I worked at Apollo's manufacturing facility in NH for the last 5 1/2 years that they were Apollo. Things had deteriorated so badly that when HP bought them, there was literally dancing in the aisles. About 6 months later, HP laid off 1/2 the workforce in one blow. After that, it was only a matter of time. History pretty much proved all HP wanted was the technology (and market share) that Apollo had built. The rest they chewed up and spit out.
They actually did two short films. I still have a (VHS) copy of both. They were produced by the self-named 'Midnight Movie Group', I believe. Exactly as the parent mentioned, they would use all the spare cycles on workstations that were sitting idle during the night. This, mind you, included machines spread across two states and several buildings in one (to the user anyway) seamless network. They made a lot of mistakes but they also got so much very right.
Agreed. I, for one, think it's brilliant. He didn't obsessively create a replica of a bridge. Instead he combined elements that worked for his theater. I particularly like the way he combined bits from both series while at the same time keeping to the main idea of a home theater.
Good job.
... but it's not there yet. I installed the daily build from some time last week on my 4G iPod. Basically, it's a scrolling text screen interface. Fine, that's easy to deal with. Once I got it to recognize my already installed 18+Gb of songs I tried to play. Unexplained pauses abound. Although this is (somewhat) addressed in the FAQ (and none of the suggestions applied to me, BTW) it was in itself a dealbreaker. Sorry, gapless playback infers that you don't also have gaps during the songs!!!
I understand that it's still a work in progress, and I admire the work that's obviously gone into this. Just not ready for primetime yet. I'll check back in a few months and see where it is then. Meanwhile, Apple's own OS is working fine for me.
BTW... FWIW, I'm not using iTunes at all. I'm a Gentoo Linux user that alternates between Amarok and gtkPod for interfacing to my iPod. Right now, Amarok is my favorite. Just right-click to choose (an album, song, or playlist) and transfer.
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If that's restrained, I don't even want to know what they be like totally unhinged.
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My record collection!!!!! Nooooooooo!!!
You don't even want to mention pipe nipples!
Eh... As it happens, I like tailfins, too.
Um, no. The half-life of forever would be forever / 2.
...Or, they will (rightly) conclude that there is no intelligent life worth exploiting on this planet, and that is is therfore ok to *eat* us!
The Man Who Fell to Earth - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...
Cue the Atlantis references...
It was called APL.
They actually did two short films. I still have a (VHS) copy of both. They were produced by the self-named 'Midnight Movie Group', I believe. Exactly as the parent mentioned, they would use all the spare cycles on workstations that were sitting idle during the night. This, mind you, included machines spread across two states and several buildings in one (to the user anyway) seamless network. They made a lot of mistakes but they also got so much very right.
Agreed. I, for one, think it's brilliant. He didn't obsessively create a replica of a bridge. Instead he combined elements that worked for his theater. I particularly like the way he combined bits from both series while at the same time keeping to the main idea of a home theater. Good job.
Preferable to mounting a live one, I would think.
I understand that it's still a work in progress, and I admire the work that's obviously gone into this. Just not ready for primetime yet. I'll check back in a few months and see where it is then. Meanwhile, Apple's own OS is working fine for me.
BTW... FWIW, I'm not using iTunes at all. I'm a Gentoo Linux user that alternates between Amarok and gtkPod for interfacing to my iPod. Right now, Amarok is my favorite. Just right-click to choose (an album, song, or playlist) and transfer.