Extended battery life? My GBA-SP lasts weeks between charges (Granted, I don't play it every day). Still, I find it hard to consider buying a gaming portable that relies on rotational media which inherently draws *much* more power than solid state media. 3D graphic capability is nice, but battery life is king when it comes to portables.
In case you're wondering about the "funny" mod, it's probably because of your simultaneous insult of the site you're posting to whilst displaying your technical ineptitude. Pardon me while I laugh derisively.
They tried that. When I was a lad, BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was the "teaching" language that was meant for the classroom. Since large numbers of students became familiar with the language, some foolish people decided to use it for actual work. We've been suffering from the fallout ever since.
It was like teaching people to drive with go-karts, then trying to haul freight with go-karts since so many people knew how to drive them..
True enough, but I've had minimal problems with mine driving around metropolitan Chicago. It has a slider to choose from a couple of little-used frequencies.
It's true that there are much less Ogg-encoded files than mp3 on the file-sharing networks, but the numbers do seem to be growing. (at least on Gnutella, which is the only network I frequent)
I haven't encoded to mp3 for years. All my CDs are ripped to high-bitrate Ogg Vorbis format, it sounds better than mp3 and Ogg has no silly patent issues. MSN says WMA is gaining marketshare? Doesn't Micros~1 wish..
I think there are a lot of moderators who are either ignorant of the moderator guidelines or choose to ignore them. (IE. concentrate on modding up, not down) In my opinion, Slashdot would benefit from a competency exam for potential mods before they get their points. But in the big picture, it's not that big a deal, really.
Why would the permissions not be set properly? By default, most distros create secure user accounts, with/home/user owned by user:user and set to drwx------ permission. If I tried to list Bob's files, like so:
$ ls/home/bob
The result would be a swift:
ls:/home/bob Permission denied
Of course, it goes without saying that root can read anyone's files..
I remember using Netscape 1.0 at university, around 1994-95. Still had to manually connect with Winsock, then connect with Netscape (on a machine running Windows 3.1). What a joy it was when Netscape 2.0 was able to connect directly!
Later, I ran Netscape 3.x on my 486, but switched to IE4 because Netscape 4.x crashed all the time. Switched back to Mozilla at 0.9 something and currently run Firefox.
When I was a lad we didn't have any fancy-pants web pages at all. We had text-based BBS systems, and we liked them! It was a joy to behold the characters streaming in over the high-speed 300 baud modem. Didn't need anything faster since it was too hard to read the text before it scrolled off the screen. Course that's all changed now with you whippersnappers and your graphic modes. Get off my lawn!
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Rio Karma User Review
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· Score: 2, Insightful
Thanks for pointing out the problems with my review. To be honest, I was surprised to see this make the front page also. My intent in writing this was mainly to get the word out about some of the lesser-known features and issues with the Karma.
I forgot to mention it, but my Karma shipped with Rio's latest firmware. I reflashed it anyway before loading music onto it. When it locked up, I attempted to reflash the player but was unable to do so.
I think the inability to power down the unit is a critical flaw. In fact, this incident was what prompted me to write the article. However, I still love my Karma.:)
The HDTV Tivo is available in limited quantities. Can record 20 hours of HD content or 200 hours of regular quality. Best Buy is selling it for about $1000.
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Extended battery life? My GBA-SP lasts weeks between charges (Granted, I don't play it every day). Still, I find it hard to consider buying a gaming portable that relies on rotational media which inherently draws *much* more power than solid state media. 3D graphic capability is nice, but battery life is king when it comes to portables.
In case you're wondering about the "funny" mod, it's probably because of your simultaneous insult of the site you're posting to whilst displaying your technical ineptitude. Pardon me while I laugh derisively.
Ahaha, ahaha, aahahaha.
They tried that. When I was a lad, BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was the "teaching" language that was meant for the classroom. Since large numbers of students became familiar with the language, some foolish people decided to use it for actual work. We've been suffering from the fallout ever since.
It was like teaching people to drive with go-karts, then trying to haul freight with go-karts since so many people knew how to drive them..
True enough, but I've had minimal problems with mine driving around metropolitan Chicago. It has a slider to choose from a couple of little-used frequencies.
It's true that there are much less Ogg-encoded files than mp3 on the file-sharing networks, but the numbers do seem to be growing. (at least on Gnutella, which is the only network I frequent)
Major problem - no OGG car devices available whatsof***ever
Rio Karma + RF adapter works pretty well.
I haven't encoded to mp3 for years. All my CDs are ripped to high-bitrate Ogg Vorbis format, it sounds better than mp3 and Ogg has no silly patent issues. MSN says WMA is gaining marketshare? Doesn't Micros~1 wish..
Sounds like the Bene Gesseritt breeding program, I wonder if some head guys at IBM were Dune fans?
Can these be used to develop commercial software? Are they limited trial versions which stop working after a predetermined time?
I ask because that's my previous experience with "free" tools from Microsoft. (too lazy to read through the EULA)
I think there are a lot of moderators who are either ignorant of the moderator guidelines or choose to ignore them. (IE. concentrate on modding up, not down) In my opinion, Slashdot would benefit from a competency exam for potential mods before they get their points. But in the big picture, it's not that big a deal, really.
Why would the permissions not be set properly? By default, most distros create secure user accounts, with /home/user owned by user:user and set to drwx------ permission. If I tried to list Bob's files, like so:
/home/bob
/home/bob Permission denied
$ ls
The result would be a swift:
ls:
Of course, it goes without saying that root can read anyone's files..
Remember, if you can't support a medallion, you can't support a family.
Or roll across Jabba's tail..
I understand that network cables are expensive in some parts of the world, but they are cheap here. I think this one cost me $5 at MicroCenter. Meh.
How was the comment a troll? Apple has released players for it's Quicktime format on only two platforms, Mac and Windows. (AFAIK)
Or even libcaca for color ASCII goodness! ;)
I remember using Netscape 1.0 at university, around 1994-95. Still had to manually connect with Winsock, then connect with Netscape (on a machine running Windows 3.1). What a joy it was when Netscape 2.0 was able to connect directly!
Later, I ran Netscape 3.x on my 486, but switched to IE4 because Netscape 4.x crashed all the time. Switched back to Mozilla at 0.9 something and currently run Firefox.
When I was a lad we didn't have any fancy-pants web pages at all. We had text-based BBS systems, and we liked them! It was a joy to behold the characters streaming in over the high-speed 300 baud modem. Didn't need anything faster since it was too hard to read the text before it scrolled off the screen. Course that's all changed now with you whippersnappers and your graphic modes. Get off my lawn!
We're not at war with intolerance. Guess there's no money in it.
Well, I left my CAT-5 crimper in my other pants.
/hands over geek card
Thanks for pointing out the problems with my review. To be honest, I was surprised to see this make the front page also. My intent in writing this was mainly to get the word out about some of the lesser-known features and issues with the Karma.
I forgot to mention it, but my Karma shipped with Rio's latest firmware. I reflashed it anyway before loading music onto it. When it locked up, I attempted to reflash the player but was unable to do so.
I think the inability to power down the unit is a critical flaw. In fact, this incident was what prompted me to write the article. However, I still love my Karma. :)
The HDTV Tivo is available in limited quantities. Can record 20 hours of HD content or 200 hours of regular quality. Best Buy is selling it for about $1000.