Huh. So.... no G5 tower update. No rumored dual-core G5 systems again. Still no sign of the 3.0 GHz towers which were supposed to arrive way back in 2004. Harrumph.
Being able to download TV shows is a much bigger deal, especially shows which I otherwise would not have free access to, such as the new Doctor Who episodes from the BBC.
1) That's a third-party alteration, which isn't really a problem, but some people will find it more or less dodgy.
Even though it's a better battery than the one that the iPod came with? (The battery sold by most of these third-party dealers has about 20% more charge in the case of the 3G iPod.)
2) The Nano's battery is soldered in, so it will require some re-soldering of the motherboard if you DIY.
Not exactly, no. The nano's battery leads are soldered to the motherboard. Wire strippers and electrical tape will do the job fine if you ph34r t3h solder. I'd be willing to bet that battery sellers will probably eventually include a special clamp-on wire-splicing kit which makes the process even more painless... But we are at least a year away from the first nano battery running out without warranty coverage, so there isn't really a market for such batteries and kits yet.
Sure, those wires are then soldered to the board, but if you can't overcome something like that (either by splicing into the current wires or using a soldering gun to replace them entirely) then you should not be allowed to handle sharp objects, either.
If you ever buy a boat, get somebody else to hook up the trailer lights for you.
I just replaced my iPod battery last month. It was $20, including shipping, and came with a funky little plastic tool for opening up the iPod case. Changing it was easier than a memory upgrade on most laptops.
The hardest part of the entire operation was lining up the pins to plug the hard drive back into the motherboard. That took me all of about thirty seconds.
If you can't change the battery on an iPod while following the instructions that come with almost every replacement battery, you are a goddamn idiot.
Only video that is 480p or less will play. EyeHome cannot play HDTV video from EyeTV 500 or any other source, due to its higher bitrate and resolution above 480p.
Yes, Bush is a radical "pro-lifer," and gets a lot of his support from people who want abortions outlawed.
If Roe v. Wade can survive two terms of Reagan plus one-and-a-half terms of Bush The Younger, then it's clearly bulletproof enough that the debate is completely redundant at this point.
The same goes for all the screaming and yelling over Iraq. Whether you think going in was the right call or not, you can't "un-invade" a country any more than you can unscramble an egg. The debate is over, because the war is a fact now. The only thing worth discussing is what will be done next.
What we should be talking about is changing bad laws, like RICO and PATRIOT, fixing our budget problems (and while our military spending has been significant, far greater long-term impact has been made by foolish domestic spending introduced on Bush's watch), improving our border security, decentralizing education policy ("no child left behind" should not mean "let's all go back and get him") and coming up with an energy policy which moves us to better fuel sources in a way which doesn't involve artificially inflating the cost of oil until gasoline costs more per volume than premium imported sake.
Why mess around with a Windows-based PVR, when there's Linux and OS X?
I've seen enough Windows-based solutions to be 100% positive that I made the right decision going with a Mac and the EyeTV 500. If I cared about streaming video all over the house, I probably would have looked at getting my fingernails dirty with MythTV on Linux, but I don't so the Mac does a fine job of what I want.
So why even look at whatever "me too" offering the Windows world is currently coming up with? Go for one of the obvious choices and spend your time agonizing over which projector to buy.
The broadcast flap reminds me a bit of Clinton's attempt to push manditory V-Chip use back in the 90's. Nobody had a clue what a V-Chip was, but as soon as the real chance of them being forced on us came about, people educated themselves very quickly, and it was shouted down.
I suspect the same will happen when people start to catch on that their TiVo is about to be messed with.
Correct, but each and every one of those people will keep or lose their jobs based on party-line issues. The bile in your throat you feel over this particular issue won't hurt them at all.
This is why politicians on both sides love the abortion issue, especially when raising funding for their campaigns. Nothing can be done about it one way or the other, because Roe v. Wade is established constitutional law, and not enough people want to change things for an Amendment, which is what it would take. However, Republicans know they can count on the "pro-life" vote, so long as they keep pretending they have the capacity to outlaw abortions. Democrats know they can count on the "pro-choice" vote, so long as they keep pretending that the Republicans have the capacity to outlaw abortions.
Every once in a while an honest politician like Tim Penny comes along and openly admits that the whole debate is completely irrelevant, and we should be voting on issues that matter, like the budget, but nobody wants to hear it, so it all just gets drowned out in the din of partisan screaming.
The statistics are a little confusing, but in the U.S. our rich are richer than the richer Swiss and our poor are poorer than the poorer Swiss (if that is any less confusing).
Switzerland has fewer people living in abject poverty than the US for the same reason that Wisconsin has fewer poor people than Mississippi:
The only true recourse is to vote against them next year.
Which won't happen.
Even many of the people whining on this forum will still vote for the candidate who agrees with them on abortion, or the war in Iraq, or some other "issue" which can't possibly be impacted the slightest iota by a single congressional election, because that's what always works for the Republicrats, especially in mid-term elections.
They have people to crunch those numbers and if they could make some huge profit (like you seem to think) they would already have a Mac port.
Blizzard also has people who crunch numbers, and they concluded that cross-platform development is worth the money. Seeing how pretty much every damn thing they make becomes a #1 title, maybe some of those other companies should get their people to take a close look at what Blizzard is doing right.
I was under the assumption that most of us here have built and designed electronic equipment from scratch before moving onto PCs...
Pffft!
I don't know who gave you that impression, but you are grossly misinformed. Most of the folks here are "Generation Y" kids who "moved on to PC's" shortly after learning how to use the toilet and tie their own shoes.
Sure, there's a few of us old-timers kicking about as well, but we are clearly in the minority... and we don't all necessarily give a shit about electronics either. Slashdot is "News for Nerds." That includes music nerds, chemistry nerds, literature nerds, lego nerds, anime nerds, programmer nerds, BOFH nerds, MSCE nerds, Linux nerds, etc. etc. etc.
They build a super-store with super-low prices, wait until all the neihgbourhood hardware stores have gone under and then raise the prices again. Happened in my area.
We've got a Home Depot where I live. Prices fluxuate, but generally they are about the same as prices at Menards (sometimes they cost more).
The low prices is not the result of them selling below cost. As with Wal-Mart, it's the fact that big chains have more buying power to force lower wholesale prices out of suppliers.
The quality of their stuff is not shoddy at all. They sell most of the big-name power tools, and as for lumber, well... an 8' pine 2x4 is an 8' pine 2x4. Did your favorite little lumber yard, now out of business, have access to some kind of special, magical pine trees which the big chains don't know about?
Oh, and as for the local mom & pop hardware stores in our area... the good ones are not going anywhere. A lot of stores closed, but not any that will be missed.
While you are making your soy milk and dreaming about your elaborate HTPC plans, I'll be enjoying my store-bought dairy while watching TV on my already-built entertainment system.
For many people the best choice is to either hire somebody else to skin it for you, or just buy one that has already been skinned.
Oh, sure... you can get fresher cat meat doing it yourself, and probably at a much lower cost too, if you don't mind tracking stays through back-alleys... but not everybody who wants to eat cats has that kind of time on their hands.
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Huh. So.... no G5 tower update. No rumored dual-core G5 systems again. Still no sign of the 3.0 GHz towers which were supposed to arrive way back in 2004. Harrumph.
No wonder they are dumping IBM for Intel.
Music videos are commercials for albums. Yawn.
Being able to download TV shows is a much bigger deal, especially shows which I otherwise would not have free access to, such as the new Doctor Who episodes from the BBC.
1) That's a third-party alteration, which isn't really a problem, but some people will find it more or less dodgy.
Even though it's a better battery than the one that the iPod came with? (The battery sold by most of these third-party dealers has about 20% more charge in the case of the 3G iPod.)
2) The Nano's battery is soldered in, so it will require some re-soldering of the motherboard if you DIY.
Not exactly, no. The nano's battery leads are soldered to the motherboard. Wire strippers and electrical tape will do the job fine if you ph34r t3h solder. I'd be willing to bet that battery sellers will probably eventually include a special clamp-on wire-splicing kit which makes the process even more painless... But we are at least a year away from the first nano battery running out without warranty coverage, so there isn't really a market for such batteries and kits yet.
Too bad the Nano's battery is soldered on.
No, it's not.
It's connected by three wires.
Wires that are longer than the battery itself.
Sure, those wires are then soldered to the board, but if you can't overcome something like that (either by splicing into the current wires or using a soldering gun to replace them entirely) then you should not be allowed to handle sharp objects, either.
If you ever buy a boat, get somebody else to hook up the trailer lights for you.
Gladly
Note some of the ads on the side are pimping prices even lower than what I paid.
Enough with the battery FUD.
I just replaced my iPod battery last month. It was $20, including shipping, and came with a funky little plastic tool for opening up the iPod case. Changing it was easier than a memory upgrade on most laptops.
The hardest part of the entire operation was lining up the pins to plug the hard drive back into the motherboard. That took me all of about thirty seconds.
If you can't change the battery on an iPod while following the instructions that come with almost every replacement battery, you are a goddamn idiot.
I was raised in a virtual 1950 environment.
That sounds like the worst MMORPG ever!
From the FAQ:
Only video that is 480p or less will play. EyeHome cannot play HDTV video from EyeTV 500 or any other source, due to its higher bitrate and resolution above 480p.
Thank you for proving my point.
Yes, Bush is a radical "pro-lifer," and gets a lot of his support from people who want abortions outlawed.
If Roe v. Wade can survive two terms of Reagan plus one-and-a-half terms of Bush The Younger, then it's clearly bulletproof enough that the debate is completely redundant at this point.
The same goes for all the screaming and yelling over Iraq. Whether you think going in was the right call or not, you can't "un-invade" a country any more than you can unscramble an egg. The debate is over, because the war is a fact now. The only thing worth discussing is what will be done next.
What we should be talking about is changing bad laws, like RICO and PATRIOT, fixing our budget problems (and while our military spending has been significant, far greater long-term impact has been made by foolish domestic spending introduced on Bush's watch), improving our border security, decentralizing education policy ("no child left behind" should not mean "let's all go back and get him") and coming up with an energy policy which moves us to better fuel sources in a way which doesn't involve artificially inflating the cost of oil until gasoline costs more per volume than premium imported sake.
My thoughts exactly.
Why mess around with a Windows-based PVR, when there's Linux and OS X?
I've seen enough Windows-based solutions to be 100% positive that I made the right decision going with a Mac and the EyeTV 500. If I cared about streaming video all over the house, I probably would have looked at getting my fingernails dirty with MythTV on Linux, but I don't so the Mac does a fine job of what I want.
So why even look at whatever "me too" offering the Windows world is currently coming up with? Go for one of the obvious choices and spend your time agonizing over which projector to buy.
The broadcast flap reminds me a bit of Clinton's attempt to push manditory V-Chip use back in the 90's. Nobody had a clue what a V-Chip was, but as soon as the real chance of them being forced on us came about, people educated themselves very quickly, and it was shouted down.
I suspect the same will happen when people start to catch on that their TiVo is about to be messed with.
Correct, but each and every one of those people will keep or lose their jobs based on party-line issues. The bile in your throat you feel over this particular issue won't hurt them at all.
This is why politicians on both sides love the abortion issue, especially when raising funding for their campaigns. Nothing can be done about it one way or the other, because Roe v. Wade is established constitutional law, and not enough people want to change things for an Amendment, which is what it would take. However, Republicans know they can count on the "pro-life" vote, so long as they keep pretending they have the capacity to outlaw abortions. Democrats know they can count on the "pro-choice" vote, so long as they keep pretending that the Republicans have the capacity to outlaw abortions.
Every once in a while an honest politician like Tim Penny comes along and openly admits that the whole debate is completely irrelevant, and we should be voting on issues that matter, like the budget, but nobody wants to hear it, so it all just gets drowned out in the din of partisan screaming.
Not my redundancy. Note the quotation marks. Perhaps for the sake of clarity I should have written:
"**AA"[sic]
The statistics are a little confusing, but in the U.S. our rich are richer than the richer Swiss and our poor are poorer than the poorer Swiss (if that is any less confusing).
Switzerland has fewer people living in abject poverty than the US for the same reason that Wisconsin has fewer poor people than Mississippi:
The homeless usually live in warm climates.
The RIAA has something to do with this? I wansn't aware of that.
Shhh!
Every time anything bad happens in government, good slashbots know that all the eeeevil "**AA" groups are behind it. It's a conspiracy, don'tcha know.
Damn you, Cancer Patients Aid Association!!!!!1!!eleventy-one!!!
The only true recourse is to vote against them next year.
Which won't happen.
Even many of the people whining on this forum will still vote for the candidate who agrees with them on abortion, or the war in Iraq, or some other "issue" which can't possibly be impacted the slightest iota by a single congressional election, because that's what always works for the Republicrats, especially in mid-term elections.
They have people to crunch those numbers and if they could make some huge profit (like you seem to think) they would already have a Mac port.
Blizzard also has people who crunch numbers, and they concluded that cross-platform development is worth the money. Seeing how pretty much every damn thing they make becomes a #1 title, maybe some of those other companies should get their people to take a close look at what Blizzard is doing right.
You sound very hostile, yet you didn't actually say anything I disagree with.
I was under the assumption that most of us here have built and designed electronic equipment from scratch before moving onto PCs...
Pffft!
I don't know who gave you that impression, but you are grossly misinformed. Most of the folks here are "Generation Y" kids who "moved on to PC's" shortly after learning how to use the toilet and tie their own shoes.
Sure, there's a few of us old-timers kicking about as well, but we are clearly in the minority... and we don't all necessarily give a shit about electronics either. Slashdot is "News for Nerds." That includes music nerds, chemistry nerds, literature nerds, lego nerds, anime nerds, programmer nerds, BOFH nerds, MSCE nerds, Linux nerds, etc. etc. etc.
it looks like maybe you havent discovered the value of a PVR
I have a PVR system, and I find that the value of it would be a hell of a lot higher if 99% of what's on TV didn't completely suck.
Thank God for NetFlix.
They build a super-store with super-low prices, wait until all the neihgbourhood hardware stores have gone under and then raise the prices again. Happened in my area.
We've got a Home Depot where I live. Prices fluxuate, but generally they are about the same as prices at Menards (sometimes they cost more).
The low prices is not the result of them selling below cost. As with Wal-Mart, it's the fact that big chains have more buying power to force lower wholesale prices out of suppliers.
The quality of their stuff is not shoddy at all. They sell most of the big-name power tools, and as for lumber, well... an 8' pine 2x4 is an 8' pine 2x4. Did your favorite little lumber yard, now out of business, have access to some kind of special, magical pine trees which the big chains don't know about?
Oh, and as for the local mom & pop hardware stores in our area... the good ones are not going anywhere. A lot of stores closed, but not any that will be missed.
one should show a modicum of respect and not refer to people who enjoy building a MythTV box or their own home theatre PC as a '1337 Linux hax0r'
Wow. There was a time on this site when "1337 hax0r" was considered high praise. I guess those days are gone.
Some people just love to do this kind of thing, and don't really understand that others would rather not.
The original poster obviously does not love that kind of thing, and doesn't really understand why others would.
Isn't there room in this crazy, mixed-up world for both kinds of folks?
We're happy for you.
While you are making your soy milk and dreaming about your elaborate HTPC plans, I'll be enjoying my store-bought dairy while watching TV on my already-built entertainment system.
So throw in a $200 TiVo and he's there.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
For many people the best choice is to either hire somebody else to skin it for you, or just buy one that has already been skinned.
Oh, sure... you can get fresher cat meat doing it yourself, and probably at a much lower cost too, if you don't mind tracking stays through back-alleys... but not everybody who wants to eat cats has that kind of time on their hands.
Metaphor, consider yourself stretched!!!