Exactly. QuickTime for Windows has been installing iTunes by default for quite some time now. The last time I downloaded QuickTime I had to hunt through Apple's site to find the standalone version.
Well the game, despite the "E" rating, was specifically engineered for the higher-pitched voices of children. I believe the manual said something about adults and those with lower-pitch voices anticipating difficulty with the voice recognition.
So then someone who is 17 years and 364 days old is somehow much, much more immature than he or she will be the next day? I don't remember having some magical boost of common sense the day I turned 18.
Are you a troll or just an idiot? Whether or not you call it theft, you can't deny that the official legal charge is that of copyright infringement. Saying "this has nothing to do with copyright infringement" shows complete ignorance of the law.
Isn't the craze about terror the reason for... well, for pretty much everything from waging a few wars to domestic spying? Well, yes, but the fear mongering seems to be less and less effective with each passing year. Last I heard the support for this administration was in the 20-30 percent range in the US.
Of course from my perspective it isn't so much opposition as it is general apathy. There are just too many people in the US that don't seem to give a damn what the government does.
Look at how scared shitless people are now, from terrorists whose biggest stunt ever was to kill about 5000 people and make a handful buildings collapse. Now? Maybe in 2001, but it seems that the fear is dying down quite a bit these days.
Yes, FireWire will provide a P2P connection with your cable box and DVR so you can change channels according to the MythTV wiki. The setup however requires some tweaking with the CLI, and the model of your cable box and FireWire card seems to matter (the wiki favors the Motorola DCTxxxx boxes).
Use your cable box's FireWire output. If your box doesn't have one, go to Time Warner and demand one with FireWire. If they refuse, file an FCC complaint.
Could be used? The fact that the warrentless wiretaps exist at all is a violation of people's privacy. That statement is like saying that someone who opened your mail without your knowledge is only violating your privacy if he tells someone important what's inside.
Sadly this is yet another case where "Insightful" is just as applicable as "Funny."
Out of every demographic in the US, it seems that the youngest voters are the most apathetic. Sure, the whole "Rock the Vote" thing may get them out to the polls thanks to its flashy-yet-empty campaign messages, but it really doesn't get them interested in the future of their country.
The saddest thing is that they don't even care about laws that directly affect them, opting to just ignore them instead of reforming them. Case in point: underage drinking. I'd say at least half of 18-20 year-olds in the US have consumed alcohol in willful violation of drinking age laws at least once, yet the number that actually take the intuitive to act on their beliefs and support a lower drinking age (apart from ranting that doesn't intend to actually change anything) is almost non-existent.
This trend of ignoring-instead-of-reforming is having serious consequences on the few that actually do take the intuitive to fight for their political beliefs, regardless of what those beliefs might be, because the entire age group is now labeled as being too naive, irresponsible, and ignorant to be taken seriously. All this thanks to the stereotypes generated by the majority.
There was this big guy in Moscow talking about destroying the US, and the rockets he had and the bomb tests he showed made it clear that he could, if he wanted. Except we pretty much always had the upper hand. Even during the Cuban missile crisis we had pretty much already surrounded the USSR with so many nukes that until that time the only way they could possibly attack the US was from the North Pole.
What you don't get is one-click integration with Amazon Unboxed and Rhapsody. Simple Device-to-Device networking, brainless remote scheduling, a low profile settop box, a superior remote control, and a polished User Interface that's Jobs-ian in it's attention to detail. Amazon Unbox? Rhapsody? Who actually uses those? Granted targeting a STB for Unbox is a much smarter idea than renting onto your PC, there's already an easier service in place that allows you to rent the movie as long as you want and lets you play it outside of your home. I believe it's called Netflix.
As for Rhapsody: very few people these days listen to their music on a proper stereo or even cheap TV speakers. Nowadays most just listen to music from their computers or their digital audio players. The only market I can think of that would make any use of Rhapsody on an STB is the audiophile market, and they sure as hel won't be using Rhapsody until they provide lossless streaming.
I will however concede that the rest of that quote has merit.
CableCARD doesn't work with a Dish. So you use an IR Blaster for that. With a DIY DVR, you use an IR Blaster whether you have a Dish OR Cable. So no, Tivo isn't perfect, but this is a far more elegant solution for Cable customers (vastly outnumbering dish customers) than using an IR Blaster. Well last I heard the Series3 won't record from satellite at all. Meanwhile MythTV can record from a cable box with FireWire, and the FCC mandates that cable companies provide a FireWire box to anyone who requests one. Have a few FireWire ports on your DVR and you don't even need capture cards or IR blasters if you use cable.
Meanwhile, national governments in the path of the fungus are telling folks that there is nothing to worry about. You heard them. Move along people, nothing to see here.
Most revealing is the claim that Nintendo has been secretly 'waging war' on the likes of Sony and Microsoft by capitalizing on frustrations over cuts to the Xbox Live Arcade royalty rate (down from 70% to 35% for any game making under $4m in revenue) It can't be that difficult to make 4 millidollars on Xbox Live.
Today, the 14th of March, is Pi Day 2008. Pi Day is internationally celebrated in honor of the mathematical constant "Pi," who's actual value will -- now and forever -- remain unknown. Seems kind of unnecessary to explain what Pi is on a site like Slashdot.
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Exactly. QuickTime for Windows has been installing iTunes by default for quite some time now. The last time I downloaded QuickTime I had to hunt through Apple's site to find the standalone version.
Well the game, despite the "E" rating, was specifically engineered for the higher-pitched voices of children. I believe the manual said something about adults and those with lower-pitch voices anticipating difficulty with the voice recognition.
What? Oh. Sorry. I thought that you were saying that you were posting as a citizen of China.
Retribution from the FBI, no. But you, sir, have much to fear from your own government just for accessing this site.
So then someone who is 17 years and 364 days old is somehow much, much more immature than he or she will be the next day? I don't remember having some magical boost of common sense the day I turned 18.
Are you a troll or just an idiot? Whether or not you call it theft, you can't deny that the official legal charge is that of copyright infringement. Saying "this has nothing to do with copyright infringement" shows complete ignorance of the law.
Of course from my perspective it isn't so much opposition as it is general apathy. There are just too many people in the US that don't seem to give a damn what the government does.
Yes, FireWire will provide a P2P connection with your cable box and DVR so you can change channels according to the MythTV wiki. The setup however requires some tweaking with the CLI, and the model of your cable box and FireWire card seems to matter (the wiki favors the Motorola DCTxxxx boxes).
Use your cable box's FireWire output. If your box doesn't have one, go to Time Warner and demand one with FireWire. If they refuse, file an FCC complaint.
Could be used? The fact that the warrentless wiretaps exist at all is a violation of people's privacy. That statement is like saying that someone who opened your mail without your knowledge is only violating your privacy if he tells someone important what's inside.
Sadly this is yet another case where "Insightful" is just as applicable as "Funny."
Out of every demographic in the US, it seems that the youngest voters are the most apathetic. Sure, the whole "Rock the Vote" thing may get them out to the polls thanks to its flashy-yet-empty campaign messages, but it really doesn't get them interested in the future of their country.
The saddest thing is that they don't even care about laws that directly affect them, opting to just ignore them instead of reforming them. Case in point: underage drinking. I'd say at least half of 18-20 year-olds in the US have consumed alcohol in willful violation of drinking age laws at least once, yet the number that actually take the intuitive to act on their beliefs and support a lower drinking age (apart from ranting that doesn't intend to actually change anything) is almost non-existent.
This trend of ignoring-instead-of-reforming is having serious consequences on the few that actually do take the intuitive to fight for their political beliefs, regardless of what those beliefs might be, because the entire age group is now labeled as being too naive, irresponsible, and ignorant to be taken seriously. All this thanks to the stereotypes generated by the majority.
As for Rhapsody: very few people these days listen to their music on a proper stereo or even cheap TV speakers. Nowadays most just listen to music from their computers or their digital audio players. The only market I can think of that would make any use of Rhapsody on an STB is the audiophile market, and they sure as hel won't be using Rhapsody until they provide lossless streaming.
I will however concede that the rest of that quote has merit.
Has this TiVo Desktop update added closed caption embedding, or was it always there?
I would read the article, but Slashdot rules dictate otherwise.
DRM-protected MP3s?
DOES NOT COMPUTE.
Great. Among everything else we now have to worry about illegal wheat crossing the border.
Ask Phillip J. Fry.
Of course that would create a great-great-great...grandfather paradox, which may or may not be worse depending on your theory on paradoxes.
I'm not sure if it's this post that invokes Godwin's Law or the one above it.
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