[ale] Car PC's and internet radio?

[Ned Williams]

Adoption of Mobile Internet radio is an ALTERNATIVE to sat radio..maybe some
of us do not want to give all our Money to Hughes or Sirrus....But hey why
improve linux when we have this GREAT vista sitting right here for just $$$
dollars...


On 4/16/07, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>
> > I was just curious if anyone out in ALE land has not only added a linux
> box
> > of their choice of flavor to their car..but if they also given it enough
> > mobile bandwidth so sustain an internet radio feed. I have done this
> with my
>
> While I have an EVDO Verizon connection in my truck/car via a WinMobile
> powered Motorola Q.. ( a love/hate thing ).. great for emergency 'net
> access.
>
> [opinion style="flame-suit:on;"]
> That is just an inane waste of expensive bursty poorly connected
> bandwidth.
> [/opinion]
>
> Save a few hours of your fav net radio "channels" to HD
> and play them back via CD or Line-In or MP3-Player.
> It's not like they are really live anyway... (most of them
> are not.. at least, not the bad techno/trance/ambient
> channels I listen too).
>
> XMMS does a great job of saving streams..
>
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