A little known fact, it seems, is that you don't even need a PC to add a second hard drive -- despite what searching the web seems to suggest. While poking around in the TiVo's startup scripts, I found that the command to initialize a new hard drive (if present) is already there along with a comment of "No, we didn't remove this..." So, just plug in the second drive and it should work. No PC necessary!
I don't think you can add those two numbers together. It says that ~14m shares will be issued, and that ~10m of those will be sold. That does NOT mean there are ~24m shares. I read it as there are ~14m shares, and that the primary shareholders are keeping ~4m of them...
My biggest gripe with widescreen laptops is that most don't match the public's (or the DVD forums) definition of widescreen: 16:9. And they're inconsistent with each other as well. Can't we all just get along?
A couple of nice popup management features I'd like to see is the ability to show a popup that was blocked without having to unblock the whole site. When I double click on the blocked popup indicator, I want to be able to select one of the blocked popups, click a "show" button and have it popup for me. Similarly, the ability to *temporarily* unblock a site for the current browser session only would be nice.
I agree with the other poster, that really is a great idea! My only thing would be not just page down, but any key or mouse movement which causes scrolling. To accomodate that, you'd have to set it up so that when the current "bottom of page" indicator scrolls off the screen, a new indicator is set at the new "bottom of page"...
I routinely hit 75Kbps and often 100Kbps when connecting my Spring phone to my laptop for remote access. As others have mentioned, perhaps your signal is weak or you have a bad phone. Not all phones get the same speeds.
I have the same car and get "only" 36-38 on average, a bit lower (33-34) in the 105+ CA summers... Though, on a long straight highway stretch (similar conditions to the EPA tests), I did average 45 for over half an hour.
Stop thinking about this from the perspective of a satellite orbiting Earth. Now imagine it on an orbiter studying one of the other planets in our solar system. One where the lag time is significantly greater than a second...
In a word -- yes. According to the CEA, over 9.73 million DTV sets have been sold since their introduction in 1998. And over a million have been sold in the first two months of this year alone...
You'd be wrong. There are so many HDTV ready sets already on the market that it would be suicide for HD-DVD manufacturers to make their output incompatible with those existing sets.
Yeah, you raise a valid point. It can only be as black as the 'virgin' screen is. While the virgin screeen may not classify as "true black" in the sense that a physicist would use, it certainly does in the sense that a videophile would use...
Yes, you're absolutely right. Since the pixels in OLED are light-emitting they can display true black by simply turning off -- just light in a CRT display. The reason LCD can't display true black is because they have to block the backlight to render black, and they're just not 100% light blocking...
We, as consumers, should openly refuse to buy or install software that does not adhere to the Google Software Principles (GSP). To that end, Google should institute a GSP logo & licensing program. If it is later found that a company is violating the GSP by displaying the logo but not adhering to it, Google would have grounds to sue them. And perhaps such companies would get the message when we all refuse to buy/install their application because it doesn't display the GSP logo... Here's hoping!
I find it interesting that you are unable to cite any case law supporting your claims.
Just because he chose not to doesn't mean he is unable. I tend to agree with the original poster, but IANAL. Clearly fair use has precedence over copyright, but I can see where contract law would take precedence over either.
When you watch TV, did you agree to a contract that you wouldn't make copies? No. When you buy a book, do you sign a contract that you won't share it with friends? No. When you listen to a CD, did you agree to a contract that you wouldn't rip it to mp3s? No. When you install a software package such as iTunes, did you agree to such a contract? YES. It's called the EULA, and there-in lies the difference.
Of course, there's considerable debate over whether EULAs are themselves enforcible -- but that's a different story. Assuming they are, I see no reason why they shouldn't take precedence.
By contrast, open source developers and distributors do not engage in patent searches, thus, there is a real possibility we will see a major patent fight involving open source, sooner than later.
Um, can anyone say SCO? It's already happened! And here I thought/. had the exclusive rights to restate what's already happened...
I wonder what will happen to the channel's availability on DirecTV once they complete the merger... Do you think Comcast will continue to make the channel available to one of their biggest competitors?
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Hmm. Bummer. I figured it would take care of that too. I guess that's why I'm just executing the hacks instead of creating them... :-) Not yet anyway.
A little known fact, it seems, is that you don't even need a PC to add a second hard drive -- despite what searching the web seems to suggest. While poking around in the TiVo's startup scripts, I found that the command to initialize a new hard drive (if present) is already there along with a comment of "No, we didn't remove this..." So, just plug in the second drive and it should work. No PC necessary!
I don't think you can add those two numbers together. It says that ~14m shares will be issued, and that ~10m of those will be sold. That does NOT mean there are ~24m shares. I read it as there are ~14m shares, and that the primary shareholders are keeping ~4m of them...
News for Nerds. Stuff that matters. Stuff that we told you about last week. Stuff that's exaggerated. Stuff that's on TV.
My biggest gripe with widescreen laptops is that most don't match the public's (or the DVD forums) definition of widescreen: 16:9. And they're inconsistent with each other as well. Can't we all just get along?
A couple of nice popup management features I'd like to see is the ability to show a popup that was blocked without having to unblock the whole site. When I double click on the blocked popup indicator, I want to be able to select one of the blocked popups, click a "show" button and have it popup for me. Similarly, the ability to *temporarily* unblock a site for the current browser session only would be nice.
Not only that, but you can set a keyword on a bookmark. Once you've done that, just type the keyword in your location bar and BAM!, there you are...
I agree with the other poster, that really is a great idea! My only thing would be not just page down, but any key or mouse movement which causes scrolling. To accomodate that, you'd have to set it up so that when the current "bottom of page" indicator scrolls off the screen, a new indicator is set at the new "bottom of page"...
I routinely hit 75Kbps and often 100Kbps when connecting my Spring phone to my laptop for remote access. As others have mentioned, perhaps your signal is weak or you have a bad phone. Not all phones get the same speeds.
I have the same car and get "only" 36-38 on average, a bit lower (33-34) in the 105+ CA summers... Though, on a long straight highway stretch (similar conditions to the EPA tests), I did average 45 for over half an hour.
And yes, I tend to be a lead foot.
Stop thinking about this from the perspective of a satellite orbiting Earth. Now imagine it on an orbiter studying one of the other planets in our solar system. One where the lag time is significantly greater than a second...
And you expect them to be calling about something else when you work for a phone company?
In a word -- yes. According to the CEA, over 9.73 million DTV sets have been sold since their introduction in 1998. And over a million have been sold in the first two months of this year alone...
You'd be wrong. There are so many HDTV ready sets already on the market that it would be suicide for HD-DVD manufacturers to make their output incompatible with those existing sets.
Nope, it can still only record on two tuners at a time. I looked into that when they came out.
Umm, because vearly every laptop in existance already HAS a modem built in?
Yeah, you raise a valid point. It can only be as black as the 'virgin' screen is. While the virgin screeen may not classify as "true black" in the sense that a physicist would use, it certainly does in the sense that a videophile would use...
Yes, you're absolutely right. Since the pixels in OLED are light-emitting they can display true black by simply turning off -- just light in a CRT display. The reason LCD can't display true black is because they have to block the backlight to render black, and they're just not 100% light blocking...
We, as consumers, should openly refuse to buy or install software that does not adhere to the Google Software Principles (GSP). To that end, Google should institute a GSP logo & licensing program. If it is later found that a company is violating the GSP by displaying the logo but not adhering to it, Google would have grounds to sue them. And perhaps such companies would get the message when we all refuse to buy/install their application because it doesn't display the GSP logo... Here's hoping!
But now you're in violation of copyright and trademark law...
Just because he chose not to doesn't mean he is unable. I tend to agree with the original poster, but IANAL. Clearly fair use has precedence over copyright, but I can see where contract law would take precedence over either.
When you watch TV, did you agree to a contract that you wouldn't make copies? No. When you buy a book, do you sign a contract that you won't share it with friends? No. When you listen to a CD, did you agree to a contract that you wouldn't rip it to mp3s? No. When you install a software package such as iTunes, did you agree to such a contract? YES. It's called the EULA, and there-in lies the difference.
Of course, there's considerable debate over whether EULAs are themselves enforcible -- but that's a different story. Assuming they are, I see no reason why they shouldn't take precedence.
P.S. This is a dupe, it's been covered before.
Um, can anyone say SCO? It's already happened! And here I thought /. had the exclusive rights to restate what's already happened...
I wonder what will happen to the channel's availability on DirecTV once they complete the merger... Do you think Comcast will continue to make the channel available to one of their biggest competitors?
Here's a tip: next year try TurboTax online. I can tell you it works fantastically, I've been using it for a few years now.
An ace programmer who doesn't understand source control? Uh huh, right...