Standard cable which is around $30 give you some extra crap to watch. But it is all the stuff with comericals. Thus the $30 is almost all profit for them.
By "all profit", you are conveniently ignoring:
1) The extra satellite dishes required to receive those channels from the providers 2) The extra satellite recievers, demodulators, modulators required to process them 3) The extra bandwidth required to transport them to your house 4) The cost of purchasing amplifiers that have a broad enough frequency response to amplify them
Yes, many of the required costs were paid out by the cable companies long ago, but don't they have the right to recoup their investments?
As for your other question, Cable companies pay for each channel in their lineup. I think ESPN is reaching $2 per subscriber. That means $2 of your cable bill goes straight to ESPN/ABC/Disney.
TV stations in the US are broadcasting their ditigal signal using 8VSB modulation in a 6MHz channel. That equates to a 19.39 Mb/s bitrate.
The stations have the option of how many programs they wish to broadcast within this space. They may show 4 standard definition digital channels at 4Mb/s each during the day, and at night switch to a High Def stream at 14Mb/s and an SD at 4Mb/s.
Stations could also have non-traditional channels (channels that most of the major networks have never owned), such as weather information, since they often use static images that don't take up much bandwidth.
Once again, I would like to thank the article submitter (as well as the Slashdot editor) who posted this story for giving us NO background information on who this Linus guy is. Are we all expected to instantly recognize every Joe Schmoe that has an interview posted online?
Next time, a little background info would be helpful people!
I second the Timbuk2 bags. I've got one, and it fits anything from my 12" PB to my Thinkpad quite nicely. They've got a seperate padded section in the bag for the laptop, which keeps it secure. They are roomy, and high quality. Plus they're stylish.
Without a doubt the best laptop bag I've ever owned.
I really enjoyed the Highlander TV series, but damn, those movies doled out some of the foulest smelling stink I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing!
What gets me about that statement is that when you close the lid on the Powerbook, it goes into sleep mode. How does he intend to copy images with the laptop while it's asleep?
Unless he intends to walk around with the PB screen open in his backpack. If so, I give it about 15 minutes before it gets broken.
Christ, don't you people even read the damn blurb?
This is different from the usual Slashdot interview because we're asking you to submit questions through the New Voters Project site instead of as comments attached to this post.
By blog, you mean a press release from an officer instead of the Marketing/PR dept right?
I don't care if this guy is a miracle child from the gay marriage of President Bush and the Pope, this blog reads like it was written by a pompus asshole. Apparently everyone but Sun sucks.
You guys are funny. Of course the University can't regulate your usage of the 2.4 GHz spectrum. However, the campus network belongs to them, and they have every right to regulate what devices are allowed to connect it it and what can't. Even if it's behind a NAT/firewall, it's still connected to their network, and they have sole authority over it.
Did you try the Google search? Most of the sites listed there were actually forums where people were posting lists of credit card numbers/personal information.
And even before the Google toolbar, putting up sensitive information on an unlinked page was never a smart thing to do. Just use an.htaccess file and password protect it for christ sakes.
Even better, this is a dupe of a dupe. The second dupe was pulled not long after it was posted. As for the Slashdot editors, they're all dupes of a dope!
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Here's an example image for you to ogle:
http://people.redhat.com/davidz/bootchart.png.
I don't think they made any attempt to determine the average number of lines per bug of code, they just took the known industry average.
Standard cable which is around $30 give you some extra crap to watch. But it is all the stuff with comericals. Thus the $30 is almost all profit for them.
By "all profit", you are conveniently ignoring:
1) The extra satellite dishes required to receive those channels from the providers
2) The extra satellite recievers, demodulators, modulators required to process them
3) The extra bandwidth required to transport them to your house
4) The cost of purchasing amplifiers that have a broad enough frequency response to amplify them
Yes, many of the required costs were paid out by the cable companies long ago, but don't they have the right to recoup their investments?
As for your other question, Cable companies pay for each channel in their lineup. I think ESPN is reaching $2 per subscriber. That means $2 of your cable bill goes straight to ESPN/ABC/Disney.
TV stations in the US are broadcasting their ditigal signal using 8VSB modulation in a 6MHz channel. That equates to a 19.39 Mb/s bitrate.
The stations have the option of how many programs they wish to broadcast within this space. They may show 4 standard definition digital channels at 4Mb/s each during the day, and at night switch to a High Def stream at 14Mb/s and an SD at 4Mb/s.
Stations could also have non-traditional channels (channels that most of the major networks have never owned), such as weather information, since they often use static images that don't take up much bandwidth.
Once again, I would like to thank the article submitter (as well as the Slashdot editor) who posted this story for giving us NO background information on who this Linus guy is. Are we all expected to instantly recognize every Joe Schmoe that has an interview posted online?
Next time, a little background info would be helpful people!
I second the Timbuk2 bags. I've got one, and it fits anything from my 12" PB to my Thinkpad quite nicely. They've got a seperate padded section in the bag for the laptop, which keeps it secure. They are roomy, and high quality. Plus they're stylish.
Without a doubt the best laptop bag I've ever owned.
I'll add to that.
I really enjoyed the Highlander TV series, but damn, those movies doled out some of the foulest smelling stink I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing!
from what i've heard the powerbook disapates heat through the keyboard.
I dunno man, my balls would say otherwise. I'm pretty sure it all radiates out of the bottom =)
What gets me about that statement is that when you close the lid on the Powerbook, it goes into sleep mode. How does he intend to copy images with the laptop while it's asleep?
Unless he intends to walk around with the PB screen open in his backpack. If so, I give it about 15 minutes before it gets broken.
Settle down, Beavis!
Are you threatening me?!?
Best deals: Republicans
Awesome! I've been looking for some great deals on low-cost Republicans. I've been scouring eBay daily without much success.
I never new pricegrabber.com had such a wide variety of things in stock.
Christ, don't you people even read the damn blurb?
This is different from the usual Slashdot interview because we're asking you to submit questions through the New Voters Project site instead of as comments attached to this post.
I agree. I found his answers to be rather well based on the current issues, and didn't really notice the PR speak mentioned in the article writeup.
Reading Glaser's answers just improved Real's standing with me. If I weren't a die hard iTunes user, I would check out Rhapsody and Harmony.
By blog, you mean a press release from an officer instead of the Marketing/PR dept right?
I don't care if this guy is a miracle child from the gay marriage of President Bush and the Pope, this blog reads like it was written by a pompus asshole. Apparently everyone but Sun sucks.
You guys are funny. Of course the University can't regulate your usage of the 2.4 GHz spectrum. However, the campus network belongs to them, and they have every right to regulate what devices are allowed to connect it it and what can't. Even if it's behind a NAT/firewall, it's still connected to their network, and they have sole authority over it.
Go cry somewhere else.
Mom, is that you?! You told me you quit doing acid! Now how are we going to pay for Tommy's heart transplant, now that Dad is in Jail(again)?
Did you try the Google search? Most of the sites listed there were actually forums where people were posting lists of credit card numbers/personal information.
.htaccess file and password protect it for christ sakes.
And even before the Google toolbar, putting up sensitive information on an unlinked page was never a smart thing to do. Just use an
I have picked up reading his most excellent newsletters. Am I the only one who reads these?
You are one of the privileged few. The rest of us just get to read only the excellent ones.
Damn, I must be on the wrong list, because I only get the bogus newsletters.
That's alright, because I'm already on the [air guitair] WILD STALLIONS list!
Yeah whatever! Next you'll probably tell me the 'L' in LASER stands for 'Light'. What, do you think I'm a sucker?
KC2LJL
Even better, this is a dupe of a dupe. The second dupe was pulled not long after it was posted. As for the Slashdot editors, they're all dupes of a dope!
Well considering one of the two members are dead, I'd say at least half of the group isn't eating.
You're not alone. Much of the site renders like ass in Safari as well.
Please, all PostgreSQL lovers have taken a vow of celibacy, just like their fathers, and their father's fathers!
Can somebody please explain to me what the hell BBQ means? All I can think of is Barbeque, which doesn't really make any sense.
Of course, people who talk/write like that rarely make sense anyway....
It's a MAD World!!!
There's an old saying, from a wise man:
With Linux, all roads lead to maddness
I wonder whatever became of him?