Oddly enough, when I upgraded to 1.0PR just now it told me that my Web Developer 0.8 extension was incompatible and that no updated version could be found, however when FF1.0PR loaded up for the first time the WebDev toolbar was already there, and seems to be fully functional as far as I can tell...
as a perfect representation of what the artist intended to create, is there really anything missing?
"Perfect" might be stretching it.
Most music is played back on cheap to moderately-priced equipment. As such, most CDs are post-produced and mastered for optimum sound on 4" speakers and in-ear headphones.
Perhaps the 24-bit 96KHz raw tracks played over a set of $5,000 reference monitors would sound "perfect", but once the signals are compressed and scaled down to 16bit 44.1KHz, a lot of minute information is gone.
In the end, most people don't care about that missing information though.
I went from plugging in my speakers with lamp cord (don't ask) to some whiz-bang audiophile speaker cable and I fell out of my chair.
Well that's a retarded comparison to make. Of course lamp cord isn't going to produce a quality sound -- there's nothing in their design conducive to carrying an audio signal.
A comparison between $20-a-spool speaker wire from Radio Shack and $20-an-inch audiophile speaker wire would be more informative, and less noticeable.
Gee, we found this safety problem in our latest line of cars; let's inform our premium customers now, and wait an arbitrary amount of time to inform our other customers.
That would actually be an improvement over how most automotive design flaws are currently handled.
Many service advisories are sent out only to dealerships and officially licensed repair shops -- your car could have a minor problem with the electrical system or the seatbelt latch and you and your corner mechanic may never be told about it.
every time they make editorial/artistic changes they get to reset the copyright clock. Mere cleaning up wouldn't have let them do this.
I wonder, how strong of a "versioning" concept does United States copyright law contain?
If "A New Hope: original edition" is copyright 1977 and "A New Hope: Special Edition Remastered THX Greedo-and-Han-shoot-simultaneously DVD edition" is copyright 2004, does that mean that the 1977 edition of the film will fall into the public domain 27 years earlier than the 2004 edition? Or does the re-release effectively extend copyright term for the earlier version to the expiration date of the later version?
According to the FCC you do have a fundamental right to install WiFi routers wherever you see fit.
No.
Please read up on tenant law.
It's true, an apartment manager cannot levy a fine against a tenant for using an unauthorized WiFi device; only the FCC can. But the manager CAN terminate the tenant's lease for almost any reason not specifically disallowed by law (generally; this varies from location to location).
he don't play chess anymore, only 'FisherRandom', special chess with altered rules he invented. Basically, you shuffle backrank pieces identically for both players
And why doesn't he shuffle the front pieces, too? That would make it even more interesting.
(I know only just enough about chess to make this post.)
Isn't bad enough they refer to him as the President when he lost the election.
oh PLEASE.
It's not exactly cut-and-dry whether George W. Bush was the rightful victor in the 2000 presidential election. The recounts showed Bush got a handful more votes in Florida, but well within the margin of error. So we will never know who more people INTENDED to vote for.
That was nearly four years ago now. Can we just let it go already? Can we "Move On"?
The hardware can't cost more than $150 by itself even at retail prices...
Where do you shop that you can buy a subcompact 20GB hard drive alone for $150, much less a hard drive plus a 3.8" LCD screen, a CPU, some RAM, a USB interface, a rechargeable battery, and various other bits and pieces?
Microsoft is trying to make headway into a new market with these Portable Media Center devices. It would be consistent with their past business methods for them to license the technology at almost no cost, but only to high-profile OEMs. So I would imagine the end-user doesn't have to cover much of an MS licensing cost at all. At least not yet; once people start to get addicted, MS may jack up the price.
Archos has had lower-case "portable media centers" on the market for over a year, but this is the first "Portable Media Center" -- as in, a satellite device compatible with Windows XP Media Center.
I happen to run XP MCE at home, and I like it quite a lot, but I don't want a pocket video player that's tethered to it or to Windows Media Player 10. I'm much more likely to end up purchasing the brand-new Archos Gmini 400, which was officially released about a week ago and should have a street price around $350 once it starts showing up in stores.
the iriver h300 series has been shipping for several months
And Archos has been shipping the AV series (and their predecessor the Jukebox Multimedia series) for months before that, years even.
Still doesn't explain why they would claim that the Gmini 400 is the first, unless for some reason they consider the AV/JBMM models to be some other kind of device...
"why not have video as well, if the form factor is the same"
Why not? Well, let's see... price comes to mind.
The street price for this video device is probably within $50 of a 20GB iPod. The type of buyer who can justify paying a little more for a full-fledged iPod instead of an iPod Mini can probably justify paying a little more on top of THAT to add video and photo capabilities.
Granted, Apple's UI is probably superior to Archos's by a wide margin, but user experience is difficult to quantify in terms of dollars.
Bottom line, just because you don't see a market for this device doesn't mean it isn't out there. Personally, I can't wait to buy one, so I can amuse myself while riding the train to work, on the treadmill at the gym, waiting for my lunch order to be filled...
Isn't the Sony PSP supposed to have some mpeg playback capabiliities?
It's possible. But you have to remember that Sony is in love with DRM, and has a stubborn dedication to in-house proprietary media formats like Beta, SACD, Memory Stick, and especially MiniDisc.
I like the Archos device because loading a movie onto one is as simple as copying a video file (in a specific, non-DRM'ed format) onto a CompactFlash card and sliding it in. I can guarantee that the PSP's video capabilities won't be so free and straightforward.
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it should have robust barriers to entry.
Ehhhh, that sounds an awful lot like security to me. Would never happen.
Oddly enough, when I upgraded to 1.0PR just now it told me that my Web Developer 0.8 extension was incompatible and that no updated version could be found, however when FF1.0PR loaded up for the first time the WebDev toolbar was already there, and seems to be fully functional as far as I can tell...
Oh Sony, first betamax, and your memory stick
Also their Minidisc, and their SACD...
as a perfect representation of what the artist intended to create, is there really anything missing?
"Perfect" might be stretching it.
Most music is played back on cheap to moderately-priced equipment. As such, most CDs are post-produced and mastered for optimum sound on 4" speakers and in-ear headphones.
Perhaps the 24-bit 96KHz raw tracks played over a set of $5,000 reference monitors would sound "perfect", but once the signals are compressed and scaled down to 16bit 44.1KHz, a lot of minute information is gone.
In the end, most people don't care about that missing information though.
I went from plugging in my speakers with lamp cord (don't ask) to some whiz-bang audiophile speaker cable and I fell out of my chair.
Well that's a retarded comparison to make. Of course lamp cord isn't going to produce a quality sound -- there's nothing in their design conducive to carrying an audio signal.
A comparison between $20-a-spool speaker wire from Radio Shack and $20-an-inch audiophile speaker wire would be more informative, and less noticeable.
Using cups for recipes is ridiculous considering the possible variations in texture and grain size.
And yet, it's worked well enough for most cooks' purposes for the past thousand years...
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is used with a 256-bit key, the highest encryption standard available.
A 257-bit key would have been even stronger.
Even when SCO loses the case, do you think that headline will be in any paper or on any news channel?
Sure. IBM will issue a press release and it will be summarized in a blurb on page 5 of the business section.
Gee, we found this safety problem in our latest line of cars; let's inform our premium customers now, and wait an arbitrary amount of time to inform our other customers.
That would actually be an improvement over how most automotive design flaws are currently handled.
Many service advisories are sent out only to dealerships and officially licensed repair shops -- your car could have a minor problem with the electrical system or the seatbelt latch and you and your corner mechanic may never be told about it.
The paying customers get immediate 911 support, and the regular citizens, well, we'll get to you when we can. You're not important.
Absurd, yes. Too bad it's real.
Ask any inner-city resident whether they feel they get the same emergency response service available in suburban gated communities.
You know, if you get a computer with two video cards, two keyboards, two mice and two monitors you can do with with X rather easily.
Yeah, if your business apps run in X...
every time they make editorial/artistic changes they get to reset the copyright clock. Mere cleaning up wouldn't have let them do this.
I wonder, how strong of a "versioning" concept does United States copyright law contain?
If "A New Hope: original edition" is copyright 1977 and "A New Hope: Special Edition Remastered THX Greedo-and-Han-shoot-simultaneously DVD edition" is copyright 2004, does that mean that the 1977 edition of the film will fall into the public domain 27 years earlier than the 2004 edition? Or does the re-release effectively extend copyright term for the earlier version to the expiration date of the later version?
Yes we can. We're hypocrites.
That's true, but at least we're not hypocrites.
According to the FCC you do have a fundamental right to install WiFi routers wherever you see fit.
No.
Please read up on tenant law.
It's true, an apartment manager cannot levy a fine against a tenant for using an unauthorized WiFi device; only the FCC can. But the manager CAN terminate the tenant's lease for almost any reason not specifically disallowed by law (generally; this varies from location to location).
he don't play chess anymore, only 'FisherRandom', special chess with altered rules he invented. Basically, you shuffle backrank pieces identically for both players
And why doesn't he shuffle the front pieces, too? That would make it even more interesting.
(I know only just enough about chess to make this post.)
All this, plus he finds time to tour with Walter Fagen and the rest of the guys in Steely Dan!
Were there a lot of horse-and-buggies in 19th century Japan?
Isn't bad enough they refer to him as the President when he lost the election.
oh PLEASE.
It's not exactly cut-and-dry whether George W. Bush was the rightful victor in the 2000 presidential election. The recounts showed Bush got a handful more votes in Florida, but well within the margin of error. So we will never know who more people INTENDED to vote for.
That was nearly four years ago now. Can we just let it go already? Can we "Move On"?
It is official; Netcraft confirms: *FDD is dying...
The hardware can't cost more than $150 by itself even at retail prices...
Where do you shop that you can buy a subcompact 20GB hard drive alone for $150, much less a hard drive plus a 3.8" LCD screen, a CPU, some RAM, a USB interface, a rechargeable battery, and various other bits and pieces?
Microsoft is trying to make headway into a new market with these Portable Media Center devices. It would be consistent with their past business methods for them to license the technology at almost no cost, but only to high-profile OEMs. So I would imagine the end-user doesn't have to cover much of an MS licensing cost at all. At least not yet; once people start to get addicted, MS may jack up the price.
Archos has had lower-case "portable media centers" on the market for over a year, but this is the first "Portable Media Center" -- as in, a satellite device compatible with Windows XP Media Center.
I happen to run XP MCE at home, and I like it quite a lot, but I don't want a pocket video player that's tethered to it or to Windows Media Player 10. I'm much more likely to end up purchasing the brand-new Archos Gmini 400, which was officially released about a week ago and should have a street price around $350 once it starts showing up in stores.
the iriver h300 series has been shipping for several months
And Archos has been shipping the AV series (and their predecessor the Jukebox Multimedia series) for months before that, years even.
Still doesn't explain why they would claim that the Gmini 400 is the first, unless for some reason they consider the AV/JBMM models to be some other kind of device...
"why not have video as well, if the form factor is the same"
Why not? Well, let's see... price comes to mind.
The street price for this video device is probably within $50 of a 20GB iPod. The type of buyer who can justify paying a little more for a full-fledged iPod instead of an iPod Mini can probably justify paying a little more on top of THAT to add video and photo capabilities.
Granted, Apple's UI is probably superior to Archos's by a wide margin, but user experience is difficult to quantify in terms of dollars.
Bottom line, just because you don't see a market for this device doesn't mean it isn't out there. Personally, I can't wait to buy one, so I can amuse myself while riding the train to work, on the treadmill at the gym, waiting for my lunch order to be filled...
Isn't the Sony PSP supposed to have some mpeg playback capabiliities?
It's possible. But you have to remember that Sony is in love with DRM, and has a stubborn dedication to in-house proprietary media formats like Beta, SACD, Memory Stick, and especially MiniDisc.
I like the Archos device because loading a movie onto one is as simple as copying a video file (in a specific, non-DRM'ed format) onto a CompactFlash card and sliding it in. I can guarantee that the PSP's video capabilities won't be so free and straightforward.
And it doesn't have video out, so you can't get anything more than what's displayed on the screen.
This is incorrect. The Gmini 400 DOES have video out, and can display up to 640 x 480 x 18-bit color @ 30fps on an external device.