There are fashion conscious male techies too y'know!
I'm getting a silver one simply because it looks better and I'm not huge on music to be honest - my collection in total is only 3.5GB and I don't listen to it all anyway. Why would I want to pay more for a large, less attractive (although still well designed) device with 11GB more that will be totally redundant 99% of the time. The only thing I can possibly think I would need it for is if I got one of those memory stick readers and backed up my photos so I only needed one stick.
Before anyone says $250 for a 4GB device is overpriced, look at the competition. Sony 256MB MP3s are about 150GBP here, and that's more than $250. The Creative MuVo 4GB (comparable size and capacity, but nothing like the build quality I've seen in the past from Apple and no more than average design) costs ~200GBP from Amazon, again much much more than the iPod for an all round inferior product.
Having said all that, if build quality doesn't matter to you then I'm sure you'll find a player from some unknown manufacturer on eBay at a huge discount from the iPod. I, on the other hand, am the kind of person who spent 200GBP on a second mobile phone because it was made from titanium and looked good when I was going out. I'm more than happy to pay a premium for looks and quality.
Fair enough, I was just going on what I've heard in the past although I'm not that suprised if it is unfounded. The point still stands though - it's just not neccesarily a factual analogy anymore.
Not only that, Intel are benefiting the consumer by keeping compatability across the two major brands thus helping the uptake of the 64bit desktop in the mass market. What will those bastards try next?
BTW, I do actually dislike Intel's processors - I use AMDs on my systems and those I build for others, this article is making a mountain out of a molehill though. It's unfortunate that Intel didn't publicise it as a positive thing (increased compatability) but it's not like they lied or withheld the information.
Seems to me like the closest analogy would be the spacepen compared to pencil. Biros don't work in space - NASA invest a few million into making one that works, Russia use a pencil.
The pen does a better job (no sharpening, no graphite dust in the computers) but the pencil still did the job. Equally tinfoil does the job but a proper RFID blocker should do it 'properly'.
Engage geek drool mode - affordable uber geek toys. At current exchange rates the camera model is only 400GBP. For any old R/C aircraft that's pretty good - for a self controlled one complete with camera that's goddamn amazing:D
Just look out for RIAA vans driving round with full spectrum scanners and a few thugs in the back to 'persuade' people that their radio station is breaking copyright.
It happened in the UK a while ago, but it wasn't an intentional jammer, it was a high power communication dish (IIRC) built on top of a multi-storey car park. Someone didn't bother checking the frequencies before giving it the go ahead.
So what they are saying is that the unit can produce up to 60 smells (that's 6 bits of data), and I need a broadband connection to get that data? I don't buy it.
The article says it is being researched by Telewest - the second largest cable broadband provider over here. Coincidence that it won't work on dialup? I think not.
Err, could you explain that in simpler terms? I just thought that it's good to get rid of the debt so if rates were to go up they have nothing to worry about. I'm not an economist though, so it looks like I missed something.
Last I checked, it was good to be out of debt if interest rates were high. Now they don't have that debt to worry about they can invest the remaining money however their accountants advise.
I'm calling it an investment. I figure when the *IAA sees my hard drive it'll be cheaper to have a kitted up fighter jet to deal with the problem than it would be to pay what they ask.
Why an easy to tamper touchscreen? You don't know it's calibrated to press the button corresponding to where you touch.
Keep it simple - have big, red, physical buttons with the names of the candidates printed next to them. When the button is pressed it brings up the name of the candidate on a screen and asks you to press the green (physical) OK button or make another choice. Not totally secure I know, but it's electronic without the danger of miscalibrated screens (accidentally or otherwise).
For anyone that is interested in the idea like I am there is a guide here. (It's a badly laid out, partially Japanese page with an English article though)
I'm a geek however - I now like the idea of opencola and would like to try making some, just to find out how it's done.
It's not like this is a cola company making their recipe open, it's an OSS firm making cola. It seems to me that the article was written from a software perspective with cola as an analogy.
Fair point, but look at the monitor on that thing. Bearing in mind the resolution compared to the size it makes the rest of the system seem damn cheap compared to any comparable desktop with a screen like that.
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I meant it more along the lines of not buying CDs that often and therefore having a relatively small collection.
It is not a waste of money to everyone just because it is to you. I already typed a post explaining why, so click here if you're interested.
To sum up:
I wouldn't use more than 4GB, so why pay for redundant space?
It is cheaper than most comparable alternatives.
It looks good.
There are fashion conscious male techies too y'know!
I'm getting a silver one simply because it looks better and I'm not huge on music to be honest - my collection in total is only 3.5GB and I don't listen to it all anyway. Why would I want to pay more for a large, less attractive (although still well designed) device with 11GB more that will be totally redundant 99% of the time. The only thing I can possibly think I would need it for is if I got one of those memory stick readers and backed up my photos so I only needed one stick.
Before anyone says $250 for a 4GB device is overpriced, look at the competition. Sony 256MB MP3s are about 150GBP here, and that's more than $250. The Creative MuVo 4GB (comparable size and capacity, but nothing like the build quality I've seen in the past from Apple and no more than average design) costs ~200GBP from Amazon, again much much more than the iPod for an all round inferior product.
Having said all that, if build quality doesn't matter to you then I'm sure you'll find a player from some unknown manufacturer on eBay at a huge discount from the iPod. I, on the other hand, am the kind of person who spent 200GBP on a second mobile phone because it was made from titanium and looked good when I was going out. I'm more than happy to pay a premium for looks and quality.
It really is getting bad when Red Dwarf provides possible scenarios to new laws.
I apologise. I guess moving from the UK to the US is also my patriotic duty? ;-)
Fair enough, I was just going on what I've heard in the past although I'm not that suprised if it is unfounded. The point still stands though - it's just not neccesarily a factual analogy anymore.
Not only that, Intel are benefiting the consumer by keeping compatability across the two major brands thus helping the uptake of the 64bit desktop in the mass market. What will those bastards try next?
BTW, I do actually dislike Intel's processors - I use AMDs on my systems and those I build for others, this article is making a mountain out of a molehill though. It's unfortunate that Intel didn't publicise it as a positive thing (increased compatability) but it's not like they lied or withheld the information.
Seems to me like the closest analogy would be the spacepen compared to pencil. Biros don't work in space - NASA invest a few million into making one that works, Russia use a pencil.
The pen does a better job (no sharpening, no graphite dust in the computers) but the pencil still did the job. Equally tinfoil does the job but a proper RFID blocker should do it 'properly'.
Don't ya just love the legal system - put guidence on board and it's a missile despite the copious lack of any kind of explosive.
Engage geek drool mode - affordable uber geek toys. At current exchange rates the camera model is only 400GBP. For any old R/C aircraft that's pretty good - for a self controlled one complete with camera that's goddamn amazing :D
It's just a shame I don't actually own 400
Just look out for RIAA vans driving round with full spectrum scanners and a few thugs in the back to 'persuade' people that their radio station is breaking copyright.
It happened in the UK a while ago, but it wasn't an intentional jammer, it was a high power communication dish (IIRC) built on top of a multi-storey car park. Someone didn't bother checking the frequencies before giving it the go ahead.
So what they are saying is that the unit can produce up to 60 smells (that's 6 bits of data), and I need a broadband connection to get that data? I don't buy it.
The article says it is being researched by Telewest - the second largest cable broadband provider over here. Coincidence that it won't work on dialup? I think not.
Oooh - when can I get one? ;-)
I want to print some new CD-Rs so I can pirate more songs without having to go to the store
What about the pyramid then? Or are they afraid of disrupting the martian mind-control equipment inside it?
*Ajusts tinfoil hat and looks about shiftily*
You could argue, however, that Ford Prefect's name is a work of parody and therefore protected speech whereas Mandrake OS is not. [/devil's advocate]
Err, could you explain that in simpler terms? I just thought that it's good to get rid of the debt so if rates were to go up they have nothing to worry about. I'm not an economist though, so it looks like I missed something.
Last I checked, it was good to be out of debt if interest rates were high. Now they don't have that debt to worry about they can invest the remaining money however their accountants advise.
Also, a holo-etched gold chunk looks damn cool compared to a tatty piece of green paper ;-)
I'm calling it an investment. I figure when the *IAA sees my hard drive it'll be cheaper to have a kitted up fighter jet to deal with the problem than it would be to pay what they ask.
Why an easy to tamper touchscreen? You don't know it's calibrated to press the button corresponding to where you touch.
Keep it simple - have big, red, physical buttons with the names of the candidates printed next to them. When the button is pressed it brings up the name of the candidate on a screen and asks you to press the green (physical) OK button or make another choice. Not totally secure I know, but it's electronic without the danger of miscalibrated screens (accidentally or otherwise).
For anyone that is interested in the idea like I am there is a guide here. (It's a badly laid out, partially Japanese page with an English article though)
I'm a geek however - I now like the idea of opencola and would like to try making some, just to find out how it's done.
It's not like this is a cola company making their recipe open, it's an OSS firm making cola. It seems to me that the article was written from a software perspective with cola as an analogy.
Dr. Obvious says: games that are in shops make more money than games that aren't.
Fair point, but look at the monitor on that thing. Bearing in mind the resolution compared to the size it makes the rest of the system seem damn cheap compared to any comparable desktop with a screen like that.