As far as copying video off of the thing goes I bought an analog video to firewire (digital video in case you didn't know) converter. I just stream the feed off of my Tivo through the converter and into my laptop. I also picked up an 80 gig firewire harddrive. All togeather I can save about 6 hours of video to later convert to whatever format I want. I only have the one computer (that's working) so I haven't thought about trying to send the video accross a network.
I work in an ATM control center, and all our documentation, ref materials, sytem manuels, ect are on the intranet for the company. This is really great because it takes no time at all to look stuff up. But my superiors (whoa there's an oxymoron) made me spend a couple of days printing and sorting over 3000 pages of docs because they were said that we wouldn't have it if the power went out. I attempted to explain that anything that prevented access to the network where our stuff is would also prevent access to any tools we use to monitor and control our switches, but we all know how that works. Anyway my point is paperless is great assuming you are capible of accessing it.
Allright I would like to state before hand that I'm more than likely an idiot who doesn't know what he's talking about. If you feel that this is the case I welcome any corrections and/or flames. I don't have a problem with lawyers suing the the everliving crap out of anything that moves in an attempt to make as much money as possible. I have always been in favor of 6 digit bank accounts. My problem is the things that they are suing over. I don't know how amazons system works but I just cannot see any logical way that someone can say, "We do business this way with this system. We are going to get a patent for the way we do business so that no one can copy us." Isn't that a monopolistic tactic, suing someone because they have a similer ordering system. What's next... will someone be allowed to patent cash payments, or perhaps financing, or layaway. And the whole Etoys thing I don't understand how you can win an injunction against someone who was using a different name before your company even existed. Hey if someone breaks into your house steals a program that you've been working on and sells it for a million dollars, by all means sue the shit out of them. But don't think that just because you though of one way to do something no one should be allowed to do it another way.
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As far as copying video off of the thing goes I bought an analog video to firewire (digital video in case you didn't know) converter. I just stream the feed off of my Tivo through the converter and into my laptop. I also picked up an 80 gig firewire harddrive. All togeather I can save about 6 hours of video to later convert to whatever format I want. I only have the one computer (that's working) so I haven't thought about trying to send the video accross a network.
I work in an ATM control center, and all our documentation, ref materials, sytem manuels, ect are on the intranet for the company. This is really great because it takes no time at all to look stuff up. But my superiors (whoa there's an oxymoron) made me spend a couple of days printing and sorting over 3000 pages of docs because they were said that we wouldn't have it if the power went out. I attempted to explain that anything that prevented access to the network where our stuff is would also prevent access to any tools we use to monitor and control our switches, but we all know how that works. Anyway my point is paperless is great assuming you are capible of accessing it.
Allright I would like to state before hand that I'm more than likely an idiot who doesn't know what he's talking about. If you feel that this is the case I welcome any corrections and/or flames. I don't have a problem with lawyers suing the the everliving crap out of anything that moves in an attempt to make as much money as possible. I have always been in favor of 6 digit bank accounts. My problem is the things that they are suing over. I don't know how amazons system works but I just cannot see any logical way that someone can say, "We do business this way with this system. We are going to get a patent for the way we do business so that no one can copy us." Isn't that a monopolistic tactic, suing someone because they have a similer ordering system. What's next... will someone be allowed to patent cash payments, or perhaps financing, or layaway. And the whole Etoys thing I don't understand how you can win an injunction against someone who was using a different name before your company even existed. Hey if someone breaks into your house steals a program that you've been working on and sells it for a million dollars, by all means sue the shit out of them. But don't think that just because you though of one way to do something no one should be allowed to do it another way.