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586 days ago
I need a good media player for Linux. But there's so many, and so many of them are so poor... If I use a media player, it's important that it complies with the following: Last.fm support, at minimum it must be able to scrobble tracks I play so they come up on my profile. Fast, informative library. I really like the library in Windows Media Player, and I want something at least similar to that. No limits to the files it can play - I want a media player that will play music in whatever format (within reason) I've got. So Gstreamer preferably. Decent looking; if it looks like MS Calculator I don't want to use it. So skin support, with good skins available would be good. It should have some sort of minimal version like WMP has when you put it in the taskbar. Must be ok to use maximized. I dunno about you, but I don't like windows when they aren't fullscreen. It just annoys me. Must be quick, I don't like freezes. Nobody does. Plugins! I want to be able to add extra ...
589 days ago
The European Parliament has decided that illegal file sharers shouldn't be criminalised, as long as they don't profit from it. I hope that means profit as in make money. Otherwise it could be interpreted as meaning any kind of profit, as in, getting anything useful out of download stuff... such as free movies. But I think it's money they mean. Anyway, this all comes as the latest development in the War On Piracy. As you may know, one of America's newest on-going wars is against copyright theft, and right on the front line is the IFPI - the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. That's PHONOgraphic, so stop giggling. The IFPI is totally uncool. Fortunately, their bark is much worse than their might so far they've failed repeatedly to stop piracy and if anything, they've encouraged it further. The music industry's current objective is to force ISPs (internet service providers, who you pay for internet access, like Tiscali or BT) to monitor people's ...
610 days ago
As I often say, the majority of the people on this earth are utterly, and undeniably, dumb. I'm sick of seeing news reports detailing the results of yet another survey, that reveals to the shocked masses that they are indeed retarded. I know they are. Why are you telling me? Grammatical errors are something that makes me quite angry. Now, I know that my grammar is hardly perfect. I make constant mistakes, I know that - my spelling is poor too, but at least I'm not too far off the mark. In terms of the world at large however, well, if perfection was the centre of a dartboard, there wouldn't be much left of the wall around it. Apostrophes are seen as treats, you know, like ice cream or rented movies. People put one in now and then to add a bit of variety to their lives. It doesn't matter where, seemingly, as long as there is an 'S' somewhere nearby. The following may serve as examples of the correct usage. The man's lack of intelligence was profound. I looked at the ...
708 days ago
Christmas is of course approaching. It marches onward like a big... red... commericial juggonaut... No wait, that whole similie is too appropriate. It ruined itself. Why? Because christmas IS a big, red, commercial juggonaut. It's right there in the Always Coca Cola advert, you know the one, with the lorries and all. And coca cola invented father christmas and he's what caused the end of going to church and the beginning of Jewish people participating whilst avoiding confused looks from Christians. And until I see that commercial on TV, it's not christmas, in my opinion. Whatever, all this proves is that Coca Cola's advertising strategy has aroused some sort of deep assosciation in my subconcious. What I was actually going to blog about is how for the first time in years I'm actually looking forward to christmas this time. Obviously it's the first time in years. I couldn't say "the first time in days" now could I. But anyway, I actually want it to be christmas now - ...
726 days ago
From a post I made on PCFormat's forum: Essentially, the box. But bear in mind, the vista box is quite cool, even if they did rip off the Nero 7 box... Anyway, there is a more subtle difference, that's the license and therefore, activation. The OEM license differs to the retail license in that the OEM software should only be sold with hardware. It's intended for companies like Dell that build complete computer systems for sale to ordinary consumers, OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer I believe. Companies like that don't have the time or need to be opening fancy boxes all day. And by pre-installing vista and forcing consumers to pay for it, they're keeping Microsoft as the market leader. So microsoft makes it cheap for them. Also, OEM software means that the Dell-like company is responsible for picking up the phone when the consumer claims their internets have been deleted by a virus from MSN, not Microsoft. You get no support from microsoft with OEM software. ...
