On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > Preston Crawford <me at 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. ? Preston