hehe apples self interest ? most consumers wouldn't know what the fuck ogg vorbis is , let alone care that they can't play it.
That is not what this is about.
It is about the people who do know what the fuck ogg vorbis is, and want it on their iPod. Instead of whining about it, they are hacking away so that they can have it.
Apple doesn't give a shit about ogg, that's what I meant about Apple's self interest - if they needed ogg to sell more, they would include it. They don't, so they don't include it.
Oh wait, I forgot that I'm not supposed to feed the trolls....
The sea retreats just before the tsunami hits because the wave is symmetrical. When the wave is out at sea, it is very deep. When the bottom of the wave hits the shallows, there is nowhere for the water to go but up. This pulls the water away from the shore as the wave builds up.
A lot of people got swept away (or dragged over the coral) because they were naturally curious when they saw the sea suddenly retreat and walked out to see what was going on, only to get hammered when the wave arrived.
But the point of the article is that these requirements weren't laid out up front, it was just one thing after another after he had already purchased the DVD.
Your head deformed as it hit the ice, spreading the impact out over time. Also, your brain (or what's left of it!) is cushioned by a surrounding layer of fluid.
Personally, I wear a helmet to protect my "money-maker"....
Also, the iRiver (iHP-120) records. IMNSHO, this is what really sets it apart. Not just shitty little 64kbps 'voice' recording, but any bitrate on-the-fly mp3 or wav recording. With digital and analog inputs and outputs, and a suprisingly decent quality lapel microphone. As standard equipment, not an add-on that you have to buy.
Oh yeah, an FM tuner as well...
Oh yeah, and upgradeable firmware as well...
I guess it depends on what you are looking for, style or functionality. Me, I like the flexibility.
I have over 1,000 CD's, and over time I have messed with a lot of different methods of ripping.
So far the best (by far!) is to use KDE/Konqueror. You just put the CD in, start Konqueror, and type audiocd:/ in the URL bar.
KDE then presents different "views" of your CD (raw tracks, the whole CD as one raw track, MP3, the whole CD as MP3, OGG, etc., etc.). It even reads CDDB and does the whole tagging thing.
Then you just drag and drop the "files" that are presented in the view to where you want them, and the encoding and stuff is done on the fly. Very simple, very well integrated.
Oh Jesus, yes! It is fucking annoying to try to listen to some nice soothing classical music with cell phones around generating BZTTTT ZTT ZTT ZTTT every few minutes.
Anyone know of any portable headphones that don't exhibit this effect?
It's not written anywhere. Just like it isn't written anywhere they you have a right to be annoying.
Courtesy is an unwritten social contract.
In a shared situation like a long-distance flight, if one person is annoying, many people are annoyed. So the courteous thing is for the individual to take that into account and try not to be annoying in the first place.
But apparently, courtesy is a thing of the past, and it has to be "written somewhere".
Asking them to tone it down is fine, but what if they tell me to get stuffed?
They only have two people next to them on the plane to talk to, and if they are talking loudly, that's going to stop pretty quickly.
With a cell phone, they can talk loudly to anyone they can reach by phone.
So instead of maybe an hour before their seatmate gives them a hint that maybe it is time to shut up, they can conduct "business" in a loud voice for 8 hours straight (or as long as their battery lasts).
Long-distance air travel is already annoying enough, this is going to crank it up a notch!
Maybe you should consider investing in a testing environment ? That way you don't have to wait 6 months to see if anything important breaks, you can find out yourself (and pass ona bug report to Microsoft to fix it).
And as an added bonus, you get a pretty good test of an important part of your disaster recovery plan.
Why all of the whining about having to have the CD to play the game? How is this different than buying a GameBoy game? You have to have the GB cartridge to play the game. So, you have to have the CD to play the game. No different than GB, and I don't see hundreds of whining comments about that....
I don't want to buy a game that might not work in a few years.
Then don't buy the frigging game! That's the free market in action.
Dang, I was going to lurk on this thread, but reading the comments, you would think it was everyone's god-given right to play this stupid game forever.
Fuck it. Shut up and write your own game and release it under whatever terms you want.
No one is holding a gun to your head here....It's simple, you don't like the terms, don't "buy" the game.
I used to think the same thing, being very happy with my LCD. I saw the comments from "graphics professionals", and wrote them off as typically overly-futzy artist-types.
Then I bought a digital SLR.
Snapshots, ok fine. But trying to work with low-contrast images or to try to prepare anything for printing, it became a frustrating guessing-game with a low success rate.
I love my LCD, but it is far from ideal for working on photos.
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hehe apples self interest ? most consumers wouldn't know what the fuck ogg vorbis is , let alone care that they can't play it.
That is not what this is about.
It is about the people who do know what the fuck ogg vorbis is, and want it on their iPod. Instead of whining about it, they are hacking away so that they can have it.
Apple doesn't give a shit about ogg, that's what I meant about Apple's self interest - if they needed ogg to sell more, they would include it. They don't, so they don't include it.
Oh wait, I forgot that I'm not supposed to feed the trolls....
The sea retreats just before the tsunami hits because the wave is symmetrical. When the wave is out at sea, it is very deep. When the bottom of the wave hits the shallows, there is nowhere for the water to go but up. This pulls the water away from the shore as the wave builds up.
A lot of people got swept away (or dragged over the coral) because they were naturally curious when they saw the sea suddenly retreat and walked out to see what was going on, only to get hammered when the wave arrived.
The iPod doesn't need to have Ogg support just because you want it to.
Which is exactly why this is a useful project.
An OSS project like this is about being freed from Apple's self-interest.
You are right, Apple doesn't need to provide Ogg support because they are doing fine without providing it.
But if someone else wants Ogg support and is willing/capable of making it happen, they can.
Bingo! A copy of the Cluetrain Manifesto, would be the ideal holiday gift for the **AA executive on your holiday gift-giving list.
But the point of the article is that these requirements weren't laid out up front, it was just one thing after another after he had already purchased the DVD.
Subtotal: Eur 7.207,25
Holy cow! Let that amount speak fot itself! That's something like 8000$!!
At today's exchange rate, it is $9513.57.
Yes, the dollar is that weak.
Your head deformed as it hit the ice, spreading the impact out over time. Also, your brain (or what's left of it!) is cushioned by a surrounding layer of fluid.
Personally, I wear a helmet to protect my "money-maker"....
iRiver does this, iPod does not.
Also, the iRiver (iHP-120) records. IMNSHO, this is what really sets it apart. Not just shitty little 64kbps 'voice' recording, but any bitrate on-the-fly mp3 or wav recording. With digital and analog inputs and outputs, and a suprisingly decent quality lapel microphone. As standard equipment, not an add-on that you have to buy.
Oh yeah, an FM tuner as well...
Oh yeah, and upgradeable firmware as well...
I guess it depends on what you are looking for, style or functionality. Me, I like the flexibility.
mp3splt is your friend. You can either set the breakpoints or just let it autodetect (all thresholds, etc. are adjustable).
I have over 1,000 CD's, and over time I have messed with a lot of different methods of ripping.
So far the best (by far!) is to use KDE/Konqueror. You just put the CD in, start Konqueror, and type audiocd:/ in the URL bar.
KDE then presents different "views" of your CD (raw tracks, the whole CD as one raw track, MP3, the whole CD as MP3, OGG, etc., etc.). It even reads CDDB and does the whole tagging thing.
Then you just drag and drop the "files" that are presented in the view to where you want them, and the encoding and stuff is done on the fly. Very simple, very well integrated.
Oh yes, the headphones.
I put on my headphones and start trying to listen to some soothing classical music, so that I can forget the annoying jerk two rows up, and
BZZZT ZZZZT ZZZT ZTTT
he makes another call.
Oh yeah, I don't have the right to listen to my music in peace because he has the
BZZZT ZZZZT ZZZT ZTTT
right to be as annoying as he
BZZZT ZZZZT ZZZT ZTTT
wants to...
That's a pretty um, interesting interpretation in the context of the topic.
I guess I should stand over you and berate you at the top of my lungs throughout the entire flight because IT IS MY FUCKING RIGHT!
s/they/that/
Oh Jesus, yes! It is fucking annoying to try to listen to some nice soothing classical music with cell phones around generating BZTTTT ZTT ZTT ZTTT every few minutes.
Anyone know of any portable headphones that don't exhibit this effect?
It's not written anywhere. Just like it isn't written anywhere they you have a right to be annoying.
Courtesy is an unwritten social contract.
In a shared situation like a long-distance flight, if one person is annoying, many people are annoyed. So the courteous thing is for the individual to take that into account and try not to be annoying in the first place.
But apparently, courtesy is a thing of the past, and it has to be "written somewhere".
Asking them to tone it down is fine, but what if they tell me to get stuffed?
Butane lighters will be no-go on U.S. flights starting in January 05....
They only have two people next to them on the plane to talk to, and if they are talking loudly, that's going to stop pretty quickly.
With a cell phone, they can talk loudly to anyone they can reach by phone.
So instead of maybe an hour before their seatmate gives them a hint that maybe it is time to shut up, they can conduct "business" in a loud voice for 8 hours straight (or as long as their battery lasts).
Long-distance air travel is already annoying enough, this is going to crank it up a notch!
*COUGH*Mozilla*COUGH*
While storage is the main consideration, there is also the matter of transfer times...
Maybe you should consider investing in a testing environment ? That way you don't have to wait 6 months to see if anything important breaks, you can find out yourself (and pass ona bug report to Microsoft to fix it).
And as an added bonus, you get a pretty good test of an important part of your disaster recovery plan.
Just got there fine from Germany, more than I can say for Google cache!!!
UDP [Unreliable Datagram Protocol]
Good description. But it is User Datagram Protocol
Why all of the whining about having to have the CD to play the game? How is this different than buying a GameBoy game? You have to have the GB cartridge to play the game. So, you have to have the CD to play the game. No different than GB, and I don't see hundreds of whining comments about that....
I don't want to buy a game that might not work in a few years.
Then don't buy the frigging game! That's the free market in action.
Dang, I was going to lurk on this thread, but reading the comments, you would think it was everyone's god-given right to play this stupid game forever.
Fuck it. Shut up and write your own game and release it under whatever terms you want.
No one is holding a gun to your head here....It's simple, you don't like the terms, don't "buy" the game.
I used to think the same thing, being very happy with my LCD. I saw the comments from "graphics professionals", and wrote them off as typically overly-futzy artist-types.
Then I bought a digital SLR.
Snapshots, ok fine. But trying to work with low-contrast images or to try to prepare anything for printing, it became a frustrating guessing-game with a low success rate.
I love my LCD, but it is far from ideal for working on photos.