Maybe...but if you want it to function exactly like an ipod, why not just buy an ipod?
It's like chosing a Dell over a Gateway with the same specs and the same price except you say "But I want the 16x DVD burner like the gateway instead of the 4x that came with my Dell" Why didn't you just buy the Gateway then?
"Look, the problem with these companies is that they are concentrating too much on physical design and low cost. They don't realize the fact that the reason why many people buy iPods, even if they cost more, is that they are much easier to install and use than their products. An iPod (on macs at least), there is only one step: Plug into firewire port. Thats it. No need to mess with drivers or install difficult mp3 players on your PC."
Which is why I'm surprised there is no mention of the Rio Carbon.
Sure, it doesn't have Wifi, it doens't have some sophisticated LCD touchscreen and whatnot...but what it does have is a footprint smaller than the ipod mini, and twice the battery life.
I can't compare the other features as I haven't had my hands on an ipod long enough to make an educated comparison.
But, the most important feature is just what you said...there's nothing special you have to do to use it...just plug it into a USB port and it's recognized as a USB drive.
Probably because I'm tired of all these ".... is dying" stories.
I can make entire vacation plans online via a computer, and have it processed by a computer. Yet, I don't see any stories about "Travel agents becoming extinct!"
Although, maybe I need to visit traveldot.org instead for those stories...
Ok...without RTFA...since the blacksmith was generally replaced by industrial production (either directly or indirectly)...does that mean programmers are going to be replaced by machines that can code on their own?
If that's the direction TFA is taking...I highly doubt it. To quote the Borg Queen from ST: First Contact: "You are an imperfect being created by an imperfect being."
Unless humans as a whole somehow reach perfection, we'll never be able to produce something to completely replace the human element.
A few more "negotiations"...some lawsuits, and then all of your local Wal-Marts will come complete with "The RIAA Store" located right next to the instore McDonalds.
"One major bug still exists -- the bot cannot separate news from opinion and other trash. It's a sloppy orgy of miscellaneous content that should somehow be more carefully organized before being released."
Kinda like Slashdot then, right? Apparently even adding a human element can't "separate news from opinion and other trash"
Hey, not trying to troll...but that's the cold truth from where I'm sittin'
Not trying to troll here...but these days everything is a security threat. I'm sure a cat wondering the lawn of the whitehouse is a security threat just because *gasp* somebody may have injected it to carry some kind of biological agent.
As for flash mobs, what exactly can you do about them? The minute you start trying to use force to prevent flash mobs from forming (read: before they turn violent...IF they even do) you're going to have everyone yelling about how oppressed they are.
These so-called "security threats" come with the right to be able to leave your house whenever you want...
Slashdot Mirror
"I sure hope the website isnt being hosted on it"
Considering it won't boot for another week, this truly must be a story from the Mysterious Future!
"There's been at least one Sony shop in Dublin, Ireland for probably about five years. This doesn't seem like news to me."
:(
Yes, but don't forget the US is the center of the Universe...it's not actually news until it happens here
Sad, but true.
"lol.. kind of sad really.
Read this hours ago on CNN, doesn't seem too interesting yet."
Where did you think the submitter got the story, you insentive clod!
"Joygasm!"
"Why should we believe this information coming out of a country renowned for its "editing of the truth"?"
And what purpose would destroying a house, taking a photograph of a fake satelite sitting in aforementioned house serve?
"I think you completely missed the point..."
Maybe...but if you want it to function exactly like an ipod, why not just buy an ipod?
It's like chosing a Dell over a Gateway with the same specs and the same price except you say "But I want the 16x DVD burner like the gateway instead of the 4x that came with my Dell" Why didn't you just buy the Gateway then?
"that's not enough!
l ler_OSX/install_OSX.asp
it needs to be able to sync to your itunes library automatically when you plug it in."
You can interface with iTunes if you have a Mac...
http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/itunes/Web_Insta
"Look, the problem with these companies is that they are concentrating too much on physical design and low cost. They don't realize the fact that the reason why many people buy iPods, even if they cost more, is that they are much easier to install and use than their products. An iPod (on macs at least), there is only one step: Plug into firewire port. Thats it. No need to mess with drivers or install difficult mp3 players on your PC."
Which is why I'm surprised there is no mention of the Rio Carbon.
Sure, it doesn't have Wifi, it doens't have some sophisticated LCD touchscreen and whatnot...but what it does have is a footprint smaller than the ipod mini, and twice the battery life.
I can't compare the other features as I haven't had my hands on an ipod long enough to make an educated comparison.
But, the most important feature is just what you said...there's nothing special you have to do to use it...just plug it into a USB port and it's recognized as a USB drive.
"Coolness. If there was any one company I would trust to "Do no evil", it would be Google."
I guess you missed this story then...
Probably because I'm tired of all these ".... is dying" stories.
I can make entire vacation plans online via a computer, and have it processed by a computer. Yet, I don't see any stories about "Travel agents becoming extinct!"
Although, maybe I need to visit traveldot.org instead for those stories...
Ok...without RTFA...since the blacksmith was generally replaced by industrial production (either directly or indirectly) ...does that mean programmers are going to be replaced by machines that can code on their own?
If that's the direction TFA is taking...I highly doubt it. To quote the Borg Queen from ST: First Contact: "You are an imperfect being created by an imperfect being."
Unless humans as a whole somehow reach perfection, we'll never be able to produce something to completely replace the human element.
That's the way the world of capitalism works...
...some lawsuits, and then all of your local Wal-Marts will come complete with "The RIAA Store" located right next to the instore McDonalds.
A few more "negotiations"
"Declaring war, good soundbite."
/.'ers have been carrying in their wallets.
I don't even think THAT much is true anymore...I think most Americans slap their foreheads and roll their eyes everytime they hear a "War On..." line.
That line is probably almost as old as the condom most
I don't think we're at war with Iowa yet...I suppose it's only a matter of time though.
"My point is that as long as we keep the clones somewhat small - say less than 1024 cells"
640 cells should be enough for anyone...
I must wonder...does this have to do with another story?
"Microsoft will build support for WS-Management into an update to Windows Server"
Clearly this is war! SNMP and M$-Management will battle it out for the top market share...oh wait...
"And thus, the student overtakes the master."
Don't forget you still have to slay the dragon and sleep with Violet.
Until they make sex toys and condoms out of this stuff...I mean, it's harder than diamond right? That's a lot to live up to...
"When are people going to stop allowing the networks to shove this filth down their throats?"
Answer: When it stops making money. Networks don't make shows to entertain us...they make shows that make money for them.
The sad thing is, even those that hate this kind of programming will likely still watch it out of curiosity...which keeps the ratings up.
"we call it 'great adventure', *not* 'six flags' like the rest of the world.
Why? Because we freaken like it like that... got it?"
Is that the spindoctor way of making NJ sound like an exciting place that everyone just *has* to visit?
Ohhhh MOM, Let's go to the GREAT ADVENTURE!!!
Tricky NJ people....tricky indeed.
"One major bug still exists -- the bot cannot separate news from opinion and other trash. It's a sloppy orgy of miscellaneous content that should somehow be more carefully organized before being released."
Kinda like Slashdot then, right? Apparently even adding a human element can't "separate news from opinion and other trash"
Hey, not trying to troll...but that's the cold truth from where I'm sittin'
Are you telling me that the K in the name actually has a meaning?
I never thought I'd see the day...
"Ah, but what if it was thousands of islamic girls wearing birkhas flash mobbing President George Bush or Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ?
Heh, just for the hell of it we should arrange that. Thousands of people dressed in birkhas to meet President Bush on a campaign stop."
Somehow I don't think I'd feel safe doing something like that...
Not trying to troll here...but these days everything is a security threat. I'm sure a cat wondering the lawn of the whitehouse is a security threat just because *gasp* somebody may have injected it to carry some kind of biological agent.
As for flash mobs, what exactly can you do about them? The minute you start trying to use force to prevent flash mobs from forming (read: before they turn violent...IF they even do) you're going to have everyone yelling about how oppressed they are.
These so-called "security threats" come with the right to be able to leave your house whenever you want...