1. Jump on the ogg bandwagon. 2. Get pigs to fly. 3. ?????? 4. Profit!
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-Valiss
Re:How are they supported?
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stonecypher
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· Score: 5, Funny
It works the same way all OSS does. Someone wants it and thinks it should be free. So they write it on their own free time and put it on the net. Somebody else goes "oh, good idea, let's make it do this too," and adds to it. Repeat until you have an audio format powerful enough that a company feels it's worth implementing in a chip.
Now, the company doesn't have to pay anyone, so it's much cheaper than developing MP3 chips. They're gonna make money by fabricating them and selling them to other companies which want Vorbis decoding (It's not ogg vorbis: ogg is the container format.) Or, at least, that's what the fab/design company is gambling on.
Then, the player manufacturer, who bought these chips, puts them in players and sells them to a public for some enormous amount of cash. I say enormous because MP3 CD players are $40 in Target now, and frankly a 10 gig hard drive isn't that many CDs (especially now that CaseLogic sells CD cases whose sides are speakers.) Okay, the 60 gig models still have some appeal, but when we get portable DVD MP3 players, it's *over.*
I mean, shit, then I'll be able to keep my whole audio collection on six discs. (RIAA notice: I still have all the CDs they came from, with the exception of a few which have suffered pets, so back off in preemption, you self appointed gestappo. Do something useful and constructive with your dollar, instead of making yourself the butt of "look what DirecTV/SCO is becoming" jokes. Assholes. Maybe find a musician that isn't paint by number.)
In the meantime, the parent was modded insightful? Interesting I could see (I don't think it is, but there's a sensible stance for it.) But what insight did s/he provide? Do you people pay attention when you moderate?
I'm gonna go back in my cave and grumble at the walls for a while. f'ing rock.
What? Off-freaking-topic? This should be at least +4! It's completely ON-TOPIC. What are the mods smoking?
Either, they don't know what you're talking about, didn't bother to click the link, or think, omg, everyone knows about THAT. Well, in any case, let me try to help you out man:
Neuros Ogg Vorbis Firmware Released
We're heading for the stars. Obviously we still have to manufacture it, but let's be honest, after looking at those schematics does anyone doubt that we'll get there soon? BTW, that @ is me looking out a porthole, wearing a spacesuit.
Re:Wow, very low power!
by
Threni
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· Score: 2, Funny
"The four pillars of the male heterosexual psyche: naked women, lingerie, lesbians, and James Bond."
I thought it was:
1) playing high-contact sports such as American Football/Rugby/football/soccer.
2) Naked showers with other men
3) Getting drunk, locking arms with another man and singing very loud.
4) Going on and on about sex in a way which suggests a need to show one is straight.
Hmmm. Think i'll stick to lying around in bed with a couple of girls watching Judy Garland films...
Re:How are they supported?
by
Anonvmous+Coward
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· Score: 3, Funny
I mean, shit, then I'll be able to keep my whole audio collection on six discs. (RIAA notice: I still have all the CDs they came from, with the exception of a few which have suffered pets, so back off in preemption, you self appointed gestappo. Do something useful and constructive with your dollar, instead of making yourself the butt of "look what DirecTV/SCO is becoming" jokes. Assholes. Maybe find a musician that isn't paint by number.)
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But will it support MP3?
No, wait, that's the other way around...
You gave "shout outs" to the GNAA. I hope you're happy.
Do not take this Ogg Vorbis player outside in bad weather, as rain can damage the player and also poses an electrocution hazard.
Honk if you're horny.
You forgot a step:
1. Jump on the ogg bandwagon.
2. Get pigs to fly.
3. ??????
4. Profit!
-Valiss
It works the same way all OSS does. Someone wants it and thinks it should be free. So they write it on their own free time and put it on the net. Somebody else goes "oh, good idea, let's make it do this too," and adds to it. Repeat until you have an audio format powerful enough that a company feels it's worth implementing in a chip.
Now, the company doesn't have to pay anyone, so it's much cheaper than developing MP3 chips. They're gonna make money by fabricating them and selling them to other companies which want Vorbis decoding (It's not ogg vorbis: ogg is the container format.) Or, at least, that's what the fab/design company is gambling on.
Then, the player manufacturer, who bought these chips, puts them in players and sells them to a public for some enormous amount of cash. I say enormous because MP3 CD players are $40 in Target now, and frankly a 10 gig hard drive isn't that many CDs (especially now that CaseLogic sells CD cases whose sides are speakers.) Okay, the 60 gig models still have some appeal, but when we get portable DVD MP3 players, it's *over.*
I mean, shit, then I'll be able to keep my whole audio collection on six discs. (RIAA notice: I still have all the CDs they came from, with the exception of a few which have suffered pets, so back off in preemption, you self appointed gestappo. Do something useful and constructive with your dollar, instead of making yourself the butt of "look what DirecTV/SCO is becoming" jokes. Assholes. Maybe find a musician that isn't paint by number.)
In the meantime, the parent was modded insightful? Interesting I could see (I don't think it is, but there's a sensible stance for it.) But what insight did s/he provide? Do you people pay attention when you moderate?
I'm gonna go back in my cave and grumble at the walls for a while. f'ing rock.
StoneCypher is Full of BS
What? Off-freaking-topic? This should be at least +4! It's completely ON-TOPIC. What are the mods smoking?
Either, they don't know what you're talking about, didn't bother to click the link, or think, omg, everyone knows about THAT. Well, in any case, let me try to help you out man: Neuros Ogg Vorbis Firmware Released
imagine a beowulf cluster of these....
ah, don't waste your mod points on me
Seems to me the chip is not a reality. A design for it is.
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Nonsense, the design's the hard part.
For example, check out my design of an intergalactic starship:
***/\_____________
***|............... 0 0 0 @ \___
***|
***|__________________/
We're heading for the stars. Obviously we still have to manufacture it, but let's be honest, after looking at those schematics does anyone doubt that we'll get there soon? BTW, that @ is me looking out a porthole, wearing a spacesuit.
"The four pillars of the male heterosexual psyche: naked women, lingerie, lesbians, and James Bond."
I thought it was:
1) playing high-contact sports such as American Football/Rugby/football/soccer.
2) Naked showers with other men
3) Getting drunk, locking arms with another man and singing very loud.
4) Going on and on about sex in a way which suggests a need to show one is straight.
Hmmm. Think i'll stick to lying around in bed with a couple of girls watching Judy Garland films...
That was worth an instant replay.