Yep, that's what it means. Someone posted strings and such over in the Tivo Underground from the ATT units. Everything I can see looks like it runs 2.4, including the kernel logs. Different software for different systems.
It will have built in support for several types of USB devices. The kernel in the only "series 2" device out there (the AT&T Tivo, availble right now thru Tivo's web page) appears to have compiled-in support for a few types of USB ethernet adapters, but it may not be enabled as of yet. In any case, so software drivers will be required, you just have to use the list of "compatible hardware" that they give. That list will likely be long, as it's just a matter of having the unit detect and load the necessary kernel modules (it's running Linux 2.4.something).
From the read it seems readily appearant that their only "provocative" actions were to forward a complaint to the postmaster addresses of whatever ISP Bernie was using at the time. From there this little shithead goes ballistic, threatens legal action, calls people names and generally harasses them. The guy is a moron and deserves every bit of it. Okay, so they don't let up when it becomes obvious that Bernie's full of shit, but big deal..
I personally think the only appropriate response left is just to have him whacked and be done with it (hey, I know some people in Chicago, you know?)...;-)
The article, as I initially saw it, just said Windows Media. I missed the Audio bit.
In any case, this doesn't change my assertion. An MPEG decoder chip that will play MP3's will NOT play WMA's. Therefore some other form of processor is needed to decode and play them.
As I see it, this means extra hardware in the DVD players is required. Probably some form of generic CPU, one fast enough to decode the video. The MPEG2 chip for DVD usually gives you VCD/SVCD/etc for free and MP3 decoding on the side. But WMA/WMV are different beasts that don't use the same schemes, right? (Correct me if I'm wrong..)
So, assuming they put in some form of generic processor for decoding Windows Media formats, what's to stop them (or some other person) from putting in support for all sorts of media formats using that self same processor? Last time I checked my DVD player it didn't have any chips in there fast enough to decode DivX, maybe Microsoft is helping to change that for me.
Kazaa and Morpheus both use the same P2P network, notably the one made by FastTrack, a company based in the Netherlands. So, if you want to use the network without spyware, give Kazaa a miss and grab Morpheus instead. Also, I think Morpheus has a Linux client available (I may be wrong on that though).
>The DirecTiVo can. My receiver fully recognizes the source, and it's fed from an optical connection fro the TiVo. It even has the DD logo right on the front.
This is why I said "the Dish/DTV based units can". The DirecTivo is a DTV based unit. Duh.
Tivo serial only works on DirecTV boxes.. Really!
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OOT: There's no such thing as a Comcast General Instrument cable box, Comcast doesn't make hardware. Secondly, the serial connector works fine with GI cable boxes, thus rendering the infrared blaster completely unneccessary.
A lot of people are confused by this. The Tivo cannot control any cable boxes via serial. Really. No, really!
Okay, still don't believe me, try this: Disconnect the serial connector, try not to move the setup or stand in front of it or anything. Now change the channel using the Tivo. MAGIC!
What's really going on is that on the front panel of the Tivo, there's a built in, forward-facing, IR blaster. It shoots IR out the front, which rebounds off your furniture or what have you, and hits the cable box. Cover the front of your cable box and try it again with the serial connected. Didn't work did it? See?
The reason for the front facing IR blaster is to make it simple enough for granny to setup. Seriously, it doesn't work very well in that config, so hook those L shaped IR blasters up for a better signal. You may also want to build a fort around the cable box IR input (with the blaster inside) and/or disable the front facing IR blaster on the Tivo (pop the front cover off by pushing down on it really hard and cover the IR blaster with electrical tape). Sometimes, that front facing blaster blasting at the same time can confuse the cable box because it's getting two signals at once.
32 Khz audio is all you need to accurately reproduce NTSC sound because the NTSC spec says that the maximum frequency is 16 Khz. Thus says Shannon's Law/Nyquist's theorem.
The three big ones for Dish based setups (DirecTivo's, UltimateTV's, and DishPVR's) all record the actual digital stream coming from the satellite. No encoding is done in the unit, so what you see on the feed is what you get on the recording. This doesn't mean there's no artifacts, it means that the artifacts will be the same as if you were watching it "live".
The other two major ones (Tivo standalone units, ReplayTV) are mostly comparable in picture quality.
Tivo has 4 picture quality settings, that range the spectrum pretty well, with "Best" being very close to live, and "Basic" being about VCR quality, but slightly sharper. Replay has 3 quality settings, I believe, and they are mostly the same as Tivo, picture wise.
Audio wise, it seems as if the Replay lowers the bitrate on the audio as well as the video in the lower quality settings, but this may be untrue or a rumor. Tivo definitely uses the same audio quality regardless of the quality setting. It sounds pretty good and I've not noticed any weirdness on Tivo audio except for some loss on the rear channel on Dolby Pro-Logic signals from time to time. Neither unit can record Dolby Digital, while the Dish/DTV-based units can and have digital outputs as well.
1) You can select to record programs by searching by name, but it only searched within a limited horizon of programming (the week or so for which it has the guide). If not found, it can be recorded. For example, you couldn't ask it to record "Mission to Mars" whenever it comes on next.
Sure you can. Make a Title Wishlist for MISSION MARS and set it to auto-record. Done. That is the point of Wishlists, to record matching type things. Wishlists are in the 2.0 and up software, so if you just bought the Standalone unit, it'll only have 1.3 on there. It'll upgrade after it dials in a few times.
2) You can't ask it to record programs matching criteria like a particular actor, or keyword in title etc.
Again, use Wishlists. The possible wishlists are: Actor, Director, Keyword, Title (keyword but only in the title), and Genre.
3) Once a program has been selected for recording, you can't change the record quality without cancelling it, finding it again via search, channel guide or whatever, and re-selecting to record it.
Huh? Go to the ToDo List, find the show you want to change, hit select, then go to the "options" screen on that show. Change all the settings for that recording you like, including the quality.
4) It takes 2-4 hours to process and index the program guide after making a call to TiVo! (what on earth is it doing?)
Indexing the new data into it's database. However, this does tell me you have 1.3 software and not 2.0. The newer 2.0 software indexes in the background.
5) There are a few subtle bugs in the menu display software that sometimes cause display artifacts (rarely though).
Mostly fixed in 2.0 and up (2.5 is out now).
6) If you have a partial recording of something that you are also currently recording, it doesn't distinguish between the two - so you can delete the partial until the current recording it complete
Huh? I fail to understand this one, but all recordings are treated separately. If you record something and then it doesn't finish so you record it again later, those are separate and treated separately.
7) Sometimes the GUI is slow to respond (I assume the CPU is busy - just evert so slightly underpowered to do everything it needs. Although the record/playback seems to get highest priority - I've noticed no artifacts there)
Yes, it it a tad slow to respond at times. This was improved, but not fixed, in 2.0 and up.
In short, wait until you download the new software before passing judgement. The new software is tremendous compared to 1.3. It'll download 2.5 for you in under a week or two of first setting it up.
I had a similar problem once, when I had to make a CGI that would send back a spreadsheet to be passed off to the right application from either Netscape or IE. The eventual solution was to change the content-type slightly for each browser, and for IE to append a fake parameter with the right extension so IE would open it correctly.
It was a workaround for IE, really, Netscape handled it fine with the correct content-type. IE didn't handle it correctly unless you munged the content-type AND added that fake extension...
If I'm not a member of your organization, your "policy" doesn't restrict me in any way.
Companies, you can make all the happy little rules you want to make, but this is the big bad real world, where nobody gives a shit about what you think is fair. Understand?
How can you have brakes when you have no throttle?
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Realize that what's so special about this thing is that it has no controls of any sort, other than the handlebars. The device has only one function: Stay upright. That's it. If you lean forward a bit, the device will roll forward to prevent you from tipping. Lean backward and it goes backward. Now, that's not to say you can't knock the thing over, but the whole point of the device is to make it damn near impossible.
That said, it won't stop on a dime, I guarantee that. If you're booking along at 12 MPH, and granny walks in front of you, granny is gonna get plowed.
First off, the floppy isn't on the IDE, so it's irrelevant.
Secondly, if the mobo is capable of booting from CD, then it expects the CD drive to be set to NONE or AUTO anyway. Even when it's NONE, the CD will detect and boot. I know, I have mine setup exactly that way. It boots from CD just fine.
PXE has to have motherboard support anyway, for booting over ethernet. I don't see how that applies. It's a different boot method that doesn't need drive geometry anyway.
BTW, I have all my drives set to none. It boots from the hard drive anyway. Try it sometime.
Why do you care what the BIOS thinks? Set it to NONE and be done with it.
Any "modern" OS doesn't use what the BIOS thinks anyway. Try it with Linux sometime. Stick a 60 gig disk into an old 486 that can't handle it, set it to none, boot up Linux and watch it tell you that there's a 60 gig disk there, and more importantly, watch it WORK in all respects. Watch it have full access to the whole thing. Be careful, if the BIOS is set to something other than NONE, it *can* lie to Linux when the kernel asks for the size of the drive. But I've done this with systems that have a 32 gig limit on disk size, and have it work just fine.
Windows can do this too, sometimes. Not exactly certain on the details there, but having done this myself with Linux, I know that much of it does work.
We didn't get very specific about what those technical measures were, but we always made clear that we would rely on technological solutions to address technological problems.
Yep. That explains the previous lawsuits against Napster et al.. Sure enough.:P
You know that once upon a time, one of the Detroit car companies interviewed a bunch of people on "What do you want in a car" -People said, Good fuel efficency, large cargo capacity, good visiblility, 4 passenger, etc, etc. They built it, and it FLOPPED! It was called the AMC Pacer.
And the fact that it was ugly as sin and would rust from breathing on it heavy didn't have anything to do with it? And I suppose the fact that they leaked oil like a sieve around the rear crank seal didn't help any. Oh yeah, the exhaust manifold tends to crack and the ignition module wears out over time, but these are just icing on the cake, yeah?
Not at all. The agnostic is eschewing all systems by saying it's unknown and unknowable. He makes no statement about his beliefs other than to say he doesn't know the final answer. This is not the same as a lack of belief in deity. I know many agnostic christians.
How can you possibly argue that "I do not believe in god" is a statement of faith? It's not, and to me it seems that this is the very definition of atheism, a lack of belief.
Now, the statement "I believe there is no god" is a much stronger position to take. With no real evidence either way, this could be construed as a statement of faith, but I hesitate to call this atheism. It's akin to the "strong atheism" position mentioned earlier.
The encoder you use matters more than you might think. In short, using anything other than LAME is not a fair test to determine your bitrate needs. Try LAME at 160k VBR, and compare to your 320k encoded with anything else.
And if you're using Xing, then nothing can help you, it'll sound like total crap at any combination of settings.
Any competent administrator unfortunate enough to have to manage an IIS installation has taken their machine offline, made sure their machine is worm-free, patched NT/2000 and IIS, and put it back online. Your main concern is those admins who have not done this, and there are a disappointingly large number of them.
No, there's a vast majority of machines running IIS because the clueless user who installed 2k on his own box saw "Web Server" check box during the install, and instantly thought "I surf the web" and thusly checked it. So he's running IIS at default security, with the default pages with their holes and all. And he has no idea he's doing it. And he doesn't understand "security patches". And so, his computer is attacking others completely without his knowledge because "he doesn't run a web site".
Those are the people whose computers you have to fix. They're certainly not going to do it.
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Yep, that's what it means. Someone posted strings and such over in the Tivo Underground from the ATT units. Everything I can see looks like it runs 2.4, including the kernel logs. Different software for different systems.
It will have built in support for several types of USB devices. The kernel in the only "series 2" device out there (the AT&T Tivo, availble right now thru Tivo's web page) appears to have compiled-in support for a few types of USB ethernet adapters, but it may not be enabled as of yet. In any case, so software drivers will be required, you just have to use the list of "compatible hardware" that they give. That list will likely be long, as it's just a matter of having the unit detect and load the necessary kernel modules (it's running Linux 2.4.something).
From the read it seems readily appearant that their only "provocative" actions were to forward a complaint to the postmaster addresses of whatever ISP Bernie was using at the time. From there this little shithead goes ballistic, threatens legal action, calls people names and generally harasses them. The guy is a moron and deserves every bit of it. Okay, so they don't let up when it becomes obvious that Bernie's full of shit, but big deal..
;-)
I personally think the only appropriate response left is just to have him whacked and be done with it (hey, I know some people in Chicago, you know?)...
The article, as I initially saw it, just said Windows Media. I missed the Audio bit.
In any case, this doesn't change my assertion. An MPEG decoder chip that will play MP3's will NOT play WMA's. Therefore some other form of processor is needed to decode and play them.
As I see it, this means extra hardware in the DVD players is required. Probably some form of generic CPU, one fast enough to decode the video. The MPEG2 chip for DVD usually gives you VCD/SVCD/etc for free and MP3 decoding on the side. But WMA/WMV are different beasts that don't use the same schemes, right? (Correct me if I'm wrong..)
So, assuming they put in some form of generic processor for decoding Windows Media formats, what's to stop them (or some other person) from putting in support for all sorts of media formats using that self same processor? Last time I checked my DVD player it didn't have any chips in there fast enough to decode DivX, maybe Microsoft is helping to change that for me.
Almost forgot: to disable Morpheus's advertising, add:
127.0.0.1 ads.musiccity.com
to your hosts file. Done and done.
Kazaa and Morpheus both use the same P2P network, notably the one made by FastTrack, a company based in the Netherlands. So, if you want to use the network without spyware, give Kazaa a miss and grab Morpheus instead. Also, I think Morpheus has a Linux client available (I may be wrong on that though).
Click here for a picture of how to do it.
Also check www.lik-sang.com for the details.
/. doesn't like > signs.. ;)
/etc/passwd >list
better !pout !cry
better watchout
lpr why
santa claus <north pole >town
cat
ncheck list
ncheck list
cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist
cat list | grep nice >giftlist
santa claus <north pole >town
who | grep sleeping
who | grep awake
who | egrep 'bad|good'
for (goodness sake) {
be good
}
>The DirecTiVo can. My receiver fully recognizes the source, and it's fed from an optical connection fro the TiVo. It even has the DD logo right on the front.
This is why I said "the Dish/DTV based units can". The DirecTivo is a DTV based unit. Duh.
OOT: There's no such thing as a Comcast General Instrument cable box, Comcast doesn't make hardware. Secondly, the serial connector works fine with GI cable boxes, thus rendering the infrared blaster completely unneccessary.
A lot of people are confused by this. The Tivo cannot control any cable boxes via serial. Really. No, really!
Okay, still don't believe me, try this: Disconnect the serial connector, try not to move the setup or stand in front of it or anything. Now change the channel using the Tivo. MAGIC!
What's really going on is that on the front panel of the Tivo, there's a built in, forward-facing, IR blaster. It shoots IR out the front, which rebounds off your furniture or what have you, and hits the cable box. Cover the front of your cable box and try it again with the serial connected. Didn't work did it? See?
The reason for the front facing IR blaster is to make it simple enough for granny to setup. Seriously, it doesn't work very well in that config, so hook those L shaped IR blasters up for a better signal. You may also want to build a fort around the cable box IR input (with the blaster inside) and/or disable the front facing IR blaster on the Tivo (pop the front cover off by pushing down on it really hard and cover the IR blaster with electrical tape). Sometimes, that front facing blaster blasting at the same time can confuse the cable box because it's getting two signals at once.
32 Khz audio is all you need to accurately reproduce NTSC sound because the NTSC spec says that the maximum frequency is 16 Khz. Thus says Shannon's Law/Nyquist's theorem.
The three big ones for Dish based setups (DirecTivo's, UltimateTV's, and DishPVR's) all record the actual digital stream coming from the satellite. No encoding is done in the unit, so what you see on the feed is what you get on the recording. This doesn't mean there's no artifacts, it means that the artifacts will be the same as if you were watching it "live".
The other two major ones (Tivo standalone units, ReplayTV) are mostly comparable in picture quality.
Tivo has 4 picture quality settings, that range the spectrum pretty well, with "Best" being very close to live, and "Basic" being about VCR quality, but slightly sharper. Replay has 3 quality settings, I believe, and they are mostly the same as Tivo, picture wise.
Audio wise, it seems as if the Replay lowers the bitrate on the audio as well as the video in the lower quality settings, but this may be untrue or a rumor. Tivo definitely uses the same audio quality regardless of the quality setting. It sounds pretty good and I've not noticed any weirdness on Tivo audio except for some loss on the rear channel on Dolby Pro-Logic signals from time to time. Neither unit can record Dolby Digital, while the Dish/DTV-based units can and have digital outputs as well.
1) You can select to record programs by searching by name, but it only searched within a limited horizon of programming (the week or so for which it has the guide). If not found, it can be recorded. For example, you couldn't ask it to record "Mission to Mars" whenever it comes on next.
Sure you can. Make a Title Wishlist for MISSION MARS and set it to auto-record. Done. That is the point of Wishlists, to record matching type things. Wishlists are in the 2.0 and up software, so if you just bought the Standalone unit, it'll only have 1.3 on there. It'll upgrade after it dials in a few times.
2) You can't ask it to record programs matching criteria like a particular actor, or keyword in title etc.
Again, use Wishlists. The possible wishlists are: Actor, Director, Keyword, Title (keyword but only in the title), and Genre.
3) Once a program has been selected for recording, you can't change the record quality without cancelling it, finding it again via search, channel guide or whatever, and re-selecting to record it.
Huh? Go to the ToDo List, find the show you want to change, hit select, then go to the "options" screen on that show. Change all the settings for that recording you like, including the quality.
4) It takes 2-4 hours to process and index the program guide after making a call to TiVo! (what on earth is it doing?)
Indexing the new data into it's database. However, this does tell me you have 1.3 software and not 2.0. The newer 2.0 software indexes in the background.
5) There are a few subtle bugs in the menu display software that sometimes cause display artifacts (rarely though).
Mostly fixed in 2.0 and up (2.5 is out now).
6) If you have a partial recording of something that you are also currently recording, it doesn't distinguish between the two - so you can delete the partial until the current recording it complete
Huh? I fail to understand this one, but all recordings are treated separately. If you record something and then it doesn't finish so you record it again later, those are separate and treated separately.
7) Sometimes the GUI is slow to respond (I assume the CPU is busy - just evert so slightly underpowered to do everything it needs. Although the record/playback seems to get highest priority - I've noticed no artifacts there)
Yes, it it a tad slow to respond at times. This was improved, but not fixed, in 2.0 and up.
In short, wait until you download the new software before passing judgement. The new software is tremendous compared to 1.3. It'll download 2.5 for you in under a week or two of first setting it up.
I had a similar problem once, when I had to make a CGI that would send back a spreadsheet to be passed off to the right application from either Netscape or IE. The eventual solution was to change the content-type slightly for each browser, and for IE to append a fake parameter with the right extension so IE would open it correctly.
It was a workaround for IE, really, Netscape handled it fine with the correct content-type. IE didn't handle it correctly unless you munged the content-type AND added that fake extension...
If I'm not a member of your organization, your "policy" doesn't restrict me in any way.
Companies, you can make all the happy little rules you want to make, but this is the big bad real world, where nobody gives a shit about what you think is fair. Understand?
Realize that what's so special about this thing is that it has no controls of any sort, other than the handlebars. The device has only one function: Stay upright. That's it. If you lean forward a bit, the device will roll forward to prevent you from tipping. Lean backward and it goes backward. Now, that's not to say you can't knock the thing over, but the whole point of the device is to make it damn near impossible.
That said, it won't stop on a dime, I guarantee that. If you're booking along at 12 MPH, and granny walks in front of you, granny is gonna get plowed.
First off, the floppy isn't on the IDE, so it's irrelevant.
Secondly, if the mobo is capable of booting from CD, then it expects the CD drive to be set to NONE or AUTO anyway. Even when it's NONE, the CD will detect and boot. I know, I have mine setup exactly that way. It boots from CD just fine.
PXE has to have motherboard support anyway, for booting over ethernet. I don't see how that applies. It's a different boot method that doesn't need drive geometry anyway.
BTW, I have all my drives set to none. It boots from the hard drive anyway. Try it sometime.
Why do you care what the BIOS thinks? Set it to NONE and be done with it.
Any "modern" OS doesn't use what the BIOS thinks anyway. Try it with Linux sometime. Stick a 60 gig disk into an old 486 that can't handle it, set it to none, boot up Linux and watch it tell you that there's a 60 gig disk there, and more importantly, watch it WORK in all respects. Watch it have full access to the whole thing. Be careful, if the BIOS is set to something other than NONE, it *can* lie to Linux when the kernel asks for the size of the drive. But I've done this with systems that have a 32 gig limit on disk size, and have it work just fine.
Windows can do this too, sometimes. Not exactly certain on the details there, but having done this myself with Linux, I know that much of it does work.
I'm quite fond of this line:
:P
We didn't get very specific about what those technical measures were, but we always made clear that we would rely on technological solutions to address technological problems.
Yep. That explains the previous lawsuits against Napster et al.. Sure enough.
You know that once upon a time, one of the Detroit car companies interviewed a bunch of people on "What do you want in a car" -People said, Good fuel efficency, large cargo capacity, good visiblility, 4 passenger, etc, etc. They built it, and it FLOPPED! It was called the AMC Pacer.
And the fact that it was ugly as sin and would rust from breathing on it heavy didn't have anything to do with it? And I suppose the fact that they leaked oil like a sieve around the rear crank seal didn't help any. Oh yeah, the exhaust manifold tends to crack and the ignition module wears out over time, but these are just icing on the cake, yeah?
Not at all. The agnostic is eschewing all systems by saying it's unknown and unknowable. He makes no statement about his beliefs other than to say he doesn't know the final answer. This is not the same as a lack of belief in deity. I know many agnostic christians.
I don't see where the confusion lies.
How can you possibly argue that "I do not believe in god" is a statement of faith? It's not, and to me it seems that this is the very definition of atheism, a lack of belief.
Now, the statement "I believe there is no god" is a much stronger position to take. With no real evidence either way, this could be construed as a statement of faith, but I hesitate to call this atheism. It's akin to the "strong atheism" position mentioned earlier.
The encoder you use matters more than you might think. In short, using anything other than LAME is not a fair test to determine your bitrate needs. Try LAME at 160k VBR, and compare to your 320k encoded with anything else.
And if you're using Xing, then nothing can help you, it'll sound like total crap at any combination of settings.
Any competent administrator unfortunate enough to have to manage an IIS installation has taken their machine offline, made sure their machine is worm-free, patched NT/2000 and IIS, and put it back online. Your main concern is those admins who have not done this, and there are a disappointingly large number of them.
No, there's a vast majority of machines running IIS because the clueless user who installed 2k on his own box saw "Web Server" check box during the install, and instantly thought "I surf the web" and thusly checked it. So he's running IIS at default security, with the default pages with their holes and all. And he has no idea he's doing it. And he doesn't understand "security patches". And so, his computer is attacking others completely without his knowledge because "he doesn't run a web site".
Those are the people whose computers you have to fix. They're certainly not going to do it.