The idea was solid, but the laws are antiquated and the cable companies are greedy. Laws that would prevent me from re-broadcasting a cable signal to non-cable subscribers, or prevent me from streaming a signal over the internet to another region are what ultimately did this company in.
From any common sense I can possibly understand, there was no moral or legal reason to shut Aereo down. If anything, the Television companies would benefit by retaining viewers. Cable is nothing more than a utility that brings you the product, the definition of stealing cable doesn't apply, here. The backwards thing is that Cable cutters aren't just eliminating the utility, they're eliminating the product. Live Television doesn't matter anymore. Waiting for your favorite TV show to come on at 7:00PM every Wednesday has become a "Back in my day" story we tell our kids.
The cable companies own the networks and the networks are forced to participate in fast-declining business model. This is the reason why "television networks" may not be around in another 10 years.
Most computer problems can be fixed by giving the kid down the street $20. You don't need an engineer or a professional PC repairman to repair a computer problem. There are people who know their way around computers and those that don't. Computer repair stores are around to connect computer geeks like us with people who don't know an OS kernel from a popcorn kernel.
I fix computers for everyone I know and work with. It's not my job, but people know I know PCs. Same with the guy who works next door, he used to be the old computer guy.
I'm willing to bet that anyone reading this forum has never brought their computer to a "professional" for hardware or software issues. Aside from a warranty repair. If I ever put my hardware in the hands of another individual, I pull the hard drive, and I just plain don't bring my PC in for software related issues.
They've been proposing a lot of off-the-wall taxes lately. Download taxes, beer and cigerette taxes, entertainment taxes, porn taxes, fatty food taxes, internet bandwidth taxes, out-of-state goods taxes. Leave it to the government to push moral issues into profit.
I think many of the speakers in here have very little experience with the Zune. I've owned a 2nd Gen 80GB for the last 6 months, I think it's great, considering the competition.
I don't think there's anything left to be said about the iPod, most of us all know why it's so popular, yet deep down inside, it's cheap junk.
My only gripes are that the screen is too low-res for its size, and there is no adjustable EQ. The sound is great, wireless sync is cool, much less distortion at high volumes, the exterior is glass and metal, which is as durable as you can ask for a PMP, the touchpad is very nice and as close as you can get to the Vision:M. The 1st gen is ugly as sin, but the 2nd gen looks great. I'd love to see what a 3rd gen might look like if they made this much improvement the first time around. Lastly, the value per GB is excellent. $200-250 for 120GB, now.
The only 2 players I listened to that had better sound were the Cowon D2 and the Sansa Fuze, both of those units top out at 32GB Flash memory and are well over $300 for the 32GB model. The Creative X-fi supposedly sounds good, as well, but I couldn't get my hands on one. Once more, $300+ for 32GBs.
and prefer Mozilla Firefox, both Windows and IE are Microsoft products and they have every right to bundle their products. Also, why Firefox? What right does the EU have to decide Firefox is what the people want? Why not Chrome or Safari or Opera? You bundle in Firefox instead of IE, you're still hurting the competition. Some people are just going to use what they're given, what does it matter WHICH one comes bundled?
Also, Firefox isn't supported by Microsoft. Why would MS release Windows bundled with programs they do not support?
Every computer we buy has XP preinstalled or I install it.
My company typically goes through Dell and for business accounts, XP will be an option for many years to come. XP works, hands down. It's easier to train people on, it's compatible with all of our hardware/software and easy to manipulate. Vista just cannot do that, neither can Mac, Linux or any other OS. Sorry to the Linux people.
We have (4) $500k coating machines and 3 $100K measuring devices (spectrophotometes). The software running them exclusively runs on WinXP. I made the mistake of trying to put a Vista machine on the floor just last week, we tried to make it work, but in the end, I was scrambling to reformat the machine and complete an XP install.
I can't imagine any 'smart' company adopting the Vista format. It's an IT nightmare, it's software costs, downtime, training, roadblocks, and other unforeseen problems. Any XP user will tell you their XP machines are doing way too well to consider upgrading to the newer OS, the only reason they would have to run Vista is that it came bundled with a newer computer. After all the glory and shininess of Vista, the majority of users regret ever upgrading.
Funny, as fas as news goes, I thought people were only interested in:
a) The 2 girls who got kicked off an airplane because they're "Too Hot"
b) The Governor's Whore's new rap album.
I wouldn't say the news and news viewers favor non-science stories. It's probably more along the lines of there being nothing to report. People might start to think the US ISN'T the greatest country in the world if they had to start the article with "This Week in Germany..." or "It seems Sweeden has recently discovered...." God forbid somebody digs up a couple bones linking humans to monkeys, Fox wouldn't DARE put that on National television.
That's assuming the guy controlling the network isn't the same guy who's installing unauthorized software.
I am the unofficial IT guy at my work, before me, they had a guy at a company next door set up the network. We have about 30 computers around the building, a central server, a Firewall, and a T1 line, it's enough for us, and yet, I'm the only person who knows how to manage it as well as the networked systems.
At the same time, I'm the guy who fits this description, almost ALL of my productivity/non-productivity software I brought from home or is freeware, I would even consider my Linux operating system to be unauthorized. If I wanted, I could install almost any bandwidth hogging program I wanted and no one would know aside from the internet bogging down.
Most companies aren't large corporations who hire a staff to manage and secure their network. Most companies have us "Millenials" doing all of the IT stuff on the side. Very correct on network security, before I was here, there were no computers with virus/spyware scanners, users were also unknowingly opening up backdoors with the remote software they were using.
...in essence, this software performs a few program uninstallations and file deletes. It removes all of the crap you can (should be able to) remove on your own. Sorry for being so dense, I haven't spent much time on Vista, but removing things like WMP, Outlook, and MSN...sounds like crap I've been doing in XP for years. I mean, I can "Streamline" XP by removing those programs or components, deleting the setup files, and then going into Services (or msconfig) for a little process clean-up.
For some of you Vista users, does this seem like enough? Doesn't sound it to me.
I have to agree with you. I am a fan and user of Linux, but I am a person who needs Windows in order to function best, some people on here may not be able to relate. In any case, it is the reason I've been so optimistic about their Windows releases while still making sure that OS doesn't infringe on what I consider to be my rights as a user.
I find that Win98SE and 2000 had the best functionality and layout with almost no bloat (as far as I'm concerned. From then on, the OS has taken on more and more bloat and waste. I believe you can make XP run somewhat lean, but it is the heaviest operating system I would consider running. I may end up running WinXP for another 5+ years if need be.
I hope #1 and 2 come true, I think #3 has already come true.
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No big company is ever really going to go away. Even Kodak is still around and trying to rebrand themselves.
The idea was solid, but the laws are antiquated and the cable companies are greedy. Laws that would prevent me from re-broadcasting a cable signal to non-cable subscribers, or prevent me from streaming a signal over the internet to another region are what ultimately did this company in.
From any common sense I can possibly understand, there was no moral or legal reason to shut Aereo down. If anything, the Television companies would benefit by retaining viewers. Cable is nothing more than a utility that brings you the product, the definition of stealing cable doesn't apply, here. The backwards thing is that Cable cutters aren't just eliminating the utility, they're eliminating the product. Live Television doesn't matter anymore. Waiting for your favorite TV show to come on at 7:00PM every Wednesday has become a "Back in my day" story we tell our kids.
The cable companies own the networks and the networks are forced to participate in fast-declining business model. This is the reason why "television networks" may not be around in another 10 years.
Most computer problems can be fixed by giving the kid down the street $20. You don't need an engineer or a professional PC repairman to repair a computer problem. There are people who know their way around computers and those that don't. Computer repair stores are around to connect computer geeks like us with people who don't know an OS kernel from a popcorn kernel.
I fix computers for everyone I know and work with. It's not my job, but people know I know PCs. Same with the guy who works next door, he used to be the old computer guy.
I'm willing to bet that anyone reading this forum has never brought their computer to a "professional" for hardware or software issues. Aside from a warranty repair. If I ever put my hardware in the hands of another individual, I pull the hard drive, and I just plain don't bring my PC in for software related issues.
They've been proposing a lot of off-the-wall taxes lately. Download taxes, beer and cigerette taxes, entertainment taxes, porn taxes, fatty food taxes, internet bandwidth taxes, out-of-state goods taxes. Leave it to the government to push moral issues into profit.
I think many of the speakers in here have very little experience with the Zune. I've owned a 2nd Gen 80GB for the last 6 months, I think it's great, considering the competition.
I don't think there's anything left to be said about the iPod, most of us all know why it's so popular, yet deep down inside, it's cheap junk.
My only gripes are that the screen is too low-res for its size, and there is no adjustable EQ. The sound is great, wireless sync is cool, much less distortion at high volumes, the exterior is glass and metal, which is as durable as you can ask for a PMP, the touchpad is very nice and as close as you can get to the Vision:M. The 1st gen is ugly as sin, but the 2nd gen looks great. I'd love to see what a 3rd gen might look like if they made this much improvement the first time around. Lastly, the value per GB is excellent. $200-250 for 120GB, now.
The only 2 players I listened to that had better sound were the Cowon D2 and the Sansa Fuze, both of those units top out at 32GB Flash memory and are well over $300 for the 32GB model. The Creative X-fi supposedly sounds good, as well, but I couldn't get my hands on one. Once more, $300+ for 32GBs.
and prefer Mozilla Firefox, both Windows and IE are Microsoft products and they have every right to bundle their products. Also, why Firefox? What right does the EU have to decide Firefox is what the people want? Why not Chrome or Safari or Opera? You bundle in Firefox instead of IE, you're still hurting the competition. Some people are just going to use what they're given, what does it matter WHICH one comes bundled?
Also, Firefox isn't supported by Microsoft. Why would MS release Windows bundled with programs they do not support?
A convenient way to automatically sort all of my porn.
Every computer we buy has XP preinstalled or I install it.
My company typically goes through Dell and for business accounts, XP will be an option for many years to come. XP works, hands down. It's easier to train people on, it's compatible with all of our hardware/software and easy to manipulate. Vista just cannot do that, neither can Mac, Linux or any other OS. Sorry to the Linux people.
We have (4) $500k coating machines and 3 $100K measuring devices (spectrophotometes). The software running them exclusively runs on WinXP. I made the mistake of trying to put a Vista machine on the floor just last week, we tried to make it work, but in the end, I was scrambling to reformat the machine and complete an XP install.
I can't imagine any 'smart' company adopting the Vista format. It's an IT nightmare, it's software costs, downtime, training, roadblocks, and other unforeseen problems. Any XP user will tell you their XP machines are doing way too well to consider upgrading to the newer OS, the only reason they would have to run Vista is that it came bundled with a newer computer. After all the glory and shininess of Vista, the majority of users regret ever upgrading.
Funny, as fas as news goes, I thought people were only interested in: a) The 2 girls who got kicked off an airplane because they're "Too Hot" b) The Governor's Whore's new rap album. I wouldn't say the news and news viewers favor non-science stories. It's probably more along the lines of there being nothing to report. People might start to think the US ISN'T the greatest country in the world if they had to start the article with "This Week in Germany..." or "It seems Sweeden has recently discovered...." God forbid somebody digs up a couple bones linking humans to monkeys, Fox wouldn't DARE put that on National television.
That's assuming the guy controlling the network isn't the same guy who's installing unauthorized software.
I am the unofficial IT guy at my work, before me, they had a guy at a company next door set up the network. We have about 30 computers around the building, a central server, a Firewall, and a T1 line, it's enough for us, and yet, I'm the only person who knows how to manage it as well as the networked systems.
At the same time, I'm the guy who fits this description, almost ALL of my productivity/non-productivity software I brought from home or is freeware, I would even consider my Linux operating system to be unauthorized. If I wanted, I could install almost any bandwidth hogging program I wanted and no one would know aside from the internet bogging down.
Most companies aren't large corporations who hire a staff to manage and secure their network. Most companies have us "Millenials" doing all of the IT stuff on the side. Very correct on network security, before I was here, there were no computers with virus/spyware scanners, users were also unknowingly opening up backdoors with the remote software they were using.
Now, if only they could do that here, as well, along with the news and TV ads. :P
Could you hand me the whatchamacallit?
...in essence, this software performs a few program uninstallations and file deletes. It removes all of the crap you can (should be able to) remove on your own. Sorry for being so dense, I haven't spent much time on Vista, but removing things like WMP, Outlook, and MSN...sounds like crap I've been doing in XP for years. I mean, I can "Streamline" XP by removing those programs or components, deleting the setup files, and then going into Services (or msconfig) for a little process clean-up.
For some of you Vista users, does this seem like enough? Doesn't sound it to me.
I have to agree with you. I am a fan and user of Linux, but I am a person who needs Windows in order to function best, some people on here may not be able to relate. In any case, it is the reason I've been so optimistic about their Windows releases while still making sure that OS doesn't infringe on what I consider to be my rights as a user.
I find that Win98SE and 2000 had the best functionality and layout with almost no bloat (as far as I'm concerned. From then on, the OS has taken on more and more bloat and waste. I believe you can make XP run somewhat lean, but it is the heaviest operating system I would consider running. I may end up running WinXP for another 5+ years if need be.
I hope #1 and 2 come true, I think #3 has already come true.
This can charge all my wireless devices AND cook a hot pocket right on my desk?
I'll take 3.
I love how it goes from 'fat guy' to 'young, single, horny, supermodel' with no in between.