It's not the download speed, it's the upload speed. I have 2mbps download here - it's plenty for browsing, and it'll work for.iso's if you have a little patience. But I only have 256kbps up, which is pretty limiting. I have a static IP, but I can't really run a webserver that'll get a lot of hits unless its mostly text. I can't host large files. I can't run a online radio station at a decent bitrate at all. 4mbps down would be nice, but it really wouldn't change much. 2mbps both ways would really be a significant upgrade though.
Why bother with that crap? Just use Ghostscript and Ghostview. It's fast, reads PDF documents just fine, and it's open source. Plus, it will also read PostScript files (not sure, Acrobat might be able to do that too). http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
It's the downloadable TV shows that you can purchase from the iTMS that's the big hit. The ability of the iPod to play them on the go may still turn out to be a gimmick - it's hard to say right now if people really are interested in watching video on a portable device with a 2" screen. So far, the limited success of video players by companies like iRiver seems to indicate that people aren't.
No, they are yours. Jobs specifically said so. You own the file, but the Fairplay just won't let you copy it to more than 5 PCs/Macs (you can to a few more iPods), and you can't burn it.
If I can't do what I want with the file, then it's not really mine - regardless of what Steve Jobs says.
Aren't those Codec packs just a bunch of DLL files ripped right out of Microsoft Windows Media Player? So you can't really install them if you truly want to be rid of all things Microsoft.
The people that buy ATI/Nvidia/Matrox's high end cards (the Workstation ones at least, but I dont know of any consumer grade cards that are 1000$+) are usually CAD and DCC people (Digital Content Creation, IE, CGI video, rendering images, etc etc etc). Its usually BUSINESSES that buy these cards, thats why they can afford them at such a cost.
I'm sure the gaming companies buy lots of the high end gaming cards, so their developers, designers, and testers can play around with tomorrow's mainstream level cards today.
Isn't copying VHS to DVD an infringement (if the VHS was pre-recorded) or at least shady (if the VHS was time-shifted from television)? I must be missing something, but what's the substantial non-infringing use case of a consumer product that copies VHS to DVD?
Nope, its fair use to copy VHS tapes to DVD. Same for copying CDs to tapes or ripping to MP3. VHS tapes are analog, so you can't run afoul of the DMCA either. You just can't do things like make copies of your VHS tapes to give them away to your friends.
I predict that TiVo will be buried as their target market (mostly geeks and gadget lovers) becomes less and less interested with the crap on television, even with the help of a TiVo to help filter it out.
Did everyone forget what initiated the attack on Iraq? It was because Saddam was in direct violation of a treaty. Remember after the first Gulf War he signed a treaty to allow UN inspectors to make sure he didn't have any WMD's and then remember how often Saddam would prevent the inspectors from doing their jobs or outright kick them out. We even gave him almost a month to allow the inspectors back in but he refused so we attacked.
It seems many people have forgotten, as it is now a couple of years later, we now know that Saddam did not have those WMD either. But that doesn't matter, because the Iraqis have been "liberated".
I would think that most people who are going to install this are more curious than anything else. It's not likely you'll be able to use this leaked copy of Vista for an OS. It's sure to have lots of bugs, missing features, poor hardware support, and poor software support. Most people are going to install it, play around a while, then revert back to their previous OS (legal or not).
Not to mention that the cheapest way to is still to photocopy. Laser printers cost a bit more per page, and inkjet printers cost a lot more per page. Whenever they say they post things online to save paper, they really mean they are just shifting costs over to students (though this is really only the case in universities that charge per page printed in the labs like mine did).
Now, what would be cool would be an iPod like remote for your component MP3 player. It would have a screen and the wheel, along with a wireless connection to talk to the box. The box would contain harddrive(s), as well as all the decoding chips and the brains of the MP3 player. It would preferably have digital out, and an ethernet jack and/or wifi to hook up to your home network. That way you would have the best of both worlds - the familiar iPod interface, but the storage and sound quality you would expect from a stereo component.
I think if the US can support three cars per four people then saturation of the iPod market won't happen until we get 3 iPods per 4 people; with almost 300 million people, that means over 200 million iPods sold; since Apple is sold 6.5 million in the 4th quarter, and something like 6 million the quarter before, that means we have another 8 years at this rate, less if the sale rate increases.
Well, there is probably something like 10 ballpoint pens for every person in the US. What does that mean for iPods and automobiles? Nothing! You're reasoning makes no sense whatsoever.
Who has offices with computers that come equipped with sound cards? Most office computers I have seen, while usually equipped with integrated sound, don't have any speakers attached to them. For good reason too, I might add.
Then don't take them to Walmart. There is a real camera shop in my area that prints digital to photo paper. Their machines are probably better than the typical minilab, and they are staffed by people who know what they are doing. The results are always excellent. The cost is a bit more expensive than Walmart (I think.29 per print last time I was there), but it's still cheaper and better than printing at home.
If you have out of date hardware, ripping a dvd is painfully slow, like overnight slow. Most consumers don't have dual processor g5's as far as I know.
Are people nowadays really that impatient? I don't see why popping in DVD before you go to bed, only to have a nice DVD rip waiting for you when you get up to be such a hassle. Many people leave their computers on 24/7 anyway, so they might as well be doing something instead of just sitting there idle wasting electricity.
Yeah, I'm confused too! Aren't there already TONS of personal video players out there already? RCA Lyra? Cowon iAudio x5? What's the hold up?
Most people simply are not interested in watching video on a 2" screen, that's all. Expecially when it means the battery life on the player goes down to a mere 1-2 hours.
1. Disable autoplay in Windows, or simply hold down the shift key while inserting the CD into the computer. This prevents Windows from auto-installing that DRM crap.
2. Rip the CD in whatever audio program you want (Audiograbber, iTunes, Winamp, WMP, whatever).
How do you argue against the fact that Bush has spent more on the poor than even Bill Clinton (now before you bash the Fox News link, are the stats stated within false?).
Fox News is one thing, but Bill O'Reilly? I wouldn't trust him to tell me what the weather is outside. Unless you can find another source, I'm going to assume that Bill O'Reilly simply pulled those "facts" straight out of his ass.
It does work sometimes in Kansas. The governor, Kathleen Sebelius, is a Democrat. She was elected in a heavily Republican state (~60% Bush) because the Republicans nominated an extremist. Moderate Republicans elected her because they don't want someone who will try to ban all abortion and teach Creationism in schools. ..
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It's not the download speed, it's the upload speed. I have 2mbps download here - it's plenty for browsing, and it'll work for .iso's if you have a little patience. But I only have 256kbps up, which is pretty limiting. I have a static IP, but I can't really run a webserver that'll get a lot of hits unless its mostly text. I can't host large files. I can't run a online radio station at a decent bitrate at all. 4mbps down would be nice, but it really wouldn't change much. 2mbps both ways would really be a significant upgrade though.
Why bother with that crap? Just use Ghostscript and Ghostview. It's fast, reads PDF documents just fine, and it's open source. Plus, it will also read PostScript files (not sure, Acrobat might be able to do that too).
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
It's the downloadable TV shows that you can purchase from the iTMS that's the big hit. The ability of the iPod to play them on the go may still turn out to be a gimmick - it's hard to say right now if people really are interested in watching video on a portable device with a 2" screen. So far, the limited success of video players by companies like iRiver seems to indicate that people aren't.
No, they are yours. Jobs specifically said so. You own the file, but the Fairplay just won't let you copy it to more than 5 PCs/Macs (you can to a few more iPods), and you can't burn it.
If I can't do what I want with the file, then it's not really mine - regardless of what Steve Jobs says.
Aren't those Codec packs just a bunch of DLL files ripped right out of Microsoft Windows Media Player? So you can't really install them if you truly want to be rid of all things Microsoft.
The people that buy ATI/Nvidia/Matrox's high end cards (the Workstation ones at least, but I dont know of any consumer grade cards that are 1000$+) are usually CAD and DCC people (Digital Content Creation, IE, CGI video, rendering images, etc etc etc). Its usually BUSINESSES that buy these cards, thats why they can afford them at such a cost.
I'm sure the gaming companies buy lots of the high end gaming cards, so their developers, designers, and testers can play around with tomorrow's mainstream level cards today.
Isn't copying VHS to DVD an infringement (if the VHS was pre-recorded) or at least shady (if the VHS was time-shifted from television)? I must be missing something, but what's the substantial non-infringing use case of a consumer product that copies VHS to DVD?
Nope, its fair use to copy VHS tapes to DVD. Same for copying CDs to tapes or ripping to MP3. VHS tapes are analog, so you can't run afoul of the DMCA either. You just can't do things like make copies of your VHS tapes to give them away to your friends.
I predict that TiVo will be buried as their target market (mostly geeks and gadget lovers) becomes less and less interested with the crap on television, even with the help of a TiVo to help filter it out.
Did everyone forget what initiated the attack on Iraq? It was because Saddam was in direct violation of a treaty. Remember after the first Gulf War he signed a treaty to allow UN inspectors to make sure he didn't have any WMD's and then remember how often Saddam would prevent the inspectors from doing their jobs or outright kick them out. We even gave him almost a month to allow the inspectors back in but he refused so we attacked.
It seems many people have forgotten, as it is now a couple of years later, we now know that Saddam did not have those WMD either. But that doesn't matter, because the Iraqis have been "liberated".
I would think that most people who are going to install this are more curious than anything else. It's not likely you'll be able to use this leaked copy of Vista for an OS. It's sure to have lots of bugs, missing features, poor hardware support, and poor software support. Most people are going to install it, play around a while, then revert back to their previous OS (legal or not).
Not to mention that the cheapest way to is still to photocopy. Laser printers cost a bit more per page, and inkjet printers cost a lot more per page. Whenever they say they post things online to save paper, they really mean they are just shifting costs over to students (though this is really only the case in universities that charge per page printed in the labs like mine did).
They are doing something; they're switching to x86 next year.
Which means you might as well buy a Pentium M laptop right now for half the cost!
Now, what would be cool would be an iPod like remote for your component MP3 player. It would have a screen and the wheel, along with a wireless connection to talk to the box. The box would contain harddrive(s), as well as all the decoding chips and the brains of the MP3 player. It would preferably have digital out, and an ethernet jack and/or wifi to hook up to your home network. That way you would have the best of both worlds - the familiar iPod interface, but the storage and sound quality you would expect from a stereo component.
I think if the US can support three cars per four people then saturation of the iPod market won't happen until we get 3 iPods per 4 people; with almost 300 million people, that means over 200 million iPods sold; since Apple is sold 6.5 million in the 4th quarter, and something like 6 million the quarter before, that means we have another 8 years at this rate, less if the sale rate increases.
Well, there is probably something like 10 ballpoint pens for every person in the US. What does that mean for iPods and automobiles? Nothing! You're reasoning makes no sense whatsoever.
There's no website in the world I'd pay $60 for.
I bet that not only would you pay $60 for slashdot, you would pay $60 twice! *ducks*
Who has offices with computers that come equipped with sound cards? Most office computers I have seen, while usually equipped with integrated sound, don't have any speakers attached to them. For good reason too, I might add.
Cheaper is not always better.
.29 per print last time I was there), but it's still cheaper and better than printing at home.
Then don't take them to Walmart. There is a real camera shop in my area that prints digital to photo paper. Their machines are probably better than the typical minilab, and they are staffed by people who know what they are doing. The results are always excellent. The cost is a bit more expensive than Walmart (I think
If you have out of date hardware, ripping a dvd is painfully slow, like overnight slow.
Most consumers don't have dual processor g5's as far as I know.
Are people nowadays really that impatient? I don't see why popping in DVD before you go to bed, only to have a nice DVD rip waiting for you when you get up to be such a hassle. Many people leave their computers on 24/7 anyway, so they might as well be doing something instead of just sitting there idle wasting electricity.
Yeah, I'm confused too! Aren't there already TONS of personal video players out there already? RCA Lyra? Cowon iAudio x5? What's the hold up?
Most people simply are not interested in watching video on a 2" screen, that's all. Expecially when it means the battery life on the player goes down to a mere 1-2 hours.
And it's quite obvious to anyone with a sense of humor that the post was a joke. Geez, lighten up a little, ok?
Aren't the Integrated Intel graphics that Dell is so fond well supported in Linux?
Even simplier:
1. Disable autoplay in Windows, or simply hold down the shift key while inserting the CD into the computer. This prevents Windows from auto-installing that DRM crap.
2. Rip the CD in whatever audio program you want (Audiograbber, iTunes, Winamp, WMP, whatever).
How do you argue against the fact that Bush has spent more on the poor than even Bill Clinton (now before you bash the Fox News link, are the stats stated within false?).
Fox News is one thing, but Bill O'Reilly? I wouldn't trust him to tell me what the weather is outside. Unless you can find another source, I'm going to assume that Bill O'Reilly simply pulled those "facts" straight out of his ass.
It does work sometimes in Kansas. The governor, Kathleen Sebelius, is a Democrat. She was elected in a heavily Republican state (~60% Bush) because the Republicans nominated an extremist. Moderate Republicans elected her because they don't want someone who will try to ban all abortion and teach Creationism in schools. . .
Yeah, that really worked out well.
A good magnifying glass or a loupe will work in a pinch too.