Agreed, I believe it is because car stereo manufactures are interested in having you upgrade from the base model that came with your car. Yeah, it is a little conspirational, but I can't think of a better reason. Aux jacks would probably only add under a dollar to the end cost of a stereo.
Instead of a casette tape player like you are using, I might reccomend a FM transmitter. There are a bunch out there on the market. I've not bought one myself, but am thinking about thisfor 25 bux:
I don't know too much about the quality, but there are other, more expensive models that hook up in-line with your antenna, jacking FM direct into your stereo on a preselectable station. (My inderstanding is that you have to have an on-off switch with these, as they are powerful enough to disrupt other stations' reception too.)
a wealth of information can be found on the forums at http://www.mp3car.com too. These guys deal with this every day.
You know, here in Washington State (through the Attorney General's office) we have an opt-out list for SPAM. Sign up to the list, and mass-emailers must (required by law) cross check their lists against the list the Attorney General has registered. In theory, a great program.
The with the proposed cell phone registry is just the same as with the e-mail list: It does not work.
The RIAA will have to have a pretty careful strategy with this tactic. If they sue anyone, it is going to instantly have meteoric press coverage, especially if they sue one of the "supernodes" for an high $$ amount. Public sentiment against the RIAA will be astronomical if they don't choose someone who is:
1. Undeniably guilty 2. Unremorseful 3. A poor martyr
Public opinion is fairly well split on the filesharing issue, but if a big corporate entity makes a martyr out of someone, you can bet public opinion will sway quickly.
And don't think the RIAA has not considered this issue.
The RIAA will have to have a pretty careful strategy with this tactic. If they sue anyone, it is going to instantly have meteoric press coverage, especially if they sue one of the "supernodes" for an high $$ amount. Public sentiment against the RIAA will be astronomical if they don't choose someone who is:
1. Undeniably guilty
2. Unremorseful
3. A poor martyr
Public opinion is fairly well split on the filesharing issue, but if a big corporate entity makes a martyr out of someone, you can bet public opinion will sway quickly.
And dont think the RIAA has not considered this issue.
Perhaps a little bit off topic, but one of my favorite pranks when I used to work in downtown Seattle was printing "Happy April Fool's Day" on every printer simultaneously at a freinds company. You would have thought with 25 printers they woudl have a more secure network!
It really bothers me when all sorts of products advertise boldly "share your cable modem connection with all the computers in your house!" But of course, the cable providers don't support this and send out their cease and desist letters if you do it!
My favorite prank to play on people with Nextels is to wait for them to go into a crowded bathroom and then say (over their phones loudspeaker)something like "and John, don't forget to wash your hands when you are done in there!"
sniff, sniff.... don't all developers go without the restraints of soap?
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not to be arguementative, but the search feature is as up to date as anything on Slashdot. Search does not just search the archives, but searches everything that is on the site, right up until the time you press the button.
I'm sure the first post lusers know all about this, it is the fastest way to see what is current in ALL of the sections not just what is on the front page. If not, they do now...
Unless I am crazy that is.
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This is not true at all, some stories from all catagories get skipped somehow. I was just trying to figure this out earlier today in fact.
I found that instead of going to the slashdot.org main page if you do a 'search' with all the boxes in their default setting you will see *all* slashdot stories. Try it out sometime, read the stories "they" don't want you to see.
naaahhh, that won't be a problem at all. Who in their right mind would build a robot that was not equiped with at least a few high powered lasers?
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Personally, I'm all for the change. But there is something that no one has pointed out yet: The enormous cost of new capital machinery.
Many years ago I worked for Coca-Cola, who had 1 million plus vending machines with dollar bill acceptors in South East Wisconsin. Figuring the hard costs alone of new bill validators at 20 million bucks, you can bet there are going will be some VERY strong lobbying when these proposed changes start getting discussed.
The problem with the technology as it 'exists' right now is that you can't create master originals, and create thousands of copies from a master. From the article "This means that they can't be used for mass distribution of consumer content"
With this limitation, an important consideration becomes how do I get my data onto the medium? For example, assuming you have 500 gigabytes of data (pr0n,mp3s...) , how long will it take to put on these disks? The speed bottleneck becomes the computers ability to process the data, not the storage device itself.
Went back and looked at the site for the.com I used to work for, very nostalgic. The wayback machine is a good resource for people who create content on someone's site (a.k.a. me), and then lose access to it because the company goes under. Now I'm able to add my old content to my portfolio, now that the company who once owned it is gone.
Interesting article! I think the most positive aspect of this turn of events is how the music will be much more dependent on its own virtue. Now FINALLY with mass distrubution of lesser known music, fans will be able to find what they really love to listen to
For years I've been creating my passwords not based on words, but on easy to remember hand motions. to give a very simple example:
Qwerty78
a simple rolling left to right motion, plus a few numbers. Very easy to remember, tough to crack if you try a brute force attempt.
I was looking for that same article, I remember reading it when it came out, thinking this guy was somewhere inbetween a complete wackjob and visionary. There is also an older article in wired that touches on the same issues
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.04/
In the desire to be wired story
Doggies have bad breath, even after you give them a tic-tac. Amy-age 9
In the course of this discussion it should be noted that in the March 21st PC magazine John C. Dvorak notes (pg 97) that: Sanyo has opened up a new LCD plant that will make a 26-by 34 inch LCD glass substrate. Such plates will be used mostly for 15 inch and smaller displays for notebooks. This process allows an individual panel to be made in any size up to the size of the glass substrate. Aclaculation is made as to the value of the various sizes and how many individual panels can be cut out of the giant piece. Marketing and mathematics determine how the chunk will be cut up. Its kind of like cutting cloth, and once done you can't go back. **But I suspect that with a piece of substrate this big at least a few monster panels will be nade for trade shows and bragging rights.** Now for my two cents: While I do like LCD technology for its size, for those of you wishing to put two web pages side by side I would strongly reccomend the two monitor solution. For my computer, I bought a $25 monitor card and used a 6 year old moitor for my second screen. Tada! Problems solved! Win 98 supports two monitors reasonably well. On a semi-related note, My first monitor is 27" diagonal viewable. (My second monitor is attached to a 25' cable and sits next to my couch) Where did you get a 27" monitor you ask? For a while Gateway was producing a computer called the XTV, the first TV/Computer crossover. Resolution and dot pitch are not great, but much better on my 27" monitor than the whopping 34" or 36" they also produced for the XTV series. Talk about a big monitor! The best part was that the whole system cost $2,500 for 400 Megahertz processor, CD-RW, DVD player and 192 Mb RAM. I don't know why they stopped making these things, thy where a great deal!! Last thing, I think the only option for you out there that want a TV/Computer hybrid is to wait till HDTV supports imput from computers, but I don't know how long this is supposed to take before it happens if it is indeed possible. Convergence is the future!
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Agreed, I believe it is because car stereo manufactures are interested in having you upgrade from the base model that came with your car. Yeah, it is a little conspirational, but I can't think of a better reason. Aux jacks would probably only add under a dollar to the end cost of a stereo.
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Instead of a casette tape player like you are using, I might reccomend a FM transmitter. There are a bunch out there on the market. I've not bought one myself, but am thinking about thisfor 25 bux:
http://www.mp3playerstore.com/buy_it_now__/link-i
I don't know too much about the quality, but there are other, more expensive models that hook up in-line with your antenna, jacking FM direct into your stereo on a preselectable station. (My inderstanding is that you have to have an on-off switch with these, as they are powerful enough to disrupt other stations' reception too.)
a wealth of information can be found on the forums at http://www.mp3car.com too. These guys deal with this every day.
You know, here in Washington State (through the Attorney General's office) we have an opt-out list for SPAM. Sign up to the list, and mass-emailers must (required by law) cross check their lists against the list the Attorney General has registered. In theory, a great program.
The with the proposed cell phone registry is just the same as with the e-mail list: It does not work.
The RIAA will have to have a pretty careful strategy with this tactic. If they sue anyone, it is going to instantly have meteoric press coverage, especially if they sue one of the "supernodes" for an high $$ amount. Public sentiment against the RIAA will be astronomical if they don't choose someone who is:
1. Undeniably guilty
2. Unremorseful
3. A poor martyr
Public opinion is fairly well split on the filesharing issue, but if a big corporate entity makes a martyr out of someone, you can bet public opinion will sway quickly.
And don't think the RIAA has not considered this issue.
The RIAA will have to have a pretty careful strategy with this tactic. If they sue anyone, it is going to instantly have meteoric press coverage, especially if they sue one of the "supernodes" for an high $$ amount. Public sentiment against the RIAA will be astronomical if they don't choose someone who is: 1. Undeniably guilty 2. Unremorseful 3. A poor martyr Public opinion is fairly well split on the filesharing issue, but if a big corporate entity makes a martyr out of someone, you can bet public opinion will sway quickly. And dont think the RIAA has not considered this issue.
Perhaps a little bit off topic, but one of my favorite pranks when I used to work in downtown Seattle was printing "Happy April Fool's Day" on every printer simultaneously at a freinds company. You would have thought with 25 printers they woudl have a more secure network!
It really bothers me when all sorts of products advertise boldly "share your cable modem connection with all the computers in your house!" But of course, the cable providers don't support this and send out their cease and desist letters if you do it!
My favorite prank to play on people with Nextels is to wait for them to go into a crowded bathroom and then say (over their phones loudspeaker)something like "and John, don't forget to wash your hands when you are done in there!"
Gets 'em every time!
sniff, sniff.... don't all developers go without the restraints of soap?
not to be arguementative, but the search feature is as up to date as anything on Slashdot. Search does not just search the archives, but searches everything that is on the site, right up until the time you press the button.
I'm sure the first post lusers know all about this, it is the fastest way to see what is current in ALL of the sections not just what is on the front page. If not, they do now...
Unless I am crazy that is.
This is not true at all, some stories from all catagories get skipped somehow. I was just trying to figure this out earlier today in fact. I found that instead of going to the slashdot.org main page if you do a 'search' with all the boxes in their default setting you will see *all* slashdot stories. Try it out sometime, read the stories "they" don't want you to see.
naaahhh, that won't be a problem at all. Who in their right mind would build a robot that was not equiped with at least a few high powered lasers?
Personally, I'm all for the change. But there is something that no one has pointed out yet: The enormous cost of new capital machinery.
Many years ago I worked for Coca-Cola, who had 1 million plus vending machines with dollar bill acceptors in South East Wisconsin. Figuring the hard costs alone of new bill validators at 20 million bucks, you can bet there are going will be some VERY strong lobbying when these proposed changes start getting discussed.
The problem with the technology as it 'exists' right now is that you can't create master originals, and create thousands of copies from a master. From the article "This means that they can't be used for mass distribution of consumer content"
With this limitation, an important consideration becomes how do I get my data onto the medium? For example, assuming you have 500 gigabytes of data (pr0n,mp3s...) , how long will it take to put on these disks? The speed bottleneck becomes the computers ability to process the data, not the storage device itself.
Went back and looked at the site for the .com I used to work for, very nostalgic. The wayback machine is a good resource for people who create content on someone's site (a.k.a. me), and then lose access to it because the company goes under. Now I'm able to add my old content to my portfolio, now that the company who once owned it is gone.
looks to me like the reason they are so cheap in Africa is that filthy fat Americans are paying most of the per unit costs.
Interesting article! I think the most positive aspect of this turn of events is how the music will be much more dependent on its own virtue. Now FINALLY with mass distrubution of lesser known music, fans will be able to find what they really love to listen to
For years I've been creating my passwords not based on words, but on easy to remember hand motions. to give a very simple example: Qwerty78 a simple rolling left to right motion, plus a few numbers. Very easy to remember, tough to crack if you try a brute force attempt.
I was looking for that same article, I remember reading it when it came out, thinking this guy was somewhere inbetween a complete wackjob and visionary. There is also an older article in wired that touches on the same issues
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.04/
In the desire to be wired story
Doggies have bad breath, even after you give them a tic-tac. Amy-age 9
In the course of this discussion it should be noted that in the March 21st PC magazine John C. Dvorak notes (pg 97) that: Sanyo has opened up a new LCD plant that will make a 26-by 34 inch LCD glass substrate. Such plates will be used mostly for 15 inch and smaller displays for notebooks. This process allows an individual panel to be made in any size up to the size of the glass substrate. Aclaculation is made as to the value of the various sizes and how many individual panels can be cut out of the giant piece. Marketing and mathematics determine how the chunk will be cut up. Its kind of like cutting cloth, and once done you can't go back. **But I suspect that with a piece of substrate this big at least a few monster panels will be nade for trade shows and bragging rights.** Now for my two cents: While I do like LCD technology for its size, for those of you wishing to put two web pages side by side I would strongly reccomend the two monitor solution. For my computer, I bought a $25 monitor card and used a 6 year old moitor for my second screen. Tada! Problems solved! Win 98 supports two monitors reasonably well. On a semi-related note, My first monitor is 27" diagonal viewable. (My second monitor is attached to a 25' cable and sits next to my couch) Where did you get a 27" monitor you ask? For a while Gateway was producing a computer called the XTV, the first TV/Computer crossover. Resolution and dot pitch are not great, but much better on my 27" monitor than the whopping 34" or 36" they also produced for the XTV series. Talk about a big monitor! The best part was that the whole system cost $2,500 for 400 Megahertz processor, CD-RW, DVD player and 192 Mb RAM. I don't know why they stopped making these things, thy where a great deal!! Last thing, I think the only option for you out there that want a TV/Computer hybrid is to wait till HDTV supports imput from computers, but I don't know how long this is supposed to take before it happens if it is indeed possible. Convergence is the future!