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The "Red Bridge" linking the old city of Luxembourg to the Kirchberg plateau, where EU institutions like the Court of Justice are located

But they're nice, no? I'll do good and replace them with smaller ones... but got to have dinner now, first. The whole first page of this thread is now 20MB !

See a panorama view of Luxembourg. Select the second view ("vue de la forteresse"). It's a java page, takes a while to load. You will be able to navigate in a view similar to this: Here's our parliament. Every political party has it's own window more pictures

test with a 40k GIF image http://www.zweitausendeins.de/www_bilder/2815.GIF

800k is really huge for a picture to be put on a webpage. The board software only allows 100k There may also be problems with GIF images (I've never tried). You should reduce the file size in a graphics editor and save it as a JPG file.

When I used the site yesterday (before discovering that MP3.com has the same content) I had frequent connection errors (IE showed the local error page), so I had to retry very often. I looked up the information on a dozen albums and it took me ten times longer than with the old site. Because my registration on thwe site has not succeed yet, I can not access the musicians listing (Credits). My IE 6.0 is updated to the latest version, it works with every other site.

MP3.com has the content from AMG (including the reviews), but the website is much faster and compatible with all browsers. http://www.mp3.com

Well, the iPod has some *very* basic PDA functions (similar to a cell phone), but it's main use it to listen to music (or other sounds, like audio books). http://www.apple.com/ipod/ During Your Commute: - Get ready for the day ahead with some music, played through your car speakers or, if you’re on the bus or train, through a pair of noise-reduction headphones - Listen to a magazine, audiobook or news program (“Fresh Air” with Terry Gross, for example) purchased from the iTunes Music Store At Work: - Record a meeting so you can refer back to what was discussed or share it with a colleague who couldn’t attend - Use iPod as a hard drive to store files you’d like to take home or review with a client - Stay organized while on the road: keep your calendar, contacts and to-do lists on iPod - Take a break with iPod: Relax with a tune and a brisk walk around the building At Home: - Connect iPod to powered speakers or a stereo system - Purchase music from the iTunes Music Store and use Auto-Sync to transfer it quickly and easily to iPod from your Mac or PC On Campus: - Leave your bulky stereo system home and save space in your dorm room by connecting iPod to a pair of powered speakers - Listen to music between classes, while studying or while strolling the quad - Don’t miss class: use iPod’s built-in Alarm Clock to get you out the door in time - Record an interview for the school paper or your next research paper - Connect iPod to a computer and use it to take files from your dorm to a computer lab — or vice versa On Vacation: - Hiking the backcountry? Extend battery life with the optional backup battery pack, powered by standard AA batteries. - Listen to your favorite tunes in the car or at 30,000 feet - Download guides to restaurants and other attractions and easily access them using iPod’s Click Wheel - Free up space on your digital camera memory card by storing photos on iPod Connect iPod to portable speakers and use it as a travel alarm At Play: - Create a variety of playlists that will raise the roof at any party - Take requests and make up multiple On-the-Go Playlists on the spot - Stay motivated at the gym with hours of music

This is already being discussed here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=8711

I tend to agree with Guy. A PDA would have been a better choice. Some of them can play sounds too, and they have many more features which can be used productively. A PDA is a small computer. An iPod is just a modern form of a Walkman. With it's hard drive, an iPod can also be used to transport data, but how often do students need to carry several GB of data with them? To exchange the latest movie downloads? For their homework, a cheap USB stick would do.

Reinier ("bluerein") made me aware of the fact that this problem is well known and that the manfucturer replaces the defective CDs. More info is available on the Hyperion website: Bronzing

There is a list of the Sonet reissues on the german Jazzecho (=Universal) website: Reissues des schwedischen Jazzlabels Sonet Records (18.06.2004) Click on the icon for details on every album.

I can't really judge how unsafe Internet Explorer is because browser vulnerabilities must be exploited by a website to be dangerous. There are also frequent security problems with the other browsers. But IE has the ActiveX feature that allows to install programs on the PC and that is more often abused than used in a useful manner (like with Windows Update). IE is also very slow compared to Opera and Firefox, and without an add-on it doesn't have a pop-up stopper or some comfortable features (browser tabs) that should be standard today. Opera is probably the best browser for power users, because of it's many configuration options, but Firefox is almost as good, and it's free. Everybody should give it a try. It's possible to use all the browsers in parallel on the same system, so there is no need to choose one and only one browser.

Could this be just a domain reservation page? The domain is owned by a marketing company that seems to have nothing to do with music. Very often famous generic domains were just being registered for speculation, especially during the dot.com boom. Think about the "sex.com" story. Check these newsgroup messages (and their date!): http://groups.google.com/groups?q=www.musi...%40frank&rnum=2 http://groups.google.com/groups?q=www.musi...%40nntp1&rnum=1

Marcus, how much are you willing to spend on those (including $5 shipping from Europe)? I think I've seen the Roy Brroks CD at a local store. Why do you need the Deluxe Edition of "The Inflated tear"? Just for that slipcase? All of the Deluxes have been reissued as midprice CDs later, with the same remastering.

AFAIK that is not possible, because the transfer of the music to the iPod is managed by a special software, which does not allow this. This is possible with other MP§ players (such as iRiver) where the player is simply treated like an external drive.

This is pathetic. Two used "Fire music" copies are available on amazon.com, for $33 and $40 ... http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.asp...rc=art&pid=9544

I don't have it, but here's more info: http://www.berigansjazz.com/website/special.html http://www.redtrumpet.com/books/item.php?i...&sid=1145456643 ($37)

I think his album Safe journey/url] (already 20 years old) has been the peak of his recodings career, and that the following albums have just repeated the concept, although not as successfully. http://www.frammis.com

Thanks Tjobbe I think they are trying to make us buy the copyprotected Blue Notes instead of ordering the CDs in the US Even the August RVG batch (available on the 27th) is discounted.

A few recent ones: ANTHONY BRAXTON CREATIVE ORCH. 1978 OOP ($41, reserve not met) Anthony Braxton/George Lewis Donaueschingen CD Hat Hut ($40) Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978 - Anthony Braxton (CD... ($32) VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA ERIK SATIE HAT HUT CD ($37) JOHN ZORN NEWS FOR LULU HAT HUT CD ($27, argentinian seller)

Most OOP Hathut CDs by well known avantgarde artists such as Cecil Taylor or Anthony Braxton go for $30 and more on Ebay. With the hatOLOGY reissues going OOP fast, the same might happen.

Where have you ordered them, Couw? I suppose these are european made CDs also available here? So far I've only found this austrian store: http://www.bocksmusicshop.at/ I'm interested in the Hans Koller and "Avantgarde" discs mainly. For those who don't know the music, check the 2 min sound clips: http://www.sonarkollektiv.de/releases/SK019CD/

I guess that the objective of warning about "unauthorized copying" is to make the buyers think that copying is forbidden altogether, although most copyright laws allow for limited copying for private purposes (which means it is authorized by the law).

Yes, I think that being able to listen to CDs before buying them is very important, especially with music that cannot be evaluated with 30 second clips or by just listening to one track at a CD store. Naxos has been offering the possibility to listen to complete CDs on their website. The quality of the sound is good enough to be able to evaluate the music, but not good enough to use this feature as a CD replacement (AM radio quality). The success of this service has been so big that Naxos had to intruduce a low subscription fee ($15/year). It would be great if there was a sort of subscription service for all labels, that instead or in addition to selling "high quality" downloads at $1/track, gives the possibility to just listen to the entire music in low quality. It would make people want to discover more unknown music instead of sticking to what they already know or what they hear on the radio or see on MTV. It would be good for jazz especially.