and this is also a great reason why i can't imagine video rental stores actually promoting this (or divx) because much of their business model is based on bringing the customer back into the store for returns - they're likely to rent or buy something else while they're there. it's like a guarantee that your customer will come back. not so with this disposable crap.
The Teaching Company has great audio and video lectures on all subjects by reknown professors. Though they may seem a bit expensive, try requesting your local public library to order a set. I know I've ordered them for people when I worked in a library.
Here's a link to their Science & Math courses: http://www.teachco.com/ttcstore/CoursesBySubject.a sp?Sbj=10
although it's not noted in the review, the beta firmware upgrades to the audiotron include streaming capabilities through the internet via "turtle-radio". you just set up an account with them where you list all the streaming URLs you want and the audiotron logs on and can play 'em all.
my unanswered question (unanswered by their FAQ) is that will this thing be able to play video files off of my PC? that's something i'd love to see - then it would be just like an audiotron for video.
i've got a lot of digitized mst3k episodes i'd love to watch this way.
they don't support linux but i've spoken with their developers and testers and i found out they're actually running 70 audiotrons off of a celeron 400 running linux with two ethernet cards. they don't want to "support" linux because of all the possible varieties of.conf files to deal with. i guess they figure anyone running linux should be able to figure it out themselves.
yes, and what's really great is what they've been doing with their firmware upgrades such as streaming radio and browser control which, since they are in "beta", are all so far undocumented features.
you're probably right. if they didn't waste about two hours oohing and aahing over the enterprise in "dry-dock" and hired some actors it probably wouldn't have been so horribly nauseating.
i actually was a victim of TELEPHONE spam not too long ago.
i took an ad out in a local newspaper to try to sell a car and when the week was over i got a telephone call from a competing classifieds paper to take an ad out with them if my car didn't sell.
if they were really smart/crooked they would make the "close window" button actually a link to their site - "oops, i guess we made a mistake in programming"
It is a problem libraries, data
wharehouses, companies, and even individuals have (how do you play those old 12" records when no
more turntables are manufactured, or they have become so specialized and expensive as to be
unobtainable by all but the most wealthy?). These problems have arisen without encryption, without
any malicious efforts to make the data inaccessible.
this is, in fact, something i'm trying to do at work. i work at a university music library and in trying to get a grant to digitize our collection of unique performances currently on open-reel tape, i've discovered that since the library of congress hasn't approved digital media as an archival medium we can only archive to 1/2-inch open reel tape. ridiculous? oh yeah. the cheapest 1/2-inch deck i've found is $10,000 - used!
on a note more related to the discussion at hand; i've been converting all the music classes' listening assignments to mp3 files so they can be accessed via the web (password protected for registered students only) and in the near future through hardware devices within the library itself. i consider all of this fair use (educational purposes and all that). eventually, i'm going to have to grab a clip off of a DVD. will i be able to do this?
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and this is also a great reason why i can't imagine video rental stores actually promoting this (or divx) because much of their business model is based on bringing the customer back into the store for returns - they're likely to rent or buy something else while they're there. it's like a guarantee that your customer will come back. not so with this disposable crap.
The Teaching Company has great audio and video lectures on all subjects by reknown professors. Though they may seem a bit expensive, try requesting your local public library to order a set. I know I've ordered them for people when I worked in a library.
a sp?Sbj=10
Here's a link to their Science & Math courses: http://www.teachco.com/ttcstore/CoursesBySubject.
You mean "grok".
Oh dammit, i blew my cover.
Umm, that's Macrovision at work.
exactly, one of the main reasons to visit the pub is your friendly chatty bartender.
and do they do buy-backs? (i.e. freebies)
i really like the flash animations here, actually - nice job. but my question is why are the animations coming from the economist site?
that's it, i'm going out right now to make my portable odyssey pong!
yes, with the beta firmware updates. it's not documented on the site though - you have to be on their mailing list.
although it's not noted in the review, the beta firmware upgrades to the audiotron include streaming capabilities through the internet via "turtle-radio". you just set up an account with them where you list all the streaming URLs you want and the audiotron logs on and can play 'em all.
it's a great idea but the RIAA will simply make any boycott attempt look like slumping sales due to file sharing and then sue some more.
a boycott won't work unless they and the public KNOW it's a boycott.
hrmph, when i wanted more space i just used a 90 minute cassette instead of a 60 minute one!
she just doesn't want anyone to know that she bought a charley pride cd.
my unanswered question (unanswered by their FAQ) is that will this thing be able to play video files off of my PC? that's something i'd love to see - then it would be just like an audiotron for video.
i've got a lot of digitized mst3k episodes i'd love to watch this way.
they don't support linux but i've spoken with their developers and testers and i found out they're actually running 70 audiotrons off of a celeron 400 running linux with two ethernet cards. they don't want to "support" linux because of all the possible varieties of .conf files to deal with. i guess they figure anyone running linux should be able to figure it out themselves.
it works with samba BTW.
yes, and what's really great is what they've been doing with their firmware upgrades such as streaming radio and browser control which, since they are in "beta", are all so far undocumented features.
you're probably right. if they didn't waste about two hours oohing and aahing over the enterprise in "dry-dock" and hired some actors it probably wouldn't have been so horribly nauseating.
i agree, i always considered it "Star Trek: The Motionless Picture"
you forgot Windows GT
i actually was a victim of TELEPHONE spam not too long ago. i took an ad out in a local newspaper to try to sell a car and when the week was over i got a telephone call from a competing classifieds paper to take an ad out with them if my car didn't sell.
if they were really smart/crooked they would make the "close window" button actually a link to their site - "oops, i guess we made a mistake in programming"
this is, in fact, something i'm trying to do at work. i work at a university music library and in trying to get a grant to digitize our collection of unique performances currently on open-reel tape, i've discovered that since the library of congress hasn't approved digital media as an archival medium we can only archive to 1/2-inch open reel tape. ridiculous? oh yeah. the cheapest 1/2-inch deck i've found is $10,000 - used!
on a note more related to the discussion at hand; i've been converting all the music classes' listening assignments to mp3 files so they can be accessed via the web (password protected for registered students only) and in the near future through hardware devices within the library itself. i consider all of this fair use (educational purposes and all that). eventually, i'm going to have to grab a clip off of a DVD. will i be able to do this?
yeah but will they sell it to Saddam Hussein?
the best part, of course, is where the form says "Departure from ____" and i can just picture the official typing in "Moon"