Tivo.com offers an adage.com insiders deal discount of $100 on their 80 hour Series2 Tivo. It's a steal at $250. The link to get the special offer is http://www.tivo.com/sales/adage.
The price they offer on the main website is $100 more then whats listed on the insiders deal page. I don't think this page is supposed to be available to the general public, so I think as soon as they notice a whole bunch of people buying 80 hour Tivo's for $250, instead of the $350 they should be going for, they are going to take the page down.
I ordered one of 'em via the website last week, which is supposed to arrive tomorrow, and I got a local circuit city to match the special website price, plus 10% of the difference, so I got my 2nd one for $240 ($290 with a $50 mail-in rebate). The Tivo.com website sends it with free shipping and you can avoid the sales tax, so that's the better deal. But you get instant gratification from Circuit City.
Of course, any plain text communication can be monitored.
I use a web based site for my e-mail. It's convient, as I'm on the road a lot and happen to change ISPs every so often. Having a perminate e-mail address independent of location or ISP is a nessesity!
I know the access isn't secure, so I ALWAYS go to https://www.operamail.com, (my free e-mail service) to make sure that everything is encrypted.
It's not complete security, but it makes seeing what I'm doing harder.
Instead of sniffing traffic, they will need to monitor what is on my screen, or try and break the encryption.
Most companies will not go that far, so I'm confortable with the level of security.
If there is a company that would go that far, then they are REALLY determained to see what your doing. As all of us hackers know, there is no way to stop anyone who is really determained to get into anything.
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The price they offer on the main website is $100 more then whats listed on the insiders deal page. I don't think this page is supposed to be available to the general public, so I think as soon as they notice a whole bunch of people buying 80 hour Tivo's for $250, instead of the $350 they should be going for, they are going to take the page down.
I ordered one of 'em via the website last week, which is supposed to arrive tomorrow, and I got a local circuit city to match the special website price, plus 10% of the difference, so I got my 2nd one for $240 ($290 with a $50 mail-in rebate). The Tivo.com website sends it with free shipping and you can avoid the sales tax, so that's the better deal. But you get instant gratification from Circuit City.
Only 5 Years old! That's too young to be any fun... Come back in 13 years when you're 18, legal, and ripe for the plucking... Then we'll talk.
Mmmm...Freshmeat!!. Oh wait, I'm thinking of somewhere else....
Of course, any plain text communication can be monitored. I use a web based site for my e-mail. It's convient, as I'm on the road a lot and happen to change ISPs every so often. Having a perminate e-mail address independent of location or ISP is a nessesity! I know the access isn't secure, so I ALWAYS go to https://www.operamail.com, (my free e-mail service) to make sure that everything is encrypted. It's not complete security, but it makes seeing what I'm doing harder. Instead of sniffing traffic, they will need to monitor what is on my screen, or try and break the encryption. Most companies will not go that far, so I'm confortable with the level of security. If there is a company that would go that far, then they are REALLY determained to see what your doing. As all of us hackers know, there is no way to stop anyone who is really determained to get into anything.