Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Travis Roy
(though, personally, I think the iPod deals with podcasts in a rather crappy manner, as opposed to someone else who loved this feature...) What do you not like about the way it deals with podcasts? I'm curious. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Paul Lussier
Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey folks - > > I've been starting to go to the gym quasi-regularly, so I think it may > finally be time to break down and get a portable audio player. Looking > for any suggestions... My requirements are: > > * Inexpensive > * Linux compatible > * In

Re: [Fwd: Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose?]

2007-03-06 Thread Ben Scott
On 3/6/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I received an answer from the President of pcHDTV. Apparently the sleeve is that way by design. Ah-ha. Neil Schelly had the right of it after all. I can't say I'm overly impressed with the design of this "break-away" connector [1], bu

[Fwd: Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose?]

2007-03-06 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Hi, I received an answer from the President of pcHDTV. Apparently the sleeve is that way by design. His letter follows. maddog Forwarded Message From: Jack Steven Kelliher To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose? Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:5

Re: Portable audio player (hands down the best one ever)

2007-03-06 Thread Travis Roy
Mac/Linux compatible (it shows up as a normal USB drive, SOO MUCH BETTER than some crappy sync software, imho, *cough* itunes) I just wanted to comment on this quickly.. As an avid podcast listener, I must say the way iTunes/iPod deals with this is awesome (and in some respects, audiobook

Re: Portable audio player (hands down the best one ever)

2007-03-06 Thread Matt Snell
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 04:04:30PM -0500, Christopher Chisholm wrote: > http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/ > > they have a wide range of players, but the iAudio g3 was the one i > chose, due to these features: Any idea how well this one handles bookmarking? I primarily listen to netcasts an

Re: Portable audio player (hands down the best one ever)

2007-03-06 Thread Travis Roy
I got an mp3 player for my sister for christmas. I'm one of those guys that spend like a week researching anything before i buy it, no matter how trivial. the best one i found was from a company called Cowon. http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/ I have a friend that has the A2 an

Re: Portable audio player (hands down the best one ever)

2007-03-06 Thread Christopher Chisholm
I got an mp3 player for my sister for christmas. I'm one of those guys that spend like a week researching anything before i buy it, no matter how trivial. the best one i found was from a company called Cowon. http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/ they have a wide range of players, but the

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Jared Watkins
Cole Tuininga wrote: I've been starting to go to the gym quasi-regularly, so I think it may I don't need something huge - a GB or so would be plenty. Thoughts? I tend to like the iaudio line... easy to use with a great feature set and supported file types. I have the 1G version of this

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Mark E. Mallett
If you aren't in any rush, woot (www.woot.com) has cheap mp3 players from time to time. And today they had a two-fer FM transmitter that would have gone well with it :) -mm- (who mainly just likes typing 'woot') ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlu

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Drew Van Zandt
They still have this... http://www.neurosaudio.com/store/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=DigitalInnovationsCatalog&product%5Fid=4010207&keyword=neuros&searchcat=products --DTVZ On 3/6/07, Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday, Mar 6th 2007 at 13:31 -0500, quoth Mark Komarinski: =>On 0

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:16:15 -0500 Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey folks - > > I've been starting to go to the gym quasi-regularly, so I think it may > finally be time to break down and get a portable audio player. Looking > for any suggestions... My requirements are: > > *

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Tuesday, Mar 6th 2007 at 13:31 -0500, quoth Mark Komarinski: =>On 03/06/2007 12:42 PM, Steven W. Orr wrote: =>> There was a company a few years back that sold a player that was running =>> linux. It played anything. It also had a transmitter so you could be at =>> someone's house and use his

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Mark Komarinski
On 03/06/2007 12:42 PM, Steven W. Orr wrote: > There was a company a few years back that sold a player that was running > linux. It played anything. It also had a transmitter so you could be at > someone's house and use his stereo system by setting his FM tuner at 88.1 > The problem is I forget t

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Shawn K. O'Shea
* Inexpensive * Linux compatible * Inexpensive * mp3 playback (ogg would be nice, but not required) * Inexpensive * Has a standard 1/8" headphone jack (are there any that don't?) * Inexpensive A little over a year ago, I bought my best friend a SanDisk Sansa player from their e100 series (http:

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Michael ODonnell
I hate rebates but one of these (conformance to your reqs: unknown) might be worth a shot: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=382325-5&prodlist=dealnews http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/Main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CES11440 ...and there's always: http://ww

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread aluminumsulfate
> From: Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:16:15 -0500 > I've been starting to go to the gym quasi-regularly, so I think it may > finally be time to break down and get a portable audio player. Looking > for any suggestions... My requirements are: I would suggest (mayb

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Tuesday, Mar 6th 2007 at 12:16 -0500, quoth Cole Tuininga: => =>Hey folks - => =>I've been starting to go to the gym quasi-regularly, so I think it may =>finally be time to break down and get a portable audio player. Looking =>for any suggestions... My requirements are: => =>* Inexpensive =>

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Travis Roy
You could check the apple refurb site: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/ RSLID?mco=32DAAC51&nclm=Certified You might be able to pickup an ipod that can run ipod linux or rockbox to get your ogg support. The first gen nanos are supported by rockbox and the

Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Cole Tuininga
Hey folks - I've been starting to go to the gym quasi-regularly, so I think it may finally be time to break down and get a portable audio player. Looking for any suggestions... My requirements are: * Inexpensive * Linux compatible * Inexpensive * mp3 playback (ogg would be nice, but not requi

Re: [OT] From a young friend of mine...good for a laugh

2007-03-06 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:27:52 -0500 "Jon 'maddog' Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org/ VERY GOOD. I hope I'm still in time to be the first one on the list to sign up! I've downloaded the .tgz: there's a Makefile, a README, an INSTALL, and a 482-line Perl s

[OT] From a young friend of mine...good for a laugh

2007-03-06 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Fwd: Objections to JTC-1 Fast-Track Processing of the Ecma 376 Specification v. 0.1

2007-03-06 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 00:30 -0500, Greg Rundlett wrote: > And here is the official response. > I sent an email back to him asking if the "official response" by the ECMA 376 committee was posted anyplace. If he answers back I will let y'all know. In the meantime I have found that our "P" member i