toby10;497018 Wrote:
> Logitech could simply decide that the costs to support MySB servers
> throughout the world and server software development expenses are not
> justified by hardware sales revenue.
Spotlife, for example? Years after Logitech shut it down, people were
still apparently wonderi
Buy the radio!
Even if Logitech throws in the towel next year, you'll have gotten $150
worth of enjoyment out of the thing by then (and it will likely still
work). You'll experience the beginning of the model that will someday
end over-the-air broadcast radio.
Ignore the fact that people post c
dial;496945 Wrote:
> I genuinely think it's more significant than that. Companies routinely
> go out of business. Studies have shown that company size is very weakly
> correlated with likelihood of going out of business (de Guilmi, C;
> Gallegati, M.; 2004, Physica A, Vol 334, pp.267-273). Com
snarlydwarf;496941 Wrote:
> Wow that was neato. I've never seen output from apt-get before.
>
> I found all that to be very enlightening and not at all a waste of a
> paste.
>
> I hear there is 'dpkg -l' or something that would be much less spammy,
> yet include the relevant version number. B
toby10;496930 Wrote:
> No, its just a basic design decision, and a consumers choice based on
> what features are available.
>
I genuinely think it's more significant than that. Companies routinely
go out of business. Studies have shown that company size is very weakly
correlated with likel
dial;496938 Wrote:
> My JRE was indeed old / broken. The automated upgrade from Ubuntu
> jaunty to Ubuntu karmic apparently didn't upgrade sun-java6-bin, and
> apt-get install --reinstall didn't do the trick, had to apt-get remove:
>
Wow that was neato. I've never seen output from apt-get bef
snarlydwarf;496922 Wrote:
> Then you really should fix your JRE.
My JRE was indeed old / broken. The automated upgrade from Ubuntu
jaunty to Ubuntu karmic apparently didn't upgrade sun-java6-bin, and
apt-get install --reinstall didn't do the trick, had to apt-get remove:
$ aptitude show $(dpkg
toby10;496933 Wrote:
> Radio Shack meets Roku. :)
Not really.
More like Radio Shack meets HTC or ASUS or Intel.
Receiva makes all the technology as a white label product and OEMs
package it up to nice products.
--
pippin
---
see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com
pippin;496931 Wrote:
> Pretty much all cheapo Internet Radios you'll find in your local CE
> store will be based on Receiva.
Radio Shack meets Roku. :)
--
toby10
toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p
Pretty much all cheapo Internet Radios you'll find in your local CE
store will be based on Receiva.
--
pippin
---
see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com
pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevic
dial;496918 Wrote:
> ..
> That's a response to an objection you made up yourself.
>
> I object to the fact that it's made artificially difficult to change
> the server, not to the fact that a server is used.
No, its just a basic design decision, and a consumers choice based on
what feat
dial;496924 Wrote:
>
> That's good. It's just a shame it's not clearer from the website, etc.
It is clear is you read SBSs license agreement, the stuff that comes
with it or the beginners' guide in the Wiki:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/BeginnersGuide
What do you expect? Lots of docum
pippin;496921 Wrote:
> Less time than it takes us to only read all your questions.
If you look at it from my point of view, that depends on the answer to
the question I was asking.
In addition: forums are useful to record answers to these questions, so
that they don't need to be answered many t
dial;496920 Wrote:
>
>
> I tried SoftSqueeze. As you say, it should work, but that did not
> prevent it from not working :-)
Then you really should fix your JRE.
--
snarlydwarf
snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.sli
dial;496918 Wrote:
> That involves answering the question "how much time will task X take, so
> that I may decide whether to do X" by doing X, which might not turn out
> well.
>
Less time than it takes us to only read all your questions.
>
> I object to the fact that it's made artificially diff
snarlydwarf;496917 Wrote:
> Oh, well, so the point of your post was not at all to get pre-purchase
> comments from other users, but rather to waste my time responding to
> your questions?
>
It was to provide answers for other people in the same boat, and to
quell my curiosity. I've already tha
toby10;496914 Wrote:
> Create a free www.MySqueezeBox.com account and see for yourself.:)
>
That involves answering the question "how much time will task X take,
so that I may decide whether to do X" by doing X, which might not turn
out well.
> The problem is how do you cram in 20 differen
dial;496916 Wrote:
>
> I just did. But it was a Reciva radio.
>
Oh, well, so the point of your post was not at all to get pre-purchase
comments from other users, but rather to waste my time responding to
your questions?
Next time, it would be nice if you posted "please don't use ten minutes
Thanks for your helpful answers.
> I don't know why you believe that.
Perhaps the lack of clear documentation had something to do with it?
>
> The odds of a multihundredbillion dollar company vanishing overnight is
> pretty slim, though.
>
Is that so.
>
> I'd suggest you buy a Radio and tr
dial;496876 Wrote:
> .. * If I want access to a "fairly comprehensive" set of radio
> stations (say, similar to the list that Reciva offers), do I have to
> install a whole bunch of "apps"? Do I have to jump through lots of web
> registration hoops to do that? How does this compare to the s
dial;496884 Wrote:
> > * Would it be feasible, technically and legally, for another company
> or other organisation to set up in competition with mysqueezebox.com? Do
> Logitech make this easy or difficult? SBS and mysqueezebox.com provide
> non-identical functionality -- right?
>
> What I'm dri
dial;496876 Wrote:
> * Would it be feasible, technically and legally, for another
> company or other organisation to set up in competition with
> mysqueezebox.com? Do Logitech make this easy or difficult? .
Not likely, certainly not officially.
But I'm sure they would be willing
dial;496876 Wrote:
>
> * ISTR from the one time I've seen an internet radio appliance used (a
> Revo Pico, I think -- Reciva-based), the UI for browsing stations
> involved navigating a shallow hierarchy of categories using a combined
> knob + button. Is the SB UI for selecting stations the sam
dial;496884 Wrote:
> >
> Does SBS connect to mysqueezebox.com?
Yes, SBS uses MySB in the background. That's why you must setup all
Apps and Music Service logins on MySB, to be used by either SBS or
connecting your player directly to MySB.
SBS does everything MySB will do, and more, an
> * Would it be feasible, technically and legally, for another company
or other organisation to set up in competition with mysqueezebox.com? Do
Logitech make this easy or difficult? SBS and mysqueezebox.com provide
non-identical functionality -- right?
What I'm driving at here is that one couldn'
After reading some forum posts, scouring a pile of websites, hunting for
SVN servers with client (appliance) code, and even looking at the docs,
I still don't know the answers to some very basic questions:
* ISTR from the one time I've seen an internet radio appliance used (a
Revo Pico, I think -
26 matches
Mail list logo
