One more thing, his "Killer App" of a digital hub is simply based on Steve Job's quote made just last month. But, personally, I don't think Cringely is on the right path. Jobs has said before that the TV and computer shouldn't merge, and Job's idea of Digital Hub has been iTunes, iDVD etc, not directly interacting with your home appliances.
"Anyways, long story short: The Lord of the Rings movies is a franchise that proved to be a let down from the beginning. To say anything else, in my opinion, is to confuse the franchise of the books with that of the movies. "
Ah personal opinion, don't you just love it when people trot it out as some sort of fact. Thats what gets me about this whole discussion, it is all about perception.
Umm, you quoted me as qualifying my statement with "in my opinion" and then pretended like it was stated as fact and specifically not an opinion. That's laughable.
I definitely agree that it is a mistake to compare the books to the film. Which is why I said that books aren't directly translatable to film. That's not to say that Lord of the Rings suffers from anything it has or has not inherited from the book; it just says that they're different beast, and so you should treat them that way.
"More than that, it could be the first franchise ever that didn't, at the end of the day, let audiences down--either because of laziness, pretension, greed or other phantom menaces."
Umm, the first movie was so long and boring that I didn't even bother to watch the second one because every friend I talked to that loved both movies agreed that the second movie was more boring than the first. That is to say, my friends all loved the second movie as well as the first - but were at least willing to agree that the second movie is more boring than the first movie.
Don't get me wrong, I love the books. And don't give me the Attention Deficit Disorder cliche. I watched Spartacus the other day, unedited, and I couldn't help but laugh when half way through the 3 hour movie, there was an intermission. That's right, the movie came out (1960) long before A.D.D was invented as a term and they knew even then that the movie was longer than rightly justifiable.
Anyways, there are movies of extended length that I like. Spartacus for example. But the first Lord of the Rings movie didn't have enough content to deserve the length given to it. It reminds me a book in need of an editor. Anyone whose read the Anne Rice vampire books will understand this point. Interview with a Vampire is a great story, beautifully written, but Anne Rice is in dire need of an editor to cut out the cruft from her works. Peter Jackson, or should I say the screenplay writer Frances Walsh, is in need of an editor. The Lord of the Rings trilogy of books are superb, but they were written to be read, not turned into a movie. And as such they're not directly translatable to film. I can see the beginnings of editing in the movies, especially in the screenplay section - the lack of tom bombadill most notably. But the movie itself contained too many drawn out sequences for me to be able to respect the critical eye of the director.
Anyways, long story short: The Lord of the Rings movies is a franchise that proved to be a let down from the beginning. To say anything else, in my opinion, is to confuse the franchise of the books with that of the movies.
Here's how I catch false positives. But basically you should just learn to live with either false positives or spam. Take your pick.
I turned subject rewriting on: rewrite_subject 1
Then I set the subject tag to include the hit number: # Text to prepend to subject if rewrite_subject is used subject_tag *****SPAM****:*_HITS_*
then in your email client you can sort your JUNK messages based on subject. This will put the tagged spam messages with the fewest hits at the top. That way you can easily look at messages with the fewest hits.
I added another level of filtering to avoid looking at totally bogus spam messages. I setup two folders in my email client. "SPAM" and "EVILSPAM". I have a procmail filter that pipes spam messages with hits greater than 10 to EVILSPAM, that way I don't even look at them. All other spam goes to SPAM::0 H * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes, hits=[0-9][0-9] mail/EVILSPAM:0 H * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes mail/SPAM
Your email client can probably do this for you, instead of a procmail filter. But this way I can use webmail and all my rules are on my server, not on my client. joe.
I would suggest an old fashioned journal: pen and paper. Transcribe that when you get back if you like. If you're insistent on updating your friends back home, then still use pen and paper to write your journal entries. This way you can write them late at night before bed when the cafes and sights are closed anyways. Then quickly transcribe your entries during the day into your weblog. This also helps cut down on the per minute/hour cost of your cybercafe visit since you don't spend time dawdling on what to say while precious minutes and sunlight disappear.
Getting digital photos online through cybercafes can be a little more difficult. First off, buy a few large memory sticks/flashcards for your camera. This way you can continue to shoot photos until you find a cybercafe with a computer open enough to allow you to transfer your photos. Also, note that I said a FEW. Despite thinking that one massive stick/card is enough, you're better off with a few that way you can rotate through them so if you lose one (or have your camera stolen) you don't lose everything.
Most cafes that don't allow driver updates probably aren't going to let you plug in your USB device anyways. But despite what people here say even cybercafes in the larger cities (like Toronto) don't always have their computers completely locked down.
Things to prepare for photos: 1) Put the drivers online, try to pare down the file as small as you can - for each version of windows, and mac. 2) Carry the drivers for your memory reader on cd. 3) Know where the drivers are located online from the official site, the cybercafe dude might not let you install random software on the machine, but with some coercion you can probably get them to install stuff from official looking websites when you've got your camera in front of them.
One final thing to note, uploading pictures from a cybercafe can be a terror on your budget if they have a slow connection. 2 ideas to pare down upload time: 1) Leave the ftp open with a server based idle timeout.
- log on, start the upload, put the ftp client in the background and tell the cybercafe dude that you're done. hopefully he won't kill the ftp client.
- risky, someone could delete your stuff; consider an ftp account with write only, but no delete access.
- definitely don't delete your originals when trying this. 2) Burn to CD!
- Lots of cybercafes have cd burners. buy a couple blank cds and burn your pictures onto a cd so that you can clear out your memory sticks/compactflash until you find a faster connection somewhere else.
As far as photo editing software. Look into server based solutions, like Gallery for posting. And I'm sure there's some php or perl ImageMagick (server based) frontend. Or better yet, edit them when you get back.
joe.
Re:Already done - Replay Radio.
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Working at SAIC
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I worked at SAIC and the oddest thing there was that as an employee you were really dealt with like a contractor. You worked on your project until it was done, and when it was done you were left to your own accord to find a new project to work on. You could hope that your manager would take you with him/her to their next project - but your skillset wouldn't always allow that.
Very strange indeed, having to worry about your job all the time. joe.
Disclaimer: I didn't run amok trying to find this occurrence just to debunk the author's so called "review". I just happened across this album. Apparently people that bought Jack Johnson also bought this album.
Search for the album Orgy, by Candy. You'll notice that a single song "Blue Monday" is not labeled Explicit whereas the rest are.
One thing left out of most of the reviews I've seen (and I'm hard pressed to even consider the above a review) is iTune's new sharing feature. I can view remote playlists and select which songs to play. How cool is that? I know winamp lets you start your own radio station, but this is a step beyond, now my friends aren't limited to what i push them, they can pick and choose what to hear. joe.
I own this same exact firewire housing. And I put a 120gig drive in it and Mac OS X wouldn't read it, but my Windows machine would. When I updated to Jaguar (10.2.2) suddenly Mac OS X read and wrote to the drive fine!
What might surprise you is that my titanium laptop with a 60 gig drive when booted into firewire mode (hold the t button down while booting and your mac will act like an external firewire drive) can't be read by a desktop Mac with OS 10.1. Update that desktop to 10.2.2 and suddenly my desktop recognizes the laptop as a firewire device!
I read the upgrade information, but I didn't see any documention about firewire fixes, but make sure your Mac has the newest updates and try again.
I've got the x86 Rhapsody Operating system somewhere around here. For those who don't know that's Apple's foray into the x86 market with the NeXt OS - now pretty much OS X.
Back around 96 or 98 I decided I needed to find a better Operating System. I put Rhapsody, BeOS, Slackware, Redhat, Debian and Win9x on my PC. I liked BeOS and Rhapsody the most, but the applications I wanted weren't there; and I didn't see a future for them either. I ended picking Redhat out of the lot.
Now adays I use OS X or Win XP at home, and Redhat on my server. Joseph Elwell.
Mozilla is not a non-profit company. See the bug I filed bugzilla, bug 70249 - "Mozilla.org should become a non-profit Organization.". Mozilla is a wholey owned subsidary of AOL Time Warner. Don't be fooled by the smoke and mirrors. Netscape still owns the copyright on Mozilla and owns the Mozilla.org website.
There's been no activity on the bug for some time.
You definately have a good point about names, I don't think they have a foot to stand on when it comes to the name alone. Joseph Elwell.
This is one of the reasons there's no longer a green Mozilla logo, nor can you buy Mozilla dolls anymore. The owners of godzilla came down on Mozilla long ago. joe.
More likely your mother is "complaining" about her computer just to spend time with her son/daughter. And using your abilities as a technical guru as a way to breach conversations and contact with you. I know plenty of parents that do that.
While it's great to think your mom will stop calling when they get Linux on their machine, that will never happen. They'll just think of something else to call you about. You can't get rid of mothers, they love you. Joseph Elwell.
1. Is it fair if you accidently write down 3-3=6 when you really meant 3+3=6? Typos in math are just as critical in Computer Science. But that's why you double/triple check your work.
2. Write it in pen, then type it up when you're done. And I think your doctor would disagree about typing being easier on your hands. I had never heard of carpal tunnel syndrome before I got a keyboard.
Maybe the whole "Change your major" is a little too strong. But the gist is, these tests are fair, and if you score poorly ask some of your peers how they did - I'm sure you'll find someone with a good score who earned it.
At UCSD Cognitive Science and Computer Science overlaps quite a bit, except that Cognitive Science requires little to no programming. Alot of my friends that couldn't hack the CS major switched to Cognitive Science. My apologies to Cognitive Science majors. I myself was very intrigued with CogSci and took many of the lower division classes and some of the upper division. I missed a minor by one quarter, but I chose graduation over the minor. Joseph Elwell.
I hate to say it, but you're not cut out for Computer Science if you require a compiler to tell you what is wrong with your code so you can tinker with it until it works. I never had any problems coding on paper in college.
Here's a list of substantive differences between writing a program on paper versus a computer. If I left out anything, let me know. 1. compiler
- see above comment 2. keyboard
- maybe you simply can't write as fast as you type. Are you running out of time on these tests? If so, start writing your english papers in pen. 3. syntax highlighting?
- I've never bothered with it. If this is your crutch maybe you should write a compiler. That will burn in your mind the syntax of a given language.
Try switching to Cognitive Science. Joseph Elwell.
Using an XML data source to hold all my games, with all the ratings from my friends, as well as photos. I dynamically allow the user to sort the games using different XSLT documents. I used to have an option for changing the look but I never liked any of the other looks.
It requires a 6.0+ browser, Netscape 6.x (or 7), IE 6.x, Mozilla 0.9.8+, or IE 5.5 if you install the updated XSLT update (better to instead just upgrade your whole browser).
"I have a non-Tivo PVR that does not have a monthly fee and does not spy on my TV viewing habits. "
I have a TiVo that does not have a monthly fee and does not spy on my TV viewing habits. So that's a strange coincidence. Maybe you could have gotten a TiVo if only you did some homework first.
"Now what would people say if Microsoft pulled a similar trick? "
The Windows 95 cd came with a Weezer video. I don't remember anyone complaining that their CD space was being used for things they didn't care to watch.
" If there was a genuinely free market in DVRs the features would be determined by the capability of the technology rather than the business model of the vendor... Fortunately there are Tivo competitors, "
uh, so you're saying IF there X exists then Y wouldn't happen. But then you say X does exist, but somehow Y is happening. Wow! that's logic for you.
You really have to understand how the TiVo works to understand this is part of what you paid for. I never once heard anyone complain about TiVo Takes (A weekly TV magazine that spotlighted next weeks cool shows) when it was airing. But suddenly TiVo records something you don't like and you're up in arms asking for the very feature people love to be stipped away because they don't understand it.
If you haven't used a TiVo it's likely you simply don't understand that this is a cool feature and not an outrage. Joseph Elwell.
"If TV were actually configurable, it would be a simple matter of dropping the offending network from your selection of channels. But it's not- users have the illusion of choice"
You have not used a TiVo. You *CAN* tell it to drop networks you don't watch. I dropped all the shopping channels as well as some other channels I simply have no interest in. TiVo thinks I don't get these channels now. (I still pay for them, but I did indeed drop them from my tv).
You can also tell TiVo which channels are your favorites and it's a snap to switch between surfing between favorites or all the channels you get. Joseph Elwell.
It's not your space to begin with because you didn't pay for it.
You should just let that clue grenade blow up in your hand. You obviously haven't bought or used a TiVo. If you buy a 40 hour TiVo, you have no footing to complain that it only records 40 hours and not 42 hours.
I play Tony Hawk online with my ps2. All I had to do was buy a USB ethenet device. I bought a generic linksys, plugged it in and now I can play online. I even have my wireless logitech keyboard plugged into the other usb port to talk to people while i'm playing tony hawk. Joseph Elwell.
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One more thing, his "Killer App" of a digital hub is simply based on Steve Job's quote made just last month. But, personally, I don't think Cringely is on the right path. Jobs has said before that the TV and computer shouldn't merge, and Job's idea of Digital Hub has been iTunes, iDVD etc, not directly interacting with your home appliances.
Joseph Elwell.
that's super cool of you. my turn to be running on no sleep coming up soon enough.
joe.
Umm, you quoted me as qualifying my statement with "in my opinion" and then pretended like it was stated as fact and specifically not an opinion. That's laughable.
I definitely agree that it is a mistake to compare the books to the film. Which is why I said that books aren't directly translatable to film. That's not to say that Lord of the Rings suffers from anything it has or has not inherited from the book; it just says that they're different beast, and so you should treat them that way.
Joseph Elwell.
"More than that, it could be the first franchise ever that didn't, at the end of the day, let audiences down--either because of laziness, pretension, greed or other phantom menaces."
Umm, the first movie was so long and boring that I didn't even bother to watch the second one because every friend I talked to that loved both movies agreed that the second movie was more boring than the first. That is to say, my friends all loved the second movie as well as the first - but were at least willing to agree that the second movie is more boring than the first movie.
Don't get me wrong, I love the books. And don't give me the Attention Deficit Disorder cliche. I watched Spartacus the other day, unedited, and I couldn't help but laugh when half way through the 3 hour movie, there was an intermission. That's right, the movie came out (1960) long before A.D.D was invented as a term and they knew even then that the movie was longer than rightly justifiable.
Anyways, there are movies of extended length that I like. Spartacus for example. But the first Lord of the Rings movie didn't have enough content to deserve the length given to it. It reminds me a book in need of an editor. Anyone whose read the Anne Rice vampire books will understand this point. Interview with a Vampire is a great story, beautifully written, but Anne Rice is in dire need of an editor to cut out the cruft from her works. Peter Jackson, or should I say the screenplay writer Frances Walsh, is in need of an editor. The Lord of the Rings trilogy of books are superb, but they were written to be read, not turned into a movie. And as such they're not directly translatable to film. I can see the beginnings of editing in the movies, especially in the screenplay section - the lack of tom bombadill most notably. But the movie itself contained too many drawn out sequences for me to be able to respect the critical eye of the director.
Anyways, long story short: The Lord of the Rings movies is a franchise that proved to be a let down from the beginning. To say anything else, in my opinion, is to confuse the franchise of the books with that of the movies.
Joseph Elwell.
Here's how I catch false positives. But basically you should just learn to live with either false positives or spam. Take your pick.
:0 H :0 H
I turned subject rewriting on:
rewrite_subject 1
Then I set the subject tag to include the hit number:
# Text to prepend to subject if rewrite_subject is used
subject_tag *****SPAM****:*_HITS_*
then in your email client you can sort your JUNK messages based on subject. This will put the tagged spam messages with the fewest hits at the top. That way you can easily look at messages with the fewest hits.
I added another level of filtering to avoid looking at totally bogus spam messages. I setup two folders in my email client. "SPAM" and "EVILSPAM". I have a procmail filter that pipes spam messages with hits greater than 10 to EVILSPAM, that way I don't even look at them. All other spam goes to SPAM:
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes, hits=[0-9][0-9]
mail/EVILSPAM
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
mail/SPAM
Your email client can probably do this for you, instead of a procmail filter. But this way I can use webmail and all my rules are on my server, not on my client.
joe.
I would suggest an old fashioned journal: pen and paper. Transcribe that when you get back if you like. If you're insistent on updating your friends back home, then still use pen and paper to write your journal entries. This way you can write them late at night before bed when the cafes and sights are closed anyways. Then quickly transcribe your entries during the day into your weblog. This also helps cut down on the per minute/hour cost of your cybercafe visit since you don't spend time dawdling on what to say while precious minutes and sunlight disappear.
Getting digital photos online through cybercafes can be a little more difficult. First off, buy a few large memory sticks/flashcards for your camera. This way you can continue to shoot photos until you find a cybercafe with a computer open enough to allow you to transfer your photos. Also, note that I said a FEW. Despite thinking that one massive stick/card is enough, you're better off with a few that way you can rotate through them so if you lose one (or have your camera stolen) you don't lose everything.
Most cafes that don't allow driver updates probably aren't going to let you plug in your USB device anyways. But despite what people here say even cybercafes in the larger cities (like Toronto) don't always have their computers completely locked down.
Things to prepare for photos:
1) Put the drivers online, try to pare down the file as small as you can - for each version of windows, and mac.
2) Carry the drivers for your memory reader on cd.
3) Know where the drivers are located online from the official site, the cybercafe dude might not let you install random software on the machine, but with some coercion you can probably get them to install stuff from official looking websites when you've got your camera in front of them.
One final thing to note, uploading pictures from a cybercafe can be a terror on your budget if they have a slow connection. 2 ideas to pare down upload time:
1) Leave the ftp open with a server based idle timeout.
- log on, start the upload, put the ftp client in the background and tell the cybercafe dude that you're done. hopefully he won't kill the ftp client.
- risky, someone could delete your stuff; consider an ftp account with write only, but no delete access.
- definitely don't delete your originals when trying this.
2) Burn to CD!
- Lots of cybercafes have cd burners. buy a couple blank cds and burn your pictures onto a cd so that you can clear out your memory sticks/compactflash until you find a faster connection somewhere else.
As far as photo editing software. Look into server based solutions, like Gallery for posting. And I'm sure there's some php or perl ImageMagick (server based) frontend. Or better yet, edit them when you get back.
joe.
Here's the old slashdot article on this subject:
TiVo-Like Devices for Radio
Joseph Elwell.
This is not the first time this type of application has been talked about on Slashdot.
Anyways, this software already exists for intenet streaming radio broadcasts:
http://www.replay-radio.com/
Joseph Elwell.
I worked at SAIC and the oddest thing there was that as an employee you were really dealt with like a contractor. You worked on your project until it was done, and when it was done you were left to your own accord to find a new project to work on. You could hope that your manager would take you with him/her to their next project - but your skillset wouldn't always allow that.
Very strange indeed, having to worry about your job all the time.
joe.
Disclaimer: I didn't run amok trying to find this occurrence just to debunk the author's so called "review". I just happened across this album. Apparently people that bought Jack Johnson also bought this album.
Search for the album Orgy, by Candy. You'll notice that a single song "Blue Monday" is not labeled Explicit whereas the rest are.
One thing left out of most of the reviews I've seen (and I'm hard pressed to even consider the above a review) is iTune's new sharing feature. I can view remote playlists and select which songs to play. How cool is that? I know winamp lets you start your own radio station, but this is a step beyond, now my friends aren't limited to what i push them, they can pick and choose what to hear.
joe.
Replay Radio
This works great for any internet streaming radio shows!
joe.
I own this same exact firewire housing. And I put a 120gig drive in it and Mac OS X wouldn't read it, but my Windows machine would. When I updated to Jaguar (10.2.2) suddenly Mac OS X read and wrote to the drive fine!
What might surprise you is that my titanium laptop with a 60 gig drive when booted into firewire mode (hold the t button down while booting and your mac will act like an external firewire drive) can't be read by a desktop Mac with OS 10.1. Update that desktop to 10.2.2 and suddenly my desktop recognizes the laptop as a firewire device!
I read the upgrade information, but I didn't see any documention about firewire fixes, but make sure your Mac has the newest updates and try again.
joe.
I've got the x86 Rhapsody Operating system somewhere around here. For those who don't know that's Apple's foray into the x86 market with the NeXt OS - now pretty much OS X.
Back around 96 or 98 I decided I needed to find a better Operating System. I put Rhapsody, BeOS, Slackware, Redhat, Debian and Win9x on my PC. I liked BeOS and Rhapsody the most, but the applications I wanted weren't there; and I didn't see a future for them either. I ended picking Redhat out of the lot.
Now adays I use OS X or Win XP at home, and Redhat on my server.
Joseph Elwell.
Mozilla is not a non-profit company. See the bug I filed bugzilla, bug 70249 - "Mozilla.org should become a non-profit Organization.". Mozilla is a wholey owned subsidary of AOL Time Warner. Don't be fooled by the smoke and mirrors. Netscape still owns the copyright on Mozilla and owns the Mozilla.org website.
There's been no activity on the bug for some time.
You definately have a good point about names, I don't think they have a foot to stand on when it comes to the name alone.
Joseph Elwell.
This is one of the reasons there's no longer a green Mozilla logo, nor can you buy Mozilla dolls anymore. The owners of godzilla came down on Mozilla long ago.
joe.
More likely your mother is "complaining" about her computer just to spend time with her son/daughter. And using your abilities as a technical guru as a way to breach conversations and contact with you. I know plenty of parents that do that.
While it's great to think your mom will stop calling when they get Linux on their machine, that will never happen. They'll just think of something else to call you about. You can't get rid of mothers, they love you.
Joseph Elwell.
1. Is it fair if you accidently write down 3-3=6 when you really meant 3+3=6? Typos in math are just as critical in Computer Science. But that's why you double/triple check your work.
2. Write it in pen, then type it up when you're done. And I think your doctor would disagree about typing being easier on your hands. I had never heard of carpal tunnel syndrome before I got a keyboard.
Maybe the whole "Change your major" is a little too strong. But the gist is, these tests are fair, and if you score poorly ask some of your peers how they did - I'm sure you'll find someone with a good score who earned it.
Joseph Elwell.
At UCSD Cognitive Science and Computer Science overlaps quite a bit, except that Cognitive Science requires little to no programming. Alot of my friends that couldn't hack the CS major switched to Cognitive Science. My apologies to Cognitive Science majors. I myself was very intrigued with CogSci and took many of the lower division classes and some of the upper division. I missed a minor by one quarter, but I chose graduation over the minor.
Joseph Elwell.
My guess is you write your essays in a linear manner as well. Try an outline.
Joseph Elwell.
I hate to say it, but you're not cut out for Computer Science if you require a compiler to tell you what is wrong with your code so you can tinker with it until it works. I never had any problems coding on paper in college.
Here's a list of substantive differences between writing a program on paper versus a computer. If I left out anything, let me know.
1. compiler
- see above comment
2. keyboard
- maybe you simply can't write as fast as you type. Are you running out of time on these tests? If so, start writing your english papers in pen.
3. syntax highlighting?
- I've never bothered with it. If this is your crutch maybe you should write a compiler. That will burn in your mind the syntax of a given language.
Try switching to Cognitive Science.
Joseph Elwell.
Using an XML data source to hold all my games, with all the ratings from my friends, as well as photos. I dynamically allow the user to sort the games using different XSLT documents. I used to have an option for changing the look but I never liked any of the other looks.
Take a look at the application here
It requires a 6.0+ browser, Netscape 6.x (or 7), IE 6.x, Mozilla 0.9.8+, or IE 5.5 if you install the updated XSLT update (better to instead just upgrade your whole browser).
Joseph Elwell.
"I have a non-Tivo PVR that does not have a monthly fee and does not spy on my TV viewing habits. "
I have a TiVo that does not have a monthly fee and does not spy on my TV viewing habits. So that's a strange coincidence. Maybe you could have gotten a TiVo if only you did some homework first.
"Now what would people say if Microsoft pulled a similar trick? "
The Windows 95 cd came with a Weezer video. I don't remember anyone complaining that their CD space was being used for things they didn't care to watch.
" If there was a genuinely free market in DVRs the features would be determined by the capability of the technology rather than the business model of the vendor... Fortunately there are Tivo competitors, "
uh, so you're saying IF there X exists then Y wouldn't happen. But then you say X does exist, but somehow Y is happening. Wow! that's logic for you.
You really have to understand how the TiVo works to understand this is part of what you paid for. I never once heard anyone complain about TiVo Takes (A weekly TV magazine that spotlighted next weeks cool shows) when it was airing. But suddenly TiVo records something you don't like and you're up in arms asking for the very feature people love to be stipped away because they don't understand it.
If you haven't used a TiVo it's likely you simply don't understand that this is a cool feature and not an outrage.
Joseph Elwell.
"If TV were actually configurable, it would be a simple matter of dropping the offending network from your selection of channels. But it's not- users have the illusion of choice"
You have not used a TiVo. You *CAN* tell it to drop networks you don't watch. I dropped all the shopping channels as well as some other channels I simply have no interest in. TiVo thinks I don't get these channels now. (I still pay for them, but I did indeed drop them from my tv).
You can also tell TiVo which channels are your favorites and it's a snap to switch between surfing between favorites or all the channels you get.
Joseph Elwell.
It's not your space to begin with because you didn't pay for it.
You should just let that clue grenade blow up in your hand. You obviously haven't bought or used a TiVo. If you buy a 40 hour TiVo, you have no footing to complain that it only records 40 hours and not 42 hours.
Joseph Elwell.
I play Tony Hawk online with my ps2. All I had to do was buy a USB ethenet device. I bought a generic linksys, plugged it in and now I can play online. I even have my wireless logitech keyboard plugged into the other usb port to talk to people while i'm playing tony hawk.
Joseph Elwell.