Energy saving fluorescent tubes emit light alon the infrared spectrum. I see this all the time at work - the infrared interferes with the remotes for some of our products. Try an incadescent lamp of the same power consumtion specs, or disable your IR port.
Why in the world do you want Amazon.com to carry the book? That wouldn't exactly be beneficial to Plan 9 now would it? Do us all a favor and buy directly from Plan 9.
are these companies public or privately held? If public and traded in the US, you can look at insider trading, and see what the execs are doing with their stock...
Also, since you sound unemployed at the moment, just take the position you have a better gut feeling about...whats gonna happen - are you going to be unemployed again after a few paychecks? Big deal, youre unemployed now. On the other hand, if you are receiving unemployment benefits, make damn sure you do a bit more research than it sounds like youve done already before you blindly leap, dont waste another 5 months of benefits on a job that might not even last that long.
no way, they wouldnt be funny to watch anymore when youre drunk. although on demand ACCURATE language translation for tv will be a hot ticket if it ever gets developed.
But you're still not going to be able to search it just because you have a TV card in your comp. There is going to have to be some kind of program that can connect to and interpret the data.
For the product to be viable in the first place, there would have to be a substantial customer base. They will not establish this base by forcing everyone to buy a new tv. (otherwise youd already hae an HDTV (that even got a few hd channels)) They will not be able to write firmware updates for your tv either. This leaves two options, right? Either yet another set-top box (which of course could be plugged in inline with your cable/tv tuner card) or with a device that the company wnats you to believe is not "another set top box" but likely could be a barrel shaped device that plugs inline between your cable and tv and is used in conjunction with a special remote that allows you to send signals BACK to the cable co via the cable or a phone line to drill down through the data and selcet the keywords you want. yadda yadda yadda. The bottom line is that if this is going to even get enough money to start the service, it will be with an add in piece of hardware, that could easily be added to your computer tv setup. - wait a minute - what was the question?
Actually, I'd definately be down for any button to undo all the censors. I just dont think even science can generate a larger head for neil cavuto, and if science could....even an image of an enlarged cavuto head could upset the earth's orbit and send us spiraling into the sun. There's just some things that even science shouldnt mess with.
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Actually, you have just described how it works at the Other Site - a comment gets a -2 and gets moderated to oblivion. Not at Slashdot though. No comment will go below -1. Try it. Set all your modifiers to -6 and see how many comments show up. This assumes your threshold is set to -1.
It has come to our attention that you are not wearing your conspiracy hat. Please put it on and then critically answer your two questions. Hint: both second possibilities are correct.
I also wonder how long it takes before someone figures out how to set up a computer based version of the TV so you can stream things to your comp. That might be a good project to start on.
Well, since anyone with the money to buy a tv-card or video card with a tv tuner can already stream tv to their computer - hey, wait a minute - what was the question?
Imagine for a moment that you're a normal muggle. Someone tells you that one of the cast of Friends has a new celeb boyfriend. You turn on the TV, type in the name of that woman who was on The Misfits of Science, and voila! You need never read a proper news story again.
Imagine for a moment I am a normal muggle with both a TV and a computer. - Can't I already do this online?
A new startup wants to make all television content archived, indexed, and searchable.
Won't happen. This could be the cynical conspiracy theorist in me, but do you really think the *media* powers that be will allow even more technology that enables the bypassing of their lifeblood - commercials? Technology that gives consumers MORE control? Media giants have spent the last 2 dozen years bringing the control of what and when you watch to a fine art. Not to mention all the possible copyright and trademark debacles waiting to happen with all lawyers freed up from the death of napster, just waiting for someone to start to bring episode trading to the public's attention.
My Feature Request for TV This is two-fold. First off, I want Satelite or digital cable that changes channels as fast as conventional cable (meaning *instantly*).
Second part: I want a device that eliminates the stupid and annoying station logos. Contrary to popular belief, many people actually know what damn channel they are watching. Take the TNG episodes running on TNN....how many people need to be reminded that they are watching Star Trek, WHILE they are WATCHING it?
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I'm having the same problem, the trolls I dont mind (and sometimes ENJOY) - but the crapflooding is damn irritating. I believe this is because no comment can be less than -1 with the current versin of Slash. The reason you can assign -1 thru -6 to "Foes" is so that a comment from a user you dont like can still be reduced to -1 even if it has been moderated all the way up to +5, but -1 is still the lowest a comment can get. I believe the only way around this is to assign an automatic +1 for ACs and and other comments, the set your view threshold to 0. This way all your foes will still get filtered down to -1. Slashdot will hopefully someday borrow a feature of Scoop (from the Other Site) and allow comments to be rated down into oblivion.
You sir, have been the recipient of some genuine grade-a Microsoft brand FUD. How is Linux like cancer? Or the GPL like Pac-Man? If you explain something to someone in terms that are so base that it seems their meaning should be obvious, people will tend to say "Okay, that makes sense...yada yada yada", instead of saying "Yo Bill, WTF! Care to explain yourself without poor metaphors and misleading analogies?" And on top of it all, Bill seems to have forgotten that Pac-Man actually kicks ass.
Damn....These last three days should be called "The Attack of the Slashdot News Montage" Meta news is great, but meta news that is already meta news? Anyways, the Interview with Arthur C. Clarke is great and I especially love this quote from Clarke: "No, obviously you have to continue to use the technology. Life would come to a stop if we didn't have our cell phones and our computers and so forth." - Heh, at least I'm not the only one who believes this!
What sort of firewall do they provide, or are they the targets of the next DDOS kiddies?
Wow. I've got a few points of view on this. My first reaction? None, hopefully. When I buy access - that what I want, RAW ACCESS - Each user should provide their own security, I can certainly run my own damn network. Now for the reality. This won't work unless you live in a complex full of people in the know about network security/admin'ing. I know that I certainly dont trust my current bozo neighbor to provide ANY security except the never updated norotn anti-virus prog he runs. Which would of course leave a shared link open to rampant abuse. I dont want my bandwidth killed because his computer is busy sending gargantuan pings to me or the target of some ddos'er. So I would say that some sort of firewall should be provided. But by the same token, I dont want my ports filtered, blocking services i want to run, I mean, who wants to spend a month trying to convince the landlord to call the network guy out to open up some port... I wish you could be cited for a blatant security problem (read: email virus propagators)that affected other users, then be banned from the network until you attended some basic security class and proved your network was at least decently secured....
I doubt that 16 year old appreciated your antiquated 1970s media references.
Antiquated? In the grand scheme of a Jedi master's age, the 1970's are hardly antiquated.
Now stop looking so creepy and slowly back away.
Alright now buddy, when was the last time you saw a Jedi master who didn't look creepy? It's just part of the package.
Man, grasshoppers these days, ignorance AND insolence.
heh heh...vanguard found me out!! Now keep quiet or you'll upset my droids-err, employees-err, co-workers!!
No, really this is what happens sometimes from what I've seen - I haven't gone this route, but it has been considered - only to be rejected by me because of all the extra work invloved in getting other people to work. That and I do have a "day" job that requires a good portion of my time. Good insight!
Having done this (option 1) I can assure you that the greatest hidden fee is the incredible amount of time spent trying to figure out what the hidden fees are and who needs to get paid for what license/program. What a nightmare, for me at least. Who knew that the evil HR department ever *actually* did anything? To save yourself countless hours of frustration, go with option #2. Unless you plan on going this route for at least a few years, avoid all the extra soul sucking paperwork of option 1, it's a negligable amount of extra money and a significant amount of extra work and time. Luckily I have a friend who works for the bbb who gave me all the info I needed and spent almost as much time getting me started as I did. If you go the route of option #1, make sure you've got some competent friends or relatives who know the ins and outs of your state's business laws.
heh...
Maybe they should have used a beowulf cluster of webservers with load balancing and fault tolerance...(configured of course by natalie portman with a pants-load of hot grits, and her penis bird assistant).
You are not a Jedi yet grasshopper. I can feel the force around you though. First, young one, we will practice reading. Only then can you truly use the force.
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Energy saving fluorescent tubes emit light alon the infrared spectrum. I see this all the time at work - the infrared interferes with the remotes for some of our products. Try an incadescent lamp of the same power consumtion specs, or disable your IR port.
Just wanted to say congratulations and best wishes. I bet even the rest of the K5ers are happy for you!
Why in the world do you want Amazon.com to carry the book? That wouldn't exactly be beneficial to Plan 9 now would it? Do us all a favor and buy directly from Plan 9.
Except for leap years. Still, that's pretty cool.
are these companies public or privately held? If public and traded in the US, you can look at insider trading, and see what the execs are doing with their stock...
Also, since you sound unemployed at the moment, just take the position you have a better gut feeling about...whats gonna happen - are you going to be unemployed again after a few paychecks? Big deal, youre unemployed now. On the other hand, if you are receiving unemployment benefits, make damn sure you do a bit more research than it sounds like youve done already before you blindly leap, dont waste another 5 months of benefits on a job that might not even last that long.
no way, they wouldnt be funny to watch anymore when youre drunk. although on demand ACCURATE language translation for tv will be a hot ticket if it ever gets developed.
But you're still not going to be able to search it just because you have a TV card in your comp. There is going to have to be some kind of program that can connect to and interpret the data.
For the product to be viable in the first place, there would have to be a substantial customer base. They will not establish this base by forcing everyone to buy a new tv. (otherwise youd already hae an HDTV (that even got a few hd channels)) They will not be able to write firmware updates for your tv either. This leaves two options, right? Either yet another set-top box (which of course could be plugged in inline with your cable/tv tuner card) or with a device that the company wnats you to believe is not "another set top box" but likely could be a barrel shaped device that plugs inline between your cable and tv and is used in conjunction with a special remote that allows you to send signals BACK to the cable co via the cable or a phone line to drill down through the data and selcet the keywords you want. yadda yadda yadda. The bottom line is that if this is going to even get enough money to start the service, it will be with an add in piece of hardware, that could easily be added to your computer tv setup. - wait a minute - what was the question?
Actually, I'd definately be down for any button to undo all the censors. I just dont think even science can generate a larger head for neil cavuto, and if science could....even an image of an enlarged cavuto head could upset the earth's orbit and send us spiraling into the sun. There's just some things that even science shouldnt mess with.
Actually, you have just described how it works at the Other Site - a comment gets a -2 and gets moderated to oblivion. Not at Slashdot though. No comment will go below -1. Try it. Set all your modifiers to -6 and see how many comments show up. This assumes your threshold is set to -1.
I would be nice to be able to say "find all Star Trek episodes that show pictures of older ships named enterprise"...
Or, if you were like most trekkies, you'd say: "find all frames within Voyager episodes that contain Seven of Nines chest"
Spoh,
It has come to our attention that you are not wearing your conspiracy hat. Please put it on and then critically answer your two questions. Hint: both second possibilities are correct.
Thanks.
I also wonder how long it takes before someone figures out how to set up a computer based version of the TV so you can stream things to your comp. That might be a good project to start on.
Well, since anyone with the money to buy a tv-card or video card with a tv tuner can already stream tv to their computer - hey, wait a minute - what was the question?
Imagine for a moment that you're a normal muggle. Someone tells you that one of the cast of Friends has a new celeb boyfriend. You turn on the TV, type in the name of that woman who was on The Misfits of Science, and voila! You need never read a proper news story again.
Imagine for a moment I am a normal muggle with both a TV and a computer. - Can't I already do this online?
A new startup wants to make all television content archived, indexed, and searchable.
Won't happen. This could be the cynical conspiracy theorist in me, but do you really think the *media* powers that be will allow even more technology that enables the bypassing of their lifeblood - commercials? Technology that gives consumers MORE control? Media giants have spent the last 2 dozen years bringing the control of what and when you watch to a fine art. Not to mention all the possible copyright and trademark debacles waiting to happen with all lawyers freed up from the death of napster, just waiting for someone to start to bring episode trading to the public's attention.
My Feature Request for TV
This is two-fold. First off, I want Satelite or digital cable that changes channels as fast as conventional cable (meaning *instantly*).
Second part: I want a device that eliminates the stupid and annoying station logos. Contrary to popular belief, many people actually know what damn channel they are watching. Take the TNG episodes running on TNN....how many people need to be reminded that they are watching Star Trek, WHILE they are WATCHING it?
I'm having the same problem, the trolls I dont mind (and sometimes ENJOY) - but the crapflooding is damn irritating. I believe this is because no comment can be less than -1 with the current versin of Slash. The reason you can assign -1 thru -6 to "Foes" is so that a comment from a user you dont like can still be reduced to -1 even if it has been moderated all the way up to +5, but -1 is still the lowest a comment can get. I believe the only way around this is to assign an automatic +1 for ACs and and other comments, the set your view threshold to 0. This way all your foes will still get filtered down to -1. Slashdot will hopefully someday borrow a feature of Scoop (from the Other Site) and allow comments to be rated down into oblivion.
but wtf is the Pac-Man-like nature of it?
You sir, have been the recipient of some genuine grade-a Microsoft brand FUD. How is Linux like cancer? Or the GPL like Pac-Man? If you explain something to someone in terms that are so base that it seems their meaning should be obvious, people will tend to say "Okay, that makes sense...yada yada yada", instead of saying "Yo Bill, WTF! Care to explain yourself without poor metaphors and misleading analogies?" And on top of it all, Bill seems to have forgotten that Pac-Man actually kicks ass.
Damn....These last three days should be called " The Attack of the Slashdot News Montage " Meta news is great, but meta news that is already meta news? Anyways, the Interview with Arthur C. Clarke is great and I especially love this quote from Clarke: "No, obviously you have to continue to use the technology. Life would come to a stop if we didn't have our cell phones and our computers and so forth." - Heh, at least I'm not the only one who believes this!
What sort of firewall do they provide, or are they the targets of the next DDOS kiddies?
Wow. I've got a few points of view on this. My first reaction? None, hopefully. When I buy access - that what I want, RAW ACCESS - Each user should provide their own security, I can certainly run my own damn network. Now for the reality. This won't work unless you live in a complex full of people in the know about network security/admin'ing. I know that I certainly dont trust my current bozo neighbor to provide ANY security except the never updated norotn anti-virus prog he runs. Which would of course leave a shared link open to rampant abuse. I dont want my bandwidth killed because his computer is busy sending gargantuan pings to me or the target of some ddos'er. So I would say that some sort of firewall should be provided. But by the same token, I dont want my ports filtered, blocking services i want to run, I mean, who wants to spend a month trying to convince the landlord to call the network guy out to open up some port... I wish you could be cited for a blatant security problem (read: email virus propagators)that affected other users, then be banned from the network until you attended some basic security class and proved your network was at least decently secured....
Huh?
I doubt that 16 year old appreciated your antiquated 1970s media references.
Antiquated? In the grand scheme of a Jedi master's age, the 1970's are hardly antiquated.
Now stop looking so creepy and slowly back away.
Alright now buddy, when was the last time you saw a Jedi master who didn't look creepy? It's just part of the package.
Man, grasshoppers these days, ignorance AND insolence.
heh heh...vanguard found me out!! Now keep quiet or you'll upset my droids-err, employees-err, co-workers!!
No, really this is what happens sometimes from what I've seen - I haven't gone this route, but it has been considered - only to be rejected by me because of all the extra work invloved in getting other people to work. That and I do have a "day" job that requires a good portion of my time. Good insight!
Having done this (option 1) I can assure you that the greatest hidden fee is the incredible amount of time spent trying to figure out what the hidden fees are and who needs to get paid for what license/program. What a nightmare, for me at least. Who knew that the evil HR department ever *actually* did anything? To save yourself countless hours of frustration, go with option #2. Unless you plan on going this route for at least a few years, avoid all the extra soul sucking paperwork of option 1, it's a negligable amount of extra money and a significant amount of extra work and time. Luckily I have a friend who works for the bbb who gave me all the info I needed and spent almost as much time getting me started as I did. If you go the route of option #1, make sure you've got some competent friends or relatives who know the ins and outs of your state's business laws.
heh...
Maybe they should have used a beowulf cluster of webservers with load balancing and fault tolerance...(configured of course by natalie portman with a pants-load of hot grits, and her penis bird assistant).
Sorry - didnt have the will power to resist.
You are not a Jedi yet grasshopper. I can feel the force around you though. First, young one, we will practice reading. Only then can you truly use the force.
I doubt you can return the CD if it says "will not play on CD-ROM" on the cover.,
Unless you RECEIVED it as a GIFT. DUH.