Upon reading the fine print on the ProTools website, the application will NOT run on Windows XP, 2000, NT, 95, or 3.1. I don’t actually know anyone who is still on ME or 98. I imagine it’s a ploy to get the user to buy the fulll version. Good luck.

Since the movie is coming out I decided to see what happened to Douglas Adams h2g2 idea. It’s funny how much wikipedia is similar. Maybe because it was commercial it never flourished, anyway I consider the late Mr. Adams to be the inventor of the idea. I found these article interesting:

http://www.currybet.net/…/h2g2_and_wikipe.shtml

US rap sensation Eminem made a stunning leap from music icon to Hollywood star at the weekend when his first film crushed the competition in North American box office receipts released yesterday.

The outspoken artist’s silver-screen debut, 8 Mile, triumphed in its opening weekend, taking $US51.2 million ($A91.3 million), box office trackers Exhibitor Relations said. The success of the loosely autobiographical film, depicting the battle of an aspiring young white rap musician to triumph in a black-dominated industry, effectively made Eminem a hot Tinseltown property.

In a rare double whammy, its soundtrack also debuted atop the music charts this week, with sales of 702,000 units, according to pop industry magazine Billboard. The film, which opened on Friday, took more than twice the receipts of runner-up Santa Clause 2, which earned $US24.7 million.

In third position was the spooky thriller The Ring, starring Australian actor Naomi Watts, which took $US15.5 million.

PARIS, France (Reuters) – Vivendi Universal reported a four-percent decline in third-quarter comparable core revenue on Monday as music industry woes and a smaller slate of movie blockbusters conspired to erode sales.

The world’s number two media company, which is restructuring after running up huge debts, said quarterly sales excluding water unit Vivendi Environnement fell four percent to 7.367 billion euros ($7.46 billion) on a proforma basis, or once the impact of various merger deals had been smoothed out. Actual sales rose one percent. The figures included a nine-percent drop in third-quarter sales at Universal Music Group (UMG) to 1.328 billion euros, caused mainly by the strength of the euro against the dollar but also higher provisions for returns and lower manufacturing revenue.

The United States, the world’s biggest music market, saw activity in the music industry shrink by 12.4 percent in the third quarter. UMG’s share of current albums actually rose to 31.4 percent, parent Vivendi said in a statement.

Sales at Vivendi Universal Entertainment, which includes Universal Studios, nominally rose seven percent due to the acquisition of the entertainment assets of USA Networks, but fell 24 percent on a proforma basis to 1.291 billion euros.

The fall was triggered by fewer theatrical releases compared with a bumper year in 2001 when Universal’s big draws included Jurassic Park III, American Pie II and Bridget Jones’s Diary.

Vivendi’s publishing division posted a 14-percent drop in quarterly sales to 1.211 billion euros, equivalent to a one-percent drop in proforma terms.

Vivendi recently broke up and sold its publishing assets to help make a dent in its 19 billion-euro mountain of media debt inherited from its past expansion.

Europe’s pay-television leader Groupe Canal+, which now incorporates international TV revenue from Universal, boosted actual third-quarter sales by five percent to 1.167 billion euros, for a proforma rise of four percent.

For the first nine months of a tumultuous year, which saw the ouster of former Chief Executive Jean-Marie Messier, a cash squeeze and a massive first-half loss, Vivendi posted a five percent rise in proforma sales excluding Environnement to 22.565 billion euros.

Actual sales excluding the water and sewage division rose 13 percent to 22.406 billion euros.

Total nine-month group sales rose nine percent to 44.541 billion euros. The proforma rise was five percent, Vivendi said.

Vivendi last week set out plans to sell off its water business, the world’s largest, in two stages over the next two years for roughly four billion euros.

The move is expected to help Vivendi try to grab control of telecom venture Cegetel.

Vivendi reported a nine percent rise in third-quarter revenue to 1.804 billion euros at Cegetel, in which it owns 44 percent.

In New York, Vivendi’s U.S.-listed stock was down just over two percent shortly after the revenue announcement.

Vivendi Universal shares in Paris earlier slipped 0.5 percent to 13.73 euros in holiday-thinned trading.

MAESTRO is a feature film documentary, 3 years in the making, it captures the intense experiences of the people who were responsible for underground dance music that influenced the world.

MAESTRO takes you into the world of Larry Levan, Paradise Garage; David Mancuso, The Loft, as they formed the links among pioneers such as Nicky Siano, Frankie Knuckles, Francois K., Tee Scott, Francis Grasso (Rest in Peace), and Walter Gibbons. These deejay pioneers transcended musical genres and created magical, lasting moments, not only in clubs but also within the spiritual terrain of our hearts and psyches. These modern day maestros provided environments where our spirits, creativity, passion and diversity both thrived and flourished. They were so significant that without them, dance music today would be drastically different-worldwide.

Most film documents of this movement have fallen short of its true story and impact to the world, providing us with a glossed over account of the time. Opting for a more personal and candid approach, MAESTRO shows the true history of its individuals. Tracing the underground’s dance origin, MAESTRO brings out a true, candid and tragic understanding of this intense lifestyle, and the lives they lived and died for. It is far from mere nostalgia, this film is like the music and experiences it chronicles.

more info: http://www.maestro-documentary.com