Cable cards might be the solution, but right now I have this nice almost free DVR that records HD and tunes all my channels already plugged into my TV. Any type of tuner card right now will have to pass through to that device as it cannot directly tune all my encrypted channels nor HD over the cable. Thus making another point that could break and making it almost useless. Make a PCI express card that does all of the functions of my DVR (tuning all my digital cable channels, video on demand from my cable provider, HD tuning off my digital cable) and I'm interested. Otherwise its not worth it to me.
For the record I have a media center box and an extender.
Exactly! Interfering with things only creates a pendulum swing with more unpredictable change. It is almost the same idea as the carefully managed prime interest rate. Things that will happen that you might not think about are: increased postage (did you know there is a proposal out now for stamp prices to jump 10 cents next year?), increased shipping costs (UPS, FedEx), increased prices on everything you buy in any store (it has to get from a factory to your local retailer), etc etc. It doesn't just affect the "evil gas guzzling SUV drivers" hehe.
The problems we have here are two fold. The one on most people's minds is the gas cost this is a result of some ill timed refining shortages combined with world events. This will sort out to a degree once refining is back online for summer. The rest is up to securing oil supply from other places. This is viewed as a short term problem because the fun lovely analysts help drive this up up up. Long term we need alternative fuels, etc.
The second problem is carbon footprint. This is a very long term goal with short term progress. We should steer towards this with innovation driven by consumer purchasing demand, not by intervention and artificial refined gasoline pricing/taxes.
I own a mid size SUV with a V6. I use it to haul things and people. I did seriously consider the Lexus RX440h when making a purchase but in the end didn't like the vehicle. The fact that it did tempt me is a good thing and shows we are progressing. (The prius is an ugly sad car, so I am disregarding it here.) Hope is out there and we are definately headed in the right direction. -Jim
Ok I realize we are supposed to hate MS here, but you know what? I'm sick of the EU's constant whining. Maybe Bill lined the pockets of the US govt, but MS did things to help resolve this and even did totally stupid things like un-bundle the media player just for the EU. WTF good is an OS without an included media player? I think it is time for the EU to stuff it and move on.
On the topic of bias'..."Yea open source, yea linux, boo windows" is not the answer just the same as the total opposite is not the answer. Each thing is a tool for a solution. I work for one of the largest companies in the world and I think that Windows is rightly our standard desktop. I also think that Linux is ideal for server side solutions as well. Both have their uses. Neither one is perfect.
For the reccord I use Mac's at home, am an Apple and Microsoft shareholder and a US citizen.
My trouble with ebooks has always been the cost of content. If it is no cheaper than a physical book, why buy it? I don't mind the upfront cost of a reader and I don't mind the DRM. What I want is cost savings passed on to the consumer from cost savings regarding distribution and printing. I even don't mind the interface. Ideally a two screen reader (given flat enough sides and a light weight) would be my top choice, but I can deal with a single page one. I'm excited about the upcoming sony ereader (even though their have lost my respect with DRM). If they get the price right and the content availability right I may buy into it.
I first used MS's ereader software which I really enjoyed (with the free content they provided), but battery life sucked. The new eink tech being used now makes me more hopeful. I did get my hands on the sony hardware at CES and was really impressed.
Do you want your government telling you when you can turn on and off lights? Screw that. The freedom to be ignorant is as important as the freedom to conserve here. The idea is to convience the people to conserve not force them to.
I'm not too excited about the DRM possibilities, but I took a look at the reader hardware at CES and was really impressed. It was my first time using an e-ink based display. They are very readable and surprisingly light. It is odd to poke at a display and not have it react like an LCD. The display looks like a nicely contrasted grayscale, but feels like a solid printed surface.
The demo units had various print media samples including technical, fiction and manga. All looked fantastic.
I was into the whole Microsoft Reader thing when it came out, but battery life made it unusable. This answers that challange in spades.
I saw a lot of cool things at CES, but this was one of my favorites. My only complaint, make it while like the Sony Libre.
The catch for me will be if the books are priced right. They have an amazing opprotunity here to storm the market but pricing books cheaper than printed versions and giving away sample chapters to entice, but I have a feeling that won't happen.
It looks like a singnal strength indicator. In fact (besides being orange) it looks like the icon my weather radio alarm clock thing uses to show atmoic time sync singal. Wtf does the icon have to do with an RSS feed?
I'm trying to figure out why (unless you were buying a CD) would you want to buy from anywhere else? Don't most of the music stores have all the same tracks anyway? The only thing cooler would be like an amazon where all the music came from and you just bought it and selected your mobile device and downloaded the proper format. Unfortunately thats a long ways off and apple has done such a good job.:)
They won't give us more $#@$#@ HD content! Oh and while you're at it make it $#@$@# 16x9!;) Not to be all negative I did appreciate Lost, The Apprentice and some show with a lot of nice Bikini clad Brazillian women.
I demand a new version of windows without the Start button. The word Start is monopilistic and I won't be forced to use it. They should be required to make an alternate version with a Go button.
If you don't want Windows buy a Mac or install Solaris/Lunix and get over it. Stop the stupid fines and lawsuits. I use quicktime on my Windows box and Media Player doesn't cause me any problems. I use trillian and MSN messenger doesn't cause me any problems. If you don't like the built in products fine install something else.
People with "photographic memory" must have their mind's cleansed and their thoughts erased. I agree with the folks that said instead of stupid paranoia how about you focus on securing your data. Trust and people are the problem here, not technology.
I hope I understood this right but people are saying email is a better way to read RSS feads?? wTF??? I like the way Safari does it. I have a group of RSS feeds and it will tell me how many new entries there are (looks like this: Cool News (15) ). Then I just open that link in Safari and read the headlines. I open up articles for more details if I want.
The only sad thing is it streamlined my web browsing so much that I end up with too much free time at home! ahah
Why would I want to pollute my inbox with these rss feeds? Yeech.
Hell yes! I mean it's one thing to feature a song that was in a game or composed for a game, but just to bring unrelated songs in for showmanship and to cash in on advertising...jeez, is it a sha.... hey, wait a min!!!;)
I still rank the "failed" dreamcast as my #1 game console I've owned. The design was compact, the graphics were good, the logo was cool and I had tons of Sonic! (plus my psycho tamagotchi fix from the VMU's).
I can't even stand to watch the original Star Trek series the effects are so bad. I can't imagine older sci-fi. Now if the acting is good and they aren't movies with effects then thats another story, but i bet that old tv shows were much much worse than old movies.
I want new shows on iTunes. I want to be able to pick up a show I missed because maybe my DVR wasn't setup right. Now its not perfect and yea I'd like higher resolution media to view on my computer and a lower rez for my ipod. Sure I'd like to rip dvd's into itunes, but i'm not going to watch a full length film on a 2.5" screen. Music videos and video podcasts and tv shows are all good enough for me.
The answer is become a US citizen.
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If you don't want to be a US citizen then why are you living here in the first place??? With the exception of working for a global company and being transfered over here as an expat you should live where you want to be a citizen. Want to come work in the US? Sweet, come on in! Just be ready to stay a while and welcome home.:)
Oh and stay away from California! I want the cost of living there to go down so I can move there and afford more than a shoebox.;)
Sorry but this looks like a black'd out cheapo keyboard off a TTY terminal. I'll keep my MS keyboard with large amounts of nice extra buttons for iTunes controls and other functions.
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What about the chainsaw, that was always my fav!
Of which I was number 21 just walking up to the store at 10am. Granted I hate to wait in a line and the going was sloooooooow.
beams attached to it!! ;)
it is darn hard to rip vinyl digitally! ;)
Cable cards might be the solution, but right now I have this nice almost free DVR that records HD and tunes all my channels already plugged into my TV. Any type of tuner card right now will have to pass through to that device as it cannot directly tune all my encrypted channels nor HD over the cable. Thus making another point that could break and making it almost useless. Make a PCI express card that does all of the functions of my DVR (tuning all my digital cable channels, video on demand from my cable provider, HD tuning off my digital cable) and I'm interested. Otherwise its not worth it to me.
For the record I have a media center box and an extender.
..we would have to buy a new computer to interface with each companies internet. What a crock.
Unions suck! Can't put it any more plainly than that. They are outdated and unwelcome.
Exactly! Interfering with things only creates a pendulum swing with more unpredictable change. It is almost the same idea as the carefully managed prime interest rate. Things that will happen that you might not think about are: increased postage (did you know there is a proposal out now for stamp prices to jump 10 cents next year?), increased shipping costs (UPS, FedEx), increased prices on everything you buy in any store (it has to get from a factory to your local retailer), etc etc. It doesn't just affect the "evil gas guzzling SUV drivers" hehe.
The problems we have here are two fold. The one on most people's minds is the gas cost this is a result of some ill timed refining shortages combined with world events. This will sort out to a degree once refining is back online for summer. The rest is up to securing oil supply from other places. This is viewed as a short term problem because the fun lovely analysts help drive this up up up. Long term we need alternative fuels, etc.
The second problem is carbon footprint. This is a very long term goal with short term progress. We should steer towards this with innovation driven by consumer purchasing demand, not by intervention and artificial refined gasoline pricing/taxes.
I own a mid size SUV with a V6. I use it to haul things and people. I did seriously consider the Lexus RX440h when making a purchase but in the end didn't like the vehicle. The fact that it did tempt me is a good thing and shows we are progressing. (The prius is an ugly sad car, so I am disregarding it here.) Hope is out there and we are definately headed in the right direction.
-Jim
Ok I realize we are supposed to hate MS here, but you know what? I'm sick of the EU's constant whining. Maybe Bill lined the pockets of the US govt, but MS did things to help resolve this and even did totally stupid things like un-bundle the media player just for the EU. WTF good is an OS without an included media player? I think it is time for the EU to stuff it and move on.
On the topic of bias'..."Yea open source, yea linux, boo windows" is not the answer just the same as the total opposite is not the answer. Each thing is a tool for a solution. I work for one of the largest companies in the world and I think that Windows is rightly our standard desktop. I also think that Linux is ideal for server side solutions as well. Both have their uses. Neither one is perfect.
For the reccord I use Mac's at home, am an Apple and Microsoft shareholder and a US citizen.
My trouble with ebooks has always been the cost of content. If it is no cheaper than a physical book, why buy it? I don't mind the upfront cost of a reader and I don't mind the DRM. What I want is cost savings passed on to the consumer from cost savings regarding distribution and printing. I even don't mind the interface. Ideally a two screen reader (given flat enough sides and a light weight) would be my top choice, but I can deal with a single page one. I'm excited about the upcoming sony ereader (even though their have lost my respect with DRM). If they get the price right and the content availability right I may buy into it.
I first used MS's ereader software which I really enjoyed (with the free content they provided), but battery life sucked. The new eink tech being used now makes me more hopeful. I did get my hands on the sony hardware at CES and was really impressed.
Do you want your government telling you when you can turn on and off lights? Screw that. The freedom to be ignorant is as important as the freedom to conserve here. The idea is to convience the people to conserve not force them to.
I'm not too excited about the DRM possibilities, but I took a look at the reader hardware at CES and was really impressed. It was my first time using an e-ink based display. They are very readable and surprisingly light. It is odd to poke at a display and not have it react like an LCD. The display looks like a nicely contrasted grayscale, but feels like a solid printed surface.
The demo units had various print media samples including technical, fiction and manga. All looked fantastic.
I was into the whole Microsoft Reader thing when it came out, but battery life made it unusable. This answers that challange in spades.
I saw a lot of cool things at CES, but this was one of my favorites. My only complaint, make it while like the Sony Libre.
The catch for me will be if the books are priced right. They have an amazing opprotunity here to storm the market but pricing books cheaper than printed versions and giving away sample chapters to entice, but I have a feeling that won't happen.
Data on fibre, power on powerlines. If you don't have fibre for data, lay more fibre. Don't be lazy.
It looks like a singnal strength indicator. In fact (besides being orange) it looks like the icon my weather radio alarm clock thing uses to show atmoic time sync singal. Wtf does the icon have to do with an RSS feed?
I'm trying to figure out why (unless you were buying a CD) would you want to buy from anywhere else? Don't most of the music stores have all the same tracks anyway? The only thing cooler would be like an amazon where all the music came from and you just bought it and selected your mobile device and downloaded the proper format. Unfortunately thats a long ways off and apple has done such a good job. :)
They won't give us more $#@$#@ HD content! Oh and while you're at it make it $#@$@# 16x9! ;) Not to be all negative I did appreciate Lost, The Apprentice and some show with a lot of nice Bikini clad Brazillian women.
I demand a new version of windows without the Start button. The word Start is monopilistic and I won't be forced to use it. They should be required to make an alternate version with a Go button.
If you don't want Windows buy a Mac or install Solaris/Lunix and get over it. Stop the stupid fines and lawsuits. I use quicktime on my Windows box and Media Player doesn't cause me any problems. I use trillian and MSN messenger doesn't cause me any problems. If you don't like the built in products fine install something else.
People with "photographic memory" must have their mind's cleansed and their thoughts erased. I agree with the folks that said instead of stupid paranoia how about you focus on securing your data. Trust and people are the problem here, not technology.
Global warming isn't coming the day after tomorrow. It is coming two days before the day after tomorrow. OH MY GOD THATS TODAY!
I hope I understood this right but people are saying email is a better way to read RSS feads?? wTF??? I like the way Safari does it. I have a group of RSS feeds and it will tell me how many new entries there are (looks like this: Cool News (15) ). Then I just open that link in Safari and read the headlines. I open up articles for more details if I want.
The only sad thing is it streamlined my web browsing so much that I end up with too much free time at home! ahah
Why would I want to pollute my inbox with these rss feeds? Yeech.
Hell yes! I mean it's one thing to feature a song that was in a game or composed for a game, but just to bring unrelated songs in for showmanship and to cash in on advertising...jeez, is it a sha.... hey, wait a min!!! ;)
I still rank the "failed" dreamcast as my #1 game console I've owned. The design was compact, the graphics were good, the logo was cool and I had tons of Sonic! (plus my psycho tamagotchi fix from the VMU's).
I can't even stand to watch the original Star Trek series the effects are so bad. I can't imagine older sci-fi. Now if the acting is good and they aren't movies with effects then thats another story, but i bet that old tv shows were much much worse than old movies.
I want new shows on iTunes. I want to be able to pick up a show I missed because maybe my DVR wasn't setup right. Now its not perfect and yea I'd like higher resolution media to view on my computer and a lower rez for my ipod. Sure I'd like to rip dvd's into itunes, but i'm not going to watch a full length film on a 2.5" screen. Music videos and video podcasts and tv shows are all good enough for me.
If you don't want to be a US citizen then why are you living here in the first place??? With the exception of working for a global company and being transfered over here as an expat you should live where you want to be a citizen. Want to come work in the US? Sweet, come on in! Just be ready to stay a while and welcome home. :)
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Oh and stay away from California! I want the cost of living there to go down so I can move there and afford more than a shoebox.
Sorry but this looks like a black'd out cheapo keyboard off a TTY terminal. I'll keep my MS keyboard with large amounts of nice extra buttons for iTunes controls and other functions.