Didn't realize these guys were both here at NU. Based on the directory info Daniel is a visiting scholar in the WCAS (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences), and Mark is a professor in the same department. I wonder why they're not part of the Materials Science & Engineering department (which I'm an undergrad, studying under).
"This is broken" is a completely legitimate thing to say, even if you're not going to be the one to fix it.
It's especially legitimate to point out that something is broken if you paid for it and it fails under "normal use." Pointing out that it's broken and letting a wider audience know what is broken makes it more likely that other folks, even if they aren't having trouble, will request that flaws be corrected so they don't have to run into them in the future.
This would be great considering that the alternative would be to use expensive Apple software on a Mac.
You mean $30 for quicktime pro?
Certainly you can pay more for better encoders from sorenson, but I'd hazzard a guess that if there are ffmpeg encoders for sorenson they're probably not even on par with apple's basic one since its only just been announced.
That wasn't his point, his point was that the community was large. Honestly I wouldn't trade my 10 GB iPod (3rd Gen) for anything (other than a newer iPod).
60 GB is worthless if the software sucks. The integration between iTunes, iSync, and the iPod make for an excellent product that I don't have to spend any extra time fiddling with to get it to work.
Judging from other posts here, and on the source article, it seems like existing and prior Nomad Zen products aren't exactly all they're cracked up to be.
You pay more for high quality stuff, and the iPod _is_ high quality. Its not perfect, but what is?
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I worked for NASA through them AS a contractor. I didn't have to deal with SAIC itself that much (except for doing online timesheets, and the initial interview/badging at the beginning). The people I worked with all seemed fairly nice. I was working on visualization systems for modeled climate data. Alot of other folks working through SAIC there were working on the actual modeling.
So.. its not all secret black ops and mining traffic for intelligence purposes;)
"For today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people. With one will. One resolve. One cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death. And we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail."
I was slightly amused after posting it until I looked at my schedule and noted that i had 2 midterms, a lab, a homework, and a bunch of other stuff to get done by various times the next day. *sigh*
I've noticed my friend's PowerBook 12" has the same issue (well just the wobble, no serious bending/warping other than that).
If there's one thing I've learned about apple through its history is: don't buy first revision products. Its the first time Apple has manufactured these Al cases in volume so I'm not terribly surprised that there are a few issues that will have to be worked out. Second and 3rd revision machines tend to have the fit and finish plus all the little manufacturing bugs worked out.
I've got an 800 MHz iBook (Combo) which I got in december, and so far I've not had a single major issue (aside from the microcontroller on the battery getting confused (which I think may have been caused by static dischage into the trackpad after walking on a carpet), which corrected itself within a day, and Apple overnighted me a brand new battery to replace it. No fuss, I just told them I'd already tried resetting the PM, reseating battery. Didn't ask me to try again, just dispatched another battery.)
I haven't had to send anything in for repairs yet, but from what I've heard for the most part they often will even ship stuff out the same day it arrives, all overnight shipping both ways using airborne.
I love my iPod too, but I've put it up on eBay so I can get one of the newer ones;)
Microsoft is indeed a real company. And I don't think they'll take to kindly to one of their employees unoficially posting up a 3.5 MB file and then having thousands of slashdotters download it. Guarunteed this'll get pulled before the end of Monday if not sooner.
can do your part in slashdotting "the beast" simply click here
That server seems to be holding up surprisingly well, I wonder how long until someone realizes the R&D department's bandwidth usage went through the roof and deletes the file...
Not exactly. The GPL protects the rights of the original developers, sometimes at the expense of other developers. And this expense to other developers is if they want to take the source and release it as part of a closed product.
Right, seeing as the FTP protocol was designed to have a central server that stores info from ID3 tags and IP addresses for servers containing those files.
FTP is a general purpose file transfer protocol. Napster/OpenNap is for sharing music. So its not the same.
However, nothing is forcing people to pirate music with it, its just a hell of alot easier, and probably designed with copyright violation in mind.
While walking, I've never had it skip once. In fact I use it to listen to music while walking between classes, work, home, etc.. Running it does OK, though you may need to pause every 20 mins or so (length of skip protection) for it to buffer up more tracks. I haven't had it skip on me while jogging though.
So far battery life has been good (especially with the latest firmware), transfers are speedy, the interface is simple and elegant. I really haven't had any trouble with it:)
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Didn't realize these guys were both here at NU. Based on the directory info Daniel is a visiting scholar in the WCAS (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences), and Mark is a professor in the same department. I wonder why they're not part of the Materials Science & Engineering department (which I'm an undergrad, studying under).
The new nanofabrication center is sweet.
"This is broken" is a completely legitimate thing to say, even if you're not going to be the one to fix it.
It's especially legitimate to point out that something is broken if you paid for it and it fails under "normal use." Pointing out that it's broken and letting a wider audience know what is broken makes it more likely that other folks, even if they aren't having trouble, will request that flaws be corrected so they don't have to run into them in the future.
This would be great considering that the alternative would be to use expensive Apple software on a Mac.
You mean $30 for quicktime pro?
Certainly you can pay more for better encoders from sorenson, but I'd hazzard a guess that if there are ffmpeg encoders for sorenson they're probably not even on par with apple's basic one since its only just been announced.
Well, not any more ;) It's now in a world of pain.
About 5 minutes since you've linked it up on slashdot.
That wasn't his point, his point was that the community was large. Honestly I wouldn't trade my 10 GB iPod (3rd Gen) for anything (other than a newer iPod).
60 GB is worthless if the software sucks. The integration between iTunes, iSync, and the iPod make for an excellent product that I don't have to spend any extra time fiddling with to get it to work.
Judging from other posts here, and on the source article, it seems like existing and prior Nomad Zen products aren't exactly all they're cracked up to be.
You pay more for high quality stuff, and the iPod _is_ high quality. Its not perfect, but what is?
I worked for NASA through them AS a contractor. I didn't have to deal with SAIC itself that much (except for doing online timesheets, and the initial interview/badging at the beginning). The people I worked with all seemed fairly nice. I was working on visualization systems for modeled climate data. Alot of other folks working through SAIC there were working on the actual modeling.
;)
So.. its not all secret black ops and mining traffic for intelligence purposes
"For today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people. With one will. One resolve. One cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death. And we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail."
(transcription stolen from: here
"Mes amis fans de Mac, notre attente va être récompensée. Nous avons fini de défendre une cause difficile. Apple va devenir le roi du monde !"
Actually its more like:
My friends, fans of the mac. Our wait will be rewarded. We will finish defending a difficult cause. Apple will become the king/ruler of the world.
They kinda left out a sentence. My French is a little weak these days..
Actually, apparently the new ones do sport the ability, though its limited at this point and only available in the diagnostic mode
There have been unofficial reports that apple will at some point roll out the ability to do real recording!
methinks they're not using mod_perl here, judging from the speed at which this is loading :)
I was slightly amused after posting it until I looked at my schedule and noted that i had 2 midterms, a lab, a homework, and a bunch of other stuff to get done by various times the next day. *sigh*
I've noticed my friend's PowerBook 12" has the same issue (well just the wobble, no serious bending/warping other than that).
;)
If there's one thing I've learned about apple through its history is: don't buy first revision products. Its the first time Apple has manufactured these Al cases in volume so I'm not terribly surprised that there are a few issues that will have to be worked out. Second and 3rd revision machines tend to have the fit and finish plus all the little manufacturing bugs worked out.
I've got an 800 MHz iBook (Combo) which I got in december, and so far I've not had a single major issue (aside from the microcontroller on the battery getting confused (which I think may have been caused by static dischage into the trackpad after walking on a carpet), which corrected itself within a day, and Apple overnighted me a brand new battery to replace it. No fuss, I just told them I'd already tried resetting the PM, reseating battery. Didn't ask me to try again, just dispatched another battery.)
I haven't had to send anything in for repairs yet, but from what I've heard for the most part they often will even ship stuff out the same day it arrives, all overnight shipping both ways using airborne.
I love my iPod too, but I've put it up on eBay so I can get one of the newer ones
Yes but some people have more freetime than money (college students)
;)
Obviously you're not an engineering student.
0 time, zero $$
Hi,
Microsoft is indeed a real company. And I don't think they'll take to kindly to one of their employees unoficially posting up a 3.5 MB file and then having thousands of slashdotters download it. Guarunteed this'll get pulled before the end of Monday if not sooner.
Have a nice day.
can do your part in slashdotting "the beast" simply click here
That server seems to be holding up surprisingly well, I wonder how long until someone realizes the R&D department's bandwidth usage went through the roof and deletes the file...
Not exactly. The GPL protects the rights of the original developers, sometimes at the expense of other developers. And this expense to other developers is if they want to take the source and release it as part of a closed product.
You will be hearing from us soon."
I seriously doubt it.
Right, seeing as the FTP protocol was designed to have a central server that stores info from ID3 tags and IP addresses for servers containing those files.
FTP is a general purpose file transfer protocol. Napster/OpenNap is for sharing music. So its not the same.
However, nothing is forcing people to pirate music with it, its just a hell of alot easier, and probably designed with copyright violation in mind.
Heh, agreed.
:p
Nice how each is "A reader" from some place in california. Didn't even attempt to place a name behind their statements.
Since when are AC posts "spotlight" reviews
While walking, I've never had it skip once. In fact I use it to listen to music while walking between classes, work, home, etc.. Running it does OK, though you may need to pause every 20 mins or so (length of skip protection) for it to buffer up more tracks. I haven't had it skip on me while jogging though.
:)
So far battery life has been good (especially with the latest firmware), transfers are speedy, the interface is simple and elegant. I really haven't had any trouble with it
This is with a 10 GB iPod I purchased in January.
Works perfectly on my Mac OS X box, just dropped the files in my ~/Library/Fonts
Um, nothing. Its a copyright act, a bunch of words on paper (or some other storage medium) it isn't conscious so it can't think :)
Yeah, seriously. Some mildly experienced folks might find this useful, but how is this news?
Its just a HOWTO.
Oh well..
I think the ROUs or one of the Affront ships might fare better.
Though the GSVs are REALLY fucking big if I remember correctly
Listing of Culture/Iain M. Banks ships