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For Libraries, a New Chapter in Computer Woes
The Washngton Post ^
| 4/14/2005
| C. Woodrow Irvin
Posted on 04/16/2005 12:09:08 AM PDT by Swordmaker
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"I was taken aback by the vehemence with which iPod users reacted," said library spokeswoman Lois Kirkpatrick.
To: Bush2000; antiRepublicrat; Action-America; eno_; N3WBI3; zeugma; TechJunkYard; ShorelineMike; ...
iPod incompatible with Libraries audio books in WMA format PING!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
To: Swordmaker
The proprietary software here is WMA. If they used MP3, it would work on everything.
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posted on
04/16/2005 12:41:22 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
The proprietary software here is WMA. If they used MP3, it would work on everything. BINGO! You win! Pick any prize from the bottom row...
To: Swordmaker
BINGO! You win! Pick any prize from the bottom row... Now imagine that Hillary is President and she's gotten her way with Hillary Healthscare®. That's what this is about: control without accountability to the market.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:04:00 AM PDT
by
IncPen
To: Swordmaker
The one thing that has become a stumbling block for me with regard to audio books on my MP3/WMA player is that when powered off, I have to do an extensive search to get back to where I was when I resume listening later on in the day. The file plays from the beginning.
I've tried converting the files to CDA and burning them on CD but that format makes for a very large file and requires many CDs for even a normal size novel/recording.
Cassette tape is still the best format in that regard. Unless someone here has overcome this barrier. Anyone?
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:37:24 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk)
To: Swordmaker
Ms. Kirkpatrick needs to get out of that library more...
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:38:26 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: mewzilla
Here is a picture of Ms. Kirkpatrick (in the blue dress) on a typical Saturday night:
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posted on
04/16/2005 6:15:20 AM PDT
by
StrictTime
(I pity the fool who don't become a monthly donor.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
If you had an iPod, and not some random pile of circuits, you wouldn't have that problem. If you pause and sleep an iPod, it picks back up right where it left off when you wake it up.
Solution: Get an iPod.
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posted on
04/16/2005 7:02:06 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
04/16/2005 8:02:01 AM PDT
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
04/16/2005 8:48:16 AM PDT
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Tribune7
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
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posted on
04/16/2005 9:10:25 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
To: Swordmaker
By the way, this is the type of librarian that insists on changing as little as possible in how the library runs. If they are forced to change, they invariably choose the most arcane, bizzare, or unusable product, service, or format just to torment the people that made them change.
A good example is just how many libraries out there still only have Gopher for an online interface.
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posted on
04/16/2005 9:18:25 AM PDT
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Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
My MP3 player plays MP3 and WAV and other formats and can keep its memory with the power off. It will pick up where you stopped it and indexes easily - it even saves its place when the battery dies. Maybe you just ought to buy something new...
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posted on
04/16/2005 1:14:03 PM PDT
by
solitas
(So what if I support a platform that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.7)
To: Swordmaker
"the library's Web site because the county's service is incompatible with Apple's proprietary software"
s/b
"the library's 'service' uses proprietary software from MicroSoft, graciously donated by the Gates Foundation."
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posted on
04/16/2005 3:23:40 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Spktyr
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posted on
04/16/2005 3:40:24 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: solitas
What is the big deal here? Yea, it would be nice if everyone used MP3. But just because someone has something in WMA or AAC doesn't mean I cannot listen to it on my iPod. There is a plethora of solutions for conversion purposes that may be used. It's not going to stop me.
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posted on
04/16/2005 3:46:49 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
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To: Swordmaker
Welcome to a world where Microsoft isn't the monopoly, and organizations and businesses can't just go their usual Microsoft-only route unless they want to piss off customers.
To: Spktyr
Solution: Get an iPod. Oxymoron.
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posted on
04/18/2005 6:08:54 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk)
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