Facebook killed the radio star. And by radio star, I mean the premise of distributed forums around the internet. And that got got by Instagram/SnapChat. And that got got by TikTok. Where the fuck is the internet we once knew?
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AFAIK the best compression on mp3 files is rar. gzip and bzip2 fail to compare to how much space you can save. (the half a megabyte that is)
Speak for yourself. I'm probably the closest one on the forums, excluding his girlfriend.
What I highly recommend is putting together a project proposal and see if they'll give you an internship. I'll clarify.
I found out the Microsoft recruiter for my university is Kim Bremmer (you can find this out at http://www.microsoft.com/college/). I didn't get the internship I applied for a while ago; however, when I was last on my let's-get-a-Microsoft-gig hype time, I sent her an e-mail asking, essentially, "If I put a project proposal together for something that would add value to a current Microsoft product, could I get an internship working on that project?" She told me, essentially, "Put the project proposal together and then we'll talk."
That was more work than I had time for at the time, but I am fairly certain that they're not averse to looking into new and creative ways. Their internships have great package benefits, and who knows? You could be building a Microsoft battlebot running XP Embedded, while they're paying you to do something that you wanted to do (basically) anyway. Then you could get parts and stuff for free too, *and* have the advantage of hardware pros like the people at the Xbox 360 division.
Of course, then you trade-off the notion of not being singularly identified with the project. But it's still not a bad gig.
That might be way more in-depth than you had in mind, but it's probably worth considering.
I compared the one I bought (naked) to an equivalent one (with Windows). They were both low end, but the naked one I bought was about $1300 and the one with Windows was a little over $1500. That's a difference. Although technically, the laptop came with (not installed) a cd for Thiz Linux. I still have the cd somewhere..I'm not really sure equivalent is good enough when you are only talking about $200. It hard to know what the discount these places are getting is but I suspect it is a large amount and that other variations between the two computers account for the majority of the price difference.
I wish they would give me the option. It's fine if most computers come with Windows, but it would be nice if I could give up the license they'd be giving me in exchange for $150 or something.I think attempting to get $ back for not getting Windows is unlikely to happen. I also accept that Microsoft may have some sort of lockin deal so the company may not be installing Windows on the computer but they are still paying for a license for it. This may account for the fact that there doesn't seem to be any real price difference.
It annoys me that Microsoft pressures them not to sell naked PCs, though. Forcing people to buy Windows (or another OS) when they buy their computer isn't the best way to stop piracy.
You know, Microsoft is always trying to market themselves. You might try to exploit that by trying to get them to license you a copy of Windows XP Embedded. Tell them you'll advertise that they donated to your project.
