What are smaller broadcasters required to pay now? $2100 per month doesn't seem like a terrible amount. I guess if you are a super small station you are going to be in trouble. What about SomaFM?
It may be a lame april fools joke, but in the long term I wouldn't be surprised if stuff like this starts to happen. There are already a lot of news organizations that put out updates via Twitter. 140 characters a little hard to fit an entire news story in, but people are giving less and less attention to the news these days anyway.
Ok, I get this, but how does what is described here do that? The user already has all of their music on their hard drive. This just seems to keep them from using another piece of software from connecting to the iPod.
I guess it does lock the user into iTunes, which probably generates a lot more money than the iPod sales.
Why are companies so intent on trying to lock people out of their hardware? I have stayed out of the portable MP3 market for years, but recently got a used 5th gen IPOD off of craigslist. Luckily it works fine with Amarok, and other Linux apps.
I just don't understand what they gain by locking out a certain group of users from their Ipods.
The main reason I got an iPod was because I knew I could use it in linux.
I just recently started cycling regularly. Cycling and computers go together very well. I have a computer on my bike! There are also lots of biking websites to plan out your routes and log your distances.
The whistleblower protection thing always seemed pretty silly to me. It not like you are going to want to keep your job after you blow the lid on some company.
I guess it also has protections against possible legal action, but this guy doens't sound like he's in any legal trouble.
As far as Cisco going down hill I don't really agree with that. Currently Cisco is expanding their product offerings into new unexplored territories such as IP Telephony. I have installed and supported several of these systems. As long as you follow thier design, install, and support guidelines they are as robust and as problem free as any other platform that i've worked with.
I think most people on Slashdot understand the complexities of the internet world. A minor change here can have a huge, uexpected, impact across the network or application. However, if time tested procedures for upgrades and testing are followed nothing has really changed. I think what may be giving a Cisco a bad name is all of the under qualified people out there installing their systems. The MS world of patch it, reboot, and go about your business does not fly when you critical systems are involved.
Actually neither XM or Sirius are 100% Commercial Free. The news, talk and variety stations have commercials. However the music stations on both are commercial free.
Having a "semi-fake" gun to use as personal protection doesn't seem like a good idea. Say you whip out the old bb gun and point it at Mr Home Invader and he whips out his Desert Eagle. You probably just got yourself killed.
That has been my personal experiance. You can speak from your experiance if you like. But this is my personal experiance. Maybe there is a newer firmware or something i'm missing. I'm not sure, but all I can speak is what I know.
Forget the iPod. It's overpriced, and not up to par. There are plenty of iPod killers out there now. Take the Rio Karma as an example. I've had mine for atleast a month now and I love it. It plays oggs, has an ethernet port, rca jacks, and a VU meter. It also plays mp3s a lot better than even the newest iPods. When a track is finished and it goes to the next track there is 0 skip. On the iPod there is about a 1 to 2 second pause. You might wonder why this is important. If you listen to electronic dance music and you have mixed CDs this is very important so you don't mess up the flow of the music.
This article is a joke, atleast where I work. In my experiance developers aren't concerned with important things like uptime and reduncendy. They will just willy nilly apply patches with out testing, or put the test environment into production. Half of my job as an administrator is just keeping the developers for screwing things up.
It's very funny that this article came out tonight. I got a Karma for "christmas" but couldn't resist opening it early. It's been sitting on my desk for a few days now, but tonight it is plugged in. I must say that I'm very delighted about my new MP3 player. Not only does it play OGG Vorbis files, but it also plays FLAC tracks too. I've never heard of a portable player that plays FLAC files(however I don't really keep track of these things). Anyway so far it's a great player. Switching between tracks is almost instant, playlist editing on the device is cool.
Now just when you thought this thing was cool with the FLAC and OGG support just wait. It's got a (drum roll please)...
ethernet port.
WOW!!! A++++
So far the ethernet port allows you to transfer files to and from the karma with the java client, but they claim to be working on streaming and kicking off tracks. It's got RCA jacks on the dock so you can hook it to your stereo. I'm really not sure if I could have asked for a better device. Maybe if it had a line in for recording it would get the highest score. I give it a 9.9
I'm a ham radio operator and I can speak first hand of this type of interference. Hams and Police/Fire/Emergency all use similar bands. 140Mhz 440Mhz The problem is when you get near and area with a high concentraton of cell phone towers you hear tons of digital interference. It's gotten to the point, where I live, that I dont' even turn on my radio when I'm in downtown. There are supposed to be filters around which can block out this interference but they are expensive and I've never met anyone that owned one.
My Adtran Telephone switch will let me put in whatever caller ID name and numbers I want. We've got a PRI at work and I can send my DID numbers for each employee, or our main office.
Are you joking? I thought everyone had heard of Moore's law. I never really thought of it as a law, but more as a suggestion. Then again I've never really read his original article in much detail.
What the press, and a lot of other people, seem to do is apply it to things like hard drives. Hard drives do seem to follow a similar principle, but i'm not sure if it's on the same scale as Moore's law.
Not that I really want to get the whole GNU/Linux debate and flame war going, but Linux is just a kernel, so technically the title is correct. I Linux configuration tool can't really be much more than a kernel configuration tool.
As far as needing a new tool goes, I really don't see the need. make menuconfig works great for me, but there might be some underlying problems when adding new functinality to the kernel and whatnot. Having it detect my hardware and build a static kernel with no modules would be pretty damn cool.
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Ugh OH, Everyone watch out, we have an adminitted pirate among us
I'm sure you could take a Physics class at a local community for cheap. You might even be able to audit it even cheaper. In the class you would get hands on labs and other things you might not be able to get just from reading a book
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This would only apply to record labels or artists covered by SoundExchange.
Basically it's part of the RIAA so you have the Big 4. Sony EMI, Universal, and Warner.
There may be some others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundExchange#Business_structure_and_oversight
What are smaller broadcasters required to pay now? $2100 per month doesn't seem like a terrible amount. I guess if you are a super small station you are going to be in trouble. What about SomaFM?
It may be a lame april fools joke, but in the long term I wouldn't be surprised if stuff like this starts to happen. There are already a lot of news organizations that put out updates via Twitter. 140 characters a little hard to fit an entire news story in, but people are giving less and less attention to the news these days anyway.
Ok, I get this, but how does what is described here do that? The user already has all of their music on their hard drive. This just seems to keep them from using another piece of software from connecting to the iPod.
I guess it does lock the user into iTunes, which probably generates a lot more money than the iPod sales.
Maybe they are finally getting around to busting you for making copies of Leisure Suit Larry and giving them to your friends.
Why are companies so intent on trying to lock people out of their hardware? I have stayed out of the portable MP3 market for years, but recently got a used 5th gen IPOD off of craigslist. Luckily it works fine with Amarok, and other Linux apps.
I just don't understand what they gain by locking out a certain group of users from their Ipods.
The main reason I got an iPod was because I knew I could use it in linux.
Who wants to take bets on:
Us not withdrawing from Iraq?
It won't happen. Well maybe it will, because they are already talking about it, but Obama isn't just going to bring the boys home in Feb.
Whether most slashdotters with decent IT careers end up paying more taxes?
That will most certainly happen. If they let Bush's Tax cuts expire a lot of people are going to get caught up in it.
Don't take this wrong, McCain sucks too. I just wish people would stop drinking from either coolaid.
Amen Brother
I just recently started cycling regularly. Cycling and computers go together very well. I have a computer on my bike! There are also lots of biking websites to plan out your routes and log your distances.
The whistleblower protection thing always seemed pretty silly to me. It not like you are going to want to keep your job after you blow the lid on some company.
I guess it also has protections against possible legal action, but this guy doens't sound like he's in any legal trouble.
I must have missed the "master password" thing.
As far as Cisco going down hill I don't really agree with that. Currently Cisco is expanding their product offerings into new unexplored territories such as IP Telephony. I have installed and supported several of these systems. As long as you follow thier design, install, and support guidelines they are as robust and as problem free as any other platform that i've worked with.
I think most people on Slashdot understand the complexities of the internet world. A minor change here can have a huge, uexpected, impact across the network or application. However, if time tested procedures for upgrades and testing are followed nothing has really changed. I think what may be giving a Cisco a bad name is all of the under qualified people out there installing their systems. The MS world of patch it, reboot, and go about your business does not fly when you critical systems are involved.
Actually neither XM or Sirius are 100% Commercial Free. The news, talk and variety stations have commercials. However the music stations on both are commercial free.
Having a "semi-fake" gun to use as personal protection doesn't seem like a good idea. Say you whip out the old bb gun and point it at Mr Home Invader and he whips out his Desert Eagle. You probably just got yourself killed.
FUD PUD
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That has been my personal experiance. You can speak from your experiance if you like. But this is my personal experiance. Maybe there is a newer firmware or something i'm missing. I'm not sure, but all I can speak is what I know.
and it's overpriced
Forget the iPod. It's overpriced, and not up to par. There are plenty of iPod killers out there now. Take the Rio Karma as an example. I've had mine for atleast a month now and I love it. It plays oggs, has an ethernet port, rca jacks, and a VU meter. It also plays mp3s a lot better than even the newest iPods. When a track is finished and it goes to the next track there is 0 skip. On the iPod there is about a 1 to 2 second pause. You might wonder why this is important. If you listen to electronic dance music and you have mixed CDs this is very important so you don't mess up the flow of the music.
Can the iPod.
No, you cannot mount it like a disk. You can however copy files to it using their little utility.
This article is a joke, atleast where I work. In my experiance developers aren't concerned with important things like uptime and reduncendy. They will just willy nilly apply patches with out testing, or put the test environment into production. Half of my job as an administrator is just keeping the developers for screwing things up.
It's very funny that this article came out tonight. I got a Karma for "christmas" but couldn't resist opening it early. It's been sitting on my desk for a few days now, but tonight it is plugged in. I must say that I'm very delighted about my new MP3 player. Not only does it play OGG Vorbis files, but it also plays FLAC tracks too. I've never heard of a portable player that plays FLAC files(however I don't really keep track of these things). Anyway so far it's a great player. Switching between tracks is almost instant, playlist editing on the device is cool.
...
Now just when you thought this thing was cool with the FLAC and OGG support just wait. It's got a (drum roll please)
ethernet port.
WOW!!! A++++
So far the ethernet port allows you to transfer files to and from the karma with the java client, but they claim to be working on streaming and kicking off tracks. It's got RCA jacks on the dock so you can hook it to your stereo. I'm really not sure if I could have asked for a better device. Maybe if it had a line in for recording it would get the highest score. I give it a 9.9
I'm a ham radio operator and I can speak first hand of this type of interference. Hams and Police/Fire/Emergency all use similar bands. 140Mhz 440Mhz The problem is when you get near and area with a high concentraton of cell phone towers you hear tons of digital interference. It's gotten to the point, where I live, that I dont' even turn on my radio when I'm in downtown. There are supposed to be filters around which can block out this interference but they are expensive and I've never met anyone that owned one.
My Adtran Telephone switch will let me put in whatever caller ID name and numbers I want. We've got a PRI at work and I can send my DID numbers for each employee, or our main office.
Are you joking? I thought everyone had heard of Moore's law. I never really thought of it as a law, but more as a suggestion. Then again I've never really read his original article in much detail.
What the press, and a lot of other people, seem to do is apply it to things like hard drives. Hard drives do seem to follow a similar principle, but i'm not sure if it's on the same scale as Moore's law.
who broke slashdot? Naughty boys, Naughty boys.
Lets just all hope it's not terrorists or that sneaky slammer nonsense.
That does seem a bit strange, you would think there would be a a better place to make beer.
At least the cleanup is easy.
Not that I really want to get the whole GNU/Linux debate and flame war going, but Linux is just a kernel, so technically the title is correct. I Linux configuration tool can't really be much more than a kernel configuration tool.
As far as needing a new tool goes, I really don't see the need. make menuconfig works great for me, but there might be some underlying problems when adding new functinality to the kernel and whatnot. Having it detect my hardware and build a static kernel with no modules would be pretty damn cool.
Ugh OH, Everyone watch out, we have an adminitted pirate among us
I'm sure you could take a Physics class at a local community for cheap. You might even be able to audit it even cheaper. In the class you would get hands on labs and other things you might not be able to get just from reading a book