Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8357 posts, RR: 47 Posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 890 times:
...the iTrip in particular.
Ever since I've put this little gadget to use, i.e. since being away from my own stereo and iPod dock, it has fascinated me. Whoever came up with the idea needs to be promoted!
I'm currently using it so the iPod can remain plugged in for charging, listening to music via the FM radio in my phone. I've also used it in conjuction with an old radio, and I mean a 50 year old radio which is still working perfectly fine. Then I've played iPod music on the low-fi radio in the kitchen... tomorrow I'll probably end up using it in the car on a long-ish road trip.
Brilliant!
Now I've got a question: since I'm in love with the MacBook Pro and its auto-adjusting display and keyboard backlight brightness - does it work smoothly and seamlessly?
[Edited 2006-08-11 23:45:18]
Walk together, talk together all ye peoples of the earth. Then, and only then, shall ye have peace.
Ajd1992 From UK - England, joined Jul 2006, 2645 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 873 times:
Aloges, you do know iTrips are illegal in Germany don't you? Would be quite funny if a police car was behind you and all he could hear was a dose of something like Die Toten Hosen or Die Ärtze
Quoting Ajd1992 (Reply 2): Aloges, you do know iTrips are illegal in Germany don't you?
Not anymore, AFAIK - at least the guy at customs didn't seem to be bothered at all when I murmured "that's one of those FM transmitters that are now legal in Germany".
Quoting Ajd1992 (Reply 2): something like Die Toten Hosen or Die Ärtze
I'd be safe in case he heard that. I'm listening to sigur rós, but obviously that has nothing to do with the KEF meet thread. Or does it?
[Edited 2006-08-12 00:47:27]
Walk together, talk together all ye peoples of the earth. Then, and only then, shall ye have peace.
That's correct. I believe Austria and Britain are the last remaining EU member states that do not allow iTrip. So no office pranks with that thingy are possible there.
Quoting Aloges (Reply 3): I'm listening to sigur rós,
Good choice, although I only like the music, not the voice.
PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10 Reply 5, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 846 times:
Quoting Aloges (Reply 3): Not anymore, AFAIK - at least the guy at customs didn't seem to be bothered at all when I murmured "that's one of those FM transmitters that are now legal in Germany".
Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8357 posts, RR: 47 Reply 7, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 840 times:
Quoting NoUFO (Reply 4): Good choice, although I only like the music, not the voice.
Just the idea of playing a guitar with a violin bow is enough reason to try it out. Now playing: hoppípolla.
Quoting PanAm330 (Reply 5): Why were they outlawed in the first place?
It could be that they were simply never allowed, which in the case of radio transmitting equipment means they were outlawed. Bear in mind Germany is the country where you (will) have to get TV licences for computers and mobile phones - regulation hell.
Walk together, talk together all ye peoples of the earth. Then, and only then, shall ye have peace.
NoUFO From Germany, joined Apr 2001, 7796 posts, RR: 13 Reply 8, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 836 times:
Quoting Aloges (Reply 7): Just the idea of playing a guitar with a violin bow is enough reason to try it out.
Actually, I did so before them. I strummed my guitar with basically everything: rulers, bows, a blank sheet of paper ...
But I have to admit they are better than I was.
Quoting Aloges (Reply 7): Bear in mind Germany is the country where you (will) have to get TV licences for computers and mobile phones - regulation hell.
PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10 Reply 9, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 830 times:
Quoting Aloges (Reply 7): It could be that they were simply never allowed, which in the case of radio transmitting equipment means they were outlawed. Bear in mind Germany is the country where you (will) have to get TV licences for computers and mobile phones - regulation hell.
I see. Now, I knew that other countries were a lot more regulated/strict on things, but licenses for computers and phones? That's insane.
AerospaceFan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 830 times:
I, too, have a device that can broadcast iPods, CD players, and other kinds of output to any FM radio, and it works quite well.
I simply must comment about the tomato radio: It should fetch quite a good price on eBay, if AsstChiefMark should ever decide to part with it. It looks like nothing on the market today! (Except, of course, in the produce department....) [Edit: I did find a tomato radio on the market today, after all -- see next message of mine in this thread.]
Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8357 posts, RR: 47 Reply 11, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 827 times:
Quoting NoUFO (Reply 8): Maybe you want to sign a petition against it
Done! I know it won't change anything since I certainly haven't filled in form NG-22/x.R9*, annex B-2.7a correctly, but at least I'm raising my low voice.
Walk together, talk together all ye peoples of the earth. Then, and only then, shall ye have peace.
AerospaceFan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 821 times:
Correction to an earlier post: I did find another tomato radio just now, but it's not quite the same. This one is much more literal and therefore, in my view, a bit less fun:
NoUFO From Germany, joined Apr 2001, 7796 posts, RR: 13 Reply 13, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 811 times:
Quoting PanAm330 (Reply 9): I knew that other countries were a lot more regulated/strict on things
Dunno ... more strict on transmitters maybe, but not on other gadgets as far as I know.
Quoting PanAm330 (Reply 9): but licenses for computers and phones? That's insane.
More precisely TV licenses (from next year on) if they have access to the internet. The wanna-be reason behind that is that public broadcasting corporations obtain most of their revenue from viewer subscriptions. The downside is that if you have a TV or radio at home, you'll have to pay the subscription fees no matter if you watch their program or stick to private broadcasters. The system was allright back in the 50s or 60s when there were no private broadcasters and many housholds still didn't have TV, but nowadays it's a dinosaur unwilling to finally extinct. Those public broadcasters now had the funny idea that mobile phones and computers with access to the internet are basically TV sets, since they can receive public web TV - only that there is no basically such thing and that I want to use E-Mail and the WWW without paying viewer subscriptions for crying out loud.
Next time I'll vote for whatever politician who promises to get rid of all that (unless he's far-left or far-right).
NoUFO From Germany, joined Apr 2001, 7796 posts, RR: 13 Reply 14, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 806 times:
Quoting Aloges (Reply 11): but at least I'm raising my low voice.
I'm seriously considering not to pay anything. If they want to get payed for whatever they plan to broadcast via the net, they could still use paypal or something along that line. As a member of openBC, I pay some 5 or 6 Euro for their service, as do first class members here on a.net. GEZ want 17 Euro flat*. And what for? Instead they could say "fine, pay 0.50 or 1 euro if want to see 'Tagesschau' online", just like Spiegel Online or other websites do.
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I'm listening to sigur rós, but obviously that has nothing to do with the KEF meet thread. Or does it?
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