forget about the thousands dying in the middle east or the north korean bombs. mp3s, now that is issue that must be dealt with forthwith. my neighbors dog keeps barking all night too, maybe that can tackle that one too.
copyright vs censorship, talk about a condundrum. all kidding aside, i can understand the initial gut reaction "if i want to view it with my kids, it's my right to watch it clean" or file it under fair use. but my big worry is "edited" may lead to "altered". if walmart doesn't like some off hand remarks about them in a movie, they may choose to stock only copies that omits this (kind of like what airlines do). if enough places decide to stock only "approved" versions of movies/music/books, it does end up being censorship. i would rather someone sell a dvd player with a network connection that can go online and check a database to figure out which parts to skip. or hollywood could take advantage of features in dvds such as the ability for branching, diff angles, and alternate audio. of course they would rather stuff it with ads and trailers. there are solutions that don't require censoring the content.
umm, which one? there hasn't been an sx in over a year (sx280) and that used a 3.5" hd. it does use the same d-series optical drive that the laptops do. perhaps you are refering to the xps m2010, the laptop/desktop hybrid. that one is interesting, they offer two 120GB hds in a raid config.
you expect them to post a pdf? how bout a one of those "get adobe acrobat here" buttons too? maybe their videos should be in quicktime too. of course microsoft is going to push their formats. nothing new.
if you have to support windows boxes, you will probably have to support vista some day. might as well get a headstart and get your hands dirty (best way to learn) even if you don't plan on rolling it out for a long time (a long time after release).
ahh.. maybe the resurfacing of the gay marriage issue is just a distraction for this bill. it's well known it won't go through and way too transparent to be a realistic attempt to galvanize the conservative base. sneaky lil politians.
well, he may be liberal on some fronts like gun control and science. but bloomberg is very much about control and telling people what's good for them. from banning smoking indoors to this cell phone ban in schools. he's the decider. that's the hallmark of a good republican. he knows what's best for you and will bully his way. here's a pretty funny take:
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/news/intelligencer/170 76/index.html
whether or not they designed them, calling their products imitations doesn't make any sense. and since they've made some pretty nice new laptops since name change, i'de say they have pretty decent designers too. not all products from asia are counterfits and knockoffs. asians are capable of design too.
i recently swapped the harddrive in my iriver h140 for a 60gb hard drive. as it stands, it has all the features you asked except built in fm transmitter, it has an fm reciever though and optical in/out. and the batter life is about 16hrs. rockbox makes a lot of things possible, but it's good to start with decent hardware.
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Wrong: the IRS manager had nearly 200 meetings at the White House. There's very good evidence Obama knew exactly what was happening and didn't care.
Wrong: She was cleared to visit 157 times, but actually went 11 times. Please try to be factual.
forget about the thousands dying in the middle east or the north korean bombs. mp3s, now that is issue that must be dealt with forthwith. my neighbors dog keeps barking all night too, maybe that can tackle that one too.
that's a stupid argument. you can walk out of a movie or stop a dvd without altering the content. duh.
copyright vs censorship, talk about a condundrum. all kidding aside, i can understand the initial gut reaction "if i want to view it with my kids, it's my right to watch it clean" or file it under fair use. but my big worry is "edited" may lead to "altered". if walmart doesn't like some off hand remarks about them in a movie, they may choose to stock only copies that omits this (kind of like what airlines do). if enough places decide to stock only "approved" versions of movies/music/books, it does end up being censorship. i would rather someone sell a dvd player with a network connection that can go online and check a database to figure out which parts to skip. or hollywood could take advantage of features in dvds such as the ability for branching, diff angles, and alternate audio. of course they would rather stuff it with ads and trailers. there are solutions that don't require censoring the content.
"legal" or not, mass spying on civilians is not a tool to be tweaked. it's a weapon to be dismantled.
u'r right. forget about wars, torture and spying on the public. the real conspiracy is "they" are just out to make apple look bad.
sure, and i can copy stuff from word and paste it into whatever editor i want. they built it right in. no compatibility problems at all.
umm, which one? there hasn't been an sx in over a year (sx280) and that used a 3.5" hd. it does use the same d-series optical drive that the laptops do. perhaps you are refering to the xps m2010, the laptop/desktop hybrid. that one is interesting, they offer two 120GB hds in a raid config.
put all the excess carbon dioxide into our ipod screens.
damn it. i followed your link thinking there was proof to what the scientologists believe.
loosest would imply it's easy to break free. better analogy would be "would you like to be tied to the longest leash?"
well, beer isn't exactly a new phenomenon. it's like saying football games are not "in" on college campuses.
a better analogy would be sony selling cds and dvds that only play on sony hardware.
haha, it's been "busy" since for hours, long before the being posted on /. pre-emptive slashdotting?
you expect them to post a pdf? how bout a one of those "get adobe acrobat here" buttons too? maybe their videos should be in quicktime too. of course microsoft is going to push their formats. nothing new.
if you have to support windows boxes, you will probably have to support vista some day. might as well get a headstart and get your hands dirty (best way to learn) even if you don't plan on rolling it out for a long time (a long time after release).
getting the serial # is easy enough, but the download page has been overloaded. here are links for direct download of the english iso
/ en/x86/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_ x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso
/ en/x64/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_ x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso
Windows Vista 32bit - English
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2
Windows Vista 64bit - English
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2
they should have had a torrent option.
i still don't give a shit. the US recording industry does. sadly, our govt cares about what big business does, not the people.
because it's almost 6am and i need to get some sleepy. that's why.
ahh.. maybe the resurfacing of the gay marriage issue is just a distraction for this bill. it's well known it won't go through and way too transparent to be a realistic attempt to galvanize the conservative base. sneaky lil politians.
well, he may be liberal on some fronts like gun control and science. but bloomberg is very much about control and telling people what's good for them. from banning smoking indoors to this cell phone ban in schools. he's the decider. that's the hallmark of a good republican. he knows what's best for you and will bully his way. here's a pretty funny take: http://www.newyorkmetro.com/news/intelligencer/170 76/index.html
whether or not they designed them, calling their products imitations doesn't make any sense. and since they've made some pretty nice new laptops since name change, i'de say they have pretty decent designers too. not all products from asia are counterfits and knockoffs. asians are capable of design too.
they've been the official maker of these "junky imitations" for a long time...
i recently swapped the harddrive in my iriver h140 for a 60gb hard drive. as it stands, it has all the features you asked except built in fm transmitter, it has an fm reciever though and optical in/out. and the batter life is about 16hrs. rockbox makes a lot of things possible, but it's good to start with decent hardware.
you do realize the sansa is flash memory? perhaps you should be comparing it to a nano. i'll spare you the insults.