But TiVo is more than just a DVR. I have a 4 year old standalone TiVo series 1. I recently got the Scientific Atlanta HD DVR, which also has 4 tuners (2 of which you can use at once) and a 160GB HD. It integrated very nicely.
On the downside the TiVo has very good duplicate recording supression, the ability to record new shows only, the keyword wishlist capability (to record by actor/actress, title keyword, etc.), and scheduling support for shows that don't air at the same time. I took the Cable companies box back.
On the other hand, I already have the TiVo completely paid for and my lifetime subscription was only $199. The cable companies offering was $7 month when bundled with cable Internet service. Price wise the cable company won big, but if I could get a cable HD TiVo that did everything the same, but cost 3x more, I would probably still go that route, it is EASILY that much better.
Ah, but if they have a reputation for granting, people will file more junk patents.
If they start rejectiong patents it would not take long for people to wise up and only file legitimate (define that how you would like) patents. Their income would fall rapidly.
Its amazing. Government is just like every company, species, etc. It grows as fast as it can given the enviroment. We need Libertarian pricipals so that we can check this, cutting fat inefficient agencies. This is just as predators check the rabit population.
Comercial wireless isn't more secure than hobbiest, but I have found a hudge difference in reliability.
A large difference is just in the quality of the hardware and access point. Linksys doesn't cut it if the wireless must be reliable all the time.
A Cisco 1200 Access Point will give you a solid connection when the others won't. The radio on the client side doesn't matter as much when you transmit with an extra 6db, AND have another 6db in recieve sensitivity.
But how many coffee shops are going to spend $500-1000 on something they are giving away for free when they can get one for $50?
That number is about double what we consume, if you mean gasoline. The 1050 gallons a year / person seems accurate (20 gallons a week), that is only among people who drive.
In 2003 We consumed 20 Million Barrels per day. (ref: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/usa.html). That would be 7.3 Billion barrels a year.
There are 42 Gallons per barrel, which gives us 306 Billion Gallons per year of crude oil. This number seems very close to 297 Billion Gallons, until you note that only 45% of this is used for automotive fuel.
What is likely is that the cable companies phone service will work better anyways.
While their phone service is going to be IP based, it isn't going to be Internet based.
I live in an area where it is being beta tested, and I understand they are using an ATA with an integrated cable modem that installs at the phone box. This would allow them to tie into your wiring, provide real 911 service (the box isn't portable enought that you are likely to take it anywhere) etc.. It will use a diferent private addressing scheem and QOS end to end on their own gateway. Chances are it will use bandwith allocated seperately from the actual cable modems, so there should be no impact to other services such as Vonage or Broadvoice.
For them not to do this would be crazy. They are going to be trying to take on the Bells, and while Vonage is great for geeks, I can cause it to break up with heavy file transfers.
On the other side, the cable companies service which is currently being advertised is somewhere well in between the Vonage and SBC pricing.
I for one don't download mp3 files. I don't buy CD's either.
I have been content to build my DVD movie collection with the money that would have been spent on CD's. As bad as the MPAA is, I still feel like I am getting a valuable product from them. I would like to be able to play them on a Linux laptop, but I haven't had linux on the desktop/laptop for a year or 2 now, only having it on my servers.
The MPAA is bad, but the RIAA is worse. I get what music I still listen to either over the radio, or at a concert.
There are times that I hear about a new CD and think about buying it, but so far I have not done so because of the RIAA lawsuits.
On the same token, I currently pay $60/mo for digital cable when I could get DirecTV for $40, because I think the DirecTV lawsuits of people who bought smart card programmers were crazy. The HD TiVo may cause me to violate my ideals though.
Get with it, any mail admin worth his pay will setup SMTP auth, and if nessesary allow authenticated submissions on a port other than 25 (587 if memory serves) to allow users to send mail from places that block 25.
In the case of a home mail server (I have one), you list your ISP's mail servers in your SPF record.
Given mail forwarding issues, I think I want to take a closer look at Yahoo's service. It is more complicated, but definately looks like it might fit the bill a little better.
I solved the problem buy using UPS's that have a battery remaining readout instead of an on battery signal, and go to 10%, if the computer comes back on and then the power fails again, it shuts down as soon as it hits 10%.
Now to be able to charge quickly is still a good thing, but it doesn't seem like the best place for these batteries. I want them in my laptop.
The only use I can really see for this is to run servers where you aren't allowed (brain dead ISPs, etc.) As a security method I think it is a bad idea.
I think we need to focus on cleaning code, using proper passwords and encryption, and having sensible policies, such as locking out accounts for a pre determined amount of time after a login failure.
Port knocking probably will never catch on for more than a few paranoid people because it requires too much of a change on the client side. It generates more traffic.
We have secure protocols. I believe priviledge seperation, non-executable stacks, and strong authentication systems are a lot better than some knocking scheeme (which could be easily sniffed, unless it changes, but you would know it was there).
If the DNS issues are so bad, just use someone else DNS. All (or maybe only most by now) the tier 1 ISPs DNS servers will respond to a query.
Points 5 and 6 were eliminated because Taco is looking at using their new router, not the old stuff.
I have used ssh on the old system, and found it to be sufficiently usable. Its significantly better than ssh on a dialup link that is also running an ftp.
My only complaint has been their broken NAT implementations. VPN, server processes, etc, you are just flat out of luck. Make sure you pay the extra (I believe it is quite a bit extra) to get a routable IP.
I have no idea where they can get actual enforcement authority, but there is no excuse for street vendors blatantly sellling unauthorized copiers. If Kazaa and mp3s are in a gray area, this is clear cut.
Lets hope the RIAA keeps their new focus, and doesn't sue any more 12 year olds.
It isn't the age of the DVD player, its the price. On my 4.5yr old DVD player, I never noticed a pause at all, but I have seen it at other peoples houses. But can you even buy a single disk DVD player for $350 anymore? A couple of months ago I got a new Sony Progressive scan, and it was only $140.
But if they have an established provider such as Wayport handle it, it doesn't cost them as much to collect the fee.
Wayport had to develop the software to support wired connections in Hotel rooms a long time ago.
And the DHCP lease and DNS are let through. It will intercept the first web connection and send you to a sign in page.
I haven't used the service at McDonalds (not lucky enough to be in an area with the pilot service), but I have used pay for access service at public places such as airports.
When talking about techinical details, people should point out whether they are in San Fransico or New York, they are being handled by different providers with different software.
The Sun Grid software does the same stuff just as well, its open source, and after the NSA's contributions to SE Linux they must be ok with that.
Platforms software is very expensive.
Many of the car related devices the article refered to are excelent for someone who is disabled, and I am sure the technology can be applied to more "usefull" applications.
The power door, self adjusting seat and the keyless entry all make lots of sense for someone who is disabled (whether a wheelchair user, or with arthritis, etc...).
The fingerprint scanner could save a single women from being mugged after dropping her keys.
The real uses often don't justify the price tag of development, but the leasure uses provide the needed funding.
It doesn't even have to be RF equipment. I was on a private flight ina 6 seat single engine plane, and I asked the pilot if I could get power for my laptop. Fortunately we hadn't taken off or even begun to taxi, because the inverter created a very loud 60hz buzz on the radio and there is no telling what else it affected.
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But TiVo is more than just a DVR. I have a 4 year old standalone TiVo series 1. I recently got the Scientific Atlanta HD DVR, which also has 4 tuners (2 of which you can use at once) and a 160GB HD. It integrated very nicely.
On the downside the TiVo has very good duplicate recording supression, the ability to record new shows only, the keyword wishlist capability (to record by actor/actress, title keyword, etc.), and scheduling support for shows that don't air at the same time. I took the Cable companies box back.
On the other hand, I already have the TiVo completely paid for and my lifetime subscription was only $199. The cable companies offering was $7 month when bundled with cable Internet service. Price wise the cable company won big, but if I could get a cable HD TiVo that did everything the same, but cost 3x more, I would probably still go that route, it is EASILY that much better.
Ah, but if they have a reputation for granting, people will file more junk patents.
If they start rejectiong patents it would not take long for people to wise up and only file legitimate (define that how you would like) patents. Their income would fall rapidly.
Its amazing. Government is just like every company, species, etc. It grows as fast as it can given the enviroment. We need Libertarian pricipals so that we can check this, cutting fat inefficient agencies. This is just as predators check the rabit population.
Comercial wireless isn't more secure than hobbiest, but I have found a hudge difference in reliability.
A large difference is just in the quality of the hardware and access point. Linksys doesn't cut it if the wireless must be reliable all the time.
A Cisco 1200 Access Point will give you a solid connection when the others won't. The radio on the client side doesn't matter as much when you transmit with an extra 6db, AND have another 6db in recieve sensitivity.
But how many coffee shops are going to spend $500-1000 on something they are giving away for free when they can get one for $50?
I am one of millions on a cable modem with no NAT other than what my gateway provides. Glad that gateway isn't one of these.
I don't know what your experience is, but the vast majority of DSL and cable modem services I have used implement no NAT whatsoever.
That number is about double what we consume, if you mean gasoline. The 1050 gallons a year / person seems accurate (20 gallons a week), that is only among people who drive.
In 2003 We consumed 20 Million Barrels per day. (ref: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/usa.html). That would be 7.3 Billion barrels a year.
There are 42 Gallons per barrel, which gives us 306 Billion Gallons per year of crude oil. This number seems very close to 297 Billion Gallons, until you note that only 45% of this is used for automotive fuel.
What is likely is that the cable companies phone service will work better anyways.
While their phone service is going to be IP based, it isn't going to be Internet based.
I live in an area where it is being beta tested, and I understand they are using an ATA with an integrated cable modem that installs at the phone box. This would allow them to tie into your wiring, provide real 911 service (the box isn't portable enought that you are likely to take it anywhere) etc.. It will use a diferent private addressing scheem and QOS end to end on their own gateway. Chances are it will use bandwith allocated seperately from the actual cable modems, so there should be no impact to other services such as Vonage or Broadvoice.
For them not to do this would be crazy. They are going to be trying to take on the Bells, and while Vonage is great for geeks, I can cause it to break up with heavy file transfers.
On the other side, the cable companies service which is currently being advertised is somewhere well in between the Vonage and SBC pricing.
I for one don't download mp3 files. I don't buy CD's either.
I have been content to build my DVD movie collection with the money that would have been spent on CD's. As bad as the MPAA is, I still feel like I am getting a valuable product from them. I would like to be able to play them on a Linux laptop, but I haven't had linux on the desktop/laptop for a year or 2 now, only having it on my servers.
The MPAA is bad, but the RIAA is worse. I get what music I still listen to either over the radio, or at a concert.
There are times that I hear about a new CD and think about buying it, but so far I have not done so because of the RIAA lawsuits.
On the same token, I currently pay $60/mo for digital cable when I could get DirecTV for $40, because I think the DirecTV lawsuits of people who bought smart card programmers were crazy. The HD TiVo may cause me to violate my ideals though.
Get with it, any mail admin worth his pay will setup SMTP auth, and if nessesary allow authenticated submissions on a port other than 25 (587 if memory serves) to allow users to send mail from places that block 25.
In the case of a home mail server (I have one), you list your ISP's mail servers in your SPF record.
Given mail forwarding issues, I think I want to take a closer look at Yahoo's service. It is more complicated, but definately looks like it might fit the bill a little better.
Did you miss that this was NEC? They don't have to work like a small startup.
I solved the problem buy using UPS's that have a battery remaining readout instead of an on battery signal, and go to 10%, if the computer comes back on and then the power fails again, it shuts down as soon as it hits 10%.
Now to be able to charge quickly is still a good thing, but it doesn't seem like the best place for these batteries. I want them in my laptop.
The only use I can really see for this is to run servers where you aren't allowed (brain dead ISPs, etc.) As a security method I think it is a bad idea.
I think we need to focus on cleaning code, using proper passwords and encryption, and having sensible policies, such as locking out accounts for a pre determined amount of time after a login failure.
Port knocking probably will never catch on for more than a few paranoid people because it requires too much of a change on the client side. It generates more traffic.
We have secure protocols. I believe priviledge seperation, non-executable stacks, and strong authentication systems are a lot better than some knocking scheeme (which could be easily sniffed, unless it changes, but you would know it was there).
We need to focus on security, not obsfication.
If the DNS issues are so bad, just use someone else DNS. All (or maybe only most by now) the tier 1 ISPs DNS servers will respond to a query.
Points 5 and 6 were eliminated because Taco is looking at using their new router, not the old stuff.
I have used ssh on the old system, and found it to be sufficiently usable. Its significantly better than ssh on a dialup link that is also running an ftp.
My only complaint has been their broken NAT implementations. VPN, server processes, etc, you are just flat out of luck. Make sure you pay the extra (I believe it is quite a bit extra) to get a routable IP.
I have no idea where they can get actual enforcement authority, but there is no excuse for street vendors blatantly sellling unauthorized copiers. If Kazaa and mp3s are in a gray area, this is clear cut.
Lets hope the RIAA keeps their new focus, and doesn't sue any more 12 year olds.
It isn't the age of the DVD player, its the price. On my 4.5yr old DVD player, I never noticed a pause at all, but I have seen it at other peoples houses. But can you even buy a single disk DVD player for $350 anymore? A couple of months ago I got a new Sony Progressive scan, and it was only $140.
But these are BITS per second, in the terms of Bytes, which are 8 bits, the contect switches to powers of 2 described earlier.
It may be stupid, but its been defined this way as an industry standard for a very long time.
The DMCA is larger than most provisions that get tacked on to other bills.
The DMCA was a bill of its own.
I have no idea where the 4th power bit comes from, but if it is true you need to figure in the tire factor first, then raise to the 4th power.
The 4th power doesn't sound far off at all though.
The provider I use (Verizon) uses GPS to meet the US E911 requirements. It has an option to turn GPS off for non 911 calls.
To the best of my knowledge Verizon relys on this GPS data and doesn't have the hardward and software to triangulate.
I have read that you can call a vonage user with @sip.vonage.com
Haven't tested this, and I have no idea how to initiate calls in the other direction.
But if they have an established provider such as Wayport handle it, it doesn't cost them as much to collect the fee.
Wayport had to develop the software to support wired connections in Hotel rooms a long time ago.
And the DHCP lease and DNS are let through. It will intercept the first web connection and send you to a sign in page.
I haven't used the service at McDonalds (not lucky enough to be in an area with the pilot service), but I have used pay for access service at public places such as airports.
When talking about techinical details, people should point out whether they are in San Fransico or New York, they are being handled by different providers with different software.
No, the bad guys (Evil Patent Lawyers) will definately win, regardless of the outcome.
The Sun Grid software does the same stuff just as well, its open source, and after the NSA's contributions to SE Linux they must be ok with that. Platforms software is very expensive.
Many of the car related devices the article refered to are excelent for someone who is disabled, and I am sure the technology can be applied to more "usefull" applications.
The power door, self adjusting seat and the keyless entry all make lots of sense for someone who is disabled (whether a wheelchair user, or with arthritis, etc...).
The fingerprint scanner could save a single women from being mugged after dropping her keys.
The real uses often don't justify the price tag of development, but the leasure uses provide the needed funding.
He meant it won't play SVCDs.
It doesn't even have to be RF equipment. I was on a private flight ina 6 seat single engine plane, and I asked the pilot if I could get power for my laptop. Fortunately we hadn't taken off or even begun to taxi, because the inverter created a very loud 60hz buzz on the radio and there is no telling what else it affected.