I use this program a lot, but a while back he added some checkboxes during install to add an ebay shortcut icon and possibly toolbar, and they are defaulted to ON. So be careful, people:)
I thought for a second that Tsunami was another video game and that all the young people of South Asia had become horribly addicted, thereby forcing the local economies to collapse...
What's to stop a spyware/virus-laden school PC (those have to be the worst) from infecting your your Firefox.exe, and then having you bring that home with you?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for everything Firefox (using it now), but I would never run an executable on my home machine that was on such a public PC.
[POPUP:] Thank you for being an AOL Browser user! I'm sorry you have decided to stop using it. I'm going to go ahead and leave it open for a few more minutes, for FREE.
I bought an H140 6 months ago, and they put a schedule of firmware updates on their site: one for May and one for June (each to add features / fix things).
I think they put out a beta firmware a few weeks ago (late Aug or early Sep).
I still think at the time that this player was the right one for me, but an evaluation of the company has to play a part when you're spending a few hundred. I don't think I researched them as well as I should have knowing what I do now.
The iRiver forum is a nightmare wasteland of complaints from 12 year olds who bought the $40 model to irate long-time users waiting on THEIR particular firmware updates.
The existing firmware is _OK_ for the H140, but navigating a large collection (5000 songs) on this puppy is a trainwreck.
If you use the DB function (which reads ID3 tags), when you go to scroll through your songs by Artist, you could be scrolling for 10 minutes or longer to get from A-Z. There's no way to adjust scrolling speed. That's no way to find a song! And if you go by Song Title, "fahgetaboutit!" There's no search feature, and no way to earmark 'favorites' on the fly.
They said they would release a firmware update in May and one in June, each to address different issues. To my knowledge, they have JUST release a beta firmware (in September), that does not even address all of the issues.
The criticism is that they are spencing all their time/resources on their new products.
I for one welcome a replacement, as long as I don't lose functionality:)
I can't get to the article (/.), but assuming this is not FUD:
With all the "Postgres is so awesome" stuff I keep reading (well okay, mostly on here), if MySQL backs away from open source, it could be the beginning of the end for them with "the geeks" (ie. us).
I'm not that familiar with Postgres, but I just checked and their website says:
The above is the BSD license, the classic open-source license. It has no restrictions on how the source code may be used. We like it and have no intention of changing it.
One of the first orders of business is to "fix busted stuff," as Blythe put it. These items include no more blue-screens (hard crashes) caused by the graphics driver, and moving more processing into what's known as user mode.
They're calling this thing WGF (Windows Graphics Foundation). Perhaps instead of blue GPF's it can generate pretty pink Windows General Faults.
"Typically, a swarm bot is a collection of simple robots (s-bots) that self-organize according to algorithms inspired by the bridge-building and task-allocation activities of ants."
The program still suffers from the intrusive installation, file-type hijacking, and upgrade harassment that have plagued it since its inception. Overall, though, RealPlayer has taken steps in the right direction. Users of earlier versions should certainly upgrade.
Another key factor is that the leading edge of the shuttle wing where the jagged shape was photographed transitions from black thermal protection tiles to a much different mechanical system made of reinforced carbon-carbon material that is bolted on, rather than glued on as the tiles are.
The wiring in the house I was in at the time WAS flaky, but the UPS didn't handle this one surge well at all.
I looked down and saw a flame inside the case:/
I think it went out itself, but it still freaked me out.
I called them up and they asked a few questions and just sent me another one (I believe new). For that, I kept buying their UPS's (though I don't seem to have any black ones now (whew)).
I had another one go titsup after my cats knocked the hub off a bookshelf and it landed on it (grrr), and they sent me a refurb.
Say what you will, I still like the company:)
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we ordered two copies from blizzard's site. only 1 arrived in the package.
when we called, they hemmed and hawed and acted like they had proof there was two in the box "because the order said 2."
after much back and forth they agreed, in an email to us, to send another copy and some other assorted goodies, so we agreed by email.
now we get an email back asking us to explain what the problem was in the first place.
*sigh*
i haven't written them back yet; they are on the blacklist *stamps blizzard's forehead*
I use this program a lot, but a while back he added some checkboxes during install to add an ebay shortcut icon and possibly toolbar, and they are defaulted to ON. So be careful, people :)
Quake and Tsunami Devastate South Asia
I thought for a second that Tsunami was another video game and that all the young people of South Asia had become horribly addicted, thereby forcing the local economies to collapse...
What's to stop a spyware/virus-laden school PC (those have to be the worst) from infecting your your Firefox .exe, and then having you bring that home with you?
:p
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for everything Firefox (using it now), but I would never run an executable on my home machine that was on such a public PC.
But then I'm paranoid
*user clicks close button*
[POPUP:] Thank you for being an AOL Browser user! I'm sorry you have decided to stop using it. I'm going to go ahead and leave it open for a few more minutes, for FREE.
*shows [OK] button only*
ermmm...
Amen.
:)
I bought an H140 6 months ago, and they put a schedule of firmware updates on their site: one for May and one for June (each to add features / fix things).
I think they put out a beta firmware a few weeks ago (late Aug or early Sep).
I still think at the time that this player was the right one for me, but an evaluation of the company has to play a part when you're spending a few hundred. I don't think I researched them as well as I should have knowing what I do now.
The iRiver forum is a nightmare wasteland of complaints from 12 year olds who bought the $40 model to irate long-time users waiting on THEIR particular firmware updates.
Just so you know
The existing firmware is _OK_ for the H140, but navigating a large collection (5000 songs) on this puppy is a trainwreck.
:)
If you use the DB function (which reads ID3 tags), when you go to scroll through your songs by Artist, you could be scrolling for 10 minutes or longer to get from A-Z. There's no way to adjust scrolling speed. That's no way to find a song! And if you go by Song Title, "fahgetaboutit!" There's no search feature, and no way to earmark 'favorites' on the fly.
They said they would release a firmware update in May and one in June, each to address different issues. To my knowledge, they have JUST release a beta firmware (in September), that does not even address all of the issues.
The criticism is that they are spencing all their time/resources on their new products.
I for one welcome a replacement, as long as I don't lose functionality
I can't get to the article (/.), but assuming this is not FUD:
With all the "Postgres is so awesome" stuff I keep reading (well okay, mostly on here), if MySQL backs away from open source, it could be the beginning of the end for them with "the geeks" (ie. us).
I'm not that familiar with Postgres, but I just checked and their website says:
The above is the BSD license, the classic open-source license. It has no restrictions on how the source code may be used. We like it and have no intention of changing it.
Sounds good to me!
Apparently, Valve got their hands on some of this stuff...
I recently downloaded Free Real Player Enterprise (argh, what a mouthful), which doesn't _seem_ to have any spyware at all:
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http://www.realnetworks.com/products/rpe/index.ht
btw, i put bogus personal info into the form and it did not require me to reply to an email in order to download the product.
One of the first orders of business is to "fix busted stuff," as Blythe put it. These items include no more blue-screens (hard crashes) caused by the graphics driver, and moving more processing into what's known as user mode.
They're calling this thing WGF (Windows Graphics Foundation). Perhaps instead of blue GPF's it can generate pretty pink Windows General Faults.
ok, a proper link...
m l
http://www.realnetworks.com/products/rpe/index.ht
btw, i put bogus personal info into the form and it did not require me to reply to an email in order to download the product.
I recently downloaded Free Real Player Enterprise (argh, what a mouthful), which doesn't _seem_ to have any spyware at all:
h tm l
http://www.realnetworks.com/products/rpe/index.
"Typically, a swarm bot is a collection of simple robots (s-bots) that self-organize according to algorithms inspired by the bridge-building and task-allocation activities of ants."
Replicators, anyone?
So Adobe just plugged in an OCX in their program or something similarly easy. It's not this "feature" that bloats the price tag, I'm afraid.
So you don't think Adobe had to pay for that (and passed it onto customers)?
from download.com:
The program still suffers from the intrusive installation, file-type hijacking, and upgrade harassment that have plagued it since its inception. Overall, though, RealPlayer has taken steps in the right direction. Users of earlier versions should certainly upgrade.
...or does everyone else have a HUGE list of businesses they refuse to do business with?
And Best Buy DOES seem to have some pretty good prices, too, at least on new-release DVD's...
Breakfast Kickoff Session
Your choice: A hard boiled egg, or two slices of white bread and a cricket
It's hard to find people who know how to make good cricket sandwiches anymore.
anyone know what carbon-carbon is?
yea she really showed me up, you anonymous dickhead.
>> but you sir just want to start crap about mozilla
dear madam,
get your head out of your ass and read my follow-up reply, whereby i clarified exactly what i wanted to start crap about.
as i do not use ie, i did not realize it also had this amazing font-sizing feature.
i now bow down to your humble infinite wisdom and acknowledge your pompousness as superior to mine.
good day.
ok the point i was trying to make was about the 1-character long links. use IE until the 'frickin' cows come home, if you want :p
so i could increase the font size to the point that i could actually click on those 1-character long links, 2, 3!
The wiring in the house I was in at the time WAS flaky, but the UPS didn't handle this one surge well at all.
:/
:)
I looked down and saw a flame inside the case
I think it went out itself, but it still freaked me out.
I called them up and they asked a few questions and just sent me another one (I believe new). For that, I kept buying their UPS's (though I don't seem to have any black ones now (whew)).
I had another one go titsup after my cats knocked the hub off a bookshelf and it landed on it (grrr), and they sent me a refurb.
Say what you will, I still like the company
What Are Your Plans for Linux?
Our current products will not run on Linux. However, we realize the installed base for Linux is growing and our future product plans will include Linux support.