The article states that the device was set at 1 frame per second initially. The first part of page 4 states then they would "...gradually work the frame speed up...".
The first version of this device installed in Jerry 20 years ago could acheive at least 4 FPS, so this version should be faster.
So many people are saying that this service is not free, mentioning the $20/month fee listed in the summary. If you had read the article, you would know that (as of right now), access is free (as in beer).
I am curious though, will the network be free, as in speech? It would be nice to get 10Mb wireless access, but it would be nicer to get unrestricted 10Mb wireless access. Who wants to bet that all P2P ports will be limited or restricted?
$3 million in sales tax? Ouch! Wait a minute... a $95 million dollar deal, and only $3 million in sales tax? Since when did California's sales tax drop from 7.25% to ~3%?
To be on topic: this deal was fishy on many fronts:
More Oracle licenses than state workers
Not just a third party (Logicon), but a fourth party (Koch Financial Services) was involved
The contract was signed last May, but the software is still not in use. You spent $95 million to sit on software licenses?
Finally, the sales tax issue already mentioned
We can only hope that $95 million dollars worth of state officials are ousted.
Disclaimer: I do not own a tivo. I have seen them in use, though.
I fully understand how remotely updating your preferences would be useful. Say you are at work, a coworker tells you about a certain program thats on an hour before you get home. Log on to AOL (sigh) and update your prefs! In contrast, would anyone really want IM and chat capabilties in their PVR? Can anyone think of a good use?
So the quick answer is: "Sure, caching would be neat." It would make things a lot easier when servers go down, but it's a complicated issue that would need to be thought through in great detail before being implemented.
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Last Modified: 6/14/00
Has anyone else noticed that the amount of requests for this feature has increased dramatically in the past few weeks? Could it have something to do with the introduction of subscriptions?
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A full sized keyboard and detachable monitor could fit together, you would just have a laptop with a larger footprint and a Cinema Display-type monitor with a wide aspect ratio.
The 'real mouse option' is available for most laptops through USB.
The only thing *not* possible is having the laptop run on regular batteries. As these batteries wear down, they start outputting a lower amount of voltage. While your average flashlight will just get dimmer, a computer would lock up or worse, would be damaged.
You are running OS 9 and Adobe Photoshop on a so-called 'SERVER'? That is a basic client machine. For 'SERVERS', Mac OS X Server has been out since March of 1999.
We have been using Mac OS X Server for basic Apple file sharing since the beginning and just recently implemented a NetBooting environment. Once the client version of Mac OS X comes out on March 24th, we will surely investigate and possibly implement this new OS on the client machines. Protected memory will eliminate much of the frustrations caused by crashed programs, even when run in a Classic enironment.
As for our servers, an Aqua-fied version of Mac OS X Server should be out roughly a month after the client release. The current incarnation of the Server OS uses the old GUI, ala the current Mac OS 9. While a new GUI won't be much of an upgrade, Apple has yet to confirm all of the updates to the Server OS.
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The article states that the device was set at 1 frame per second initially. The first part of page 4 states then they would "...gradually work the frame speed up...".
The first version of this device installed in Jerry 20 years ago could acheive at least 4 FPS, so this version should be faster.
So many people are saying that this service is not free, mentioning the $20/month fee listed in the summary. If you had read the article, you would know that (as of right now), access is free (as in beer).
I am curious though, will the network be free, as in speech? It would be nice to get 10Mb wireless access, but it would be nicer to get unrestricted 10Mb wireless access. Who wants to bet that all P2P ports will be limited or restricted?
I just got an email from a nice man telling me that lots of things can be expanded to 19-21" for only $19.95!
To be on topic: this deal was fishy on many fronts:
- More Oracle licenses than state workers
- Not just a third party (Logicon), but a fourth party (Koch Financial Services) was involved
- The contract was signed last May, but the software is still not in use. You spent $95 million to sit on software licenses?
- Finally, the sales tax issue already mentioned
We can only hope that $95 million dollars worth of state officials are ousted.Disclaimer: I do not own a tivo. I have seen them in use, though.
I fully understand how remotely updating your preferences would be useful. Say you are at work, a coworker tells you about a certain program thats on an hour before you get home. Log on to AOL (sigh) and update your prefs! In contrast, would anyone really want IM and chat capabilties in their PVR? Can anyone think of a good use?
Has anyone else noticed that the amount of requests for this feature has increased dramatically in the past few weeks? Could it have something to do with the introduction of subscriptions?
A full sized keyboard and detachable monitor could fit together, you would just have a laptop with a larger footprint and a Cinema Display-type monitor with a wide aspect ratio.
The 'real mouse option' is available for most laptops through USB.
The only thing *not* possible is having the laptop run on regular batteries. As these batteries wear down, they start outputting a lower amount of voltage. While your average flashlight will just get dimmer, a computer would lock up or worse, would be damaged.
You are running OS 9 and Adobe Photoshop on a so-called 'SERVER'? That is a basic client machine. For 'SERVERS', Mac OS X Server has been out since March of 1999.
We have been using Mac OS X Server for basic Apple file sharing since the beginning and just recently implemented a NetBooting environment. Once the client version of Mac OS X comes out on March 24th, we will surely investigate and possibly implement this new OS on the client machines. Protected memory will eliminate much of the frustrations caused by crashed programs, even when run in a Classic enironment.
As for our servers, an Aqua-fied version of Mac OS X Server should be out roughly a month after the client release. The current incarnation of the Server OS uses the old GUI, ala the current Mac OS 9. While a new GUI won't be much of an upgrade, Apple has yet to confirm all of the updates to the Server OS.