Intuit explicity guarantees that you'll get the right results with the correct input.
Liability is a tricky thing. Is Adobe liable if a potential customer can't open your PDF and you get tossed out of a contract bid as a result? Tough question and I'm not certain which way I want to go with that. For the time being, my own customers aren't guaranteed anything, but I've flown cross country on two hours notice in order to get a system up and working.
Minor quibble with your prices. 256MB is the minimum so you'll need to double that cost. You also seem to have forgotten to buy a processor and an optical drive. I'd estimate the minimum cost to be closer to $500 plus any tax or S&H. Oh, plus it'd be large, nosiy, and nasty to look at. Most of the better mythtv set-ups use sleek looking cases with quiet fans so they don't stick out in a home theater.
First off, 50 rolls of film is nothing. I can easily shoot two or three rolls a week and that's between working full time, taking a night class, and spending time with my wife. That said, a 36 exposure roll of Kodak Tri-X is only $2.
Besides, the camera body isn't the expensive part of photography. Quality prints and lenses are the expensive part and that doesn't change between digital and film.
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You must be talking about "Popular Photography" and its stable mates. Sites like photo.net have much better reviews, though there is a tendency to be overly harsh.
With cameras like the Canon 1Ds, there are fewer holdouts that don't agree digital is the future, the question is now or later?
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You might as well ask when that feature will come to the film Rebels. I'd assume never. It is just another way they seperate their "consumer" bodies from their "pro" bodies.
This isn't the death of the phone, simply a new way of defining it. There was a time when a phone was simply the device to spoke into heard the response. Then they added the ability to dial your party directly. Eventually, we came to accept that this was a standard feature of telephones and part of the definition. Same with touch-tone and memory dial technologies. Now we're expanding the definition to include text messaging, date book functionality, and network access.
If you're an audiophile, doesn't it just make sense you'd have $300 headphones when the rest of the world makes do with sub $50 units? Kinda the way some gamers think $300 video cards are worth the price when other people think the whole system shouldn't cost any more than that.
Return of the Jedi was the worst of the original three. I mean, Ewoks? Why not just have Teddy Ruxbin beating on the Storm Troopers? Bad azz troopers impose the will of the Emperor across the galaxy, but get the crap kicked out of them by midgets with pointy sticks.
Give me sliced open Tauntauns and Ugnaughts any day.
I've never heard a file trader claim they have a legal right to do so. You're building a straw man.
The argument of the file trader is that certain people in the recording industry and RIAA itself have failed to make the logical connection between file trading and lost revenue. File traders are often more active in purchasing music. Legally attacking them is a bad knee-jerk reaction.
BTW, I say recording industry and not music industry because there is an important distinction. No one at Gibson guitar or your local music venue gives two figs about file swapping. I hate it when people act like the only music in the world is the prerecorded kind.
You would think this wouldn't be so hard for them to figure out.
For those of us who don't listen to the radio (not a political statement, just hard to do while commuting on a motorcycle), MP3 trading is the only way I get introduced to new music I am actually willing to buy.
You mean aside from airports, motorcycle rides, backpacking trips, and other places where it is inconvient to have a laptop or CD player with 20 discs? Gee, I'll have to think about that.
I've acutally used the Polycom equipment before, but only the larger group meeting stuff. The iPoweractually looks like it'd meet all of my minimums for a videophone and just needs to come down in price by 95%:)
I wasn't constraining, I was setting a minimum. 30fps seems to be a reasonable minimum goal for streaming, real-time video. Plus, so much equipment in North America already works at this rate, it seemed like an obvious first step. Of course, given the most obvious source and demand for videophones, I guess the PAL format would be more logical.
I don't consider those to be video phones. Perhaps there are some more compact setups, but the ones I've used have multiple large screen TVs, remote controlled cameras, multiple microphones, and other equipment I never inspected. A video phone was supposed to be a simple stand alone device the replaced my Ma Bell princess unit.
I think we will also see an eventual evolution in AV and personal firewall software. Most decent OSes have decent firewalling capability built-in and either turned on by default or simple to setup. The next evolution will be for the entire concept of firewalling to be built into the communications layer of the OS. The idea of open ports and free access to local ports will be washed away. Permissions on outbound connections will be as natural as read/write controls on your password file.
As for AV software, I can easily see it evolving to be a core concept of file systems and access control. Take some of the basic heuristics used by AV and bake it right in to the system.
The only evolutionary "dead ends" are the ones that cease to be viable like dinosaurs or reach a state of near perfection for their niche like alligators.
Actually, I don't think the "PC on a chip" idea conflicts with the making of thin clients and set-top boxes. It would lower assembly costs and allow them to get acceptable performance in a very small package.
MP3 playing is not the same thing as playing and purchasing which was my point. I do know about the current capabilities of TiVo 2, but also those capabilities are only available if you go out and buy a new unit. Part of my point which appears to have been lost was that my cable company would add services without requiring me to purchase new hardware.
Without getting into the value of those features or the extra content (they never do interviews with World Rally Car racers or MotoGP riders so what do I care) I'll answer your question this way:
There are always tradeoffs between convenience and functionality. MythTV, TiVo, and cable operated PVRs all make different concessions. My current setup is at least one step more complicated than it should be. I will make that concession if it is made available to me.
Yes, there is a risk that these types of boxes could put TiVo and other 3rd party PVR makers out of business, but there are still a few compelling reasons that will draw people such as myself.
First, one less box sitting in the entertainment center. There is a finite amount of space for AV equipment and a limit to the number of power outlets. Remove a box without losing functionality (at least today) sign me up!
Second, seemless integration would be made easier. There was a comic over at Penny Arcade that pretty well described the situation many AV geeks are living in. If I could remove a single device from my cabinet, it would make my wife's life easier and thus my life easier. This would be a Good Thing(tm).
Third, there is an opportunity for new services. Perhaps my cable company is unique (Wide Open West), but they have continued to add services while maintaining or lowering costs. In my opinion they "get it" and know who and what there competition is. I feel certain that when a new use for these boxes is invented (perhaps an iTunes like player and purchasing system) they will be right there trying to offer the services. Would TiVo? Maybe the hacker community could, but that's not the same thing.
These are just my thoughts, but I suspect that there are a good number of people who feel the same way and will speak with their wallets.
Ha! Try and get motorcycle accessories that were not intended for the US. Honda (kinda a big company) will ship parts for their new ST1300 to UK and the rest of Europe, but not the US. Mind you, the bike is sold in the US, just not some of the niffty doo-dads like the top box and back rest. Can you order these parts through Honda US? No. Honda Japan? No. Honda UK? No. You have to resort to ordering from one of a few small shops in UK that's more interested in making some scratch than anything else.
You can't imagine the saga that has gone on trying to get body parts that were made in France.
You've missed my point. Find me a 3.2GHz P4 with only 64MB RAM being sold as a complete computer. I'd honestly be surprised if you found one for sale with only 128MB. The mass market is such that between any two computers you find for sale, the largest performance variable is tje processor speed. Sure, if you look at servers or special function machines there will be other key differences, but for the general public fast CPU == fast computer.
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Intuit explicity guarantees that you'll get the right results with the correct input.
Liability is a tricky thing. Is Adobe liable if a potential customer can't open your PDF and you get tossed out of a contract bid as a result? Tough question and I'm not certain which way I want to go with that. For the time being, my own customers aren't guaranteed anything, but I've flown cross country on two hours notice in order to get a system up and working.
Minor quibble with your prices. 256MB is the minimum so you'll need to double that cost. You also seem to have forgotten to buy a processor and an optical drive. I'd estimate the minimum cost to be closer to $500 plus any tax or S&H. Oh, plus it'd be large, nosiy, and nasty to look at. Most of the better mythtv set-ups use sleek looking cases with quiet fans so they don't stick out in a home theater.
First off, 50 rolls of film is nothing. I can easily shoot two or three rolls a week and that's between working full time, taking a night class, and spending time with my wife. That said, a 36 exposure roll of Kodak Tri-X is only $2.
Besides, the camera body isn't the expensive part of photography. Quality prints and lenses are the expensive part and that doesn't change between digital and film.
You must be talking about "Popular Photography" and its stable mates. Sites like photo.net have much better reviews, though there is a tendency to be overly harsh.
With cameras like the Canon 1Ds, there are fewer holdouts that don't agree digital is the future, the question is now or later?
You might as well ask when that feature will come to the film Rebels. I'd assume never. It is just another way they seperate their "consumer" bodies from their "pro" bodies.
This isn't the death of the phone, simply a new way of defining it. There was a time when a phone was simply the device to spoke into heard the response. Then they added the ability to dial your party directly. Eventually, we came to accept that this was a standard feature of telephones and part of the definition. Same with touch-tone and memory dial technologies. Now we're expanding the definition to include text messaging, date book functionality, and network access.
The phone won't die, just evolve.
This is Slashdot, actually reading something is rare enough. Now you expect comprehension? Sheesh.
If you're an audiophile, doesn't it just make sense you'd have $300 headphones when the rest of the world makes do with sub $50 units? Kinda the way some gamers think $300 video cards are worth the price when other people think the whole system shouldn't cost any more than that.
Return of the Jedi was the worst of the original three. I mean, Ewoks? Why not just have Teddy Ruxbin beating on the Storm Troopers? Bad azz troopers impose the will of the Emperor across the galaxy, but get the crap kicked out of them by midgets with pointy sticks.
Give me sliced open Tauntauns and Ugnaughts any day.
Considering they were step-brothers, I really hope the parents knew both kids.
I've never heard a file trader claim they have a legal right to do so. You're building a straw man.
The argument of the file trader is that certain people in the recording industry and RIAA itself have failed to make the logical connection between file trading and lost revenue. File traders are often more active in purchasing music. Legally attacking them is a bad knee-jerk reaction.
BTW, I say recording industry and not music industry because there is an important distinction. No one at Gibson guitar or your local music venue gives two figs about file swapping. I hate it when people act like the only music in the world is the prerecorded kind.
You would think this wouldn't be so hard for them to figure out.
For those of us who don't listen to the radio (not a political statement, just hard to do while commuting on a motorcycle), MP3 trading is the only way I get introduced to new music I am actually willing to buy.
You mean aside from airports, motorcycle rides, backpacking trips, and other places where it is inconvient to have a laptop or CD player with 20 discs? Gee, I'll have to think about that.
I've acutally used the Polycom equipment before, but only the larger group meeting stuff. The iPoweractually looks like it'd meet all of my minimums for a videophone and just needs to come down in price by 95% :)
I wasn't constraining, I was setting a minimum. 30fps seems to be a reasonable minimum goal for streaming, real-time video. Plus, so much equipment in North America already works at this rate, it seemed like an obvious first step. Of course, given the most obvious source and demand for videophones, I guess the PAL format would be more logical.
30 full frames per second produces a visual roughly equivalent to 60 half-frames per second of NTSC.
I don't consider those to be video phones. Perhaps there are some more compact setups, but the ones I've used have multiple large screen TVs, remote controlled cameras, multiple microphones, and other equipment I never inspected. A video phone was supposed to be a simple stand alone device the replaced my Ma Bell princess unit.
Unless you're watching 30fps streaming video of the person you're talking to, you still don't have the video phone I was promised.
I think we will also see an eventual evolution in AV and personal firewall software. Most decent OSes have decent firewalling capability built-in and either turned on by default or simple to setup. The next evolution will be for the entire concept of firewalling to be built into the communications layer of the OS. The idea of open ports and free access to local ports will be washed away. Permissions on outbound connections will be as natural as read/write controls on your password file.
As for AV software, I can easily see it evolving to be a core concept of file systems and access control. Take some of the basic heuristics used by AV and bake it right in to the system.
The only evolutionary "dead ends" are the ones that cease to be viable like dinosaurs or reach a state of near perfection for their niche like alligators.
Actually, I don't think the "PC on a chip" idea conflicts with the making of thin clients and set-top boxes. It would lower assembly costs and allow them to get acceptable performance in a very small package.
MP3 playing is not the same thing as playing and purchasing which was my point. I do know about the current capabilities of TiVo 2, but also those capabilities are only available if you go out and buy a new unit. Part of my point which appears to have been lost was that my cable company would add services without requiring me to purchase new hardware.
Without getting into the value of those features or the extra content (they never do interviews with World Rally Car racers or MotoGP riders so what do I care) I'll answer your question this way:
There are always tradeoffs between convenience and functionality. MythTV, TiVo, and cable operated PVRs all make different concessions. My current setup is at least one step more complicated than it should be. I will make that concession if it is made available to me.
First, one less box sitting in the entertainment center. There is a finite amount of space for AV equipment and a limit to the number of power outlets. Remove a box without losing functionality (at least today) sign me up!
Second, seemless integration would be made easier. There was a comic over at Penny Arcade that pretty well described the situation many AV geeks are living in. If I could remove a single device from my cabinet, it would make my wife's life easier and thus my life easier. This would be a Good Thing(tm).
Third, there is an opportunity for new services. Perhaps my cable company is unique (Wide Open West), but they have continued to add services while maintaining or lowering costs. In my opinion they "get it" and know who and what there competition is. I feel certain that when a new use for these boxes is invented (perhaps an iTunes like player and purchasing system) they will be right there trying to offer the services. Would TiVo? Maybe the hacker community could, but that's not the same thing.
These are just my thoughts, but I suspect that there are a good number of people who feel the same way and will speak with their wallets.
Ha! Try and get motorcycle accessories that were not intended for the US. Honda (kinda a big company) will ship parts for their new ST1300 to UK and the rest of Europe, but not the US. Mind you, the bike is sold in the US, just not some of the niffty doo-dads like the top box and back rest. Can you order these parts through Honda US? No. Honda Japan? No. Honda UK? No. You have to resort to ordering from one of a few small shops in UK that's more interested in making some scratch than anything else.
You can't imagine the saga that has gone on trying to get body parts that were made in France.
You've missed my point. Find me a 3.2GHz P4 with only 64MB RAM being sold as a complete computer. I'd honestly be surprised if you found one for sale with only 128MB. The mass market is such that between any two computers you find for sale, the largest performance variable is tje processor speed. Sure, if you look at servers or special function machines there will be other key differences, but for the general public fast CPU == fast computer.