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  9. Neil Young claims he was working on an audiophile iPod with Steve Jobs

    in Portable Audio

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    ^ I think you want the device to download high res files quickly, store a lot of music, and not break the bank.

    Download speed is a matter of network bandwidth. Which network do you want to use? Your Internet provider's or your cell phone provider's?

    Storage space is a matter of what you are willing to pay for solid-state storage. How much storage do you need/want in a portable device?

    Both of those become affordable over time with no other impetus from audiophiles.

    My (minor) issue is the fact that the process of obtaining & backing up my music will still require effort from me. Today I buy a CD or DVD-A, and rip it myself to the format my players (home & portable) can play. That won't change with downloads when shiny discs go completely away. Tomorrow I will download a hi-rez album & then have to back it up to a disc for safe keeping. The same process, just in reverse. And now I have to pony up for the backup medium.

  10. Neil Young claims he was working on an audiophile iPod with Steve Jobs

    in Portable Audio

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    How much more does it cost for companies to maintain & distribute multiple formats (say...full/hi-rez (up to 24/192), hi-quality mp3 (320k), lo-quality mp3 (128k), & streaming quality) and allow the consumer to choose? Is it worth it for them?

    My 64GB Touch can play all of that, including full-rez Redbook & downsampled hi-rez, in Apple Lossless, AIFF, FLAC, & WAV formats. This, in a portable player that fits in my palm & slips into a shirt pocket. How much more do I want on the hardware side other than full hi-rez?

  11. The Official Head-Case Photography Thread.

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted · Edited by jpelg

    I don't get it either. I think the Olympus designers missed the point. Those of us who used to shoot film are hankering for a digital camera that handles like our old film bodies & has resolution & dynamic range that approaches our old film medium.

    I want a shutter speed dial. I want a real aperture ring. I want an ISO dial. I want the brightest, clearest viewfinder to make it easier to manually focus. I want lenses with markings to allow for easy zone prefocusing. Fuck LCD's with buttons, & menus, & submenus.

    Making the same digital camera, controls and all (or lack thereof), in the shape of a classic OM camera does not cut it, imo. But what do I know...*shrug*

  23. Printing FDF files

    in GoRedwings19's Computer Help Hotline

    Posted

    Is there a possibility of obtaining the form in a Word or Excel format? From there you could do a simple mail-merge from your Excel data. Then save the results in PDF format, which Office can do without Adobe Acrobat Pro.

    Even if you don't have access to the form in an editable format, it might be worth spending some time recreating it in Excel (assuming it's not overly complex). Or even better, spending the $$ for Acrobat Pro, compared to your time spent doing more mundane things, especially if this is more than a one-time function.

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