sn Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. This passage has troubled many people, who have wondered whether or not they have committed this sin. Three things must be kept in mind: (1) the nature of the sin is to ascribe what is the obvious work of the Holy Spirit (e.g., releasing people from Satan's power) to Satan himself; (2) it is not simply a momentary doubt or sinful attitude, but is indeed a settled condition which opposes the Spirit's work, as typified by the religious leaders who opposed Jesus; and (3) a person who is concerned about it has probably never committed this sin, for those who commit it here (i.e., the religious leaders) are not in the least concerned about Jesus' warning.
For auto-renew programs, just use a credit card. Technically the merchant should indicate these are recurring payments but most put them through a regular ecommerce transactions.
When you see the renewal on your credit card statement just call them up and ask for a refund (supposin you don't like the service). Most intelligent merchants will honor such requests.
Why? Because if they don't you can chargeback the transaction and seeing that this was a card not-present transaction, you're about gauranteed to win any disputes. Plus the merchant knows their card processor will charge them $5-30 per chargeback regardless of the result.
Amazon (and other merchants that do this) count on people not fighting it. Today I just cancelled my Experian Credit Watch service that "auto renewed". At first I was soft-sold on the "value of the product to know my credit score, etc. A polite "no" then garnered a free $25 gift certificate for either MasterCard or Visa if I kept the subscription. Another "no" and confirmation of the return of funds to my card. I won't dispute the contractual aspects, but I don't like these types of contracts either.
To keep on-topic, I'll have to check my Amazon purchases for the last year and see if this is of value to me.
I haven't had it happen in my 330i, but I thought if the key cannot stay synched to the ECU (such as having the spare in a drawer for a year and going dead) that is requires having the physical key put into the ignition (power + resynch).
Most broadband routers let you enter your own MAC. You can change any of the values including the first 3 pairs which specify the vendor. Of course, most people don't take advantage of this.
Probably because changing the MAC address is meaningless except for any locally attached layer 2 devices.....
Thanks for the information Enrico. I didn't want to use knoppmyth since I wanted to learn (and still am learning) the underlying modules, applications, and bits that make MythTV work. More learning than anything else.
*Thank you* very much for the links to your site. I've been there once or twice before in search of information, but I've already perused the GBPVR bits and may do that this weekend.
Bonus is that the kids also have a decent Winders box to play games on too and the old P3 can be retired to do print serving and firewalling. I'll also check out SageTV too.
I'm still in the discovery phase of the build-your-own PVR. Lots out there and good packages nd easy to understand FAQs will go a long way to promote non-commercial systems.
I say screw tivo and it's brethren. Build your own system.
I own a DirecTivo yet am doing what you've suggested and am building a system for my GF and her kids (analog cable only).
MythTV + ASUS Pundit-R + PVR-350 + Fedora FC2
I'm now at about 30 hours of effort and climbing. Not that I care too much as I've learned about about the driver structure for ivtv, lirc, and xorg configs (don't get to play with non-MS GUI's too often). Short of it is, roll-your-own is only for those that have the technical expertise and can understand that apt-get of the pre2-100zz packages don't work with the latest firmware in card XYZ.
When compared to pulling a Tivo out of the box, plugging it in, going through the setup menu and having it work vs the current MythTV more MS MCE crip crap, it's a no brainer. Hopefully HTPC packages will become more refined, both in the OSS environment and off the shelf (I'd love to try MCE but am not willing to pay the cost especially on uncertified hardware).
Caving in to Macrovision and the content providers will be a blow to Tivo in the long run. It's unfortunate that even if there is a huge backlash from users, thier voices will be a pale echo of the majority of PVR users (those being provided by the cable companies, etc).
I'll have to look at the CTS-V. Lots of Bimmer and Merc drivers I've spoken with went for the Cadillac. But the BMW 545i 6-speed still calls out to me.
On topic - my BMW 330i (2002, automatic) averages around 22-23 with (65/35 hwy/city driving). On a cross country trip I can get into the low 30s when using cruise control. But must... control... urge... to take scenic byways!
Obviously you didn't read the story. No cables from the head unit to the glove box on the outside.
As for sound quality, I'd trade a couple dB of quality from the 6 CD changer in order to get longer playlists, even if it's just 5.
Until now, a lot of bimmer drivers had the option to A) aux in if they have it, B) iRock style FM transceivers with crap quality and impossible in big markets, C) casette adapter (nuff said), or D) headhpones.
If I wasn't getting a new car, I'd buy this in a heartbeat and not have to worry about burning CD's all the damn time.
Actually they do get some money out of the FIA. Bernie ponies up travel dollars based on constructor championship points if I'm not mistaken. Are there any good sites that describe the finances of F1 including the teams, sponsors, drivers (some who have to pay for their drives) and the FIA? Would like to know some of the background info I would.
Yes, and the fact that, that guy has an ego that would put hitler to shame doesn't help the overall F1 image either.
Unlike JPM, Villnevue, Senna, Prost, Coultard, Ralf S., or any other the other winning drivers?
I actually think Michael has a good diplomatic approach during the post race interviews. Most people appear not to like him because he's not lovable like Jordon or Tiger Woods.
But, to bring this back on track: yeah there is a ton of money spent on F1. Guaranteed that once tobacco money is taken out of the picture (I'd say by 2008 at the latest), overall spending will go down unless the FIA finds some way to compensate for it.
Personally I like that the teams innovate. Anti-lock brakes, traction control, ECU development, etc. and examples of technolgoy that has been tested in race cars first (although not necesssarily developed there) and then deployed in production run vehicles.
Plus, they are damned fast!:)
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I think you mean 7Mbps and 1.5Mbps instead of baud, but I digress.
Here in Georgia, BellSouth's DSL offering has started to offer 3Mbps download and 384Kbps upload speeds. Essentially now on par with Comcast. No changes to the line filters or even the need for a truck roll. All assumably done as the DSLAM in the local area (here they use copper to fiber units away from the CO, preventing the likes of COVAD from offering competing DSL service).
I think the DSL and cable providers could, and will, ratchet up speed as needed to compete against each other and when services that require massive speeds become apparent. Hopefully WISPs may offer competition that could up bandwidth or service level offerings.
Although most email disclaimers are annoying at the best of times, they can provide assurances to shareholders, management and such.
Most internal correspondence dealing with company secrets and assests have similar disclaimers ranging from the simple "confidential" to multi-line legalese. Consider finding a document with truly important information in a dumpster.
Legally the document could be read by anyone as it's in a public place. If there is no disclaimer the information could be redistributed as the recipient has no idea if the information is confidential or not.
However, if the document was labeled confidential, copyrighted , whatnot, could taint anyone who redistrbutes or uses it, such as competitors.
The same analogy could be applied to email messages with disclaimers. Would it hold up in court or lessen the damage to the company that accidently sent it to the wrong party? Probably not. But it does show that the company does have some inkling, no matter how small, of classifying information assets.
Hell, remember Yugo's? The ultimate in disposable cars, even before you got one off the lot.
An old boss of mine, a real penny-pincher promised his daughter a new car if she got a certain GPA in her freshmen year at college. Sure enough she did, so he went to the Yugo dealership to buy the car. Demanded a car with no additional options on it.
The kicker was he wanted them to give credit on the spare tire too (seriously), until the dealer said that was against state law (Nevada).
so it looks like iRiver can finally be added to the quickly growing list of Vorbis-capable hardware!"
Professor Voice: Good news everyone! Ogg Vorbis doubled their hardware list this year! There are now two compatible players.:)
I kid, I kid. As an iPod owner and Windows/OS X user, MP3 and AAC meet my needs. I could get Vorbis players for my desktop and laptop computers, but I'd also miss out on tossing that odd MP3 file to a friend.
I have a hard enough time trying to get my tech savvy friends to use anyting but WinAmp 2 or MS Media Player, so the task of educating them on Vorbis and getting their systems setup doesn't appear to me.
You go iRiver, hope this leads to more momentum and other meida players adding Ogg support too!
Anvil have in my mind always been the Cadillac of tough ass cases. In the multimedia (monitor rentals, portable studios) and music biz, these monsters take a beating. A company I worked for long ago used to buy large quantities of Anvil cases. The Anvil rep (hot little thing) would through in a couple the Anvil briefcases. Not in our companies color scheme, but regular Anvil blue. The boss gave us those since he hated blue.
Aluminium cases are posh, especially for nice laptops (like the 15' G$ Alu I have:). But jesus, the smallest Halliburton weighs in at 8 lbs!!! Youch!
This was a good article. After upgrading from a TiBook to an AluBook, my old Brenthaven wasn't cutting it. The innter sleeve is just a bit too tight. looked at the Timbuk2 models, but went with a WaterField design.
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But then again:
sn Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. This passage has troubled many people, who have wondered whether or not they have committed this sin. Three things must be kept in mind: (1) the nature of the sin is to ascribe what is the obvious work of the Holy Spirit (e.g., releasing people from Satan's power) to Satan himself; (2) it is not simply a momentary doubt or sinful attitude, but is indeed a settled condition which opposes the Spirit's work, as typified by the religious leaders who opposed Jesus; and (3) a person who is concerned about it has probably never committed this sin, for those who commit it here (i.e., the religious leaders) are not in the least concerned about Jesus' warning.
From bible.org at the bottom of the page.
For auto-renew programs, just use a credit card. Technically the merchant should indicate these are recurring payments but most put them through a regular ecommerce transactions.
When you see the renewal on your credit card statement just call them up and ask for a refund (supposin you don't like the service). Most intelligent merchants will honor such requests.
Why? Because if they don't you can chargeback the transaction and seeing that this was a card not-present transaction, you're about gauranteed to win any disputes. Plus the merchant knows their card processor will charge them $5-30 per chargeback regardless of the result.
Amazon (and other merchants that do this) count on people not fighting it. Today I just cancelled my Experian Credit Watch service that "auto renewed". At first I was soft-sold on the "value of the product to know my credit score, etc. A polite "no" then garnered a free $25 gift certificate for either MasterCard or Visa if I kept the subscription. Another "no" and confirmation of the return of funds to my card. I won't dispute the contractual aspects, but I don't like these types of contracts either.
To keep on-topic, I'll have to check my Amazon purchases for the last year and see if this is of value to me.
I haven't had it happen in my 330i, but I thought if the key cannot stay synched to the ECU (such as having the spare in a drawer for a year and going dead) that is requires having the physical key put into the ignition (power + resynch).
Most broadband routers let you enter your own MAC. You can change any of the values including the first 3 pairs which specify the vendor. Of course, most people don't take advantage of this.
Probably because changing the MAC address is meaningless except for any locally attached layer 2 devices.....
It looks like it because Verizon fell victim to using the lowest bidder for it's subcontracting in laying the cable
What, you mean the lowest bidder is "Three Blind Mice Cable Installaters"????? Who knew?!!!
Thanks for the information Enrico. I didn't want to use knoppmyth since I wanted to learn (and still am learning) the underlying modules, applications, and bits that make MythTV work. More learning than anything else.
*Thank you* very much for the links to your site. I've been there once or twice before in search of information, but I've already perused the GBPVR bits and may do that this weekend.
Bonus is that the kids also have a decent Winders box to play games on too and the old P3 can be retired to do print serving and firewalling. I'll also check out SageTV too.
I'm still in the discovery phase of the build-your-own PVR. Lots out there and good packages nd easy to understand FAQs will go a long way to promote non-commercial systems.
I say screw tivo and it's brethren. Build your own system.
I own a DirecTivo yet am doing what you've suggested and am building a system for my GF and her kids (analog cable only).
MythTV + ASUS Pundit-R + PVR-350 + Fedora FC2
I'm now at about 30 hours of effort and climbing. Not that I care too much as I've learned about about the driver structure for ivtv, lirc, and xorg configs (don't get to play with non-MS GUI's too often). Short of it is, roll-your-own is only for those that have the technical expertise and can understand that apt-get of the pre2-100zz packages don't work with the latest firmware in card XYZ.
When compared to pulling a Tivo out of the box, plugging it in, going through the setup menu and having it work vs the current MythTV more MS MCE crip crap, it's a no brainer. Hopefully HTPC packages will become more refined, both in the OSS environment and off the shelf (I'd love to try MCE but am not willing to pay the cost especially on uncertified hardware).
Caving in to Macrovision and the content providers will be a blow to Tivo in the long run. It's unfortunate that even if there is a huge backlash from users, thier voices will be a pale echo of the majority of PVR users (those being provided by the cable companies, etc).
Sad day for Tivo indeed.
More information than you'll ever want on Asterisk can be found here.
Agreed. There was a lot of "discussion" when the 1.0-stable and 1.0RC1 branches were put in place... then abandoned in favor of HEAD.
Hopefully the discipline is in place to keep bug fixes on the 1.0 branch while new features can be put into HEAD or another branch completely.
Happy * user in 3 continents, 1 Carribean island, and at home too!
Wasn't Aces Over the Pacific (c. 1993) something like 30+ floppies (40+ springs to mind, but those brain cells are LONG gone)?
I'd love to see DVD and CD versions of games to save on the swapping and storage.
I'll have to look at the CTS-V. Lots of Bimmer and Merc drivers I've spoken with went for the Cadillac. But the BMW 545i 6-speed still calls out to me.
On topic - my BMW 330i (2002, automatic) averages around 22-23 with (65/35 hwy/city driving). On a cross country trip I can get into the low 30s when using cruise control. But must... control... urge... to take scenic byways!
Sports cars will do that to you. A friend living in NYC (commuting to Jersey everyday) had an Audi S4. Had to give it after developing leg problems.
:)
Lack of proper conditioning I sez.
Then again, I'm and SMG-II kind of guy....
Obviously you didn't read the story. No cables from the head unit to the glove box on the outside.
As for sound quality, I'd trade a couple dB of quality from the 6 CD changer in order to get longer playlists, even if it's just 5.
Until now, a lot of bimmer drivers had the option to A) aux in if they have it, B) iRock style FM transceivers with crap quality and impossible in big markets, C) casette adapter (nuff said), or D) headhpones.
If I wasn't getting a new car, I'd buy this in a heartbeat and not have to worry about burning CD's all the damn time.
Actually they do get some money out of the FIA. Bernie ponies up travel dollars based on constructor championship points if I'm not mistaken. Are there any good sites that describe the finances of F1 including the teams, sponsors, drivers (some who have to pay for their drives) and the FIA? Would like to know some of the background info I would.
You're right. I meant Mansell. For some reason those two are interchangable, but only in my head. :)
Yes, and the fact that, that guy has an ego that would put hitler to shame doesn't help the overall F1 image either.
:)
Unlike JPM, Villnevue, Senna, Prost, Coultard, Ralf S., or any other the other winning drivers?
I actually think Michael has a good diplomatic approach during the post race interviews. Most people appear not to like him because he's not lovable like Jordon or Tiger Woods.
But, to bring this back on track: yeah there is a ton of money spent on F1. Guaranteed that once tobacco money is taken out of the picture (I'd say by 2008 at the latest), overall spending will go down unless the FIA finds some way to compensate for it.
Personally I like that the teams innovate. Anti-lock brakes, traction control, ECU development, etc. and examples of technolgoy that has been tested in race cars first (although not necesssarily developed there) and then deployed in production run vehicles.
Plus, they are damned fast!
I think you mean 7Mbps and 1.5Mbps instead of baud, but I digress.
Here in Georgia, BellSouth's DSL offering has started to offer 3Mbps download and 384Kbps upload speeds. Essentially now on par with Comcast. No changes to the line filters or even the need for a truck roll. All assumably done as the DSLAM in the local area (here they use copper to fiber units away from the CO, preventing the likes of COVAD from offering competing DSL service).
I think the DSL and cable providers could, and will, ratchet up speed as needed to compete against each other and when services that require massive speeds become apparent. Hopefully WISPs may offer competition that could up bandwidth or service level offerings.
Although most email disclaimers are annoying at the best of times, they can provide assurances to shareholders, management and such.
Most internal correspondence dealing with company secrets and assests have similar disclaimers ranging from the simple "confidential" to multi-line legalese. Consider finding a document with truly important information in a dumpster.
Legally the document could be read by anyone as it's in a public place. If there is no disclaimer the information could be redistributed as the recipient has no idea if the information is confidential or not.
However, if the document was labeled confidential, copyrighted , whatnot, could taint anyone who redistrbutes or uses it, such as competitors.
The same analogy could be applied to email messages with disclaimers. Would it hold up in court or lessen the damage to the company that accidently sent it to the wrong party? Probably not. But it does show that the company does have some inkling, no matter how small, of classifying information assets.
It's probably due more to the fact that the view audience can still remember Saving Nemo while A Bug's Life is older.
I liked Saving Nemo more than A Bug's Life due more to my salt water hobby (addiction).
Hell, remember Yugo's? The ultimate in disposable cars, even before you got one off the lot.
An old boss of mine, a real penny-pincher promised his daughter a new car if she got a certain GPA in her freshmen year at college. Sure enough she did, so he went to the Yugo dealership to buy the car. Demanded a car with no additional options on it.
The kicker was he wanted them to give credit on the spare tire too (seriously), until the dealer said that was against state law (Nevada).
but wouldn't it then be ".avi" instead of plain ol' "avi"? :)
Add to this that RFID can be blocked by tin foil and we have a whole slew of new problems for shoplifting. It's not so easy :-)
Assign a weight to each RFID tagged item (including packaging). Subtract cart weight and flag exception if out by more than xx%.
That's one solution. I love the self-serve checkout lines. If I could roll up a cart and have it do all items at once, even better.
Please please please tell me that Sadie's have free Wi-Fi access (or at least the bowling alley down the road). If so, I'm moving back!
so it looks like iRiver can finally be added to the quickly growing list of Vorbis-capable hardware!"
:)
Professor Voice: Good news everyone! Ogg Vorbis doubled their hardware list this year! There are now two compatible players.
I kid, I kid. As an iPod owner and Windows/OS X user, MP3 and AAC meet my needs. I could get Vorbis players for my desktop and laptop computers, but I'd also miss out on tossing that odd MP3 file to a friend.
I have a hard enough time trying to get my tech savvy friends to use anyting but WinAmp 2 or MS Media Player, so the task of educating them on Vorbis and getting their systems setup doesn't appear to me.
You go iRiver, hope this leads to more momentum and other meida players adding Ogg support too!
Anvil have in my mind always been the Cadillac of tough ass cases. In the multimedia (monitor rentals, portable studios) and music biz, these monsters take a beating. A company I worked for long ago used to buy large quantities of Anvil cases. The Anvil rep (hot little thing) would through in a couple the Anvil briefcases. Not in our companies color scheme, but regular Anvil blue. The boss gave us those since he hated blue.
:). But jesus, the smallest Halliburton weighs in at 8 lbs!!! Youch!
Aluminium cases are posh, especially for nice laptops (like the 15' G$ Alu I have
This was a good article. After upgrading from a TiBook to an AluBook, my old Brenthaven wasn't cutting it. The innter sleeve is just a bit too tight. looked at the Timbuk2 models, but went with a WaterField design.
Looking forward to loading the bad boy up!
Happy Holidays all.....