But show Joe Sixpack that he can't get any information on Superbowl XXX at his local library when this goes into effect, and you might get some grass roots support.
Show me Joe Sixpack at the library looking up the Superbowl and I'll show you this nice anti-tiger rock I have for sale...:)
The TiVo software isn't open source. The TiVo modifications to the linux kernel are. All of the binaries that comprise the bulk of the non-kernel TiVo software and service are proprietary.
I think the disconcerting part was the fact that it won't have a human making the decision to fire the weapon. It has a Wargames-y feel to it. Personally, I tend to agree. I always get nervous when they talk about replacing soldiers with robots and planes with drones. When you take the horror out of war, what incentive is there to avoid it? (Remember that old Star Trek episode?)
The dialup on the TiVo works just fine.... there wasn't a need for Ethernet.
There *is* a need for ethernet. Just because *you* don't need it doesn't mean the rest of us don't. The Tivo makes one call per day. That's about 30 calls per month. Ameritech allows me 40 calls per month before I start paying for each call (the next level is 400, which tacks another $10 onto my monthly bill).
I am in the process of cancelling all my land lines and just using my cellphone for all calling, but the Tivo is the only thing preventing that. I have DSL. Why shouldn't I use it?
But how many know how to NAT more than one box behind their connect? Few..VERY few.
LOTS of people can do it (and do). If you can NAT one box, you can NAT several just as easily.
TiVo dials up a local UUNet POP, gets an IP address and then downloads guide data via HTTP. The ability to retrieve the data is based on having an active account which is keyed to the serial number of your TiVo. There has been some discussion about how to get the guide data for free, but since TiVo is not complaining about us hacking around with it (instead of screaming like i-Opener did), no one really wants to piss them off by trying to get the service for free. Not least of which, it's unethical to do so.
What is it with integrating things into a cellphone? Can't we see some different gadgets for a change? I don't know about you, but I'm not interested in watching TV on a 1" LCD on my cellphone. Where are the roll-up LCD's that we can stick in our back pocket? Where are the Terminator scanning/target aquisition glasses? Where are the jet packs?! THEY PROMISED US JETPACKS AND HOVERCARS!!!
I saw a device like the Phantom at Comdex a few years ago. It was basically a harness that you put two or three fingers into which provided tactile feedback for CAD designers and stuff. It was extremely cool. The demonstration was stacking virtual blocks and moving virtual furniture. The presenter refused to comment on the pr0n applications.
Looks to me like this could be a valid patent. It isn't just CVS; it includes built in editing and communication facilities, plus it's a publishing system, which makes it sound like it covers more than CVS.
Just out of curiosty, what happens if the patent *is* ruled invalid? Would, say, Apple be able to recover the fees they paid to Amazon for the use of the 1-Click license?
I don't understand the complaint. For years, people have been complaining that "Windows 9x is just DOS with a fancy GUI." Now that Microsoft has removed DOS, people are STILL complaining about it. My take is this: If you need DOS, don't install WinME. Microsoft isn't twisting your arm and forcing you to upgrade. You can only maintain backwards compatibility up to a point. After that, it's legacy code and needs to be dropped or replaced.
I see this in my business (network engineer) constantly. People always want the newest and best, but they don't want to upgrade everything. They insist on running Windows 2000 but they refuse to upgrade the 486 they're trying to install it on.
If you have software that requires DOS, you either get new software or keep using DOS. Why would you upgrade one and not the other?
King's last effort netted him almost $500,000 in spite of being heavily pirated. It's not an "Us vs. Them" situation and his publishing costs are limited to whatever his bandwidth costs. Therefore, if 50,000 people pay for his story, he's made $50,000 minus overhead costs, regardless of how many people DON'T pay. Still not a bad salary, IMHO. Ok, people will cheat, but he's STILL going to make money. Personally, I see this as a good way to distribute copywritable material.
Personally, I don't see where the issue is. The article doesn't talk about stopping file transfer. In fact, the whole first half of it is about PacketShaper which allows administrators to control bandwidth usage without blocking content. As an administrator myself, I understand how frustrating it is to see my T1 saturated by RealAudio streams and not being able to do much to get "legitimate" traffic through.
As for the second half of the article, it also doesn't talk about stopping file sharing. It talks about ways to stop piracy. While I am all for open source, there are plenty of people who aren't, and until IP laws change, we need to respect the wishes of those who publish without an open license. Therefore, stopping piracy should be respected. I do think that Media Enforcer goes too far, though, by denying access to the application entirely. Where is the happy medium? How do we protect IP without blocking "legitimate" use of software like Napster? The fact remains that Napster-like tools are used to trade legally as well as illegally.
I've run cable to every room, I have several RJ11 phone jacks, several cable jacks, firewire, speaker, and RJ45 ethernet jacks in every room in my house. The price to do that during the construction of the house is negligible. Wonder why it's taken until now for home designers to start doing that?
I've used Game Commander with Star Fleet Command. It works fairly well and is actually kind of fun shouting "Red Alert!" and having all your defensive systems come up and start blowing the red alert siren. On the other hand, I've had more than one occasion when I've had to say the command two or three times because it just isn't fast enough or accurate enough. When you're in the heat of battle, having your commands ignored or not executed instantly is a REAL problem. Maybe if it's integrated directly with the game it will work better. Let's hope so.
Junkbusters has already been mentioned, but I wanted to add my two cents. Before I started using its techniques, I literally got 30-40 telemarketing calls PER DAY. Now, I typically get no more than two per week. Those I do get don't last more than five seconds. This has taken me three months to get to this point and has been more effective than ANYTHING else I've tried.
You can say "Scream into the phone, hold them on the line so it costs them money, etc." but my time is valuable too and the callers are just $5/hour bozos who are just trying to earn a living. They don't deserve to have their eardrums shattered.
The instant I realize it's a sales call (usually when they ask for "Mr. so-and-so"), I ask if they are a telemarketer. DON'T wait for them to stop talking, because they won't. When they answer "yes", just say "put me on your do not call list" and then HANG UP. Easy. Five seconds. You're back to your dinner before it gets cold and you don't get called back.
Folks, there aren't that many telemarketing companies out there. It's not hard to get them to stop calling.
Two words: FSCK 'EM! They've already lied to us once, when they bought Abacus and promised not to cross-reference. There's not a chance in hell that I'm lifting my firewall filters.
I already despise telemarketers and telemarketing. It's gonna take a lot more than a decision reversal to change that opinion.
I've talked to several people that use DirecPC and they've all reported that frequently, their downstream throughput is worse than a modem. After doing some research it seems that the more bandwitdth you consistently consume, the more they cap you. One guy I talked to found out his downstream was being capped at 36k. Quite a far cry from the 400k they promise.
I have a button on mine marked, simply, "Reheat". I hit that and press start and it will detect heat and steam from the food and shut off. So far, it's worked perfectly every time.
Lots of people have said how great it is, but how well does it integrate with a system that has DVD, CableTV and a VCR already attached? My DVD, for example, has no pass-throughs, so it's impossible to daisy-chain equipment. Is Tivo the same way?
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Ok, I have my giant crystals for my well-being, now if I could just find some giant pyramids to sharpen my razors, I'd be all set.
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But show Joe Sixpack that he can't get any information on Superbowl XXX at his local library when this goes into effect, and you might get some grass roots support.
:)
Show me Joe Sixpack at the library looking up the Superbowl and I'll show you this nice anti-tiger rock I have for sale...
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The TiVo software isn't open source. The TiVo modifications to the linux kernel are. All of the binaries that comprise the bulk of the non-kernel TiVo software and service are proprietary.
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I think the disconcerting part was the fact that it won't have a human making the decision to fire the weapon. It has a Wargames-y feel to it. Personally, I tend to agree. I always get nervous when they talk about replacing soldiers with robots and planes with drones. When you take the horror out of war, what incentive is there to avoid it? (Remember that old Star Trek episode?)
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all 3 of my TiVos, ... all need to connect to a phone outlet.
I have my TiVo connected without a phone line. It uses my DSL connection to pull daily updates over the internet....
It's in the TiVo hack FAQ at http://www.tivofaq.com/hack/faq.html. Look for the LIVE_CACHE_SIZE variable.
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Tivo Bad Stuff
Only pause live TV for 30 minutes, unless you're actually recording that channel.
Actually, this is adjustable. It's a pretty easy hack, too. I have a three hour buffer on mine now.
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The dialup on the TiVo works just fine.... there wasn't a need for Ethernet.
There *is* a need for ethernet. Just because *you* don't need it doesn't mean the rest of us don't. The Tivo makes one call per day. That's about 30 calls per month. Ameritech allows me 40 calls per month before I start paying for each call (the next level is 400, which tacks another $10 onto my monthly bill).
I am in the process of cancelling all my land lines and just using my cellphone for all calling, but the Tivo is the only thing preventing that. I have DSL. Why shouldn't I use it?
But how many know how to NAT more than one box behind their connect? Few..VERY few.
LOTS of people can do it (and do). If you can NAT one box, you can NAT several just as easily.
TiVo dials up a local UUNet POP, gets an IP address and then downloads guide data via HTTP. The ability to retrieve the data is based on having an active account which is keyed to the serial number of your TiVo. There has been some discussion about how to get the guide data for free, but since TiVo is not complaining about us hacking around with it (instead of screaming like i-Opener did), no one really wants to piss them off by trying to get the service for free. Not least of which, it's unethical to do so.
What is it with integrating things into a cellphone? Can't we see some different gadgets for a change? I don't know about you, but I'm not interested in watching TV on a 1" LCD on my cellphone. Where are the roll-up LCD's that we can stick in our back pocket? Where are the Terminator scanning/target aquisition glasses? Where are the jet packs?! THEY PROMISED US JETPACKS AND HOVERCARS!!!
I saw a device like the Phantom at Comdex a few years ago. It was basically a harness that you put two or three fingers into which provided tactile feedback for CAD designers and stuff. It was extremely cool. The demonstration was stacking virtual blocks and moving virtual furniture. The presenter refused to comment on the pr0n applications.
Looks to me like this could be a valid patent. It isn't just CVS; it includes built in editing and communication facilities, plus it's a publishing system, which makes it sound like it covers more than CVS.
What, you mean like Lotus Notes?
Just out of curiosty, what happens if the patent *is* ruled invalid? Would, say, Apple be able to recover the fees they paid to Amazon for the use of the 1-Click license?
I don't understand the complaint. For years, people have been complaining that "Windows 9x is just DOS with a fancy GUI." Now that Microsoft has removed DOS, people are STILL complaining about it. My take is this: If you need DOS, don't install WinME. Microsoft isn't twisting your arm and forcing you to upgrade. You can only maintain backwards compatibility up to a point. After that, it's legacy code and needs to be dropped or replaced.
I see this in my business (network engineer) constantly. People always want the newest and best, but they don't want to upgrade everything. They insist on running Windows 2000 but they refuse to upgrade the 486 they're trying to install it on.
If you have software that requires DOS, you either get new software or keep using DOS. Why would you upgrade one and not the other?
King's last effort netted him almost $500,000 in spite of being heavily pirated. It's not an "Us vs. Them" situation and his publishing costs are limited to whatever his bandwidth costs. Therefore, if 50,000 people pay for his story, he's made $50,000 minus overhead costs, regardless of how many people DON'T pay. Still not a bad salary, IMHO. Ok, people will cheat, but he's STILL going to make money. Personally, I see this as a good way to distribute copywritable material.
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Personally, I don't see where the issue is. The article doesn't talk about stopping file transfer. In fact, the whole first half of it is about PacketShaper which allows administrators to control bandwidth usage without blocking content. As an administrator myself, I understand how frustrating it is to see my T1 saturated by RealAudio streams and not being able to do much to get "legitimate" traffic through.
As for the second half of the article, it also doesn't talk about stopping file sharing. It talks about ways to stop piracy. While I am all for open source, there are plenty of people who aren't, and until IP laws change, we need to respect the wishes of those who publish without an open license. Therefore, stopping piracy should be respected. I do think that Media Enforcer goes too far, though, by denying access to the application entirely. Where is the happy medium? How do we protect IP without blocking "legitimate" use of software like Napster? The fact remains that Napster-like tools are used to trade legally as well as illegally.
Estimated pricing on Tiqit's website was "$1,xxx.00", which even on the low end ($1,000) is WAY too expensive.
I've run cable to every room, I have several RJ11 phone jacks, several cable jacks, firewire, speaker, and RJ45 ethernet jacks in every room in my house. The price to do that during the construction of the house is negligible. Wonder why it's taken until now for home designers to start doing that?
It's also still in beta and currently buggy as hell.
I've used Game Commander with Star Fleet Command. It works fairly well and is actually kind of fun shouting "Red Alert!" and having all your defensive systems come up and start blowing the red alert siren. On the other hand, I've had more than one occasion when I've had to say the command two or three times because it just isn't fast enough or accurate enough. When you're in the heat of battle, having your commands ignored or not executed instantly is a REAL problem. Maybe if it's integrated directly with the game it will work better. Let's hope so.
Junkbusters has already been mentioned, but I wanted to add my two cents. Before I started using its techniques, I literally got 30-40 telemarketing calls PER DAY. Now, I typically get no more than two per week. Those I do get don't last more than five seconds. This has taken me three months to get to this point and has been more effective than ANYTHING else I've tried.
You can say "Scream into the phone, hold them on the line so it costs them money, etc." but my time is valuable too and the callers are just $5/hour bozos who are just trying to earn a living. They don't deserve to have their eardrums shattered.
The instant I realize it's a sales call (usually when they ask for "Mr. so-and-so"), I ask if they are a telemarketer. DON'T wait for them to stop talking, because they won't. When they answer "yes", just say "put me on your do not call list" and then HANG UP. Easy. Five seconds. You're back to your dinner before it gets cold and you don't get called back.
Folks, there aren't that many telemarketing companies out there. It's not hard to get them to stop calling.
Two words: FSCK 'EM! They've already lied to us once, when they bought Abacus and promised not to cross-reference. There's not a chance in hell that I'm lifting my firewall filters.
I already despise telemarketers and telemarketing. It's gonna take a lot more than a decision reversal to change that opinion.
I've talked to several people that use DirecPC and they've all reported that frequently, their downstream throughput is worse than a modem. After doing some research it seems that the more bandwitdth you consistently consume, the more they cap you. One guy I talked to found out his downstream was being capped at 36k. Quite a far cry from the 400k they promise.
I have a button on mine marked, simply, "Reheat". I hit that and press start and it will detect heat and steam from the food and shut off. So far, it's worked perfectly every time.
Lots of people have said how great it is, but how well does it integrate with a system that has DVD, CableTV and a VCR already attached? My DVD, for example, has no pass-throughs, so it's impossible to daisy-chain equipment. Is Tivo the same way?