You're absolutely right. That is one of the disadvantages of the iPod. I like having my Floyd show up in the occasional shuffle of all songs, but I also like it as one continuous track sometimes.
As such, the easiest solution is to turn shuffle off (or to turn on Shuffle by Album) when listening to some Floyd and put it back on Shuffle by Song for the general mix. I sometimes wish it'd be easier to switch my shuffle preference, but there's enough buttons on there as it is.
All in all, it's just one of the minor inconveniences I have while being able to carry around all of my 6 Floyd albums with about 3200 other songs.
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p.s. I should also point out that there's about a half a second break between tracks and, while it's unnoticable most of the time, it really breaks up the flow of Ummagumma! It'd be nice if the iPod could crossfade between tracks like iTunes.
But in five years, iPod clones will be selling for $20, the Apple units won't be collectable, Apple will stop supporting them, batteries will be unavailable, and something else really expensive will be cool.
Perhaps, but until then, I, and the parent, will be able to cart around our music in our shirt pockets and flip through our libraries with greater ease than you and your 28 CD's. And that, to me, is worth the $400.
Please note that I, like the parent, admire that you found a solution that works for you and am just pointing out (more) advantages to our position. Hell, my best friend still has a $2 (maybe not that cheap, but cheap) CD player that he connects to his car stereo with a tape adapter and he's got over 400 CDs.
I find it interesting that you mention CD's being universal media as though the iPod uses specialized equipment to output it's music. They do, after all, have universal headphone jacks!...I know, the comment was more about Firewire and USB, but it still struck me as interesting.
We don't go to war with N. Korea because China would be on our asses like 'ugly on your stick' and no one wants a world war. As such, we're working on a peaceful resolution.
Rest assured (right choice of words?), if that can't be acheived and China gets upset enough at N. Korea, we'll go in and we'll do it damn fast just in case they DO have nukes.
Good luck with the iTrip. In my opinion, it blows goats. The signal is weak (because it pulls from the iPod battery) and blocks the control for the remote control. Also, when I took it on a car trip a month ago, I kept hitting the tracks for it and it kept changing the damn broadcast frequency on me! I know they say it's not supposed to, but it happened to me far too often.
After that car trip, I moved to the Monster iCarPlay. It charges AND broadcasts through the dock port. Plus, since it's pulling the broadcast power from the car, it can be stronger. I was worried that the lack of broadcast stations (Monster's 8 vs iTrips 112? I forget) would really do me damage in a big city. Yet since I've had it, I haven't had to change the station once. The signal is so powerful, it pushes out every other signal. Lastly, I've now got my remote hooked up to my iPod when I drive so I can tuck the iPod nice and safely away.
It costs $80, but after the $40 for the iTrip and $40 for another charger... well, the math is damn easy.
That reminds me of a wonderful story from High School. One day, I was walking down the hall and passed by the cheerleader lockers. Naturally, I followed their sticks as high as I could see, but then something else caught my eye. They each had a sign on their lockers that had their name and their graduation year. As such some said Holly 97' or Ginger 99' and it took all my will to control myself.
I was weak in those days and no one could figure out why I dropped my books from laughing so hard.
From The Family Guy: Demonstrators: Free Tibet. free Tibet. Peter: I'll take it. Hello China? I have something you want but it's gonna cost you. Yeah, that's right....All the tea.
Your mention of 'color that just doesn't look "right"' remided me of a quote in reference to Lucia y el sexo:
"The film's digital photography is inadequate to the task of filming under the bright sun of the island. A portentous zoom to the sun is almost ruined because the image is so overexposed you hardly notice the sun. Since voluptuous visuals were obviously part of Medem's plan, he should have used film. Digital is still too anorexic for his purposes."
Roger Ebert.
I agree...mostly. The positive "LET'S DO IT!" (or, in some instances, replace 'positive' with 'safe') button always hangs out on the right in the Mac world, but for every dialog there's always distance between the 'Do It' and the 'Wooah, son!' button.
This particular dialog, however, has it all stacked as I wrote it, on one line all in a row. Bad move, in my opinion. Isolate the Apply to All on it's own line and throw the "Replace" at the far left of the box, then some space, then "Stop" and "Do Not Replace"
There are other flaws with this dialog box, but not in its intent, just its coding and so I'll not go into them here, but that checkbox really does hook it up. Before they revamped that dialog, I envied the windows users with their "Yes to All" button.
An Item named 'Foo' already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the one you are moving?
(Check box) "Apply to all" --button 1 "Don't Replace" --2 "Stop" --3 "Replace"
They didn't release the code to set-up the Open Source community, they did it to buy a stay of execution!
Due to the recent leak of our source code, Longhorn will not be available until approximately 2009. We apologize for the delay, but the recent leak will require us to rewrite our code from the ground up.
Note: I don't actually believe they'll have to rewrite anything, but they can use it as an excuse none-the-less.
More importantly 'TiVo' (why are we using quotes?) allows me to avoid all the drivel that's been wrought forth under the Simpsons name for a few years now and given me more time to enjoy the outside air.
It's not like Groening decided "Welp! Futurama's had a good run. Pull the plug, boys!" Futurama was canceled. They would have gone on longer if they could and, in my opinion, still had at least three more good years in them.
I, too, agree about the Simpsons, though. I turned off The Simpsons about two years ago and haven't looked back. Now, whatever TiVo picks up gets deleted unless the rundate is 1997 or earlier.
Every time a window pops up on my sister's computer that says something, she calls me.
First thing she says is "My computer wants me to say 'Restart' or 'Cancel.' Which do I choose? My natural question is "Well, what does the rest of the dialog say?" It's usually something like "Foo finished updating some foozlets so your computer will work better and I need to restart." Naturally, it's because she just downloaded a system update (which I've told her is OK if it comes through the system itself and she doesn't seek it out) and it's finished.
Maybe I should post a sticky on her monitor that says 'Yes, it's OK to restart...BUT SAVE YOUR WORK!"
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p.s. FINALLY got her up to OS X. I'm hoping that'll reduce my tech workload.
Ture. It was likely an editorial decision, but that doesn't make it an Editorial Comment. He wasn't speaking his mind on the state of Fractals or on the disrespect and mistreatment of all the starving Gaston Julias in Bosnia. The logo change, and subsequent search, was a nod to a noble man in recognition of his work.
I wasn't aware it was his birthday, either and, through this article, discovered a fractal program AND a new name to research when I've got more time. All in all, I'm quite thankful for Google's recognition.
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Christ, I never came closer to spweing Dr. Pepper all over my monitor than when I read your post!
Thanks!
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Hmm, it is true that old people are often concerned that there are children on their lawns.
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Shame on me. I did a quick mental estimation as to my number of Pink Floyd songs and miscounted. That should say 10 Floyd albums.
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You're absolutely right. That is one of the disadvantages of the iPod. I like having my Floyd show up in the occasional shuffle of all songs, but I also like it as one continuous track sometimes.
As such, the easiest solution is to turn shuffle off (or to turn on Shuffle by Album) when listening to some Floyd and put it back on Shuffle by Song for the general mix. I sometimes wish it'd be easier to switch my shuffle preference, but there's enough buttons on there as it is.
All in all, it's just one of the minor inconveniences I have while being able to carry around all of my 6 Floyd albums with about 3200 other songs.
fs
p.s. I should also point out that there's about a half a second break between tracks and, while it's unnoticable most of the time, it really breaks up the flow of Ummagumma! It'd be nice if the iPod could crossfade between tracks like iTunes.
But in five years, iPod clones will be selling for $20, the Apple units won't be collectable, Apple will stop supporting them, batteries will be unavailable, and something else really expensive will be cool.
...I know, the comment was more about Firewire and USB, but it still struck me as interesting.
Perhaps, but until then, I, and the parent, will be able to cart around our music in our shirt pockets and flip through our libraries with greater ease than you and your 28 CD's. And that, to me, is worth the $400.
Please note that I, like the parent, admire that you found a solution that works for you and am just pointing out (more) advantages to our position. Hell, my best friend still has a $2 (maybe not that cheap, but cheap) CD player that he connects to his car stereo with a tape adapter and he's got over 400 CDs.
I find it interesting that you mention CD's being universal media as though the iPod uses specialized equipment to output it's music. They do, after all, have universal headphone jacks!
fs
We don't go to war with N. Korea because China would be on our asses like 'ugly on your stick' and no one wants a world war. As such, we're working on a peaceful resolution.
Rest assured (right choice of words?), if that can't be acheived and China gets upset enough at N. Korea, we'll go in and we'll do it damn fast just in case they DO have nukes.
fs
Good luck with the iTrip. In my opinion, it blows goats. The signal is weak (because it pulls from the iPod battery) and blocks the control for the remote control. Also, when I took it on a car trip a month ago, I kept hitting the tracks for it and it kept changing the damn broadcast frequency on me! I know they say it's not supposed to, but it happened to me far too often.
After that car trip, I moved to the Monster iCarPlay. It charges AND broadcasts through the dock port. Plus, since it's pulling the broadcast power from the car, it can be stronger. I was worried that the lack of broadcast stations (Monster's 8 vs iTrips 112? I forget) would really do me damage in a big city. Yet since I've had it, I haven't had to change the station once. The signal is so powerful, it pushes out every other signal. Lastly, I've now got my remote hooked up to my iPod when I drive so I can tuck the iPod nice and safely away.
It costs $80, but after the $40 for the iTrip and $40 for another charger... well, the math is damn easy.
fs
That reminds me of a wonderful story from High School. One day, I was walking down the hall and passed by the cheerleader lockers. Naturally, I followed their sticks as high as I could see, but then something else caught my eye. They each had a sign on their lockers that had their name and their graduation year. As such some said Holly 97' or Ginger 99' and it took all my will to control myself.
I was weak in those days and no one could figure out why I dropped my books from laughing so hard.
fs
This came to my mind
...All the tea.
From The Family Guy:
Demonstrators: Free Tibet. free Tibet.
Peter: I'll take it. Hello China? I have something you want but it's gonna cost you. Yeah, that's right.
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when someone references The Who on Slashdot.
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If the driver fails a retest, the horn sounds and the lights flash until the car is turned off.
If they are drunk enough, they won't even notice (or they will think they are a police officer themselves - that's not good).
If they're drunk enough, they won't MAKE it to the retest.
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but I hear the Bush Administration is fast on track to becoming the biggest spender since the beginning of the Twenty-First Century!
...or timing.
Damn, that takes balls.
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Ebert's First Law: "A movie is not about what it is about, but how it is about it."
In other words, ya damn right! If you can't tell a good story, don't expect Final Cut Pro to make your movie stellar.
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I agree...mostly. The positive "LET'S DO IT!" (or, in some instances, replace 'positive' with 'safe') button always hangs out on the right in the Mac world, but for every dialog there's always distance between the 'Do It' and the 'Wooah, son!' button.
This particular dialog, however, has it all stacked as I wrote it, on one line all in a row. Bad move, in my opinion. Isolate the Apply to All on it's own line and throw the "Replace" at the far left of the box, then some space, then "Stop" and "Do Not Replace"
There are other flaws with this dialog box, but not in its intent, just its coding and so I'll not go into them here, but that checkbox really does hook it up. Before they revamped that dialog, I envied the windows users with their "Yes to All" button.
fs
It's even funnier when the one posting it has a number HIGHER than that of the person he's replying to.
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Very informative and useful.
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They didn't release the code to set-up the Open Source community, they did it to buy a stay of execution!
Due to the recent leak of our source code, Longhorn will not be available until approximately 2009. We apologize for the delay, but the recent leak will require us to rewrite our code from the ground up.
Note: I don't actually believe they'll have to rewrite anything, but they can use it as an excuse none-the-less.
fs
If it's so retarded, lift the anonymity, coward.
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More importantly 'TiVo' (why are we using quotes?) allows me to avoid all the drivel that's been wrought forth under the Simpsons name for a few years now and given me more time to enjoy the outside air.
And that's good for a lot.
fs
It's not like Groening decided "Welp! Futurama's had a good run. Pull the plug, boys!" Futurama was canceled. They would have gone on longer if they could and, in my opinion, still had at least three more good years in them.
I, too, agree about the Simpsons, though. I turned off The Simpsons about two years ago and haven't looked back. Now, whatever TiVo picks up gets deleted unless the rundate is 1997 or earlier.
fs
I know it was a joint project and Lucas did lend a hand, but I can't help but think of the Indiana Jones trilogy as being a classic Spielberg series.
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Jack of All Trades, Master of None.
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Every time a window pops up on my sister's computer that says something, she calls me.
First thing she says is "My computer wants me to say 'Restart' or 'Cancel.' Which do I choose? My natural question is "Well, what does the rest of the dialog say?" It's usually something like "Foo finished updating some foozlets so your computer will work better and I need to restart." Naturally, it's because she just downloaded a system update (which I've told her is OK if it comes through the system itself and she doesn't seek it out) and it's finished.
Maybe I should post a sticky on her monitor that says 'Yes, it's OK to restart...BUT SAVE YOUR WORK!"
fs
p.s. FINALLY got her up to OS X. I'm hoping that'll reduce my tech workload.
Ture. It was likely an editorial decision, but that doesn't make it an Editorial Comment. He wasn't speaking his mind on the state of Fractals or on the disrespect and mistreatment of all the starving Gaston Julias in Bosnia. The logo change, and subsequent search, was a nod to a noble man in recognition of his work.
I wasn't aware it was his birthday, either and, through this article, discovered a fractal program AND a new name to research when I've got more time. All in all, I'm quite thankful for Google's recognition.
fs