YTSEJAM digest 5660

From: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Date: Fri Nov 03 2000 - 16:53:53 EST

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    Today's Topics:

      1) it's all levels
     by Joshua Rasiel <Josh@On-LineDesign.Com>
      2) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5659
     by Adam Cook <ac003i@mail.rochester.edu>
      3) Making MPEG video!?!
     by CyberDuke <duskob@mol.com.mk>
      4) Re: Stuff
     by "Scott Sturdivant" <scott@erotomania.org>
      5) Re: Star People
     by Rick Audet <spine@optical.mindstorm.com>
      6) RE: Making MPEG video!?!
     by "Todd O. Klindt, MCSE" <todd@klindt.org>
      7) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5659
     by "Lawrence, Andrew" <mikel@alphalink.com.au>
      8) PoS: CD-ROM video?
     by Dave Peterson <razortag@yahoo.com>
      9) hassle-free travel packages
     by killimen@unbounded.com
     10) Re: Scene / Phantasmagoria
     by "Gary M. Gettier" <gmgettier@home.com>
     11) Re: it's all levels
     by "Paul Tadday" <dreamryche@bigpond.com>
     12) POS
     by "Jason L. Gelnett" <jgelnett@tampabay.rr.com>
     13) NEW SOLOSONG FROM ME AT MP3.COM !!!!
     by "Marcel Coenen" <mcoenen@home.nl>
     14) Maiden and Halford
     by Graham Borland <graham@picsel.com>
     15) Re: Making MPEG video!?!
     by emret@ispro.net.tr
     16) boots
     by CyberDuke <duskob@mol.com.mk>

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    Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 17:04:16 -0500
    From: Joshua Rasiel <Josh@On-LineDesign.Com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: it's all levels
    Message-ID: <3A01E4D8.83C2C0A5@On-LineDesign.Com>

    >Well, all I have to add to the napster thread is
    >this: if anyone of you anti-napster people out there
    >ever once copied a tape or record or cd from a friend
    >or let a friend copy one of yours, then you are a
    >hypocrite and have no argument.

    wrong-o, gong-o!

    it's all levels. napster allows the trading of music on a much greater
    level, and that's where the problems begin. the trading of music isn't a
    problem when it's just you and me. But napster is specifically designed
    solely to allow zillions of mp3's to be traded back and forth. Clearly,
    nobody really cared about a little tape trading and even as mp3's became
    popular, nothing has caused the stir that napster has - because napster
    is on a whole different level.

    your argument might sit nicely with my mom, who thinks a thief is a
    thief. But yer both wrong. You can't say that to trade a tape with a
    friend is nearly as bad as dowloading a gigabyte of u2 songs(i'm gettin'
    there!).

    Obviously, it's worse to take some things than others. "Wrong is wrong"
    is, well....wrong.

    -josh

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    Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 17:12:13 -0500
    From: Adam Cook <ac003i@mail.rochester.edu>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5659
    Message-ID: <3A01E6BD.318576F6@mail.rochester.edu>

    > I'll also point to something sort of unrealted that
    > just depresses the crap out of me. Some time ago,
    > someone posted LTE I & II sales figures here, and they
    > were something like 7,000 and 3,500, respectively.
    > Huh? How the hell can DT sell 100,000 copies of an
    > album and then turn around and sell 3,500 copies of
    > LTE II? I'll tell you how...
    >
    > I'd be willing to bet that a whole ton and a half of
    > people who buy DT albums don't even KNOW there IS an
    > LTE.

    Hah, I'd be willing to bet that a whole 2 tons of people DO know about
    LTE.

    So, let ME tell YOU how they can only sell 3,500 copies of LTE. It's
    because of the most evil program on the planet...Napster! Can't you see
    the evidence staring you right in the face?? Because of Napster, the
    members of DT (except for Myung and Labrie of course) have lost 96,500
    album sales!

    That's right,
    100,000 - 3,500 = 96,500

    I say we get one of our famous ytsejam petitions together to demand
    these people buy the LTE albums!

    Adam

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    Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 21:15:44 +0100
    From: CyberDuke <duskob@mol.com.mk>
    To: Ytsejam <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
    Subject: Making MPEG video!?!
    Message-ID: <3A01CB70.6B11D85E@mol.com.mk>

    Hi I need a little help.

    A friend of mine at his job place is trying to make MPEG videos of some
    stuff we have, one of them being the Steve Vai concert in Sofia this
    year! :)) Yummi

    He has video card - MATROX RT 2000.

    Now, he had some problems. How do we reduce the window size of the video
    so that the final mpeg is not bigger than 650-700 MB, in order to put it
    on 1 CD?
    He told me on screen resolution 700xsomething a 2 minutes video is 600MB
    huge. :( He's working in ADOBE PREMIERE for making the MPEG video. Any
    better program for that? Or how do we make the video with smaller window
    size?

    Thanx.

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    Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:46:13 -0500
    From: "Scott Sturdivant" <scott@erotomania.org>
    To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
    Subject: Re: Stuff
    Message-ID: <00c801c0451e$b4417ce0$30579780@resnet.rochester.edu>

    > is there a website or something for the star people? i saw them when they
    > opened for DT in march and it was very weird, but sort of funny, and i
    > wanted to read more about them and stuff, to see if they take themselves
    > seriously or if they are doing it to be funny. i wonder if they have
    > anything on napster. :P hehe moo.

    Admit it Dan, you just want to look at their web page so you can gawk at the
    violinist...

    Yes, they have a webpage. No, I don't remember it. No, I don't think they
    take themselves seriously :) Lot of help I am, eh?

    Scott.

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    Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 18:12:49 -0500 (EST)
    From: Rick Audet <spine@optical.mindstorm.com>
    To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
    Subject: Re: Star People
    Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10011021810350.17568-100000@optical.mindstorm.com>

    > is there a website or something for the star people? i saw them when they
    > opened for DT in march and it was very weird, but sort of funny, and i
    > wanted to read more about them and stuff, to see if they take themselves
    > seriously or if they are doing it to be funny. i wonder if they have
    > anything on napster. :P hehe moo.

         http://www.starpeople.net

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    Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:56:31 -0600
    From: "Todd O. Klindt, MCSE" <todd@klindt.org>
    To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
    Subject: RE: Making MPEG video!?!
    Message-ID: <008201c04528$869453d0$3464a8c0@klindt.org>

    I've dabbled with this a little. Everything I know I learned from the web
    site www.arstechnica.com. Check out their forums. There is one called
    Audio-video, that's the one you're looking for. Before you post your
    question, search that forum for "virtual dub" or "Vdub". This process has
    been explained about a thousand times there.

    good luck,
    tk

    Todd O. Klindt, MCSE
    todd@klindt.org
    "Remember, the government doesn't create one dollar.
    When you get a dollar, that means the government
    took it from someone else."
    -Governor Jesse Ventura

    -----Original Message-----
    ]From: ytsejam@torchsong.com [mailto:ytsejam@torchsong.com]On Behalf Of
    CyberDuke
    Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 4:31 PM
    To: Multiple recipients of list
    Subject: Making MPEG video!?!

    Hi I need a little help.

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    Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 11:14:37 +1100
    From: "Lawrence, Andrew" <mikel@alphalink.com.au>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5659
    Message-ID: <3A02036C.A2D98832@alphalink.com.au>

    > Well, all I have to add to the napster thread is
    > this: if anyone of you anti-napster people out there
    > ever once copied a tape or record or cd from a friend
    > or let a friend copy one of yours, then you are a
    > hypocrite and have no argument.

    Thats just silly. Ive been caught speeding, so i have no argument
    against road laws? I use napster all the time and don't pay for
    any of the stuff i get, but i don't kid myself that what im doing
    isnt exactly legal and im not going to jump up and down screaming
    injustice if they close it down or anything. I morally justify my own
    actions because i fit in the catagory of people who wouldnt buy
    the stuff anyway and because i do my best to support musicians and
    artists whenever i get the opportunity, but, hypothetically, if someone gave me a
    petition, or whatever, to close napster i would be happy to sign it.
    Besides I think we already established that there is a significant difference
    between dubbing tapes for a friend and the large scale distribution of
    high quality copies that napster is doing. Companies consider the factor
    that some people are going just listen to tapes of CDs, so we end up paying
    a little extra (ever wonder how much computer software would cost if there
    was no such thing as piracy?) Most companies have not until now had to
    factor in the cost of potentionally hundreds of thousands of people stealing
    their product.

    > Huh? How the hell can DT sell 100,000 copies of an
    > album and then turn around and sell 3,500 copies of
    > LTE II? I'll tell you how...

    I think part of thing with Dream Theater is they have a monopoly on
    the prog metal market. If someone hears about prog metal, the first CD
    they're going go out and buy is Dream Theater. After that they'll
    probably buy a few more DT CDs and then maybe look into Fates
    Warning and Symphony X or whatever. No ones going to go out
    and stuff that's as weird as LTE unless they have a few DT CDs already.
    Kind of the same reason why BB King and Eric Clapton can sell millions
    of blues CDs whilst most blues musicians are sweeping floors.

    > NO. I don't use it at all, not because of hard disk/bandwidth limitations. Mainly because I prefer listening to samples, then buying the album(s) if I like what I hear, and actually going to live shows. Don't forget, there's radio. Some of you might say, "What...radio?!?!?" Lucky for me, I live in an area that has a good selection of radio stations... K-Rock, WSOU, WFUV, WNYC, WBGO, WDHA, etc... (NYC/NJ).

    I know a lot of you complain that there is no good radio out there, so I thought I
    would plug our local radio station which a lot of overseas listeners tune into on
    the net (if you haven't done this before, you should try- its not that scary as it
    sounds). Go to http://www.pbsfm.org.au/
    They have a prog metal show from 12:00midnight to 2:00 Australian time (I think
    we're about 16 hours ahead of america) on Wednesday. Last week they had an interview with
    Symphony X's singer and they play heaps and heaps of prog/power/symphonic/
    neoclassical stuff. Lots of new releases. And of course lots of Dream Theater.
    PBS also has a jazz fusion show on Saturday, and lots of funky jazz shows throughout
    the week if you're into that sort of music. They also have metal shows all Wednesday evening.

    BTW. On a completely unrelated note, here's your useless fact for the day-
    Having been reminded of Douglas Adams' work through the recent threads on the jam,
    I was searching around on the internet. Apparantly he's really good friends with Dave
    Gilmour (of Pink Floyd- like you wouldnt know) and was responsible for naming their
    Division Bell album.

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    Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 16:23:03 -0800 (PST)
    From: Dave Peterson <razortag@yahoo.com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: PoS: CD-ROM video?
    Message-ID: <20001103002303.22492.qmail@web4801.mail.yahoo.com>

    I had read about there being a limited edition pressing of the new Pain
    of Salvation album with a bonus CD-ROM video at the end of the CD. Has
    anybody gotten ahold of this version?

    I'll be buying my version off the net as soon as I can be assured that
    I'll be getting the version with the video. If you got the video on
    your CD, can you let us know where you got it? Thank you!

    - Dr. Teeth

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    Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 22:33:21 -0500
    From: "Gary M. Gettier" <gmgettier@home.com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: Scene / Phantasmagoria
    Message-ID: <3A023201.4760DFE4@home.com>

    WB Henderson wrote:

    > That's a crying shame. The Phantasmagoria closing bit, I mean. Anybody
    > know why? I saw a ton of excellent prog shows there: Flower Kings,
    > Discipline, Gong/Porcupine Tree, Iluvatar. (And I would've gone to a lot
    > more, had I owned a car during most of my time living near by.) It was
    > easily one of the best venues I've ever been to: real
    > up-close-and-personal, tables right up to the stage, pretty good sound
    > system, and you could look through used CDs and dirt-cheap records before
    > the concerts started. Man, all the good ones close...

    Rumor has it, they got into trouble allowing underaged people in, and lost
    their liquor license. Not sure if this is true though.

    Gary

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    You do *not* have to vote for putz #1 or putz #2.
    http://www.harrybrowne2000.com/  http://www.libertarian.org/
    

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    Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:32:15 +1100 From: "Paul Tadday" <dreamryche@bigpond.com> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Re: it's all levels Message-ID: <002a01c04557$6d7aa780$b83a36cb@dreamryche>

    ]From: "Joshua Rasiel" <Josh@On-LineDesign.Com>

    wrong-o, gong-o! > > it's all levels. napster allows the trading of music on a much greater > level, and that's where the problems begin. the trading of music isn't a > problem when it's just you and me. But napster is specifically designed > solely to allow zillions of mp3's to be traded back and forth. Clearly, > nobody really cared about a little tape trading and even as mp3's became > popular, nothing has caused the stir that napster has - because napster > is on a whole different level. > > your argument might sit nicely with my mom, who thinks a thief is a > thief. But yer both wrong. You can't say that to trade a tape with a > friend is nearly as bad as dowloading a gigabyte of u2 songs(i'm gettin' > there!). > > Obviously, it's worse to take some things than others. "Wrong is wrong" > is, well....wrong. > > -josh >

    I do believe that your final quote has contradicted your entire post!!! Violation of copyright is the same on any scale!!! Napster does have some potentially GOOD uses but until there is remuneration to the parties that hold copyright, it is STILL a vehicle for misuse! Copying from cd's for your buddy IS just as "wrong" (as you put it) to someone using Napster.

    But... as the saying goes, Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!! I'm pretty sure that we have all violated copyright at some point in our lives! Whether it's copying videos, cd's, taping from tv, or any form of copyrighted material, we've all probably been guilty at some time.

    Paul

    dreamryche@bigpond.com ICQ- 54681951

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    Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 01:56:13 -0500 From: "Jason L. Gelnett" <jgelnett@tampabay.rr.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: POS Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20001103015448.00b1c0b0@pop-server.tampabay.rr.com>

    Any review on the new Pain of Salvation CD? I have yet to see anything about it. Don't let this just come and go....these guys rule. I just ordered it. J

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    Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:34:15 +0100 From: "Marcel Coenen" <mcoenen@home.nl> To: <tester@hotmail.com> Subject: NEW SOLOSONG FROM ME AT MP3.COM !!!! Message-ID: <NEBBJMJCOLKNBMHGLGKCCEMGCAAA.mcoenen@home.nl>

    Hello all !!

    I uploaded a new solosong of mine at MP3.COM, it will only be there for a few weeks, so go there and download the song !

    I need input for this as well, it is a demo version, the sound is good though, please let me know what you think of it.

    The URL to download the song is:

    http://www.mp3.com/marcelcoenen

    Just select "new song" in the songlist (the upper song).

    Thanks already !

    Marcel

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    Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 11:11:02 +0000 From: Graham Borland <graham@picsel.com> To: Ytsejam <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Maiden and Halford Message-ID: <3A029D46.F0EC98BE@picsel.com>

    I saw Iron Maiden last night, supported by Halford.

    It was good.

    I liked the virgins they burned inside the Wicker Man. I don't really think they were virgins, though, because they were very good looking.

    -- Graham Borland Picsel Technologies Ltd graham@picsel.com Glasgow, Scotland

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    Date: Fri, 3 Nov 100 12:29:41 GMT From: emret@ispro.net.tr To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Making MPEG video!?! Message-ID: <200011031229.OAA61808@finland.ispro.net.tr>

    also check htpp://www.vcdhelp.com you can find everything you are looking for

    > > Hi I need a little help. > > A friend of mine at his job place is trying to make MPEG videos of some > stuff we have, one of them being the Steve Vai concert in Sofia this > year! :)) Yummi > > He has video card - MATROX RT 2000. > > Now, he had some problems. How do we reduce the window size of the video > so that the final mpeg is not bigger than 650-700 MB, in order to put it > on 1 CD? > He told me on screen resolution 700xsomething a 2 minutes video is 600MB > huge. :( He's working in ADOBE PREMIERE for making the MPEG video. Any > better program for that? Or how do we make the video with smaller window > size? > > Thanx. >

    ------------------------------ ISPRO Internet Servisleri http://www.ispro.net.tr/

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    Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 13:44:56 +0100 From: CyberDuke <duskob@mol.com.mk> To: Ytsejam <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: boots Message-ID: <3A02B348.991378A2@mol.com.mk>

    > Boots are a different story but I only > copy boots of bands that don't forbid them

    Ummm, why do I have problems with this statement?

    So like, if we're being 100% honest, you shouldn't be owning any DT boots, since anyway not all of the DT gang approve it.

    And what's that anyway, - if the band says OK, then I copy the boots (that anyway won't ever get released and will continue to be exchanged strictly within the fan community); - and if they say NO, OK, I won't ever copy any of that stuff.

    Why I find this VERY hard to believe? So like, you bump across some amazing John Petrucci boot material piece which inspires you for the rest of your guitarist life, and then you hear John says a No-NO for boots so you will go and delete it? Ugghghh .... yeah right.

    And what, are you going around asking the bands if they approve boots whenever you come across some boot materials?

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