well, I was there during those days and this is NOT a diskless workstation. It has a DISK. Kinda makes it hard to be classified as Diskless, doesn't it?
Man, amazed when/.'ers miss the boat so much on stuff I know that I worry about what may be very misleading on stuff I don't know but read here.:-(
These are PCs that are pretty much just removed from under the desk and locked away 'somewhere else'. It's more a "split client" than a thin client.
And your response to the FUD threats from Apple about RealNetworks 'opening' up music content to an IPOD purchaser? Doesn't this infuriate you?
When I realized Apple was going to go so far as to change future versions JUST to break Real's alternative choice, I decided NOT to ever buy an IPOD. U/I and looks aren't that important to me. I want to make sure that I can buy songs from whatever source I choose. I bought the device. I buy ths songs. I don't need AppleBigBro to "own" me or my music player.
How about you?
Uh? Hellooooooo. You're quoting as a feature the proprietary 'locked in' format over MP3 support from a ton of online stores?????????? ON/.?????
And when a decent company attempts to offer the format of the world's choice for an IPOD, Apple immediately starts a FUD campaign as to why you'd better not purchase MP3s for your IPod? (Real Networks)
Wow. I have the opposite experience. I have a Creative 30GB Zen NX since last christmas. I play it in my car and all day in my office and it performs pretty much flawlessly.
8-10 hours of non-stop play. Removable battery. Nothing slow (menu or bootup).
It has occasionally hung upon playing a MP3 or two that I have basically ripped from DVD->audio stream->MP3 from some of my not-available-on-CD concert DVDs. I think it was my neebie use of those tools/mp3tag editor, though. And those hangs are generally after days or weeks of non-stop "shuffle" play of over 3000 songs without repeat. It's kind of hard to reproduce, so I'm not certain of the actual problem.
There is a product that solves the issues of the "special s/w" issues mentioned. Granted for a Zen NX, the fee is $25, but I've still saved over $100 plus have 10GB more than the ipod.
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There's a company (www.neural-robotics.com) in Huntsville, AL (where I reside) that appears to be far ahead of Mantis. They base it on some neural network methodology. Neural Robotics has various videos under their multimedia section. Several of them demonstrate balance and control that apparently are not possible to do as an experienced RC coptor pilot. One video that is very impressive is the slund_load. They purposely get a dangling box swinging beneath the copter like a pendulum. Then the autopilot is used to 'settle' it down so that the payload is no longer swaying within a few seconds. And in reference to the previous post about "shaky video"... check out the PAINTBALL clip just posted last week.:-) ("I pick the copter for my team on the next 'capture the flag' game.") I've heard that the main guy was at Boeing and for fun used to 'program' his Ford Bronco to 'auto-drive' around the parking lot using video cameras and such.
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well, I was there during those days and this is NOT a diskless workstation. It has a DISK. Kinda makes it hard to be classified as Diskless, doesn't it?
/.'ers miss the boat so much on stuff I know that I worry about what may be very misleading on stuff I don't know but read here. :-(
Man, amazed when
These are PCs that are pretty much just removed from under the desk and locked away 'somewhere else'. It's more a "split client" than a thin client.
And your response to the FUD threats from Apple about RealNetworks 'opening' up music content to an IPOD purchaser? Doesn't this infuriate you? When I realized Apple was going to go so far as to change future versions JUST to break Real's alternative choice, I decided NOT to ever buy an IPOD. U/I and looks aren't that important to me. I want to make sure that I can buy songs from whatever source I choose. I bought the device. I buy ths songs. I don't need AppleBigBro to "own" me or my music player. How about you?
Uh? Hellooooooo. You're quoting as a feature the proprietary 'locked in' format over MP3 support from a ton of online stores?????????? ON /.?????
And when a decent company attempts to offer the format of the world's choice for an IPOD, Apple immediately starts a FUD campaign as to why you'd better not purchase MP3s for your IPod? (Real Networks)
Wow. I have the opposite experience. I have a Creative 30GB Zen NX since last christmas. I play it in my car and all day in my office and it performs pretty much flawlessly. 8-10 hours of non-stop play. Removable battery. Nothing slow (menu or bootup). It has occasionally hung upon playing a MP3 or two that I have basically ripped from DVD->audio stream->MP3 from some of my not-available-on-CD concert DVDs. I think it was my neebie use of those tools/mp3tag editor, though. And those hangs are generally after days or weeks of non-stop "shuffle" play of over 3000 songs without repeat. It's kind of hard to reproduce, so I'm not certain of the actual problem.
There is a product that solves the issues of the "special s/w" issues mentioned. Granted for a Zen NX, the fee is $25, but I've still saved over $100 plus have 10GB more than the ipod.
There's a company (www.neural-robotics.com) in Huntsville, AL (where I reside) that appears to be far ahead of Mantis. They base it on some neural network methodology. Neural Robotics has various videos under their multimedia section. Several of them demonstrate balance and control that apparently are not possible to do as an experienced RC coptor pilot. One video that is very impressive is the slund_load. They purposely get a dangling box swinging beneath the copter like a pendulum. Then the autopilot is used to 'settle' it down so that the payload is no longer swaying within a few seconds. And in reference to the previous post about "shaky video"... check out the PAINTBALL clip just posted last week. :-) ("I pick the copter for my team on the next 'capture the flag' game.") I've heard that the main guy was at Boeing and for fun used to 'program' his Ford Bronco to 'auto-drive' around the parking lot using video cameras and such.