Can someone translate the phrase "MP3 is not scalable" into English? I have no idea what it means or why I should care.
I have free MP3 encoders and decoders on my hard drive, so the minimum entrance requirement of any new format is that the encoders and decoders must be free. If that requirement is met then the new format may proceed to prove its superiority.
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I really think people who can't count should refrain from reading slashdot, the topics are likely to be over your head.
A quick look through the archive shows that two stories on the empeg have been posted. Both were links to news articles about the empeg (Slashdot News for Nerds, remember?). You were off by forty, which makes your percentage error 1000%.
Now, readers may have mentioned the empeg when commenting on other stories related to mp3s, but you can hardly hold Slashdot accountable for that.
Maybe with the new server in place the old one could be used as a mirror for low bandwidth sites. It's kind of pointless to post a link to a site that reaches its hard transfer limit within minutes of its slashdot debut.
I'm still running 2.0.36 but I believe a 2.2 kernel rpm is available. If their copy of Linux was Red Hat based couldn't they have bought it off the shelf, installed it, and then downloaded and installed the kernel rpm? I'd say that if they have to get a single file via free download and type 'rpm -i' that still counts as off the shelf.
I was a poor teenager when all these games were new so I didn't have the $50 a piece to blow on computer games although I did play them a bit at friends' computers. Is it possible to buy the game files to be used in this interpreter (now that I have plenty of spare cash)?
I use both NT and Solaris at work and there is something to be said for NT's file sharing.
On Solaris I can set my files' rwx permissions for everybody, but since I can't create or modify groups I can't have any finer grained control. I either grant a permission to everybody or nobody. If our company was more geared towards Unix support I suppose I could make a phone call to an adminstrator and get a group created or modified eventually.
If I want to share a file or directory on NT I can make a list of people who I want to have access. I can give read access to some people and write access to others on the same file. I don't have to have any special privledges, I just right click on any file or directory and select peoples' IDs and grant them each whatever permissions I want them to have.
Furthermore, NT's file sharing is based on *people*, not *machines*. My Solaris machine is on the network full time and my home directory is on a server. I can share files because other people have access to the same server. This wouldn't work for a laptop. If I want to share a directory on my NT laptop I just right click on it and turn on sharing. Whenever I'm on the network the shared directory will be visible to the specific people I granted permission.
If I had Linux on my laptop I'd have to NFS export the directory. That would require knowing what machines are likely to be used by the people I want to share files with. On NT if I grant "fred" access to one of my directories, "fred" can access it from any NT machine on the network as long as he logs in a "fred". If "fred" normally logs in to a machine called "tophat" I could export an nfs mount to "tophat", but if "tophat" died one day and "fred" went over and logged into someone else's machine he wouldn't be able to nfs mount my directory from that machine. He'd have to call me and ask me to add that machine to the nfs exports (which I couldn't do even if I were in the office instead of at an all day off site meeting, I'd have to call an administrator).
Sorry for the repost, but the previous mp3 article is scrolled so far down the screen and only has 6 comments, so I guess it's a dead thread.
I've started ripping some of my CDs with cdparanoia and bladeenc, but I haven't really organized the resulting files. How do those of you with huge collections deal with them? I just have them all in the same directory. I go to the playlist (I use GQmpeg) and add all.
It would be really great if there were some kind of database interface that would generate playlists based on search criteria. Kind of like the Windows softare for the empeg car player.
A lot of people on slashdot act as though they have hundreds of mp3s, so some of you must have come up with a good system. Tell us about it.
I've started ripping some of my CDs with cdparanoia and bladeenc, but I haven't really organized the resulting files. How do those of you with huge collections deal with them? I just have them all in the same directory. I go to the playlist (I use GQmpeg) and add all.
It would be really great if there were some kind of database interface that would generate playlists based on search criteria. Kind of like the Windows softare for the empeg car player.
MS Linux would be available for $2 plus shipping at Cheapbytes.com. You could legally share your MS Linux CD with all your friends. The only way MS could prevent it would be to use a proprietary non-redistributable install program. If they did that, and you were the type of person willing to try Linux, why would you choose restricted MS-Linux rather than a distribution that you can do as you please with?
I agree that I won't be buying a Palm IIIx or a Palm V, but just last week I upgraded my Palm Pro with the Palm III upgrade card for $50. There will probably be a Palm IIIx upgrade card, but it will probably be over $100. Just think of these new models as an opportunity to buy the older models cheap.
I just bought a Palm III and a Palm III Upgrade from them. I ordered after 5pm on Monday, they shipped them tuesday UPS ground ($12). UPS screwed up and delivered them to the wrong address on Wednesday then discovered the mistake on their own and delivered the package to me on Friday. It wasn't the absolute lowest price, but $219 and $50 plus $12 dollars shipping isn't bad.
Why do these columnists always think it's important to mention what text editor they use? As if you can't modify a Samba config file with anything other than VI.
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Linux crashes, deal with it. I used to believe peoples claims that "it's just XFree that crashed, Linux is still running".
Well now I have a second machine networked to my main machine and I know better.
I'd finally gotten XFree to the point where it didn't crash, but I just installed KDE and run the kdm_on script because I heard it was better than xdm. Well about 50% of the time when I exit X my machine hangs with vertical red stripes on the screen. Not only do I lose keyboard and mouse access, the nfs exports no longer respond, the machine doesn't respond to telnet, http, ftp, or even pings.
If kdm doesn't crash Linux it does a damn good impression. At least a BSOD gives some information about the crash, Linux just goes down hard.
That's fine if you never buy anything over the internet. Make just one purchase and your CPU ID will be tied to your credit card number which is tied to your name, SSN, etc. Companies buy marketing lists all the time. It's very easy to buy a bunch of lists with CPU IDs, names, and SSNs in them and match up lists from various sources to build a comprehensive picture of your activities. If you don't mind that any minimum wage clerk in any marketing company can pull up a list of all your web interests and activities then go ahead an broadcast. I'd also suggest you stop wasting money on envelopes for snail mail and cc your email to a few global mailing lists.
When I'm at work I have a choice between IE/NT4 on a Pentium or Netscape/Solaris on a Sparcstation 5. If you've used a Sparcstation 5 you know why my connections from work show up in/. logs as IE/NT4.
Is this a system error or are you entering the exact same comment in response to multiple articles? Try to customize your responses so that they are specific to the article in question.
Can anyone sum up the current status of GGI. Is it important to have? Where's it going and what timeframe? I'm using XFree86 on Red Hat 5.2, what kind of things would I require GGI for?
Will a DIVX player play DVDs without a phone line?
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Like many people, I don't have a phone jack anywhere near my TV and don't feel like running a long phone line to another room where there is a jack, so I couldn't play DIVX disks without some hassle.
My question is, if someone gave me a free DIVX player could I use it as a DVD player without hooking it up to a phone line?
For young kids (grade school age) the iMac is plenty powerful and I'd be willing to let them pick their favorite color without worrying if I could save a couple hundred dollars by being more miserly.
The iMac isn't up to the standards of bleeding edge types, but if I were buying a computer for a kid going off to college (maybe not a CS major)I'd certainly consider it for the ease of moving it in and out of dorms.
The G3 is not a bargain basement machine. Apple doesn't have the resources or the desire to replicate the entire PC market.
Obviously you can get a cheap PC by skimping on quality of various parts. The G3 is not aimed at you if thats what you want. When comparing to PCs, make sure you're looking at a high end video editing machine. Make sure you include a 16Meg video card plus a Voodoo2, 10/100 Ethernet, 100Mhz bus, 1Meg of cache at 200Mhz, USB and Firewire, etc.
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Can someone translate the phrase "MP3 is not scalable" into English? I have no idea what it means or why I should care.
I have free MP3 encoders and decoders on my hard drive, so the minimum entrance requirement of any new format is that the encoders and decoders must be free. If that requirement is met then the new format may proceed to prove its superiority.
I really think people who can't count should refrain from reading slashdot, the topics are likely to be over your head.
A quick look through the archive shows that two stories on the empeg have been posted. Both were links to news articles about the empeg (Slashdot News for Nerds, remember?). You were off by forty, which makes your percentage error 1000%.
Now, readers may have mentioned the empeg when commenting on other stories related to mp3s, but you can hardly hold Slashdot accountable for that.
Maybe with the new server in place the old one could be used as a mirror for low bandwidth sites. It's kind of pointless to post a link to a site that reaches its hard transfer limit within minutes of its slashdot debut.
So much for the new changes to Slashdot. I'm still seeing this Katz article despite checking of Katz on the exclude list.
I'm still running 2.0.36 but I believe a 2.2 kernel rpm is available. If their copy of Linux was Red Hat based couldn't they have bought it off the shelf, installed it, and then downloaded and installed the kernel rpm? I'd say that if they have to get a single file via free download and type 'rpm -i' that still counts as off the shelf.
I just called to confirm. The Dell rep told me that hardware modems are not an option, they only sell Winmodems.
I was a poor teenager when all these games were new so I didn't have the $50 a piece to blow on computer games although I did play them a bit at friends' computers. Is it possible to buy the game files to be used in this interpreter (now that I have plenty of spare cash)?
I use both NT and Solaris at work and there is something to be said for NT's file sharing.
On Solaris I can set my files' rwx permissions for everybody, but since I can't create or modify groups I can't have any finer grained control. I either grant a permission to everybody or nobody. If our company was more geared towards Unix support I suppose I could make a phone call to an adminstrator and get a group created or modified eventually.
If I want to share a file or directory on NT I can make a list of people who I want to have access. I can give read access to some people and write access to others on the same file. I don't have to have any special privledges, I just right click on any file or directory and select peoples' IDs and grant them each whatever permissions I want them to have.
Furthermore, NT's file sharing is based on *people*, not *machines*. My Solaris machine is on the network full time and my home directory is on a server. I can share files because other people have access to the same server. This wouldn't work for a laptop. If I want to share a directory on my NT laptop I just right click on it and turn on sharing. Whenever I'm on the network the shared directory will be visible to the specific people I granted permission.
If I had Linux on my laptop I'd have to NFS export the directory. That would require knowing what machines are likely to be used by the people I want to share files with. On NT if I grant "fred" access to one of my directories, "fred" can access it from any NT machine on the network as long as he logs in a "fred". If "fred" normally logs in to a machine called "tophat" I could export an nfs mount to "tophat", but if "tophat" died one day and "fred" went over and logged into someone else's machine he wouldn't be able to nfs mount my directory from that machine. He'd have to call me and ask me to add that machine to the nfs exports (which I couldn't do even if I were in the office instead of at an all day off site meeting, I'd have to call an administrator).
Sorry for the repost, but the previous mp3 article is scrolled so far down the screen and only has 6 comments, so I guess it's a dead thread.
I've started ripping some of my CDs with cdparanoia and bladeenc, but I haven't really organized the resulting files. How do those of you with huge collections deal with them? I just have them all in the same directory. I go to the playlist (I use GQmpeg) and add all.
It would be really great if there were some kind of database interface that would generate playlists based on search criteria. Kind of like the Windows softare for the empeg car player.
A lot of people on slashdot act as though they have hundreds of mp3s, so some of you must have come up with a good system. Tell us about it.
I've started ripping some of my CDs with cdparanoia and bladeenc, but I haven't really organized the resulting files. How do those of you with huge collections deal with them? I just have them all in the same directory. I go to the playlist (I use GQmpeg) and add all.
It would be really great if there were some kind of database interface that would generate playlists based on search criteria. Kind of like the Windows softare for the empeg car player.
MS Linux would be available for $2 plus shipping at Cheapbytes.com. You could legally share your MS Linux CD with all your friends. The only way MS could prevent it would be to use a proprietary non-redistributable install program. If they did that, and you were the type of person willing to try Linux, why would you choose restricted MS-Linux rather than a distribution that you can do as you please with?
I agree that I won't be buying a Palm IIIx or a Palm V, but just last week I upgraded my Palm Pro with the Palm III upgrade card for $50. There will probably be a Palm IIIx upgrade card, but it will probably be over $100. Just think of these new models as an opportunity to buy the older models cheap.
I just bought a Palm III and a Palm III Upgrade from them. I ordered after 5pm on Monday, they shipped them tuesday UPS ground ($12). UPS screwed up and delivered them to the wrong address on Wednesday then discovered the mistake on their own and delivered the package to me on Friday. It wasn't the absolute lowest price, but $219 and $50 plus $12 dollars shipping isn't bad.
Why do these columnists always think it's important to mention what text editor they use? As if you can't modify a Samba config file with anything other than VI.
Linux crashes, deal with it. I used to believe peoples claims that "it's just XFree that crashed, Linux is still running".
Well now I have a second machine networked to my main machine and I know better.
I'd finally gotten XFree to the point where it didn't crash, but I just installed KDE and run the kdm_on script because I heard it was better than xdm. Well about 50% of the time when I exit X my machine hangs with vertical red stripes on the screen. Not only do I lose keyboard and mouse access, the nfs exports no longer respond, the machine doesn't respond to telnet, http, ftp, or even pings.
If kdm doesn't crash Linux it does a damn good impression. At least a BSOD gives some information about the crash, Linux just goes down hard.
That's fine if you never buy anything over the internet. Make just one purchase and your CPU ID will be tied to your credit card number which is tied to your name, SSN, etc. Companies buy marketing lists all the time. It's very easy to buy a bunch of lists with CPU IDs, names, and SSNs in them and match up lists from various sources to build a comprehensive picture of your activities. If you don't mind that any minimum wage clerk in any marketing company can pull up a list of all your web interests and activities then go ahead an broadcast. I'd also suggest you stop wasting money on envelopes for snail mail and cc your email to a few global mailing lists.
Cheops does something like this, although I found the display quickly became overwhelming.
When I'm at work I have a choice between IE/NT4 on a Pentium or Netscape/Solaris on a Sparcstation 5. If you've used a Sparcstation 5 you know why my connections from work show up in /. logs as IE/NT4.
At home I use Linux of course.
Is this a system error or are you entering the exact same comment in response to multiple articles? Try to customize your responses so that they are specific to the article in question.
Can anyone sum up the current status of GGI. Is it important to have? Where's it going and what timeframe? I'm using XFree86 on Red Hat 5.2, what kind of things would I require GGI for?
Like many people, I don't have a phone jack anywhere near my TV and don't feel like running a long phone line to another room where there is a jack, so I couldn't play DIVX disks without some hassle.
My question is, if someone gave me a free DIVX player could I use it as a DVD player without hooking it up to a phone line?
For young kids (grade school age) the iMac is plenty powerful and I'd be willing to let them pick their favorite color without worrying if I could save a couple hundred dollars by being more miserly.
The iMac isn't up to the standards of bleeding edge types, but if I were buying a computer for a kid going off to college (maybe not a CS major)I'd certainly consider it for the ease of moving it in and out of dorms.
The G3 is not a bargain basement machine. Apple doesn't have the resources or the desire to replicate the entire PC market.
Obviously you can get a cheap PC by skimping on quality of various parts. The G3 is not aimed at you if thats what you want. When comparing to PCs, make sure you're looking at a high end video editing machine. Make sure you include a 16Meg video card plus a Voodoo2, 10/100 Ethernet, 100Mhz bus, 1Meg of cache at 200Mhz, USB and Firewire, etc.