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It is not possible to password-protect the access to it somehow?

Yeah, basically I just want to plug the hard drive into a Ethernet socket and access it via the internet. I was just wondering whether there's something like the standard approach to doing these kind of things. I think there is Remote Desktop for Mac but I only have a laptop, no other desktop computer.

Oh yeah, it's a recent Macbook

This is what I have in mind: I sit in my office, open iTunes, which then plays songs that are stored on a hard drive that sits at home. But without using a desktop machine that actually streams the music. Now, I'm not very literate in these things. What I thought might work, while staying affordable, is to get a Western Digital Mybook World Edition (WD's consumer NAS device), which has Ethernet connection and a so-called WD Anywhere Access thing. Then connect and mount this disk (maybe via smb?) from the internet and then let itunes reference all the tracks in my library to that mounted disk. Would that work? Alternatively, is there a solution that might work with my existing external USB drives by getting the latest Airport Extreme base station, to which I can connect USB HDs? But then how can I connect to these drives from the office?

Nice, I'll think of a reply tomorrow.

Not in your context. But yeah, funny joke.

But isn't freedom of the individual, i.e. the guys that can't do shit about the drug-taking guys, what freedom is all about? I don't see breaching personal freedom and protecting somebody, let's say mob, so black and white. Don't worry about the cable. I just got my UE 10 Pros today, so I'll have these to play with for a while.

"The final answer to the gay question". How old are you?

It's not "it's bad for you" or "bad for society". If it were that, I would agree but it's more like "it's bad for the other people that don't take the drugs and might be put at danger from high people, and we have to protect these guys". Now, whether that's the case is a different issue. But if it were true, then banning is absolutely legitimate. Same with cigarettes in restaurants.

"Legislating public morality". Not sure what you mean here. And what are strict constitutional ideals? Thinking that legalising heroin that could potentially lead to more addicts that could lead to dead people makes me totalitarian??

Lol, give one example of a successful experiment. TM, Read Popper's Open Society and Its Enemies when you have the time do so, or The Road to Serfdom by Hayek (albeit not MECE for explaining the evils of fascism/socialism, it's still an excellent book). Carl Schmitt might be more along the lines of your thinking though. I don't even know where to start with the argument. --- But I disagree that opposing the legalisation of drugs automatically makes you a totalitarian. Now, what somebody does in his own house, I don't care, but once neighbourhood effects are in play, the government has ample reason to act, to provide security for others (doesn't matter so much for grass, but more for stuff that may make you dangerous to other people). It's not the same as suicide. I know there's this quote by Franklin that says that whoever gives up a bit of freedom for security deserves neither, well that's BS. Security and Freedom are but the flip-side of the same coin. Only a secure state can guarantee healthy freedom for all, as only a truly free state can make security secure and long-lasting. There's no formula of what crosses the line and what not, same with drugs. It's a delicate balance and the exact point of crossing should be the agenda of democratic debates. It's a slow and tiring progress, but that's just how it is. Recently, economists have come up with a in many cases workable solution of addressing the issue of "the state knows what's better for you" by resorting to "behavioural economics". By default you are put into a certain scheme (e.g. to increase private saving because Americans are apparently unable to save money) and the government automatically takes part of your money each month and add it into your pension fund or whatever fund. However, you have the possibility/freedom to opt out. Statistics and model runs have shown that, although the same freedom principles applies, less people opt out than would otherwise opt in. The difference is only a written application and makes use of human lazy inertia so to speak. The same could be applied to other instances (maybe hard drugs). And to end a way too long post with a long quote (executive summary of above mentioend book):

I also think a legend wouldn't have hurt, but I'm pretty sure the numbers are relative. If not, regardless of when the study was taken, the Dutch would be serious drug addicts considering that the population is less than a 10th of the US. As for hard drugs Now, I'm sure there are also other variables involved but at least legalizing soft drugs doesn't seem to have a huge negative impact on hard drugs abuse. A short exceprt from an Economist article in 2002: Full'>http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_TDJRTSP"]Full article. The difference is that the Netherlands started to think of drug addiction as a public-health problem rather than merely a crime. Without wanting to quote more, there's another article on this issue that I found worth reading: If enforcement doesn't work, what are the alternatives? - The Swiss and Dutch model Imo, there are two cases to be made for or against drugs, the moral one and the practical one. Fortunately, both the case for individual freedom as well as, to a lesser degree, practical evidence shown in the Netherlands speak for the legalisation of soft drugs. As for hard drugs, it may be a different story, although not necessarily.

I think the markup for the 1TB version is pretty big, something like a $80-100 premium. Cheaper to get the 500GB and hook up another 500GB to the Time Capsule via USB. I also need to find a way to order from the US. I hate Apple for charging the same in euro as it costs in dollars, which gives me a close to 50% price difference. Even after customs, that's still cheaper. Maybe wait for ebay or something.

Freedom aside, legalizing soft drugs actually works: http://www.csdp.org/ads/dutch2.htm

The time capsule is actually the much cooler device. I needed another external HD and I just left my Airport with my old apartment, so the time capsule came at the right time!

In my office building we can't have wireless routers for weird security reasons. Everything has to go through the university's VPN, which apparently has to be via ethernet. Don't ask me why. But yeah, I didn't think of the ethernet dongle. Hmmm

What I really like about it: - Lightweight. I don't care about thinness, the Macbook is plenty thin already. But almost half the weight of a MB is great. - Backlit keyboard & aluminum case in a 13'' format. I really miss these two things on my MB. If it had Ethernet I would have bought it. Omitting it was really stupid.

I really like the ESW9. Not as rugged and practical as the HD 25, but it's foldable (fits better into messenger bag) and, despite me being a Sennheiser whore, it also sounds arguably better to me, especially because there is some kind of soundstage. Sure, it's a bit coloured and sounds not so great with orchestral stuff, but I can live with that. Great for my needs in the library and on the bike. And it does look very nice, which is a big plus actually. The EW9 was horrible, I agree, but the ESW9 is nice.

I saw Haitink with the Concertgebouw earlier this year performing Bruckner 8 - an absolutely amazing performance!

Start with the symphonies. For budget sets, Tintner on Naxos or Jochum on EMI are great choices (I have both and prefer Jochum). Jochum also did another acclaimed cycle with DG but I've never heard it and it's more expensive. A lot of dedicated fans swear by Celibidache but his pacing is really slow, perhaps better suited for more mature Bruckner fans. For selected recordings, I believe Karajan had a few really excellent ones, but can't remember which. If you don't want an entire set, perhaps start with his 8th symphony, arguably the most famous one and my personal favourite.

I have two MyBooks (one USB for 6 months, one Firewire for about a year) and they're pretty good. Fairly silent, fast, good price, reliable and look ok.

Which is not in the least hypocritical considering how head-fi started. Anyways, I hope everything will turn out ok without too much data loss.

Video Review Makes me want to buy a Xbox.

Probably depends on the music as well. For classical, the HE90 were godly and that's what I listened to the most on headphones. But I would have preferred them just a tad less bright and obviously with more punch for certain types of music.

I sold mine for 8k (bought them used for 6.7) and there were around 3 buyers willing to pay that much. Diminishing returns and all that, but I do think they're worth it. Obviously not perfect, but just really really good.