I hate to poo poo someone, but you poo poo'ed the guy's web site. If you use the Shiva driver he did, and build it like he did, YOU DON'T NEED NO STINKING VARIABLES OR CALCULATIONS!
Personally, I preferred the NHT, but "whatever floats yer boat", or, in my case, "whatever shakes yer gutters off the house". And yes, it really did.;-(
I agree that this is hardly news, but it's not a bad little diy thing, either.
I work for my church. I came here from a brokerage to help another guy with some programming for a few months. That was 6 years ago. I may still go back to the private sector, but here's some of what I like about it here (and most would apply to most non-profits):
1 - Everyone works here because they want to and believe in The Cause, not to make money. 2 - We're all friends 3 - My direct supervisor and friend worked in the Private Sector at a position I where I would never have interacted with her (big fish in a big pond). Yes, she's Real Smart (tm). 4 - Satisfaction that what I do actually makes a difference in someone's life.
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Not only this, but two recommended practices (and EVEYONE does this, right?;-) would stop it from doing anything:
1 - don't light up unused ports 2 - use switches instead of hubs and there'll be nothing to sniff...
I agree - others have asserted that HP is being the "Microsoft" here, but Dell is certainly the one fitting the pattern.
I've bought about a zillion Dells. 'Never bought a printer from them (just about everyone else beats their prices for me). I don't think HP is all that worried about loss of sales from Dell in the short term.
I keep looking at these things, and they make a Big Deal about their 480p and digital audio outputs, but they're still recording S-Video and 2-channel stereo. And they have the nerve to compare to the Dish and DirectTV products (which at least can record Dolby Digital when the source has it - and many PPV titles and premium channels do).
I know it's just arguing about a word and is sort of off-topic, but the title says it all. Remember when shareware meant it was really freeware and you could send in a suggested donation if you liked it? True freeware didn't ask for a donation. If the donation was mandatory, then the program was Plain Old Commercial Software, NOT "shareware".
BUT: perhaps by even using the term "shareware", some guy old enough to remember what it used to mean is thinking, "hey, it's shareware... they don't mind if I don't pay for it."
I do NOT believe it justifies theft, but it COULD explain a downside to our changing language...
I have used the VIIx. I developed the s/w for a project with 30 of them in the NYC area. Ok, I'm a small shop and did the whole stinking thing all by myself.
Talk about a CHEAP data acquisition device!!!
$10/month! (Obviously they're upping it to $20 - maybe they'll grandfather us in somehow...)
The service gets better every day.
Confession: we DID have service problems initially, but they've all but disappeared in the past few months.
Our project covers middle Long Island to Western New Jersey (Randolph area), Central Jersey to Rockland County...
As one who has felt this same way for many years, I wish I thought it would work.
If it weren't sad, it would be humorous: we have folks who maintain Lotus Notes databases with various internal policies and it was like pulling teeth to get them to stop attaching their policies as Word docs. Notes, of course, can't index or search their text now and that was the only way I got them to stop - I proved that their new addition was invisible to anyone searching for it.
Sadly, I've capitulated - I have Word on my home peecee - and don't think there's much we can do to stop this other than pray that they convert Word's format to xml (not that I'm gonna hold my breath, but MS does seem to looooove xml!).
This is so true - I hope you read it again before disagreeing with it...
Personally, I'm 44 with an engineering degree. 5 years ago, I began to transition from purely s/w dev (started professionally in 1982) to IT management. I now do very little development - Java stuff under Domino - and am responsible for several sites.
I personally LOVE younger guys and have tried unsuccessfully to put some into network management positions. In retrospect, the lack of success really was due to lack of maturity. I know that had I been onsite personally, I could have shielded them from interpersonal dealings with Users. But I couldn't be there. Our next folks will be a little older with at least the fortitude to get a BS and/or MSCE-type certifications.
Why? Because the job is more about managing and educating users (to make them Good Users) than about setting up networks, adding accounts, installing updates, etc.
Here's what I think is my Big Quote:
Until we see that our jobs are about relationships, not machines, we will always be perceived as immature.
This is so true. I think to this day AT&T still thinks their "Intelligent Network" is their "Crown Jewels" (or whatever it was they called it when they really meant "Cash Cow").
This mindset on their part (and a failure to understand it) also contributed to the collapse of Enron, IMHO...
Just because you break them up doesn't mean you get rid of the monopoly or anti-competitive practices.
Well, we've got a Legally Blind guy here. Since I'm the IT manager, well, I resemble that remark.
But Seriously, Folks, he's got a 36" monitor running at 640x480. He's tried the magnifier thingies and prefers the optical variety you hold in your hand. (I'll bet no HF folks thought of that one!).
Even more seriously, I talked his Powers That Be into budgeting for a 51" monitor next year. He's a valuable asset, and this is really chump change compared to the value he provides us.
And just so I'm perfectly clear: we're a not-for-profit. His monitor is a significant dent. Anyone (IT or not) who has a hard time shelling out $700 so someone can work is hurting their employer by making them miss out on what might probably have been a Valuable Asset to their team.
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I never did broadband at home in the first place for the reasons this person dropped it. We also don't do any premium packages from Dish Network (though we opt for the $5/mo local programming because the "reception" is so much better).
The $40/mo difference in ISP access plus another $40/mo difference from premium cable/satellite services adds up to almost $900/yr.
In a word: Yes. There is also other content on starwars.com available only to Episode I DVD owners.
Unfortunately (depending on your point of view), I'm not enough of a fan to spend a lot of time on their web site. I watch the movies. I go to bed.
The next day, I watch the Pod Race with my 4 and 6 year old boys. Then I watch the Pod Race with my 4 and 6 year old boys again. Then I watch the Pod Race with my 4 and 6 year old boys again. Then I watch the Pod Race with my 4 and 6 year old boys again.
Just a related note: Episode I is the first movie I've watched that had rear center channel info (the "EX" in "Surround EX") since I got a 7.1 system and added rear speakers.
It *does* add to the experience somewhat. OTOH, I found the THX Optimizer thing kinda cheesy and just a reiteration of what you had already done with your system if you had bothered to rtfm...
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Uh, that might actually BE the point - anyone with $10 for a new NIC can change their MAC address, no brains required...
;-)
If you have brains, you can save $10...
Mark
>digital radio offers no serious advantage on the
>FM band other than possibly longer range; FM
>quality is pretty damn good
No, digital radio solves many of the signal problems with multiple paths, signals, adjacent channels, etc.
I.e.: "flup"
I wish it weren't at the expense of low power FM, but it fixes a lot of things.
I hate to poo poo someone, but you poo poo'ed the guy's web site. If you use the Shiva driver he did, and build it like he did, YOU DON'T NEED NO STINKING VARIABLES OR CALCULATIONS!
;-(
Personally, I preferred the NHT, but "whatever floats yer boat", or, in my case, "whatever shakes yer gutters off the house". And yes, it really did.
I agree that this is hardly news, but it's not a bad little diy thing, either.
Mark
I work for my church. I came here from a brokerage to help another guy with some programming for a few months. That was 6 years ago. I may still go back to the private sector, but here's some of what I like about it here (and most would apply to most non-profits):
1 - Everyone works here because they want to and believe in The Cause, not to make money.
2 - We're all friends
3 - My direct supervisor and friend worked in the Private Sector at a position I where I would never have interacted with her (big fish in a big pond). Yes, she's Real Smart (tm).
4 - Satisfaction that what I do actually makes a difference in someone's life.
Mark
Not only this, but two recommended practices (and EVEYONE does this, right? ;-) would stop it from doing anything:
1 - don't light up unused ports
2 - use switches instead of hubs and there'll be nothing to sniff...
Mark
I agree - others have asserted that HP is being the "Microsoft" here, but Dell is certainly the one fitting the pattern.
I've bought about a zillion Dells. 'Never bought a printer from them (just about everyone else beats their prices for me). I don't think HP is all that worried about loss of sales from Dell in the short term.
Mark
Start coals the normal way: ready in 45 minutes.
Start coals and blow on them with a hair dryer, leaf blower, or (wow, what a concept!) a bellows: ready in 5 minutes.
Once everyone's already written you off as a hopeless nerd, what's there to lose by using a blow dryer to get the coals ready?
Mark
If you think Jobs is above running on Intel hardware, think again. Intel hardware does not imply beige boxes, anyway...
;-)
'NeXT Thing you know, we'll have FAT binaries!
Mark
'Still has his Framed '88 NeXT Poster On The Wall
To quote young Albert Einstein in the biography, "Young Einstein," "If you can't trust the governments of the world, who CAN you trust?"
Mark
I keep looking at these things, and they make a Big Deal about their 480p and digital audio outputs, but they're still recording S-Video and 2-channel stereo. And they have the nerve to compare to the Dish and DirectTV products (which at least can record Dolby Digital when the source has it - and many PPV titles and premium channels do).
Does GIGO just not apply to these guys?
Mark
I got my NeXT poster framed on my wall.
It says:
October 12, 1988
Computer Advances To
The NeXT Level
The cube, printer, monitor, mouse, and keyboard are all black. Just like my slab, may it Rest In Peace.
My suggested fashion statement: "Beige Is The New Black!"
Mark
Poor guy got slashdotted past some predefined limit set by his hosting service. Durn. What I saw was k00l, 2!
Mark
I know it's just arguing about a word and is sort of off-topic, but the title says it all. Remember when shareware meant it was really freeware and you could send in a suggested donation if you liked it? True freeware didn't ask for a donation. If the donation was mandatory, then the program was Plain Old Commercial Software, NOT "shareware".
BUT: perhaps by even using the term "shareware", some guy old enough to remember what it used to mean is thinking, "hey, it's shareware... they don't mind if I don't pay for it."
I do NOT believe it justifies theft, but it COULD explain a downside to our changing language...
Mark
I have used the VIIx. I developed the s/w for a project with 30 of them in the NYC area. Ok, I'm a small shop and did the whole stinking thing all by myself.
Talk about a CHEAP data acquisition device!!!
$10/month! (Obviously they're upping it to $20 - maybe they'll grandfather us in somehow...)
The service gets better every day.
Confession: we DID have service problems initially, but they've all but disappeared in the past few months.
Our project covers middle Long Island to Western New Jersey (Randolph area), Central Jersey to Rockland County...
Mark
As one who has felt this same way for many years, I wish I thought it would work.
If it weren't sad, it would be humorous: we have folks who maintain Lotus Notes databases with various internal policies and it was like pulling teeth to get them to stop attaching their policies as Word docs. Notes, of course, can't index or search their text now and that was the only way I got them to stop - I proved that their new addition was invisible to anyone searching for it.
Sadly, I've capitulated - I have Word on my home peecee - and don't think there's much we can do to stop this other than pray that they convert Word's format to xml (not that I'm gonna hold my breath, but MS does seem to looooove xml!).
Mark
This is so true - I hope you read it again before disagreeing with it...
Personally, I'm 44 with an engineering degree. 5 years ago, I began to transition from purely s/w dev (started professionally in 1982) to IT management. I now do very little development - Java stuff under Domino - and am responsible for several sites.
I personally LOVE younger guys and have tried unsuccessfully to put some into network management positions. In retrospect, the lack of success really was due to lack of maturity. I know that had I been onsite personally, I could have shielded them from interpersonal dealings with Users. But I couldn't be there. Our next folks will be a little older with at least the fortitude to get a BS and/or MSCE-type certifications.
Why? Because the job is more about managing and educating users (to make them Good Users) than about setting up networks, adding accounts, installing updates, etc.
Here's what I think is my Big Quote:
Until we see that our jobs are about relationships, not machines, we will always be perceived as immature.
And rightly so.
Mark
Don't forget that jrr himself modified The Hobbit to fit in better as a prequel to LOTR.
I don't think he (or his kid) would have considered his works "canonized", especially if HE were around to fiddle with the story himself.
This is so true. I think to this day AT&T still thinks their "Intelligent Network" is their "Crown Jewels" (or whatever it was they called it when they really meant "Cash Cow").
This mindset on their part (and a failure to understand it) also contributed to the collapse of Enron, IMHO...
Just because you break them up doesn't mean you get rid of the monopoly or anti-competitive practices.
Mark
Well, we've got a Legally Blind guy here. Since I'm the IT manager, well, I resemble that remark.
But Seriously, Folks, he's got a 36" monitor running at 640x480. He's tried the magnifier thingies and prefers the optical variety you hold in your hand. (I'll bet no HF folks thought of that one!).
Even more seriously, I talked his Powers That Be into budgeting for a 51" monitor next year. He's a valuable asset, and this is really chump change compared to the value he provides us.
And just so I'm perfectly clear: we're a not-for-profit. His monitor is a significant dent. Anyone (IT or not) who has a hard time shelling out $700 so someone can work is hurting their employer by making them miss out on what might probably have been a Valuable Asset to their team.
I want my HDTV.
I never did broadband at home in the first place for the reasons this person dropped it. We also don't do any premium packages from Dish Network (though we opt for the $5/mo local programming because the "reception" is so much better).
The $40/mo difference in ISP access plus another $40/mo difference from premium cable/satellite services adds up to almost $900/yr.
That's a LOT of 1.5" thick ribeyes (sorry, PETA).
Mark
Oh! I was accidentally watching QUANTUM Menace instead and it magically added another channel to my system!
(Yer right about the video - most tv's don't give you a lot of help fixing the setup).
Mark
In a word: Yes. There is also other content on starwars.com available only to Episode I DVD owners.
Unfortunately (depending on your point of view), I'm not enough of a fan to spend a lot of time on their web site. I watch the movies. I go to bed.
The next day, I watch the Pod Race with my 4 and 6 year old boys. Then I watch the Pod Race with my 4 and 6 year old boys again. Then I watch the Pod Race with my 4 and 6 year old boys again. Then I watch the Pod Race with my 4 and 6 year old boys again.
Mark
Just a related note: Episode I is the first movie I've watched that had rear center channel info (the "EX" in "Surround EX") since I got a 7.1 system and added rear speakers.
It *does* add to the experience somewhat. OTOH, I found the THX Optimizer thing kinda cheesy and just a reiteration of what you had already done with your system if you had bothered to rtfm...
Mark
Since the inputs are only S-Video, ant (and no HDTV decoder), and stereo analog audio, what's the Big Deal with the fancy outputs?
Can you say GIGO?