In response to the scary thought of stores being able to track items they sell, Ive started a public interest group of my own.
Citizens Raging Against Proper Standards To Allow Identifying Numbers.
We are having our first meeting this weekend in my basement, because frankly i dont trust YOUR basement, it may have RFID scanners in the walls, celing, and floor, as common as they are and as much as everyone will want to put them in their homes.
For 'media box' type work, nothing really beats the Qcast player for Playstation 2. For the cost of a used PS2 (around $100) a network adapter (around $20) a Component video cable ($19) and Qcast itself ($49) you can have an unbeatable media machine, anywhere you have a network connection. Want wireless? Use a cheap 802.11 bridge to bring the media to wherever you want it. I can say from personal experience that the quality is top notch, even at wireless speeds across a house, when streaming high or low compression video. Ive watched entire movies wirelessly with absolutely no glitches. The component output for the PS2 is something really hard to come by on any video card for a PC, and it has 5.1 fiber output if plain ol stereo sound isnt good enough for you. All in all, it delivers better quality for a lower price than any PC based solution. And you can play GTA on it! Just my 0.02, and no i don't work for BroadQ (maker of Qcast.)
BroadQ
Lots of reasons, like wideband processing for the images (although JVC is leading this field so its not such a surprise, ive had a JVC 1 MPixel 'consumer' DV cam for a year now), but mostly its the CCD being able to capture and reset properly at 30 frames a second. Ever wonder why DV cams take crappy stills and DigiPic Cams take crappy video? Exactly.
I wonder... will this leap in connectivity finally let TiVo connect directly to the internet via a pc, or will it still be chained to a phone line in order to get the cool scheduling features? I dont have a tivo yet and thats my biggest woe about getting on the bandwagon.
Even if only half of their undergrads live on campus (I know nothing about Cornell so i could be wrong) but thats ~6750 dormed students and it wont be hard for them to hit the 'unbelieveable' mark of 100,000GB if each is allowed 24 a year...
Roadrunner makes a respectable internet connection for my apartment (i got lucky in living in an unsaturated area) but the one thing thats lacking is good power lines. I have only one circuit for my living room / computer room, and i cant turn the tv on without a brownout (so nicely declared by my 2 UPSs beeping at me). What i want is 40A circuits, or more than one circuit per room, to keep all my equipment well fed.
Slashdot Mirror
Okay, so now there is no difference between 'backhaul' and 'last mile'? you marketing guys have all the answers, huh.
In response to the scary thought of stores being able to track items they sell, Ive started a public interest group of my own.
Citizens Raging Against Proper Standards To Allow Identifying Numbers.
We are having our first meeting this weekend in my basement, because frankly i dont trust YOUR basement, it may have RFID scanners in the walls, celing, and floor, as common as they are and as much as everyone will want to put them in their homes.
For 'media box' type work, nothing really beats the Qcast player for Playstation 2. For the cost of a used PS2 (around $100) a network adapter (around $20) a Component video cable ($19) and Qcast itself ($49) you can have an unbeatable media machine, anywhere you have a network connection. Want wireless? Use a cheap 802.11 bridge to bring the media to wherever you want it. I can say from personal experience that the quality is top notch, even at wireless speeds across a house, when streaming high or low compression video. Ive watched entire movies wirelessly with absolutely no glitches. The component output for the PS2 is something really hard to come by on any video card for a PC, and it has 5.1 fiber output if plain ol stereo sound isnt good enough for you. All in all, it delivers better quality for a lower price than any PC based solution. And you can play GTA on it! Just my 0.02, and no i don't work for BroadQ (maker of Qcast.) BroadQ
Lots of reasons, like wideband processing for the images (although JVC is leading this field so its not such a surprise, ive had a JVC 1 MPixel 'consumer' DV cam for a year now), but mostly its the CCD being able to capture and reset properly at 30 frames a second. Ever wonder why DV cams take crappy stills and DigiPic Cams take crappy video? Exactly.
I wonder... will this leap in connectivity finally let TiVo connect directly to the internet via a pc, or will it still be chained to a phone line in order to get the cool scheduling features? I dont have a tivo yet and thats my biggest woe about getting on the bandwagon.
jeff
Even if only half of their undergrads live on campus (I know nothing about Cornell so i could be wrong) but thats ~6750 dormed students and it wont be hard for them to hit the 'unbelieveable' mark of 100,000GB if each is allowed 24 a year...
jeff
Roadrunner makes a respectable internet connection for my apartment (i got lucky in living in an unsaturated area) but the one thing thats lacking is good power lines. I have only one circuit for my living room / computer room, and i cant turn the tv on without a brownout (so nicely declared by my 2 UPSs beeping at me). What i want is 40A circuits, or more than one circuit per room, to keep all my equipment well fed.