembered as> > Machavellian genius. As the average
> non-technical person becomes more> > and more the description of people who
> use PCs and other compu
>  ting> > devices, the number of true techies who become millionaires
> increases.> > I apologize for the thread derail, but there's a really
> interesting> essay that you might read on this topic written by sci-fi
> author Bruce> Sterling. It's called 'In the Beginning There Was The Command>
> Line...', and you can check it out at:> >
> http://mwkworks.com/nealstephensonOS.html> > Sterling's point is that
> computer users had to learn how to use> Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS at
> one time in their lives;> psychological and work studies have shown that
> computer usage skills> must be learned regardless of whether you're using
> Windows, OS X,> Linux, GEOS, BeOS, A/UX, Contiki, or whatever floats your
> boat. As a> result, many users are reluctant to switch from Windows or OS X
> to> Linux, as switching requires a significant time investment while you>
> re-learn those vital usage skills.> > Now, to address your point, open
> source tools offer many incentives> over their closed source counterparts
>  : they're free, they're usually> backed by a large community of talented
> coders, and they encourage you> to learn more about them so that they can be
> used to the greatest> effect. Unfortunately, there's a lot of FUD out there,
> propagated by> some major proponents of closed-source software, that claims
> that open> source software is expensive to support, buggy, and hard to use,
> and a> lot of the arguments spawned by it have risen to levels of epic
> drama> over the Internets. Your postings, however well-intentioned, help to>
> propagate that negative image.> > Think about how Microsoft and Apple
> convince people to buy their> software and hardware; do Steve Jobs or Bill
> Gates get on stage and> say, "Hey morons, buy our motherfucking operating
> system because> you're all non-technical, lazy louts who can't be arsed to
> learn about> fundamental computing paradigms and the core tenets of
> Computer> Science. YOU... ARE... LOSERS!" Of course they don't; they entice>
> you instead by explaini
>  ng the positive aspects of their products and> by explaining how, with
> just a bit of time and money, you can improve> your computing experience,
> and, by proxy, your life, with them. The> same thing goes for open source,
> as you can't convince people to try> tools like Linux or Firefox by
> haranguing users like that, and,> sometimes, people will find non-open tools
> to be more useful to them> in their situation. In the end, you choose the
> software that works> best for you, and the action of using open source
> software does not> make you a superior human being to those who do not.> >
> So to sum up, I'd like to once again shamelessly pimp my own Internet->
> powered open source music project, Sessions@KNC, and encourage you to>
> check out a site called Jamendo, which is a repository of free, high->
> quality independent music, all licensed under Creative Commons, and> which
> is soon to be ablaze with the amazing live music of the> Triangle. It's the
> perfect remedy for Ruckus/RIAA/Schoolki
>  ds-induced> musical depression, believe me.> -Stevo> djstevo AT wknc.org> --
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