*puts on tin-foil hat*
At least then when they start using some sort of from-a-distance-mental-state-reader, I'll be protected.
I think part of the point that Dubya and the rest of his me-too's is missing is that airplanes are just one target, albeit a big fat jucy one. We make airplanes impossible to hijack (so we all fly naked and the cargo and our clothes go on another plane), and they simply go after something else. Trains. Buses (look at Israel, sadly), Starbucks. COMDEX. Whatever.
Band-aid on a gunshot wound. Ultimately, the bullet still wins.
Let's see....I can take my minidisc player, dump a few hours of audio on it thanks to NetMD, throw it in the headunit of my car with no wires, cables, adapters, other stuff, pop it out when I get to where I'm going, throw it back in the portable minidisc player, and never miss a bet.
Try being that slick with your OGG player. Go ahead. I'll wait:-)
True, the US never picked up on the format, but in Japan it's hot stuff (1gb stuff coming later this year, and (supposedly) you'll be able to download MD--->PC too!....which if it does come to the table, should make an impact in the US market, seeing as that the largest and loudest complaint with the entire MD format is that you can record, but if you want to transfer what you recorded (say, a live concert), you have to go digial===>analogue===>digital; no dumping straight to your computer)), so who knows. Truth is it's a proven format, supported by a dozen manufactures...too bad it's not more popular!
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*puts on tin-foil hat* At least then when they start using some sort of from-a-distance-mental-state-reader, I'll be protected. I think part of the point that Dubya and the rest of his me-too's is missing is that airplanes are just one target, albeit a big fat jucy one. We make airplanes impossible to hijack (so we all fly naked and the cargo and our clothes go on another plane), and they simply go after something else. Trains. Buses (look at Israel, sadly), Starbucks. COMDEX. Whatever. Band-aid on a gunshot wound. Ultimately, the bullet still wins.
Let's see....I can take my minidisc player, dump a few hours of audio on it thanks to NetMD, throw it in the headunit of my car with no wires, cables, adapters, other stuff, pop it out when I get to where I'm going, throw it back in the portable minidisc player, and never miss a bet. Try being that slick with your OGG player. Go ahead. I'll wait :-)
True, the US never picked up on the format, but in Japan it's hot stuff (1gb stuff coming later this year, and (supposedly) you'll be able to download MD--->PC too!....which if it does come to the table, should make an impact in the US market, seeing as that the largest and loudest complaint with the entire MD format is that you can record, but if you want to transfer what you recorded (say, a live concert), you have to go digial===>analogue===>digital; no dumping straight to your computer)), so who knows. Truth is it's a proven format, supported by a dozen manufactures...too bad it's not more popular!