i don't know if this just me or if i do feel that the word 'random' in random shuffling is a misnomer.
i have this feeling that itunes, though randomly playing my music are following a predictable pattern. it's like song A will be followed by song D and if you listen to your playlist long enough, you'll be sure that song E will played out after song D.
play count field in itune somehow confirms this as some song are played more often then others and in some case, some song will not get selected at all. if a truly random shuffling, it would guess all song has the same chance of being played.
this also the case on winamp (be4 itunes comes out on windows), windows media player and the likes although i couldn't quantified it as they don't have play count like itunes.
actually, there's a reason for some company to provide a backdoor access.
there's some system that is so important that one cannot afford to loose the protected data. a client who messes up the system so badly, by purpose or accident, that the data is locked out, but the client don't want the data to be lost forever. crictical system like protein-folding or dna sequencing or airline reservation comes to mind.
what's the solution for this? backdoor access comes to mind. now it's just a question of the morallity of the company about using the back door access.
i think there's a market for these kind of notebooks.
the people who bought these kind notebooks are people who usually don't planing to move those notebooks around too much, leave in their room, but on occasion, do move from place to place and would like to bring their computers around.
or those few paraniods who hides thier notebooks around when they are not at home but would like to have the best technology on their hands.
there are some people, for example, students who uses campus computers on campus, but move from one house to another every year and come back to their parents home every now and then. or the business person who travel very little. stays in the office most of the time.
yup, i agree that there are smart people everywhere capable of doing high skill job given the adequate training and opputurnity.
however, i wonder how would things be if the situation were the reverse. IT jobs are taken away from india and shipped to the US because it is cheaper and better. let's see if the indian programmers complain or not.
wrong about being able to copy ferarri because they are not IP. the design of car is an IP.
there used to be a lot of lamborghini and ferarri replica on ebay. there's one company who really made a good looking ferarri out of a chevy v6. they made it so good that ferrari sue the company. now other people make replicas w/ lambo and other hot-stuff cars. you copy it too good, the car company will sue your ass off.
don't think they made ferarri replicas? take a look at ebaymotors.
... because ACC, MP3 and WMA can never appeal to audiophiles, sure, file are really convinient to carry around and all that stuff, but what if you want to hear really good music on your $10k amp and $14k speakers?
128kbps mp3 surely will sound sucks compared to CDs or DVD - audio.
but, it will may suffer the same fate as vinly records, being from majority to minority, used only by the audio elite in pursuit of sonic purification.
it's true, the arguments are full of holes and have a personal vendetta behind it. reading it is just like reading a propoganda machines bent upon control and power.
he forgot that people around the world (who are not linux zealots) use an OS as long it's fast and it works.
obviously, the guy in the second article is complaining about everything, including the rudimentary stuff such as copy-paste functions. In fact, the guy doesn't know what he's talking about on this take on windows, just garbage that is fit to be put in landfills. too bad we cannot throw out html into 'virtual information recycle bin' beacuse these kind of articles has a better future elsewhere.
about linux, i really hate those people that zealously spreading 'linux is good' ideal. yes, linux is good, but please, please, stop spreading the ideal on the expense of humiliating windows. what i think linux should be, it should be an os that sets the standards so high, even years to come by, no one can reach it. you make an os like that, then u can brag about it. we can make it with mechanical machines, why not w/ software?
it easy to bash down on other people work, but no many people would look at the (C)1983-2002 fine print. these people spent 20 years building an os and we can't even give them a little credit or a pat on the back. just 'this-ain't-good-enough'.
that my worthless, modded-down-in-an-instant $0.02
it's actually so you may be able to download the file, esp in windows. if you just click the file it self, it will play in the browser instead of downloading it.
.. that the us attacks nameless faces half a world a way because they got nuclear weapons n stuff like that but they are developing them through acres of supercomputers and building them here right at home?
i wonder how much will they charge you if u have to use thier network. i hope the charge 10 bucks a minute cause i would really like to have some sleep on a long flight. some poeple who i seen using handphones sometimes thinks that they are the only one in that public space.
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do u think one day later they could make glass circurts like the one in the latest tom cruise movie (i don't remember but this got to do with the one with the pre-crime unit)?
it would be cool to have on of these anyway.
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popular science got some headphones recommendations for your ipod mini/mp3 player.
one of the headphones cost 10 times more expensive than the ipod mini.
i don't know if this just me or if i do feel that the word 'random' in random shuffling is a misnomer.
i have this feeling that itunes, though randomly playing my music are following a predictable pattern. it's like song A will be followed by song D and if you listen to your playlist long enough, you'll be sure that song E will played out after song D.
play count field in itune somehow confirms this as some song are played more often then others and in some case, some song will not get selected at all. if a truly random shuffling, it would guess all song has the same chance of being played.
this also the case on winamp (be4 itunes comes out on windows), windows media player and the likes although i couldn't quantified it as they don't have play count like itunes.
any thoughts on this?
actually, there's a reason for some company to provide a backdoor access.
there's some system that is so important that one cannot afford to loose the protected data. a client who messes up the system so badly, by purpose or accident, that the data is locked out, but the client don't want the data to be lost forever. crictical system like protein-folding or dna sequencing or airline reservation comes to mind.
what's the solution for this? backdoor access comes to mind. now it's just a question of the morallity of the company about using the back door access.
independance day, ID4.
the smart guy from MIT who works as cable tv repairman uses a..............
i think there's a market for these kind of notebooks.
the people who bought these kind notebooks are people who usually don't planing to move those notebooks around too much, leave in their room, but on occasion, do move from place to place and would like to bring their computers around.
or those few paraniods who hides thier notebooks around when they are not at home but would like to have the best technology on their hands.
there are some people, for example, students who uses campus computers on campus, but move from one house to another every year and come back to their parents home every now and then. or the business person who travel very little. stays in the office most of the time.
why use access database when you can use mySQL?
the reason MS issues a 'lite' version of the flagship OS is to curb piracy.
this has been discuss in arstechnica about what is MS is up to really. basicly MS trying to match the pirates price to get more money in their banks.
anyway, some people would like to start with a blank sheet and add the stuff they need later (GUI, internet browser, Email client , etc)...
...a porn film director. you got free entertainment, surrounded by naked women, can sometimes get paid to get laid.
yup, i agree that there are smart people everywhere capable of doing high skill job given the adequate training and opputurnity.
however, i wonder how would things be if the situation were the reverse. IT jobs are taken away from india and shipped to the US because it is cheaper and better. let's see if the indian programmers complain or not.
...so why don't they supersize the Big Mac?
do you want fries with that?
a communication disruption can only mean one thing.......
invasion.
yes, what great way to destroy linux by embracing it all together.
you emulate linux until the point you have can't diffrient linux and microsoft, they you make sure linux looks bad.
just take a look at netscape.
wrong about being able to copy ferarri because they are not IP. the design of car is an IP.
there used to be a lot of lamborghini and ferarri replica on ebay. there's one company who really made a good looking ferarri out of a chevy v6. they made it so good that ferrari sue the company. now other people make replicas w/ lambo and other hot-stuff cars. you copy it too good, the car company will sue your ass off.
don't think they made ferarri replicas? take a look at ebaymotors.
1. ibm made a new hope.
2. then the empire strikes back
3. maybe in the end there will be return of the ibm.
cheers
... because ACC, MP3 and WMA can never appeal to audiophiles, sure, file are really convinient to carry around and all that stuff, but what if you want to hear really good music on your $10k amp and $14k speakers?
128kbps mp3 surely will sound sucks compared to CDs or DVD - audio.
but, it will may suffer the same fate as vinly records, being from majority to minority, used only by the audio elite in pursuit of sonic purification.
see these CDs?
...the register have news about sun's new upcoming processor, UltraSparc IV.
Looks like mutli-core processor is trend of the future.
it's true, the arguments are full of holes and have a personal vendetta behind it. reading it is just like reading a propoganda machines bent upon control and power.
he forgot that people around the world (who are not linux zealots) use an OS as long it's fast and it works.
obviously, the guy in the second article is complaining about everything, including the rudimentary stuff such as copy-paste functions. In fact, the guy doesn't know what he's talking about on this take on windows, just garbage that is fit to be put in landfills. too bad we cannot throw out html into 'virtual information recycle bin' beacuse these kind of articles has a better future elsewhere.
about linux, i really hate those people that zealously spreading 'linux is good' ideal. yes, linux is good, but please, please, stop spreading the ideal on the expense of humiliating windows. what i think linux should be, it should be an os that sets the standards so high, even years to come by, no one can reach it. you make an os like that, then u can brag about it. we can make it with mechanical machines, why not w/ software?
it easy to bash down on other people work, but no many people would look at the (C)1983-2002 fine print. these people spent 20 years building an os and we can't even give them a little credit or a pat on the back. just 'this-ain't-good-enough'.
that my worthless, modded-down-in-an-instant $0.02
where r u mr jingles.....
it's actually so you may be able to download the file, esp in windows. if you just click the file it self, it will play in the browser instead of downloading it.
.. that the us attacks nameless faces half a world a way because they got nuclear weapons n stuff like that but they are developing them through acres of supercomputers and building them here right at home?
i wonder how much will they charge you if u have to use thier network. i hope the charge 10 bucks a minute cause i would really like to have some sleep on a long flight. some poeple who i seen using handphones sometimes thinks that they are the only one in that public space.
do u think one day later they could make glass circurts like the one in the latest tom cruise movie (i don't remember but this got to do with the one with the pre-crime unit)? it would be cool to have on of these anyway.