I loved Winamp too. Used Songbird for a while on OSX as it was the closest thing I could find to Winamp at that point, but I missed having a dynamic playlist area. Moved to Linux, eventually after trying several players I found Exaile. Can browse my music by files, have a dynamic playlist, and show "what's playing" in my messenger, which is all I really want in a media player.
You can do all the other fancy stuff like have multiple playlist tabs, organise your collection by tags, internet radio etc and it comes with a lot of plugins to let you rip music, pause your music when you lock your screen etc. The interface is really nice and clean, though I don't like what they did with it in the latest version of the Ubuntu repository actually.. they hid some features from view - like you now have to right click stop to use "stop after current song" - and disabled others entirely. For example you can no longer tag multiple songs at once:( Thankfully I updated all the tagless songs in my collection before they removed it.
Having used touchscreen phones from other manufacturers for a few years before the iPhone came out, I have to say that they did change the game a lot. I've still never wanted or bought an iPhone as I prefer real keyboards, but I like that they're forcing the other manufacturers to get their act together when it comes to design and interface speed on other phones.
The iPod was just another MP3 player sure, but Apple made the experience easy, even for idiots. The click wheel was a fun concept too. Again I myself bought a HP iRiver because it was better featured and cheaper for the same amount of storage, but I can see why iPods are popular. The fact that so many devices these days are designed to have iPods plugged in still tempts me from time to time (my car stereo and treadmills at the gym are 2 prime examples). iTunes must also be a big part of this as far as allowing computer illiterate users to synch up their music collection, but I hate it. I'm very fussy about media players.. loved Winamp, but the only other media player I've actually liked since moving away from Windows is Exaile (I love just having a dynamic playlist and browsing my media collection by folder structure rather than tags).
Modern macs are just expensive PCs sure, but Mac OS and OSX have always been much nicer to use than Windows even back in the 68k and PPC days. Then again, opening a tin can with your fingernails is nicer than using Windows. But OSX is even better these days for power users than it used to be, as well as still being good for noobs.
Since the iPad uses the already liked interface from the iPhone, I think it might actually make some headway. Again if this encourages other manufacturers to make a decent tablet, I'd be happy. The HTC Athena was the closest thing I'd seen to a decent real world tablet before the iPad, and it was in essence just a big phone too.
Anyway, their products may never use new tech, but they often do involve new or simply well executed ideas. You have to respect Apple's interface design if nothing else - they basically do what the Wii did for consoles, they take already established concepts and change them so that anyone and their granny can get involved.
If it's on a stand it can be placed at a distance but still readable withing having to move or crane your neck, that was my point there. My flatmate is going to get one and that will be enough for me to play around with, remains to be seen whether I will have any use for one myself. I've always thought tablet PCs were a nice idea, but seeing as I have a netbook via work already it seems unlikely that I'd see any kind of benefit in buying one.
[T]he Obama administration is abandoning its policy of using nationality alone to determine which US-bound international air travelers should be subject to additional screening...
(emphasis mine)
Looks like they're still screening by just nationality, but adding additional factors. I'm thinking "look for guys with big beards, funny accents, or towels on their head":/
Hope it has some kind of stand otherwise it's going to be a real pain in the ass to get a good viewing angle without also getting it too near to messy ingredients while cooking.. a typical netbook or even a laptop would be good for these things (and in fact I have used a laptop or netbook for all of them in the last month), and has the added benefit of a decent keyboard.
I still think the iPad looks pretty cool and wouldn't mind trying one, but don't try to pretend like it has anything going for it other than a nice multitouch interface and the possibility of living out geeky Star Trek style datapad fantasies:P
Pretty sure he only did it because Amazon would have killed iTunes otherwise. I tried iTunes once when it had DRM, hated it (128kpbs or whatever AAC burned to a disc and then ripped again is pathetic quality), waited and waited and eventually they brought out the Amazon MP3 store here in the UK, DRM free from the start, have been using it ever since.
The whole point of the data is that it's unrealistic. There are a few tools out there for doing this type of testing, or easily modified to do it. I haven't used many testing tools but you could take something like Skipfish and add in some fuzz testing pretty easily.
It depends, it's a dynamic area so additional devices are added and removed a lot, you'd have to have some way of defining where they went too, I don't think a simple drag and drop would work for that. I've never even thought about the ordering before, it seems sensible enough though (however it is slighlty different on the system Places menu and Nautilus sidebar). Home folder, desktop, filesystem, external drives, trash.
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I loved Winamp too. Used Songbird for a while on OSX as it was the closest thing I could find to Winamp at that point, but I missed having a dynamic playlist area. Moved to Linux, eventually after trying several players I found Exaile. Can browse my music by files, have a dynamic playlist, and show "what's playing" in my messenger, which is all I really want in a media player.
:( Thankfully I updated all the tagless songs in my collection before they removed it.
You can do all the other fancy stuff like have multiple playlist tabs, organise your collection by tags, internet radio etc and it comes with a lot of plugins to let you rip music, pause your music when you lock your screen etc. The interface is really nice and clean, though I don't like what they did with it in the latest version of the Ubuntu repository actually.. they hid some features from view - like you now have to right click stop to use "stop after current song" - and disabled others entirely. For example you can no longer tag multiple songs at once
We could just call it the Camper's Dilemma? :P
Having used touchscreen phones from other manufacturers for a few years before the iPhone came out, I have to say that they did change the game a lot. I've still never wanted or bought an iPhone as I prefer real keyboards, but I like that they're forcing the other manufacturers to get their act together when it comes to design and interface speed on other phones.
The iPod was just another MP3 player sure, but Apple made the experience easy, even for idiots. The click wheel was a fun concept too. Again I myself bought a HP iRiver because it was better featured and cheaper for the same amount of storage, but I can see why iPods are popular. The fact that so many devices these days are designed to have iPods plugged in still tempts me from time to time (my car stereo and treadmills at the gym are 2 prime examples). iTunes must also be a big part of this as far as allowing computer illiterate users to synch up their music collection, but I hate it. I'm very fussy about media players.. loved Winamp, but the only other media player I've actually liked since moving away from Windows is Exaile (I love just having a dynamic playlist and browsing my media collection by folder structure rather than tags).
Modern macs are just expensive PCs sure, but Mac OS and OSX have always been much nicer to use than Windows even back in the 68k and PPC days. Then again, opening a tin can with your fingernails is nicer than using Windows. But OSX is even better these days for power users than it used to be, as well as still being good for noobs.
Since the iPad uses the already liked interface from the iPhone, I think it might actually make some headway. Again if this encourages other manufacturers to make a decent tablet, I'd be happy. The HTC Athena was the closest thing I'd seen to a decent real world tablet before the iPad, and it was in essence just a big phone too.
Anyway, their products may never use new tech, but they often do involve new or simply well executed ideas. You have to respect Apple's interface design if nothing else - they basically do what the Wii did for consoles, they take already established concepts and change them so that anyone and their granny can get involved.
If it's on a stand it can be placed at a distance but still readable withing having to move or crane your neck, that was my point there. My flatmate is going to get one and that will be enough for me to play around with, remains to be seen whether I will have any use for one myself. I've always thought tablet PCs were a nice idea, but seeing as I have a netbook via work already it seems unlikely that I'd see any kind of benefit in buying one.
"what again! I dare ya! I double-dare ya!"?
"What?"
Sounds like Google Wave to me! A couple of plugins and you're sorted.
You're definitely new here.
Oh yes, he clearly opposes Digital Rights Management, you can tell by how locked down iPhones are..
Damn those Protestants. Why don't they protest more?
Actually
[T]he Obama administration is abandoning its policy of using nationality alone to determine which US-bound international air travelers should be subject to additional screening...
(emphasis mine)
Looks like they're still screening by just nationality, but adding additional factors. I'm thinking "look for guys with big beards, funny accents, or towels on their head" :/
I can quack like a duck.
I am probably a duck?
That might explain my hunt and peck typing and why I can't stop shitting on people's cars..
Indeed. I only just got your word play, brain clearly doesn't work before 9am (GMT)...
My netbook has a 32GB SSD..
Hope it has some kind of stand otherwise it's going to be a real pain in the ass to get a good viewing angle without also getting it too near to messy ingredients while cooking.. a typical netbook or even a laptop would be good for these things (and in fact I have used a laptop or netbook for all of them in the last month), and has the added benefit of a decent keyboard.
I still think the iPad looks pretty cool and wouldn't mind trying one, but don't try to pretend like it has anything going for it other than a nice multitouch interface and the possibility of living out geeky Star Trek style datapad fantasies :P
Pretty sure he only did it because Amazon would have killed iTunes otherwise. I tried iTunes once when it had DRM, hated it (128kpbs or whatever AAC burned to a disc and then ripped again is pathetic quality), waited and waited and eventually they brought out the Amazon MP3 store here in the UK, DRM free from the start, have been using it ever since.
It's stupid to do this just for the iPad, but if it helps to move more towards web standards then I don't care about the means to the end..
The whole point of the data is that it's unrealistic. There are a few tools out there for doing this type of testing, or easily modified to do it. I haven't used many testing tools but you could take something like Skipfish and add in some fuzz testing pretty easily.
While a large number, it's important to note that that doesn't mean we found 1,800 security issues
Don't worry, we all know that you haven't fixed any security issues.
Or: NASA Wants To Do What NASA Can't
No Google, plz don't do this!!111!1eleventeh ;__;
Obviously a fellow toad hunter, well versed in the knowledge of their dark and mysterious powers.
It depends, it's a dynamic area so additional devices are added and removed a lot, you'd have to have some way of defining where they went too, I don't think a simple drag and drop would work for that. I've never even thought about the ordering before, it seems sensible enough though (however it is slighlty different on the system Places menu and Nautilus sidebar). Home folder, desktop, filesystem, external drives, trash.
They didn't predict it. They CAUSED it.
What's that sound? It's a low rumbling.. oh now it's getting closer - is it a really big bird? Is it a plane? Oh, no, it's, it's..
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHH!!