Why are you willing to live without that 1%? Why is 99% the end-all-and-be-all?
Because '1%' is probably an exaggeration of an order of magnitude.
Ever hear of a '1/8" plug'? They're very useful for connecting portable audio device to one another. Annoyingly, they're completely standardized, so you can use any speaker with any mp3 player. Damn those evil standards cutting into market share!
Interfaces go beyond merely piping audio from one device to another. AFAIK, the icelink is not available for any other product than the iPod, and is currently the only thing that integrates with the stereo on my vehicles. Maybe you'd like to take your eyes off the road to fiddle with an mp3 player, but I'd prefer to keep them up, with hands on the wheel.
So what if I have a big playlist ("My Top Rated 3+"), and I sort that by song name on my computer. Then on my iPod, I want that playlist to play by shuffling albums? Can't do it.
The grandparent was unclear. I think I see what you are saying, and that is actually one of my peeves about the iPod. You want to change the sorting on the fly, I think?
Slashdot is excessively pro-Apple these days -- you (we?) should look at iPod competitors as potential ways to make portable music more enjoyable than it already is.
If the iPod didn't do about 99% of what I want it to do, I'd be more than happy to look at competitors. But it does everything. In addition, the accessories market will keep me attached to the iPod for quite a while. And I'm not talking about cases and crap like that. I mean external speakers/boomboxes and car interfaces. The latter are MUST have items for me. Oh, and Macintosh support. Sure, it's just drag and drop, but that's actually quite a hassle compared to 'plug it in and forget about it'.
You can only play by playlist. No way to sort by genre, artist, or album. Fortunately, there's a solution to that: create a "smart playlist" for each missing sort mode you want. Yep. That's "easy to use".
I assume you're familiar with the term 'bullshit'? Or flamebait? Or troll?
4G, 60GB color iPod. Click on Music. Then click on 'artists' or 'genres' or about seven or eight other things.
Plus it doesn't support popular media formats. Want to play music from non-Apple online stores? Tough. No FLAC, no Ogg, no WMV, nothing but Apple or MP3.
I'm more disappointed in the S-Mart players that don't play the popular format used by the world's largest online music retailer.
Tear it apart? What kind of geek are you? Pop off the cover, remove one component, undo a couple of screws, plug in memory, reassemble. Took me about the same time to do this as the last memory upgrade on an X86 PC (which required withdrawing the mobo to fit memory between cages and a bazillion wires.
My father was a psych major in college. He always likes to talk about this study. He also seems to think Malthus was the only economist worth a damn. Go figure:)
But, the interesting thing is that the rats will destroy each other not until they get to an acceptible population level, but will keep going and going until there really isn't enough to sustain the population.
Sorry, Charlie, but 6.0.8 is the ne plus ultra of Mac System software. If you don't believe me, I'll dig out my Mac Classic and beat you in the head with it.
Alderaan was full of innocents - it had nothing whatever to do with the Rebel Alliance - but it was destroyed nonetheless.
Bullshit. They were a bunch of terrorist sympathizers, and one of the most visible members of their government helped to start and finance the rebellion. Fuck 'em.
PG County MD was mentioned as a locale that used the modem 'feature' of the FUBAR'ed election devices. And when PGC votes for the Republican, it's time to dust off grandpa's shotgun, because the fix is definately in, and there has been a coup.
Hey, if you're married and living in your parents' basement, good for you. I'm sure she's a fine catch. As far as not having applied for a mortgage, I'm impressed. It's that desire to succeed and be your own man that is helping America to remain an economic powerhouse.
It would have had to be in-person, on the spot. The moment's gone.
Yup. It works that way in real life. You don't always get to stack the odds in your favor.
Pick a third party to determine whether or not my description is accurate, name your terms, put the amount in escrow (I'll do likewise), then we can talk. Why should I trust someone who can secure neither a mortgage nor a significant other?
In fact, I would be willing to lay my hard-earned cash down on a bet that states you have no idea how an automotive airbag deployment system works.
I'd take you up on that bet, but I assume you are already sponging off your parents, and would hate you to have to grab even more cash from mommy's pocketbook.
There's also not much I can do to avoid meteors striking my car. But then again, the difficulty of repairing meteor damage is also something I wouldn't complain about. (And as for being rear ended, you can at the least mitigate damage, and at most avoid it if you are attentive and prepared enough.)
Most people who think they are good drivers secretly know that they suck ass and would be seriously embarassed at the track. By letting it hang out on the street, they know they can 'win' when all they've done is pushed the limits further than one should in a non-controlled environment.
Seeing as how you are incorrect about your last point (mandatory cats in '76), why should anyone pay much attention to your first points? Cats were not mandated until much later. The Honda CVCC engine met air quality requirements from '75 to '83. I assume pissing and moaning from GM and Ford got the mandatory cat law passed. Seeing as how they couldn't make a clean engine sans cats. MG would be in the same boat. Rather than design a non-shitty engine, they slap on a converter and blame the bureaucrats and greenies for low powered cars.
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Name your company and list your email address on /. You'll get at least one more resume;)
We're trying to hire, and so far not much luck.
/. and a comment like that should net you plenty of responses.
Where are you located? Open up your email on
I don't have a driver's license, so I don't really care one way or another.
Therefore, features/accessories like that are of no interest to you. So don't get an iPod. They are to me, so I do have an iPod.
Why are you willing to live without that 1%? Why is 99% the end-all-and-be-all?
Because '1%' is probably an exaggeration of an order of magnitude.
Ever hear of a '1/8" plug'? They're very useful for connecting portable audio device to one another. Annoyingly, they're completely standardized, so you can use any speaker with any mp3 player. Damn those evil standards cutting into market share!
Interfaces go beyond merely piping audio from one device to another. AFAIK, the icelink is not available for any other product than the iPod, and is currently the only thing that integrates with the stereo on my vehicles. Maybe you'd like to take your eyes off the road to fiddle with an mp3 player, but I'd prefer to keep them up, with hands on the wheel.
So what if I have a big playlist ("My Top Rated 3+"), and I sort that by song name on my computer. Then on my iPod, I want that playlist to play by shuffling albums? Can't do it.
The grandparent was unclear. I think I see what you are saying, and that is actually one of my peeves about the iPod. You want to change the sorting on the fly, I think?
Slashdot is excessively pro-Apple these days -- you (we?) should look at iPod competitors as potential ways to make portable music more enjoyable than it already is.
If the iPod didn't do about 99% of what I want it to do, I'd be more than happy to look at competitors. But it does everything. In addition, the accessories market will keep me attached to the iPod for quite a while. And I'm not talking about cases and crap like that. I mean external speakers/boomboxes and car interfaces. The latter are MUST have items for me. Oh, and Macintosh support. Sure, it's just drag and drop, but that's actually quite a hassle compared to 'plug it in and forget about it'.
You can only play by playlist. No way to sort by genre, artist, or album. Fortunately, there's a solution to that: create a "smart playlist" for each missing sort mode you want. Yep. That's "easy to use".
I assume you're familiar with the term 'bullshit'? Or flamebait? Or troll?
4G, 60GB color iPod. Click on Music. Then click on 'artists' or 'genres' or about seven or eight other things.
Plus it doesn't support popular media formats. Want to play music from non-Apple online stores? Tough. No FLAC, no Ogg, no WMV, nothing but Apple or MP3.
I'm more disappointed in the S-Mart players that don't play the popular format used by the world's largest online music retailer.
Tear it apart? What kind of geek are you? Pop off the cover, remove one component, undo a couple of screws, plug in memory, reassemble. Took me about the same time to do this as the last memory upgrade on an X86 PC (which required withdrawing the mobo to fit memory between cages and a bazillion wires.
My father was a psych major in college. He always likes to talk about this study. He also seems to think Malthus was the only economist worth a damn. Go figure:)
But, the interesting thing is that the rats will destroy each other not until they get to an acceptible population level, but will keep going and going until there really isn't enough to sustain the population.
Sorry, Charlie, but 6.0.8 is the ne plus ultra of Mac System software. If you don't believe me, I'll dig out my Mac Classic and beat you in the head with it.
Provided I can find an ADB mouse around here...
Alderaan was full of innocents - it had nothing whatever to do with the Rebel Alliance - but it was destroyed nonetheless.
Bullshit. They were a bunch of terrorist sympathizers, and one of the most visible members of their government helped to start and finance the rebellion. Fuck 'em.
Interesting you mention light trucks. We know that Dodge and GM are better than Ford because they have 1500's, 2500's, and 3500's.
At one point, GM used 10, 15, 20, and 25. I think Dodge had a D-10. But, Ford countered with the 100 (having dropped the F-1).
Let's rub Slashdot's soft green underbelly!
Be careful. You might not want to know too much about how things are put together.
PG County MD was mentioned as a locale that used the modem 'feature' of the FUBAR'ed election devices. And when PGC votes for the Republican, it's time to dust off grandpa's shotgun, because the fix is definately in, and there has been a coup.
Get over it WRT Metallica. Seems like they are keeping the spirit of their original idea without canibalizing sales of studio work.
Go to the annual shareholders meeting. Aren't they allowed the right to speak at the meeting?
Hey, if you're married and living in your parents' basement, good for you. I'm sure she's a fine catch. As far as not having applied for a mortgage, I'm impressed. It's that desire to succeed and be your own man that is helping America to remain an economic powerhouse.
It would have had to be in-person, on the spot. The moment's gone.
Yup. It works that way in real life. You don't always get to stack the odds in your favor.
So, care to explain how an airbag deploys?
Pick a third party to determine whether or not my description is accurate, name your terms, put the amount in escrow (I'll do likewise), then we can talk. Why should I trust someone who can secure neither a mortgage nor a significant other?
In fact, I would be willing to lay my hard-earned cash down on a bet that states you have no idea how an automotive airbag deployment system works.
I'd take you up on that bet, but I assume you are already sponging off your parents, and would hate you to have to grab even more cash from mommy's pocketbook.
There's also not much I can do to avoid meteors striking my car. But then again, the difficulty of repairing meteor damage is also something I wouldn't complain about. (And as for being rear ended, you can at the least mitigate damage, and at most avoid it if you are attentive and prepared enough.)
You can pop one without being in an accident, you know.
Sounds like you need a better built car.
But, hey, good job on being an elitist fuck though!
Congratulations aren't necessary. It's very easy when you are in fact better than everyone else.
If you know how to drive, you'll avoid that guy as well.
So. MD? You'll have to let me know what car to look for at MIR when you get the engine swap done.
Most people who think they are good drivers secretly know that they suck ass and would be seriously embarassed at the track. By letting it hang out on the street, they know they can 'win' when all they've done is pushed the limits further than one should in a non-controlled environment.
Airbags cheap? Have you ever popped one?
Sorry. Some of us know how to drive.
Seeing as how you are incorrect about your last point (mandatory cats in '76), why should anyone pay much attention to your first points? Cats were not mandated until much later. The Honda CVCC engine met air quality requirements from '75 to '83. I assume pissing and moaning from GM and Ford got the mandatory cat law passed. Seeing as how they couldn't make a clean engine sans cats. MG would be in the same boat. Rather than design a non-shitty engine, they slap on a converter and blame the bureaucrats and greenies for low powered cars.