I have one of those and it won't work with stock mp3 files. The proprietary app that comes with it is slow, buggy, prone to constant crashes, and tries to limit the number of machines you can load music from.
If anyone has a USB Walkman, the application you need to use to load music is a 3rd party freeware app called "voidmp3fm".
In the 1980's, if you had a computer at home you were probably "in the know" or financially bound to learn to use the computer properly.
The difference today is presence of the email-and-msnbc-only crowd and their lack of interest in something that is used for communication and porn. Many non-techies today still prefer to communicate by phone.
Example: today I got a call from a friend who is going for his A+ this spring. He is a welder and small engine mechanic and pretty quick on the uptake, but most of his computer experience is with XP. The guy picked up a few Pentium II boxes at the thrift and wants to stick Windows 2000 on one and NT 4 on the other. He called asking how to format a hard drive... on the phone. The guy also has a newish desktop box and a brand new laptop, both with wireless broadband, and instead of emailing his "tech geek friend", for advice he called on the telephone.
On the upside, the guy is trying:)
Sort of reminds me of something I have noticed about TV vs radio and the generation gap.
Have you ever seen older people listen to music or a ballgame on the radio? Ever notice how they lean back and let their mind run and enjoy it?
And have you ever watched young people when you play an mp3 on the computer or a CD in the stereo? Ever noticed how they sit and stare right at the stereo or right at the monitor, like they are "watching" the song.
Does that mean that the "honey wagon" portable toilet pump trucks are now cash cows?
"He can't plumb, and he can't fit, but that pump truck driver knows his shit."
Stuart was totally correct for assuming the burden of his underlings' mistakes.
You can delegate responsibility, but not accountability.
His underlings were responsible for getting the job done.
The manager is accountable for the results of the employee's efforts.
Mr. "ruthless" was actually a real pussy who tried to blame his own shortcomings on his employees. He is lacking in managerial skill, which is evidenced in his inability to effectively delegate and his reluctance to acknowledge his own shortcomings.
The thing that worked out in Doug's favor is that his boss is the same low quality of manager as Doug. Birds afeather.
So next time you're in getting your car fixed and you don't know what a lower control arm is, I hope they call you an idiot.
That isn't the situation. Let me fix it for you:
"So next time you're in getting your car fixed and you don't know what a lower control arm is, I hope the technicians try to explain what is wrong so that you can gain a better understanding of the process, and you totally ignore the explanation while simultaneously pretending to hold them in contempt and demanding that it be fixed immediately."
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you'd have to have a high dose IV drip of it or something
Dear Sir,
Please let your researchers know that they have found a willing volunteer.
Regards,
John
The thought of keeping 1800 gigs or 2 terabytes of information on one device makes me slightly queasy.
There are many parties, not just 2.
50 percent x many parties > 100 percent
You are bad at maths.
Wrong!
Visual Basic sucks.
They should have used Python.
You're new here, aren't you?
Quit posting under your older brother's account and go watch Spongebob.
The player might be a Sony Walkman MP3 player.
I have one of those and it won't work with stock mp3 files. The proprietary app that comes with it is slow, buggy, prone to constant crashes, and tries to limit the number of machines you can load music from.
If anyone has a USB Walkman, the application you need to use to load music is a 3rd party freeware app called "voidmp3fm".
It runs very well under WINE, btw.
Firefox 3.0.5 under Ubuntu Hardy gets 71/100 on Acid3
I also wonder what the legal implications are of knowing an IP address and deciding not to record it.
It was not a "decision" on the part of Indymedia, it is a previously established policy.
Shouldn't it be (something like [this instead of (using all parenthesis)]) ?
"LSD for Enlightenment"
I stand corrected.
Well played, sir.
KDE for tweakers, Gnome for the lazy or tired, xfce for the agile, Enlightenment for -- I dunno -- etc. etc. etc.
Meth for tweakers, Weed for the lazy and tired, cocaine for the agile, LSD for -- I dunno -- etc. etc. etc.
It assumes that gravity is instantaneous, when we know it must be limited by the speed of light.
"It assumes that gravity is instantaneous, when some believe that it must be limited by the speed of light."
There, fixed that for ya.
Yes, you can get a Linux box to crawl too, if the hard drive is stuffed and it can't swap for example.
Huh?
Exactly how do you have your swap configured?
You're freaking me out, here!
As if Hypno-toad wasn't bad enough... now we have Robo-duck?
In the 1980's, if you had a computer at home you were probably "in the know" or financially bound to learn to use the computer properly.
The difference today is presence of the email-and-msnbc-only crowd and their lack of interest in something that is used for communication and porn. Many non-techies today still prefer to communicate by phone.
Example: today I got a call from a friend who is going for his A+ this spring. He is a welder and small engine mechanic and pretty quick on the uptake, but most of his computer experience is with XP. The guy picked up a few Pentium II boxes at the thrift and wants to stick Windows 2000 on one and NT 4 on the other. He called asking how to format a hard drive... on the phone. The guy also has a newish desktop box and a brand new laptop, both with wireless broadband, and instead of emailing his "tech geek friend", for advice he called on the telephone.
On the upside, the guy is trying :)
Sort of reminds me of something I have noticed about TV vs radio and the generation gap.
Have you ever seen older people listen to music or a ballgame on the radio? Ever notice how they lean back and let their mind run and enjoy it?
And have you ever watched young people when you play an mp3 on the computer or a CD in the stereo? Ever noticed how they sit and stare right at the stereo or right at the monitor, like they are "watching" the song.
Crazy.
Bluetooth headset?
Does that mean that the "honey wagon" portable toilet pump trucks are now cash cows? "He can't plumb, and he can't fit, but that pump truck driver knows his shit."
PHP FTW!!!
bitches
No, even better...
"Houghton Mifflin... or Dunder Mifflin?"
Wrong.
Stuart was totally correct for assuming the burden of his underlings' mistakes.
You can delegate responsibility, but not accountability.
His underlings were responsible for getting the job done.
The manager is accountable for the results of the employee's efforts.
Mr. "ruthless" was actually a real pussy who tried to blame his own shortcomings on his employees. He is lacking in managerial skill, which is evidenced in his inability to effectively delegate and his reluctance to acknowledge his own shortcomings.
The thing that worked out in Doug's favor is that his boss is the same low quality of manager as Doug. Birds afeather.
The information was likely passed on to him by a user.
Does this count as a pattern of misconduct?
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20031109&mode=classic
As soon as you upload anything to the internet you've pretty much waived any of your content rights you had.
Now when I say that I don't mean it in the legal sense but in the realistic practical sense. Anything digital is pirated and shared.
We even have karma whores that copy & paste other peoples insightful c0mments.
So next time you're in getting your car fixed and you don't know what a lower control arm is, I hope they call you an idiot.
That isn't the situation. Let me fix it for you:
"So next time you're in getting your car fixed and you don't know what a lower control arm is, I hope the technicians try to explain what is wrong so that you can gain a better understanding of the process, and you totally ignore the explanation while simultaneously pretending to hold them in contempt and demanding that it be fixed immediately."
Instead of thin clients or dumb terminals, maybe they could be thin terminals for dumb clients?
Actually I started using it to quit dipping Skoal. :) And also I use it to get high.