Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about. I don't have a single MG MS -- just plain MS, which is the same basic concept as MMC as opposed to SD (gee, did you forget that SD is also a DRM format -- I think you did! -- as I said... MORON).
MP3 playback is a matter of software capability -- and Sony doesn't seem to be removing/reducing that capability. I load the MP3s on my memory stick, pop it in the clie and I'm in great shape. If I want the DRM music (ATRAC3), then I have to get an MG MS -- but I suspect that I'd have to do something similar with an SD as opposed to an MMC if I wanted DRM music on a non-MS player...
You've demonstrated yourself a moron by not knowing what you're talking about.
(And the Network Walkman CAN play MP3s, but doesn't by default because of the included song loading software.)
Moron. Parent article said nothing about using SD cards. Of course they're incompatible. It's not as if you can use a MS on any of those other devices, either (which would be an issue for me since I have chosen to Sony Clié devices).
I mentioned on parent that the NW does work with non-MG MS, but only if you have preloaded the MG MS using some other adapter (such as the Clié or a standalone reader).
Actually, you CAN use normal memory sticks with your Network Walkman -- but you can't use the loader that came with the NW to load MP3s on the MS. Note also that the NW has a specific directory where it expects music -- and that this location is different from what the Clie expects.
The Linux kernel developers aren't in the business of writing a good source code repository tool, so there's no dogfood to eat there -- that dog don't hunt.
CVS just isn't comparable to other (non-open) software repository tools (it's definitely not up to par against ClearCase; Linus implies that it isn't up to par against BitKeeper, either). Linus has said that he'll use a free or open source tool that's as good as BitKeeper, but there isn't one available right now.
The message is obvious that someone needs to either make CVS comparable to BitKeeper -- or write some software that is. (I don't know of subversion is.) Just because a tool is 'standard' in the open source world (e.g., CVS) doesn't mean that it's the best of breed... just common.
RMS had nothing to do with XFree86, which is arguably as important to Linux today as the command-line tools. Similarly, there are other parts of the system developed by others (Mozilla) which are not part of the GNU Project.
RMS's request that the be called 'GNU/Linux' is and always has been moronic and mere zealotry, because while GNU tools have been an important part of the total Linux experience, it isn't the total Linux experience. GNU's contribution certainly isn't enough to deserve equal mention in the name of the operating system.
If you're basing your opinion of the Zen of Palm & the PalmOS UI on the PalmIII, then you haven't been paying attention. Things are vastly different now.
As a matter of fact, I don't use Debian -- and for precisely that reason. It might be the best Linux distribution around, but while Stallman made important contributions toward the establishment of open source (yes, I know he'd disagree -- he established "Free Software", but open source is the more mature and viable form), he's rather let it go to his head.
(Sure, some folks will think this is a troll, but it's simply my opinion on the matter.)
They're definitely not getting a sale to me; anyone who buys into RMS's stupidity by calling it GNU/Linux does not deserve my money or my download time. As many others have pointed out ever since RMS tried the even dumber Lignux, calling it GNU/Linux ignores the many other contributions (X11, BSD, etc.) that have made the whole Linux-based OS what it is.
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Funny... up until about a year ago, maybe two at the most, it was HARD to find DVDs in Blockbuster. Now, it's a selling point.
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$8,000 for the *industrial* model. This is likely to be something slightly larger with a bit of carrying space.
$3,000 for the *FIRST* generation of consumer models.
That's the way it is now, but not the way it has to be. At some point in the future, if the world abandoned propretary software, and all software available was free (as in speech), corporate backing wouldn't be necessary. Why would we need the help of the industry if there were no proprietary file formats or network protocols to reverse engineer or sign NDA's for.
*snort*
You can survive without eating, I presume? Corporate backing will still be necessary, and corporate support. The bad part about Stallman's vision is that he wants everyone to work a support role. I, for one, ain't interested.
I'm all for open-source; "free software" is just silly when it reaches this level of horse manure ("corporate backing wouldn't be necessary" indeed).
Actually, if you don't want the colour, just get the Platinum model. It's going to be a $50 difference between the VDX and uses everything EXCEPT the colour.
Now why would I want to sell my VDX? The TRG Pro uses CF, but CF -- for all of its 'industry standard' mantra -- is useless except for storage of data and modems. If I want to *do* things, I've got to stick something on the outside of my TRG Pro like with the Palm III and V series.
The MiniJam, however, will be software upgradeable so that you can use the MMC memory (it comes with 32 or 64Mb) as flash storage as well as MP3 storage.
Makes sense to me. Multi-function device that knows how to specialise. That's why WinCE machines aren't useful but PalmOS machines -- and especially the Visor -- are.
Unfortunately, most states in the U.S. have set up labour laws such that it's an "at-will" employment; you can leave the company with two weeks notice for any reason, and the company can terminate you for any reason.
Unless you're in a union shop.
Some discrimination practices can be successfully sued against, but it's difficult in an "at-will" employment state.
I think it's more specific than that, personally. The only possible purpose of Napster is the trading of MP3s; it can be hacked, but the program was written to do this, and is now backed by a company that provides this.
Gnutella isn't not only a business, but it's a general file sharing protocol -- it can be used to share any type of file, not just MP3s. What needs to be handled with care in this case, IMO, is that the judgement needs to be against Napster, the company, without doing ANYTHING to the technology. Difficult, but I do not believe impossible.
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Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about. I don't have a single MG MS -- just plain MS, which is the same basic concept as MMC as opposed to SD (gee, did you forget that SD is also a DRM format -- I think you did! -- as I said ... MORON).
MP3 playback is a matter of software capability -- and Sony doesn't seem to be removing/reducing that capability. I load the MP3s on my memory stick, pop it in the clie and I'm in great shape. If I want the DRM music (ATRAC3), then I have to get an MG MS -- but I suspect that I'd have to do something similar with an SD as opposed to an MMC if I wanted DRM music on a non-MS player...
You've demonstrated yourself a moron by not knowing what you're talking about.
(And the Network Walkman CAN play MP3s, but doesn't by default because of the included song loading software.)
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Moron. Parent article said nothing about using SD cards. Of course they're incompatible. It's not as if you can use a MS on any of those other devices, either (which would be an issue for me since I have chosen to Sony Clié devices).
I mentioned on parent that the NW does work with non-MG MS, but only if you have preloaded the MG MS using some other adapter (such as the Clié or a standalone reader).
Actually, you CAN use normal memory sticks with your Network Walkman -- but you can't use the loader that came with the NW to load MP3s on the MS. Note also that the NW has a specific directory where it expects music -- and that this location is different from what the Clie expects.
The Linux kernel developers aren't in the business of writing a good source code repository tool, so there's no dogfood to eat there -- that dog don't hunt.
... just common.
CVS just isn't comparable to other (non-open) software repository tools (it's definitely not up to par against ClearCase; Linus implies that it isn't up to par against BitKeeper, either). Linus has said that he'll use a free or open source tool that's as good as BitKeeper, but there isn't one available right now.
The message is obvious that someone needs to either make CVS comparable to BitKeeper -- or write some software that is. (I don't know of subversion is.) Just because a tool is 'standard' in the open source world (e.g., CVS) doesn't mean that it's the best of breed
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Code produced by the use of GCC isn't under the GPL, per the licence on GCC.
I have written closed-source software that uses GCC; as do many others.
Sorry, but your 'one word' doesn't fly very far at all for the naming argument.
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RMS had nothing to do with XFree86, which is arguably as important to Linux today as the command-line tools. Similarly, there are other parts of the system developed by others (Mozilla) which are not part of the GNU Project.
RMS's request that the be called 'GNU/Linux' is and always has been moronic and mere zealotry, because while GNU tools have been an important part of the total Linux experience, it isn't the total Linux experience. GNU's contribution certainly isn't enough to deserve equal mention in the name of the operating system.
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If you're basing your opinion of the Zen of Palm & the PalmOS UI on the PalmIII, then you haven't been paying attention. Things are vastly different now.
As a matter of fact, I don't use Debian -- and for precisely that reason. It might be the best Linux distribution around, but while Stallman made important contributions toward the establishment of open source (yes, I know he'd disagree -- he established "Free Software", but open source is the more mature and viable form), he's rather let it go to his head.
(Sure, some folks will think this is a troll, but it's simply my opinion on the matter.)
They're definitely not getting a sale to me; anyone who buys into RMS's stupidity by calling it GNU/Linux does not deserve my money or my download time. As many others have pointed out ever since RMS tried the even dumber Lignux, calling it GNU/Linux ignores the many other contributions (X11, BSD, etc.) that have made the whole Linux-based OS what it is.
Funny ... up until about a year ago, maybe two at the most, it was HARD to find DVDs in Blockbuster. Now, it's a selling point.
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$8,000 for the *industrial* model. This is likely to be something slightly larger with a bit of carrying space.
$3,000 for the *FIRST* generation of consumer models.
Somehow, I don't really think you paid attention.
That's the way it is now, but not the way it has to be. At some point in the future, if the world abandoned propretary software, and all software available was free (as in speech), corporate backing wouldn't be necessary. Why would we need the help of the industry if there were no proprietary file formats or network protocols to reverse engineer or sign NDA's for.
*snort*
You can survive without eating, I presume? Corporate backing will still be necessary, and corporate support. The bad part about Stallman's vision is that he wants everyone to work a support role. I, for one, ain't interested.
I'm all for open-source; "free software" is just silly when it reaches this level of horse manure ("corporate backing wouldn't be necessary" indeed).
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Can't modify the GPL per the GPL's own copyright.
Actually, if you don't want the colour, just get the Platinum model. It's going to be a $50 difference between the VDX and uses everything EXCEPT the colour.
Now why would I want to sell my VDX? The TRG Pro uses CF, but CF -- for all of its 'industry standard' mantra -- is useless except for storage of data and modems. If I want to *do* things, I've got to stick something on the outside of my TRG Pro like with the Palm III and V series.
The MiniJam, however, will be software upgradeable so that you can use the MMC memory (it comes with 32 or 64Mb) as flash storage as well as MP3 storage.
Makes sense to me. Multi-function device that knows how to specialise. That's why WinCE machines aren't useful but PalmOS machines -- and especially the Visor -- are.
Unfortunately, most states in the U.S. have set up labour laws such that it's an "at-will" employment; you can leave the company with two weeks notice for any reason, and the company can terminate you for any reason.
Unless you're in a union shop.
Some discrimination practices can be successfully sued against, but it's difficult in an "at-will" employment state.
I think it's more specific than that, personally. The only possible purpose of Napster is the trading of MP3s; it can be hacked, but the program was written to do this, and is now backed by a company that provides this.
Gnutella isn't not only a business, but it's a general file sharing protocol -- it can be used to share any type of file, not just MP3s. What needs to be handled with care in this case, IMO, is that the judgement needs to be against Napster, the company, without doing ANYTHING to the technology. Difficult, but I do not believe impossible.