Seasons

I just won't buy CDs anymore. I DO, however, appreciate music downloading services. They're decently priced (for now), and it lets me get just the songs I want.

Yep. Downloading may be the way to go. Sorry to be Windows oriented. Those of you with Mac and Linux are probably safe. I don't know how the Sony player works on those systems, but the original link is all about how it works on Windows.

Oh and thanks Zeelovemonkey, but the credit goes to Mark Russinovich. I'm not sure how to spell his name, but he's kind of my hero now.

Simpsons Halloween Special tonight!!!

I'm going to turn my xbox into a linux server

Shadyman, you're the second person I've heard have that kind of a plan. Go you. But I have to wonder why I keep hearing tech ideas that I could never pull off myself. Does that mean I spend too much time with programmers or not enough?

I want to do something like that to my brother's dead xbox... dvd drive gave out...

Classic Colemanball from the latest issue of Private Eye:

"Leeds is the biggest city of its size in Europe." Greg Mulholland MP.

Presumably MP for Leeds, and by the look of it Leeds born and bred...

wow... just... wow...

Anybody have some ideas concerning an algorithm that produces algorithms to complete any task thrown its way - in other words, is it theoretically possible to have a program that assesses a situation and writes a program to solve it?

Uhhh... I think a neural network thing does that... too bad I haven't learned anything about it yet...

Colonel, I think Jake is right about neural networks. I found this site with a lot of info (probably too simple for many people here, but good for the kids and me):

http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/2000-2001-wt1/www/k_munro/index.htm

It only says what it is, not how neural nets work...