But if there are any others, customers will just go to them and find the track for 99c.
A better solution is compulsory licensing, where any service could make up whatever cockamamie scheme to get paid that they want (advertising, monthly-fees, per-track fees, etc), and the record labels get paid. This would allow the services to offer ALL music, without having to re-negotiate with every label.
You can set up AIM to allow file access to a group of users, and then they can browse and upload/download files to a shared folder. Even through a firewall. I've used this at work. When I had to go to China, I was able to retrieve a file from my PC at work using AIM. I've also used it to grab files from home. I like the open-source clients, but the AOL proxy servers add some great value to their proprietary client.
When I open multiple tabs, and swtich between them, sometimes the address and title bar do not change. For example. Open another tab with yahoo.com as the address. Now switch back to this tab, and try and switch back. On my machine (Win XP), the address and title bar stay on the slashdot address/title.
This is a great thing, as Legos (whoops! I meant "Models built of Lego bricks") have, as of late, descended into lamebrandingexcercises in order to shift product. Other than the wonderful Technic kits, Legos (whoops!) have become crappy toys that happen to snap together.
Hopefully, now that Lego has been forced to allow interoperation, other more innovative building brick companies can fill the void.
and this article illustrates why. Hacking together a MCE box from parts is a masochistic enterprise. MS only sells MCE to OEMs who are willing to QA their setup (acronym overload!). This writer just got a taste of what QA at Dell and HP must feel like.
This is the real bummer here. Without CableCard, or its satellite equivalent, we will never be able to build an HD PVR, let alone some PC-based system. And even WITH CableCard, we miss out on Pay-Per-View, On-Demand, and other services (at least until the probably-never-to-see-the-light-of-day CableCard 2.0 that should be out sometime in 2007). I have a Comcast HD PVR. It works ok, although compared to my Replay 5000, it is pathetic, in terms of conflict management, predictability, etc. However, the Comcast box lets me record 2 HD streams at once. The Replay is only standard-def. As far as I can tell, Comcast is trying its hardest to derail CableCard. As for Satellite, don't count on anything, even as lame and rudimentary as CableCard, in the near future.
I was in China 2 weeks ago, and my co-worker tried to pay for our dinner with his credit card. The waiter came back after my co-worker signed the bill, and turned over his card, which had "CHECK ID" written in block letters on the back of it. The waiter would not let us go until my co-worker wrote "CHECK ID" in block letters on the signature line of our bill.
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Wow. That review seemed more like a bitter rant against a more-successful competitor that degenerated into a bunch of unfocused racist bile. Thanks for the link!
This was cool, but now it's getting slooow. They need to add a simpler way to become a server (or force you to become one, like with Bittorrent), so that the network doesn't get crunched by too many clients. Right now the server doesn't work through NAT without some fancy footwork. This seems like perfect candidate code for eXeem (or whatever those Suprnova guys were working on was called).
That is strange. (full disclosure - I worked for Omnifi). I have one installed in my car, and it has NEVER skipped. Ever. Did you install it on its side or anything? I just asked my co-workers, and they haven't had that happen either. My firmware-writing cube-mate says that your disk may be damaged - do a disk check on it with Windows.
Otherwise, you might want to get a replacement unit. At least a new hard disk.
It costs a lot to use all industrial (extended temperature) grade components. It also has a backlit, fully-auto-grade DIN-size display ($$).
Server software also runs on a mac, BTW, and there are hard disk upgrade kits to buy (and I would imagine anyone with a decent amount of hardware savvy could add their own disk).
Is this what we're all trying to create? This is the best thing that we could, as engineers, ever imagine creating? Time to set our sights a little higher, don't you think? How about better alternative energy, or space travel, or... Something better than wireless streaming HDTV movies on your wristwatch.
These are Flash-based players, not RAM-based.
Just wanted to clear that up. For the record, I have a USB1.1-based Rio 500 with 128 MB of FLASH, which I never use anymore. If it was USB2.0 or Firewire, I might, but the transfer rate ruins the whole usage model.
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"it feels snappier," and leave it at that? That's all it usually takes to get Apple users to upgrade.
But if there are any others, customers will just go to them and find the track for 99c. A better solution is compulsory licensing, where any service could make up whatever cockamamie scheme to get paid that they want (advertising, monthly-fees, per-track fees, etc), and the record labels get paid. This would allow the services to offer ALL music, without having to re-negotiate with every label.
You can set up AIM to allow file access to a group of users, and then they can browse and upload/download files to a shared folder. Even through a firewall. I've used this at work. When I had to go to China, I was able to retrieve a file from my PC at work using AIM. I've also used it to grab files from home. I like the open-source clients, but the AOL proxy servers add some great value to their proprietary client.
I think it's a Greasemonkey bug.
When I open multiple tabs, and swtich between them, sometimes the address and title bar do not change. For example. Open another tab with yahoo.com as the address. Now switch back to this tab, and try and switch back. On my machine (Win XP), the address and title bar stay on the slashdot address/title.
This is a great thing, as Legos (whoops! I meant "Models built of Lego bricks") have, as of late, descended into lame branding excercises in order to shift product. Other than the wonderful Technic kits, Legos (whoops!) have become crappy toys that happen to snap together.
Hopefully, now that Lego has been forced to allow interoperation, other more innovative building brick companies can fill the void.
Or maybe not.
and this article illustrates why. Hacking together a MCE box from parts is a masochistic enterprise. MS only sells MCE to OEMs who are willing to QA their setup (acronym overload!). This writer just got a taste of what QA at Dell and HP must feel like.
This is the real bummer here. Without CableCard, or its satellite equivalent, we will never be able to build an HD PVR, let alone some PC-based system. And even WITH CableCard, we miss out on Pay-Per-View, On-Demand, and other services (at least until the probably-never-to-see-the-light-of-day CableCard 2.0 that should be out sometime in 2007). I have a Comcast HD PVR. It works ok, although compared to my Replay 5000, it is pathetic, in terms of conflict management, predictability, etc. However, the Comcast box lets me record 2 HD streams at once. The Replay is only standard-def. As far as I can tell, Comcast is trying its hardest to derail CableCard. As for Satellite, don't count on anything, even as lame and rudimentary as CableCard, in the near future.
I was in China 2 weeks ago, and my co-worker tried to pay for our dinner with his credit card. The waiter came back after my co-worker signed the bill, and turned over his card, which had "CHECK ID" written in block letters on the back of it. The waiter would not let us go until my co-worker wrote "CHECK ID" in block letters on the signature line of our bill.
Wow. That review seemed more like a bitter rant against a more-successful competitor that degenerated into a bunch of unfocused racist bile. Thanks for the link!
This was cool, but now it's getting slooow. They need to add a simpler way to become a server (or force you to become one, like with Bittorrent), so that the network doesn't get crunched by too many clients. Right now the server doesn't work through NAT without some fancy footwork. This seems like perfect candidate code for eXeem (or whatever those Suprnova guys were working on was called).
That is strange. (full disclosure - I worked for Omnifi). I have one installed in my car, and it has NEVER skipped. Ever. Did you install it on its side or anything? I just asked my co-workers, and they haven't had that happen either. My firmware-writing cube-mate says that your disk may be damaged - do a disk check on it with Windows. Otherwise, you might want to get a replacement unit. At least a new hard disk.
Audiolunchbox.com has lots of great indie artists, sells straight-up MP3s and OGGs, and gives the artists a great deal. http://www.audiolunchbox.com/
It costs a lot to use all industrial (extended temperature) grade components. It also has a backlit, fully-auto-grade DIN-size display ($$). Server software also runs on a mac, BTW, and there are hard disk upgrade kits to buy (and I would imagine anyone with a decent amount of hardware savvy could add their own disk).
I've been working on for a few months. We are a 20-gig hard-disk-based car product, with a REAL interface, and a wireless link (which can sync to a number of services). We also showed versions of our products at CES this year which can play MPEG1/2/4 (and DiVX) in both home and car flavors.
Is this what we're all trying to create? This is the best thing that we could, as engineers, ever imagine creating? Time to set our sights a little higher, don't you think? How about better alternative energy, or space travel, or... Something better than wireless streaming HDTV movies on your wristwatch.
These are Flash-based players, not RAM-based. Just wanted to clear that up. For the record, I have a USB1.1-based Rio 500 with 128 MB of FLASH, which I never use anymore. If it was USB2.0 or Firewire, I might, but the transfer rate ruins the whole usage model.
One big question is "does the Zen support the Mac?" If not, then I'm bummed.