HARP shows that Be, for one, is thinking beyond that very tight concept of what a Net appliance is. The code, essentially a sub-set of BeIA, will allow hi-fi vendors to build components and all-in-one systems that can access the Internet, pull down audio or video content, play it back to the listener and maybe even archive it for future use.
Kit vendors are going to like it is as much as users will. HARP hooks into Be's BeIA Management and Administration Platform (MAP), which allows them to remotely manage users' equipment, transparently updating codecs and OS components, adding support for new data formats, and so on.
Of course, on that last part, they could always change the codec so that you couldn't do certain things, and we'd all be screaming if M$ tried that.
Nice idiotic rant, but it has nothing to do with this story. This story is about centralized PCs. They all fit on a rack. It's still controlled by the end user. It doesn't come with a Floppy or CD? Big whoop. It comes with at least 2 USB ports, as well as a parallel port for removable storage decives. The only down side for these things is that your users can't pop it open and add their own cards. Again, Big Whoop. Read the story next time.
Your comment isn't necessarily true. People like buzzwords. I'm 90% certain that my parents (who are your average users, pretty much) would be asking for the mp3 capability. They don't know about ASF, WMP, etc, etc. They know "mp3". The buzzword's been accepted into popular society, and even Microsnot would have problems going against that.
and the other way around too. I've seen liberals "distort the truth" to get their way. I would like to see Aldridge's side of things, but I don't think FR should be required to do it for him.
It's actually a fun board to read, provided you (a) don't get offended too easily (some of the viewpoints can be a bit out there, even for me), (b) know your own mind, and (c) have a ton of free time.
Yes, FR can be a bit out there at times, but so can Slashdot. Think of it as an ultra-conservative Slashdot. They post links to stories, (and *cough* usually include the entire story, so you don't need to go read the article then come back to FR in order to comment on it) the stories are typically stuff you won't find on other news sites (it's fun and pointless trying to find Conservative stories on most news sites), and it is an eyeopener. Go take a look.
I can't wait, actually. How many people buy CDs to listen to at work? Most of my coworkers are listening to CDs on their computers. If it won't play, they'll exchange it (hopefully a couple of times), then give up and get their money back. This will cost the record company a sale, they'll have to deal with 2+ returned CDs, and they've pissed off the distribution chain which has lost money on the non-sale. "That's not very good at all, Yogi."
It sends a nice signal to the artist: "you're worth a lot, we don't want anyone listening to you". Or if you're a small artist: "you're not worth it". A true no-win proposition. If only I could stomach Country enough to buy & return 1.
Gee, just went to Kerbango, and they're doing pre-orders, so I guess none were ever made.
Honestly, that could've been a good idea, but the market was niche, to say the least. Lessee...
You must have broadband access.
You need to run an ethernet cable to wherever you want to listen to this thing. Not bad for new houses, but my apartment wouldn't work.
I did like the small screen, to be honest. Unlike most others, I think. That way, if it's running standalone, you don't need help to figure out what to listen to. That being said, how about an RCA out?! Choose your programs (if you've got it hooked up to your stereo) on your TV! That could work.
Home network? I think anyone with a home network right now is pretty much on the bleeding edge, and will have figured out some other way to listen to internet radio (I'd run wires from my computer to my stereo, but it adds too much hum to my system). Such as X-10's MP3 anywhere, if nothing else. Standalone idea is good if implemented properly, but IMHO this wasn't.
Price. This is probably a biggie. $300 is a bit pricey, especially for a consumer gadget, which is what this is. Plus all of the above. And if I wanted to listen to it upstairs, I'd need to get another couple hundred dollar wireless setup.
That being said, that plus an Airport setup could've rocked.
Someone commented about how consumers change TVs every 7 years. But I don't want to buy a 3000$ TV right now! Yes, we have until 2006. But if I buy a new TV right now, unless I want to spend >$1000, it's non-HDTV. So when I buy my new TV in 2008, I will not have had TV for a year? Screw you.
It works without requiring a massive overhaul.
On the minus side:
Grey Letterbox? PASS. I have enough problems viewing the black ones. And I'm a home theater nut!
Lower Resolution? Argh. Why were we going to HDTV again?
Overall, I think it's a nice compromise. It will work for a while, show the consumers what HDTV is capable of. Someone will buy a HDTV (or a big monitor and a Geforce card) and show off, and other people will upgrade also. This gives us more time.
I just ordered a copy of a Eric Frank Russell short story compilation from them, but I was amazed at all the different books listed that they've printed. Well worth a look if you like older science fiction.
Since the apache script that Voodooextreme is using appears to be not working (well, I can't get to the images!), here's the direct links. Someone want to mirror them? (delete the space in jpg... damn browser is adding it)
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg01.jp g
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg02.jp g
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg03.jp g
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg04.jp g
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg05.jp g
IIRC, Italy has a compulsory licenses for recordings of live music. Any Italian bootleg you buy is technically legit, since for every sale they put a certain amount in a bank account for the musician. It doesn't matter if the label/band objects, since it's a compulsory license. The Italian government has said, essentially, "pay and you have a legal license".
The fun part is that bank account. The labels/bands can't take the money, since that would legitimize the bootleg! So there's a ton of money gaining interest in all these accounts. Wow.
Anyone who can land that satellite that well with that kind of lag, I want on my team.
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Wow, I hate to say that, but that was an amazing waste of an interview. They basically admitted nothing (as nakaduct said), except that they like seafood and are not releasing BeOS drivers. The rest of it was a wash. Nothing about where they're going or what they're doing. Useless.
Hell, I'd at least expect them to say something about when the NV 20 is due.
On virtual reality: "The day an unemployed iron worker can lay in his barka-lounger and fuck Claudia Schiffer for $19.95, it'll make Crack look like fucking Sanka" --Dennis Miller
Glen, thanks for all your work over the years. I still use my Newt, pretty much daily. It's the perfect cross: a laptop when you need it, and a PDA when you need that. A truly gorgeous machine, helped by all the software developers that wrote stuff that made it indispensable.
Sure, he'll get more visitors. And?? I got the error message, and am probably not going back due to his lack of programming skills. But all I did was waste his bandwidth. He gets nothing out of it.
I just called my congressman's office (Joe Barton, fwiw), and according to them, there is some good news. The bill passed the House on the 15th, so don't bother calling. However, a different version was passed in the Senate, which would mean that it has to get sent back (House & Senate must pass identical versions of the bill) to the House, which has already recessed. So, in order for it to get passed it would have to get reintroduced next year. We'll have to look into this next year. But there's no need to call. (It passed on the 15th)
From what I've read of the libertarians, there are three different ways to get the money needed for the government:
Excise Taxes
Tariffs
Flat Tax
No, 1 & 2 don't provide nearly the amount of the current government. However, they would cover a minimized government that isn't spending as much. According to the libertarians, 1 & 2 would provide for a military to protect America. (note that we would essentially be isolationist). 3 does not require the IRS and the massive bureaucracy behind it.
Easy...
1) Linux CDs. (we want the stores to sell out so that Bill gets scared)
2) Since the article will come from this thread, why not just read this thread in a day or so? See what looks good, and go buy it beforehand. Make a killing selling them on ebay.
The big problem I see (as a totally-uninformed-about-minidisc user) is that you're having to copy it twice. I just ripped it to mp3 (or grabbed it, or whatever), and now I have to copy it again? Also, how long does it take to copy? One of the nice things about my RIO is that I choose 5-6 songs, toss em on, wait a minute to upload, then go. On the Minidisk, don't you have to wait for it to burn the disc?
Just some random spewage.
Slashdot Mirror
And other Napster clients supposedly can filter out the 'corrupt' servers.
:)
Actually, that's not a bad idea. Have a Slashdot-style moderation scheme for P2P servers... I should patent that.
From the Register article:
HARP shows that Be, for one, is thinking beyond that very tight concept of what a Net appliance is. The code, essentially a sub-set of BeIA, will allow hi-fi vendors to build components and all-in-one systems that can access the Internet, pull down audio or video content, play it back to the listener and maybe even archive it for future use.
Kit vendors are going to like it is as much as users will. HARP hooks into Be's BeIA Management and Administration Platform (MAP), which allows them to remotely manage users' equipment, transparently updating codecs and OS components, adding support for new data formats, and so on.
Of course, on that last part, they could always change the codec so that you couldn't do certain things, and we'd all be screaming if M$ tried that.
Pretty cool, though.
Nice idiotic rant, but it has nothing to do with this story. This story is about centralized PCs. They all fit on a rack. It's still controlled by the end user. It doesn't come with a Floppy or CD? Big whoop. It comes with at least 2 USB ports, as well as a parallel port for removable storage decives. The only down side for these things is that your users can't pop it open and add their own cards. Again, Big Whoop. Read the story next time.
I figured that the original post was 5:Humor, not 5:Insightful. I think it's supposed to be funny, but a little too serious for its own good.
Your comment isn't necessarily true. People like buzzwords. I'm 90% certain that my parents (who are your average users, pretty much) would be asking for the mp3 capability. They don't know about ASF, WMP, etc, etc. They know "mp3". The buzzword's been accepted into popular society, and even Microsnot would have problems going against that.
and the other way around too. I've seen liberals "distort the truth" to get their way. I would like to see Aldridge's side of things, but I don't think FR should be required to do it for him.
It's actually a fun board to read, provided you (a) don't get offended too easily (some of the viewpoints can be a bit out there, even for me), (b) know your own mind, and (c) have a ton of free time.
Yes, FR can be a bit out there at times, but so can Slashdot. Think of it as an ultra-conservative Slashdot. They post links to stories, (and *cough* usually include the entire story, so you don't need to go read the article then come back to FR in order to comment on it) the stories are typically stuff you won't find on other news sites (it's fun and pointless trying to find Conservative stories on most news sites), and it is an eyeopener. Go take a look.
I can't wait, actually. How many people buy CDs to listen to at work? Most of my coworkers are listening to CDs on their computers. If it won't play, they'll exchange it (hopefully a couple of times), then give up and get their money back. This will cost the record company a sale, they'll have to deal with 2+ returned CDs, and they've pissed off the distribution chain which has lost money on the non-sale. "That's not very good at all, Yogi."
It sends a nice signal to the artist: "you're worth a lot, we don't want anyone listening to you". Or if you're a small artist: "you're not worth it". A true no-win proposition. If only I could stomach Country enough to buy & return 1.
Honestly, that could've been a good idea, but the market was niche, to say the least. Lessee...
- You must have broadband access.
- You need to run an ethernet cable to wherever you want to listen to this thing. Not bad for new houses, but my apartment wouldn't work.
- I did like the small screen, to be honest. Unlike most others, I think. That way, if it's running standalone, you don't need help to figure out what to listen to. That being said, how about an RCA out?! Choose your programs (if you've got it hooked up to your stereo) on your TV! That could work.
- Home network? I think anyone with a home network right now is pretty much on the bleeding edge, and will have figured out some other way to listen to internet radio (I'd run wires from my computer to my stereo, but it adds too much hum to my system). Such as X-10's MP3 anywhere, if nothing else. Standalone idea is good if implemented properly, but IMHO this wasn't.
- Price. This is probably a biggie. $300 is a bit pricey, especially for a consumer gadget, which is what this is. Plus all of the above. And if I wanted to listen to it upstairs, I'd need to get another couple hundred dollar wireless setup.
That being said, that plus an Airport setup could've rocked.Sorehands has posted an update:5 7235&cid=6
http://censorware.net/comments.pl?sid=01/03/12/21
Also, while I'm thinking about it: this is a House bill, not a Senate bill, right?
On the minus side:
- Grey Letterbox? PASS. I have enough problems viewing the black ones. And I'm a home theater nut!
- Lower Resolution? Argh. Why were we going to HDTV again?
Overall, I think it's a nice compromise. It will work for a while, show the consumers what HDTV is capable of. Someone will buy a HDTV (or a big monitor and a Geforce card) and show off, and other people will upgrade also. This gives us more time.I just ordered a copy of a Eric Frank Russell short story compilation from them, but I was amazed at all the different books listed that they've printed. Well worth a look if you like older science fiction.
Since the apache script that Voodooextreme is using appears to be not working (well, I can't get to the images!), here's the direct links. Someone want to mirror them? (delete the space in jpg... damn browser is adding it)
p g
p gp gp gp g
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg01.j
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg02.j
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg03.j
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg04.j
www.voodooextreme.com/apache/shots/newdoom/bg05.j
IIRC, Italy has a compulsory licenses for recordings of live music. Any Italian bootleg you buy is technically legit, since for every sale they put a certain amount in a bank account for the musician. It doesn't matter if the label/band objects, since it's a compulsory license. The Italian government has said, essentially, "pay and you have a legal license".
The fun part is that bank account. The labels/bands can't take the money, since that would legitimize the bootleg! So there's a ton of money gaining interest in all these accounts. Wow.
Anyone who can land that satellite that well with that kind of lag, I want on my team.
Wow, I hate to say that, but that was an amazing waste of an interview. They basically admitted nothing (as nakaduct said), except that they like seafood and are not releasing BeOS drivers. The rest of it was a wash. Nothing about where they're going or what they're doing. Useless.
Hell, I'd at least expect them to say something about when the NV 20 is due.
On virtual reality:
"The day an unemployed iron worker can lay in his barka-lounger and fuck Claudia Schiffer for $19.95, it'll make Crack look like fucking Sanka" --Dennis Miller
Glen, thanks for all your work over the years. I still use my Newt, pretty much daily. It's the perfect cross: a laptop when you need it, and a PDA when you need that. A truly gorgeous machine, helped by all the software developers that wrote stuff that made it indispensable.
Sure, he'll get more visitors. And?? I got the error message, and am probably not going back due to his lack of programming skills. But all I did was waste his bandwidth. He gets nothing out of it.
I thought that was what Napster was for.
I just called my congressman's office (Joe Barton, fwiw), and according to them, there is some good news.
The bill passed the House on the 15th, so don't bother calling. However, a different version was passed in the Senate, which would mean that it has to get sent back (House & Senate must pass identical versions of the bill) to the House, which has already recessed. So, in order for it to get passed it would have to get reintroduced next year. We'll have to look into this next year. But there's no need to call. (It passed on the 15th)
- Excise Taxes
- Tariffs
- Flat Tax
No, 1 & 2 don't provide nearly the amount of the current government. However, they would cover a minimized government that isn't spending as much. According to the libertarians, 1 & 2 would provide for a military to protect America. (note that we would essentially be isolationist). 3 does not require the IRS and the massive bureaucracy behind it.Title says it all, really.
Easy...
1) Linux CDs. (we want the stores to sell out so that Bill gets scared)
2) Since the article will come from this thread, why not just read this thread in a day or so? See what looks good, and go buy it beforehand. Make a killing selling them on ebay.
The big problem I see (as a totally-uninformed-about-minidisc user) is that you're having to copy it twice. I just ripped it to mp3 (or grabbed it, or whatever), and now I have to copy it again? Also, how long does it take to copy? One of the nice things about my RIO is that I choose 5-6 songs, toss em on, wait a minute to upload, then go. On the Minidisk, don't you have to wait for it to burn the disc?
Just some random spewage.