I'm going to buy an MP3 player. Previous attempts at this have been less than successful. I used to have one of the first D-Link MP3 players, it worked well, held about 8MB of music and was eventually dropped by someone else. Hardly amazing by today's standards, but it worked while it lasted. I bought an RCA Lyra to replace it. Worst piece of crap ever. The link software was written by an illiterate monkey and the thing died a few days after the warranty expired.

So, anyway, I'm going to buy another MP3 player. It needs to survive being worn while running, so disk-based players are out. Ogg and Linux support would be nice.

Any suggestions?

username: RandomPeon
Case Type: Heresy
Summary: IT dept contains infidels
Addtional details:

Vi is installed on HP-UX machines by IT with system image. Emacs is not. Users, even local root users, are not able to cleanse machines except of the actual vi executable (/bin/vi). Emacs depot file does not install, Emacs does not compile!!!! When Judgement comes, Unix support group will pay dearly.

Superwidgets are the new big thing. They consist of a subwidget, several microwidgets, a foo-joiner, a blarg-tensioner, and come with a widget spanner. The Superwidget will begin production next Tuesday at 4 PM central time if all design is completed on time. The manual for the Superwidget is already written. It is as follows:

"Thank you for purchasing a Superwidget. They are the best thing since sliced bread. Maybe better. Use your superwidget correctly. Store in a cool dry place. Harmful or fatal if swallowed. Keep out of reach of children."

I needed 1 GB of memory and 2 2.4GHz Xeons at >90% CPU utilization to tell you this. And a "medium" Oracle DB (just a few gigabytes of tables). Oh, and an LDAP server. And let's not forget the really fucked-up webserver. And 3 entire days.

Holy shit, our application is, ummmm, resource-intensive.