Claude

This concerns digital radio only of course. Is digital radio succesfull in the US? In Europe, DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) has been introduced 10 years ago but it's a market failure. The penetration is just a few percent. Only subsidized public radio stations are broadcasting in DAB, and there aren't many DAB tuners available. For example, this is the DAB coverage in France (the yellow spots): Unlike with TV (HDTV), not many radio listeners are willing to upgrade to a new technology, as radio is mostly used for background music and news.

What's so special about these 1997 japanese reissues of the two Bill Evans albums "Empathy" and "A simple matter of conviction", for someone to bid $145 and $70? http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4839626223 http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4839628768 These albums are available on an older 2LP-on-1CD for 10 Euro, or as seperate japanese reissues for 30 Euro each, on amazon.de: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000478L/ http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008K76B/ http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008K76C/ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=5796363

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizmondo

Eriksson is not only an excellent driver: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/27/gizmondo_shakeup/

Miles was the artist that introduced me to the jazz history. Before I bought the "Columbia Years 1955-1985" 4CD set in 1990, I only listened to contemporary jazz (mainly ECM and european aertists), and I thought the history consisted in Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington (which I found boring at the time). After being overwelmed by the music in the Miles sampler, I explored the full albums and the music of his sidemen (Coltrane, Hancock, Bill Evans) and read some jazz guides.

I received the DSD-remastered version of Pangaea (SRCS9752/3) today from Hiroshi Tanno, and I´m listening to CD1. The duration of the first CD is identical to the domestic version. The volume on the CD is much louder, but the sound isn't a lot better. Brighter, more dynamic, a bit more clarity, but nowhere as spectacularly improved as other Miles remasters compared to the late 80's/early 90's versions.

You have to solve both the signal and region incompatibilities, which are not related. There's currently a discussion on the subject on the Steve Hoffman board: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=73744

My two ebanking accounts work with username/password plus 2 digits from a 16-digit sequence. At every login, other digits are being asked. A keylogger would have to monitor a long time to get all the digits.

Ben Webster at the Renaissance is one of the best sounding live recordings I have heard. I have the regular OJC CD. It was also released on an Analogue Productions gold CD: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_det...=10614&section=

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/commerci...nforcement/ipr/

Andorra is a developping country when it comes to intellectual property protection. They are in the process of adapting their laws to international standards. They are not member of the EU, not member of WTO but they recently ratified the basic WIPO conventions (Berne convention on copyright). Their copyright law from 1999 can be read here: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php...ECTION=201.html The durations are the same as the european standard: 70 years after the death of the author for copyrights (compositions), 50 years after the recording for neighbouring rights (performer's rights on recordings).

Wolff, This Definitive release is illegal in the US. It can be stopped at the US border. I don't know who is importing these CDs in the US (wholesalers or the CD stores themselves), but it's the well known US stores (including CD Universe and Tower records) that are selling them. They are doing it because they can be quite sure that nobody does anything about it. That is actually irrelevant since the Definitive CDs are being released in conformity with EU law (unlike many Lonehill or Gambit releases). Definitive doesn't need to "hide" in Andorra for copyright reasons. I generally support the 50 year copyright duration rule which was also applied in the US until the 1990s, though it is very unfortunate in this case where the material was unearthed and released so recently. But before blaming it on the EU, remember that if this CD had contained previously unreleased 1935 recordings by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong or Billie Holiday, the recordings (70 years old) could be copied by US public domain labels as well. I don't think the 20 year difference in copyright duration allows someone to qualify one continent as "dumb fucks" and the other as "ethical".

Answering my own question, it looks like Classic Records used a mono tape whenever available but folded down the stereo tape on some releases: http://www.classicrecords.com/catalog/stor...cfm?sku=BN-4123 http://www.classicrecords.com/catalog/stor...sku=BN-4074-200 http://www.classicrecords.com/catalog/stor...cfm?sku=BN-4045

Are these LPs made from original mono tapes or from folded down stereo tapes? Some labels destroyed the mono tapes and only kept the stereo ones after stereo became the standard.

Hi, If the records are really valuable (rare and in good shape) it would be worth selling them individually on Ebay. I don't think there is any other place on the internet where you get the same exposure. But if you are new in this field I recommend to get some help from an experienced collector and ebay seller would can advise you on the value of the records, grading (describing the exact condition) and packaging.

A friend recently asked me to help him fixing his internet connection, as his modem often could not connect. I found out that he switched the modem off after the internet session and asked him why, as they are meant to be left on all the time (mine has been on for the past 4 years). He told me the guy who installed it said the modem must not be left on because it would overheat

It's because the cable or DSL operators configure the speed limits that way. For most internet uses, download speed is much more important than upload speed, and there are also technical reasons to make uploads slower than downloads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADSL

A schéinen Gebuertsdag, Hans!

David Murray - Ming (Black Saint, 1980)

Rolf Kühn - Connection ´74 (MPS 1973, with Joachim Kühn, Toto Blanke, Palle Danielsson, Daniel Humair)

That's the way I feel now - A Tribute to Thelonious Monk (1984)

On a very practical level: How does this list (and map) help you to protect your children? Are you telling your kids to avoid the street where the sex offender lives? Are you warning your kids by showing them the photo?

I saw him play a dozen years ago in a concert with Archie Shepp. It could clearly be seen that some of his right hand fingers are paralyzed, but it could not be heard as a limitation in his playing.

It's a difficult issue, because both sides have good arguments. But I agree more with Weizen. If the names and adresses of those convicted sex offenders are made public, the next step would be to force them to wear warning badges whenever they leave their home. Either they are dangerous and should be locked away, or they are not and have the right to live anonymously as other criminals who served their prison time. It's OK to ban pedophiles from jobs that involve contact with children, but singling them out in public only provokes irrational and unjustified discrimination.