...would be gapless MP3 playback, like on the Rio and coming up (or already there?) on the iRiver iHP series. It's just a pain in the butt listening to live or DJ mix CD's with the annoying pause between tracks.
I can't understand why this feature isn't already in iPods - it really should be on top of the developers' todo list. Maybe Apple is so convinced that "nobody listens to albums no more"?
At least in Malaysia and Thailand, most of the pirated software and music CD's I saw were pressed silvers. The same titles appear in both countries as identical copies - there must be a bigger pirate organization behind all that.
The Inquirer seems to think that the delay in the introduction of the new iMac is because Apple wants to clear out old inventory first, and that "people haven't been buying enough old iMacs".
Does anybody know where they got their ideas from? Their point doesn't seem all that valid to me - why would Apple stop taking orders if they wanted to get rid of a mountain of iMacs?
the problem is, these EC cards don't have a credit card number. they are directly linked to your account number at the bank. so they are not suitable for online commerce - the banks won't accept an EC card number without PIN code, and they won't send the PIN over the internet.
That actually depends on the country, which of course doesn't make things any easier. Here in Finland at least, the debit cards *do* have numbers. For example, my card is a combination Visa/debit card and the same number works for both uses. Many Finnish online merchants accept debit cards as payment, along with online account transfers and credit cards.
AMD and Intel have fabs in the West, but assembly is almost exclusively done in Asia. AMD has a plant in Malaysia and Intel at least one in the Philippines.
With all the focus on speed and 3d-features that no-one will use for a year, how about the new cards' TV output?
All the cards I've tried so far have had serious problems outputting decent quality video at TV resolutions and refresh rates. Especially PAL seems to be problematic, 720x576@50Hz is not something the drivers have heard about.
This really sucks, as PC's are used in HTPC applications more and more. I recently tested a bunch of ATI video cards, and none of them had good enough quality to watch a DVD on a TV set - interlacing problems were all around.
People want vinyl records. They see it as a format from simpler times. They hate CDs for any number of reasons and vinyl lets them just listen to music.
Sooo... let me get this straight - these people think that the vinyl listening procedure is simpler? WTF?
1. Take record sleeve out of outer sleeve
2. Take record out of inner sleeve
3. Place record on TT
4. Turn on TT motor
5. Use carbon fibre brush to remove dust from record
6. Use stylus brush to remove dust from stylus
7. Raise tonearm lifter
8. Move tonearm over first groove
9. Lower tonearm lifter
10. Enjoy the music!!!
And, of course, after 20 minutes max you'll do it again.
Granted, it can be relaxing to play around with vinyl. Hell, I own more than 500 of the buggers. The sleeve artwork is also often way cooler than with CD's. But "just listen to music"? I don't think so.
Has anyone tried the new firmware yet? Does it still have that stupid volume cap on EU iPods?
If it does, what about the 1/2G machines - is the cap still removable by deleting the "limit" file from the iPod disk? (Ie. is the new fw safe to install on an EU 2G iPod?)
> I'd also venture to say that those settings you asked about approach a size that is comperable to FLAC
Nope. APS is ~192kbps VBR, APX is ~256kbps VBR. The compression parameters have just been tweaked based on listening tests - this should be the ultimate in mp3 quality. Should be.
Can you hear the difference between the original wav and an mp3 encoded with LAME 3.92's --alt-preset standard or --alt-preset extreme options? Even APS is supposed to be transparent according to listening tests, APX even more so.
Secondary point is this: English dubs can be pretty good* and you ought to give them a chance.
*Ignore the whole Gillian Anderson as Moro, the English director for Mononoke just totally missed on that one.
English subs can be pretty good, but usually aren't. Take Princess Mononoke, which you used as an example. I can't stand the monk guy's accent - way too amerrrrrrican for anime. They should know better - thick English accents just don't suit the Japanese surroundings.
On second thought, maybe they should Babelfish a secondary script - Audio 3: Engrish would be damn funny..
Why are they flooding ROTK with Oscars? I mean, they should have *at least* given the prizes to LOTR The Movie, not its lame last part. Or, alternatively, to Fellowship of the Ring since it was hands down the best of the lot.
Look at the Mickey Mouse brand. My kid does not know who Mickey is.
Mickey Mouse is a damn sissy anyway. I've never understood why that nerd is more popular in the States(Slashdot I would understand) than Donald Duck. He's the real (anti-)hero.
....it really is. If every OSS would work as well, be as easy to use and look as good we wouldn't have a single Windows installation in the World.
That said, I hope they *finally* fixed the bug with going back a page and finding yourself at the top of the page. That one hasn't been around in Mozilla for a while.
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At least if the performance delta between the PC version and the console version is anywhere near what we had with Halo!
;)
I mean, a $200 box running the game at 2x the framerate, that's gotta be the bargain of the year...
...would be gapless MP3 playback, like on the Rio and coming up (or already there?) on the iRiver iHP series. It's just a pain in the butt listening to live or DJ mix CD's with the annoying pause between tracks.
I can't understand why this feature isn't already in iPods - it really should be on top of the developers' todo list. Maybe Apple is so convinced that "nobody listens to albums no more"?
At least in Malaysia and Thailand, most of the pirated software and music CD's I saw were pressed silvers. The same titles appear in both countries as identical copies - there must be a bigger pirate organization behind all that.
Does anybody know where they got their ideas from? Their point doesn't seem all that valid to me - why would Apple stop taking orders if they wanted to get rid of a mountain of iMacs?
That actually depends on the country, which of course doesn't make things any easier. Here in Finland at least, the debit cards *do* have numbers. For example, my card is a combination Visa/debit card and the same number works for both uses. Many Finnish online merchants accept debit cards as payment, along with online account transfers and credit cards.
Nah, they'll probably settle for a new corporate mascot, designed after their corporate values: The cuddly + furry Allie the Gator.
I thought that was Alphaville.
AMD and Intel have fabs in the West, but assembly is almost exclusively done in Asia. AMD has a plant in Malaysia and Intel at least one in the Philippines.
You know, that Geforce4 of yours is actually much faster in games than the idiot, bastard son of the Nvidia family - the FX5200.
With all the focus on speed and 3d-features that no-one will use for a year, how about the new cards' TV output?
All the cards I've tried so far have had serious problems outputting decent quality video at TV resolutions and refresh rates. Especially PAL seems to be problematic, 720x576@50Hz is not something the drivers have heard about.
This really sucks, as PC's are used in HTPC applications more and more. I recently tested a bunch of ATI video cards, and none of them had good enough quality to watch a DVD on a TV set - interlacing problems were all around.
Sooo... let me get this straight - these people think that the vinyl listening procedure is simpler? WTF?
1. Take record sleeve out of outer sleeve
2. Take record out of inner sleeve
3. Place record on TT
4. Turn on TT motor
5. Use carbon fibre brush to remove dust from record
6. Use stylus brush to remove dust from stylus
7. Raise tonearm lifter
8. Move tonearm over first groove
9. Lower tonearm lifter
10. Enjoy the music!!!
And, of course, after 20 minutes max you'll do it again.
Granted, it can be relaxing to play around with vinyl. Hell, I own more than 500 of the buggers. The sleeve artwork is also often way cooler than with CD's. But "just listen to music"? I don't think so.
But I see what you mean, and in that sense MP2 is an "American-style" game, of course.
If it does, what about the 1/2G machines - is the cap still removable by deleting the "limit" file from the iPod disk? (Ie. is the new fw safe to install on an EU 2G iPod?)
> I'd also venture to say that those settings you asked about approach a size that is comperable to FLAC Nope. APS is ~192kbps VBR, APX is ~256kbps VBR. The compression parameters have just been tweaked based on listening tests - this should be the ultimate in mp3 quality. Should be.
Can you hear the difference between the original wav and an mp3 encoded with LAME 3.92's --alt-preset standard or --alt-preset extreme options? Even APS is supposed to be transparent according to listening tests, APX even more so.
My problem with the iRiver is that you can't browse the contents by the ID3 tag content - only filenames.
Well, unless you use the provided software to manually add every file you copy over to a separate database file, but that's too much work.
Also, iPod still has everything else beat with the UI.
Oh yeah? Then what was the Commodore CDTV in 1991 if not a multimedia PC?
English subs can be pretty good, but usually aren't. Take Princess Mononoke, which you used as an example. I can't stand the monk guy's accent - way too amerrrrrrican for anime. They should know better - thick English accents just don't suit the Japanese surroundings.
On second thought, maybe they should Babelfish a secondary script - Audio 3: Engrish would be damn funny..
Why are they flooding ROTK with Oscars? I mean, they should have *at least* given the prizes to LOTR The Movie, not its lame last part. Or, alternatively, to Fellowship of the Ring since it was hands down the best of the lot.
Mickey Mouse is a damn sissy anyway. I've never understood why that nerd is more popular in the States(Slashdot I would understand) than Donald Duck. He's the real (anti-)hero.
Okay, they changed the name. They also did a fab new logo..... but the spinner logo on the navigation toolbar is still a firebird. Tsk, tsk.
...or the Amiga scene musician Firefox/Phenomena: http://www.modarchive.com/artists/firefox/
....it really is. If every OSS would work as well, be as easy to use and look as good we wouldn't have a single Windows installation in the World.
That said, I hope they *finally* fixed the bug with going back a page and finding yourself at the top of the page. That one hasn't been around in Mozilla for a while.
And, they should f'n register a trademark...