Sorry dude, there's not much market to gain with that. Every flash developer I know uses a mac. SWF is an open format, so perhaps, yes, some good coders could write the app you're looking for but I don't think there's much demand for it.
His dad's a real interesting guy. He's a big supporter of inheritance taxes. if I remember correctly, he believes society got you where you are, so you need to give back when you go away.
One of Google's primary strengths is its software, no doubt they're trying to capitalize on that. Do I see Google becoming the Apple within Microsoft? Isn't their other product a search application that you download and run within windows, effectively competing with Microsoft's explorer? Now this program, which reminds me of iPhoto (download from the camera easily, print, organize, etc). This is a competitor to Windows XP's built-in photo management.
Google is competing with Microsoft, and using their own operating system against them!
Wrong on DVD's. The DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent DRM. You can't legally copy them for ANY purpose whatsoever. That law was signed in by (Democrat) Bill Clinton.
Looks like you need the interface box and one of the stereos, so you're buying 2 items, the interface being 100 bucks. Wouldn't it be easier to make the CD player optional by moving it to a changer box in the trunk or whatever, and slide the iPod in just like a cassette? I don't like this glove compartment stuff too much.
How is the cross platform ability of PHP? Can I write an app un Linux and comile and run it on OS X and Windows? Does it need a runtime, or is it bundled? Seems like an intriguing alternative to.NET.
I install Firefox for everyone I help with PC's, and no one has ever complained or needed additional help to use it. I had one person tell me they need their old bookmarks, but I showed them where you can see IE's imported bookmarks in the menu.
I'm sure some of you already do this, but for those that don't, next time you're running ad-aware for your non-techie friends, install Firefox, show them the desktop shortcut, and tell them to click on that one for their Internet. They'll thank you for it when they stop getting pop ups and strange home pages and toolbars.
But one keen observation: I'm a movie geek, so I searched for Alan Smithee on IMDB and I get that name for directors of some of the greatest movies ever made, several are on the IMDB's top 250 list. 12 Angry Men, the Original Manchurian Candidate, Cool Hand Luke, the first Superman, etc. Interesting stuff.
The wording of your post made me think that this player doesn't support encrypted (commercial) DVD's. It does. You can pop in any DVD and watch it in Linux with this player.
Linux is turning the tide into the mainstream, and this is a big milestone. For those lamenting that this is a double edged sword, it's not. People who want to compy with the DMCA 100% have a player to buy, those that don't care (me), continue living happily. Hey, that's the way it should be.
I used Intermec's RFID products in a semiconductor company that's now long gone. It was pretty cool stuff, actually. They used the tags to track lots of wafers as they rode around the fab in process. Mobil gas stations in Southern California have this thing called "SpeedPass" which is essentially the same thing, but attached to your credit card info on the server. Yes, perhaps Intermec has a good case here, but the courts should take into account when companies sit idle while their IP is being "violated", to make some dough later on.
I guess I hear what you're saying, and as a band member (you like punk, we just played with Fear and Agent Orange) but I can't help notice the irony that you're posting on an article about portable MP3 players, yet you don't enjoy recorded music. You mentioned that you like radio (for recorded music?), at least one of these gadgets has a radio built-in, and I do wish the iPod had that.
I think there is a niche for a cheaper player than the mini with, say 2 gigs rather than the mini's 4. Sell it for 99 dollars and I'll buy it. Add line-in recording and I'll buy 2.
Look, I'm an unabashed Apple fanboy, but I'd like to know why I should choose this over an iPod. None of these features matter to me. Tru-Bass? the iPod has a huge EQ selection, and you can assign an EQ to each individual song in iTunes and it carries over to the iPod.
If these gadgets aren't half the price of an iPod mini, I have no reason to consider them. There's no mention of disk space on the JM-200, but I want GB's, not MB's.
It would really simplify your life to buy a new hard drive. Those thumb drives / memory sticks aren't very fast compared to a hard disk. Plus for the price of a thumb drive of that size, you could just get a new or used notebook HD and save some cash.
I don't think that a thumb drive should be a back up mechanism for anybody - Hopefully you have something along side that. Thumb drives are easy to lose, and lose it in the right place and someone could get to your source code.
You're right, it's only a TV Viewer. It won't ever have recording capability, according to the author, because it's not one of the features he wants. There are other options for recording, the best I've seen is a non-free application called snapstream, it is excellent. There's Media Portal, but it just crashes on me without a second of TV. Media Portal could be the ticket some day soon.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually it reminds me more of OS X with the pinstripes and the blue colors.
As heard on Fark: "Robert Plant not available for comment". Perhaps we should also add: "Still no cure for cancer".
Sorry dude, there's not much market to gain with that. Every flash developer I know uses a mac. SWF is an open format, so perhaps, yes, some good coders could write the app you're looking for but I don't think there's much demand for it.
His dad's a real interesting guy. He's a big supporter of inheritance taxes. if I remember correctly, he believes society got you where you are, so you need to give back when you go away.
I thought this was already happenning on Kazaa?
login 'slashdot', password 'password' ...
Amazing! Thats the same password I have on my luggage!
Yes, but nobody realized it was him, he was going under the pseudonym of a guy named "Al". He kept telling people to call him that.
One of Google's primary strengths is its software, no doubt they're trying to capitalize on that. Do I see Google becoming the Apple within Microsoft? Isn't their other product a search application that you download and run within windows, effectively competing with Microsoft's explorer? Now this program, which reminds me of iPhoto (download from the camera easily, print, organize, etc). This is a competitor to Windows XP's built-in photo management.
Google is competing with Microsoft, and using their own operating system against them!
No, but it will install Gentoo on your home PC.
That sounds like a complete non-answer to me, and I fail how you can draw any type of conclusions from that. Steve should run for office!
Wrong on DVD's. The DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent DRM. You can't legally copy them for ANY purpose whatsoever. That law was signed in by (Democrat) Bill Clinton.
Looks like you need the interface box and one of the stereos, so you're buying 2 items, the interface being 100 bucks. Wouldn't it be easier to make the CD player optional by moving it to a changer box in the trunk or whatever, and slide the iPod in just like a cassette? I don't like this glove compartment stuff too much.
I would prefer to say "Begun, the PHP flame war has".
How is the cross platform ability of PHP? Can I write an app un Linux and comile and run it on OS X and Windows? Does it need a runtime, or is it bundled? Seems like an intriguing alternative to .NET.
Dangit, just one day before, and my band could have had a slashdotting. I couldda been a contenda.
I install Firefox for everyone I help with PC's, and no one has ever complained or needed additional help to use it. I had one person tell me they need their old bookmarks, but I showed them where you can see IE's imported bookmarks in the menu.
I'm sure some of you already do this, but for those that don't, next time you're running ad-aware for your non-techie friends, install Firefox, show them the desktop shortcut, and tell them to click on that one for their Internet. They'll thank you for it when they stop getting pop ups and strange home pages and toolbars.
This article is shit.
But one keen observation: I'm a movie geek, so I searched for Alan Smithee on IMDB and I get that name for directors of some of the greatest movies ever made, several are on the IMDB's top 250 list. 12 Angry Men, the Original Manchurian Candidate, Cool Hand Luke, the first Superman, etc. Interesting stuff.
The wording of your post made me think that this player doesn't support encrypted (commercial) DVD's. It does. You can pop in any DVD and watch it in Linux with this player.
Linux is turning the tide into the mainstream, and this is a big milestone. For those lamenting that this is a double edged sword, it's not. People who want to compy with the DMCA 100% have a player to buy, those that don't care (me), continue living happily. Hey, that's the way it should be.
I used Intermec's RFID products in a semiconductor company that's now long gone. It was pretty cool stuff, actually. They used the tags to track lots of wafers as they rode around the fab in process. Mobil gas stations in Southern California have this thing called "SpeedPass" which is essentially the same thing, but attached to your credit card info on the server. Yes, perhaps Intermec has a good case here, but the courts should take into account when companies sit idle while their IP is being "violated", to make some dough later on.
I guess I hear what you're saying, and as a band member (you like punk, we just played with Fear and Agent Orange) but I can't help notice the irony that you're posting on an article about portable MP3 players, yet you don't enjoy recorded music. You mentioned that you like radio (for recorded music?), at least one of these gadgets has a radio built-in, and I do wish the iPod had that.
I think there is a niche for a cheaper player than the mini with, say 2 gigs rather than the mini's 4. Sell it for 99 dollars and I'll buy it. Add line-in recording and I'll buy 2.
Look, I'm an unabashed Apple fanboy, but I'd like to know why I should choose this over an iPod. None of these features matter to me. Tru-Bass? the iPod has a huge EQ selection, and you can assign an EQ to each individual song in iTunes and it carries over to the iPod.
If these gadgets aren't half the price of an iPod mini, I have no reason to consider them. There's no mention of disk space on the JM-200, but I want GB's, not MB's.
It would really simplify your life to buy a new hard drive. Those thumb drives / memory sticks aren't very fast compared to a hard disk. Plus for the price of a thumb drive of that size, you could just get a new or used notebook HD and save some cash.
I don't think that a thumb drive should be a back up mechanism for anybody - Hopefully you have something along side that. Thumb drives are easy to lose, and lose it in the right place and someone could get to your source code.
You're right, it's only a TV Viewer. It won't ever have recording capability, according to the author, because it's not one of the features he wants. There are other options for recording, the best I've seen is a non-free application called snapstream, it is excellent. There's Media Portal, but it just crashes on me without a second of TV. Media Portal could be the ticket some day soon.