The parent AC's #3 is exactly right. Google doesn't want the dying dialup ISP, they want the millions of users. The want the graying-America who are comfortable with their AOL-Internet and are retiring richer than any generation in history. Millions of (primarily) older generation, with lots of expendable income, who are only really comfortable using the Internet through AOL. Forward thinking businesses (which I hope/think is Google) understand the monetary value of a customer-base. Read "The Customer Revolution" by Patricia Seybold.
UMD video is H.264/MPEG-4. Everyone here remember the weird Sony president cameo at Macworld? And if you haven't already read Bob Cringley's article regarding the future of the Mac Mini, do so. I wonder if there might be some further connection with Apple & Sony and video playing using Sony PSP as the portable hardware. Steve Jobs doesn't want to have any part of the portable video player game, so maybe he'll let Sony have it, as long as Apple gets the digital content distribution rights. How long before UMD burners become available?
I emailed the NETI admin requesting (suggesting) a Mac OS X version. This is the exchange I had. Apparently his email has been slashdotted by the Mac population.
On Apr 27, 2004, at 11:38 AM, George Riley wrote:
David, I've been inundated with MacOS requests! Yep, we'll take a look at it ASAP. George F. Riley, Assistant Professor The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech
On Tuesday, Apr 27, 2004, at 11:25 US/Eastern, David Bingham wrote:
Hola!
I am willing, interested and able lend CPU cycles to GATech's NETI project, but all I own are a number of Macs. Your software download and installation page states, "This page gives a detailed description (hopefully) of how to install and uninstall NETI@home for your favorite OS", but my favorite OS is not listed.:-( If I were more geek-inclined I would download and compile the *nix version that you have listed, but I'm not confident enough of my terminal skills to do so (as are probably many non-geeky Mac-users with very powerful machines...). Slashdot.org forums are already asking about an OS X version, so if I could suggest creating and posting a Mac OS X specific installer, it would be very worth your while!
I don't think the hardware will be free and the software will be purchased, or the other way around. I think the new model will be the overall product and experience brought to the user by that product. If the computer is a tool, then both the hardware and software are equally important (or irrelevant). Companies will most likely start using open technologies and standard hardware as a base, then innovate, tweak, and specialize into both of these areas to create a total, holistically-engineered product.
"...this administration has in fact been very supportive of science," Marburger said. He noted the administration has doubled the National Institutes of Health budget and increased the National Science Foundation budget."
I guess they were hoping the people that might actually call them out on their distortion of science would look the other way when given a bigger budget?
"The problem is, if the cops take an interest in you while you're doing something like this, the only way to get out of the situation is to admit that you're a dork," says MWD. "I'd almost rather be taken back to the station."
Wow, imagine the interrogation this guy would get:
Cop: What's your name, son? MWD: Massive White Dude. Cop: I see that, but what's your name? And what's with this wire and little television? MWD: It's, uhh... top secret, government stuff. I need to speak with Special Agent Dana Scully. It's a matter of national security! Cop: Dana Scully... and what department does agent Scully work for?... And did you know the tags on your 1964 Volvo are expired? MWD: Oh, Appelbaum's Mom didn't send in her regis... I mean, it's the agency's car. You'll have to contact Agent Scully, she can clear all of this up. Cop: How old are you? You look a little old to be an agent...
13 minutes later...
MWD: yes, it's true, I'm sorry! That thing is an antenna to pick up wireless camera signals of hot chicks in blue dresses. We've been driving around for hours in my friend's mom's car trying to find some naked girls showering on camera. I'm 60! I'm 60 years old, and I all my friends refer to me as "Massive White Dude" I'M A DORK. YES, YES, I CONFESS, I'M A DORK! CAN'T YOU SEE!
I've done this with my whole ~300 CD collection (twice even; once MP3 and then later to AAC):
Using iTunes:
1. iTunes, Preferences, General: --Set "On CD Insert:" to "Import Songs and Eject" --Check on, "Connect to Internet when needed"
2. iTunes, Preferences, Importing: --Choose your Import Settings (MP3, AAC, etc) and bit rate. --Check off, "Play songs while importing" --Check on, "Create file names with track number" --Check on, "Use error correction when reading Audio CDs" (this will take longer, but if you're importing your whole library you'll want accurate encodes)
3. iTunes, Preferences, Advanced: --Ensure you have selected your iTunes Music folder location. --Check on, "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" --Check on, "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library"
4. Insert a disc in your fastest spinning CD drive and close the drawer. iTunes will grab the track names online, rip the disc, then spit it back out when finished.
5. Just keep an eye on your machine's CD drawer and when it's open, swap the disc. Using multiple simultanious drives probably won't help speed the process since the major bottle-neck is the processor. But if you're going to drop in a disc(s) and walk away, this should be a great way of mass-ripping your catalog.
"New research out of the Harvard Schoool of Public Healthindicates that cofffee may lower your risk of Type III Diabetes. Men who drank 6 cups of cofffee a day lowered their risk by 50%, while womens risk droppped 30%. The release also includes audio discusssions about the surprising findings."
...and thus making guest Will Ferrel's "Elf" the number one movie that weekend. Perhaps Stewart should come up with a suck-scale in which movies can be judged outside of their weekend dollar haul.
bottom of the page ALWAYS REMEMBER Don't believe anything you read on this web page, or, for that matter, anything you hear on The Neal Boortz Show, unless it is consistent with what you already know to be true, or unless you have taken the time to research the matter to prove it's accuracy to your satisfaction. This is known as "doing your homework.
Many more audio books are available at Audible.com. They use a monthly fee of $15 for any one book and one periodical or $20 for any two books plus discounts on purchases outside of your subscription plan. You can also purchase books without a monthly subscription at prices comparable to iTunes. If you ditch your subscription, you still keep your purchased books and can even redownload them. The DRM is the same as, and playable through, iTunes; 3 computers authorized at any one time, iPod-able, and CD burnable. There are also other MP3 players that support Audible books including Rios, Palms, and Pocket PCs. (I read in their newsletter that their own Audible Mobile Player is in the Smithsonian as one of the first Internet-based spoken audio system) --if you get a subscription, reference "bizzarobot" and I'll get a free book.;-)
WinFS will address concerns in how developers create applications, Muglia said. Whereas programmers had to deal with a separate data format for each type of application, WinFS provides developers with a new storage option designed to bridge all application types.
Does this sound like a system-level implementation of Office file types? As application developers use WinFS as the storage type for their data, MS is then in control of who and what other applications and operating systems get to use it. If another platform develops a "client" to WinFS files, MS can tweak the next release to disallow anything but Windows to read the data. Like.doc,.xls,.ppt, and IM protocols have been so famous for... no?
Like that would do too much to many of these artist careers? Remember who you're talking about here. Many of the same people who you would assume to be outraged by this will probably continue to buy R.Kelly albums long after his multiple kiddie-problems...
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The parent AC's #3 is exactly right. Google doesn't want the dying dialup ISP, they want the millions of users. The want the graying-America who are comfortable with their AOL-Internet and are retiring richer than any generation in history. Millions of (primarily) older generation, with lots of expendable income, who are only really comfortable using the Internet through AOL. Forward thinking businesses (which I hope/think is Google) understand the monetary value of a customer-base. Read "The Customer Revolution" by Patricia Seybold.
You can't burn a playlist with ITMS songs as a MP3 disc. Try it, it won't let you... You can only burn as an Audio-CD or Data disc.
I just glanced through the PSP specifications and features listing and saw this in the Codec section:
[Video]: "UMD": H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile Level3
[Video}: "Memory Stick": MPEG-4 SP,AAC
[Music]: "UMD": linear PCM,ATRAC3plus(TM)
[Music}: "Memory Stick": ATRAC3plus(TM),MP3(MPEG1/2 Layer3)
UMD video is H.264/MPEG-4. Everyone here remember the weird Sony president cameo at Macworld? And if you haven't already read Bob Cringley's article regarding the future of the Mac Mini, do so. I wonder if there might be some further connection with Apple & Sony and video playing using Sony PSP as the portable hardware. Steve Jobs doesn't want to have any part of the portable video player game, so maybe he'll let Sony have it, as long as Apple gets the digital content distribution rights. How long before UMD burners become available?
I emailed the NETI admin requesting (suggesting) a Mac OS X version. This is the exchange I had. Apparently his email has been slashdotted by the Mac population.
:-( If I were more geek-inclined I would download and compile the *nix version that you have listed, but I'm not confident enough of my terminal skills to do so (as are probably many non-geeky Mac-users with very powerful machines...). Slashdot.org forums are already asking about an OS X version, so if I could suggest creating and posting a Mac OS X specific installer, it would be very worth your while!
On Apr 27, 2004, at 11:38 AM, George Riley wrote:
David, I've been inundated with MacOS requests! Yep, we'll take a look at it ASAP.
George F. Riley, Assistant Professor
The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech
On Tuesday, Apr 27, 2004, at 11:25 US/Eastern, David Bingham wrote:
Hola!
I am willing, interested and able lend CPU cycles to GATech's NETI project, but all I own are a number of Macs. Your software download and installation page states, "This page gives a detailed description (hopefully) of how to install and uninstall NETI@home for your favorite OS", but my favorite OS is not listed.
Thanks,
--David Bingham
the WiFi access will be called SBC's Freedom Link
Previous name considerations included, "SBC's French Link". Though this name was later changed under public and Congressional pressures.
"People are speculating that we're out in '06 sometime -- that's probably valid speculation -- but it's not a date-driven release," Gates said
That is, until it gets to the marketing-geniuses who stick the name on the box.
I don't think the hardware will be free and the software will be purchased, or the other way around. I think the new model will be the overall product and experience brought to the user by that product. If the computer is a tool, then both the hardware and software are equally important (or irrelevant). Companies will most likely start using open technologies and standard hardware as a base, then innovate, tweak, and specialize into both of these areas to create a total, holistically-engineered product.
"...this administration has in fact been very supportive of science," Marburger said. He noted the administration has doubled the National Institutes of Health budget and increased the National Science Foundation budget."
I guess they were hoping the people that might actually call them out on their distortion of science would look the other way when given a bigger budget?
"The problem is, if the cops take an interest in you while you're doing something like this, the only way to get out of the situation is to admit that you're a dork," says MWD. "I'd almost rather be taken back to the station."
Wow, imagine the interrogation this guy would get:
Cop: What's your name, son?
MWD: Massive White Dude.
Cop: I see that, but what's your name? And what's with this wire and little television?
MWD: It's, uhh... top secret, government stuff. I need to speak with Special Agent Dana Scully. It's a matter of national security!
Cop: Dana Scully... and what department does agent Scully work for?... And did you know the tags on your 1964 Volvo are expired?
MWD: Oh, Appelbaum's Mom didn't send in her regis... I mean, it's the agency's car. You'll have to contact Agent Scully, she can clear all of this up.
Cop: How old are you? You look a little old to be an agent...
13 minutes later...
MWD: yes, it's true, I'm sorry! That thing is an antenna to pick up wireless camera signals of hot chicks in blue dresses. We've been driving around for hours in my friend's mom's car trying to find some naked girls showering on camera. I'm 60! I'm 60 years old, and I all my friends refer to me as "Massive White Dude" I'M A DORK. YES, YES, I CONFESS, I'M A DORK! CAN'T YOU SEE!
It's like being taken hostage initially against your will, then realizing your captors are the Swedish Bikini Team.
I've done this with my whole ~300 CD collection (twice even; once MP3 and then later to AAC):
Using iTunes:
1. iTunes, Preferences, General:
--Set "On CD Insert:" to "Import Songs and Eject"
--Check on, "Connect to Internet when needed"
2. iTunes, Preferences, Importing:
--Choose your Import Settings (MP3, AAC, etc) and bit rate. --Check off, "Play songs while importing"
--Check on, "Create file names with track number"
--Check on, "Use error correction when reading Audio CDs" (this will take longer, but if you're importing your whole library you'll want accurate encodes)
3. iTunes, Preferences, Advanced:
--Ensure you have selected your iTunes Music folder location.
--Check on, "Keep iTunes Music folder organized"
--Check on, "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library"
4. Insert a disc in your fastest spinning CD drive and close the drawer. iTunes will grab the track names online, rip the disc, then spit it back out when finished.
5. Just keep an eye on your machine's CD drawer and when it's open, swap the disc. Using multiple simultanious drives probably won't help speed the process since the major bottle-neck is the processor. But if you're going to drop in a disc(s) and walk away, this should be a great way of mass-ripping your catalog.
"New research out of the Harvard Schoool of Public Healthindicates that cofffee may lower your risk of Type III Diabetes. Men who drank 6 cups of cofffee a day lowered their risk by 50%, while womens risk droppped 30%. The release also includes audio discusssions about the surprising findings."
...and thus making guest Will Ferrel's "Elf" the number one movie that weekend. Perhaps Stewart should come up with a suck-scale in which movies can be judged outside of their weekend dollar haul.
Apple, or most anyone else developing new software, isn't going to do anything with Win98 anytime soon.
bottom of the page
ALWAYS REMEMBER
Don't believe anything you read on this web page, or, for that matter, anything you hear on The Neal Boortz Show, unless it is consistent with what you already know to be true, or unless you have taken the time to research the matter to prove it's accuracy to your satisfaction. This is known as "doing your homework.
Whoop!
Many more audio books are available at Audible.com. They use a monthly fee of $15 for any one book and one periodical or $20 for any two books plus discounts on purchases outside of your subscription plan. You can also purchase books without a monthly subscription at prices comparable to iTunes. If you ditch your subscription, you still keep your purchased books and can even redownload them. The DRM is the same as, and playable through, iTunes; 3 computers authorized at any one time, iPod-able, and CD burnable. There are also other MP3 players that support Audible books including Rios, Palms, and Pocket PCs. (I read in their newsletter that their own Audible Mobile Player is in the Smithsonian as one of the first Internet-based spoken audio system) ;-)
--if you get a subscription, reference "bizzarobot" and I'll get a free book.
Taco strikes again...again.
Does this sound like a system-level implementation of Office file types? As application developers use WinFS as the storage type for their data, MS is then in control of who and what other applications and operating systems get to use it. If another platform develops a "client" to WinFS files, MS can tweak the next release to disallow anything but Windows to read the data. Like
(insert witty and intelligent comment about Honda's 2-door hybrid vehicle...)
+1 (Insightful)
Like that would do too much to many of these artist careers? Remember who you're talking about here. Many of the same people who you would assume to be outraged by this will probably continue to buy R.Kelly albums long after his multiple kiddie-problems...
...to help me at my freelance gig where I copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder.
I have experience in copying files of all sizes and can provide references! What's the pay-scale?
"iBook 900 w/32MB FX card..."
Huh? Where did you pick up an iBook with an FX card in it? Apple says: ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM
Apple Discussion Board says the only mac you can replace the video card on is a tower.
isn't this a duplicate... (FP?)