Surprisingly, AMP is not based on AOL's Winamp platform, only utilizing Winamp's "Unagi" playback engine...Building AMP from scratch was not an easy task, and AOL has yet to set a final release date. A source close to the company says AMP has been in development for three years, citing "rewrite after rewrite.
Looks like this has been in development for a while, and the article states that it is targeted at a different audience than WinAMP.
Surprisingly, AMP is not based on AOL's Winamp platform, only utilizing Winamp's "Unagi" playback engine. Instead, AMP is built atop the company's Communicator XUL user interface framework. Communicator was first unveiled in beta form two years ago and eventually evolved into Fanfare.
Despite the overlap, AMP is not meant to replace Winamp - even with the recent departure of the player's development team. AOL says its new Media Player is not a competing product and has different audience, as Winamp users are not likely AOL users.
This looks more like AOL's initial pust to eventually get themselves into the music store business, not to replace an existing MP3 player.
I've heard of several people getting VoIP spam. Personally, I haven't gotten any. I switched to Time Warner's digital phone service a couple of months ago, which allows you to keep your existing phone number. My old number was in the "do not call" directory, so I'm assuming that's helped me to avoid getting VoIP spam.
Not all software with a splash screen has a progress bar, and that's what I'd like to see. Many software apps just have an image that you have to stare at (and can't dismiss or get away from). Also, I'm convinced that some software vendors slowdown the startup of their applications just so that you have to stare at the splash screen longer...
My main complaint is the focus stealing. However, in general I don't like splash screens and appreciate software that gives me a way to disable it (like the Gimp). Of course, I wouldn't have to disable it if they'd just make it more functional. I know it doesn't take long to load and display the image for the splash screen, but I also know that that window could be used to show me something more informative, like a progress bar.
For those of you who can't see it because of the slashdotting, this splash screen looks like a browser dialog box and says "The connection was refused when attempting to connect to www.gimp.org". Amazingly, the artist behind it is using the same window decorations and color sheme as me!
So you're advocating choosing the lesser of two evils? It is possible to have a small, efficient splash screen. One with no image, just a progress indicator and a busy/wait cursor. Also, as the grandparent mentions, splash screens have no business stealing focus from something I'm actually working on (I'm talking to you Adobe!).
Oh, everyone in the class knew that teacher was on crack. I don't trust a word of vocab that I got from her in two years worth of classes. The summer after I graduated, I managed to spend about a week and a half in Spain, and got someone to tell me what they called blue jeans, but I was too drunk to remember it at the time. Thanks for clearing that up for me!
This sounds like an interesting prospect. However, according to the site, they seem to have a few limitations. For example:
example table with English backbone descriptions will not allow adding of words which cannot be translated with one English word
So, I wouldn't be able to translate "blue jeans" from another langauge? This really sucks, because on of my High School spanglish teachers taught us that it translated to "bluyins" in Spanish, and I've really never trusted that...
Perhaps they should wait until they have a more robust system before making these types of announcments?
The consumers other options being to own a player for each format or not see the content released in the format they opted against. I don't like any of these solutions. Personally, I'd rather just get the content streamed from my cable provider to a file that I can play on my PC or STB, but we all know that's out of the question...
This seems to be an innovative idea, but I doubt that is going to kill Blu-Ray. Everyone is assuming that we have to have another VHS/Betamax style format war, and that's just not the case here. Why can't studios just produce double-sided discs? One side could be a DVD/HD-DVD dual layer hybrid, and the other side could be the same content in Blu-Ray. Just turn the disc over to support your player.
Of course, this would benefit the consumer and we just can't have that, now can we?
I admit that it's a pyramid scheme, but I don't feel like I was tricked into joining. I signed up on my own after researching it for a while.
As for the free part, I haven't spent any $$$ for the referrals that I've gotten. I set up Conga Circles to get all of my referrals (and many have come from my signature as well), so I haven't spent time recruiting new people; I let the Conga Circles do that for me. I did have to do some work in PHP to get the Conga Circles working, but I think that was the best part. Oh, and I got to use BLockbuster's online rental system for free for two months and got 4 free in store rentals (without which I probably never would have tried Pikmin 2, which was awesome).
So, while that may be a common response from someone who just got tricked into a pyramid scheme, it's also a response from someone who made the pyramid scheme work for him.
If you stay an IT, you're probably going to get exposed to the GCCS-M 4.x world sooner than the rest of the sailors. It's slated to replace the GCCS-M 3.x systems (the HP-UX machines) over the next decade. The setup is Sun V240s running Solaris 8 as the servers and Windows 2000 boxes as the clients. Hate to have had to be the one to break it to you...
People with real world experience by having served in the military hold most of the systems engineering jobs on the project that I work on. We only have one programmer that I know of who has served, but domain knowledge is definately a plus when applying for these types of jobs.
First, SAIC is an employee owned company, which has fostered a culture that offers nice benefits. Second, my salary is more than most of my college buddies doing the same thing in non-Gov't fields.
As for your points about the upcoming changes for the mine warfare community, most of the work I've been doing lately has been for the organic airborne systems for the MH-60S. The Navy is indeed moving away from dedicated mine sweepers, and helos, UAVs, and UUVs appear to be the platforms of the future. Our software currently supports all of these platforms.
You seem to know a lot about this field - mind if I ask what you do in the Navy? If you don't want to answer on/., feel free to email me.
Yep. I work at SAIC on a project called MEDAL. Here are some pictures of a recent business trip I took aboard the USS Nimitz during a TECHEVAL of the software.
and are spamming one of those pyramid-free-iPod schemes
First, you've got to apply for a federal job (or a job with a federal contractor) that requires that you have a security clearance. You can't decide on your own that you want one!
You do have to get a job where it's required. You can be granted an interim clearance while your application is processing, which is a process I've seen take up to 18 months for some coworkers.
Like I said earlier, I got lucky and found an employer that was willing to sponser my clearance application. There are lots of employers in the NoVA area that will do that (SAIC, Booz, and Lockheed just to name a few), but you have a major advantage if you already have the desired clearance or some clearance from the agency that the job requires.
I guess that I got lucky. My current employer was willing to hire me for a position that required a DoD clearance even though I didn't have one yet. I was young and willing to work for less money than I was worth because of the missing clearance. It took about 7 months for me to get my clearance, and in the past two years my salary has caught up to what I feel I'm worth to the company.
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Looks like this has been in development for a while, and the article states that it is targeted at a different audience than WinAMP.
This looks more like AOL's initial pust to eventually get themselves into the music store business, not to replace an existing MP3 player.
And of course, I'm blind you insensitive clod!
I've heard of several people getting VoIP spam. Personally, I haven't gotten any. I switched to Time Warner's digital phone service a couple of months ago, which allows you to keep your existing phone number. My old number was in the "do not call" directory, so I'm assuming that's helped me to avoid getting VoIP spam.
I'm married as well. There, you've double your sample size and kept the same results. That has to be reliable, right?
Has there ever been a poll about this? It'd be nice to have some idea how many slashdotters are married/committed.
Not all software with a splash screen has a progress bar, and that's what I'd like to see. Many software apps just have an image that you have to stare at (and can't dismiss or get away from). Also, I'm convinced that some software vendors slowdown the startup of their applications just so that you have to stare at the splash screen longer...
My main complaint is the focus stealing. However, in general I don't like splash screens and appreciate software that gives me a way to disable it (like the Gimp). Of course, I wouldn't have to disable it if they'd just make it more functional. I know it doesn't take long to load and display the image for the splash screen, but I also know that that window could be used to show me something more informative, like a progress bar.
Someone should demand a recount, citing insufficient hardware at the voting site...
For those of you who can't see it because of the slashdotting, this splash screen looks like a browser dialog box and says "The connection was refused when attempting to connect to www.gimp.org". Amazingly, the artist behind it is using the same window decorations and color sheme as me!
So you're advocating choosing the lesser of two evils? It is possible to have a small, efficient splash screen. One with no image, just a progress indicator and a busy/wait cursor. Also, as the grandparent mentions, splash screens have no business stealing focus from something I'm actually working on (I'm talking to you Adobe!).
That's not an iPod Photo
Oh, everyone in the class knew that teacher was on crack. I don't trust a word of vocab that I got from her in two years worth of classes. The summer after I graduated, I managed to spend about a week and a half in Spain, and got someone to tell me what they called blue jeans, but I was too drunk to remember it at the time. Thanks for clearing that up for me!
No, no it isn't.
So, I wouldn't be able to translate "blue jeans" from another langauge? This really sucks, because on of my High School spanglish teachers taught us that it translated to "bluyins" in Spanish, and I've really never trusted that...
Perhaps they should wait until they have a more robust system before making these types of announcments?
The consumers other options being to own a player for each format or not see the content released in the format they opted against. I don't like any of these solutions. Personally, I'd rather just get the content streamed from my cable provider to a file that I can play on my PC or STB, but we all know that's out of the question...
This seems to be an innovative idea, but I doubt that is going to kill Blu-Ray. Everyone is assuming that we have to have another VHS/Betamax style format war, and that's just not the case here. Why can't studios just produce double-sided discs? One side could be a DVD/HD-DVD dual layer hybrid, and the other side could be the same content in Blu-Ray. Just turn the disc over to support your player.
Of course, this would benefit the consumer and we just can't have that, now can we?
I admit that it's a pyramid scheme, but I don't feel like I was tricked into joining. I signed up on my own after researching it for a while.
As for the free part, I haven't spent any $$$ for the referrals that I've gotten. I set up Conga Circles to get all of my referrals (and many have come from my signature as well), so I haven't spent time recruiting new people; I let the Conga Circles do that for me. I did have to do some work in PHP to get the Conga Circles working, but I think that was the best part. Oh, and I got to use BLockbuster's online rental system for free for two months and got 4 free in store rentals (without which I probably never would have tried Pikmin 2, which was awesome).
So, while that may be a common response from someone who just got tricked into a pyramid scheme, it's also a response from someone who made the pyramid scheme work for him.
If you stay an IT, you're probably going to get exposed to the GCCS-M 4.x world sooner than the rest of the sailors. It's slated to replace the GCCS-M 3.x systems (the HP-UX machines) over the next decade. The setup is Sun V240s running Solaris 8 as the servers and Windows 2000 boxes as the clients. Hate to have had to be the one to break it to you...
People with real world experience by having served in the military hold most of the systems engineering jobs on the project that I work on. We only have one programmer that I know of who has served, but domain knowledge is definately a plus when applying for these types of jobs.
Lots of good points!
/., feel free to email me.
First, SAIC is an employee owned company, which has fostered a culture that offers nice benefits. Second, my salary is more than most of my college buddies doing the same thing in non-Gov't fields.
As for your points about the upcoming changes for the mine warfare community, most of the work I've been doing lately has been for the organic airborne systems for the MH-60S. The Navy is indeed moving away from dedicated mine sweepers, and helos, UAVs, and UUVs appear to be the platforms of the future. Our software currently supports all of these platforms.
You seem to know a lot about this field - mind if I ask what you do in the Navy? If you don't want to answer on
Yep. I work at SAIC on a project called MEDAL. Here are some pictures of a recent business trip I took aboard the USS Nimitz during a TECHEVAL of the software.
Yep. They actually work.
You do have to get a job where it's required. You can be granted an interim clearance while your application is processing, which is a process I've seen take up to 18 months for some coworkers.
Like I said earlier, I got lucky and found an employer that was willing to sponser my clearance application. There are lots of employers in the NoVA area that will do that (SAIC, Booz, and Lockheed just to name a few), but you have a major advantage if you already have the desired clearance or some clearance from the agency that the job requires.
I guess that I got lucky. My current employer was willing to hire me for a position that required a DoD clearance even though I didn't have one yet. I was young and willing to work for less money than I was worth because of the missing clearance. It took about 7 months for me to get my clearance, and in the past two years my salary has caught up to what I feel I'm worth to the company.
Have you ever tried to take the Metro to anywhere near McLean that wasn't the Tyson's Corner mall? It is not fun or easy.