> The audio output (read:amplifier section) of most PDAs totally sucks ass.
The audio output (read: amplifier section) of most MP3 players totally sucks ass. Not until the shuffle and 5G iPod did Apple get it (mostly) right... and others are pretty far behind. iRiver had the right idea with digital output, but for some reason they killed that feature (oh no, we wouldn't want anyone to copy music!!! that would be HORRIBLE.)
Anyway, you can mitigate the quality problems by building youself a CMoy or similar amplifier. This site, http://tangentsoft.net/audio/ is excellent reading.
I use a slightly enhanced CMoy to drive my headphones from my Powerbook, and it makes a world of difference. Still not as good as something with a clean output, but pretty good nonetheless.
[~] 0 (jon@powerwire) $ make --version GNU Make 3.80 Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[~] 0 (jon@powerwire) $ gmake --version -bash: gmake: command not found
[~] 0 (jon@powerwire) $ uname -a Darwin powerwire.local 8.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc
> Nor should a stereo company called Apple Stereos.
Interestingly, there is a speaker company called McIntosh, and they did have a disagreement (and eventual ca$h settlement) with Apple many years ago.:)
Apple's not selling music under the Apple name, they're selling it under the "iTunes" name. Unless Apple Records has a trademark on iTunes, Apple Computer has nothing to worry about.
Hey, hey... haven't you been paying attention to Pat Robertson? We should all be denying our homosexual tendencies... since it's pure evil sent from Satan! You should be honored to be in the presence of The Englightened Grub!
But when it doesn't work on *your machine*, you can make the necessary changes and then everyone that has a configuration like yours will work. Compare this to M$ who 1) didn't do anything about this, 2) won't give a damn if joe-slashdotter's computer doesn't work.
With the source, you're in control of your computing experience. Without the soure, you're M$'s bitch.
(Yeah, yeah, I used M$ instead of Microsoft. Habit.)
Where is any code later than OS X 10.4.2? Oh, there isn't any. Apple has stopped releasing their code (since the code benifets evil hackers that want to install OS X on generic x86 hardware).
WebKit is still open source, but frankly, WebKit sucks. Gecko (firefox) is much nicer. (Safari has a prettier GUI, but it least Firefox doesn't crash hard when you do something "illegal" to the DOM tree!)
It's weird that I've had a Mac for a bit over two years now, and I've stopped using "mac" programs. Right now I am using Adium, Thunderbird, Firefox, and emacs. I still use iTunes for music, but only because it's convenient, not because it's a good piece of software. The latest version has decided that it is the OS, and locks 500M or so of memory when it's DRM-ing a file... making everything else on the system useless until the OS is "allowed" to page iTunes out. Of course, if you wanted to attach a debugger to iTunes to see what the fuck it's doing to your system, you can't, since Apple added a hook into their OS to prevent you from doing that. (Making OS X Good For The Content Industry is now Apple's focus. Curious hackers be damned.)
For me, the open source of the BSDs and Linuxes is worth more than the pretty GUI and convenient iPod integration... and I'm sure it's the same for most serious programmers.
> I recommend that people read what you wrote with a large degree of suspicion.
I recommend that people read all slashdot comments with a large degree of suspicion. In fact, I recommend that people read everything with a large degree of suspicion.
The DMCA has nothing to do with CAPTCHAs. The DMCA has to do with breaking encryption to circumvent "copyright protection", i.e. ripping DVDs so you can back them up, or transferring your iTunes music to a non-iPod player. (Conveniently, the DMCA creates artificial markets and legal monopolies, and makes it a crime to do anything about it.)
> You lost me at "webbased". I'm not on the 'net for a good portion of the time I need to work in my calendar and contact app. I also need the calendar to sync with my pda, as that's all I have in the field sometimes. Since I'm not in a big city, WiFi doesn't exist, and I can't even get mobile internet in about 1/2 of my area (analog only cell coverage, where coverage even exists).
The other 99.9% of the world sits in front of their desktop computer all day, then goes home. You might need something special, but most people don't.
I personally use emacs calendar, which is conveniently integrated with an e-mail client and text editor. What other calendaring program has emacs-style keybindings?
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> The audio output (read:amplifier section) of most PDAs totally sucks ass.
The audio output (read: amplifier section) of most MP3 players totally sucks ass. Not until the shuffle and 5G iPod did Apple get it (mostly) right... and others are pretty far behind. iRiver had the right idea with digital output, but for some reason they killed that feature (oh no, we wouldn't want anyone to copy music!!! that would be HORRIBLE.)
Anyway, you can mitigate the quality problems by building youself a CMoy or similar amplifier. This site, http://tangentsoft.net/audio/ is excellent reading.
I use a slightly enhanced CMoy to drive my headphones from my Powerbook, and it makes a world of difference. Still not as good as something with a clean output, but pretty good nonetheless.
[~] 0 (jon@powerwire)
$ make --version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[~] 0 (jon@powerwire)
$ gmake --version
-bash: gmake: command not found
[~] 0 (jon@powerwire)
$ uname -a
Darwin powerwire.local 8.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc
> gotta run, but I can detail plenty of flaws in iTunes when I get back.
* Locks hundreds of megabytes worth of pages when it's DRM-ing a movie, making the system unusable.
* Has deep ties into the OS that break other applications (PT_DENY_ATTACH, etc.)
I have a Mac, but I don't use any Mac-only software. My next machine will be a good-ol' Linux box. Free as in Freedom.
> Nor should a stereo company called Apple Stereos.
:)
Interestingly, there is a speaker company called McIntosh, and they did have a disagreement (and eventual ca$h settlement) with Apple many years ago.
Apple's not selling music under the Apple name, they're selling it under the "iTunes" name. Unless Apple Records has a trademark on iTunes, Apple Computer has nothing to worry about.
I thought it was an article on how to MAKE swiches for other people to BUY from you. I guess not...
(OMG! PONIES! has finally ended. The goggles... they do something now.)
Hey, hey... haven't you been paying attention to Pat Robertson? We should all be denying our homosexual tendencies... since it's pure evil sent from Satan! You should be honored to be in the presence of The Englightened Grub!
FIRST POST.
(Can I get modded up for that on a day like today?)
> Yeah but can you less | more?
Yes, you can.
[~] 1 (jon@powerwire)
$ echo "foo bar" | less | more
foo bar
[~] 1 (jon@powerwire)
$
Karma is capped at 50.
But when it doesn't work on *your machine*, you can make the necessary changes and then everyone that has a configuration like yours will work. Compare this to M$ who 1) didn't do anything about this, 2) won't give a damn if joe-slashdotter's computer doesn't work.
With the source, you're in control of your computing experience. Without the soure, you're M$'s bitch.
(Yeah, yeah, I used M$ instead of Microsoft. Habit.)
> Although it seems you're joking, their credibility is known as 20+ years as an industry leader.
Leading the industry in patches that break the OS and introduce new security holes, yes.
Where is any code later than OS X 10.4.2? Oh, there isn't any. Apple has stopped releasing their code (since the code benifets evil hackers that want to install OS X on generic x86 hardware).
WebKit is still open source, but frankly, WebKit sucks. Gecko (firefox) is much nicer. (Safari has a prettier GUI, but it least Firefox doesn't crash hard when you do something "illegal" to the DOM tree!)
It's weird that I've had a Mac for a bit over two years now, and I've stopped using "mac" programs. Right now I am using Adium, Thunderbird, Firefox, and emacs. I still use iTunes for music, but only because it's convenient, not because it's a good piece of software. The latest version has decided that it is the OS, and locks 500M or so of memory when it's DRM-ing a file... making everything else on the system useless until the OS is "allowed" to page iTunes out. Of course, if you wanted to attach a debugger to iTunes to see what the fuck it's doing to your system, you can't, since Apple added a hook into their OS to prevent you from doing that. (Making OS X Good For The Content Industry is now Apple's focus. Curious hackers be damned.)
For me, the open source of the BSDs and Linuxes is worth more than the pretty GUI and convenient iPod integration... and I'm sure it's the same for most serious programmers.
> Whoops. That'll be fixed as soon as 1.2.1 is approved by a Mozilla admin
:)
Thanks! But it looks like your site is slashdotted
> *cough*
Cover your mouth when you cough!
(Comment posting works. But now I can't see tags anymore, even though I unchecked "hide tags".)
I'm amazed that the tag "whocares" made it to the front page.
> I can't say I've heard of any situation of someone using someone else's identity to wipe out their bank account.
Ever heard of "identity theft"!?
> I recommend that people read what you wrote with a large degree of suspicion.
I recommend that people read all slashdot comments with a large degree of suspicion. In fact, I recommend that people read everything with a large degree of suspicion.
If you can get around it, it's not "effective", now is it?
> DMCA for circumventing the CAPTCHA
The DMCA has nothing to do with CAPTCHAs. The DMCA has to do with breaking encryption to circumvent "copyright protection", i.e. ripping DVDs so you can back them up, or transferring your iTunes music to a non-iPod player. (Conveniently, the DMCA creates artificial markets and legal monopolies, and makes it a crime to do anything about it.)
Since you should probably only have one h1 anyway, you're probably safe with not even using a class.
> You lost me at "webbased". I'm not on the 'net for a good portion of the time I need to work in my calendar and contact app. I also need the calendar to sync with my pda, as that's all I have in the field sometimes. Since I'm not in a big city, WiFi doesn't exist, and I can't even get mobile internet in about 1/2 of my area (analog only cell coverage, where coverage even exists).
The other 99.9% of the world sits in front of their desktop computer all day, then goes home. You might need something special, but most people don't.
I personally use emacs calendar, which is conveniently integrated with an e-mail client and text editor. What other calendaring program has emacs-style keybindings?
> If you don't like the political agenda then you should be using something more suitable - there are the BSDs and many flavours of Unix
Because the BSDs NEVER change. OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Darwin, and NetBSD are all exactly the same. Write once, run anywhere!
> Beat that!
OK. Catalyst (MVC framework), Prototype, and Perl. Hundreds of times more functionality, and infinitely less expensive.
Are you sure that, you know, you didn't hit submit twice?