In Long Island, N.Y., my buddy's area lost power for almost a week from Sandy, but by using backup battery power he and his family had the only lights in his neighborhood. (He works for a company that provides backup power for office buildings, cellphone towers, phone/computer systems,...) The neighbors all wondered why he had power when they didn't. It's simply because he is prepared for outages when they occur.
One look at the surface running windows 8 is enough to prove that microsoft is massively innovative these days. If anything, they might be too innovative.
For putting on a new skin/overlay to cover up the 'start' button?
George Carlin was one of the trailblazers in comedy, with comics blazing a trail for him (Lenny Bruce, for one example, paid a heavy price in the name of comedy). For the uninitiated, I suggest watching some of G.C. on youtube. For him, words were just words, it's how they are used, the 'context' used at times, that's when trouble starts. The intent meant when directed at someone else in order to belittle and demean, in order for the speaker to have a false sense of superiority over another, that is the wrong.
"For instance, you take the word "Nigger." There is absolutely nothing wrong with the word "Nigger" in and of itself. It's the racist asshole who's using it that you ought to be concerned about. We don't mind when Richard Pryer or Eddie Murphy say it. Why? Because we know they're not racist. They're Niggers! Context. Context. We don't mind their context because we know they're black. Hey, I know I'm whitey, the blue-eyed devil, paddy-o, fay gray boy, honkey, mother-fucker myself. Don't bother my ass." - George Carlin
My LG TV has a built in DVR that uses this service. It now displays the message from ROVI saying the service is going away. What can I do? The TV is less than 10 years old.
My condolences on the demise of your LG. Make an aquarium out of it. And I only wish I was joking.
I submitted this story in the hope that you guys might get some valueable advice and ideas of what can and what wont work. They're a pretty smart bunch here. Good luck to you guys. SF...:-)
Dude, Sony discontinued this product 7 years ago. I'm sure you've gotten your money's worth out of it.
Think about it this way: If it died of hardware failure instead, would you be so upset? Likely not.
There is no good reason for electronics to arbitrarily fail unless a component burns out. This 'fail' is designed into the product, to force consumers to buy new. Hey, it's good for the economy that whatever you buy is meant to last for only a pre-determined finite time.
Now maybe the younger generations are used to (and accept) this way of doing business. Us older neckbeards know different. Electronic things lasted, they were built to. I had Sony walkmans that were high-quality builds, you had to try really hard to break them. I still own an AM-FM rasio that uses 'C' batteries that still works like when it was new, that's how well things were built then. This 'throwaway-get the latest and greatest' then throw it out in 2+ years mentality does not work for me. Knowing how things today are built to not last, I think long and hard before deciding to spend my hard-earned money. I spend my $ on a hundred dollar rv, not a $1500 one, since I know the thing will only last a few years anyway, no matter if it cost more or not.
Can't dvrs be progrmmed manually, like video cassette recorder owners used to do? Sure, the convienence is gone, but recordings can still be made, can't they?. Buying "Lifetime service" does you no good when companies seem to be able to change it's service at any time. Sometimes, companies lie, and misrepresent their products to get us to buy them. Color me shocked!
Surely that would prevent hurricans from hitting New York they way they did in 1938, 1893, 1869, 1821 and 1815.
You're fools for not protecting your cities, even after they've seen storms and destruction over and over again in the extremely short history of the USA. The kind of foolishness that only Americans can come up with. Combine that with a religious approach to just about anything and that's how you come up with nonsense like reducing CO2 emissions to prevent stuff from happening that has happened at much lower CO2 concentrations in much greater frequency and force.
I don't understand why your post was modded flamebait..
People could start taking climate change seriously and reduce CO2 emissions.
Hurricane Sandy has nothing to do with global warming. Sandy was a confluence of a winter and a summer storm , creating a storm surge that flooded NYC, Long Island and New Jersey shores. In other words, it was a natural weather event. It has been happening for way long before the start of the U.S.'s industrial revolution. People seem to love to smugly claim,, "It's climate change", and really it's just how weather has been happening in the world for eons. Hunpmanity today is smart enough to deal with storm surges, it's an engineering task that should be built.
The story link goes to an NBC news story containing a video of how the Netherlands handles storm surges. NY can do the same thing, though it would cost 15 billion to build. Guess the NYSE isn't considered worth it.
I have a $400 Toshiba "paperweight" sitting in my closet. I sent it in for warrant repair, guess how much it would've cost to fix? You guessed it, $400! 'Eff' Toshiba and their crapware!
The day after power was lost here in Long Island, there were guys selling 5 gallon cans of gas for $50, and people were buying!
Well 5 gallon gas cans seem to sell from $15 to $30 on Amazon depending on quality and features (ex no-spill). Were those good cans or dented rusted 1970s era cans?
People weren't buying the can, they were paying for the gas IN the can.
No offense meant, guys. Here in the U.S., a 5 gallon can of gas should cost less than $25.00, we are spoiled here. That's the reality though, and here it is considered 'gouging'.
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In Long Island, N.Y., my buddy's area lost power for almost a week from Sandy, but by using backup battery power he and his family had the only lights in his neighborhood. (He works for a company that provides backup power for office buildings, cellphone towers, phone/computer systems,...) The neighbors all wondered why he had power when they didn't. It's simply because he is prepared for outages when they occur.
Normally, aurologist would suggest drinking more Apple juice. Wont work here, thatt'd be kinda cannibalistic.
Are people blind? Seriously?
One look at the surface running windows 8 is enough to prove that microsoft is massively innovative these days. If anything, they might be too innovative.
For putting on a new skin/overlay to cover up the 'start' button?
Lucihormetica luckae, huh? Not very luckae after all, were they?
Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.- Steven Brust
I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire. Howard Hughes
http://mobile.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/paranoid.html
"Democracy does not come from governments. Democracy comes from the people."
"For instance, you take the word "Nigger." There is absolutely nothing wrong with the word "Nigger" in and of itself. It's the racist asshole who's using it that you ought to be concerned about. We don't mind when Richard Pryer or Eddie Murphy say it. Why? Because we know they're not racist. They're Niggers! Context. Context. We don't mind their context because we know they're black. Hey, I know I'm whitey, the blue-eyed devil, paddy-o, fay gray boy, honkey, mother-fucker myself. Don't bother my ass." - George Carlin
My LG TV has a built in DVR that uses this service. It now displays the message from ROVI saying the service is going away. What can I do? The TV is less than 10 years old.
My condolences on the demise of your LG. Make an aquarium out of it. And I only wish I was joking.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=PqxPQuIPV2A&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPqxPQuIPV2A
I submitted this story in the hope that you guys might get some valueable advice and ideas of what can and what wont work. They're a pretty smart bunch here. Good luck to you guys. SF... :-)
p.s. That should be "radio", not 'rasio', and "tv", not 'rv' (sigh)
Dude, Sony discontinued this product 7 years ago. I'm sure you've gotten your money's worth out of it.
Think about it this way: If it died of hardware failure instead, would you be so upset? Likely not.
There is no good reason for electronics to arbitrarily fail unless a component burns out. This 'fail' is designed into the product, to force consumers to buy new. Hey, it's good for the economy that whatever you buy is meant to last for only a pre-determined finite time.
Now maybe the younger generations are used to (and accept) this way of doing business. Us older neckbeards know different. Electronic things lasted, they were built to. I had Sony walkmans that were high-quality builds, you had to try really hard to break them. I still own an AM-FM rasio that uses 'C' batteries that still works like when it was new, that's how well things were built then. This 'throwaway-get the latest and greatest' then throw it out in 2+ years mentality does not work for me. Knowing how things today are built to not last, I think long and hard before deciding to spend my hard-earned money. I spend my $ on a hundred dollar rv, not a $1500 one, since I know the thing will only last a few years anyway, no matter if it cost more or not.
Okay, I've had my rant here, now, goml :-)
From what I read, Sony decided to save pennies by not having a rtc, and relying on the ota signals. So no ota clock signals, no clock, no work.
Nice. So then, in this case, the guy now owns a shiny electric paperweight.
Can't dvrs be progrmmed manually, like video cassette recorder owners used to do? Sure, the convienence is gone, but recordings can still be made, can't they?. Buying "Lifetime service" does you no good when companies seem to be able to change it's service at any time. Sometimes, companies lie, and misrepresent their products to get us to buy them. Color me shocked!
Surely that would prevent hurricans from hitting New York they way they did in 1938, 1893, 1869, 1821 and 1815.
You're fools for not protecting your cities, even after they've seen storms and destruction over and over again in the extremely short history of the USA. The kind of foolishness that only Americans can come up with. Combine that with a religious approach to just about anything and that's how you come up with nonsense like reducing CO2 emissions to prevent stuff from happening that has happened at much lower CO2 concentrations in much greater frequency and force.
I don't understand why your post was modded flamebait..
People could start taking climate change seriously and reduce CO2 emissions.
Hurricane Sandy has nothing to do with global warming. Sandy was a confluence of a winter and a summer storm , creating a storm surge that flooded NYC, Long Island and New Jersey shores. In other words, it was a natural weather event. It has been happening for way long before the start of the U.S.'s industrial revolution. People seem to love to smugly claim,, "It's climate change", and really it's just how weather has been happening in the world for eons. Hunpmanity today is smart enough to deal with storm surges, it's an engineering task that should be built.
The story link goes to an NBC news story containing a video of how the Netherlands handles storm surges. NY can do the same thing, though it would cost 15 billion to build. Guess the NYSE isn't considered worth it.
Apple has already patented "circles with rounded corners". With 360' in a circle, that's 360 "rounded corners". 360 multiplied by X($)=Profit!
... says the brave AC.
I have a $400 Toshiba "paperweight" sitting in my closet. I sent it in for warrant repair, guess how much it would've cost to fix? You guessed it, $400! 'Eff' Toshiba and their crapware!
The day after power was lost here in Long Island, there were guys selling 5 gallon cans of gas for $50, and people were buying!
Well 5 gallon gas cans seem to sell from $15 to $30 on Amazon depending on quality and features (ex no-spill). Were those good cans or dented rusted 1970s era cans?
People weren't buying the can, they were paying for the gas IN the can.
No offense meant, guys. Here in the U.S., a 5 gallon can of gas should cost less than $25.00, we are spoiled here. That's the reality though, and here it is considered 'gouging'.
The day after power was lost here in Long Island, there were guys selling 5 gallon cans of gas for $50, and people were buying!