Interesting that they would choose two lossy media formats as models for comparison.
Ooooor, it's interesting that they compared it to a few formats that have allowed real people with real-world storage capacity to enjoy/share media of different flavors.
"Dude, you should see this 3D monster I created! Just let me plug my iEverything into the accompanying 70 lb. iRenderFarm."
Make a movie? Plug in the camcorder, import video, arrange the video, and 30 minutes later you're done. Send the DVD off for replication, make 500 copies, and start on your next project.
So, you're the one who was responsible for the last Matrix.
Neither does the pPod software magically enhance the limited storage capacity of most Pocket PCs, which typically have up to 64 MB of internal memory, enough for about a dozen songs.
*YAAAAAAWN*
Hold still little pig. I just have some lipstick I want to put on you...
If you happen to be a supreme fool that knows so little about your car that you can't tell how fast it's goings, whether the engine is running hot, how to tell if your brakes need servicing ( waiting for the grind counts ), or the meaning of any of those "little flashy lights" on your "long window thing the steering wheel is hooked under", I pity you and your genetic tree.
How is any of that not the GUI equivalent in a car? Lights, needles and gauges are all representations of what's happening in the internals, more or less.
but I couldn't find weight or whether it has a belt clip.
Because even beyond the flavor of embedded OS or Ogg support, the portable device deal breaker for the true geek is whether or not it can be added to the "belt arsenal".
Sounds like you're pissed because you can't get your free promotion up on/.. If your marketing plan for your Social Network doesn't extend further that a/. story, I see an impending social network of One.
... I have no problem with paying for music, it's that I don't want DRM. If any of these places where to sell me music without drm, I would buy it.
You may be interested to know they are still selling these things called "compact discs" as well as "albums". You are still free to purchase these, despite what the Music Download Curmudgeon Club on/. may lead you to think.
How about, as well as not supporting the current crop of musics sites, all who feel as this gent does, quit repeatedly posting said fact to each and every damn story about these sites.
I have not looked at OOG or any of the other formats so I can't comment on the relative merits of them.
You, sir, are most certainly not aware of where you are posting that statement. On/., there is little to no precident for needing knowledge of any technology to authoritatively comment on it's merits.
It's far from fair, since it requires the kludgey solution of burning to CD and then ripping to an actual usable format in order to make use of your OWN files on your OWN machines.
What the hell is a "usable format"? I use my mine how I like them just fine. Download and listen from laptop or iPod.
Ohhhh, you meant "usable" in the sense of your own opinion. Nice 'standard' compliance there, chief.
I just got back from expecting the world and all companies it encompasses to revolve around me, even though I spent a couple grand on a product without clicking a link to see the explicitly stated return policy, or lack thereof. Now heap sympathy on me. I am a victim, and I know you all hate big companies and will concur with my short-on-facts synopsis.
They're on a big spring, and you can kinda bounce up and down and tip it from side to side. The fact that it moves around under you sorta forces you to stay balanced over it and sit up straight.
It's almost impossible to slouch and keep your balance on it, but at the same time, it's not very taxing on your back or abdomen muscles to stay balanced, and you can sit comfortably for hours.
I wouldn't endorse running out and buying one just because, but if you're ever at a store that sells them, they're worth a test sit, for sure.
I am one of the aeron masses, but I went to an editor's studio the other day, and he had Swoppers.
He basically sits all day every day, and claimed these were the only thing that worked for him. I was skeptical about how something without a back could be comfortable, but I was amazed at what something that forces good posture could feel like. Plus they bounce. Wheeee.
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Ooooor, it's interesting that they compared it to a few formats that have allowed real people with real-world storage capacity to enjoy/share media of different flavors.
"Dude, you should see this 3D monster I created! Just let me plug my iEverything into the accompanying 70 lb. iRenderFarm."
That's right, bee-yatch. Who just saved a load of money on my classified ad thanks to a dearth of superfluous vowels? You best "recognise"!
So, you're the one who was responsible for the last Matrix.
If he went, he must not have followed protocol and done as they do.
They are working on converting a Fluffy Puff Marshmallow suit into an iPod so he can keep up with these guys.
Yep. I think all who want to enter but failed the practice course, should only be allowed in if they lock the throttle on their vehicles to "Full".
*YAAAAAAWN*
Hold still little pig. I just have some lipstick I want to put on you...
How is any of that not the GUI equivalent in a car? Lights, needles and gauges are all representations of what's happening in the internals, more or less.
to start burning discs with "This side down" etched into the top.
"COrporate accounts payable, Nina speaking... JUST a moment. COrpor..."
What, you wanna end up at Guantanamo Bay?
This place will turn into a ghost town.
Probably less about 'interesting', and more about self-importance.
Because even beyond the flavor of embedded OS or Ogg support, the portable device deal breaker for the true geek is whether or not it can be added to the "belt arsenal".
Don't tell me I'm the only one who asks my wife if she wants to XFree86 tonight?
Sounds like you're pissed because you can't get your free promotion up on /.. /. story, I see an impending social network of One.
If your marketing plan for your Social Network doesn't extend further that a
You may be interested to know they are still selling these things called "compact discs" as well as "albums". You are still free to purchase these, despite what the Music Download Curmudgeon Club on /. may lead you to think.
How about, as well as not supporting the current crop of musics sites, all who feel as this gent does, quit repeatedly posting said fact to each and every damn story about these sites.
and the backing of legitimate organizations to help it thrive.
You, sir, are most certainly not aware of where you are posting that statement. On /., there is little to no precident for needing knowledge of any technology to authoritatively comment on it's merits.
What the hell is a "usable format"? I use my mine how I like them just fine. Download and listen from laptop or iPod.
Ohhhh, you meant "usable" in the sense of your own opinion. Nice 'standard' compliance there, chief.
You must be new here.
I just got back from expecting the world and all companies it encompasses to revolve around me, even though I spent a couple grand on a product without clicking a link to see the explicitly stated return policy, or lack thereof. Now heap sympathy on me. I am a victim, and I know you all hate big companies and will concur with my short-on-facts synopsis.
It's almost impossible to slouch and keep your balance on it, but at the same time, it's not very taxing on your back or abdomen muscles to stay balanced, and you can sit comfortably for hours.
I wouldn't endorse running out and buying one just because, but if you're ever at a store that sells them, they're worth a test sit, for sure.
He basically sits all day every day, and claimed these were the only thing that worked for him. I was skeptical about how something without a back could be comfortable, but I was amazed at what something that forces good posture could feel like. Plus they bounce. Wheeee.
Well, I can tell you that if you even hope to get any of that, you need to up her consumption of the darks and stouts.