Yep. Don't go for Theo, go for Dan LIEons and Forbes instead. Forbes is a rag, a pornrag for people obsessed with economic power. They're just doing what they do, shilling for the corps.
"Am I correct in assuming that these sites pops up and down relatively often? Maybe it'd be possible to use temporal component to the rating. Say if the link points to a site which was just registered two days ago, it's given a very very low weight, and then you ramp up as time goes by."
It's a standard "fixed size" flashbased player. Removable-media players are, unfortunately, rare, and those that exist are very lacking in features. I'd like one, but they're just not there.
I think the worst part for me was the ridiculous hype they've got on their site(s). I was looking it over a few days ago and came across a page which said something like "The iAUDIO is the only player with three trillion audio settings", or something to that effect, where they've basically added up all the combinations of effects and equalizer settings and come up with a few trillion. Wonder if they counted volume levels too?
Same thing with the rest of their fluffy "sound enhancement" features...
They've got good hardware and software; stooping to these levels of outrageous PR-buzzwordism is just annoyingly stupid.
(It's because I'm so very tired; my spelling and grammar go down the drain pretty quickly once it's past bedtime. Oddly, the same thing happen at the other end of the scale, when I get excited, so I'm at my best only in "neutral".)
You can't take someone elses word for it, your ears are your own. If you honestly can't tell a 80kbit mp3 from and 80kbit Vorbis for instance, then... congratulations, I guess. Makes life simpler.
I won't even bother with your "random click" assertion; I though slashdot were a place of geeks and explorers. If you can't handle downloading and exploring an optimized vorbis encoder when it's pointed out to you, you're obviously neither. Fine, don't bother. Sheesh.
I dare you to suggest that the difference between MP3 and Vorbis is "minimal" at low bitrates (
The page is in Japanese, but surely the links are universal? You just point the mouse and click, and (win32) software comes flying. Amazing.
(Sure, if you want a linux version you'll have to point to the patch and roll your own -- unless you can find a binary somewhere. Hydrogen Audio anyone?)
>You'd think these would be standard in this podcast era.
Yeah, I thought it were?
>Any suggestions?
I'm goint to come of as a rabind fanboy, but since you asked; the iAUDIO5 fulfill those requirements. "resume-where-you-left-off" is standard (but can be turned off), and you're limited to 20 bookmarks (ought to be enough for anyone, eh?)
Suggest you peruse the manual. (a note: I thought the navigation came across as somewhat chaotic when I read the manual before owning the player, but navigation actually works great). I haven't tried using bookmarks and don't really remember how you set them, so I don't know if it's a hassle.
Normally you're in "file mode" where you pick tracks in the directory (supports sub-directories of course) and they're played sequencially as you'd expect, but you also have a playlist; so you could add the songs you want to listen to in the order you want them to the dynamic playlist, and then enter "Dynamic Playlist Mode".
The only actions that can be taken on the playlist though is deleting and adding, not "rearranging". I don't know if you'd consider this good enough.
Yes. I bought a iAUDIO 5 a couple of days ago. It's got FM (with scheduled recording), clock+alarm, runs on one AAA battery (I don't like the idea of hardware turning to junk once the battery dies), fast USB transfers, great navigation, nice screen, is small and light (28g), is available in memory sizes from 128MB to 2GB, features a five-channel user-definable equalizer, resumes play where you left off, can bookmark up to 20 positions in audio files (like audio-books), supports many character sets (including Swedish), and most importantly for me, has got great Ogg Vorbis support.
There are some downsides, it's not very solid, being just a piece of plastic, and the USB- and battery-ports are a little flimsy (especially the USB-flap), and it's pricey for the amount of memory you get.
However, overall I'm pleasantly surprised! I researched it in detail, making note of criticism such as weak FM-reception (which I can confirm -- not so good indoors, but works outdoors. Adequate), but there's lots of small features which surprised me -- especially how good the navigation is. Small stuff like the wheels protuding a little to make for easy access, to the little "knob" on top of each to not only provide grip for your thumb, but also mark the centre...
I've only used mine for a couple of days, but I think I can recommend it. I don't understand people who can compare one of these with an Apple Shuffle with no radio and no display and no Vorbis. Just because YOU don't value these features doesn't mean the rest of us are idiots because we do.
If anyone got a question about this player, just post away and I'll try to answer it.
I use a MX1000 and I'm happy with it for the most part. The battery life is very very good (though I do find it irritating that some reviewers assume the indicator scale is linear. I don't know if it is -- haven't bothered tracking it in detail -- but early reviewers went like "battery time is very good, X hours and only one indicator LED down" -- like that says anything).
Anyhow, the only problem I have is that due to being an "early adopter" I got a base reciever station with an irritating "skip bug" which oddly enough manifests only when using USB, not when using USB->PS2.. So I'm running on the PS/2 adapter (included) with no loss in precision.
The other thing is that you really don't want Logitechs intrusive GiantMouseWare software and drivers under Windows. Best thing is to track down mwadvanced_enu.exe on their homepage and change the acceleration curve to "OS implementation" and "tracking optimization" to "precision". This gives perfect smooth motion. Very nice.
I used several MS IntelliMouse Optical before, but they seemed to always break down in exactly the same way after a year or two. MX1000 are just as good "feelingwise", no problem with it being cordless at all.
I should also mention that I'm a leftie and tend to switch between using the mouse in my left and right hand. I have no problem using the MX1000 in my left hand at all. Sure,the "groove" for the thumb won't be in the right place, but the mouse actually fit pretty good anyhow.
I think the really interesting question is: Didn't FSAA come a little late to the scene, considering the ridiculous resolutions we can now play our game at?
Every where you go you'll see websites benchmarking at 1900x1200 4xFSAA 16-tap and I'll just go... what the hell?
Anti-Aliasing made a hell of a lot more sense to me back at 320x200 to 800x600... but maybe that's just me. I'm sure we'll have 16x FSAA at 8192x6160 too, and everyone will say it's da bomb! "How can you play without anti-aliasing? Don't you stop and look at the jaggies? <picks up magnifying glass to point them out>"
Oh, well... and don't get me started on the fact that none of the big sites regularly review cards between different generations. When I upgrade I want to know the difference from where I am now, not the 2-5fps different between cards with the same basic hardware but different logos stamped on.
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Yep. Don't go for Theo, go for Dan LIEons and Forbes instead. Forbes is a rag, a pornrag for people obsessed with economic power. They're just doing what they do, shilling for the corps.
I read that someone grepped OpenBSD and found the comment "Why is this here?", so I guess it's time for Simon Lok to move on again.
Woah, I'm a genious! ;-)
"Am I correct in assuming that these sites pops up and down relatively often? Maybe it'd be possible to use temporal component to the rating. Say if the link points to a site which was just registered two days ago, it's given a very very low weight, and then you ramp up as time goes by."
>and the 5 has a built-in lithium ion battery.
No it doesn't. The 5 run off a single AAA battery. You're thinking about the iAudio 4, or maybe the X5.
It's a standard "fixed size" flashbased player. Removable-media players are, unfortunately, rare, and those that exist are very lacking in features. I'd like one, but they're just not there.
>that and the bad korean->english translations.
I think the worst part for me was the ridiculous hype they've got on their site(s). I was looking it over a few days ago and came across a page which said something like "The iAUDIO is the only player with three trillion audio settings", or something to that effect, where they've basically added up all the combinations of effects and equalizer settings and come up with a few trillion. Wonder if they counted volume levels too?
Same thing with the rest of their fluffy "sound enhancement" features...
They've got good hardware and software; stooping to these levels of outrageous PR-buzzwordism is just annoyingly stupid.
>cool. so i'm the third guy?
If I'm the first, that only leaves the question of who's #2?
Anyone else want to admit to being a Vorbis lover?
>you're
Ha!
(It's because I'm so very tired; my spelling and grammar go down the drain pretty quickly once it's past bedtime. Oddly, the same thing happen at the other end of the scale, when I get excited, so I'm at my best only in "neutral".)
You can't take someone elses word for it, your ears are your own. If you honestly can't tell a 80kbit mp3 from and 80kbit Vorbis for instance, then... congratulations, I guess. Makes life simpler.
I won't even bother with your "random click" assertion; I though slashdot were a place of geeks and explorers. If you can't handle downloading and exploring an optimized vorbis encoder when it's pointed out to you, you're obviously neither. Fine, don't bother. Sheesh.
I dare you to suggest that the difference between MP3 and Vorbis is "minimal" at low bitrates (
The page is in Japanese, but surely the links are universal? You just point the mouse and click, and (win32) software comes flying. Amazing.
(Sure, if you want a linux version you'll have to point to the patch and roll your own -- unless you can find a binary somewhere. Hydrogen Audio anyone?)
>You'd think these would be standard in this podcast era.
Yeah, I thought it were?
>Any suggestions?
I'm goint to come of as a rabind fanboy, but since you asked; the iAUDIO5 fulfill those requirements. "resume-where-you-left-off" is standard (but can be turned off), and you're limited to 20 bookmarks (ought to be enough for anyone, eh?)
Suggest you peruse the manual. (a note: I thought the navigation came across as somewhat chaotic when I read the manual before owning the player, but navigation actually works great). I haven't tried using bookmarks and don't really remember how you set them, so I don't know if it's a hassle.
We are not here because we're "average consumers" when it comes to electronics/computing gear!
We don't understand why you even bring it up? Why should we care what the peons settle for?
That's not trolling, that's common sense.
How is "sounds better at lower bitrates" (therefore giving you more songs/MB) a moral crusade?
Not to mention the benefits of SANE tagging and fast encodes.
Speaking for the iAUDIO5.. yes, in a way.
Normally you're in "file mode" where you pick tracks in the directory (supports sub-directories of course) and they're played sequencially as you'd expect, but you also have a playlist; so you could add the songs you want to listen to in the order you want them to the dynamic playlist, and then enter "Dynamic Playlist Mode".
The only actions that can be taken on the playlist though is deleting and adding, not "rearranging". I don't know if you'd consider this good enough.
Yes. I bought a iAUDIO 5 a couple of days ago. It's got FM (with scheduled recording), clock+alarm, runs on one AAA battery (I don't like the idea of hardware turning to junk once the battery dies), fast USB transfers, great navigation, nice screen, is small and light (28g), is available in memory sizes from 128MB to 2GB, features a five-channel user-definable equalizer, resumes play where you left off, can bookmark up to 20 positions in audio files (like audio-books), supports many character sets (including Swedish), and most importantly for me, has got great Ogg Vorbis support.
There are some downsides, it's not very solid, being just a piece of plastic, and the USB- and battery-ports are a little flimsy (especially the USB-flap), and it's pricey for the amount of memory you get.
However, overall I'm pleasantly surprised! I researched it in detail, making note of criticism such as weak FM-reception (which I can confirm -- not so good indoors, but works outdoors. Adequate), but there's lots of small features which surprised me -- especially how good the navigation is. Small stuff like the wheels protuding a little to make for easy access, to the little "knob" on top of each to not only provide grip for your thumb, but also mark the centre...
I've only used mine for a couple of days, but I think I can recommend it. I don't understand people who can compare one of these with an Apple Shuffle with no radio and no display and no Vorbis. Just because YOU don't value these features doesn't mean the rest of us are idiots because we do.
If anyone got a question about this player, just post away and I'll try to answer it.
So is it based on the Fate of Atlantis?
Both of your allegedly(?) "uncommon" features are present in my favourite editor, GWD Edit
Sort of wrote an "ode" to it a few years back. Still haven't found a replacement.
I use a MX1000 and I'm happy with it for the most part. The battery life is very very good (though I do find it irritating that some reviewers assume the indicator scale is linear. I don't know if it is -- haven't bothered tracking it in detail -- but early reviewers went like "battery time is very good, X hours and only one indicator LED down" -- like that says anything).
Anyhow, the only problem I have is that due to being an "early adopter" I got a base reciever station with an irritating "skip bug" which oddly enough manifests only when using USB, not when using USB->PS2.. So I'm running on the PS/2 adapter (included) with no loss in precision.
The other thing is that you really don't want Logitechs intrusive GiantMouseWare software and drivers under Windows. Best thing is to track down mwadvanced_enu.exe on their homepage and change the acceleration curve to "OS implementation" and "tracking optimization" to "precision". This gives perfect smooth motion. Very nice.
I used several MS IntelliMouse Optical before, but they seemed to always break down in exactly the same way after a year or two. MX1000 are just as good "feelingwise", no problem with it being cordless at all.
I should also mention that I'm a leftie and tend to switch between using the mouse in my left and right hand. I have no problem using the MX1000 in my left hand at all. Sure ,the "groove" for the thumb won't be in the right place, but the mouse actually fit pretty good anyhow.
>[...] federal felony to "Dim the magic of the movies, with intention or accidentally, through the distribution of any electronic media."
But wouldn't that put George Lucas in jail?
Oh. Oh, I see.
Speed and UI for me.
First we had OOP with its "is-a" and "has-a".
Now, Microsoft(R) Innovation(TM) presents: POOP, featuring "patent-as-a" and "use-as-a".
Think Different: POOP - The Resource Locator Is An Object!
I think the really interesting question is: Didn't FSAA come a little late to the scene, considering the ridiculous resolutions we can now play our game at?
Every where you go you'll see websites benchmarking at 1900x1200 4xFSAA 16-tap and I'll just go... what the hell?
Anti-Aliasing made a hell of a lot more sense to me back at 320x200 to 800x600... but maybe that's just me. I'm sure we'll have 16x FSAA at 8192x6160 too, and everyone will say it's da bomb! "How can you play without anti-aliasing? Don't you stop and look at the jaggies? <picks up magnifying glass to point them out>"
Oh, well... and don't get me started on the fact that none of the big sites regularly review cards between different generations. When I upgrade I want to know the difference from where I am now, not the 2-5fps different between cards with the same basic hardware but different logos stamped on.
Alright.
"It's like a set of index cards like we've had for hundreds of years.. BUT ON A COMPUTER! YEAH! THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE! PATENT!"
Why not the XSphere? "The Best XSpherience Ever!"
See? Writes itself.
The fact that every report says "since the arrest, the intrusions have stopped" ought to tell us something...