Yes, but the original poster never said the ATI was an IR remote. They only complained that the Hauppage was, and thus required line of site. Thus, one can surmise the ATI was an RF remote.
The GP may not have understood this, hence my response. And if he *did*, then he's just being tediously pedantic.
It's like the old adage: "Linux is only free if your time isn't worth anything."
Or if you enjoy spending your time hacking hardware and software. I happen to, and so Myth is quite fun for me. Obviously, not everyone will feel the same.
which is quite a bit more difficult than a graduate quantum chemistry course
Huh? I had both a serial port IR emitter and transmitter working easily (heck, the blaster worked on the first try). Configuration of the receiver was a matter of running irrecord and following the instructions, and then tweaking the lirc key mappings until I was happy with them.
Honestly, I have no idea why people have so much trouble getting lirc working.
Umm... installing Myth *is* trivial. Installing all the hardware drivers and so forth, not so much. Fortunately, there are resources like Jarod's Myth-on-Fedora HOWTO which make this process much less painless. Personally, I had my backend installed on FC5 in an afternoon. My frontend took a little longer, only because I'm using a fairly recent VIA EPIA board, and so the OpenChrome drivers were a bit troublesome.
For a backend machine that will be performing recording, commercial detection, and transcoding, possibly of one or even multiple HD streams simultaneously?
Well, I'm honestly impressed. I may disagree with Thompson's beliefs, but I can respect the man for sticking to them. It makes me think that he might really believe in his cause, rather than just doing it all for publicity and political gain.
And I would argue that, unless you know how to develop a solution in the context of an overall design, you'll never be a good programmer. And *that* requires an understanding of software engineering (as the term is used in the industry, much to the chagrin of pissy, self-important engineers the world over (and yes, I'm referring to the other poster in this thread)).
Sure, why charge the batteries yourself ? Drive to a racharging station, swap the batteries out, and you are good to go.
Well, unless I'm wrong, I *highly* doubt swapping the batteries out is that easy. I was under the impression that they typically comprise a large portion of the weight of the vehicle. So unless you have an overhead gantry available, it might prove a little difficult...
If you want your rights back, you have to vote for a party which believes in returning your rights.
I believe you mean "sell them to the corporations", which is not the same thing as "returning" them. It's just handing them off to a different set of puppet-masters.
Now as far as movie quality goes, I think ntsc is 480p, right?
No, NTSC is 480i (ie, 720x480), though it's actually more like 640x480 or so, thanks to signal loss, etc.
Meanwhile, a DVD is straight 480i. And the reduction in quality from that to 640x480 is probably barely noticeable (since the human eye is more sensitive to changes in verticle resolution). So are you saying DVDs are "crappy"?!?
The point is the GP said "it's now fairly well understood that part (a word actually) of the bible was incorrectly translated.", something which flies in the face of all doctrine *I've* ever heard. So if you're going to make a claim like that, I wanna see references. If it's "fairly well understood" this *should* be pretty easy.
BTW, in case you're wondering, I'm an athiest. I just happen to find it incredibly annoying when people trot out statements like the above without any corroboration. It's no better than those claiming the bible states the world is only 6,000 years old.
not all myths are about deities, just listen to any left-winger talking about the virtues of socialism and you'll wonder if he has ever learned anything about the past century's history
But it teaches little Joe that the way to resolve your problems is through violence.
Prove it. Give me just one scientific study that hasn't been debunked which shows a causal link between video games and violent behaviour. And no, your own gut feelings and those of your military friend do not apply.
Look, your long exposition is very well written and, I'm sure, well-meaning, but to coin an over-used term, it's nothing but "truthiness". The fact is, there are no well-constructed studies that demonstrate the link you claim. Much like the Birthday Paradox, human instinct is really shitty at dealing with things like this, hence why the scientific method exists. And, thus far, the scientific method disproves your beliefs.
This is a very important distinction, and I'm shocked that you've been modded to +5 insightful for providing completely misleading information.
And I'm shocked you misunderstand copyright so fundamentally. The function of copyright is to provide artists with protection for their works. The theory is that this stimulates the creation of new works, thus enriching society. And *that* is the benefit to society at large (the creation of new works). Thus, the idea that "copyright does NOT exist to benefit you" is flat out ridiculous.
The problem is that extending copyrights will likely do nothing to spur creation of new works. All it will likely do is place more power in the hands of corporations and the rich, who can afford to litigate to ensure their works are suitably protected. Meanwhile, if the extension the retroactive (as was the extension introduced in the Sonny Bono Act), materials from the public domain will be *removed*, which amounts to theft, IMHO.
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Yes, but the original poster never said the ATI was an IR remote. They only complained that the Hauppage was, and thus required line of site. Thus, one can surmise the ATI was an RF remote.
The GP may not have understood this, hence my response. And if he *did*, then he's just being tediously pedantic.
And amusingly, MythDora *won't* run as a LiveCD, AFAIK.
It's like the old adage: "Linux is only free if your time isn't worth anything."
Or if you enjoy spending your time hacking hardware and software. I happen to, and so Myth is quite fun for me. Obviously, not everyone will feel the same.
Excuse me if I'm missing something, but what kind of IR remote doesn't require line of sight?
An RF remote.
Ha ha ha... doh. :) Sad thing is, it took a couple reads before the typo popped out. Stupid brain...
which is quite a bit more difficult than a graduate quantum chemistry course
Huh? I had both a serial port IR emitter and transmitter working easily (heck, the blaster worked on the first try). Configuration of the receiver was a matter of running irrecord and following the instructions, and then tweaking the lirc key mappings until I was happy with them.
Honestly, I have no idea why people have so much trouble getting lirc working.
Umm... installing Myth *is* trivial. Installing all the hardware drivers and so forth, not so much. Fortunately, there are resources like Jarod's Myth-on-Fedora HOWTO which make this process much less painless. Personally, I had my backend installed on FC5 in an afternoon. My frontend took a little longer, only because I'm using a fairly recent VIA EPIA board, and so the OpenChrome drivers were a bit troublesome.
For a backend machine that will be performing recording, commercial detection, and transcoding, possibly of one or even multiple HD streams simultaneously?
Well, I'm honestly impressed. I may disagree with Thompson's beliefs, but I can respect the man for sticking to them. It makes me think that he might really believe in his cause, rather than just doing it all for publicity and political gain.
And I would argue that, unless you know how to develop a solution in the context of an overall design, you'll never be a good programmer. And *that* requires an understanding of software engineering (as the term is used in the industry, much to the chagrin of pissy, self-important engineers the world over (and yes, I'm referring to the other poster in this thread)).
But how many books are there that can help a good programmer become a good developer?
What you're describing isn't programming, it's Software Engineering.
Sure, why charge the batteries yourself ? Drive to a racharging station, swap the batteries out, and you are good to go.
Well, unless I'm wrong, I *highly* doubt swapping the batteries out is that easy. I was under the impression that they typically comprise a large portion of the weight of the vehicle. So unless you have an overhead gantry available, it might prove a little difficult...
Yeah, right. 400km range with a 3 hour charge time. At over $92,000. Yup, that'll definitely take off...
Good luck using geothermal or nuclear energy to run your car.
Not to mention fertilizer requirements, which are current met with... you guessed it... hydrocarbon-derived fertilizers.
Creative? perhaps. Though-provoking? no. Great? absolutely not.
So you freely admit you haven't listened to the music, yet you feel qualified to make these judgements? Wow... that's incredibly fucking retarded.
If you want your rights back, you have to vote for a party which believes in returning your rights.
I believe you mean "sell them to the corporations", which is not the same thing as "returning" them. It's just handing them off to a different set of puppet-masters.
Now as far as movie quality goes, I think ntsc is 480p, right?
No, NTSC is 480i (ie, 720x480), though it's actually more like 640x480 or so, thanks to signal loss, etc.
Meanwhile, a DVD is straight 480i. And the reduction in quality from that to 640x480 is probably barely noticeable (since the human eye is more sensitive to changes in verticle resolution). So are you saying DVDs are "crappy"?!?
What "evidence" is there of the counter-claim?
Who cares?
The point is the GP said "it's now fairly well understood that part (a word actually) of the bible was incorrectly translated.", something which flies in the face of all doctrine *I've* ever heard. So if you're going to make a claim like that, I wanna see references. If it's "fairly well understood" this *should* be pretty easy.
BTW, in case you're wondering, I'm an athiest. I just happen to find it incredibly annoying when people trot out statements like the above without any corroboration. It's no better than those claiming the bible states the world is only 6,000 years old.
not all myths are about deities, just listen to any left-winger talking about the virtues of socialism and you'll wonder if he has ever learned anything about the past century's history
Now who's being religious?
But it teaches little Joe that the way to resolve your problems is through violence.
Prove it. Give me just one scientific study that hasn't been debunked which shows a causal link between video games and violent behaviour. And no, your own gut feelings and those of your military friend do not apply.
Look, your long exposition is very well written and, I'm sure, well-meaning, but to coin an over-used term, it's nothing but "truthiness". The fact is, there are no well-constructed studies that demonstrate the link you claim. Much like the Birthday Paradox, human instinct is really shitty at dealing with things like this, hence why the scientific method exists. And, thus far, the scientific method disproves your beliefs.
Blind patriotism and trade without conscience *are* "evil", in the "they cause human misery" sense of the word.
I always find that bit of biblical correction to be interesting and worth mentioning when it pops up.
Do you always bring it up without any evidence to corroborate your claim?
Whether or not it's better depends on the mathematical vocabulary of the person with whom you're communicating.
Since when was orthogonality a concept limited to mathematics? Hell, I probably use that word more often outside of mathematics than in.
This is a very important distinction, and I'm shocked that you've been modded to +5 insightful for providing completely misleading information.
And I'm shocked you misunderstand copyright so fundamentally. The function of copyright is to provide artists with protection for their works. The theory is that this stimulates the creation of new works, thus enriching society. And *that* is the benefit to society at large (the creation of new works). Thus, the idea that "copyright does NOT exist to benefit you" is flat out ridiculous.
The problem is that extending copyrights will likely do nothing to spur creation of new works. All it will likely do is place more power in the hands of corporations and the rich, who can afford to litigate to ensure their works are suitably protected. Meanwhile, if the extension the retroactive (as was the extension introduced in the Sonny Bono Act), materials from the public domain will be *removed*, which amounts to theft, IMHO.