On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Preston Crawford me@prestoncrawford.com wrote:
So I need my phone to be separate from my PDA so it can fly out of my bike shorts and slam on the ground at 30 mph.
Wow! You sound _exactly_ like someone who hasn't seen the rugged Kyocera phones. And even the Treos are pretty sturdy (more so than Pocket PC PDAs/phones). Nothing like listening to some MP3s from a SD on a bike (yes, even this "Fat Guy" rides one ;-)!
I don't ride while listening to MP3s. It's dangerous. I like to hear traffic. Why must we continue this, again?
So I'm not going to return my Pocket PC based on your recommendation.
Dude, I was just wondering how you evaluated. I'm sorry for even mentioning it, but you _did_ bring up the fact that you had to go Windows on a Linux list.
I said I had to go to Windows to install stuff on a Palmtop. I'm barely using Windows. It's sort of on topic, I guess, but it's really a non-issue.
I thought I'd just mention the options you have for a Linux compatible device, that's all. Maybe someone _else_ might be intersted?
Maybe.
Can you stop with this?
Do you have a guilt complex or something?
No. I'm just trying to stop these tit for tats before they get out of control. There's no point in discussing a decision I've made and won't change my mind on.
REALITY CHECK:
_You_ didn't have to explain a thing about Windows or the fact that you have a Pocket PC, etc... just to ask about
Of coures not and now I wish I didn't.
encoding. But you did. Sorry I mentioned what options you might have missed.
Maybe someone else will use the info next time. Okay?
Fine.
I have an SD slot, my point is that I don't want to load up one gigantic MP3 file into the MP3 player application.
And this _entire_ question had what to do with needing a Pocket PC-based PDA? Again, _you_ introduced it. Now you're upset that I mentioned there were other options.
I didn't think anything of it when I mentioned it. I saw it as an aside. It wasn't in the subject line. It wasn't the object of discussion. It was just a side fact.
Sorry, didn't mean to offend. But on a Linux list, when someone starts mentioning options and what things don't do that are Linux compatible, I tend to offer several options that do. That's all. Don't have a guilt complex or something because that's _not_ what I'm trying to do!
No guilt here. I use the right tool for the right job. So I'm happy and don't need to justify why I bought what I bought.
Well, you should have just said RTFM and left it at that, probably.
And you didn't need to say that you had to go Pocket PC just to ask a question about encoding.
But that wasn't the question. It was just something I shouldn't have thrown in, apparently.
I'm _not_ complaining you did. But I _am_ pointing out this fact, and why some asshole like myself might bring up the Linux compatible options out there.
But it's kind of pointless when I already have the device in hand and am only asking about encoding.
This is _exactly_ what I mean about hypocrisy. I did *NOT* complain about you going on about Pocket PC why you couldn't use a Linux compatible device. But you _are_ complaining
"Going on"? I just mentioned as an aside that that's what I ended up with. I think the main reason I mentioned it was to say that I got a device that can play MP3s, thus now I'd like to start recording these streams. Nothing more.
about I am mentioning some Linux alternatives that you ... obviously ... didn't bother to investigate.
I did investigate. And I chose Pocket PC.
Sorry to have "guilted" you on a Linux list, not my intent.
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Preston