>when you have a remote, why the hell would I use the main unit's controls?
I dropped using the iPod's remote the second day I had it. What a waste. The flexibility of the iPod isn't playing a song, advancing one track, and then selecting a new album...it's setting up these huge, dynamic playlists using iTunes and adding your own on the fly.
I guess if I was doing forward and backward a lot, I would like a nice wireless remote to do it.
Incidentally, i've been doing a lot of vinyl conversions recently. I use my computer, since it has a pretty good ADC and is designed for flexibility. What I do is record the music straight to AAC. I guess I could add a step, but why?
Can't speak for the iPod remote, but the iRiver one is great - you can do ANYTHING from it, and it has a nice, backlit, display.
As far as huge playlists, I can use winamp or, in my case, a perl script (I know. I'm a geek - deal with it). Dynamic playlists is one of those features iRiver has been promising for a long time now and hasn't delivered. People are pissed. I tend to turn on my player and just let 'er run so it's not big deal for me.
Recording directly to your computer is fine when you have your source right there. Mine's in another room of the house, so isn't an option. Having a few ounce recorder was required.
What? Modded down because I feel that no one will buy the device because it doesn't look good?
When you sell something like this, isn't look and feel a MAJOR consideration?
I'm sitting here looking at an iHP-120 and it says "OPTICAL/LINE OUT". Also the manual lists "Line out/Optical Out" in the feature list. I don't have any way of verfying that it is, actually, optical but it sure seems like it.
Come on, recording? This isn't 1984. We're not holding our tape players up to the radio speakers. Recording is a very specific task that a music playback device does not need. If you're interested in recording, you probably want a device that was made to do that, not one that had it added on at the last second. FM? I'd never use it and I'd be pissed if they spent development time working out FM when I'd rather they spent it making iTunes even better. I bought a digital music player. I didn't buy a jackknife
Yup. Recording. As in internal or external mic to do voice recordings as well as line in (normal and optical) to pull a signal right off my stereo. I used it when I was talking to my grandparents about family history so I didn't have to take notes. I use it to convert all my tapes - yes cassette tapes - to wav files. Then, because I can just plug it right into my Linux computer and it appears under/mnt/removable, I can move the wav files over, clean them up, convert them to ogg files and move them back. The wav files? They get burned to a new CD. Now I have a digital backup of my cassette, which goes in the trash.
Is this a pain in the ass? Yeah, but I do them one at a time and it's a whole lot cheaper than replacing all those albums. My iRvier IHP-120 cost just a little less than the iPod at the time, had more disk space, a remote, twice the battery life (of the ipod AT THE TIME), and was the same size. Oh yeah FM is nice to have too, if you listen to talk radio a lot.
Am I trendy? No. Am I much happier than if I had an ipod? You bet - I played with both. The remote on my iHP-120 is way easier than ipod's scroll wheel. The naviation on the unit itself is harder to use, but when you have a remote, why the hell would I use the main unit's controls? All in all, the color screen is probably a waste. But for my $$, I'd take the extra features of the iriver over the "coolness" factor associated with the ipod any day.
I would guess it's about 4^3 or 64x. Not that I really have a clue...
What I really can't figure out is how it can be backward compatible with the older cards and still get the same coverage area. I mean, maybe an 11n router can reach an 11b card far away, but how the hell is that 11b card gonna reach back to the router?
Every paragraph in that story is exactly one sentence.
It's almost as if he doesn't have anything to say.
He's just trying to create one liners that can be quoted.
Do you realize how annoying that is?
Does this man actually get paid for writing?
(OK, the first one had two sentences. He must have run out of steam after that)
I say we start taking donations and BUY SCO when their stock price falls to nil. Hell, why not short it now, then buy it back when if falls to nil? Give the boatload of $$ and all thier IP to the FSF or OSDL to hold in the public interest.
I'd love to see the look on Darl's face <evil grin here>
I don't think SCO is that straight forward. It'd be more like:
SCO: You owe us money for Linux licenses. Google: Fuck off. SCO: You're using our code! Show us where! Google: Er, no. SCO: <deer in headlights look> Google: You can't see our servers and we don't have time for your nonsense. Go away. SCO: ? Google: Seriously. Go away. SCO: ? <hangs head and goes away>
. . . having a product being bought out. Anyone use Erwin? That thing's been sold a couple of times and every time it gets a facelift and very little value added. At least with a fork, the "original" will keep going and you have a CHOICE!
Jeff
But you still need raw material. You still need services. An awful lot of money is spent that never buys anything tangible - just ask any consultant. Money doesn't just buy tangible things - it buys people's time.
If there is no money - no basis for trade - who're going to be the waitresses and cab drivers of that future? Why would people do all the design work in the first place? Why would people do dangerous jobs? RedHat has made a business of selling something they have to also give away for free. Why? One of the major reasons is the convenience they provide - you no longer have to go build your own Linux system.
There are many, many uses for money other than buying food, clothing, and shelter.
Money will still have value. Someone has to create and/or design food, clothing, medicine, entertainment, etc. Money will buy what it has always bought - what is valuable. Over the last hundred years, we've gone from paying primarily for the stuff that makes up things, to paying primarily for people's time to manufacture things (i.e., labor is now more expensive than material). This would just complete that cycle.
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Mod the parent 'Funny' !
I sincerely apologize for feeding troll. :oD
That should be, "Any other features you'd like me to find for you, dumbfuck?"
Yeah, but I missed the point ;o)
>when you have a remote, why the hell would I use the main unit's controls?
I dropped using the iPod's remote the second day I had it. What a waste. The flexibility of the iPod isn't playing a song, advancing one track, and then selecting a new album...it's setting up these huge, dynamic playlists using iTunes and adding your own on the fly.
I guess if I was doing forward and backward a lot, I would like a nice wireless remote to do it.
Incidentally, i've been doing a lot of vinyl conversions recently. I use my computer, since it has a pretty good ADC and is designed for flexibility. What I do is record the music straight to AAC. I guess I could add a step, but why?
Can't speak for the iPod remote, but the iRiver one is great - you can do ANYTHING from it, and it has a nice, backlit, display.
As far as huge playlists, I can use winamp or, in my case, a perl script (I know. I'm a geek - deal with it). Dynamic playlists is one of those features iRiver has been promising for a long time now and hasn't delivered. People are pissed. I tend to turn on my player and just let 'er run so it's not big deal for me.
Recording directly to your computer is fine when you have your source right there. Mine's in another room of the house, so isn't an option. Having a few ounce recorder was required.
What? Modded down because I feel that no one will buy the device because it doesn't look good? When you sell something like this, isn't look and feel a MAJOR consideration?
:o)
Actually, no.
I'm sitting here looking at an iHP-120 and it says "OPTICAL/LINE OUT". Also the manual lists "Line out/Optical Out" in the feature list. I don't have any way of verfying that it is, actually, optical but it sure seems like it.
Jeff
Come on, recording? This isn't 1984. We're not holding our tape players up to the radio speakers. Recording is a very specific task that a music playback device does not need. If you're interested in recording, you probably want a device that was made to do that, not one that had it added on at the last second. FM? I'd never use it and I'd be pissed if they spent development time working out FM when I'd rather they spent it making iTunes even better. I bought a digital music player. I didn't buy a jackknife
/mnt/removable, I can move the wav files over, clean them up, convert them to ogg files and move them back. The wav files? They get burned to a new CD. Now I have a digital backup of my cassette, which goes in the trash.
Yup. Recording. As in internal or external mic to do voice recordings as well as line in (normal and optical) to pull a signal right off my stereo. I used it when I was talking to my grandparents about family history so I didn't have to take notes. I use it to convert all my tapes - yes cassette tapes - to wav files. Then, because I can just plug it right into my Linux computer and it appears under
Is this a pain in the ass? Yeah, but I do them one at a time and it's a whole lot cheaper than replacing all those albums. My iRvier IHP-120 cost just a little less than the iPod at the time, had more disk space, a remote, twice the battery life (of the ipod AT THE TIME), and was the same size. Oh yeah FM is nice to have too, if you listen to talk radio a lot.
Am I trendy? No. Am I much happier than if I had an ipod? You bet - I played with both. The remote on my iHP-120 is way easier than ipod's scroll wheel. The naviation on the unit itself is harder to use, but when you have a remote, why the hell would I use the main unit's controls? All in all, the color screen is probably a waste. But for my $$, I'd take the extra features of the iriver over the "coolness" factor associated with the ipod any day.
Jeff
I would guess it's about 4^3 or 64x. Not that I really have a clue...
What I really can't figure out is how it can be backward compatible with the older cards and still get the same coverage area. I mean, maybe an 11n router can reach an 11b card far away, but how the hell is that 11b card gonna reach back to the router?
The next one to reply is a rotten egg!
> perl -e '$_="\007/4`\cp%2,".chr(127);s/./"\"\\c$&\""/gees; print'
Yes. Yes I do. :o)
Jeff
[Damn. Screwed THAT up. Should have been like this:]
Every paragraph in that story is exactly one sentence.
It's almost as if he doesn't have anything to say.
He's just trying to create one liners that can be quoted.
Doesn't he realize how annoying that is?
Does this man actually get paid for writing?
(OK, the first paragraph had two sentences. He must have run out of steam after that)
Every paragraph in that story is exactly one sentence. It's almost as if he doesn't have anything to say. He's just trying to create one liners that can be quoted. Do you realize how annoying that is? Does this man actually get paid for writing? (OK, the first one had two sentences. He must have run out of steam after that)
I say we start taking donations and BUY SCO when their stock price falls to nil. Hell, why not short it now, then buy it back when if falls to nil? Give the boatload of $$ and all thier IP to the FSF or OSDL to hold in the public interest.
I'd love to see the look on Darl's face <evil grin here>
Hey Darren, fancy meeting you here!
I don't think SCO is that straight forward. It'd be more like:
SCO: You owe us money for Linux licenses.
Google: Fuck off.
SCO: You're using our code! Show us where!
Google: Er, no.
SCO: <deer in headlights look>
Google: You can't see our servers and we don't have time for your nonsense. Go away.
SCO: ?
Google: Seriously. Go away.
SCO: ? <hangs head and goes away>
. . . having a product being bought out. Anyone use Erwin? That thing's been sold a couple of times and every time it gets a facelift and very little value added. At least with a fork, the "original" will keep going and you have a CHOICE! Jeff
But you still need raw material. You still need services. An awful lot of money is spent that never buys anything tangible - just ask any consultant. Money doesn't just buy tangible things - it buys people's time.
If there is no money - no basis for trade - who're going to be the waitresses and cab drivers of that future? Why would people do all the design work in the first place? Why would people do dangerous jobs? RedHat has made a business of selling something they have to also give away for free. Why? One of the major reasons is the convenience they provide - you no longer have to go build your own Linux system.
There are many, many uses for money other than buying food, clothing, and shelter.
Jeff
Money will still have value. Someone has to create and/or design food, clothing, medicine, entertainment, etc. Money will buy what it has always bought - what is valuable. Over the last hundred years, we've gone from paying primarily for the stuff that makes up things, to paying primarily for people's time to manufacture things (i.e., labor is now more expensive than material). This would just complete that cycle.