Granted I am running FreeBSD. VLC is ok for most of my needs but I've been using Grooveshark lately to bolster up my music collection.
I'm using FreeBSD too, and find that taking a little time to script mplayer (no gui) and using find to write playlists (i.e. find ~/audio/ -name '*.mp3' > allmusic.m3u) is a great solution. Amazingly flexible, and takes far fewer resources than anything else I've tried. Read man mplayer for some ideas.
Let's keep our taxes limited to actual, real people.
I'm sorry, but hat's just idiotic. How about instead we:
(1) limit our granting of civil rights to actual, real people, and
(2) limit lobbying to actual, real people.
Re:The Benefits of Moving Backward
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All those apparently counter-productive "improvements" implemented by Gnome and KDE these past few years worked out really well for me. They taught me not to rely on a one-size-fits-all-full-bloat DE and instead work with more minimalist tiling WMs and custom scripting the rest for myself. So much nicer, faster, cleaner, and more satisfying, plus I learned a lot. My desktop never looked better, and my productivity has never been higher.:)
It's not just about putting democracy on hold. It's about a global concerted effort to do so. If the world governments all join up to save the world from the greenhouse gases, once the smoke clears we're left with a single world government. AKA, a global monopoly.
Nah.
The corporatocracy we have now would never allow that.
That sound you hear is all the geeks on/. turning at once to point at you and screaming like Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. Just like this.
A tablet that plays 10 hours of hi-def video and audio on one battery charge definitely has its niche.
That would require quite a breakthrough, either in battery or processor tech.
But you're right, it is about the opportunities it enables and possibilities it can create. If my blackberry had a video projection system, or if I had shades with hi-def monitors in them it would be way better than any tablet for me.
The OS is beautifully optimized for the hardware.
The case is not about patented software, it's about liability due to lack of modern safety technology.
The fact that the currently accepted solution is patented is irrelevant, a FOSS alternative would be just as good.
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AppleTV? Yes I think that was his point about the lack of market:)
Apple TV proves there's not a large market for an expensive set-top box designed only to facilitate credit card transactions. Google is more likely to use the traditional paid-for-by-ad-revenue, plus of course datamining. The market is nearly unlimited for the right device at the right price point.
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TV will need to evolve to include the internet in order to accommodate market changes. If TV can become a networked experience it will (along with smart phones) easily render a computer unnecessary in most households. Most people don't really want the wild and woolly, wide-open internet, nor do they want to use a keyboard and mouse -- they want a pre-masticated experience delivered through an appliance controlled with an idiot-proof remote.
If someone hammers out enough email that having a physical keyboard is a make-or-break proposition, just buy a netbook and tether.
Speaking as one of the many millions for whom a physical keyboard is definitely a must, email is not the only reason to need a keyboard. Some of us use our phones for serious work like remote sysadmin tasks and document editing (to name just two). Both types of phones exist because different people have different needs and preferences.
Interestingly, not only is the development cross-platform friendly, but the game itself (a simple Indiana Jones platformer was demoed) saves its place and lets you resume from that spot on whichever platform you happen to pick up."
Great! Can't wait til they have this at the BlackBerry app store.
Oh, you didn't really mean what we normally mean by "cross-platform" then?
Strangely enough, book publishing is one area where by convention the author usually DOESN'T own the copyright, but the person who paid for it (publisher) does!
Unfortunately that's not particularly strange at all. Most coders don't own their code either, the company they work for does. Same is true for songwriters, screenwriters, etc.
Frankly, this strikes me as just more evidence of how broken the patent system is.
TFA is just a blurb, here it is:
A federal appeals court this week upheld a lower court decision that accused DISH Network and EchoStar of continuing to infringe on TiVo patents.
EchoStar did not significantly alter its digital video recorder (DVR) software in order to comply with an injunction, according to a Thursday decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The battle dates back to 2004, when TiVo accused EchoStar's Dish Networks of violating its patent for "time warping", or allowing users to watch one program while recording another on their DVR.
TiVo prevailed in 2006 with a $104 million judgment, and EchoStar was ordered to stop distribute infringing DVRs. The appeals process dragged on until June 2009, when TiVo was awarded another $190 million in damages after a judge found that EchoStar was indeed continuing to infringe on TiVo's patents.
EchoStar, which changed its name to DISH Network Corporation in 2007, again appealed, but the federal court was not convinced.
"EchoStar contends that it undertook a Herculean effort in redesigning the DVR software in its receivers so that it would no longer infringe the software claims in TiVo's patent, [but] we agree with the district court that that was not a major redesign of the software," according to the ruling.
"We are pleased that the [court] fully affirmed the district court's finding of contempt against EchoStar, including both the disablement and infringement provisions," TiVo said in statement.
"This ruling paves the way for TiVo to receive the approximately $300M in damages and contempt sanctions awarded to us for EchoStar's continued infringement through July 1, 2009," TiVo continued. "We will also seek further damages and contempt sanctions for the period of continued infringement thereafter. We will continue our efforts to protect our intellectual property from further infringement."
"We are disappointed in the Federal Circuit's split decision, but are pleased that Judge Rader agreed with our position," DISH Network said in a statement. "Therefore, we will be seeking en banc review by the full Federal Circuit. We also will be proposing a new design-around to the district court for approval. At this time, our DVR customers are not impacted."
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That is incorrect.
Rock You Live != Rockbox!
You're like a regular font of disinformation here -- distracted much?
Isn't the whole point of free (as in gratis) web apps to capture and exploit user info? These companies providing them aren't charities.
Microsoft's internet division is currently losing about $2 billion a year. Sure looks like failure to me.
I'm using FreeBSD too, and find that taking a little time to script mplayer (no gui) and using find to write playlists (i.e. find ~/audio/ -name '*.mp3' > allmusic.m3u) is a great solution. Amazingly flexible, and takes far fewer resources than anything else I've tried. Read man mplayer for some ideas.
I'm sorry, but hat's just idiotic. How about instead we:
(1) limit our granting of civil rights to actual, real people, and
(2) limit lobbying to actual, real people.
All those apparently counter-productive "improvements" implemented by Gnome and KDE these past few years worked out really well for me. They taught me not to rely on a one-size-fits-all-full-bloat DE and instead work with more minimalist tiling WMs and custom scripting the rest for myself. So much nicer, faster, cleaner, and more satisfying, plus I learned a lot. My desktop never looked better, and my productivity has never been higher. :)
Nah.
The corporatocracy we have now would never allow that.
Following that link, I see:
That's pretty old. I'm using Opera 10.10 (on FreeBSD) here...
That sound you hear is all the geeks on /. turning at once to point at you and screaming like Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. Just like this.
That should read "1 GB of storage built-in and 512MB of RAM", shouldn't it?
That would require quite a breakthrough, either in battery or processor tech.
But you're right, it is about the opportunities it enables and possibilities it can create. If my blackberry had a video projection system, or if I had shades with hi-def monitors in them it would be way better than any tablet for me. The OS is beautifully optimized for the hardware.
The case is not about patented software, it's about liability due to lack of modern safety technology. The fact that the currently accepted solution is patented is irrelevant, a FOSS alternative would be just as good.
That word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Apple TV proves there's not a large market for an expensive set-top box designed only to facilitate credit card transactions. Google is more likely to use the traditional paid-for-by-ad-revenue, plus of course datamining. The market is nearly unlimited for the right device at the right price point.
TV will need to evolve to include the internet in order to accommodate market changes. If TV can become a networked experience it will (along with smart phones) easily render a computer unnecessary in most households. Most people don't really want the wild and woolly, wide-open internet, nor do they want to use a keyboard and mouse -- they want a pre-masticated experience delivered through an appliance controlled with an idiot-proof remote.
Oh, it's much worse than that -- this one's actually dim enough to be using Palin-speak!
Hey, I love that. Have the latest beta installed on my Blackberry -- Thanks, very useful!
Speaking as one of the many millions for whom a physical keyboard is definitely a must, email is not the only reason to need a keyboard. Some of us use our phones for serious work like remote sysadmin tasks and document editing (to name just two). Both types of phones exist because different people have different needs and preferences.
Great! Can't wait til they have this at the BlackBerry app store.
Oh, you didn't really mean what we normally mean by "cross-platform" then?
The same foolishness that makes me imagine most people wouldn't actually be proud of their willful ignorance? I know, silly me...
Which is why publishers are so rabid about pursuing DRM on ebooks, they'd love to see that sort of freedom eliminated.
Well -- your unsuccessful what?
Unfortunately that's not particularly strange at all. Most coders don't own their code either, the company they work for does. Same is true for songwriters, screenwriters, etc.
Probably because this patent had the phrase "using a computer ". :(