Isn't that what the guy from suprnova was working on as a BT replacement?
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DXMachina - Jan 23, 2005 2:46:31 am PST #1327 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
evil jimi - Jan 23, 2005 3:06:37 am PST #1328 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Isn't that what the guy from suprnova was working on as a BT replacement?
Yeah, that's the one. Trouble is, they've allegedly taken open source code and made a closed source program. Moreover, adding insult to injury, they're supposedly putting in advertising like Kazaa et al.
DCJensen - Jan 23, 2005 8:17:45 am PST #1329 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
The guy from Suprnova is merely lending the Suprnova name to the product, for a fee.
Someone is already working on an adless version, eXeemLite: [link]
Maybe they should call it Wormhole eXeem.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2005 4:39:02 am PST #1330 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a smart playlist question -- when you create one in iTunes, is it essentially converted to a normal playlist on your iPod which is updated every time you connect?
I'd read some people wanting them to stay smart on the iPod (and it would be nice), and I was wondering how far away from that they were.
I've been reading so many iPod wishes -- I do wonder how people think half of them would be implemented and still maintain the simplicity of the user interface.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2005 5:28:33 am PST #1331 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
is it essentially converted to a normal playlist on your iPod which is updated every time you connect?
I've always assumed that, and nothing has happened to contradict my assumption.
Which is my way of saying, "I guess so."
Jon B. - Jan 24, 2005 5:58:07 am PST #1332 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
What's the difference between a smart playlist and a regular playlist?
amych - Jan 24, 2005 5:59:20 am PST #1333 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
regular = "play this song, and this song, and this song..."
smart = "play alternative songs released in the 90s that I've rated 4 stars or better but haven't heard in the last month."
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2005 6:02:08 am PST #1334 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Smart playlists are cool. I do stuff like amych's example all the time so I can catch songs I like a lot but might have forgotten about.
Jon B. - Jan 24, 2005 6:11:57 am PST #1335 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
smart = "play alternative songs released in the 90s that I've rated 4 stars or better but haven't heard in the last month."
Gotcha. I did something like that to load up FAQ Girl's iPod. I labeled songs I wanted on the iPod with a common Grouping label ("iPod". Clever, no?). Then created a playlist to include all songs with that grouping label. Then told the iPod to only download songs from that playlist. It made it very easy to negotiate which 35 gigs of music I wanted to include. It was like making a 7400 song mix tape! But without the sequencing anguish.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2005 6:15:44 am PST #1336 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
People are finding all sorts of uses for the Mini-Mac: [link]
Because the Mini measures only 6.5 inches square and is 2 inches high, Underwriters can cram a standard server rack with three times as many minis as full-size servers.
"Size is a huge advantage," said Patrick Dayton, a senior project manager at Underwriters. "By taking into consideration remote power, we can get approximately 100 units in a single cage, as opposed to 30."
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"When I saw the mini -- the dimensions and the specs -- I thought, this is perfect for the car," said Benzaquen. "I'd be surprised if Apple didn't think of installing it in a car, it's so perfect.... You don't have to do anything except mount it and plug it in. It even has voice-recognition built in. It's almost too easy."