I like iTunes and my iPod, and I'm curious: does anyone know of a plug-in for these two products?
I'm not sure I'm ready to give up my beloved MP3's, but I wouldn't mind trying something that isn't tied to somebody else's patent.
I'm still holding off on my excitement
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Not that ATI doesn't make some good shit - I loved their ATI-TV for the longest time (until I got a Mac, but that's another story).
But they've been known to, um, "help" their drivers along with specific applications. When I see one plugged into my PowerMac while I'm playing Medal of Honor or Warcraft III and I see better performance, then I'll believe it.
Now, see what happens to the boy who cried "framerates", kids?
The upgrade to OS X will cost $19.99 - only if you want the CD for it (I'm assuming it's a CD(s) with minimum documentation).
If you walk into an Apple store you'll get it for free, or if you really want to download it (through Software Update or otherwise) that will probably work as well.
I don't use real. Ever. I'm trying to remember the last time I had to use it - DivX:)/Mpeg4 is just as small, and looks much better. Most movie trailers are done as Quicktime. I think the last time I *had* to use the Real format was to view the Kingdom Hearts trailer (stupid Squaresoft).
Real is just too annoying, between the "if you don't click the 50 billion options you'll be bugged every time you blink - oh, and we'll forget them later and take control of every friggin' media type on your computer! Thanks!", and the crappy video quality.
Except that a "faithful recreation of the book on-screen" would have to be around 7 years long, if you include the parts where Frodo is just waiting around getting older while Bilbo is off getting Elf nookie.
You know, I had the same problems with Linux on the desktop - I like it as a server, but many desktop pieces are just a pain in the ass to do. (Change screen resolutions, get some games running, etc).
I went to OS X because I wanted the power of Unix - but I didn't want the hassle - I wanted to be able to enter rm por[TAB] and ln -s and all the stuff I'm used to - but if I want to pop in Warcraft III, I want it to run, not try and figure out why Mesa3D isn't configured right for my video card.
But that's me. Like I said, I still like Linux on the server side, but it just drove me crazy on the desktop.
I don't think you'd need an "auto-aim" - just make the aiming system soud based (say, some tone that changes the closer your gun is to being aimed at a target).
That might actually be interesting - cyber marco-polo....
Let's just get all the spoilers out in the open to get it open with:
Saruman is Gandalf's father. Frodo and Samwise are brother and sister. Legolas? He's an elf. Liv Tyler is really a genetic experiment to see how hot Steve Tyler's lips look on a woman. Mordor's primary export? Orcs and spam. Gimli? He's a dwarf. Having 1,000,000,000 orcs in your army: 1,000,000,000 gold pieces. Having Strider leading your army? Priceless. Frodo? He's a hobbit.
I was wondering about the applications of this technology, and of course I first turned to games. How about:
Someone putting on a Shakespeare play in Ultima Online/Everquest for other people to watch/buy "tickets" for? (I'm having this horrible image of a "charity" event to get enough money for a "cure poison" spell or something....)
Why spend the money on video imaging for the company - load up Quake III with the Videoconferencing Mod, and just have your meeting that way. (Personally, I'd just want a black rectangle with the words SEELE 13 - Audio Only on it.)
Um, so that's all I can think up. I'm goin' to get some chili. (Another reason for virtual videoconferencing....)
Phase 1: AOL develops the Super Audio Switcher 2000 - let your whole business listen to the music you would normally pipe through the company speakers at once! Want cool hold music? Just plug the SAS2000 into your PBX!
Phase 2: Hello, we're lawyers from AOL. Seems that your business has been streaming Time Warner music without our official permission. You now owe use $1,000,000,000 dollars - or your entire company, whichever is greater.
(Please note: the above is "sarcasm", and is not meant to reflect a real world situation. Please turn "cluelessesness" switch to "off" when reading this post. That you.
The line of circular reasoning rather silly, don't you think?
If a company makes a product, I am not obligated to make sure they make money at it - only that the product is useful/enjoyable to myself. That's it. End of my commitment. If I buy War and Peace and use it to beat my groin in a strange masturbatory experience, then Tolstoy shouldn't get all pissed off - he got his money, and I got a bruised crotch.
The same thing applies here. Microsoft's plans for their product do not override *my* plans for their product. Once I've spent the money, they can try to *entice* me to buy games - but if I want to use the Xbox as a doorstop, there's nothing on earth they can do to stop me. Paperweight? My right as a consumer. Potted plants? Same thing.
Put in a mod chip to run Linux so I can put Mame/DivX/a SNES emulator? Still my right - all they can try to do is entice me to spend the money *they* want me to. If they decide to pull the product off the market - that's fine. Perhaps someday there will be a vendor who *will* put that kind of product on the market, and then they will be the one to make money.
So, we're switching most of the servers to Linux at my Day Job because it's a failure.
We're shifting our development to Java because there's no need for interopability.
Reading this guy's note, the reason why Linux has failed? Because it hasn't taken over the entire Desktop market.
Um...duh. Isn't there a whole trial about why you can't get Linux/BeOS/OS//2 in the marketplace today?
So Linux hasn't won the Desktop market. Maybe it will, maybe it never will. But last I checked, it's moving very well into the server marketplace. It's doing well in colleges. More companies are supporting it every day (and not just little nobodies - folks like Sun, IBM, HP, etc).
I'm patient. I personally use OS X for most of my desktop stuff (IMHO, the best Unix operating system I've worked with), and still rely on Linux on the server side.
Perhaps the whole Pallendrom-thing from MS will shift more companies over to Linux-based OS's for the desktop (hm...we can either spend money to register our custom made applications so they'll run with these new computers and Windows XP Stranglehold version, or switch our computers to Linux and spend the money in development. Hm....)
I hate to be the cruel one (well, no I don't), but I have to agree with this.
For the most part, the games on the Xbox have been, well, rather weak compared to the other systems.
For console gaming, it seems like Sony has the most games, Nintendo has the best games, while Xbox has the most mediocore (sp) games.
That might change in the future, but I'm personally waiting for the Xbox to hit that magical $99 price range before I pick one up just for the 2 or 3 games (aka - Halo, since it looks like its never coming out for the Mac) that I really want to play on it.
Great point - my argument with 99% of religions is "well, our profit (oh, my bad, prophet) said he was going to be the Last Prophet Ever, so that's why God doesn't talk to us anymore".
Great - I love the idea that God pretty much hates everybody in the present/future, so we're pretty much left without any more useful information from the All-Knowing. (Though personally, my view of someone All-Knowing would at least have their "one person in all history" include a chapter on "weird fucking shit that doesn't exist yet, but will in 2000 years, like 'cloning', 'nuclear energy', and 'Britney Spears/Backstreet Boys sexual fantasies'.)
The battle against human stupidity is never ending.
We have to fight against:
people who believe aliens are really kidnapping people in the countryside
people who believe that herbal viagra will add 2 inches to your penis
people who believe that 2000 jews called in sick to work at the world trade towers
people who believe that Microsoft software is secure
people who believe that 500,000 illegal movies are downloaded from the Internet every day and that it's cutting in profits
people who believe Daikatana was a great game, and John Romero is just getting picked on because he's famous
people who believe that women/children/ethnicgroupsotherthanyourown have no rights because God Said So
people who believe that you have to protect children from porn by using filters that all too often block the good instead of just the bad
people who believe that women are just "asking for it".
people who believe that all anime is porn, all games are violent, and all computer geeks are lonely males who never get dates
people who believe that the search for truth and the destruction of lies is a worthless pursuit
Sadly, the human condition where only 5% of the population actually examines evidence, weighs the options, and picks the most logical choice that is proven true by experimentation and analysis is going to continue for a long time. Mainly because most people are too fucking lazy to think for themselves.
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Cool - somebody mod this guy up. I'll have to check it out later and see if Puffy AmiYumi sounds better in MP3 or Org format.
I like iTunes and my iPod, and I'm curious: does anyone know of a plug-in for these two products?
I'm not sure I'm ready to give up my beloved MP3's, but I wouldn't mind trying something that isn't tied to somebody else's patent.
Not that ATI doesn't make some good shit - I loved their ATI-TV for the longest time (until I got a Mac, but that's another story).
But they've been known to, um, "help" their drivers along with specific applications. When I see one plugged into my PowerMac while I'm playing Medal of Honor or Warcraft III and I see better performance, then I'll believe it.
Now, see what happens to the boy who cried "framerates", kids?
Hm...time to get KaZaa and download the iso :0.
Or I could be wrong - this is what they did last time for OS 10.1, and I'm not seeing anything like this for 10.2.
My apologies for shooting off my mouth and "assuming facts not in evidence".
The upgrade to OS X will cost $19.99 - only if you want the CD for it (I'm assuming it's a CD(s) with minimum documentation).
If you walk into an Apple store you'll get it for free, or if you really want to download it (through Software Update or otherwise) that will probably work as well.
I completely agree.
I don't use real. Ever. I'm trying to remember the last time I had to use it - DivX:)/Mpeg4 is just as small, and looks much better. Most movie trailers are done as Quicktime. I think the last time I *had* to use the Real format was to view the Kingdom Hearts trailer (stupid Squaresoft).
Real is just too annoying, between the "if you don't click the 50 billion options you'll be bugged every time you blink - oh, and we'll forget them later and take control of every friggin' media type on your computer! Thanks!", and the crappy video quality.
Except that a "faithful recreation of the book on-screen" would have to be around 7 years long, if you include the parts where Frodo is just waiting around getting older while Bilbo is off getting Elf nookie.
You know, I had the same problems with Linux on the desktop - I like it as a server, but many desktop pieces are just a pain in the ass to do. (Change screen resolutions, get some games running, etc).
I went to OS X because I wanted the power of Unix - but I didn't want the hassle - I wanted to be able to enter rm por[TAB] and ln -s and all the stuff I'm used to - but if I want to pop in Warcraft III, I want it to run, not try and figure out why Mesa3D isn't configured right for my video card.
But that's me. Like I said, I still like Linux on the server side, but it just drove me crazy on the desktop.
I don't think you'd need an "auto-aim" - just make the aiming system soud based (say, some tone that changes the closer your gun is to being aimed at a target).
That might actually be interesting - cyber marco-polo....
I had not heard of it before.
Therefore, it was news to me, and I can now go read about it, whereas before, I would not have.
Justification enough.
Dude, check it out! I just heard that this place called Sourceforge is like, totally blocked by our school's filters!
Man, we got to check this out. It must have some sweet porn or soemthing on it.
Yeah, we got to get there. All right, bypassing filtering software...oh, yeah. Here it is! Dude, we're in! Sweet porn, here we come!
Click that one - Jboss! Must be a dominatrix or something.
WTF - there's no porn here! It...it's just geek code stuff.
The filter tricked us. Dude, those filter guys are so sneaky.
Next thing you know, they'll be trying to get us to study or something.
Let's just get all the spoilers out in the open to get it open with:
Saruman is Gandalf's father.
Frodo and Samwise are brother and sister.
Legolas? He's an elf.
Liv Tyler is really a genetic experiment to see how hot Steve Tyler's lips look on a woman.
Mordor's primary export? Orcs and spam.
Gimli? He's a dwarf.
Having 1,000,000,000 orcs in your army: 1,000,000,000 gold pieces. Having Strider leading your army? Priceless.
Frodo? He's a hobbit.
The Good News:
China gets an even bigger IT infrastructure.
The Bad News:
They spend most of it on hardware upgrades. Forever.
The Good News:
More technical knowledge of computers in the country.
The Bad News:
It's all directed at creating anti-Pallendrome mod chips.
The Good News:
More people in China get onto the Internet!
The Bad News:
All they can get is MSN, and only if they use Internet Explorer.
The Good News:
China gets to upgrade their military computers.
The Bad News:
The first BSOD launches WWIII.
Um, so that's all I can think up. I'm goin' to get some chili. (Another reason for virtual videoconferencing....)
Phase 1: AOL develops the Super Audio Switcher 2000 - let your whole business listen to the music you would normally pipe through the company speakers at once! Want cool hold music? Just plug the SAS2000 into your PBX!
Phase 2: Hello, we're lawyers from AOL. Seems that your business has been streaming Time Warner music without our official permission. You now owe use $1,000,000,000 dollars - or your entire company, whichever is greater.
(Please note: the above is "sarcasm", and is not meant to reflect a real world situation. Please turn "cluelessesness" switch to "off" when reading this post. That you.
The line of circular reasoning rather silly, don't you think?
If a company makes a product, I am not obligated to make sure they make money at it - only that the product is useful/enjoyable to myself. That's it. End of my commitment. If I buy War and Peace and use it to beat my groin in a strange masturbatory experience, then Tolstoy shouldn't get all pissed off - he got his money, and I got a bruised crotch.
The same thing applies here. Microsoft's plans for their product do not override *my* plans for their product. Once I've spent the money, they can try to *entice* me to buy games - but if I want to use the Xbox as a doorstop, there's nothing on earth they can do to stop me. Paperweight? My right as a consumer. Potted plants? Same thing.
Put in a mod chip to run Linux so I can put Mame/DivX/a SNES emulator? Still my right - all they can try to do is entice me to spend the money *they* want me to. If they decide to pull the product off the market - that's fine. Perhaps someday there will be a vendor who *will* put that kind of product on the market, and then they will be the one to make money.
So, we're switching most of the servers to Linux at my Day Job because it's a failure.
We're shifting our development to Java because there's no need for interopability.
Reading this guy's note, the reason why Linux has failed? Because it hasn't taken over the entire Desktop market.
Um...duh. Isn't there a whole trial about why you can't get Linux/BeOS/OS//2 in the marketplace today?
So Linux hasn't won the Desktop market. Maybe it will, maybe it never will. But last I checked, it's moving very well into the server marketplace. It's doing well in colleges. More companies are supporting it every day (and not just little nobodies - folks like Sun, IBM, HP, etc).
I'm patient. I personally use OS X for most of my desktop stuff (IMHO, the best Unix operating system I've worked with), and still rely on Linux on the server side.
Perhaps the whole Pallendrom-thing from MS will shift more companies over to Linux-based OS's for the desktop (hm...we can either spend money to register our custom made applications so they'll run with these new computers and Windows XP Stranglehold version, or switch our computers to Linux and spend the money in development. Hm....)
I do - I have a belt clip. I Harry Potter and Thinking in Java in there, and I am never bored.
Frodo: Samwise, what's that out in the distance?
Sam: I'm not sure, Master Frodo. It looks like a mighty army.
Frodo: Samwise, why are they all wearing pocket protectors and Palm Pilots?
Sam: Good Lord, Master Frodo! It's the Slashdot Effect! Run, Master, Run!
Frodo: No, not the dreaded 404 Errors of Death! Even Sauruman has no defenses against this horrible threat!
(Soon the sounds of two small hobbits is drowned out by the sounds of a million mice clicking out in terror, then suddenly silenced.)
I hate to be the cruel one (well, no I don't), but I have to agree with this.
For the most part, the games on the Xbox have been, well, rather weak compared to the other systems.
For console gaming, it seems like Sony has the most games, Nintendo has the best games, while Xbox has the most mediocore (sp) games.
That might change in the future, but I'm personally waiting for the Xbox to hit that magical $99 price range before I pick one up just for the 2 or 3 games (aka - Halo, since it looks like its never coming out for the Mac) that I really want to play on it.
Great point - my argument with 99% of religions is "well, our profit (oh, my bad, prophet) said he was going to be the Last Prophet Ever, so that's why God doesn't talk to us anymore".
Great - I love the idea that God pretty much hates everybody in the present/future, so we're pretty much left without any more useful information from the All-Knowing. (Though personally, my view of someone All-Knowing would at least have their "one person in all history" include a chapter on "weird fucking shit that doesn't exist yet, but will in 2000 years, like 'cloning', 'nuclear energy', and 'Britney Spears/Backstreet Boys sexual fantasies'.)
We have to fight against:
Sadly, the human condition where only 5% of the population actually examines evidence, weighs the options, and picks the most logical choice that is proven true by experimentation and analysis is going to continue for a long time. Mainly because most people are too fucking lazy to think for themselves.
Solomon's Law (from Dwight Solomon, a very wise man I used to work with): Storage capacity will always expand to fill storage availability, plus 10%.