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FCC tentatively approves XM / Sirius merger {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2008 4:39PM You are yet another person who believes everyone lives in New York City and likes top 20 music. I like jazz and where I live, the only way to get jazz is to pay the subscription which I'm very happy to do.
FCC chairman's support for XM-Sirius deal "leaked" {Engadget}
Jun 16th 2008 8:27AM "The two satellite TV companies were denied the merger because it would setup a monopoly in rural areas where satellite TV is the only means of getting something other than over the air coverage. Sirius and XM, even merged, have serious competition from multiple sources (ipods, FM radio, AM radio). This is not a monopoly imo."
Because we know that DVD's you buy, DVD's you rent, VCR's, over the air TV and movie theaters don't compete with TV at all, right? I see no difference between the two. If the satellite TV companies are a monopoly, so is XM-Sirius.
Slim Devices Transporter unwires high end {Engadget}
Jul 24th 2006 11:51PM "Excuse me for being ignorant, but why would you ever need a clock input for a network media player? Does it do midi as well? I don't understand..."
Some audiophiles feel that they can hear the small changes in the timing of bits in a digital signal. They call it jitter. So they spend tons of money on special clock sources to reduce jitter. It's just like $400 power cables. It's a great way to separate audiophiles from their money.
Just like audiophiles don't realize the jitter is corrected by the DAC, they don't realize their $400 power cable is fed by 10 cent a foot power cables in the wall.
Wardriver arrested for snagging coffee shop signal {Engadget}
Jun 23rd 2006 9:17PM There is a precident for this. In the USA, it is illegal to listen to 800Mhz radio broadcasts. These used to be cell phone frequencies. It doesn't matter that the signal on these frequencies is unencrypted. So, these cell phones transmitted a signal in the air, but it was illegal to listen to them with a scanner.
It's our 2nd birthday and we're giving you the presents! {Engadget}
Mar 6th 2006 4:15PM http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/25/slim-devices-gives-a-facelift-to-their-squeezebox/
This is my favorite post because sqeezeboxes are awesome.
Everyone should have one. Especially me. :) Mamma's got one afterall...
(get it?)
