"The files play fine in Winamp and every other media player I have ever used. If an mp3 only has a problem in one of the dozens of programs which play it is that a flaw in the file or a flaw in the program which fails to propperly play it?"
Computers have a MUCH greater tolerance in software/hardware for corrupt MP3s than any dedicated DAPs.
"My iPod (about 1 year old) doesn't play all mp3s. With several mp3 in my collection it freezes while continuing to read the hard drive. Every time this happens I lose 30 minutes to one hour of batterly life. If I leave it playing rather than hitting next for 30 seconds it will completely drain my battery while trying to play this one song."
Blame the encoder or your P2P source of choice for that, it's not the problem of any specific DAP if you feed it garbage files.
"My post was to point out the moral relativity of deciding whether something is good or not on the basis of what "most" people are doing.
I realize that it may be a stretch for you to think about something in a general sense but I suppose that it what happens when your thoughts are clouded by dogma."
This coming from a prime example of a strawman attack, naturally. You could easily have chosen a less inciteful comparison, as this situation is absolutely *not* so black and white as enslavement.
"After spending years trying to reconcile the fact that I've met many perfectly nice Americans versus the heavy boot that you collectively place on the neck of many other nations (and on your own downtrodden), I've given up. It's a democracy and yo're free to work hard to change it or, if you can't live with it, to leave. If you stay and don't work hard enough to change it, or are simply outnumbered by the mouthbreathers, don't bother crying me a river about how you're stereotyped."
I'm glad you live in a utopia that you've worked directly, hand over fist to create.
Your anecdotal evidence doesn't necessarily speak for the whole, you know.
Asus is a relatively decent manufacturer, and in my dealings with them working for a larger OEM my main complaint is more with their poorly maintained website than any hardware issues.
That's what I wanted to know, I know there are huge 3rd party euro servers but while the Kad network is decentralized, I'm unaware of if the other network will still remain in operation somehow.
"I don't want some used eBay POS with no warranty, a dead or aging battery that will need replacment soon, 128MB of RAM that needs to be upgraded (at god knows what cost for an older machine), etc, etc, etc. If I wanted used I'd buy used."
If you wanted more powerful, you should pay more. The margins on notebooks are relatively low to begin with.
"Try running any decent music production software (my main reason for wanting a PC/Windows laptop in the first place!) on a PIII 700. That's what I had on my desktop 5 years ago for Christ's sake. Does that thing even have USB 2.0?"
So run a tracker, christ. Audio applications have ALWAYS been resource hog, especially with onboard chipsets that lack decent DSPs.
By the way, you *can* run decent music production software on a P3 700. But again, with all audio software the faster the processor, the more separate tracks one can run. Bounce or freeze them and you can do as many tracks as you want.
If you want the newest VSTis and as many simultaneous tracks as you want, you're unreasonable and certainly unrealistic for 500$.
"Now, if you think that Linux support is intractable because of support costs, then fine. Give me the game without support. Just give me some version of the game. Of course I won't pay the same amount as with support, and if someone else does more, I'll be more loyal to them. But it'll eliminate the need for support costs."
A sane publisher would *never* let this happen. Regardless of what you say, a game without support would give much worse press than simply letting the customers use the game under windows emulation.
YOU ARE A TINY MARKET. Game developers are concerned with their product being polished for the larger market so they can eke out a living. They are not concerned about you by necessity, not for any intentional slight.
It's a piece of hardware still in development. It is not a finalized product. It is expensive to purchase. I'm no source evangelist, but that isn't a very apt comparison.
"Then the surge in laptop sales doesn't indicate laptops replacing desktops, or 'stealing marketshare,' but merely increased overlap. In fact, I am struggling to come up with a single household I know of that has a laptop WITHOUT at least one desktop machine already. We are not talking about people buying 'either/or,' but people buying 'in addition to.'
I'm not saying that they aren't using desktops, but that they're buying more powerful laptops to go along with their existing desktops as opposed to buying a new desktop alone.
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Hah. I can out-think most any problem, however hardware may still need to be replaced. I don't want to get jerked around by tier one jerkwads :)
"The files play fine in Winamp and every other media player I have ever used. If an mp3 only has a problem in one of the dozens of programs which play it is that a flaw in the file or a flaw in the program which fails to propperly play it?"
Computers have a MUCH greater tolerance in software/hardware for corrupt MP3s than any dedicated DAPs.
I'd suggest scanning your files with http://www.geocities.com/mp3utility/ or a similar app.
Obviously everything relating to Linux must be goodwill, sparkles and rainbows.
"My iPod (about 1 year old) doesn't play all mp3s. With several mp3 in my collection it freezes while continuing to read the hard drive. Every time this happens I lose 30 minutes to one hour of batterly life. If I leave it playing rather than hitting next for 30 seconds it will completely drain my battery while trying to play this one song."
Blame the encoder or your P2P source of choice for that, it's not the problem of any specific DAP if you feed it garbage files.
Let alone the *horrible* support that comes with the Dell consumer line.
"Ok, nobody really cares for the Halo2 Campaign. ...
Nobody really plays the Halo2 campaign."
Some people *do* enjoy single player, and the moronic teenagers on Live aren't always a huge draw.
Every Halo addict I know played through the entire campaigns of I and II, and found some substance, though the gameplay is obviously the main draw.
I don't mind a mix of both. For that reason, I'm looking forward to the upcoming Silent Hill flick :)
"My post was to point out the moral relativity of deciding whether something is good or not on the basis of what "most" people are doing.
I realize that it may be a stretch for you to think about something in a general sense but I suppose that it what happens when your thoughts are clouded by dogma."
This coming from a prime example of a strawman attack, naturally. You could easily have chosen a less inciteful comparison, as this situation is absolutely *not* so black and white as enslavement.
Data compression wasn't at that point.
What does user damage have to do with a factory warranty, (unless you're referring to warranties that specifically cover user damage)?
Yeah, it's not like people pay for slashdot or anything...
"After spending years trying to reconcile the fact that I've met many perfectly nice Americans versus the heavy boot that you collectively place on the neck of many other nations (and on your own downtrodden), I've given up. It's a democracy and yo're free to work hard to change it or, if you can't live with it, to leave. If you stay and don't work hard enough to change it, or are simply outnumbered by the mouthbreathers, don't bother crying me a river about how you're stereotyped."
I'm glad you live in a utopia that you've worked directly, hand over fist to create.
I'm certainly not going to argue with those comptaints, ATI's 2d and video quality *are* superior to most any Nvidia-related offerings.
Your anecdotal evidence doesn't necessarily speak for the whole, you know.
Asus is a relatively decent manufacturer, and in my dealings with them working for a larger OEM my main complaint is more with their poorly maintained website than any hardware issues.
Lucas has a MUCH tighter grip of his product than Raimi. I doubt that Raimi had the clout to properly negotiate at that point in his career.
"can it be run decentralized at all?"
That's what I wanted to know, I know there are huge 3rd party euro servers but while the Kad network is decentralized, I'm unaware of if the other network will still remain in operation somehow.
On that subject, what's to become of the network? Can eMule continue to run without eDonkey?
"I don't want some used eBay POS with no warranty, a dead or aging battery that will need replacment soon, 128MB of RAM that needs to be upgraded (at god knows what cost for an older machine), etc, etc, etc. If I wanted used I'd buy used."
If you wanted more powerful, you should pay more. The margins on notebooks are relatively low to begin with.
"Try running any decent music production software (my main reason for wanting a PC/Windows laptop in the first place!) on a PIII 700. That's what I had on my desktop 5 years ago for Christ's sake. Does that thing even have USB 2.0?"
So run a tracker, christ. Audio applications have ALWAYS been resource hog, especially with onboard chipsets that lack decent DSPs.
By the way, you *can* run decent music production software on a P3 700. But again, with all audio software the faster the processor, the more separate tracks one can run. Bounce or freeze them and you can do as many tracks as you want.
If you want the newest VSTis and as many simultaneous tracks as you want, you're unreasonable and certainly unrealistic for 500$.
Complaining is easy, coming up with solutions that are applicable for every disadvantaged environment, very much not.
"Now, if you think that Linux support is intractable because of support costs, then fine. Give me the game without support. Just give me some version of the game. Of course I won't pay the same amount as with support, and if someone else does more, I'll be more loyal to them. But it'll eliminate the need for support costs."
A sane publisher would *never* let this happen. Regardless of what you say, a game without support would give much worse press than simply letting the customers use the game under windows emulation.
YOU ARE A TINY MARKET. Game developers are concerned with their product being polished for the larger market so they can eke out a living. They are not concerned about you by necessity, not for any intentional slight.
He was referring to marketing and popular opinion, not his personal preference.
It's a piece of hardware still in development. It is not a finalized product. It is expensive to purchase. I'm no source evangelist, but that isn't a very apt comparison.
"Then the surge in laptop sales doesn't indicate laptops replacing desktops, or 'stealing marketshare,' but merely increased overlap. In fact, I am struggling to come up with a single household I know of that has a laptop WITHOUT at least one desktop machine already. We are not talking about people buying 'either/or,' but people buying 'in addition to.'
I'm not saying that they aren't using desktops, but that they're buying more powerful laptops to go along with their existing desktops as opposed to buying a new desktop alone.
"2 or 3 hours max while playing something like WoW? No thank you!"
If you have the network (or wireless) connection to play an online game, you have a power jack in the vicinity.
"Yeah yeah, mobility will kill desktop PCs, it's been around the corner fro what? Half a decade?"
1) Price has not been this low in the past.
2) Notebook systems *are* being sold in record numbers. Regardless of your opinion, desktops have lost a significant share in the last half-decade.