Yup. If you like Google Voice, don't upgrade to Hangouts yet. I did so a while ago, and admittedly, Hangouts is pretty cool, but it comes with a surprise: it takes away your ability to make outbound GV calls in the GMail interface. Fortunately there was an option to downgrade to the old chat interface.
The impact of the Apple II went well beyond sales revenue for apple.
The Apple IIe's presence in my elementary school computer labs helped me develop an early interest in computers, and I'm sure it did the same to many other kids. Sure, we only played Oregon Trail, but computer lab was something we looked forward to every week. Lots of those kids are now holding well-paying engineering, IT, or development jobs, have started their own companies, and are contributing to the economy.
I think the Apple II changed the world. The Surface RT has not and will not.
This++. Check out antennaweb or tv fool to find out your distance from your broadcast stations.
Here's some of the stuff I used.
Antenna:
Antennas Direct DB8
I installed it inside of my attic instead of putting it on the roof. I have a strict HOA and I live in Florida where we get some pretty high winds and lightning. Having the antenna inside the attic attenuates the signal so I bought a larger antenna than I needed.
Antenna Mast:
Buy 2" PVC conduit at Lowes or HD and use it as a mast. Just screw the PVC to a truss or something in the attic and then use the antenna's u-bolts to attach it to the PVC. The antennaweb/tv fool web sites will tell you the direction (in degrees) of the stations relative to your location. Use that with a compass to aim your antenna.
RG6 connectors:
I used the SNS1P6 connectors. These are proper compression fittings and require a special tool to crimp. It's easy to do, plenty of videos on YouTube on the subject.
RG6 cable:
I used Belden 7915A RG6 Duobond Plus Tri-shield. Belden is the cadillac of RG6 cable. Their tri-shield gives you almost all of the performance of good quad shield (and better than some cheap quad shield) at lower price than quad. It is also easier to pull because it has a tighter bend radius and it is much easier to terminate than quad shield (it uses normal dual-shield connectors). Get yourself a RG6 stripping tool.
I pulled the RG6 from the antenna to my house's central wiring closet (probably about 75 feet), where I installed Motorola BDA-S1 signal booster. On the output side of the signal booster I installed a splitter to send the signal to all of my TVs. Motorola also sells a variant called the "BDA-4" which has an integrated splitter (making it a "distribution amplifier") but I prefer having the amplifier and the splitter separate. You should use the smallest splitter config you can get away with.
I also bought some 75 ohm terminators to put on any open/unused ports on the splitter. It presumably helps with signal loss / leakage.
If the run from the antenna to the signal booster is very long (like 100+ feet) you might also need a low-gain amplifier at the antenna to overcome signal losses between the antenna and the signal booster. I'd start without one and see how you do. It is possible to have too much gain so you don't want more than necessary. If you do need one, there are high-gain and low-gain amps, and which one you need depends on how close you are to the radio stations and how long the run is between the antenna and signal booster. In my case I did not need one.
TiVo makes a good product and I am happy to have my Premiere. About two years ago we kicked my cable company's TV service and DVR to the curb, installed a large OTA antenna in my attic, and bought the TiVo. 1080p broadcasts are beautiful.
The one-time buy in for TiVo's "lifetime" service was painful, but I recouped the cost in savings on my cable bill within a year and have long since broken even on the whole deal.
Check out antennaweb and tvfool to see how far you are from your local broadcast stations.
You will give up the major network channels (such as Comedy Central and ESPN) when you make the move, but I haven't missed them. Your monthly savings from ditching cable can pay for a lot of streaming services or amazon streaming/itunes/etc purchases.
Mozilla is not a publicly traded corporation and all profits are plowed back in to Mozilla.
PayPal's parent eBay, on the other hand, is a publicly traded corporation who's goal is to make a profit for stock holders. Thus laws for it are very different.
Honest question:
Are you saying that Mozilla has fewer constraints with respect to paying minors because it is a non-profit org?
What if we were talking about a privately held for-profit corporation? Would they be constrained just as the publicly traded corp is?
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Yup. If you like Google Voice, don't upgrade to Hangouts yet. I did so a while ago, and admittedly, Hangouts is pretty cool, but it comes with a surprise: it takes away your ability to make outbound GV calls in the GMail interface. Fortunately there was an option to downgrade to the old chat interface.
Engadget says that the phone calling feature will be returned in Hangouts 'soon'... http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/20/hangouts-upgrade-disables-outbound-google-voice-calls-in-desktop/
What make and model CRT do you have?
The impact of the Apple II went well beyond sales revenue for apple.
The Apple IIe's presence in my elementary school computer labs helped me develop an early interest in computers, and I'm sure it did the same to many other kids. Sure, we only played Oregon Trail, but computer lab was something we looked forward to every week. Lots of those kids are now holding well-paying engineering, IT, or development jobs, have started their own companies, and are contributing to the economy.
I think the Apple II changed the world. The Surface RT has not and will not.
This++. Check out antennaweb or tv fool to find out your distance from your broadcast stations.
Here's some of the stuff I used.
Antenna:
Antennas Direct DB8
I installed it inside of my attic instead of putting it on the roof. I have a strict HOA and I live in Florida where we get some pretty high winds and lightning. Having the antenna inside the attic attenuates the signal so I bought a larger antenna than I needed.
Antenna Mast:
Buy 2" PVC conduit at Lowes or HD and use it as a mast. Just screw the PVC to a truss or something in the attic and then use the antenna's u-bolts to attach it to the PVC. The antennaweb/tv fool web sites will tell you the direction (in degrees) of the stations relative to your location. Use that with a compass to aim your antenna.
RG6 connectors:
I used the SNS1P6 connectors. These are proper compression fittings and require a special tool to crimp. It's easy to do, plenty of videos on YouTube on the subject.
RG6 cable:
I used Belden 7915A RG6 Duobond Plus Tri-shield. Belden is the cadillac of RG6 cable. Their tri-shield gives you almost all of the performance of good quad shield (and better than some cheap quad shield) at lower price than quad. It is also easier to pull because it has a tighter bend radius and it is much easier to terminate than quad shield (it uses normal dual-shield connectors). Get yourself a RG6 stripping tool.
I pulled the RG6 from the antenna to my house's central wiring closet (probably about 75 feet), where I installed Motorola BDA-S1 signal booster. On the output side of the signal booster I installed a splitter to send the signal to all of my TVs. Motorola also sells a variant called the "BDA-4" which has an integrated splitter (making it a "distribution amplifier") but I prefer having the amplifier and the splitter separate. You should use the smallest splitter config you can get away with.
I also bought some 75 ohm terminators to put on any open/unused ports on the splitter. It presumably helps with signal loss / leakage.
If the run from the antenna to the signal booster is very long (like 100+ feet) you might also need a low-gain amplifier at the antenna to overcome signal losses between the antenna and the signal booster. I'd start without one and see how you do. It is possible to have too much gain so you don't want more than necessary. If you do need one, there are high-gain and low-gain amps, and which one you need depends on how close you are to the radio stations and how long the run is between the antenna and signal booster. In my case I did not need one.
TiVo makes a good product and I am happy to have my Premiere. About two years ago we kicked my cable company's TV service and DVR to the curb, installed a large OTA antenna in my attic, and bought the TiVo. 1080p broadcasts are beautiful.
The one-time buy in for TiVo's "lifetime" service was painful, but I recouped the cost in savings on my cable bill within a year and have long since broken even on the whole deal.
Check out antennaweb and tvfool to see how far you are from your local broadcast stations.
You will give up the major network channels (such as Comedy Central and ESPN) when you make the move, but I haven't missed them. Your monthly savings from ditching cable can pay for a lot of streaming services or amazon streaming/itunes/etc purchases.
It's a bad idea and I forbid you to proceed. I'm out. -Mr. Wonderful
Mozilla is not a publicly traded corporation and all profits are plowed back in to Mozilla.
PayPal's parent eBay, on the other hand, is a publicly traded corporation who's goal is to make a profit for stock holders. Thus laws for it are very different.
Honest question:
Are you saying that Mozilla has fewer constraints with respect to paying minors because it is a non-profit org?
What if we were talking about a privately held for-profit corporation? Would they be constrained just as the publicly traded corp is?
Yeah I know... ask a lawyer... :(