Well, mine isn't one of the current models either. It's an original 10GB with a mechanical scroll wheel. I still don't think the newer models have "Don't steal music" zapped on the back either, though.
They do all come with a sticker on the front stating "Don't steal music" in a few different languages.
You can tell if it's a new model by the font that "iPod" is written in, as Apple have just changed the font they use on everything.
"9. How do you feel about XFree's inability to fully function as a modern graphics subsystem? (e.g. you can't change real resolutions on the fly, no support for OSX's and BeOS6's smooth window moving etc)..."
BeOS 6?
Did I miss something? Yes, the R5.1 'Dano' developer release leaked, but I hadn't heard anything about R6.
Yes, you're right; the attractive aqua globe was the OmniWeb icon though the entire 4.1 beta/sneaky peak period, and The Omni Group then changed it to the blue-green globe on the release of the 4.1 final.
But why? I have yet to hear anyway say the preferred the blue-green icon to the aqua one.
Well, apparently the reason they changed the icon is due to Apple. Apple asked for the change, because they felt the icon was too similar to the iTools icon. Now personally, I think that was a bit heavy-handed on Apple's part. Besides, most people never see the the iTools/.Mac icon now, since it started to cost money...
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Do you know where I can read some information about --alt-preset standard? The thing I liked about --r3mix was the fact someone had gone out of their way to put up a website explaining their thoughts.
Ignoring the images with pictures of G-styled feet and the word "GNOME" on them, how is a desktop image environment specific?
What's stopping me from using these images with KDE, Windows, the Mac OS, BeOS...
Nothing. Not a thing.
So, why launch a desktop environment specific art site? DE specific theme sites make sense, but DE specific background images just creates more needless "wars".
I didn't even follow your link. I'm guessing you're ranting about Metroid Prime being like Halo again?
Now, the Metroid franchise has been dormant for over 8 years. Nintendo and Retro were probably working on Metroid Prime before Microsoft had even bought Bungie.
So, what's with your vendetta against Metroid Prime?
"The gnu, also known as the wildebeest, is a striking animal native to Africa. It has a lifespan of up to 20 years, and is constantly on the move. Gnu are not the fastest of animals, and are therefore important prey for lions, hyenas, and other predators."
Have you ever looked at the The GNU Project's logo? It is a gnu. Probably not the greatest animal to name a project after, but the characters in the name were just convenient.
Incase you've been in a cave, on Mars, with your eyes closes, and you fingers in your ears, Mac OS X has become an OS that many geeks are interested in.
Because of this, there have been a hell of a lot of Mac OS X related stories on Slashdot lately? Why? Because Slashdot covers "News For Nerds".
However, it is understandable that not everyone is interested in Mac OS X, Apple, or anything at all related. That's why Slashdot has stories put into sections, and you can then change your preferences to not show sections you're not interested in.
Now, if you can't even figure out how to change your preferences not to show Apple related stories, you're probably not capable of using most of the software that is talked about on Slashdot.
Apple Desktops (Apple) iMac (Apple) Media (Apple) Networking (Apple) OS 9 (Apple) OS X (Apple) Portables (Apple) Technology (Apple) Utilities (Apple) Wireless (Apple)
Those topics cover every single Apple related story on Slashdot, and with them checked you should never see them again.
And, before you ask why there are so many Apple related sections, it is because there is a lot of stories in the Apple section of Slashdot that cover all of those topics. To keep people like you that don't want to see Apple related stories happy, while still not giving each story a generic Apple icon, new topics were added with (Apple) appended. This was done so people like you could exclude them.
Now, you've been empowered. Use this knowledge well. With any luck, we'll never see you post in an Apple story ever again. And if we do, we'll know you're doing it by choice...
I remember Nintendo thanking Rare for supplying the 3D model in the credits, never specifially saying it was copyright Rare.
Either way, I'm sure the 3D model would have been one of the things Nintendo kept. Hell, they probably have the source to every Rare games since DKC1; they did own virtually half the company after all...
"I'm not prepared to fork over even more money for a firewiire card when I have 4 perfectly good USB 2.0 ports on my motherboard, which are faster."
As mentioned above: $18. When you spend $400 or more on a piece of hardware, an extra $20 is nothing. Well, unless you're being cheap.
480Mb/s peak versus 400Mb/s sustained. Your USB2 ports are not faster then FireWire. You can believe Intel's marketing if you'd like though; whatever you'd prefer.
"what I really think is the problem is quicktime/iTunes which cant deal with variable bit rate codec's so playing them on the mac is a no no"
Interesting.
I have iTunes here, with a library of around a thousand mp3s mp3s I've ripped myself and encoded using lame --r3mix. The same mp3s have been used in QuickTime many times, and are also sitting on my iPod.
Are you sure you have a clue what you're talking about?
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"And it transfers with USB 2.0, which is both faster than the iPod's FireWire..."
Yes, because the difference between 400Mb/s and 480Mb/s really matter when connecting an external hard disk. It's 2002. Hard disks do not run at 480Mb/s.
Besides, the "USB2 is faster then FireWire" talk is just Intel's marketing; USB2 is 480Mb/s peak, where FireWire is 400Mb/s sustained.
However, Nintendo can hardly say "this game is not new, not totally different, not something creative, so we're not releaing it". Well, they can: they called it "The Dream Team" and the console "the Nintendo 64".
We all know how good third party support was for it, and how successful it was...
"Also, in the console market the big players (Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft) are less willing to endorse innovative risky games and game ideas."
You're right. There was nothing at all risky about games like Pikmin or Animal Crossing, was there? They're both just your typical gaming fare, aren't they?
Insult Microsoft and Sony all you like for taking no risks. Like them or not, like the games or not, but Nintendo put out a lot more "risky" games then most companies.
Accusing Nintendo of not trying new things is ludicrous.
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Posted by michael on 12:58 PM October 16th, 2002
You know, it's not night *everywhere* on the planet...
Well, mine isn't one of the current models either. It's an original 10GB with a mechanical scroll wheel. I still don't think the newer models have "Don't steal music" zapped on the back either, though.
They do all come with a sticker on the front stating "Don't steal music" in a few different languages.
You can tell if it's a new model by the font that "iPod" is written in, as Apple have just changed the font they use on everything.
Why do I know this?!...
"Oh, the final component of the iPod DRM system: a small etching in the steel on the back of it which reads Don't Steal Music"
No there isn't.
From page 3 of the interview:
"9. How do you feel about XFree's inability to fully function as a modern graphics subsystem? (e.g. you can't change real resolutions on the fly, no support for OSX's and BeOS6's smooth window moving etc)..."
BeOS 6?
Did I miss something? Yes, the R5.1 'Dano' developer release leaked, but I hadn't heard anything about R6.
Yes, you're right; the attractive aqua globe was the OmniWeb icon though the entire 4.1 beta/sneaky peak period, and The Omni Group then changed it to the blue-green globe on the release of the 4.1 final.
But why? I have yet to hear anyway say the preferred the blue-green icon to the aqua one.
Well, apparently the reason they changed the icon is due to Apple. Apple asked for the change, because they felt the icon was too similar to the iTools icon. Now personally, I think that was a bit heavy-handed on Apple's part. Besides, most people never see the the iTools/.Mac icon now, since it started to cost money...
"However, I'll still probably use Linux for 1) Game compatibility..."
You honestly think Linux has more commercial game support then Mac OS?
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Do you know where I can read some information about --alt-preset standard? The thing I liked about --r3mix was the fact someone had gone out of their way to put up a website explaining their thoughts.
Any similar docs around for --alt-preset?
Ignoring the images with pictures of G-styled feet and the word "GNOME" on them, how is a desktop image environment specific?
What's stopping me from using these images with KDE, Windows, the Mac OS, BeOS...
Nothing. Not a thing.
So, why launch a desktop environment specific art site? DE specific theme sites make sense, but DE specific background images just creates more needless "wars".
"I didn't even follow your link. I'm guessing you're ranting about Metroid Prime being like Halo again?"
Note to self: Read subject line.
I didn't even follow your link. I'm guessing you're ranting about Metroid Prime being like Halo again?
Now, the Metroid franchise has been dormant for over 8 years. Nintendo and Retro were probably working on Metroid Prime before Microsoft had even bought Bungie.
So, what's with your vendetta against Metroid Prime?
Here's some info from E2:
Have you ever looked at the The GNU Project's logo? It is a gnu. Probably not the greatest animal to name a project after, but the characters in the name were just convenient.
So now you know.
Incase you've been in a cave, on Mars, with your eyes closes, and you fingers in your ears, Mac OS X has become an OS that many geeks are interested in.
Because of this, there have been a hell of a lot of Mac OS X related stories on Slashdot lately? Why? Because Slashdot covers "News For Nerds".
However, it is understandable that not everyone is interested in Mac OS X, Apple, or anything at all related. That's why Slashdot has stories put into sections, and you can then change your preferences to not show sections you're not interested in.
Now, if you can't even figure out how to change your preferences not to show Apple related stories, you're probably not capable of using most of the software that is talked about on Slashdot.
So, get into your preferences, and check the following boxes:
Apple
Desktops (Apple)
iMac (Apple)
Media (Apple)
Networking (Apple)
OS 9 (Apple)
OS X (Apple)
Portables (Apple)
Technology (Apple)
Utilities (Apple)
Wireless (Apple)
Those topics cover every single Apple related story on Slashdot, and with them checked you should never see them again.
And, before you ask why there are so many Apple related sections, it is because there is a lot of stories in the Apple section of Slashdot that cover all of those topics. To keep people like you that don't want to see Apple related stories happy, while still not giving each story a generic Apple icon, new topics were added with (Apple) appended. This was done so people like you could exclude them.
Now, you've been empowered. Use this knowledge well. With any luck, we'll never see you post in an Apple story ever again. And if we do, we'll know you're doing it by choice...
Interesting.
I remember Nintendo thanking Rare for supplying the 3D model in the credits, never specifially saying it was copyright Rare.
Either way, I'm sure the 3D model would have been one of the things Nintendo kept. Hell, they probably have the source to every Rare games since DKC1; they did own virtually half the company after all...
I guess I'd intended that to be read as "no one whose opinion actually matters".
No one at Nullsoft has officially called Winamp an mp3 player.
"I'm not prepared to fork over even more money for a firewiire card when I have 4 perfectly good USB 2.0 ports on my motherboard, which are faster."
As mentioned above: $18. When you spend $400 or more on a piece of hardware, an extra $20 is nothing. Well, unless you're being cheap.
480Mb/s peak versus 400Mb/s sustained. Your USB2 ports are not faster then FireWire. You can believe Intel's marketing if you'd like though; whatever you'd prefer.
"With Apple hardware also supporting USB 2.0..."
No Apple hardware ships with USB2 support.
And it even fits in your shirt pocket. Oh wait, no it doesn't!
Seriously though, once you've actually used an iPod-sized music player, you're never going to want to return to the bulk of a portable CD player.
"the last thing I want is a hard drive grinding itself to pieces in there"
Interesting; I haven't heard any stories of hard disk failure in the iPod, let alone "grinding itself to pieces".
Have you got any links to people speaking about iPod hard disk problems?
"The model with almost 200 megs of solid-state memory is much more appealing."
You either don't have very many mp3s, or don't like the thought of having them all with you at once.
Interesting.
I have iTunes here, with a library of around a thousand mp3s mp3s I've ripped myself and encoded using lame --r3mix. The same mp3s have been used in QuickTime many times, and are also sitting on my iPod.
Are you sure you have a clue what you're talking about?
Yes, because the difference between 400Mb/s and 480Mb/s really matter when connecting an external hard disk. It's 2002. Hard disks do not run at 480Mb/s.
Besides, the "USB2 is faster then FireWire" talk is just Intel's marketing; USB2 is 480Mb/s peak, where FireWire is 400Mb/s sustained.
No one ever called Winamp an mp3 player. It is a music player.
Who was it that called your computer "a word processor runner" exactly? Your mother?
Yes, that is undoubtably true.
However, Nintendo can hardly say "this game is not new, not totally different, not something creative, so we're not releaing it". Well, they can: they called it "The Dream Team" and the console "the Nintendo 64".
We all know how good third party support was for it, and how successful it was...
Yes, they are two first party titles. Anything Nintendo develops is going to be a first party title.
I was rebutting an attack against Nintendo's lack "risky" games, not the games others develop for the system.
Nintendo can't choose what their third parties develop. If third parties keep creating out 'boring' games, it's hardly Nintendo's fault.
"Also, in the console market the big players (Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft) are less willing to endorse innovative risky games and game ideas."
You're right. There was nothing at all risky about games like Pikmin or Animal Crossing, was there? They're both just your typical gaming fare, aren't they?
Insult Microsoft and Sony all you like for taking no risks. Like them or not, like the games or not, but Nintendo put out a lot more "risky" games then most companies.
Accusing Nintendo of not trying new things is ludicrous.
Eh?
Generally, 'Mario 1' refers to the original 'Super Mario Bros' on the NES.
Yes Mario (well, 'Jumpman') was the hero in Donkey Kong, but that doesn't make it 'Mario 1'.
"/me still wonders why Nintendo never released an NES converter for the SNES"
Most likely because they wanted people to buy games for the Super Nintendo, and not buy games for the original.
Besides, picking up a NES would have been cheaper then buying an official converter.