This is not too surprising.. They have a ton of Netware devices installed, and a lot of administrators intimately familiar with those Netware devices. There's no way they could do a flash cut. Even if they wanted to completely drop the "legacy" Netware stuff, it would take them years to migrate all their customers.
I'm in the same position.. I have a ton of images that I have organized using a combination of automated tools and manual structuring. iPhoto doesn't handle importing of these very well.
I would like it to import all of these images, use their directory names as Album names, and leave the images alone. In the hierarchical directory structure, they support easy web viewing using my image management tools (or any of the dozens of free tools out there).
The best app I have found for this is "Adobe Photo Album". It imports images very easily, and has all kinds of options for organizing / searching the images. One particularly cool feature is the timeline, which uses the EXIF image date in the JPEG to organize the images by when they were taken. Select the month you want (or range of time) in the timeline bar at the top, and it selects the images from that time. Very handy.
How do you figure?? I have seen very little software activity coming from China. There have been several instances of them using free software, but not creating it.
This "AVS" standard is NOT OPEN, it's just cheap. That's about fucking useless in the free software world.
China is not Communist, they're just cheapskate capitalists.
What a blatant ripoff their TV ads are. They are embarassingly unoriginal. I am surprised that any legitimate business would stand behind such a weak "me too" effort. Their whole service is a copy of iTunes. They deserve to fail.
But, it fits the whole windows environment of weak imitations of software and hardware features. It's not always copied from Apple, but it's not too rare. Remember all the fruit colored computers and components after the first iMac? And all the acrylic and cubish cases after the Mac cube?
Neither my MacOS X cube nor my Linux box can access the service anyway. I'll gladly stick with iTunes. (Now, if only Apply would produce a Linux version of iTunes, I'd be all set.)
Like so many other things in this industry, havi is being stopped by political issues..
What's the first device that someone buys after getting that new 65" Mitsubishi HDTV (which supports havi / firewire)?? A DVD player, of course.
And, how many DVD players support havi?? ZERO. Our friends at the MPAA cannot allow a DVD player with a firewire output (even though it supports usage restrictions that stop any copying).
How many DirecTV receivers have firewire ports?? ZERO. Our friends at the MPAA cannot allow this, since all the high value HD movies on the pay channels could then be time shifted, and watched at any time.
You can buy a D-VHS VCR, which supports HD video, with a firewire port, and havi integration. But, there are only a handful of movies available in this format. And, since no cable or satellite services can be recorded via firewire, this VCR is of very limited value.
Havi is a great concept. It could greatly simplify integration and usage of home entertainment equipment. It can even reduce costs by eliminating redundant equipment (a DVD player would not need an MPEG decoder, since that exists in the display. It only needs to read the MPEG data and send it over the firewire. Same thing for satellite receivers.) But, without support from the common devices, havi is useless.
I concur.. I've never been really effected by watching over someone's shoulder while playing Flight Simulator.
But, when I rode along on one of my father's flight lessons, after 30 minutes of practicing turns I had already deposited that morning's bagel in the barf bag and was continuing to heave. My body was trying to purge the contents of my empty stomach, sweat was poring from my body, and I was about ready to jump out of the plane to make it stop. (I'm a fairly frequent business flyer, and have never had air sickness before. I've even flown in a couple Cessna's in the past. So, this problem really took me by surprise.)
The Bay Area is good. Just don't expect anything spectacular from "Silicon Valley". All of those wonderful companies, with exciting web presence, are in boring office parks in the real world. There are a few less-boring high tech buildings, like the Yahoo!/Lockheed Martin area south of Moffet field. You could also visit a couple of the old Fry's Electronics stores.. Definitely geek heaven. Just don't talk to the sales-droids, they're morons. And take a walk around the Stanford campus in Palo Alto.
But, there are many other things to check out in the area:
Napa or Sonoma Valleys - Wine making area, plenty of vineyard tours and wine tastings. Pretty touristy now, go on a weekday. Muir Woods - North of San Francisco. Amazing, huge redwood forest. San Francisco - great city, you could spend a few days there. Hwy 1 - great scenic drive down the Pacific coastline. Monterrey Aquarium - Great city on the coast, with an amazing aquarium facility.
A bit farther out you have Lake Tahoe. Great skiing/boarding in the winter. Hiking in the summer. Yosemite - Fantastic hiking area, hikes of all challenge levels. The spring is the best time, when the snowmelt feeds many waterfalls.
I've never been able to feel the benefit from quick office workouts.
If your work schedule is flexible, try to get out of the office for a real workout. Head to the gym for 30 minutes on the stair machine or treadmill.
My office has showers, so I sometimes bike or run in the afternoon. I find that I have more energy later in the day when I do this, and I am more focused.
Re:DVI is no problem. How about Firewire/Component
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Typo Correction: the first line should read "As other have mentioned, DVI can be copy restricted, using and encrypted in transport. Also, it's a high bandwidth, uncompressed data stream, which is not easy to copy." (substiture DVI for Firewire).
The difference being: DVI is an uncompressed digital output - for connection to a display device. Since it's uncompressed, it runs at gigabit/second speeds, and is difficult to copy.
Firewire runs at 400Mbps (the new apple PC's have 800Mbps firewire), and is typically used for transferring compressed data streams (usually MPEG2) and for general networking between devices. Some displays have built-in HD tuners, and take firewire as input. For example, the Mitsubishi HDTV's. In this case, DVI is not needed, because the HDTV stream is sent over the firewire, and decoded in the internal tuner. It is then passed internally to the display, so protected DVI is not needed.
If the display does not have an internal tuner, it would have an external HD Set Top Box (STB). The STB is connected to the TV via DVI, and connected to a recorder, or other A/V devices, via firewire.
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As other have mentioned, firewire can be copy restricted, using and encrypted in transport. Also, it's a high bandwidth, uncompressed data stream, which is not easy to copy.
The MPAA still does exert some control here, as you can tell from the lack of DVD players with FireWire interfaces. mitsubishi has been talking about them for years, to fit into their cool Havi system. But, because of the all the MPAA usage restriction hysteria, they can't bring one to market.
Also, they block any analog outputs over 480P (e.g. component video, YPrPb, outputs at 720P or 1080i). These are analog outputs, which are not easily copied (try recording your VGA out). But, they still won't allow them because of the CSS license restrictions and lack of Macrovision.
This is also closely related to why you cannoy buy an HDTV DirecTV receiver with a Firewire output, and thus cannot record HDTV programs off satellite. The technology has been viable for years, D-VHS recorders are available and cheap, but the content providers prevent DirecTV from adding this feature. This slows down the adoption of HDTV, and stifles innovation. Don't you just love the MPAA?
> Guess what one of the advantages of v6 is over v4.
I assume, based on the context, you are saying that multicast is somehow better/easier in IPv6. Can you expand on why that is?
As far as I can see, the challenge is getting ISP's to support multicast routing protocols, and getting them to cooperate and support multicast routing to/from other ISP's. Is that significantly different in IPv6 than in IPv4?
If you're going to push for a major networking change with streaming media, go for multicast instead. It has a huge direct benefit for streaming media.. The stream source would only need bandwidth for one stream, not one stream multiplied by the number of listeners.
Why the hell do you need a P4 as a proxy/firewall? You trying to run MS Proxy server or something? Try Linux with IPChanins if you must run a software firewall. Or Smoothwall. Runs just fine on a 486.
Who runs a dedicated proxy/firewall? I want it to be my gateway, and my mail/spam-assasin/web/PHP/MySQL/FTP/samba/NFS/VPN/ firewall/ server, as well as being a general host I can always SSH into, for a Linux command prompt.
So, a 486 is fine for packet forwarding. But, to be my "Linux Home DSL Gateway", I would like a bit more horsepower.
I have been looking for quite some time for a small Linux server system to be used as my DSL home gateway. It performs many tasks (e-mail, www, dns, proxy, mysql, firewall, etc..) but 95% of the time it's relatively idle.
- Silent (or at least quiet) operation when not under heavy load. The system needs to be able to control the fans to spin slowly or stop when cooling isn't needed.
- CPU Speed control. Many of the newer CPU's allow control of the CPU speed from software (e.g. the Pentium-M, and VIA C3). Ideally, this would slow down A LOT when not needed, e.g. 400MHz, and scale up to 1.5+GHz when necessary.
- Right integrated peripherals. For network gateway use, I need at least two decent ethernet ports. Preferably reputable chips, like the Intel Pro/100 or Pro/1000. A third port would be nice but not essential. Firewire ports are great for adding external storage, or allowing CD-R backups, etc.
- Low power CPU (related to the low heat requirements). If this is an always-on device, you should try to conserve power. The VIA C3, Pentium-M, or Transmeta chips are all good here.
- Small form factor. Stash it under the DSL modem, and forget about it.
My current solution is a micro-ATX motherboard, in a small desktop case, running a fanless VIA C3 CPU. It's not bad, but it could be a bit quieter, smaller, and faster.
There have been several stories about these huge clusters used to speed up rendering. Do any consumer level home video apps support offloading to other hosts?
The available tools are becoming extremely powerful. iMovie and Final Cut on MacOS are great. There are several good Windows options too. But, the conversion from MiniDV to MEPG2 for DVD takes several hours.
How long before they include an agent to load on other hosts, to distribute processing? It seems like this would be pretty easy to implement. Is anyone doing it?
802.11 is constantly being compared to cellular phone networks, as an option for ubiquitous data access. But, I'm not seeing how this is going to work in terms of geographic coverage. Are they talking about the next generation of 802.x that will support metro-networks? Or, do they really think they can get broad 802.11a/b/g coverage?
802.11 is fine when I'm sitting in an airport, and my flight is delayed. But, for quick checks of my inbox, or other online data, it's got a long way to go.
Even for simple airport coverage, it has a long way to go. The first obvious step is a better billing system. I'm not gonna pay $15 for all-day access to the web in San Jose for 15 minutes before my plane boards, only to arrive in Denver and pay $12 to the other provider that happens to be there.
No thanks.. I'll take a per-minute decent bandwidth (~ 100kbps+ ) data service from my cell phone provider (preferably accessed directly from my PDA, or with a wireless CF card).
IANAL either, but whenever you see a big company "bullying" a little guy about their trademarks or IP, they always say that they are required to defend their properties, even if they don't have a problem with the usage in question. They can't pick & choose based on who they like, or who is rich.
But, Caldera/SCOX has had very confused messaging all along.. They mix claims against IBM, with sweeping Linux and Unix claims everywhere.
Combine this with their vague use of "UNIX" and who knows what the fuck they're talking about most of the time. ( Notice in all of their messaging, they talk about "UNIX" everywhere, rather than any of their actual product names. This is because their products have become completely irrelevant in the market, so they try to latch onto this general UNIX concept.. Effectively confusing the market into thinking they are a player. )
I know most of you Are Not A Lawyer, but is this legal? Not sue until it's right for the suing side while ignoring it for years?
Charging for non-essential services on a subscription basis is a REALLY tough sell. People have to many recurring costs today with their home phone, cell phone, Internet access, cable/sat TV, etc. Netflix and Tivo, are at the next layer. The question is, can M$ make it up to the Tivo tier, or only be one of the small irrelevant players trying to lock subscribers in.
But, with so many services trying to get me to sign up for recurring fees, I have become even more skeptical of them, so I'm very unlikely to use any. I do subscribe to Netflix.. I'm a big movie fan, and it saves me money over Blockbuster. I don't do Tivo, though I would if they offered HDTV, so I could time-shift HBO-HD. And, I do use the Apple music service, one time costs are okay, and the integration with my iPod is fantastic.
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This is not too surprising.. They have a ton of Netware devices installed, and a lot of administrators intimately familiar with those Netware devices. There's no way they could do a flash cut. Even if they wanted to completely drop the "legacy" Netware stuff, it would take them years to migrate all their customers.
I'm in the same position.. I have a ton of images that I have organized using a combination of automated tools and manual structuring. iPhoto doesn't handle importing of these very well.
I would like it to import all of these images, use their directory names as Album names, and leave the images alone. In the hierarchical directory structure, they support easy web viewing using my image management tools (or any of the dozens of free tools out there).
The best app I have found for this is "Adobe Photo Album". It imports images very easily, and has all kinds of options for organizing / searching the images. One particularly cool feature is the timeline, which uses the EXIF image date in the JPEG to organize the images by when they were taken. Select the month you want (or range of time) in the timeline bar at the top, and it selects the images from that time. Very handy.
How do you figure?? I have seen very little software activity coming from China. There have been several instances of them using free software, but not creating it.
This "AVS" standard is NOT OPEN, it's just cheap. That's about fucking useless in the free software world.
China is not Communist, they're just cheapskate capitalists.
What a blatant ripoff their TV ads are. They are embarassingly unoriginal. I am surprised that any legitimate business would stand behind such a weak "me too" effort. Their whole service is a copy of iTunes. They deserve to fail.
But, it fits the whole windows environment of weak imitations of software and hardware features. It's not always copied from Apple, but it's not too rare. Remember all the fruit colored computers and components after the first iMac? And all the acrylic and cubish cases after the Mac cube?
Neither my MacOS X cube nor my Linux box can access the service anyway. I'll gladly stick with iTunes. (Now, if only Apply would produce a Linux version of iTunes, I'd be all set.)
Like so many other things in this industry, havi is being stopped by political issues..
What's the first device that someone buys after getting that new 65" Mitsubishi HDTV (which supports havi / firewire)?? A DVD player, of course.
And, how many DVD players support havi?? ZERO. Our friends at the MPAA cannot allow a DVD player with a firewire output (even though it supports usage restrictions that stop any copying).
How many DirecTV receivers have firewire ports?? ZERO. Our friends at the MPAA cannot allow this, since all the high value HD movies on the pay channels could then be time shifted, and watched at any time.
You can buy a D-VHS VCR, which supports HD video, with a firewire port, and havi integration. But, there are only a handful of movies available in this format. And, since no cable or satellite services can be recorded via firewire, this VCR is of very limited value.
Havi is a great concept. It could greatly simplify integration and usage of home entertainment equipment. It can even reduce costs by eliminating redundant equipment (a DVD player would not need an MPEG decoder, since that exists in the display. It only needs to read the MPEG data and send it over the firewire. Same thing for satellite receivers.) But, without support from the common devices, havi is useless.
I concur.. I've never been really effected by watching over someone's shoulder while playing Flight Simulator.
But, when I rode along on one of my father's flight lessons, after 30 minutes of practicing turns I had already deposited that morning's bagel in the barf bag and was continuing to heave. My body was trying to purge the contents of my empty stomach, sweat was poring from my body, and I was about ready to jump out of the plane to make it stop. (I'm a fairly frequent business flyer, and have never had air sickness before. I've even flown in a couple Cessna's in the past. So, this problem really took me by surprise.)
Try to capture that in X-Plane!
The Bay Area is good. Just don't expect anything spectacular from "Silicon Valley". All of those wonderful companies, with exciting web presence, are in boring office parks in the real world. There are a few less-boring high tech buildings, like the Yahoo!/Lockheed Martin area south of Moffet field. You could also visit a couple of the old Fry's Electronics stores.. Definitely geek heaven. Just don't talk to the sales-droids, they're morons. And take a walk around the Stanford campus in Palo Alto.
But, there are many other things to check out in the area:
Napa or Sonoma Valleys - Wine making area, plenty of vineyard tours and wine tastings. Pretty touristy now, go on a weekday.
Muir Woods - North of San Francisco. Amazing, huge redwood forest.
San Francisco - great city, you could spend a few days there.
Hwy 1 - great scenic drive down the Pacific coastline.
Monterrey Aquarium - Great city on the coast, with an amazing aquarium facility.
A bit farther out you have Lake Tahoe. Great skiing/boarding in the winter. Hiking in the summer.
Yosemite - Fantastic hiking area, hikes of all challenge levels. The spring is the best time, when the snowmelt feeds many waterfalls.
I've never been able to feel the benefit from quick office workouts.
If your work schedule is flexible, try to get out of the office for a real workout. Head to the gym for 30 minutes on the stair machine or treadmill.
My office has showers, so I sometimes bike or run in the afternoon. I find that I have more energy later in the day when I do this, and I am more focused.
Typo Correction: the first line should read "As other have mentioned, DVI can be copy restricted, using and encrypted in transport. Also, it's a high bandwidth, uncompressed data stream, which is not easy to copy." (substiture DVI for Firewire).
The difference being: DVI is an uncompressed digital output - for connection to a display device. Since it's uncompressed, it runs at gigabit/second speeds, and is difficult to copy.
Firewire runs at 400Mbps (the new apple PC's have 800Mbps firewire), and is typically used for transferring compressed data streams (usually MPEG2) and for general networking between devices. Some displays have built-in HD tuners, and take firewire as input. For example, the Mitsubishi HDTV's. In this case, DVI is not needed, because the HDTV stream is sent over the firewire, and decoded in the internal tuner. It is then passed internally to the display, so protected DVI is not needed.
If the display does not have an internal tuner, it would have an external HD Set Top Box (STB). The STB is connected to the TV via DVI, and connected to a recorder, or other A/V devices, via firewire.
As other have mentioned, firewire can be copy restricted, using and encrypted in transport. Also, it's a high bandwidth, uncompressed data stream, which is not easy to copy.
The MPAA still does exert some control here, as you can tell from the lack of DVD players with FireWire interfaces. mitsubishi has been talking about them for years, to fit into their cool Havi system. But, because of the all the MPAA usage restriction hysteria, they can't bring one to market.
Also, they block any analog outputs over 480P (e.g. component video, YPrPb, outputs at 720P or 1080i). These are analog outputs, which are not easily copied (try recording your VGA out). But, they still won't allow them because of the CSS license restrictions and lack of Macrovision.
This is also closely related to why you cannoy buy an HDTV DirecTV receiver with a Firewire output, and thus cannot record HDTV programs off satellite. The technology has been viable for years, D-VHS recorders are available and cheap, but the content providers prevent DirecTV from adding this feature. This slows down the adoption of HDTV, and stifles innovation. Don't you just love the MPAA?
> Guess what one of the advantages of v6 is over v4.
I assume, based on the context, you are saying that multicast is somehow better/easier in IPv6. Can you expand on why that is?
As far as I can see, the challenge is getting ISP's to support multicast routing protocols, and getting them to cooperate and support multicast routing to/from other ISP's. Is that significantly different in IPv6 than in IPv4?
If you're going to push for a major networking change with streaming media, go for multicast instead. It has a huge direct benefit for streaming media.. The stream source would only need bandwidth for one stream, not one stream multiplied by the number of listeners.
Dennis Kucinich seems to be one of the more clueful candidates.. From his www site:
As President, I will repeal the Patriot Act to regain for all Americans the sacred right of privacy in our homes, our libraries, our schools.
He got a "66%" rating from the ACLU.
I couldn't find any ratings from the EFF on the various candidates, so I'm not sure where he stands on Tech Liberties.
Why the hell do you need a P4 as a proxy/firewall? You trying to run MS Proxy server or something? Try Linux with IPChanins if you must run a software firewall. Or Smoothwall. Runs just fine on a 486.
/ firewall/ server, as well as being a general host I can always SSH into, for a Linux command prompt.
Who runs a dedicated proxy/firewall? I want it to be my gateway, and my mail/spam-assasin/web/PHP/MySQL/FTP/samba/NFS/VPN
So, a 486 is fine for packet forwarding. But, to be my "Linux Home DSL Gateway", I would like a bit more horsepower.
With a P4 in that little case, they have to push a lot of air, so this thing will be loud. What they need is:
- Add a second ethernet port, so this can be used as a home gateway/firewall/proxy/etc.
- Use a cooler CPU, such as a Pentium-M (used in the Centrino chipset), VIA C3, Transmeta. Depending on the CPU, it could potentially be fanless.
I have been looking for quite some time for a small Linux server system to be used as my DSL home gateway. It performs many tasks (e-mail, www, dns, proxy, mysql, firewall, etc..) but 95% of the time it's relatively idle.
- Silent (or at least quiet) operation when not under heavy load. The system needs to be able to control the fans to spin slowly or stop when cooling isn't needed.
- CPU Speed control. Many of the newer CPU's allow control of the CPU speed from software (e.g. the Pentium-M, and VIA C3). Ideally, this would slow down A LOT when not needed, e.g. 400MHz, and scale up to 1.5+GHz when necessary.
- Right integrated peripherals. For network gateway use, I need at least two decent ethernet ports. Preferably reputable chips, like the Intel Pro/100 or Pro/1000. A third port would be nice but not essential. Firewire ports are great for adding external storage, or allowing CD-R backups, etc.
- Low power CPU (related to the low heat requirements). If this is an always-on device, you should try to conserve power. The VIA C3, Pentium-M, or Transmeta chips are all good here.
- Small form factor. Stash it under the DSL modem, and forget about it.
My current solution is a micro-ATX motherboard, in a small desktop case, running a fanless VIA C3 CPU. It's not bad, but it could be a bit quieter, smaller, and faster.
There have been several stories about these huge clusters used to speed up rendering. Do any consumer level home video apps support offloading to other hosts?
The available tools are becoming extremely powerful. iMovie and Final Cut on MacOS are great. There are several good Windows options too. But, the conversion from MiniDV to MEPG2 for DVD takes several hours.
How long before they include an agent to load on other hosts, to distribute processing? It seems like this would be pretty easy to implement. Is anyone doing it?
Fighting these windmills seems a bit Quixotic to me..
Cliff Notes:
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Don Quixote
Hopefully this technology will allow me to find that inconsiderate bastard that keeps farting near me on international flights.
802.11 is constantly being compared to cellular phone networks, as an option for ubiquitous data access. But, I'm not seeing how this is going to work in terms of geographic coverage. Are they talking about the next generation of 802.x that will support metro-networks? Or, do they really think they can get broad 802.11a/b/g coverage?
802.11 is fine when I'm sitting in an airport, and my flight is delayed. But, for quick checks of my inbox, or other online data, it's got a long way to go.
Even for simple airport coverage, it has a long way to go. The first obvious step is a better billing system. I'm not gonna pay $15 for all-day access to the web in San Jose for 15 minutes before my plane boards, only to arrive in Denver and pay $12 to the other provider that happens to be there.
No thanks.. I'll take a per-minute decent bandwidth (~ 100kbps+ ) data service from my cell phone provider (preferably accessed directly from my PDA, or with a wireless CF card).
Yes, the sex tips for geeks was bested only by his "I am now very rich" publication after VA IPO'd (then later caldera'd).
On amazon.com, it has a list price of $50, discounted to $35. Barnes & Noble has it for $40.
It was tough for me to pay $7 for "Takedown" at the used book store (it's out of print now). $35 is out of my price.
IANAL either, but whenever you see a big company "bullying" a little guy about their trademarks or IP, they always say that they are required to defend their properties, even if they don't have a problem with the usage in question. They can't pick & choose based on who they like, or who is rich.
But, Caldera/SCOX has had very confused messaging all along.. They mix claims against IBM, with sweeping Linux and Unix claims everywhere.
Combine this with their vague use of "UNIX" and who knows what the fuck they're talking about most of the time. ( Notice in all of their messaging, they talk about "UNIX" everywhere, rather than any of their actual product names. This is because their products have become completely irrelevant in the market, so they try to latch onto this general UNIX concept.. Effectively confusing the market into thinking they are a player. )
I know most of you Are Not A Lawyer, but is this legal? Not sue until it's right for the suing side while ignoring it for years?
SCOX/Caldera has got to still have a few Linux developers/enthusiasts emloyed there. How about an insider's view? It's not hard to post anonymously..
What do employees think of this stuff? Do they feel there is some basis for the claims? Are they fighting against this internally?
Charging for non-essential services on a subscription basis is a REALLY tough sell. People have to many recurring costs today with their home phone, cell phone, Internet access, cable/sat TV, etc. Netflix and Tivo, are at the next layer. The question is, can M$ make it up to the Tivo tier, or only be one of the small irrelevant players trying to lock subscribers in.
But, with so many services trying to get me to sign up for recurring fees, I have become even more skeptical of them, so I'm very unlikely to use any. I do subscribe to Netflix.. I'm a big movie fan, and it saves me money over Blockbuster. I don't do Tivo, though I would if they offered HDTV, so I could time-shift HBO-HD. And, I do use the Apple music service, one time costs are okay, and the integration with my iPod is fantastic.