It's full-VFD visualizations, not TV-out. This reminds me of a few more things that I forgot to mention. There are lots of plugins for slimserver that do cool things, such as send lyrics to the slimservers while the music is playing. There is a decent-size community around the server product because it is open-source. People are doing lots of cool things. And Slim Devices encourages all this kind of development and hacking. It's a really cool company to deal with.
It has a high-end DAC that rivals good stereo equipment. You can't get this kind of sound from a typical PC soundcard. It also has a very nice VFD display, S/PDIF outputs, a nice DSP. It supports lossless formats, FLAC, ogg, you name it. At the $299 price it includes 802.11g wifi. It has an extensive list of features in the firmware--alarm clock, full-screen visualizations, scrolling RSS feeds, extensive integratability (i.e. use xPL, a standard home automation protocol, to send messages to your Squeezeboxes). Given all it has, I think the price is reasonable.
any other alternatives to *slim which are not that expensive. ?
I like the kinds of jokes that require a bit of knowledge of slashdot trivia, like the ones only old people in Korea named OOG_THE_CAVEMAN tell about all your hot grits belong to Natalie Portman, except in Soviet Russia where they tell you.
You split the line-level audio to two different sets of amps (your computer speakers have a built-in amp). That's completely different than splitting speaker-level (amplified) audio to multiple pairs of speakers. It doesn't work the same.
I see that answers are all over the map. You may want to be more specific in terms of budget, and what you will accept for audio.
In my case, I wanted a system that didn't require large cash outlay (i.e. no large multichannel amps). I wanted one that I could grow piecemeal and buy things a bit at a time on a shoestring budget, yet they would work as an integrated whole. But I wanted true stereo in each room, from real in-ceiling speakers (FM radios don't cut it).
The solution I settled on is A-Bus. A-Bus is a music-over-Cat5 technology with You wire a single Cat5 (much easier to fish through walls than speaker cables) from a hub near your music source to each room. The hub is less than $100. In each room, you put an amplified volume control (less than $50 - see e.g. http://www.basshome.com/product_8464_detailed.htm - you can also get one that can pass IR to your audio source) and wire from that to your speakers, which is usually a fairly short run.
Works well, sounds great, looks like a high-end system, and not too much cash outlay at any given time.
As I'm responding to this, the ad box is running a Sun ad that states, "No wonder their name rhymes with Hell...". So I would conclude that Sun tends to pay attention to what the names rhyme with.
Also, Sun is pressing the reliability aspect of their solutions. Therefore, I'm willing to bet that Sun is hoping people will connect "Niagra" with a rhyming word with the connotation "stays up a long time." I'm not quite sure what that word would be, however.:-)
p.s. actually they seem to be using Niagara. Perhaps this is to avoid potential trademark disputes.
I think you got your help, you just don't realize it. Project management using Gantt charts and waterfall diagrams is so 90's. You may want to think about updating your methods.
Actually, it looks to me like jmstriegel is trying hard to answer how he thinks a bot wouldn't respond. He knows he's being tested, and he responds with what he thinks will differentiate him from a bot.
Are you kidding? His response is basically "I can't answer that question. Ask another one." Like I said in another post, that sounds like something a Magic 8-Ball would say. If you've ever conversed with Eliza or other bots, you'd see they have an extensive list of ways to avoid answering a question. With responses just like his.
If you didn't know you were being tested, and were asked that question, would *you* answer with a vague, nonsensical response? Probably not.
Right. But a bot would. You seem to be contradicting your own argument.
Right. Which proves my point that the question is a stupid one for a "turing test."
My answer would have been something like, "I like to chill out to it. It relaxes me" instead of the bot-like "I can't answer your question. Ask another one." Isn't that one of the Magic 8-Ball answers? See how stupid that is?
I find that snippet hilarious, because jmstriegel is supposedly trying to act human, yet his answers are exactly like a bot.
I mean, how hard can it be to show that you understand the question?
Of course, shymuffin32's question is a ridiculously stupid one too... if you want to test a human you need to ask a specific question about current events or something. Bots are designed to answer vague questions like his.
With mod_rewrite you can do that with any CGI in any language.
Not quite. You'd still have to have a canonical URL handler with a different format. Then you have two things to maintain.
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Raise your hand if you have jettisoned all browser bookmarks and just use http://del.icio.us/ (and/or the wonderful bookmarklets or Firefox plugin for it).
Are you kidding? When I need to do some in-depth research, I often start with research papers I find online through IEEE (which requires a subscription, by the way, and you cannot find them anywhere else). They often use as references books written by people who are leaders in their fields. I have NEVER been able to track down an online version of ANY of these books. A trip to the local universities' libraries are often necessary.
Based on my experience, it would seem that there is only a tiny fraction of available research material available online.
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It's full-VFD visualizations, not TV-out. This reminds me of a few more things that I forgot to mention. There are lots of plugins for slimserver that do cool things, such as send lyrics to the slimservers while the music is playing. There is a decent-size community around the server product because it is open-source. People are doing lots of cool things. And Slim Devices encourages all this kind of development and hacking. It's a really cool company to deal with.
Why is the price $299 ?
It has a high-end DAC that rivals good stereo equipment. You can't get this kind of sound from a typical PC soundcard. It also has a very nice VFD display, S/PDIF outputs, a nice DSP. It supports lossless formats, FLAC, ogg, you name it. At the $299 price it includes 802.11g wifi. It has an extensive list of features in the firmware--alarm clock, full-screen visualizations, scrolling RSS feeds, extensive integratability (i.e. use xPL, a standard home automation protocol, to send messages to your Squeezeboxes). Given all it has, I think the price is reasonable.
any other alternatives to *slim which are not that expensive. ?
Second-generation ones on eBay.
+1 Funny. Thanks for the laugh.
I like the kinds of jokes that require a bit of knowledge of slashdot trivia, like the ones only old people in Korea named OOG_THE_CAVEMAN tell about all your hot grits belong to Natalie Portman, except in Soviet Russia where they tell you.
You split the line-level audio to two different sets of amps (your computer speakers have a built-in amp). That's completely different than splitting speaker-level (amplified) audio to multiple pairs of speakers. It doesn't work the same.
I see that answers are all over the map. You may want to be more specific in terms of budget, and what you will accept for audio.
In my case, I wanted a system that didn't require large cash outlay (i.e. no large multichannel amps). I wanted one that I could grow piecemeal and buy things a bit at a time on a shoestring budget, yet they would work as an integrated whole. But I wanted true stereo in each room, from real in-ceiling speakers (FM radios don't cut it).
The solution I settled on is A-Bus. A-Bus is a music-over-Cat5 technology with You wire a single Cat5 (much easier to fish through walls than speaker cables) from a hub near your music source to each room. The hub is less than $100. In each room, you put an amplified volume control (less than $50 - see e.g. http://www.basshome.com/product_8464_detailed.htm - you can also get one that can pass IR to your audio source) and wire from that to your speakers, which is usually a fairly short run.
Works well, sounds great, looks like a high-end system, and not too much cash outlay at any given time.
Put some speakers all over your house, run them to an amp, run a cable from the amp to your PC. What's the problem?
Impedance. Your "solution" will just fry your amp.
As I'm responding to this, the ad box is running a Sun ad that states, "No wonder their name rhymes with Hell...". So I would conclude that Sun tends to pay attention to what the names rhyme with.
:-)
Also, Sun is pressing the reliability aspect of their solutions. Therefore, I'm willing to bet that Sun is hoping people will connect "Niagra" with a rhyming word with the connotation "stays up a long time." I'm not quite sure what that word would be, however.
p.s. actually they seem to be using Niagara. Perhaps this is to avoid potential trademark disputes.
That's a great idea! I can shell out to MS for a Windows license and then downl... oh wait, we're back to where we started.
I use Linux and when I need to read a Word document I use wv (wvware.sourceforge.net). Does a decent job.
Not to mention that I can't send in anything to my government... it's supposed to be two-way.
That's a twist I haven't heard before. Are you saying Massachusetts requires you to send them Word documents only?
Can't you just download the free Word Viewer? You have to do the same kind of thing with PDFs.
Where did you see the screenshots?
Assuming the music to be scanned is black and white, DPI is far more important than things like color range.
Yes, Firefox should put security fixes on their road map months in advance!
My little sister is acting up, too. And I'm looking for a new one as well.
No, you are not understanding what I'm writing.
You got that right.
I think you got your help, you just don't realize it. Project management using Gantt charts and waterfall diagrams is so 90's. You may want to think about updating your methods.
First, it wasn't a review. They didn't review anything.
/. blurb. But it was about Google! Gooooooooogle!
Second, it was a Google Mini.
Third, they didn't "put it through its paces" at all.
Lousy article, misleading
Actually, it looks to me like jmstriegel is trying hard to answer how he thinks a bot wouldn't respond. He knows he's being tested, and he responds with what he thinks will differentiate him from a bot.
Are you kidding? His response is basically "I can't answer that question. Ask another one." Like I said in another post, that sounds like something a Magic 8-Ball would say. If you've ever conversed with Eliza or other bots, you'd see they have an extensive list of ways to avoid answering a question. With responses just like his.
If you didn't know you were being tested, and were asked that question, would *you* answer with a vague, nonsensical response? Probably not.
Right. But a bot would. You seem to be contradicting your own argument.
Right. Which proves my point that the question is a stupid one for a "turing test."
My answer would have been something like, "I like to chill out to it. It relaxes me" instead of the bot-like "I can't answer your question. Ask another one." Isn't that one of the Magic 8-Ball answers? See how stupid that is?
...a möbius strip of these!
They're both morons.
I find that snippet hilarious, because jmstriegel is supposedly trying to act human, yet his answers are exactly like a bot.
I mean, how hard can it be to show that you understand the question?
Of course, shymuffin32's question is a ridiculously stupid one too... if you want to test a human you need to ask a specific question about current events or something. Bots are designed to answer vague questions like his.
Seriously, YaST? yum? GIMP? It all sounds like self-indulgient gibberish very quickly.
Oh, come on now. Once you realize the "y" in "yum" stands for "Yellow Dog", it all becomes clear.
With mod_rewrite you can do that with any CGI in any language.
Not quite. You'd still have to have a canonical URL handler with a different format. Then you have two things to maintain.
Raise your hand if you have jettisoned all browser bookmarks and just use http://del.icio.us/ (and/or the wonderful bookmarklets or Firefox plugin for it).
Good one. Made me almost spit out my Tab all over my parachute pants.
Are you kidding? When I need to do some in-depth research, I often start with research papers I find online through IEEE (which requires a subscription, by the way, and you cannot find them anywhere else). They often use as references books written by people who are leaders in their fields. I have NEVER been able to track down an online version of ANY of these books. A trip to the local universities' libraries are often necessary.
Based on my experience, it would seem that there is only a tiny fraction of available research material available online.