iPod
Size and weight (20GB model)
Height: 4.0 in
Width: 2.4 in
Depth: 0.84 in
Weight: 7.2 oz (204 g)
Playtime: 10 hours
Interface: 1394 Only
Recording Capability: No
Supported Formats: MP3 Only
Price: $499
Creative Nomad Zen
Size and weight (20gb model)
Height: 4.43 in
width : 2.99 in
Depth : 0.95 in
Interface: 1394 and/or USB 2.0 (depend. on model)
Weight: 9.5 oz
Recording Capability: Yes
Playtime : 12 to 14 hours (depend. on model)
Supported Formats: MP3, WMA, WAV
Price: $299 - $349 (depend. on model)
Im honestly just curious about how people can justify the insane price difference when much better can be had for less. The Nomad is barely larger or heavier, and pretty much spanks the iPod in the feature and performance vs. price department. The question you have to ask is, Why would you buy the iPod instead? Are you willing to pay $150 - $200 more for features that can be had in one of those cheapo PDA address books for under $100? Is this an MP3 player for people who are willing to pay a premium just because of the brand name?
Is this just an extension of the same logo-whore philosophy that marketing drones already apply to cars and clothes?
It's squirrel, and her name is Sandy.
I wonder if I could get on 'Beat the Geeks' as a Spongebob geek.
Nevermind...I'd like to have sex again sometime in this life.
You clearly demonstrate your inability to think outside the scope of your own little world. The phrase "something they would play with" is too subjective a term for you to assert your own definition. In general terms, the word "play" alludes to a game or various other forms of recreation. It can also mean to tinker with, but for the majority users I think that it is safe to assume that to them, "play with" means recreation. Most users have absolutely no interest in "playing with" the guts of the OS, and will be using mostly mainstream software or software relevant to their curriculum.
No, they don't. If you had read the article however, you would have noticed that it the parent's point was also considered by those making decisions at the school.
"Students spend the majority of their time outside of the classroom, and we wanted something that they would play with and have a good time with on campus," he says. "
I guess they wanted them to have a good time, but the decision to go Apple clearly demonstrates that this criteria was not of primary importance.
Linux is my OS of choice for webserver because of security, low administrative overhead and not least importantly, price. If Linux cost the same as W2k/SRV the decision would be a little tougher. There are some benefits to the w2k platform such as ease of configuration, abundance of.asp coders, automatic security updates, availability of superior support.
Win2k, in my experience has been just as stable as any of the linux boxen on site here. OSS is irrelevant to me as well.
The fact that linux/apache is free makes the decision to go linux between these two comparable systems a no-brainer.
Linux on the desktop is a completely different story. For us it's unproven and would create an unnecesasary learning curve for the users. The general consensus is that any money saved on OS licenses would be quickly absorbed with support, and training costs, not to mention the enormous and costly task of implementing a migration. It just wouldn't make sense, as the perceived benefits are negligable.
There are many legacy-free x86 motherboards, and integrated x86 systems available. Do yourself a favor and search it on google.
With x86 you can have legacy or not. There is a hardware configuration to suit almost any need or desire. One serious advantage of say, an x86 desktop pc over a comparable Apple desktop.
Yeah, those engineers using SGI, HP, IBM, Apple and other various *nix machines at Ford sure do know how to design an unreliable car.
Or were you implying that the IT guys, administrative employees and business managers using the PC systems at Ford have some sort of influence on design flaws?
Ford relies on Microsoft products for administrative and web purposes. If you want to blame a computing platform for design flaws (a bad choice imo), blame the platform being used to design these cars, blame *nix. I think a rational person might likely choose to blame the actual people/person that designed the faulty parts. Unless you were just spewing anti-ms FUD. In which case, carry on. This is/. afterall.
I can understand for notebooks and some pda type devices. I guess my comment was mainly toward the integration of this sort of bandwidth on a mobile phone. Most realtime video communication (think low resolution for mobile phone) could easily be done with a good deal less bandwidth than that. Seems like overkill in that sense.
Then again, Im probably jumping the gun and starting to sound like one of those people who thinks you can never have enough CPU power.
History has demonstrated that when more bandwidth/cpu power/disk space/memory/etc becomes available to the mainstream, people tend to find more uses for it.
Oh, this processor isnt available in any form yet? Please do us and yourself a favor by saving your speculative performance quantification until someone has actually booted up an OS on the thing.
I always have a problem when the content producers claim to be losing x dollars to piracy.
The use of the phrase "losing" or "loss" implies that they had possession in the first place. Isn't there a better term that they could use? I doubt that there is any way to prove the link between pirate sales and sales loss on the real deal. If an industry claims $3 billion in losses due to piracy, it would be logical to assume that if piracy were to go away, that the profits would instantly go up by that amount...I seriously doubt that would be the case.
If pirates had to pay full price for something, rather than get it for free on the internet, would they? I think we all know the answer to that question. Free is part of the appeal...god knows the shit that Hollywood puts out is rarely compelling enough at it's current price point.
I used to sing the praises of DSL while believing the anti cable hype. True, DSL does not share bandwidth to the CO, while cable does. Unfortunately, SBC's damn PPPoE authentication server liked to go down as often as a crack whore. I switched to cable when I moved to my new place. Instead of waiting several weeks for them to provision my line and send out a burned out phone tech, I got a next day install (Charter Communications) from a cute cable installer chick (yeah, its not relevant, but it was cool nonetheless).
Not only do I not have to deal with PPPoE authentication, but I actually download stuff faster, even though the service is rated at the same speed. Latency seems to be a bit better as well.
I don't live in a great part of town, so I cant imagine that many of my neighbors have even considered broadband yet, much less have computers. Ill ride this one out until the Next Big Thing (tm) comes along.
FWIW: ATI tv tuner software has had this feature for a LONG time. I can't pinpoint it exactly, but I seem to remember a coworker telling me about this around `95
I noticed the same problem with mp3s with a wide dynamic range on the iPod that are encoded above 192 (gets more noticable the higher you go). It didnt seem to happen at the lower bitrates, so Im guessing that your theory is correct. Im not really familiar with the decoder hardware on the iPod, but it makes sense.
Most of my MP3s are encoded at 192, but the problem bothered me enough to return my iPod and get an Archos Jukebox. It doesnt look quite as nice, and it's not as light (barely noticable), but it holds more data, costs less, and doesnt have that funky skipping problem.
I have a hard time taking time off because I tend to get myself deeply engrossed in projects. My boss suggested that I pick a conference to attend because I think he can sense that I need a vacation. I signed up for this the day after registration started.
The fact that this is Apachecon, actually has some real value to my job, and Im excited to be going. The fact that it is in Las Vegas is gravy.
On the other hand, I will be in Las Vegas, on a payday. That could be bad.
1. Copyright exploit and/or DoS script/function. 2. Sue RIAA for using unlicensed copy of said script/code 3. ???? 4. Profit!
Under this sort of law, would it then be legal for companies (like Microsoft) to include nasty routines to disable your computer/network if it were to somehow call home and find out that it wasn't properly activated or that the activation was broken?
ko-yaa-nis-qa-tsi (from the Hopi Indian language) n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life out of balance. 4. life disintegrating. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living. Life out of balance.
po-waq-qa-tsi (from the Hopi language, powaq sorcerer + qatsi life)
Translations of the Hopi Prophecies sung in Koyaanisqatsi:
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
Here is some more info about the first 2 movies. They offer a little more insight to the concept than the imdb link.
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iPod
Size and weight (20GB model)
Height: 4.0 in
Width: 2.4 in
Depth: 0.84 in
Weight: 7.2 oz (204 g)
Playtime: 10 hours
Interface: 1394 Only
Recording Capability: No
Supported Formats: MP3 Only
Price: $499
Creative Nomad Zen
Size and weight (20gb model)
Height: 4.43 in
width : 2.99 in
Depth : 0.95 in
Interface: 1394 and/or USB 2.0 (depend. on model)
Weight: 9.5 oz
Recording Capability: Yes
Playtime : 12 to 14 hours (depend. on model)
Supported Formats: MP3, WMA, WAV
Price: $299 - $349 (depend. on model)
Im honestly just curious about how people can justify the insane price difference when much better can be had for less. The Nomad is barely larger or heavier, and pretty much spanks the iPod in the feature and performance vs. price department. The question you have to ask is, Why would you buy the iPod instead? Are you willing to pay $150 - $200 more for features that can be had in one of those cheapo PDA address books for under $100? Is this an MP3 player for people who are willing to pay a premium just because of the brand name?
Is this just an extension of the same logo-whore philosophy that marketing drones already apply to cars and clothes?
But uh...
BULLSHIT
It's squirrel, and her name is Sandy. I wonder if I could get on 'Beat the Geeks' as a Spongebob geek. Nevermind...I'd like to have sex again sometime in this life.
You clearly demonstrate your inability to think outside the scope of your own little world. The phrase "something they would play with" is too subjective a term for you to assert your own definition. In general terms, the word "play" alludes to a game or various other forms of recreation. It can also mean to tinker with, but for the majority users I think that it is safe to assume that to them, "play with" means recreation. Most users have absolutely no interest in "playing with" the guts of the OS, and will be using mostly mainstream software or software relevant to their curriculum.
No, they don't. If you had read the article however, you would have noticed that it the parent's point was also considered by those making decisions at the school.
"Students spend the majority of their time outside of the classroom, and we wanted something that they would play with and have a good time with on campus," he says. "
I guess they wanted them to have a good time, but the decision to go Apple clearly demonstrates that this criteria was not of primary importance.
Linux is my OS of choice for webserver because of security, low administrative overhead and not least importantly, price. If Linux cost the same as W2k/SRV the decision would be a little tougher. There are some benefits to the w2k platform such as ease of configuration, abundance of .asp coders, automatic security updates, availability of superior support.
Win2k, in my experience has been just as stable as any of the linux boxen on site here. OSS is irrelevant to me as well.
The fact that linux/apache is free makes the decision to go linux between these two comparable systems a no-brainer.
Linux on the desktop is a completely different story. For us it's unproven and would create an unnecesasary learning curve for the users. The general consensus is that any money saved on OS licenses would be quickly absorbed with support, and training costs, not to mention the enormous and costly task of implementing a migration. It just wouldn't make sense, as the perceived benefits are negligable.
I should also mention that various companies have been selling (HP) legacy free x86 notebooks for almost 2 years now.
There are many legacy-free x86 motherboards, and integrated x86 systems available. Do yourself a favor and search it on google.
With x86 you can have legacy or not. There is a hardware configuration to suit almost any need or desire. One serious advantage of say, an x86 desktop pc over a comparable Apple desktop.
Yeah, those engineers using SGI, HP, IBM, Apple and other various *nix machines at Ford sure do know how to design an unreliable car.
/. afterall.
Or were you implying that the IT guys, administrative employees and business managers using the PC systems at Ford have some sort of influence on design flaws?
Ford relies on Microsoft products for administrative and web purposes. If you want to blame a computing platform for design flaws (a bad choice imo), blame the platform being used to design these cars, blame *nix. I think a rational person might likely choose to blame the actual people/person that designed the faulty parts. Unless you were just spewing anti-ms FUD. In which case, carry on. This is
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send to many bisk.
mey and my friendz dident have stuf too do
sew wee got a milyun cds and dropd tehm at AOLs boor
I can understand for notebooks and some pda type devices. I guess my comment was mainly toward the integration of this sort of bandwidth on a mobile phone. Most realtime video communication (think low resolution for mobile phone) could easily be done with a good deal less bandwidth than that. Seems like overkill in that sense.
Then again, Im probably jumping the gun and starting to sound like one of those people who thinks you can never have enough CPU power.
History has demonstrated that when more bandwidth/cpu power/disk space/memory/etc becomes available to the mainstream, people tend to find more uses for it.
What could you possibly do on a cell phone that could fully utilize a connection with that sort of bandwidth? Uncompressed video?
This would rock for grabbing huge files for your laptop or iPaq, however.
"As Micro$oft keeps making stupid mistakes like this it hurts them. Yeaaaaaah!!!!!! My hats off to the people here who exposed this lie."
/. readers. Don't 99.9% of you guys already hate Microsoft anyway?
The only people that this "hurts" Microsoft with are
This pretty much has zero affect on the Real World (tm).
Faster than a p4 running at twice the speed?
Benchmarks please.
Oh, this processor isnt available in any form yet? Please do us and yourself a favor by saving your speculative performance quantification until someone has actually booted up an OS on the thing.
I always have a problem when the content producers claim to be losing x dollars to piracy.
The use of the phrase "losing" or "loss" implies that they had possession in the first place. Isn't there a better term that they could use? I doubt that there is any way to prove the link between pirate sales and sales loss on the real deal. If an industry claims $3 billion in losses due to piracy, it would be logical to assume that if piracy were to go away, that the profits would instantly go up by that amount...I seriously doubt that would be the case.
If pirates had to pay full price for something, rather than get it for free on the internet, would they? I think we all know the answer to that question. Free is part of the appeal...god knows the shit that Hollywood puts out is rarely compelling enough at it's current price point.
I used to sing the praises of DSL while believing the anti cable hype. True, DSL does not share bandwidth to the CO, while cable does. Unfortunately, SBC's damn PPPoE authentication server liked to go down as often as a crack whore. I switched to cable when I moved to my new place. Instead of waiting several weeks for them to provision my line and send out a burned out phone tech, I got a next day install (Charter Communications) from a cute cable installer chick (yeah, its not relevant, but it was cool nonetheless).
Not only do I not have to deal with PPPoE authentication, but I actually download stuff faster, even though the service is rated at the same speed. Latency seems to be a bit better as well.
I don't live in a great part of town, so I cant imagine that many of my neighbors have even considered broadband yet, much less have computers. Ill ride this one out until the Next Big Thing (tm) comes along.
Sleekier?
FWIW: ATI tv tuner software has had this feature for a LONG time. I can't pinpoint it exactly, but I seem to remember a coworker telling me about this around `95
"ATI has always been a little weak in driver field"
Also.. The pope has always been a little weak in the kickboxing field.
I noticed the same problem with mp3s with a wide dynamic range on the iPod that are encoded above 192 (gets more noticable the higher you go). It didnt seem to happen at the lower bitrates, so Im guessing that your theory is correct. Im not really familiar with the decoder hardware on the iPod, but it makes sense.
Most of my MP3s are encoded at 192, but the problem bothered me enough to return my iPod and get an Archos Jukebox. It doesnt look quite as nice, and it's not as light (barely noticable), but it holds more data, costs less, and doesnt have that funky skipping problem.
I have a hard time taking time off because I tend to get myself deeply engrossed in projects. My boss suggested that I pick a conference to attend because I think he can sense that I need a vacation. I signed up for this the day after registration started.
The fact that this is Apachecon, actually has some real value to my job, and Im excited to be going. The fact that it is in Las Vegas is gravy.
On the other hand, I will be in Las Vegas, on a payday. That could be bad.
1. Copyright exploit and/or DoS script/function.
2. Sue RIAA for using unlicensed copy of said script/code
3. ????
4. Profit!
Under this sort of law, would it then be legal for companies (like Microsoft) to include nasty routines to disable your computer/network if it were to somehow call home and find out that it wasn't properly activated or that the activation was broken?
Hmm...nevermind.
*puts away the white-out*
ko-yaa-nis-qa-tsi (from the Hopi Indian language) n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life out of balance. 4. life disintegrating. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living. Life out of balance.
po-waq-qa-tsi (from the Hopi language, powaq sorcerer + qatsi life)
Translations of the Hopi Prophecies sung in Koyaanisqatsi:
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
Here is some more info about the first 2 movies. They offer a little more insight to the concept than the imdb link.
And I'd like to race my Chevy Cavalier in the Indy 500...but it just aint gonna happen!