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Best Options for a Home Entertainment Network?

Posted by Cliff on from the specing-it-out dept.

Vultan asks: "Now that I'm finally a proud homeowner, I'm looking to integrate my video, audio, and computer hardware. Specifically, I'd like to be able to listen to Internet radio throughout the house (or at least through my main stereo unit), and transmit video from my computer to my home theater in a separate room. I've done my share of googling, and I'm drowning in options. Wired vs. wireless, RG6 vs. CAT5e, digital vs. analog, line level vs. speaker level (for audio), etc. What kinds of technology do Slashdot readers use or recommend?"

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  1. Ostias by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First postuando!

  2. I like milk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Got milk? FP

  3. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't care as long as I get first post.

  4. Death to Decmial by Michael's+a+Jerk! · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello Everyone, Why don't people use hex in everyday math? Logically it makes more sense. It's far more efficent, requires less concentration to use and is extremely fast. The only reason we use decmial is for legacy reasons. Sure, the majority of people have ten fingers / toes, but basing our entire default number system on that is horribly offending thoses without the prereuqiesit number of digits. That's besides the point though. If we were brought up on hexadecimial instead of decmial, just think how easier life would be! No having to change the default radix on out Zilog assembler. No trouble converting to binary and back. No problems memorising ASCII codes. I for one vote we take the final step and move towards a true standard numbers system. Combine the waring factions of roman and arabic and use hex and the worldwide standard. This would be a big step towards settleting the differences between that idiot bush and italy for instance. Really though, The Roman empire may never have fallen if they had joined the trojans and adopted base 16 as a symbol of peace. Just think of the economic benefits this may have today! I strongly believe that us, readers of technical newsgroups have to intelligence and resourcenessfullness to band together in germany as a bastion of hex, and gradually take over companies that refuse to follow us. I of couse would be leader and you my loyal followers but as hexians we would truly suceed! We would rule with an steel fist!

    --

    I'm not Seth.

    1. Re:Death to Decmial by jocks · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Never, the only true system is the duo-decimal system! Base12 is the only way forward!

    2. Re:Death to Decmial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Errr. WTF. Yeah that's definatly the best option for a home multimedia system i've ever heard.

    3. Re:Death to Decmial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Why don't people use hex in everyday math? Logically it makes more sense. It's far more efficent, requires less concentration to use and is extremely fast.

      Because, as you mentioned, we're born with 10 fingers. That's why we count from 0-9, then 10-19, etc. If we had 16 fingers, we'd naturally count from 0-15 (or 0x0f), then 0x10 to 0x1f, and so on.

      If we were brought up on hexadecimial instead of decmial, just think how easier life would be!

      Try putting it the other way: What if the engineers made 10 bits inside one byte -- how much easier life would be!

      No trouble converting to binary and back.

      Who needs to convert? What, is printf("%d", 0x3cf) too hard?

      No problems memorising ASCII codes.

      Why would the ASCII codes be any easier with hexadecimals? With the "~" at ASCII 126 or 0x7e - both numbers makes just as much sense to me.

      Get a life.

  5. Re:Divide and conquer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Coming recession? I'm living in a fucking cardboard box, posting by hijacking pigeons and sending packets by that goddamned April Fool's protocol! I just had to shiv some punk for tryin' ta grab my shoes! What's that? You want some, punk??

    She29220dcjqi!@NO CARRIER

  6. The Metric System Own3s J00! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How long will it be until the US switches to Metric? 5 years? 10? How long will it be until the United States of Corperate America and their idiotic systems of measurement collapse under their own greed and backward thinking? When did Germany convert? 1875? With such a stupendous amount of forward thinking (Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion -vs- the 1990s), the 3rd world mentalaties ruling their country, and the filthy stinking rich despirately seeking every last penny from every last soul on the planet, I'd be surprised if they're not invaded within the next 10 years and raped of every last shred of humanity for their crimes.

    -The Moron Martian

  7. Re:Divide and conquer by jocks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't the residents of the USA have the highest personal debt levels in the world? The lowest production rates in the world? The least efficient transport systems in the world?

    I know I am going to get flamed here but my point is perfectly honest, the US has all the right ingredients for a major recession. The whole thing is buoyed by cheap fuel. When it runs out or the fuel gets more expensive the whole house of cards falls down.