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Why use lossless?

I can't beleive that no one here has mentioned this yet. Or If they have I've missed it. I hear so much that people rip cds...encode to ape...and then burn back to cdr....to me this is pointless. I use lossless for the following reasons.

1. I don't want to keep swapping cds in and out of the cdrom drive. With lossless compressed files I can keep 200 cds or more on my hardrive and play any song I want at any time. 

2. There every bit as good as the original cd.  I won't have to keep re encoding when some new snazzy codec comes out.  And I don't have to worry about hearing artifacts when I upgrade to better equipment.

3. Sharring: Pretty simple here; the smaller the file the better for trading in newsgoups and opennap hubs.

4. It is much easier to batch transcode files into another format instead of re ripping and encoding from original cd.

5. The backup is the original cd. So if the hardrive fails so what. Especially in raid 5 configuration.


Disagreement:
The windows only or closed source argument.

This is absolutely silly. If you put them on a cd then just include the os as well on another cd. If you do like me and just put them on the hardrive then duh you already have the os on it. Besides there are millions of pcs with some form of windows on it....surley in the future you will be able to find some os that supports what you've encoded on.

Besides...monkeys audio is now open source and has been compiled on linux...each new version is more and more non-windows friendly. Hell even optimfrog has linux support now.  okay okay I'm done.
Driving down the street the other day, I saw a man standing by the corner.
He was holding a sign that read: Heaven.
All of the sudden I was overwhelmed by a sense of compasion.
So I steped on the gas and ran him over a couple of times.
He flopped & splatterd this way and that way.


You should have seen the look on his face....he couldn't believe how nice I was being. I went home that day knowing I had done the right thing

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Originally posted by Suspect
Besides...monkeys audio is now open source and has been compiled on linux...
Just a small concept correction. Monkey's Audio is not regarded exactly "open source" as a concept open source is generally understood. It would be better to say the Monkey's source code is available..
Juha Laaksonheimo
 

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Originally posted by JohnV
Just a small concept correction. Monkey's Audio is not regarded exactly "open source" as a concept open source is generally understood. It would be better to say the Monkey's source code is available..


Let's try to clarify a little more.

Monkey's Audio license is not considered "Open Source License" by the Open Source Initiative's  definition. Therefore ergo hence, it's not open source.

But that definition was created by that same Open Source Initiative, what doesn't makes it more valid than the popular concept of "Open Source software is that software with source code available for free" (or something like that). Vox Populi. It doesn't matters if OSI thinks Open Source is something, if the majority of the population believes it's something different, the majority will prevail. OSI has no authority on "defining concepts".

Bottom line: IMO, you're not right, but you're not wrong either.

Regards;

Roberto.

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Reply #3 –
Good enough.
Driving down the street the other day, I saw a man standing by the corner.
He was holding a sign that read: Heaven.
All of the sudden I was overwhelmed by a sense of compasion.
So I steped on the gas and ran him over a couple of times.
He flopped & splatterd this way and that way.


You should have seen the look on his face....he couldn't believe how nice I was being. I went home that day knowing I had done the right thing

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Instead of a big man those lyrics/words sound more like a very little man whistling through a graveyard and repeating to himself over and over, "I'm not scared, I'm not scared, I'm not scared."

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i am a big man (yes i am) and i have a big gun held against your forehead i'll make you suck it maybe i'll put a hole in your head you know, just for the fuck of it shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot i'm going to come all over you

Sounds not too friendly... Hidden agressions?
In fact, I find it's unsuitable for a board like this. I felt offended when I read it...
sic transit gloria mundi...

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In fact, I find it's unsuitable for a board like this.

I agree. This is not a suitable tone for this forum. Private message coming your way, Suspect.

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In fact, I find it's unsuitable for a board like this.

I agree. This is not a suitable tone for this forum. Private message coming your way, Suspect.

Oh come on... 

This is classic NIN, guys.  I think we can cut a little bit of slack here, especially when we allow other possibly "offensive" content in people's avatars...  (yes, you know what I'm talking about ).

If you don't like seeing a bit of personality on this board, you can always go turn off sigs and avatars in your profile.  Probably soon enough I'll even add an option to completely ignore posts from a certain person if you like.

Anyway, bottom line is that I don't really see a problem here.  There are limits, but I don't think this crosses them.

Feel free to argue with me if you like

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@Dibrom: What a guy! How much more hip can a mod be?
"Something bothering you, Mister Spock?"

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Reply #9 –
I didn't know that these are some sort of famous lyrics. I agree that a certain level of "personality" is actually healthy for the forum... but as soon as users feel offended by it, no matter if it's religious/strong language/whatever, it's time to re-evaluate if personal expression is more important to us than other user's comprehensible complaints.

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What a guy! How much more hip can a mod be?

I beg your pardon?

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Oh come on...  :rolleyes:

This is classic NIN, guys.  I think we can cut a little bit of slack here, especially when we allow other possibly "offensive" content in people's avatars...  (yes, you know what I'm talking about ).

Offensive? I was about to ask where to find those nice pics! lol

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CiTay: that wasn't a sarcastic comment directed at you. Post edited.
(I call all admins "mods")
"Something bothering you, Mister Spock?"

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but as soon as users feel offended by it, no matter if it's religious/strong language/whatever, it's time to re-evaluate if personal expression is more important to us than other user's comprehensible complaints.


The issue is whether one person finding something offensive is sufficient reason to warrant banning it from the board.

It is clear at this point that some people find the signature offensive, some find it questionable but wouldn't bother about it, and others don't find it questionable at all. I would belong to the latter category.

It it not offensive because it contains any attacks to persons or groups. It's merely considered offensive by some people because of the language used. This is an important distinction for me.

What is offensive to one person, can carry particular meaning for another. I assume there is a reason the OP chose this as his signature. Perhaps he is just a NIN fan. Perhaps it states something about his view of the world. Perhaps about his current state of mind. Perhaps it was even simply chosen for shock value.

I think that this way of asking for a banishment of it is a way of showing disrespect without further question for a persons personal expression. There was a reason this person put that down as this profile. Is you not liking the language it uses sufficient reason to take it away?

Whenever you read a widely visited forum, you should be prepared to meet people that have a very different background, world view, values, thruths and language use than you. Your goal should be to learn to accept and deal with those differences, rather than to try to enforce your view upon the others.

On this board, there are no hard guidelines or limits for language use. If a person uses language to express personal feelings not directed to nor attacking anyone in particular, I do not think the moderators should come up with them, either.

I would just ask the OP to consider the fact that his signature may offend some people, and determine for himself whether that weights up to whatever message or meaning he wanted to show with it.

Just my 0.02 Euros.

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As i said, i didn't have the slightest idea that he was quoting from a song. I was assuming that he wrote it himself and that he was talking about himself. Well, i was wrong. So i revoke my request to remove the signature. I hope it also sounds less offensive to cookie now.

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Oh come on...  :rolleyes:
This is classic NIN, guys.

Awesome!
I always THOUGHT Dibrom was cool but now I KNOW it!

Bow down before the one you serve
You're going to get what you deserve

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Reply #16 –
Perhaps Suspect could make it clear that it's a quote from song lyrics.

I can understand that some people may find this offensive, especially if this reminds them from some violence they or their family/friends may have experienced.
Juha Laaksonheimo

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Perhaps Suspect could make it clear that it's a quote from song lyrics.

I can understand that some people may find this offensive, especially if this reminds them from some violence they or their family/friends may have experienced.

I must say that I agree with Garf on this 100%, but I also do think that it'd probably be at least a good idea to do this as well.  Not required, but I think it'd be a nice compromise to help keep everyone a little bit happier

Perhaps just a "-- NIN" or maybe a "-- Trent Reznor"..

Up to Suspect though...

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This is classic NIN, guys. I think we can cut a little bit of slack here, especially when we allow other possibly "offensive" content in people's avatars... (yes, you know what I'm talking about ).

Oh, so it's nine inch nails, right...I had to think a while before it came to me what NIN is. 'classic' is the wrong word here
As for the offensive avatars, I don't know what you're talkin bout. Maybe I'm blind regarding pictures, not text. 

But as I was the one to start the discussion I'm probably the one to end it. The fact that it's from a lyric doesn't make it better, not at all. Noone else on this board uses that sort of language, AFAIK. We're here for peaceful audio compression stuff, but that's again what I think.

But I will do as you said, I will just ignore that kind of stuff. Maybe upsetting others is exactly what Suspect wanted to do.

Still, I find it 'tasteless'.
sic transit gloria mundi...

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Well, I'd like to know where's the limit? Can people put lyrics of neo-nazi bands etc. to their sigs: "kill the jews"? Well, this attacks one group, so I guess it's not allowed.

What about some "death metal" or similar kind: "slaughter your neighbours, rip off their heads, eat the entrails of the weak ones, rape their dead bodies" -type of text. Or any kind of text as long as it's just not copyrighted..

I'm not saying Suspect crossed "the limit" though, at least personally..

What about avatars? Can somebody put a gif animation of Afgan rebels cutting the throat of russian soldier here, but not people making love? 

Personally I would not like to see text like that here, just because different people have different limits. I've not seen any avatars yet which I would regard truely offending to most people imo.
Also any option to disable sigs or avatars doesn't affect the biggest visitor group here, guests...

hmm, this discussion really should go to the off-topic forum, since it doesn't have much to do with lossless audio compression.. 
Unfortunately current forum software does not have thread splitting. I think I remember reading that it would be a feature of ibf 1.1.
Juha Laaksonheimo

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This is classic NIN, guys. I think we can cut a little bit of slack here, especially when we allow other possibly "offensive" content in people's avatars... (yes, you know what I'm talking about ).

Oh, so it's nine inch nails, right...I had to think a while before it came to me what NIN is. 'classic' is the wrong word here


Of course, classic being a relative and subjective term.  My classification of "classic" here is not incorrect, although you may not choose to agree with it.

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As for the offensive avatars, I don't know what you're talkin bout. Maybe I'm blind regarding pictures, not text.  :unsure:


Pity.

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But as I was the one to start the discussion I'm probably the one to end it. The fact that it's from a lyric doesn't make it better, not at all. Noone else on this board uses that sort of language, AFAIK. We're here for peaceful audio compression stuff, but that's again what I think.


Yes, and as you might have noticed, Suspect did not carry this language over into discussion.  He included it in its proper place, in a sig line.  A place specifically designed for adding a bit of a personal touch like this.  Nobody ever said that you would happen to like someone's personal interests however, but as I noted before, you have the option to disregard them both in actively or passively, as you see fit.

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But I will do as you said, I will just ignore that kind of stuff. Maybe upsetting others is exactly what Suspect wanted to do.


Or maybe he just happened to like NIN and thought that by including this in his sig, he could portray this to other interested parties.

You could give him the benefit of the doubt here just as easily as you are condeming him.  You really have no basis to make judgements about his intentions, because you have no insight into them whatsoever.

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Still, I find it 'tasteless'.


It could be said that one might find your apparently close-mindedness on this subject to be just as tasteless.

You see, it's all relative and utterly subjective.  And in the end, what you think doesn't really matter all that much to the next guy, no offense of course

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Well, I'd like to know where's the limit? Can people put lyrics of neo-nazi bands etc. to their sigs: "kill the jews"? Well, this attacks one group, so I guess it's not allowed.


The limit for me would be something which was not a statement made in the spirit of art, and was obviously intended to provoke hate towards a particular group, for no apparent reason, or without cause.

I'm a pretty flexible person, not easily offended, and I like to think that I'm open to other people's opinions, interests, wordviews etc.  I like to cut people slack because I would hope they would do the same for me.  Everyone has their quirks and their odd interests and really the only way for everyone to get along is to show some tolerance.

Heavy handed censorship is IMO worse than anything that could be brought about from some midly offensive content being portrayed.

I believe that there is a fundamental need to fight against falling into the trap of knee-jerk censorship.  It's the easy way out, and it's more harmful in the end.

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What about some "death metal" or similar kind: "slaughter your neighbours, rip off their heads, eat the entrails of the weak ones, rape their dead bodies" -type of text. Or any kind of text as long as it's just not copyrighted..


Well first of all, I have a sneaking suspicion that you are already biased against death metal here, from your sweeping over generalization.

Every genre of music has content which can be extremely offensive to some groups, why single something like this out?

Anyway, addressing this more directly, I still wouldn't want to censor this.  I don't see a need to do it.  Again, it's not directed at a particular group of people, and just because it's unpleasant and offensive to some people, does not mean that it's necessarily "wrong" (let's not drag this out into a deep philosophical discussion)...

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What about avatars? Can somebody put a gif animation of Afgan rebels cutting the throat of russian soldier here, but not people making love?


Read my first response.

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Personally I would not like to see text like that here, just because different people have different limits. I've not seen any avatars yet which I would regard truely offending to most people imo.
Also any option to disable sigs or avatars doesn't affect the biggest visitor group here, guests...


I'm sorry, but I have little concern here.  If someone isn't serious enough about the board to register, I'm not going to waste my time worrying about setting preferences for them.  Quite simply, it's not my problem.  They can fix it themselves if they like, that's good enough.  I'm not here to hold everyone's hand and make sure that they are shielded from the evils of the world on HA and that their experience here is free from all unoffensive and oh-so-unbearable experiences in the world.  People need to learn how to deal with this on their own.  This happens to be my stance on censorship for the large part also.  I'm against censorship when someone can just as easily choose to ignore something.  Why must we "silence" someone else, just because it makes you a little bit uncomfortable in your seat?  Granted, there are cases where this is warranted (as outlined first), but something like this is so far from that, I'm left wondering why we are even having this conversation in the first place.

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Well first of all, I have a sneaking suspicion that you are already biased against death metal here, from your sweeping over generalization.

Heh, well you are wrong. I'm not in anyway biased against death metal, except that I don't like it musically..  Heck, I cant even understand usually any lyrics...
If you didn't notice I put the death metal in quotation marks, so that was just an example where this kind of text could be found. 

So it's ok to have everykind of material here? Porn, violence, etc. as long as it's not illegal. I'm just asking this so that I know how to deal with it moderation wise..
Juha Laaksonheimo

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So it's ok to have everykind of material here? Porn, violence (like material from here), etc. as long as it's not illegal. I'm just asking this so that I know how to deal with it moderation wise..

I'm not really interested in writing a book defining what to do in every single case, suffice to say that certain things that are too far off topic, don't belong on this board simply for those reasons.

Lyrics do not fall into that category.

I'm not going to even bother to try and define what is "right" or "wrong" outside of this, and I've already given at least one good example of what is clearly  inappropriate which could otherwise find it's way to this board.

And in the end -- and I know you guys are going to have a blast with this one  -- it's the server admin who decides what stays and what goes in regards to this board.  You guys will just have to trust my judgement for what stays in the database.  Beyond that, you can choose to ignore anything that displeases you

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Reply #24 –
I was really trying not to add anything to this, but I just couldn't resist.

Did anyone catch the name of the user who first pointed out the offending signature?  It's the 5th post down from the top.  I bet there are people who would find that offensive too. 

Seriously, though, if people are offended this easily, what are they doing on the internet.  Turn your computer off and cut the cable (or phone cord), turn off the TV and the radio, throw out all your books and CDs (or better yet, burn them!), and just sit there in the dark. B)

Rob