Why? So Microsoft can profit at the expense of the education of our children? You absolute ****ing *i*si*ng i*i*tic bunch of *uc*ing a**eh*les! *an** *a*s*** of the *i*** *rd***! You ****p** **s** **e*s*s!!!
Call it a hunch, but I think your keyboard might be broken.
No, that's just the new AutoCorrect feature in IE 6.1.
I've got the N760C. You can encode MP3s normally (up to 132K or 133K) and just transfer them over into the appropriate folder on a regular blue/purple Memstick. I don't think the player on the Clie supports playlists this way (it plays them in the order they were transferred to the Memstick.)
You can also use the bundled Real Jukebox or Sony OpenMG software to manage the music. There are more encoding options and I think it will use playlists, but you can only use the white MagicGate Memsticks (SDMI - blech!).
I don't use mine primarily as an MP3 player, but it does the job for my off and on usage. Purple Memsticks are very competively priced compared to Compact Flash and Smart Media (especially if you can find a dealer that carries the Lexar Memsticks). Pretty good battery life too, especially if the display is turned off during playback.
If the machines had to be totally autonomous, now that would be interesting.
Dr. CowboyNeal von Frankenstein: Would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in? Was it from an AIBO? A Mindstorms set?
Igor: And you won't be angry?
Dr. CowboyNeal von Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry.
Igor: Abby someone.
Dr. CowboyNeal von Frankenstein: Abby someone. Abby who?
Igor: Abby Normal.
The RIAA's #1 concern is not about the supposed piracy of music. They are really worried about the loss of control over distribution and over the artists.
Napster and MP3.com are threats because they allow artists to gain exposure and distribute music through non-RIAA controlled channels. Unsigned artists don't have to lose huge chunks of money and music ownership to massive recording companies. What would happen if the big multi-platinum artists discovered they could distribute their music directly to the listeners and not have to "honor and obey" the big music labels?
The RIAA groups have decided that they will develop their own, proprietary music delivery systems via the Internet where consumers "lease" the music and can only use it as the label allows. The systems are deliberately designed to be excessively restrictive so that they will fail. The labels can write off the losses and then claim (to artists and consumers) that they tried Internet delivery, but it failed so consumers either must not be that interested or they're theives.
They are trying to paint all users of non-RIAA compliant distribution as thieves. Most consumers are at heart honest, and would be willing to pay reasonable fees to download music that can be played flexibly on a choice of platforms.
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Why? So Microsoft can profit at the expense of the education of our children? You absolute ****ing *i*si*ng i*i*tic bunch of *uc*ing a**eh*les! *an** *a*s*** of the *i*** *rd***! You ****p** **s** **e*s*s!!!
Call it a hunch, but I think your keyboard might be broken.
No, that's just the new AutoCorrect feature in IE 6.1.
Now we know why Passport is getting pushed:
l . html&doc_id=207250, courtesy of FARK.com
"How Microsoft Conquered Washington"
http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artco
Getting scarier...
And yes, Fortune is part of AOLTW - no mention of their lobbying efforts or anti-M$ bias.
- CX
I've got the N760C. You can encode MP3s normally (up to 132K or 133K) and just transfer them over into the appropriate folder on a regular blue/purple Memstick. I don't think the player on the Clie supports playlists this way (it plays them in the order they were transferred to the Memstick.)
You can also use the bundled Real Jukebox or Sony OpenMG software to manage the music. There are more encoding options and I think it will use playlists, but you can only use the white MagicGate Memsticks (SDMI - blech!).
I don't use mine primarily as an MP3 player, but it does the job for my off and on usage. Purple Memsticks are very competively priced compared to Compact Flash and Smart Media (especially if you can find a dealer that carries the Lexar Memsticks). Pretty good battery life too, especially if the display is turned off during playback.
If the machines had to be totally autonomous, now that would be interesting.
Dr. CowboyNeal von Frankenstein: Would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in? Was it from an AIBO? A Mindstorms set?
Igor: And you won't be angry?
Dr. CowboyNeal von Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry.
Igor: Abby someone.
Dr. CowboyNeal von Frankenstein: Abby someone. Abby who?
Igor: Abby Normal.
Actually, it looks like someone already thought of this:
, DAY08-06-2001_NAV47-68-86-103_STO62889,00.html
ComputerWorld's Shark Tank 8/8/01:
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/sharktank/0,1130
On the other hand can you imagine a year of zero G sex?
I assume you mean with a willing partner of the opposite sex.
The RIAA's #1 concern is not about the supposed piracy of music. They are really worried about the loss of control over distribution and over the artists.
Napster and MP3.com are threats because they allow artists to gain exposure and distribute music through non-RIAA controlled channels. Unsigned artists don't have to lose huge chunks of money and music ownership to massive recording companies. What would happen if the big multi-platinum artists discovered they could distribute their music directly to the listeners and not have to "honor and obey" the big music labels?
The RIAA groups have decided that they will develop their own, proprietary music delivery systems via the Internet where consumers "lease" the music and can only use it as the label allows. The systems are deliberately designed to be excessively restrictive so that they will fail. The labels can write off the losses and then claim (to artists and consumers) that they tried Internet delivery, but it failed so consumers either must not be that interested or they're theives.
They are trying to paint all users of non-RIAA compliant distribution as thieves. Most consumers are at heart honest, and would be willing to pay reasonable fees to download music that can be played flexibly on a choice of platforms.
Taxing CDR and CDRW blanks is just gravy.
And then there are always the HTML emails with embedded images that track when the email is viewed:
u g. asp
http://www.privacyfoundation.org/resources/webb
You don't even need to reply, just viewing the email with an open Internet connection will do it.
CX