I thought the program checks for existing tracks on folder or CD import, it's stopped me a few times and asked if I wanted duplicate tracks or replace them.
I am not sure about library updating itself automatically, you mean somehow updating the media files or the back end code? If you mean updating the media files, I don't know what you are asking to automatically update.
I thought there was a plugin system, it's just not obvious. Maybe I am thinking of Quicktime.
Rubber grommets are expensive? I haven't looked, but I can't help thinking that there must be a pretty cheap source for them.
I have not seen, nor can I find a "9-11 certified" utility knife, must be some new nonsense marketing buzzword. I think that a pair of circle punch cutters (to cut inner and outer diameter) from a decent leather store should do a better job.
I am curious about the "crumpled dryer sheets" into exit tubes, it would seem that they would block air flow more than sound. There are better techniques, one that I have seen is to use a couple 90 degree bends into a side offset, and line the ducts with a foam or felt material.
Ear plugs and head phones can be uncomfortable too.
I've seen several computers where they are literally the loudest device in a house short of a sound system, and it doesn't need to be that way. It doesn't even cost much to improve sound if you are conscious of the audible impact of component choices. A little bit of foam, a few adjustments here and there, sometimes costing a little bit more money, all without resorting to anything as drastic as drowning out the entire outside world.
I wouldn't expect it to be PowerMac material. Code name Woodcrest is a better fit. It seems to clock a lot better (up to 3GHz, with a decent CPI to boot) with better cache (4MB per chip) and a better front side bus, up to 1333 MHz and support 64 bit instructions.
Last I checked, it was trivial to get a decent computer for $100 for everything you need including OS. Yes, it is used, but I would expect that it works fine. $200 would go a long way in upgrading a computer.
What alternative OS would that be? VMS? Otherwise, I thought there was some open source means of managing tracks on iPods. I haven't checked because I don't use Linux / BSD for media management and playback.
I wish them luck, but the number of computers that can't handle the necessary ripping and file storage is getting smaller, and it just seems that the money is better spent elsewhere. I would almost guess that a person that buys an iPod is very unlikely to need a dedicated hardware device.
Is that current limit enforced? I wonder how many companies try to get away with overcurrent. I understand some powerbooks had problems with excessive current draw, unfortunately, I heard that it had consequences such as the machine going into limited mode if it worked at all.
If a drive enclosure only costs $15, I wouldn't trust putting it in a garbage can, it might explode or something, leaving me with a mess.
The smaller drive enclosure plus the small size drives are a lot more expensive, and this one seems to be that way. This seems to be niche, I don't think there is a point to FW800 in a 2.5" enclosure, I don't think even the 7200RPM laptop drives can get a worthwhile benefit from FW800.
That's quite a lot of work though, not something I would call "simple", especially for overworked and underpaid IT workers. Normally I wouldn't be concerned because most times, RFID should only be a serial number, but if even image files can cause trouble, then I suppose anything can.
For server alone, a second card isn't so necessary, the mini even has gigabit. If you are using the computer as a firewall, then that is a different story, I thought miniITX boards were available with PCI slots and even had riser cards to accept as many as three cards. I think it would be better to use some old decommissioned computer than buy new computer parts for a firewall and low intensity server.
I think some sort of search function would be nice though might be hard to do without being slow to enter (scroll-click, scroll-click, scroll-click, etc.) for most audio players, or adding a number pad for T9-like stuff and I think that's a pain too. I think you may be better off making sure your tagging is correct and look it up by artist and album name, or setting up new playlists. Setting up smart playlists has a lot of merits too. I set a few by number of play counts or unlistened within the last certain time frame so I am less likely to have tracks that I haven't listened to.
Another issue is that the medical and political community does seem to have some very sad questions on how they should perform triage. There is concern that health workers would have to decide who lives and who dies, and they are concerned about how the public would react to that, because lately, it is not often that a person is removed from life support just so they can transfer equipment to help someone that is more likely to live if they had that equipment. My understanding is that there isn't enough equipment to handle a significant outbreak and these hard decisions will need to be made.
It doesn't need to be "truly staggering" to cause significant problems and economic harm. Pandemics do happen, it isn't a matter of if or probabilities, but when, and how hard will the next one hit. By averages, the human population is a bit overdue for one and I don't see what we have done in the last few decades that would necessarily prevent one from taking place again. There doesn't really seem to be a good way to stop the regular flu very well.
Also, sequencing data has shown that the H5N1 to be a lot more like the 1918 bug than scientists seem to be comfortable with, and is spreading in ways that weren't expected at a speed that wasn't expected. While it isn't cause for alarm, it is cause for concern and should be considered as a part of any emergency preparedness plan.
I think the problem with that idea is that a BIOS has to be designed for the chipset used, if you install one for a computer that doesn't match, then all you have is a hosed firmware. I don't think it is worth the time to program rootkit functional firmware for the other drives you mention either, it's a lot easier to just ruin them and be done with it.
I suppose it is part of the consequence of people being able to screw together a few parts and calling themselves "computer builders". Sometimes they are people that understand what they are doing, and other times they are just idiots thinking they understand thermal engineering.
I liked cubicles. I really don't care for the jobs that keep me isolated, and cubicles can be designed/chosen with very good sound absorbing properties such that they can be better than a square office that reflects or transmits sound. The system is very flexible such that the problem is usually the design specifications and not the system itself is the problem. The system is modular, with varying heights and varying accoustical treatments. Blaming poor cubicle design on the cubicle system is like blaming poor housing design on the lumber, when it is the idiot that designed or built it that should be blamed.
I should say that I did work for a couple companies that made office furniture for about three years each, one of them was a small, irrelevant one, the other was Herman Miller.
My home desk is assembled from a lot of cubicle components, with accoustical paneling, lots of shelves and so on.
I never really cared a whole lot for the FPS or the MMO type games but that doesn't mean that I think they are evil or wrong, nor would I lobby against them. I've played a few FPS games, but never an MMO. I do think that there are too many FPS type games, or at least, too little innovation or variance between games. MMOs seem to demand a certain amount of use to justify paying for them.
I think this obsession with quarters is hurting the businesses that the stock market is supposed to be helping. I've seen several instances where a stock posts very impressive per share profits, in down times even, fall a few cents short of average analyst estimates and boom, the share price drops.
My understanding is that an electric car driven by coal power plant is still reducing emissions because coal + the power grid is still a more efficient energy cycle than the small internal combustion engine burning gasolene because the engines are simply woefully inefficient.
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So that makes "Plays For Sure" a "Dead For Sure" proposition?
How is it different from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo not allowing emulators?
I agree on the flaws, which are unfortunate.
I thought the program checks for existing tracks on folder or CD import, it's stopped me a few times and asked if I wanted duplicate tracks or replace them.
I am not sure about library updating itself automatically, you mean somehow updating the media files or the back end code? If you mean updating the media files, I don't know what you are asking to automatically update.
I thought there was a plugin system, it's just not obvious. Maybe I am thinking of Quicktime.
That's probably awfully expensive, I didn't find a price, last I read it was about $1500 for the case.
Rubber grommets are expensive? I haven't looked, but I can't help thinking that there must be a pretty cheap source for them.
I have not seen, nor can I find a "9-11 certified" utility knife, must be some new nonsense marketing buzzword. I think that a pair of circle punch cutters (to cut inner and outer diameter) from a decent leather store should do a better job.
I am curious about the "crumpled dryer sheets" into exit tubes, it would seem that they would block air flow more than sound. There are better techniques, one that I have seen is to use a couple 90 degree bends into a side offset, and line the ducts with a foam or felt material.
Ear plugs and head phones can be uncomfortable too.
I've seen several computers where they are literally the loudest device in a house short of a sound system, and it doesn't need to be that way. It doesn't even cost much to improve sound if you are conscious of the audible impact of component choices. A little bit of foam, a few adjustments here and there, sometimes costing a little bit more money, all without resorting to anything as drastic as drowning out the entire outside world.
So Trey & Co. threw uncles into profanity? Wow, at least that isn't conventional profanity. Maybe I should watch that movie some time.
I agree. I think not having to worry about malaria and other common diseases in the developing world is more important to living without a computer.
I wouldn't expect it to be PowerMac material. Code name Woodcrest is a better fit. It seems to clock a lot better (up to 3GHz, with a decent CPI to boot) with better cache (4MB per chip) and a better front side bus, up to 1333 MHz and support 64 bit instructions.
Last I checked, it was trivial to get a decent computer for $100 for everything you need including OS. Yes, it is used, but I would expect that it works fine. $200 would go a long way in upgrading a computer.
What alternative OS would that be? VMS? Otherwise, I thought there was some open source means of managing tracks on iPods. I haven't checked because I don't use Linux / BSD for media management and playback.
I wish them luck, but the number of computers that can't handle the necessary ripping and file storage is getting smaller, and it just seems that the money is better spent elsewhere. I would almost guess that a person that buys an iPod is very unlikely to need a dedicated hardware device.
Is that current limit enforced? I wonder how many companies try to get away with overcurrent. I understand some powerbooks had problems with excessive current draw, unfortunately, I heard that it had consequences such as the machine going into limited mode if it worked at all.
If a drive enclosure only costs $15, I wouldn't trust putting it in a garbage can, it might explode or something, leaving me with a mess.
The smaller drive enclosure plus the small size drives are a lot more expensive, and this one seems to be that way. This seems to be niche, I don't think there is a point to FW800 in a 2.5" enclosure, I don't think even the 7200RPM laptop drives can get a worthwhile benefit from FW800.
That's quite a lot of work though, not something I would call "simple", especially for overworked and underpaid IT workers. Normally I wouldn't be concerned because most times, RFID should only be a serial number, but if even image files can cause trouble, then I suppose anything can.
For server alone, a second card isn't so necessary, the mini even has gigabit. If you are using the computer as a firewall, then that is a different story, I thought miniITX boards were available with PCI slots and even had riser cards to accept as many as three cards. I think it would be better to use some old decommissioned computer than buy new computer parts for a firewall and low intensity server.
I think some sort of search function would be nice though might be hard to do without being slow to enter (scroll-click, scroll-click, scroll-click, etc.) for most audio players, or adding a number pad for T9-like stuff and I think that's a pain too. I think you may be better off making sure your tagging is correct and look it up by artist and album name, or setting up new playlists. Setting up smart playlists has a lot of merits too. I set a few by number of play counts or unlistened within the last certain time frame so I am less likely to have tracks that I haven't listened to.
Another issue is that the medical and political community does seem to have some very sad questions on how they should perform triage. There is concern that health workers would have to decide who lives and who dies, and they are concerned about how the public would react to that, because lately, it is not often that a person is removed from life support just so they can transfer equipment to help someone that is more likely to live if they had that equipment. My understanding is that there isn't enough equipment to handle a significant outbreak and these hard decisions will need to be made.
It doesn't need to be "truly staggering" to cause significant problems and economic harm. Pandemics do happen, it isn't a matter of if or probabilities, but when, and how hard will the next one hit. By averages, the human population is a bit overdue for one and I don't see what we have done in the last few decades that would necessarily prevent one from taking place again. There doesn't really seem to be a good way to stop the regular flu very well.
Also, sequencing data has shown that the H5N1 to be a lot more like the 1918 bug than scientists seem to be comfortable with, and is spreading in ways that weren't expected at a speed that wasn't expected. While it isn't cause for alarm, it is cause for concern and should be considered as a part of any emergency preparedness plan.
I think the problem with that idea is that a BIOS has to be designed for the chipset used, if you install one for a computer that doesn't match, then all you have is a hosed firmware. I don't think it is worth the time to program rootkit functional firmware for the other drives you mention either, it's a lot easier to just ruin them and be done with it.
I suppose it is part of the consequence of people being able to screw together a few parts and calling themselves "computer builders". Sometimes they are people that understand what they are doing, and other times they are just idiots thinking they understand thermal engineering.
That would be old games as the integrated graphics aren't all that great.
I liked cubicles. I really don't care for the jobs that keep me isolated, and cubicles can be designed/chosen with very good sound absorbing properties such that they can be better than a square office that reflects or transmits sound. The system is very flexible such that the problem is usually the design specifications and not the system itself is the problem. The system is modular, with varying heights and varying accoustical treatments. Blaming poor cubicle design on the cubicle system is like blaming poor housing design on the lumber, when it is the idiot that designed or built it that should be blamed.
I should say that I did work for a couple companies that made office furniture for about three years each, one of them was a small, irrelevant one, the other was Herman Miller.
My home desk is assembled from a lot of cubicle components, with accoustical paneling, lots of shelves and so on.
I never really cared a whole lot for the FPS or the MMO type games but that doesn't mean that I think they are evil or wrong, nor would I lobby against them. I've played a few FPS games, but never an MMO. I do think that there are too many FPS type games, or at least, too little innovation or variance between games. MMOs seem to demand a certain amount of use to justify paying for them.
Don't be stupid.
I think this obsession with quarters is hurting the businesses that the stock market is supposed to be helping. I've seen several instances where a stock posts very impressive per share profits, in down times even, fall a few cents short of average analyst estimates and boom, the share price drops.
Maybe it is time to ask that AMD gets out of the Trusted alliance before their chips are like that?
My understanding is that an electric car driven by coal power plant is still reducing emissions because coal + the power grid is still a more efficient energy cycle than the small internal combustion engine burning gasolene because the engines are simply woefully inefficient.