Look at the URL! here's a hint : http://www.dorsai.org/~delchi/cnn.htm *ISNT* where the source code for anything is posted, and it's not where CNN posts their news.
The "double standard" I was referring to was referring to ravigan's comment, "Uhhh....cause they worked pretty darned hard on it, and they want to make a profit? jeez, we do live in a capitalist society...". I wasn't referring to Metcalfe's article, which is filled with the B.S. you refer to.
The double standard is that of Slashbots wanting to get the code to every bit of software. Every story with a company keeping their source code (besides this) is peppered with comments saying "well, they should just open the source, and everything will be alright" etc. Now that Linus is involved, everything is alright? I think not.
It's amazing the double standard that most Slashbots have. If this was another company, they'd be flamed. But because Linus works there, it's all good, right? Err...
As I was driving today, listening to CD's (no, I don't have an MP3-Stereo, but that's another issue), I came to a part of the CD where it started skipping like mad. Yea, I treat my CDs like crap, but even after a while with normal usage, they start scratching up.
Why can't we have a format that's protected? 3 & 1/2 inch floppies were held inside plastic casing (that broke a lot, but that's another issue), Minidiscs are held in plastic casing...
I don't see the Transmeta making much of an effect in high-end laptops (unless they go dual-processor... a lot more viable with their kind of power consumption). The Crusoe will make more of an effect in low(er) end/long battery life laptops. Something like an iBook -- the iBook claims 6 hours of battery life, and isn't the blazing hardware that the G3 laptop is.
The AMD chip will probably affect prices more than Transmeta, much like it's affecting prices for desktop processors.
I'm sure lot's of UID's aren't being used. I made one, used it, and switched to this. Lot's of people have duplicates, lot's of people don't frequent Slashdot anymore. Active users, I'd say max 50,000.
Don't Minidisc's skip? If I was a runner (which, unfortunately, I'm not) I'd much rather have a MP3 player that doesn't skip vs. a Minidisc player that does.
Plus, I don't have any Minidisc disks. Say I own a different MP3 player that has a CompactFlash slot. I could move around CompactFlash cards between my digital camera, and my TRGPro.
Minidiscs haven't ever been a big technology in the United States, and they'll be pretty much overlooked by the majority of the population.
Ya'll are hackers here (well, a good portion of you). Anyway you people can make this beautiful piece of hardware play pure MP3s, no hassle? That'd be *great*.
More like, I want them to know I own the CDs, so I can go to work, and access the MP3s, or go to school, and access them, etc. Some people own enough CDs to make this useful.
There's no uploading involved. It checks your CD-ROM drive & verifies if you have a physical copy of a CD. If you do, then it gives you (password protected) access to the MP3s of it.
It depends. Do you use your computer for gaming? Then, it probably will. Do you do CAD work or something? It probably won't. The current incarnation of the computer (beige box) will be around for a while, especially in businesses. Homes will probably move more towards information appliances, like the PSX2.
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Anyway, MS will watch their steps a lot more now. They just had this monopoly trial remember? They definately don't want to screw up again.
The page says it's just a boot from CD & graphical install. Doesn't seem like it'd be an issue.
If it's half as wide, and half as tall, that makes it 1/4 the area.
Look at the URL! here's a hint : http://www.dorsai.org/~delchi/cnn.htm *ISNT* where the source code for anything is posted, and it's not where CNN posts their news.
The double standard is that of Slashbots wanting to get the code to every bit of software. Every story with a company keeping their source code (besides this) is peppered with comments saying "well, they should just open the source, and everything will be alright" etc. Now that Linus is involved, everything is alright? I think not.
It's amazing the double standard that most Slashbots have. If this was another company, they'd be flamed. But because Linus works there, it's all good, right? Err...
As I was driving today, listening to CD's (no, I don't have an MP3-Stereo, but that's another issue), I came to a part of the CD where it started skipping like mad. Yea, I treat my CDs like crap, but even after a while with normal usage, they start scratching up.
Why can't we have a format that's protected? 3 & 1/2 inch floppies were held inside plastic casing (that broke a lot, but that's another issue), Minidiscs are held in plastic casing...
Why do we have to go with CD type media?
I haven't seen it (it's slashdotted), but I would think it would get pretty hot. Definately not the overclockers' case.
I noticed. But maybe that's only because I spend my life on Slashdot. Apparently you do as well, I see your posts all over the place.
Off-topic, but hey, who cares.
IIRC, the Crusoe was already in full production in IBM's plants when it was announced. It's far from vaporware.
The AMD chip will probably affect prices more than Transmeta, much like it's affecting prices for desktop processors.
I'm sure lot's of UID's aren't being used. I made one, used it, and switched to this. Lot's of people have duplicates, lot's of people don't frequent Slashdot anymore. Active users, I'd say max 50,000.
The processor is 200mW according to this slide.
You know you've been burned by moderation too many times when you have to put "HUMOR" in the subject line.... :)
According to this article, it can't handle variable-bit rate encoding. And that's not the worst of its problems..
Plus, I don't have any Minidisc disks. Say I own a different MP3 player that has a CompactFlash slot. I could move around CompactFlash cards between my digital camera, and my TRGPro.
Minidiscs haven't ever been a big technology in the United States, and they'll be pretty much overlooked by the majority of the population.
Yea, this thing has no *space* for memory clip. It's not expandable at all.
CompactFlash is good, why can't they stick with one standard, instead of 3 different storage types?
Ya'll are hackers here (well, a good portion of you). Anyway you people can make this beautiful piece of hardware play pure MP3s, no hassle? That'd be *great*.
More like, I want them to know I own the CDs, so I can go to work, and access the MP3s, or go to school, and access them, etc. Some people own enough CDs to make this useful.
There's no uploading involved. It checks your CD-ROM drive & verifies if you have a physical copy of a CD. If you do, then it gives you (password protected) access to the MP3s of it.
Well, Slashdot doesn't even ATTEMPT to be biased. Sure, every author has his own bias, but Slashdot is very anti-government, anti-microsoft, et. al.
Except Slashdot doesn't pretend to be "Unbiased News for Nerds, Stuff that matters." If it claimed to be unbiased, then it would have serious issues.
It depends. Do you use your computer for gaming? Then, it probably will. Do you do CAD work or something? It probably won't. The current incarnation of the computer (beige box) will be around for a while, especially in businesses. Homes will probably move more towards information appliances, like the PSX2.
Unfortunately, newer motherboards don't even *have* ISA slots. Why should their owners suffer? What other alternatives do we have?
Why ISA? Why not PCI?