It kills me that people in Canada can get NFL's sunday ticket through their regular cable, but do to agreements and such the only way to get NFL sunday ticket in the US is to buy a satellite/directTV. =(
It's not like the technology isn't there to support it, they are just afraid of screwing up the big Network TV money (ABC/ESPN/CBS/FOX)...
The Transparency-Project Has some neat tools to do a FOAF (friend of a frienc) or in this case six degrees of campaign contribution, and how certain politicians "relate" to others and certain interest groups. *shrug* it's a neat demonstration of the concept at least...
well... there is a certain truth to that (hackers aren't the majority) HOWEVER there is a benefit in the form of INNOVATION when a company "opens" up a bit/becomes hacker friendly/shares information with the user/developer commmunity.
Maybe your mom doesn't want to mod her "whatever" but she may want to buy the next generation of "whatever 2.0" that was inspired by a hackers mod/idea...
furthermore... a hack the first time is difficult, but eventually the "mod" can become simple and the "normal" to "normal but technically inclined" person can perform them e.g. x-box mod chips are "simple" now and don't require any intricate soldering or know how... (probably not the best example ---> but one the/. crowd probably gets)
*shrug* bottom line it's about innovation... and finding new uses for products the stodgy business thinktanks didn't think of. by being open in stead of hording their info they can foster a whole team of "Free" innovators to r & d new applications.
Looks like Stuttering John Melendez got out while the going was still good (of the stern show) but what will gary delabonte do for a living?
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Re:What you say?
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>>> Personally, I've got a video card which allows me to record to HD whatever, whenever I want without any fees. When I can do that, why should I buy a Tivo, or even Replay?
The value-add in these devices is in the user interface and scheduling capabilities, not their raw ability to capture video frames.
That's why you roll up your sleeves and install knoppmyth or the like and get yoru listings for free (using xml2tv or the like) or if you HAVE to have windoze their are free and payfor solutions out there that integrate those features...
To the original poster... you might like doing it that way (and I like doing it that way) but my wife/grandmother et al.... they'd prefer a settop box like tivo...
*shrug*
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Re:... I don't think the roof is gonna cave in
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Dammit I meant... >>> *shrug* The article was right about the dangers (to TIVO's marketshare) of the cable companies offering built in PVR's into their digital cable boxes (as a matter of conveience not necessarily signal quality/degredation concerns)
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... I don't think the roof is gonna cave in
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yet...
The article assumes Tivo will never release another version/improvement or will never implement HDTV or tap into digital cable boxes "digital" stream...
I love my tivo (I'm still building my own home brew one though because it's fun )... I kinda wish I had gotten replayTV (networking features mainly), but after their boneheaded near bait and switch PR blunder I feel better not supporting them with my purchase.
*shrug* The article was right about the dangers of the cable companies offering built in PVR's into their digital cable boxes (as a matter of conveience not necessarily signal quality/degredation concerns)
>>> the fat digital bits from the satellite go right onto the hard drive and aren't converted to analog until they squirt into your TV. >>>
It (satellite signal) still can suffer from compression/artifacts. Watch any cartoon on cartoon network on satellite and then cut over to your "crummy" analog cable line...
I played with groove about a year and a half ago and really liked it's collaborative features... however, I did NOT like that it was an ASP model where THEY host your files and you are dependent on THEIR servers/network.... &shrug* maybe that's changed, or maybe for a real big client they offer the ability to buy/keep the server in-network (the customers network, I mean)
well, it's not *quite* as thin... but if you have the money there certainly are sexy cases out there for mini-itx EPIA VIA motherboards... throw in a right angle pci riser and a hauppauge wintv PVR 350 and you should be dancing, right?
There are distro's of linux tailored to run on this platform too...
An arcade trackball is very much the same technology used in analog mice (i.e. the ones with the balls, lol!) They just make them out of better/stronger parts to take abuse of bar play/patrons (i.e. steal rollers and good ball bearings instead of plastic rollers and bushings).
With that said, I don't see why one couldn't make a very simple electronic interface (instead of bullying yoru track ball with a sander). It's just light choppers blocking a signal from an ir led to a ir reciever led... bypass that and send your own pulses... and wooooooosh (without the physical wooooosh).
Like the previous poster mentioned using spoons/pencils on track and field... I always wanted to hack an atari2600 controller and make a turbo (left right left right) button to conquer Decathalon... my palms are still scarred =P
the irony of course is that when Hollywood's copyright expires, they just get it extended... no public domain steamboat willy (first mickey mouse cartoon/likeness)for us!
anyone catch tripping the rift on sci-fi?
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granted it's a sci-fi cgi cartoon... but if advertising in space was done anything like it is on the show... I wouldn't be surprised to see floating billboards with holographic/moving picture adverts...
Well I'd be surprised, because it won't be in my lifetime... but I digress..
ahh.. the griefers and myg0ts of the world... oy vey... taking the antagonistic bully approach to the virtual world where no one can slam you into a locker =P
It's not MY fault you can't get a prom date, don't come and shit up my game of c-s/unreal tourney for kicks.
Slashdot Mirror
maybe a dingo ate their "file sharing reduces sales argument"
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It kills me that people in Canada can get NFL's sunday ticket through their regular cable, but do to agreements and such the only way to get NFL sunday ticket in the US is to buy a satellite/directTV. =(
It's not like the technology isn't there to support it, they are just afraid of screwing up the big Network TV money (ABC/ESPN/CBS/FOX)...
*shrug*
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The Transparency-Project
Has some neat tools to do a FOAF (friend of a frienc) or in this case six degrees of campaign contribution, and how certain politicians "relate" to others and certain interest groups. *shrug* it's a neat demonstration of the concept at least...
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Can someone recommend one that sells "mp3's" as opposed to WMA crap?
I have an older archos hard drive based multimedia jukebox and it doesn't do WMA's...
thanks,
*shrug*
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well... there is a certain truth to that (hackers aren't the majority) HOWEVER there is a benefit in the form of INNOVATION when a company "opens" up a bit/becomes hacker friendly/shares information with the user/developer commmunity.
/. crowd probably gets)
Maybe your mom doesn't want to mod her "whatever" but she may want to buy the next generation of "whatever 2.0" that was inspired by a hackers mod/idea...
furthermore... a hack the first time is difficult, but eventually the "mod" can become simple and the "normal" to "normal but technically inclined" person can perform them e.g. x-box mod chips are "simple" now and don't require any intricate soldering or know how... (probably not the best example ---> but one the
*shrug* bottom line it's about innovation... and finding new uses for products the stodgy business thinktanks didn't think of. by being open in stead of hording their info they can foster a whole team of "Free" innovators to r & d new applications.
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Looks like Stuttering John Melendez got out while the going was still good (of the stern show) but what will gary delabonte do for a living?
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>>>
Personally, I've got a video card which allows me to record to HD whatever, whenever I want without any fees. When I can do that, why should I buy a Tivo, or even Replay?
The value-add in these devices is in the user interface and scheduling capabilities, not their raw ability to capture video frames.
That's why you roll up your sleeves and install knoppmyth or the like and get yoru listings for free (using xml2tv or the like) or if you HAVE to have windoze their are free and payfor solutions out there that integrate those features...
To the original poster... you might like doing it that way (and I like doing it that way) but my wife/grandmother et al.... they'd prefer a settop box like tivo...
*shrug*
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Dammit I meant...
>>>
*shrug* The article was right about the dangers (to TIVO's marketshare) of the cable companies offering built in PVR's into their digital cable boxes (as a matter of conveience not necessarily signal quality/degredation concerns)
blah
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yet...
The article assumes Tivo will never release another version/improvement or will never implement HDTV or tap into digital cable boxes "digital" stream...
I love my tivo (I'm still building my own home brew one though because it's fun )... I kinda wish I had gotten replayTV (networking features mainly), but after their boneheaded near bait and switch PR blunder I feel better not supporting them with my purchase.
*shrug* The article was right about the dangers of the cable companies offering built in PVR's into their digital cable boxes (as a matter of conveience not necessarily signal quality/degredation concerns)
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the fat digital bits from the satellite go right onto the hard drive and aren't converted to analog until they squirt into your TV.
>>>
It (satellite signal) still can suffer from compression/artifacts. Watch any cartoon on cartoon network on satellite and then cut over to your "crummy" analog cable line...
*shrug* just saying...
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We have a whole fleet of people who have grown up practicing on the USS Triangle using vector based simulation software (asteroids).
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pantalla azul de la muerte!
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I played with groove about a year and a half ago and really liked it's collaborative features... however, I did NOT like that it was an ASP model where THEY host your files and you are dependent on THEIR servers/network.... &shrug* maybe that's changed, or maybe for a real big client they offer the ability to buy/keep the server in-network (the customers network, I mean)
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I'm going to fill up the world's tiniest drive with really really small thumbnail sized pr0n!
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previous /. article->old powerbook to picture frame
and this guy made all sorts of cools tuff with tibooks/powerbook prototypes including picture frame... some tiny mame "cocktail" cabinets etc...
*shrug*
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We've got this beer bubble thing licked, but still no cure for cancer...
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well, it's not *quite* as thin... but if you have the money there certainly are sexy cases out there for mini-itx EPIA VIA motherboards... throw in a right angle pci riser and a hauppauge wintv PVR 350 and you should be dancing, right?
There are distro's of linux tailored to run on this platform too...
*Shrug*
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heh... Mad Max 7 Way Beyond Thunderdome
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An arcade trackball is very much the same technology used in analog mice (i.e. the ones with the balls, lol!) They just make them out of better/stronger parts to take abuse of bar play/patrons (i.e. steal rollers and good ball bearings instead of plastic rollers and bushings).
With that said, I don't see why one couldn't make a very simple electronic interface (instead of bullying yoru track ball with a sander). It's just light choppers blocking a signal from an ir led to a ir reciever led... bypass that and send your own pulses... and wooooooosh (without the physical wooooosh).
Like the previous poster mentioned using spoons/pencils on track and field... I always wanted to hack an atari2600 controller and make a turbo (left right left right) button to conquer Decathalon... my palms are still scarred =P
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the irony of course is that when Hollywood's copyright expires, they just get it extended... no public domain steamboat willy (first mickey mouse cartoon/likeness)for us!
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is splashdot.org registered?
hmmmmm...
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granted it's a sci-fi cgi cartoon... but if advertising in space was done anything like it is on the show... I wouldn't be surprised to see floating billboards with holographic/moving picture adverts...
Well I'd be surprised, because it won't be in my lifetime... but I digress..
*shrug*
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just wait till juliet get's ahold of Romeo's IM contacts list...
ahh.. the griefers and myg0ts of the world... oy vey... taking the antagonistic bully approach to the virtual world where no one can slam you into a locker =P
It's not MY fault you can't get a prom date, don't come and shit up my game of c-s/unreal tourney for kicks.
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Now this is a witch hunt I could get behind!
Spammers are my inbox terrorists =(
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