Yeah, only in Windows I can right-click the menu, go to OPEN, and fix all that crap up in 5 minutes through the magic of dragging and copy/paste. God help me if I ever find one of the dozen or so config files and try using vi (UGH!!!) to make an attempt to fix my KDE/Gnome menues.
And JESUS CHRIST, stick to a single folder for the executable itself! In Windows, it ALL goes to Program Files with but one or two retarded apps putting their folders in the root. Fuck I I'll ever figure out where the hell KOffice is. Bins? Sbins? FOOFOOBins? gah.
Mistake #10: Poor DVD Playback Quality -Probably representative of your TV. I see the same quality on mine as any other DVD player that doesn't upconvert.
Christ. Please RTFA next time, and do at least the most marginal of Googling.
Avivo does a HELL of a lot more than merely try to blend interlacing lines, which is the best your TV is gonna do by itself, and is something it'll only do with a composite input signal.
With that in mind, please read this list of fine points :
There's a LOT a GPU can do to improve a DVD signal, and there's quite a few different times of video signals that have to be fixed in a variety of different ways.
$1000 DVD players don't have that price tag for thrills.
(On a side note...) And CHRIST, SLASHDOT! MAKE PLAIN OLD TEXT THE GODDAMN DEFAULT! ASSHOLES!!!
"There are Firefox features I love (extensions, typing "google foo" in the address bar, many others) and Opera features I love (seems smaller & lighter, I prefer it's implementation of tabs, many others)"
You can type "g foo" in the address bar and it works the same way. There's a program called Opsed that makes it really easy to edit Opera's search bar, including those "keys". (for me, e does ebay, n does newegg, p pricewatch, a AniDB, i IMDB, it's really nice)
Also, you can get Opera's tabs to work EXACTLY the same (close icon, no close icon, depending on how you prefer it, and you can get the tabs to dissappear if there's only one active at the moment). Check this out :
I'd just like to point out that it doesn't matter what happens in a year, because by then all Mac code will work on either architecture, either through Rosetta or dual binaries.
Opera's M2 has been powerful enough to eliminate the need for folders for YEARS.
However, while I love the idea, it's quite different from a system-wide version of search-oriented file-finding in that M2 is dealing exclusively with text.
Making it work for a whole filesystem, with text formats that may or may not be readable by the OS, is a whole 'nother matter, and far more difficult to accomplish.
I wish Apple (and eventually Microsoft, and some day Linux; hey, Reizer's already there...) the best of luck into such a large undertaking.
btw, does anyone know of a good iTunes rip-off for Windows? I love iTunes, but I don't want all my mp3's relocated to some random place on my hard drive. Basically I've love to see something like iTunes for searching and playing, that uses links to the files exclusively.
"To get early experience with its 230 gigabit per square inch drives, Hitachi is conducting field tests with a few hundred employees, customers and outside engineers.
'We've got a babysitting program running in the back to see how the hard drives are doing,' Healy said. 'We are building up our understanding of our quality and reliability.'"
Now, maybe Hitachi is, for some odd reason, testing prototypes of a non-3D drive in this article, or maybe, just maybe, they have prototype drives in existence.
Seriously, this took 2 fucking minutes to read. Are you fingers that much easier to use than your eyes?
A lot of things have changed since then, but it sure hasn't gotten easier to surf the web on a dial up connection. There are so many pointless graphics on most sites these days, that a dial up connection is becoming useless.
Full ID3-like info support, but with lyrics as well (might already have most of this, too)
Then all we need is an iTunes-like program that automatically converts a file on-the-fly as it transmits it to an audio device, with specific settings for each device. (e.g. your iPod would get a 256kbit AAC and your PocketPC would get a 96kbit wma, while brother's Rio Forge would get a 128kbit mp3, etc.)
Someone already pointed this out: http://schneier.com/crypto-gram-0205.html#5
Even scarrier than I thought it was, given that the guy isn't by any stretch a pro at this. Someone who was making a living off this (especially given how profitable it would be) could do a much better, much more efficient job of it.
Of course, like you said, it's easy to scam anything. Credit card, State ID, etc.
The only REAL problem is this:
It takes a week to get a new credit card, and if I report it as quickly as is possible, I don't lose a dime. On top of this the old card is now worthless.
Fingerprints don't have expiration dates, and barring a graft or deeply scarring yourself, there's not much you can do to change yours.
If you're lucky you can switch active fingers. This is good up to ten times (twenty if your limber and hard to embarrass). Then you're out of luck. Granted, it's unlikely you'll be scammed more than twice in your lifetime, but we don't yet know just *how* easy it is to steal fingerprints yet. I mean, for all we know Hong Kong'll have a special light sensor that doesn't even need adhesive spray to get a good shot of a print. Someone could just rest their arm (with sensor sewn into the sleeve) on a diner's counter and be set for the week.
I don't know, maybe I'm just worried in the same way people were once worried that you could get mugged almost daily in a dark, empty theatre while watching a movie. But the lack of replaceability for the medium used is rather dangerous.
I thought it was more of a flick-off (or for you more modest types, tongue-sticking-out) to the poor dective giving the print a thorough scan with a microsocope.
I suppose "You didn't get shit on me" would be a smarter thing to put.
People don't realize just how *dangerous* the fraud would be if this became widespread.
Take into account that we touch a LOT of things. Daily. You know those seedy, scammy ATM's? Wouldn't be very difficult to make one with a thumb reader to conceal an instant CCD-based scanner or something of the sort. All the machines check for is the pattern, and it would NOT be hard to fake this.
Rubber thumb overlay, anyone? The HEIGHT WOULD NOT MATTER, the machine would detect the right print no matter how long the grooves were. Sure, it won't work at a store, but it WILL work at an ATM.
But here's the worst part.
Once your print has been *breached*, you simply *can't get another one*. You're screwed.
Yes, safeguards can be put to minimize the use of overlays, but once again, only in official locations. Independently owned ATM's either won't ever be able to use this technology or will ruin it the very moment those prints are made public.
It would NOT be hard to rapidly prototype a piece of rubber (or some other, better, squishing polymer) based on a figureprint picture, let alone streamline the process to make dozens or even thousands more.
Of course, if it was purely for stores (and stay wary of those self-checkouts), maybe.... maybe.
I dunno, maybe I'm off my rocker here, I just came up with this counterargument instantly. The thought of someone with lots of stealing in mind coming up with a way to fake prints to use in unmanned scanner locations (let alone someone forcing someone else's thumb onto the scanner in a much scarrier mugging incident) is kind of scary.
Wait a second now...
Perhaps a bioelectric scanner that doesn't work (has to be tested with a variety of conductive materials, constantly, along with calluses...) unless a real live thumb is touching it still leaves you in danger of mugging (and setting it up so that the customer can't purchase unless they're calm would only lead to MUCH scarrier mugging incidents) but would stop fraud for the most part.
Yeah, still a long way to go before widespread use.
How is it that we trust 18 year olds to operate guns and missiles and WMD's and yet we can't trust them to drink alcohol until they are 21?!
Funny, I always remember this being more a medical issue than a responsibility one. Yeah, that sounds odd, but there's a much stronger percentage of people finishing up puberty at 18 than at 21.
I also remember something about being able to drink buy not buy at 18. Maybe I'm just wrong about that...
They sell horrid games I wouldn't touch on all three systems. I still got them all (GC First).
Does the inclusion of Pokemon movies mean you won't go to theatres now? Did the introduction of the DVD turn you off to the format? They have 'em on VHS and TV too (Satellite, Cable, AND local syndication!), I suppose you've abstained from all of these as well? Good thing there isn't a website or, oh- my fault, there is. What're you doing *here* then, anyway?
It's immature tarts like you that give video game players a bad name.
You're ignoring the fact that this is meant for dual-compatible discs. A full DVD on one layer, an HD-DVD on the other. See, we're not even talking about disc-flipping here. It's like the disc will just *magically* look nicer on HDTV to the average person.
A true HD-DVD will have 30 gigs of space, which isn't as bad, and is definitely not as bad when you consider MPEG-4 encoding, which will make STRIDES in saving space.
Of course, I say this 'cause most of my HD-DVD purchases will be anime, which is a lot more MPEG-4 friendly than live action.
Of course, what'd be FANTASTIC would be a mini-DVD format that'd let you put regular DVD-sized content on an HD-DVD. Encode it in MPEG-4 and we're SET. ^_^ (seasons upon season of anime on one disc~! Road trips be damned!)
Don't forget the DreamX system, which upgrades both the processor (to 1.4 ghz) and the RAM (to 128 megs) and can easily cost $500. (they also upgrade the sound so that you get 5.1 analog out)
Yeah, but DTS sounds like crap at that size compared to what mp3 would. DTS isn't designed to go 750kbits, it's kind of a hack they added later. Which is unfortunate, because now people can end up with bad DTS tracks. (to be quite honest, 640kbits AC3 sounds a lot better than 750kbits DTS. DTS just sounds nicer 'cause it's usually twice that.)
MP3 surround will be very similar to AC3, only with less restrictive Dolby Digital crap. (give Thomson/Frauhenhour all the crap you want, but they've been pretty nice about licensing compared to DD/DTS/anyone save for OGG.)
What this is DEFINITELY going to lead to, however, is the cracking of CSS-2 for DVD-a's. Finally, surround sound in a GOOD format~! ^_^
Mouse aiming? Forget that, I need WASD too~!
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What we NEED is a robot on a Segway (for terrain adaptation and minimal field footprint) that's noise-dampened, carrying a shotgun, with a sensor that won't allow it to shoot outside a given radius.
Why all this, you ask? So we can CIRCLE STRAFE those freaking animals over the internet~!
(Deer proceeds to knock over robot mid-hunt, rendering it useless) Walkie Talkie Voice :::Shht:: Counterhunters Win.
Man, I wish I'd seen this earlier. Okay, perfect online music store.
1st, DRM 'cause RIAA is whiny. But this is where it is decent.
A single FLAC file that is DRM'ed to hell is stored on your HD. It requires an online connection dependent on the user's input. (e.g. every three weeks, every three months; never is unfortunately not an option but read on to see why).
If the connection isn't made in time the file becomes innactive until it's reconnected to the server. Why? Because if the event that a hard drive crash occurs, you do not lose your entire music collection. It's still on the server, you can check it all out again, as soon as the connection period is over, as the file is considered "checked in" at that point. If it sees two licenses up, the older one is disabled.
Changing the period doesn't take effect until the current period is over, and a file can't be checked in until likewise (by default the file would be checked in every time the period was over.)
Onto buying. The base cost would be $10 a month. For that you get 10 credits per month, regardless. More songs are $1 a piece. This allows for a more stable financial platform. (prices could be different, I'm just throwing up standards AFAIK) Credits stay regardless, so if you have a slow year, and suddenly a bunch of good music comes your way, you can download 100 songs in a row~! Plus a $10 a month for music makes it easier to keep it and forget it (it's like 33 cents a day), like an online game. Bigger plans for people who want 'em, probably with a credits discount.
The other feature the service would have would be radio. Based on Flash, (allowing interbrowser compatibility, a much stronger method for security as you can route all the information through a php page) it allows you to get a steady stream of music whenever at decent bitrates. Stations seperated by genre and the user can keep a few in his/her favorites for easy switching. If you hear a song you like, you can download it immediately.
A backlog of songs played on the radio are kept as far as 3 days back, allowing you to search through them sequentially or BY LYRICS. (allowing you to buy that real cool song you heard this morning with minimal trouble)
Going back to the FLAC file (I can't believe I forgot about this~!), it spits out mp3's or wma's or whatever you want through the drm application, along with any custom bitrate (or frequency? or bit depth? volume? bass enhancements? the possibilities are limitless) the user wants. Make a dozen mp3's for all your players. Have fun.
Looks like everything I'd like. Oh, and it uses a combination of GPL software to make a multi-platform application to sync your library with your digital player of choice. (iPod, Rio, we don't care.) Even mount the thing as a HD! Of course, the combo program will be GPL'd as well.
Merchandise, like plushies, will also be sold. Yay. Oh, and 5.1/surround music, too~! (converts to Pro Logic II/Circle Surround mp3 or DTS or AC3 file, or WAV file of either for CD players w/ digital out)
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See, that's why I got one of those annoying product replacement plans for mine at Best Buy.
Usually I don't bother, but for fragile stuff (Sony products, iPods) I pick up an extended warantee ASAP. Accidental if I can find it.
After realizing that I wasn't going to find a new RPG on the PSP to save my life that was worth a damn, I just broke down and "traded in" my PSP.
Got a DS, two RPG's ( Lunar 'n Mario & Luigi ), and an $80 gift card.
Traded in THUG2 for Shining Force GBA, and now my DS has two nice, long-lasting games on-hand whenever I need it =3
Yeah, only in Windows I can right-click the menu, go to OPEN, and fix all that crap up in 5 minutes through the magic of dragging and copy/paste. God help me if I ever find one of the dozen or so config files and try using vi (UGH!!!) to make an attempt to fix my KDE/Gnome menues.
And JESUS CHRIST, stick to a single folder for the executable itself! In Windows, it ALL goes to Program Files with but one or two retarded apps putting their folders in the root. Fuck I I'll ever figure out where the hell KOffice is. Bins? Sbins? FOOFOOBins? gah.
Mistake #10: Poor DVD Playback Quality -Probably representative of your TV. I see the same quality on mine as any other DVD player that doesn't upconvert.
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Christ. Please RTFA next time, and do at least the most marginal of Googling.
Avivo does a HELL of a lot more than merely try to blend interlacing lines, which is the best your TV is gonna do by itself, and is something it'll only do with a composite input signal.
With that in mind, please read this list of fine points :
http://www.hqv.com/technology/index1/cadence_dete
There's a LOT a GPU can do to improve a DVD signal, and there's quite a few different times of video signals that have to be fixed in a variety of different ways.
$1000 DVD players don't have that price tag for thrills.
(On a side note...)
And CHRIST, SLASHDOT! MAKE PLAIN OLD TEXT THE GODDAMN DEFAULT! ASSHOLES!!!
Oh IIIII can't dance, IIIIII can't talk, only thing about me is the way my cell phone recognizes my gait...
"There are Firefox features I love (extensions, typing "google foo" in the address bar, many others) and Opera features I love (seems smaller & lighter, I prefer it's implementation of tabs, many others)"
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You can type "g foo" in the address bar and it works the same way. There's a program called Opsed that makes it really easy to edit Opera's search bar, including those "keys". (for me, e does ebay, n does newegg, p pricewatch, a AniDB, i IMDB, it's really nice)
Also, you can get Opera's tabs to work EXACTLY the same (close icon, no close icon, depending on how you prefer it, and you can get the tabs to dissappear if there's only one active at the moment). Check this out :
http://emonville.com.nyud.net:8090/opera_starter_
Has an IE and Firefox exe. The IE one is close, the Firefox one is pretty spot-on.
Not a SINGLE post about Bittorrent (which uses MD5) and the **AA's? I'm rather dissapointed in you people.
I'd just like to point out that it doesn't matter what happens in a year, because by then all Mac code will work on either architecture, either through Rosetta or dual binaries.
No "traveling beowulf" jokes?
Not a single Skynet reference?
Where the hell AM I?!
Opera's M2 has been powerful enough to eliminate the need for folders for YEARS.
However, while I love the idea, it's quite different from a system-wide version of search-oriented file-finding in that M2 is dealing exclusively with text.
Making it work for a whole filesystem, with text formats that may or may not be readable by the OS, is a whole 'nother matter, and far more difficult to accomplish.
I wish Apple (and eventually Microsoft, and some day Linux; hey, Reizer's already there...) the best of luck into such a large undertaking.
btw, does anyone know of a good iTunes rip-off for Windows? I love iTunes, but I don't want all my mp3's relocated to some random place on my hard drive. Basically I've love to see something like iTunes for searching and playing, that uses links to the files exclusively.
"To get early experience with its 230 gigabit per square inch drives, Hitachi is conducting field tests with a few hundred employees, customers and outside engineers.
'We've got a babysitting program running in the back to see how the hard drives are doing,' Healy said. 'We are building up our understanding of our quality and reliability.'"
Now, maybe Hitachi is, for some odd reason, testing prototypes of a non-3D drive in this article, or maybe, just maybe, they have prototype drives in existence.
Seriously, this took 2 fucking minutes to read. Are you fingers that much easier to use than your eyes?
A lot of things have changed since then, but it sure hasn't gotten easier to surf the web on a dial up connection. There are so many pointless graphics on most sites these days, that a dial up connection is becoming useless.
Does NO ONE use Opera?!?!
Don't forget physics processing!
- Multi-channel audio (up to 10 for audiophiles)
- 24/96 support (it might already have this)
- Full ID3-like info support, but with lyrics as well (might already have most of this, too)
Then all we need is an iTunes-like program that automatically converts a file on-the-fly as it transmits it to an audio device, with specific settings for each device. (e.g. your iPod would get a 256kbit AAC and your PocketPC would get a 96kbit wma, while brother's Rio Forge would get a 128kbit mp3, etc.)Yay! The blue fairy has arrived, and soon The Gimp can become a real program!
Someone already pointed this out :
http://schneier.com/crypto-gram-0205.html#5
Even scarrier than I thought it was, given that the guy isn't by any stretch a pro at this. Someone who was making a living off this (especially given how profitable it would be) could do a much better, much more efficient job of it.
Of course, like you said, it's easy to scam anything. Credit card, State ID, etc.
The only REAL problem is this:
It takes a week to get a new credit card, and if I report it as quickly as is possible, I don't lose a dime. On top of this the old card is now worthless.
Fingerprints don't have expiration dates, and barring a graft or deeply scarring yourself, there's not much you can do to change yours.
If you're lucky you can switch active fingers. This is good up to ten times (twenty if your limber and hard to embarrass). Then you're out of luck. Granted, it's unlikely you'll be scammed more than twice in your lifetime, but we don't yet know just *how* easy it is to steal fingerprints yet. I mean, for all we know Hong Kong'll have a special light sensor that doesn't even need adhesive spray to get a good shot of a print. Someone could just rest their arm (with sensor sewn into the sleeve) on a diner's counter and be set for the week.
I don't know, maybe I'm just worried in the same way people were once worried that you could get mugged almost daily in a dark, empty theatre while watching a movie. But the lack of replaceability for the medium used is rather dangerous.
Retina scans, maybe? Can't really jello mold those...
I thought it was more of a flick-off (or for you more modest types, tongue-sticking-out) to the poor dective giving the print a thorough scan with a microsocope.
I suppose "You didn't get shit on me" would be a smarter thing to put.
People don't realize just how *dangerous* the fraud would be if this became widespread.
Take into account that we touch a LOT of things. Daily. You know those seedy, scammy ATM's? Wouldn't be very difficult to make one with a thumb reader to conceal an instant CCD-based scanner or something of the sort. All the machines check for is the pattern, and it would NOT be hard to fake this.
Rubber thumb overlay, anyone? The HEIGHT WOULD NOT MATTER, the machine would detect the right print no matter how long the grooves were. Sure, it won't work at a store, but it WILL work at an ATM.
But here's the worst part.
Once your print has been *breached*, you simply *can't get another one*. You're screwed.
Yes, safeguards can be put to minimize the use of overlays, but once again, only in official locations. Independently owned ATM's either won't ever be able to use this technology or will ruin it the very moment those prints are made public.
It would NOT be hard to rapidly prototype a piece of rubber (or some other, better, squishing polymer) based on a figureprint picture, let alone streamline the process to make dozens or even thousands more.
Of course, if it was purely for stores (and stay wary of those self-checkouts), maybe.... maybe.
I dunno, maybe I'm off my rocker here, I just came up with this counterargument instantly. The thought of someone with lots of stealing in mind coming up with a way to fake prints to use in unmanned scanner locations (let alone someone forcing someone else's thumb onto the scanner in a much scarrier mugging incident) is kind of scary.
Wait a second now...
Perhaps a bioelectric scanner that doesn't work (has to be tested with a variety of conductive materials, constantly, along with calluses...) unless a real live thumb is touching it still leaves you in danger of mugging (and setting it up so that the customer can't purchase unless they're calm would only lead to MUCH scarrier mugging incidents) but would stop fraud for the most part.
Yeah, still a long way to go before widespread use.
Is it just me, or is an interview with the guy that interviewed Miyazaki just a bit... much?
The older, less mature crowd?
They sell horrid games I wouldn't touch on all three systems. I still got them all (GC First).
Does the inclusion of Pokemon movies mean you won't go to theatres now? Did the introduction of the DVD turn you off to the format? They have 'em on VHS and TV too (Satellite, Cable, AND local syndication!), I suppose you've abstained from all of these as well? Good thing there isn't a website or, oh- my fault, there is. What're you doing *here* then, anyway?
It's immature tarts like you that give video game players a bad name.
You're ignoring the fact that this is meant for dual-compatible discs. A full DVD on one layer, an HD-DVD on the other. See, we're not even talking about disc-flipping here. It's like the disc will just *magically* look nicer on HDTV to the average person.
A true HD-DVD will have 30 gigs of space, which isn't as bad, and is definitely not as bad when you consider MPEG-4 encoding, which will make STRIDES in saving space.
Of course, I say this 'cause most of my HD-DVD purchases will be anime, which is a lot more MPEG-4 friendly than live action.
Of course, what'd be FANTASTIC would be a mini-DVD format that'd let you put regular DVD-sized content on an HD-DVD. Encode it in MPEG-4 and we're SET. ^_^ (seasons upon season of anime on one disc~! Road trips be damned!)
Don't forget the DreamX system, which upgrades both the processor (to 1.4 ghz) and the RAM (to 128 megs) and can easily cost $500. (they also upgrade the sound so that you get 5.1 analog out)
Yeah, but DTS sounds like crap at that size compared to what mp3 would. DTS isn't designed to go 750kbits, it's kind of a hack they added later. Which is unfortunate, because now people can end up with bad DTS tracks. (to be quite honest, 640kbits AC3 sounds a lot better than 750kbits DTS. DTS just sounds nicer 'cause it's usually twice that.)
MP3 surround will be very similar to AC3, only with less restrictive Dolby Digital crap. (give Thomson/Frauhenhour all the crap you want, but they've been pretty nice about licensing compared to DD/DTS/anyone save for OGG.)
What this is DEFINITELY going to lead to, however, is the cracking of CSS-2 for DVD-a's. Finally, surround sound in a GOOD format~! ^_^
What we NEED is a robot on a Segway (for terrain adaptation and minimal field footprint) that's noise-dampened, carrying a shotgun, with a sensor that won't allow it to shoot outside a given radius.
::Shht:: Counterhunters Win.
Why all this, you ask? So we can CIRCLE STRAFE those freaking animals over the internet~!
(Deer proceeds to knock over robot mid-hunt, rendering it useless)
Walkie Talkie Voice :
Man, I wish I'd seen this earlier. Okay, perfect online music store.
1st, DRM 'cause RIAA is whiny. But this is where it is decent.
A single FLAC file that is DRM'ed to hell is stored on your HD. It requires an online connection dependent on the user's input. (e.g. every three weeks, every three months; never is unfortunately not an option but read on to see why).
If the connection isn't made in time the file becomes innactive until it's reconnected to the server. Why? Because if the event that a hard drive crash occurs, you do not lose your entire music collection. It's still on the server, you can check it all out again, as soon as the connection period is over, as the file is considered "checked in" at that point. If it sees two licenses up, the older one is disabled.
Changing the period doesn't take effect until the current period is over, and a file can't be checked in until likewise (by default the file would be checked in every time the period was over.)
Onto buying. The base cost would be $10 a month. For that you get 10 credits per month, regardless. More songs are $1 a piece. This allows for a more stable financial platform. (prices could be different, I'm just throwing up standards AFAIK) Credits stay regardless, so if you have a slow year, and suddenly a bunch of good music comes your way, you can download 100 songs in a row~! Plus a $10 a month for music makes it easier to keep it and forget it (it's like 33 cents a day), like an online game. Bigger plans for people who want 'em, probably with a credits discount.
The other feature the service would have would be radio. Based on Flash, (allowing interbrowser compatibility, a much stronger method for security as you can route all the information through a php page) it allows you to get a steady stream of music whenever at decent bitrates. Stations seperated by genre and the user can keep a few in his/her favorites for easy switching. If you hear a song you like, you can download it immediately.
A backlog of songs played on the radio are kept as far as 3 days back, allowing you to search through them sequentially or BY LYRICS. (allowing you to buy that real cool song you heard this morning with minimal trouble)
Going back to the FLAC file (I can't believe I forgot about this~!), it spits out mp3's or wma's or whatever you want through the drm application, along with any custom bitrate (or frequency? or bit depth? volume? bass enhancements? the possibilities are limitless) the user wants. Make a dozen mp3's for all your players. Have fun.
Looks like everything I'd like. Oh, and it uses a combination of GPL software to make a multi-platform application to sync your library with your digital player of choice. (iPod, Rio, we don't care.) Even mount the thing as a HD! Of course, the combo program will be GPL'd as well.
Merchandise, like plushies, will also be sold. Yay. Oh, and 5.1/surround music, too~! (converts to Pro Logic II/Circle Surround mp3 or DTS or AC3 file, or WAV file of either for CD players w/ digital out)