But beware, the player is not without it's "quirks":
"Nice Idea; Poor Execution; Not Ready. Sub-1.0 release.
1 example:
Plays MP3-DVDs containing upwards of 1200 songs (files). But device has only a single-line lcd readout & NO FILE BROWSE MODE.
What does this mean? Say you want to listen to song #1172...
1. obtain carpal tunnel wrist brace.
2. hit up/forward on remote's jog-diall >> TIMES!
(of course if you are a gambling man you could always just put it on random and take side-bets with your friends.)
3. enjoy?"
"The PARTY'S OVER
Oil, War and the fate of
Industrial Societies
By Richard Heinberg
When Mike Bowlin, Chairman of ARCO, said in 1999 that "We've embarked on the beginning of the last days of the age of oil," he was voicing a truth that many others in the petroleum industry knew but dared not utter. Over the past few years, evidence has mounted that global oil production is nearing its historic peak.
Oil has been the cheapest and most convenient energy resource ever discovered by humans. During the past two centuries, people in industrial nations accustomed themselves to a regime in which more fossil-fuel energy was available each year, and the global population grew quickly to take advantage of this energy windfall. Industrial nations also came to rely on an economic system built on the assumption that growth is normal and necessary, and that it can go on forever.
When oil production peaks, those assumptions will come crashing down.
As we move from a historic interval of energy growth to one of energy decline, we are entering uncharted territory. It takes some effort to adjust one's mental frame of reference to this new reality.
Richard Heinberg has distilled complex facts, histories, and events into a readable overview of the energy systems that keep today's mass society running. The result is jarring. The Party's Over is the book we need to reorient ourselves for a realistic future.
- Chellis Glendinning, Ph.D., author of Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy"
Phillips' MP3/DVD portable may be yet to be released but the Sony MPDAP20U has already been out for a couple of months.
It seems like the Holy Grail of Portables: 24X/10X/24X CD-RW, 8X DVD-ROM (plays MP3/DVDs), USB 2.0, LCD remote, no DRM, and oh yeah, it has a Memory Stick slot, too. It's a little spendy at $299.
Page 33 of the User Guide confirms that MP3 on DVD-R/RW is a go (and via Memory Stick as well).
Here's a review.
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But beware, the player is not without it's "quirks":
"Nice Idea; Poor Execution; Not Ready. Sub-1.0 release. 1 example: Plays MP3-DVDs containing upwards of 1200 songs (files). But device has only a single-line lcd readout & NO FILE BROWSE MODE. What does this mean? Say you want to listen to song #1172... 1. obtain carpal tunnel wrist brace. 2. hit up/forward on remote's jog-diall >> TIMES! (of course if you are a gambling man you could always just put it on random and take side-bets with your friends.) 3. enjoy?"
See also:Portable + MP3 DVDs = Sony MPDAP20U (no DRM)
Mike Ruppert/FTW
"The Party's Over
"The PARTY'S OVER Oil, War and the fate of Industrial Societies By Richard Heinberg When Mike Bowlin, Chairman of ARCO, said in 1999 that "We've embarked on the beginning of the last days of the age of oil," he was voicing a truth that many others in the petroleum industry knew but dared not utter. Over the past few years, evidence has mounted that global oil production is nearing its historic peak. Oil has been the cheapest and most convenient energy resource ever discovered by humans. During the past two centuries, people in industrial nations accustomed themselves to a regime in which more fossil-fuel energy was available each year, and the global population grew quickly to take advantage of this energy windfall. Industrial nations also came to rely on an economic system built on the assumption that growth is normal and necessary, and that it can go on forever. When oil production peaks, those assumptions will come crashing down. As we move from a historic interval of energy growth to one of energy decline, we are entering uncharted territory. It takes some effort to adjust one's mental frame of reference to this new reality. Richard Heinberg has distilled complex facts, histories, and events into a readable overview of the energy systems that keep today's mass society running. The result is jarring. The Party's Over is the book we need to reorient ourselves for a realistic future. - Chellis Glendinning, Ph.D., author of Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy"
Sample Chapter:ch03-enumeration(pdf)
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Did anyone else notice that the stock 80 GB HD is 4200 RPM - almost 30% slower than the 80 GB 5400 RPM HD Option(+$125)?
Is this lame? How much does it matter performance-wise?
Why is this site overlooked?
-mp3 format
-no DRM
-unlimited downloads for $10-$15/month
-large catalog
-first 50 mp3's are free
Pretty cool. I just downloaded the entire Pavement and Pixies catalogs plus some Noam Chomsky "spoken word". I signed up for 3 months @ $45.
A Plan For SPAM.
Especially: Evolution, Ecology and Optimization of Digital Organisms and Zen and the Art of Creating Life
2)The Santa Fe Institute
3)Kevin Kelly's Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World
Phillips' MP3/DVD portable may be yet to be released but the Sony MPDAP20U has already been out for a couple of months. It seems like the Holy Grail of Portables: 24X/10X/24X CD-RW, 8X DVD-ROM (plays MP3/DVDs), USB 2.0, LCD remote, no DRM, and oh yeah, it has a Memory Stick slot, too. It's a little spendy at $299. Page 33 of the User Guide confirms that MP3 on DVD-R/RW is a go (and via Memory Stick as well). Here's a review.