If you have a mac anyway. It actually reads the iPod internal database and puts the files into the proper subdirectories, just like the original iTunes Music folder... not that digging through strangely named subdirectories to find your music is hard... this just removes that step nicely. It also plays the tracks off your iPod directly, if you'd like.
For example, you might run smtp server on port 80 and http on port 25 and they would complete the tcp three-way handshake just fine.
That would work if you ran a server destined to never offer serivces to even a small group of people, but for normal, practical usage, it's... well, useless. Sure, you can append port numbers to your protocol directives, but it'll never be an ubiquitous internet side in the least. You can't accept SMTP traffic unless it's been directly MX'd from a "normal" server, you can't even bounce port 80 requests to the proper port since presumbly, you moved it OFF port 80 to prevent random connections or avoid upstream blocks. Port shuffling is usually considered poor design and the worst example (if used in this fashion) of security/obscurity
A list of things that cause the iPod to win out in the mainstream market (read: average, non-computer person).
Many people would rather NOT have an FM tuner
Mainstream folks do not care about recording capabilities
Nor do they care about Vorbis
Apple's UI extends to the physical unit itself, which people seem to adore, which includes iTunes, a much nicer interface and library manager than "just another drive"" (which the iPod can support just for data, or with music with free third party utilities)
The USB hosting is nice, but again, a huge majority of people don't even know what smartlists are; until something like that enters the general consciousness, it is definitely a gee-whiz item. Keep in mind that the general public is VERY VERY ignorant about "cool tech things", and KISS almost ALWAYS wins. Example: did you know that some people don't even know about iPod scroll wheels? They use the DAMN ARROW KEYS to move through the menus!
And finally, the iPod has long since moved past a tech item to a cultural icon... a very difficult spot for a competitor to move them from. The iPod has become synonymous with MP3s (even if it plays more formats)... it's become a goal purchase even, and it's continually pushed upon us by the elephant that is Apple marketing. Basically, the time to beat it was back in the first gen days. It's entrenched now and it will take a lot of consumer education, cheap prices, very well designed layout (obviously nothing has come close yet to the iPod's design). and simple layouts to get people to change.
The main differences are a nicer keyboard (illumination option!) plus a much, much, MUCH nicer screen. Also, the ram upgrades work a little differently... less max capacity due to a SODIMM built into an iBook, and not swappable.
I think you have something somewhat insightful to say, but I can't understands more than a few phrases of what you've written at a time.
I had a neighbor who I cut his wifi...
Um, did you cut off his wifi connection? Did he cut it off? Who is doing what? He got fired for cutting of his wifi connection? At work? At home? Your neighbor at work? His work loft? HUH?!?
"Lesser" annoyances:
When he aboned his wifi./
Ok, we all know what you mean, but please, that's just laziness.
My rhetoric to him
Do you mean retort? Or are you droning on and on with no abatement?
I hate playing grammar nazi, but please, when it starts affecting how well you can communicate, you have a problem.
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I don't know what kind of backasswards Fry's you were working at, but every other one I've been to has NEVER had that sign (and I live in a VERY LARGE metro area). While they do check your receipts at the door, there is NO WAY they can force you to comply after you've paid, unless they accuse you of shoplifting... and since you worked there, you should know exactly what kind of can of worms that entails to run the risk of falsely accusing someone (slander, kidnapping, and lots of court time).
I never show my receipt. I walk out the door despite their constant and increasingly malevolent protests, but they are obviously told to never touch a customer, nor mention "stealing" when they don't know for absolutely sure. What I'm doing is not illegal, because I never gave permission, implicit or otherwise, to search my person, *especially* after I've paid for it (the property is now mine).
MOD UP!! I completely agree. The 2g had those nicely rounded side/top buttons, which were very intuitive (right up there with the current 4g). The 3g was a step backwards to me!
No, you do not have the right to screen it. You have the right to be informed enough to make a decision through reviews, trailers, word of mouth, hearsay, or that crazy voice in your head. There's a certain latin phrase that goes along the lines of "Caveat Emptor". I suggest looking it up.
1. iSync syncs with Palms.
2. iSync doesn't use SyncML (yet - which is why most SyncML phones aren't compatible with iSync).
3. You can't enter data onto an ipod!
It's kind of hard to explain... all I have to say is that once you've lived here awhile (can be less than a month really), you'll understand it... and you'll either really really REALLY love him... or you won't. Not many fence-sitters in this town...
While you are vocal, you are probably in the minority. Chicagoans seem to love the whole Daley persona, which entails everything from being "connected" (but always just shielded enough by placing plenty of people between himself and the others), to an admittedly hilarious speaking style. Basically, he's the tough guy, and he does a lot of placating efforts aimed at getting lots of public support for him (Chicago is *much* greener than it has been in two+ decades and definitely has a broader appeal because of it, property values have skyrocketed... almost too much in some areas)... so it makes all the shadyness around him more whimsical and laughable than threatening.
I know, it's strange, but he's got it down to a science.
For FPS games, maybe, but for stuff such as accurate color matching / representation on an LCD for professional stuff, like mag layouts and CAD design (the latter of which I do), and you'll realize how far LCDs still need to come.
Saying that you will let go of a band because they make a decision that's bad in your eyes, despite not changing style, personalities, or talent is the most childish thing I've ever heard of. Let's see, you won't support them once they sign, so now they've lost a fan and you've probably contributed to a possible failure, and now you've got NO music from them. The other choice is purchasing the music despite their "sell out" status, and now you have more music from them that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise. So no music, or music that's been 'labelized'. Sorry, I'll take the latter.
Now if the band ends up becoming a completely different entity and loses all of what brought them to that point, you have a valid statement, but that is neither guaranteed NOR does it happen all the time.
As to the idea that getting signed is considered a panacea by most bands... well, you're way off. If bands these days still don't know what signing to a major entails (which in some situations really does involve handing over a piece of your soul), they deserve all the punishment they get. Most bands know, and are very hesistant to sign a deal; if they started out with nothing but fan support, you bet your ass they'll listen to their core group if they're on the cusp of a big decision.
How terrible for you. There is STILL plenty of good music out there that are on major labels. Yes, it sucks when your fave indie get signed to a big label, but fuck that; I'm not going to deprive myself of enjoying new material from a band that I really enjoy because of politics. Yes, the noble thing is NOT to support them when they indulge in things against your personal views, but otherwise what I would suggest at that point is to bring up the issues with the band (yes, plenty will listen) as well as making your views plain to the 'evil' record company by supporting various interest groups and organizations promoting your ideals.
Just as my taste is not dictated by what is popular or hitting the bland airwaves, I will similarly not restrict myself from the opposite.
Uh, Ericsson disbanded the group (for the millionth time) because that particular group was responsible for developing the bluetooth standard. It's pretty much done. Has been for awhile. The division that implements those standards in practical, consumer products is BIGGER than it was a year ago.
Ugh! Why do people constantly point to that section as a paragon of literary triumph? The main character likes a certain cereal, and he describes it like ANY OTHER PERSON WHO LIKES SOMETHING DOES. He just wrote it down. There were so many more interesting things he could've done with a love of cereal, yet he takes the most pedestrian route possible. If you don't know what I mean, read some Borges. Or Pinchon. Or even Virginia Woolf! Jesus, even DAVE EGGERS did it better!
Just because a book has a huge amount of pages doesn't mean it has to be "long". Long, in this context, means arduous and painful. There are plenty of long volumes (page count wise) that don't feel long (arduous and painful).
In other words, what the grandparent is saying is that the book was written like crap by an author who is in love with his supposed wittiness (which doesn't show itself as much as he thinks it does). I'd have to agree.
Obviously I do, although it clearly went over your head, highlighted by the fact that you can't even put together a coherent response. You basically confirmed what I said, and yes, I did read the article. Convenience is key, and what you advocate is the equivalent of getting a baby to understand vi commands. In a nutshell:
Hard drives are hard (oh a pun, will you hold that against me?)
DVDs are not
Downloading is hard (try and ask any non computer person if they can figure out how to download a movie in less time than it takes them to purchase/rent a DVD and start watching it)
Hence, when downloading becomes easy and fast, people will do it in huge amounts. Will they be ok with the compression? Once again, if it's easy to download and watch on a TV, sure. If not, hell no. HOWEVER, there is a point at which quality finally trumps quantity. I can toss a huge library encoded at 24kbps onto an iPod, but do I want to listen to that? There is a certain threshold that even consumers won't cross.
Nope, his methods won't stop piracy or even slow it down. I said that in my original post. But to believe that people will accept horrible compression with severe audio and video artifacting is ludicrous, especially in its current state. Someone may know a downloaded movie is crap compared to the original, but as it stands, the people that do that don't care. Lower the ease of entry into grabbing free, crappy looking movies, and we'll see exactly where that threshold lies.
Oh and one more thing: if you think "xXx" is an insinuation of pr0n, you are the one that needs a reading comprehension class. If not, ignore this paragraph.
Uh, Blade Runner touched on that very subject in a very impressive fashion; just because it didn't spell it out for you doesn't mean you couldn't interpret it in that exact way.
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If you have a mac anyway. It actually reads the iPod internal database and puts the files into the proper subdirectories, just like the original iTunes Music folder... not that digging through strangely named subdirectories to find your music is hard... this just removes that step nicely. It also plays the tracks off your iPod directly, if you'd like.
Senuti link.
For example, you might run smtp server on port 80 and http on port 25 and they would complete the tcp three-way handshake just fine.
That would work if you ran a server destined to never offer serivces to even a small group of people, but for normal, practical usage, it's... well, useless. Sure, you can append port numbers to your protocol directives, but it'll never be an ubiquitous internet side in the least. You can't accept SMTP traffic unless it's been directly MX'd from a "normal" server, you can't even bounce port 80 requests to the proper port since presumbly, you moved it OFF port 80 to prevent random connections or avoid upstream blocks. Port shuffling is usually considered poor design and the worst example (if used in this fashion) of security/obscurity
... at the same time.
"... I could to work on one monitor and watch a full screen DVD on the other.
- Many people would rather NOT have an FM tuner
- Mainstream folks do not care about recording capabilities
- Nor do they care about Vorbis
- Apple's UI extends to the physical unit itself, which people seem to adore, which includes iTunes, a much nicer interface and library manager than "just another drive"" (which the iPod can support just for data, or with music with free third party utilities)
The USB hosting is nice, but again, a huge majority of people don't even know what smartlists are; until something like that enters the general consciousness, it is definitely a gee-whiz item. Keep in mind that the general public is VERY VERY ignorant about "cool tech things", and KISS almost ALWAYS wins. Example: did you know that some people don't even know about iPod scroll wheels? They use the DAMN ARROW KEYS to move through the menus!And finally, the iPod has long since moved past a tech item to a cultural icon... a very difficult spot for a competitor to move them from. The iPod has become synonymous with MP3s (even if it plays more formats)... it's become a goal purchase even, and it's continually pushed upon us by the elephant that is Apple marketing. Basically, the time to beat it was back in the first gen days. It's entrenched now and it will take a lot of consumer education, cheap prices, very well designed layout (obviously nothing has come close yet to the iPod's design). and simple layouts to get people to change.
I love how we turn an interesting bit of history into a plug for Mr. Stephenson's ego.
The main differences are a nicer keyboard (illumination option!) plus a much, much, MUCH nicer screen. Also, the ram upgrades work a little differently... less max capacity due to a SODIMM built into an iBook, and not swappable.
I think you have something somewhat insightful to say, but I can't understands more than a few phrases of what you've written at a time.
I had a neighbor who I cut his wifi...
Um, did you cut off his wifi connection? Did he cut it off? Who is doing what? He got fired for cutting of his wifi connection? At work? At home? Your neighbor at work? His work loft? HUH?!?
"Lesser" annoyances:
When he aboned his wifi./
Ok, we all know what you mean, but please, that's just laziness.
My rhetoric to him
Do you mean retort? Or are you droning on and on with no abatement?
I hate playing grammar nazi, but please, when it starts affecting how well you can communicate, you have a problem.
Inline? Who uses Gnu/PGP inline?
I don't know what kind of backasswards Fry's you were working at, but every other one I've been to has NEVER had that sign (and I live in a VERY LARGE metro area). While they do check your receipts at the door, there is NO WAY they can force you to comply after you've paid, unless they accuse you of shoplifting... and since you worked there, you should know exactly what kind of can of worms that entails to run the risk of falsely accusing someone (slander, kidnapping, and lots of court time).
I never show my receipt. I walk out the door despite their constant and increasingly malevolent protests, but they are obviously told to never touch a customer, nor mention "stealing" when they don't know for absolutely sure. What I'm doing is not illegal, because I never gave permission, implicit or otherwise, to search my person, *especially* after I've paid for it (the property is now mine).
MOD UP!! I completely agree. The 2g had those nicely rounded side/top buttons, which were very intuitive (right up there with the current 4g). The 3g was a step backwards to me!
No, you do not have the right to screen it. You have the right to be informed enough to make a decision through reviews, trailers, word of mouth, hearsay, or that crazy voice in your head. There's a certain latin phrase that goes along the lines of "Caveat Emptor". I suggest looking it up.
1. iSync syncs with Palms.
2. iSync doesn't use SyncML (yet - which is why most SyncML phones aren't compatible with iSync).
3. You can't enter data onto an ipod!
It's kind of hard to explain... all I have to say is that once you've lived here awhile (can be less than a month really), you'll understand it... and you'll either really really REALLY love him... or you won't. Not many fence-sitters in this town...
While you are vocal, you are probably in the minority. Chicagoans seem to love the whole Daley persona, which entails everything from being "connected" (but always just shielded enough by placing plenty of people between himself and the others), to an admittedly hilarious speaking style. Basically, he's the tough guy, and he does a lot of placating efforts aimed at getting lots of public support for him (Chicago is *much* greener than it has been in two+ decades and definitely has a broader appeal because of it, property values have skyrocketed... almost too much in some areas)... so it makes all the shadyness around him more whimsical and laughable than threatening.
I know, it's strange, but he's got it down to a science.
For FPS games, maybe, but for stuff such as accurate color matching / representation on an LCD for professional stuff, like mag layouts and CAD design (the latter of which I do), and you'll realize how far LCDs still need to come.
Saying that you will let go of a band because they make a decision that's bad in your eyes, despite not changing style, personalities, or talent is the most childish thing I've ever heard of. Let's see, you won't support them once they sign, so now they've lost a fan and you've probably contributed to a possible failure, and now you've got NO music from them. The other choice is purchasing the music despite their "sell out" status, and now you have more music from them that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise. So no music, or music that's been 'labelized'. Sorry, I'll take the latter.
Now if the band ends up becoming a completely different entity and loses all of what brought them to that point, you have a valid statement, but that is neither guaranteed NOR does it happen all the time.
As to the idea that getting signed is considered a panacea by most bands... well, you're way off. If bands these days still don't know what signing to a major entails (which in some situations really does involve handing over a piece of your soul), they deserve all the punishment they get. Most bands know, and are very hesistant to sign a deal; if they started out with nothing but fan support, you bet your ass they'll listen to their core group if they're on the cusp of a big decision.
How terrible for you. There is STILL plenty of good music out there that are on major labels. Yes, it sucks when your fave indie get signed to a big label, but fuck that; I'm not going to deprive myself of enjoying new material from a band that I really enjoy because of politics. Yes, the noble thing is NOT to support them when they indulge in things against your personal views, but otherwise what I would suggest at that point is to bring up the issues with the band (yes, plenty will listen) as well as making your views plain to the 'evil' record company by supporting various interest groups and organizations promoting your ideals.
Just as my taste is not dictated by what is popular or hitting the bland airwaves, I will similarly not restrict myself from the opposite.
When (if) you actually have a real music collection, you'll realize how woefully inadequate those two solutions are (and yes, that includes WA5).
No.
Wiki link (pay attention to the first link in the first paragraph).
Your analogy is faulty simply because 802.11a/b/g and bluetooth were never meant to do the same things.
Uh, Ericsson disbanded the group (for the millionth time) because that particular group was responsible for developing the bluetooth standard. It's pretty much done. Has been for awhile. The division that implements those standards in practical, consumer products is BIGGER than it was a year ago.
The short range may have something to do with it.
If you think that's a liability, you really don't understand the hallmarks of bluetooth and what its purposes are.
Ugh! Why do people constantly point to that section as a paragon of literary triumph? The main character likes a certain cereal, and he describes it like ANY OTHER PERSON WHO LIKES SOMETHING DOES. He just wrote it down. There were so many more interesting things he could've done with a love of cereal, yet he takes the most pedestrian route possible. If you don't know what I mean, read some Borges. Or Pinchon. Or even Virginia Woolf! Jesus, even DAVE EGGERS did it better!
Just because a book has a huge amount of pages doesn't mean it has to be "long". Long, in this context, means arduous and painful. There are plenty of long volumes (page count wise) that don't feel long (arduous and painful).
In other words, what the grandparent is saying is that the book was written like crap by an author who is in love with his supposed wittiness (which doesn't show itself as much as he thinks it does). I'd have to agree.
- Hard drives are hard (oh a pun, will you hold that against me?)
- DVDs are not
- Downloading is hard (try and ask any non computer person if they can figure out how to download a movie in less time than it takes them to purchase/rent a DVD and start watching it)
Hence, when downloading becomes easy and fast, people will do it in huge amounts. Will they be ok with the compression? Once again, if it's easy to download and watch on a TV, sure. If not, hell no. HOWEVER, there is a point at which quality finally trumps quantity. I can toss a huge library encoded at 24kbps onto an iPod, but do I want to listen to that? There is a certain threshold that even consumers won't cross.Nope, his methods won't stop piracy or even slow it down. I said that in my original post. But to believe that people will accept horrible compression with severe audio and video artifacting is ludicrous, especially in its current state. Someone may know a downloaded movie is crap compared to the original, but as it stands, the people that do that don't care. Lower the ease of entry into grabbing free, crappy looking movies, and we'll see exactly where that threshold lies.
Oh and one more thing: if you think "xXx" is an insinuation of pr0n, you are the one that needs a reading comprehension class. If not, ignore this paragraph.
Uh, Blade Runner touched on that very subject in a very impressive fashion; just because it didn't spell it out for you doesn't mean you couldn't interpret it in that exact way.