You're right, but it's going to take time to move on to new ideas. HTML5 is awesome, but certainly not ubiquitous. ANY internet enabled device that does not provide users with the ability to view content that is EVERYWHERE on the internet is going to give the customer who purchases that device a limited internet experience. Sure Flash sucks, but it's out there, and it's all over the place. It's just plain stupid to not give customers the ability to view that content.
It's actually very easy to softhack the Apple TV. Doing so will still retain all of the original functionality, it just adds additional content.
I hacked mine and now I have all of my DVD's on an external HD and can pull them all up at any time through XBMC. XBMC also plays a variety of movie formats that are not Apple Standard. One thing the ATV does not do is 1080p video. Nor does it have any browsing or streaming video. However, as you mentioned, the podcasts are great, it has dozens of streaming radio stations, and with XBMC (or Boxee which is also installed) you can tons of different types of movies on it. It handles pretty much anything I really need it to do and with Netflix streaming over my PS3, I never even need to rent movies on it anymore.
However, since the main topic is about getting web-based content, the Apple TV isn't the best. It has a severely limited capability in that area. I've been considering upgrading to a MacMini simply to watch web-based content. With a MacMini, I'll still have XBMC, iTunes will still provide Podcasts and streaming Radio Stations, and I'll also have a browser for all web-content. Plus newer machines should have no problem decoding 1080p video (I would assume). And the MacMini has a very small footprint so it's easy to hide next to the TV. There may be some cheaper alternatives out there, but the Mini will provide everything in the same format I'm used to using with minimal headaches to get everything working.
But we Chinese have such tiny penis! How could we do such things with such tiny penis? You Americans have such gargantuan penis that you so much better than us!
(Yes, I do know that when South Park did this joke, they were really Japanese)
And their weight, and their hair, and if their "sexy clothes" really look sexy, and their breath, and your breath, and their THIS, and their THAT, etc, etc, etc, etc....
It's amazing how much crap is going on in their heads during sex.
I've heard some random statistic that every 30 seconds, men think about sex. It's probably bullshit, but I wouldn't be surprised if porn sites got increased traffic every 30 seconds!:)
I'm going to go with 'goodluckwiththat'. As long as Telecoms have lobbyists who contribute huge amounts of money to the campaigns of politicians who greatly desire money, I'm not holding my breath that laws like this will easily pass.
I think he means it should be hardwired into the unit to NEVER EVER exceed a certain level of X-Ray radiation. That should be the default. If there's some medical reason why the dosage needs to increase, you should have to turn it UP to that dosage and then the machine should reset itself to the default. There should NEVER be a problem of the machine defaulting to an extremely high level of radiation requiring personnel to turn it down. It should always start out low in case some dumbass technician runs the machine without making any changes.
I was just looking at trying to get a new cell phone for my wife. As a curiosity, I went and looked at iPhones just to see what the plans were. If you buy an iPhone, you're REQUIRED to pay $30 for the unlimited data and text messaging plan. They won't sell you an iPhone without that plan. (at least from the website)
More importantly, who cares? If there's a mass exodus of 15-24 year olds from Facebook because it's "uncool", does it really matter? Let them go on Facebook.
I think it's even simpler than selling Apple's vision. It's money, plain and simple. The reason they're up in arms about it is because of the iTunes Store. Any way to open up the usability of iPod is a way for them to lose revenue on the sales of movies, tv shows, and music from the iTunes store. Sure, they make money selling iPods; but the real reason to sell iPods, and Video iPods, isn't just to sell more iPods than Zunes. It is so that they can get millions of dollars of residual sales from the iTunes Store. THAT'S why they're against opening up the iPod. They lose all that extra money if there's an easy way for people to jailbreak their iPods so they don't have to come to Apple to buy media to fill the iPods.
Don't worry, as soon as 802.11n is finalized, technology will have progressed to 802.11o so we'll have to wait another 3 years until that is finalized. At which point, we'll have 802.11p.:)
I know it's a joke, but isn't there really an actual glitch? How consistently can you "drop" something off of flypaper? Isn't the point of flypaper to trap the insects so that they DON'T easily come off?
I wonder what evidence they could have found about hacking into the school's computers to change grades. Would he be stupid enough to keep a log of all IP numbers he connected to so there would be a nice trail to follow right to the school's sever? If someone hacked a server, wouldn't you need to look at that server to find evidence that there was a connection with a particular person/IP number?
It seems ridiculous to the point of absurdity that they even put that in the warrant in the first place.
Yahoo! Research will award a cash prize of 500 Euros to the winner of the competition.
Wow, 500 Euros for solving a problem that every single college in the world would pay good money to have? Sounds like a gyp for the guy who wins.
"Yeah, thanks for spending time and effort to solve this complex problem. Here's your 500 Euros. Now we're going to go sell that pants off of this and make millions. Have a nice day!"
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You're right, but it's going to take time to move on to new ideas. HTML5 is awesome, but certainly not ubiquitous. ANY internet enabled device that does not provide users with the ability to view content that is EVERYWHERE on the internet is going to give the customer who purchases that device a limited internet experience. Sure Flash sucks, but it's out there, and it's all over the place. It's just plain stupid to not give customers the ability to view that content.
It's actually very easy to softhack the Apple TV. Doing so will still retain all of the original functionality, it just adds additional content.
I hacked mine and now I have all of my DVD's on an external HD and can pull them all up at any time through XBMC. XBMC also plays a variety of movie formats that are not Apple Standard. One thing the ATV does not do is 1080p video. Nor does it have any browsing or streaming video. However, as you mentioned, the podcasts are great, it has dozens of streaming radio stations, and with XBMC (or Boxee which is also installed) you can tons of different types of movies on it. It handles pretty much anything I really need it to do and with Netflix streaming over my PS3, I never even need to rent movies on it anymore.
However, since the main topic is about getting web-based content, the Apple TV isn't the best. It has a severely limited capability in that area. I've been considering upgrading to a MacMini simply to watch web-based content. With a MacMini, I'll still have XBMC, iTunes will still provide Podcasts and streaming Radio Stations, and I'll also have a browser for all web-content. Plus newer machines should have no problem decoding 1080p video (I would assume). And the MacMini has a very small footprint so it's easy to hide next to the TV. There may be some cheaper alternatives out there, but the Mini will provide everything in the same format I'm used to using with minimal headaches to get everything working.
Nope, that's been my sig for a while now :D
Well, if your kids do use this, spill a drink on it, and get shocked... Just tell them they're grounded!
But we Chinese have such tiny penis! How could we do such things with such tiny penis? You Americans have such gargantuan penis that you so much better than us!
(Yes, I do know that when South Park did this joke, they were really Japanese)
And their weight, and their hair, and if their "sexy clothes" really look sexy, and their breath, and your breath, and their THIS, and their THAT, etc, etc, etc, etc....
It's amazing how much crap is going on in their heads during sex.
You're right, better change it to every 15 seconds ;)
I've heard some random statistic that every 30 seconds, men think about sex. It's probably bullshit, but I wouldn't be surprised if porn sites got increased traffic every 30 seconds! :)
That's probably because it keeps eating all the mice!
A good use of the patent system!
I'm going to go with 'goodluckwiththat'. As long as Telecoms have lobbyists who contribute huge amounts of money to the campaigns of politicians who greatly desire money, I'm not holding my breath that laws like this will easily pass.
I think he means it should be hardwired into the unit to NEVER EVER exceed a certain level of X-Ray radiation. That should be the default. If there's some medical reason why the dosage needs to increase, you should have to turn it UP to that dosage and then the machine should reset itself to the default. There should NEVER be a problem of the machine defaulting to an extremely high level of radiation requiring personnel to turn it down. It should always start out low in case some dumbass technician runs the machine without making any changes.
8. Sarcastic lists! :D
I was just looking at trying to get a new cell phone for my wife. As a curiosity, I went and looked at iPhones just to see what the plans were. If you buy an iPhone, you're REQUIRED to pay $30 for the unlimited data and text messaging plan. They won't sell you an iPhone without that plan. (at least from the website)
More importantly, who cares? If there's a mass exodus of 15-24 year olds from Facebook because it's "uncool", does it really matter? Let them go on Facebook.
I think it's even simpler than selling Apple's vision. It's money, plain and simple. The reason they're up in arms about it is because of the iTunes Store. Any way to open up the usability of iPod is a way for them to lose revenue on the sales of movies, tv shows, and music from the iTunes store. Sure, they make money selling iPods; but the real reason to sell iPods, and Video iPods, isn't just to sell more iPods than Zunes. It is so that they can get millions of dollars of residual sales from the iTunes Store. THAT'S why they're against opening up the iPod. They lose all that extra money if there's an easy way for people to jailbreak their iPods so they don't have to come to Apple to buy media to fill the iPods.
Don't worry, as soon as 802.11n is finalized, technology will have progressed to 802.11o so we'll have to wait another 3 years until that is finalized. At which point, we'll have 802.11p. :)
I know it's a joke, but isn't there really an actual glitch? How consistently can you "drop" something off of flypaper? Isn't the point of flypaper to trap the insects so that they DON'T easily come off?
I wonder what evidence they could have found about hacking into the school's computers to change grades. Would he be stupid enough to keep a log of all IP numbers he connected to so there would be a nice trail to follow right to the school's sever? If someone hacked a server, wouldn't you need to look at that server to find evidence that there was a connection with a particular person/IP number?
It seems ridiculous to the point of absurdity that they even put that in the warrant in the first place.
Award
Yahoo! Research will award a cash prize of 500 Euros to the winner of the competition.
Wow, 500 Euros for solving a problem that every single college in the world would pay good money to have? Sounds like a gyp for the guy who wins.
"Yeah, thanks for spending time and effort to solve this complex problem. Here's your 500 Euros. Now we're going to go sell that pants off of this and make millions. Have a nice day!"
It's a good thing no one at Youtube reads Slashdot. Otherwise they might come up with a fix! So, everyone keep this a secret! SHHHH!
Don't worry, with automakers getting ready to file for bankruptcy and potentially thousands of lost jobs, we'll get there soon!
But the most wonderful thing about tiggers is.....
I'm the only one
Hmmmmm... considering that it removes a long list of other malware, that's surprisingly accurate.
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