I don't want to star a flame war, but look at resale prices for digital vs. film. Even 20-year-old film cameras can still command a respectable resale value. A 3-year-old digicam is almost considered worthless these days.
That's because current film cameras are arguably not any better than a 20 year old (high quality) one. In fact, some people consider them worse, since they dislike some new 'features', and the fact that new cameras are designed to a price point, and are almost disposable. Digital technology is still young, and new digital cameras are getting much better each year.
Boy's Life had an article about a scout and his Physics prof dad who studied the problem extensively. The conclusion they came to is that the critical factor is the alignment of the brads that hold the wheels on. They were by far the largest factor. Google can't find the article, does anyone have a reference?
Instead of thinking of something like this as a $200-300 box, imagine it as an option on your next receiver or dvd/mp3/cd player... For example, a dvd/cd player already has the DAC & digital outputs. How much would the parts required to add ethernet or wireless ethernet add? With the cost amortized over a few hundred thousand units, the next version might require $2 in parts.
The article points out that the Oregon state constitution spells out a right to privacy. That right could set the bar higher for Oregon law enforcement officials.
As the poster, I'd like to point out I did read the article. The PVR comment comes from the fact that I know of at least 4 OSS PVR suites under development, and 2-3 Windows commercial effort. If you're not smart enough to look at a PC and say, "You could make a PVR out of that", why are you reading Slashdot?
This is good advice. Don't overlook the schools of commercial art & design. Most are moving into the "certified (certifiable?) web developer" and "multimedia graphics artist" areas. If you can teach PhotoShop and floppy disk formatting you can earn what works out to $20/hr or more. Plus you get rooms of Macs & Windows to play on.
Take up a collection from your coworkers. Pay the janitor $5 to leave one in the urinal in the executive washroom. Every week, for the next year. Now that's a gift that keeps on giving.
iControl is not a PVR - it's an S(erver)VR. You can do all kinds of neat tricks on the video stream, but only the ones they want to send (sell) you. TW is running a free trial in our area, with about a dozen channels, 5-20 shows per channel. They also have dozens of pay movies. However, you can't get just any show they've sent you.
Interesting that the site spouts off on touch screen technology. I've always loved the spontaneous change of LCD to LSD when you press on you LCD pannel, with these, you might just semi-permenantly change the pixel!
Do you own a PDA? On every one I've owned or held, the touch screen layers are on top of a glass plate, and the LCD is under it. You'll break the glass before you deform the LCD enough to change the color.
I think you meant "current". According to the site, there are only two voltages: "on" and "off". The C|NET article claimed that it only draws current during state changes. So higher framerates means higher current.
So who would win: a team with McGyver, Buckeroo Banzai, and any Heinlein engineer, or a team with the teens from Weird Science and a couple of Moatie engineers? Which would make the better coffee (or tea, for the British version)?
I'd be perfectly happy to sell drives that were 25% more expensive than the current industry price averages if the drives could be guaranteed for a three year period and have proven reliability.
So buy 10 drives and sell 9 of them. Keep one of them on the shelf until you need it. You're betting that the failure rate (after the first year of manufacturer's warranty) is less then 10%. If you bet wrong, you buy a drive at the deflated price. Here's the plan:
Buy 10 drives (find wholesale price)
Sell 9 drives (25% premium price)
???
Profit!!!!
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I suspect you will find customers, even (or maybe especially) small businesses, are too price-concious.
One reason is that the US still has that quaint custom of "free phone calls". Many of us pay a flat rate for all calls in the local region. The phone company doesn't even report the minutes. Telling someone like that "by the way, that number you dialed may or may not cost you by the minute, and you won't know for a month" wouldn't work very well.
What exactly is it about using TDMA that makes this possible? Nothing. You could do the same thing with CDMA-based standards like IS-95 or CDMA2k. Or did you think GSM was going to drop that feature when it went to CDMA-based WCDMA?
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Boy's Life had an article about a scout and his Physics prof dad who studied the problem extensively. The conclusion they came to is that the critical factor is the alignment of the brads that hold the wheels on. They were by far the largest factor. Google can't find the article, does anyone have a reference?
Instead of thinking of something like this as a $200-300 box, imagine it as an option on your next receiver or dvd/mp3/cd player... For example, a dvd/cd player already has the DAC & digital outputs. How much would the parts required to add ethernet or wireless ethernet add? With the cost amortized over a few hundred thousand units, the next version might require $2 in parts.
The article points out that the Oregon state constitution spells out a right to privacy. That right could set the bar higher for Oregon law enforcement officials.
However, the article notes that Oregon's constituition calls out a right to privacy that might cover this situation.
As the poster, I'd like to point out I did read the article. The PVR comment comes from the fact that I know of at least 4 OSS PVR suites under development, and 2-3 Windows commercial effort. If you're not smart enough to look at a PC and say, "You could make a PVR out of that", why are you reading Slashdot?
This is good advice. Don't overlook the schools of commercial art & design. Most are moving into the "certified (certifiable?) web developer" and "multimedia graphics artist" areas. If you can teach PhotoShop and floppy disk formatting you can earn what works out to $20/hr or more. Plus you get rooms of Macs & Windows to play on.
Many universities have excellent opportunities to participate in low budget video production. Check your local campus, and keep a raincoat on.
Most webcam girl sites will sell you used underwear. They're not much of a bargain. Usually they cost more than the new stuff! Go figure.
P.S. You misspelled your boss' name.
Take up a collection from your coworkers. Pay the janitor $5 to leave one in the urinal in the executive washroom. Every week, for the next year.
Now that's a gift that keeps on giving.
Personally, I think it's darn nice they gave you something to decorate your urinal^h^h^h^h^h cubicle with.
iControl is not a PVR - it's an S(erver)VR. You can do all kinds of neat tricks on the video stream, but only the ones they want to send (sell) you. TW is running a free trial in our area, with about a dozen channels, 5-20 shows per channel. They also have dozens of pay movies. However, you can't get just any show they've sent you.
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I think you meant "current". According to the site, there are only two voltages: "on" and "off". The C|NET article claimed that it only draws current during state changes. So higher framerates means higher current.
No, the word is oligopoly.
Or do you maintain that it's a coincidence that cable, dsl, and satellite access each cost $44.95/month here?
I'm glad to see that's the Vintage fake dog poop. I can't stand that newfangled crap made in China.
To be pedantic, if it were "the original, un-altered cd" it would be blank. The bidder probably wouldn't like that.
So who would win: a team with McGyver, Buckeroo Banzai, and any Heinlein engineer, or a team with the teens from Weird Science and a couple of Moatie engineers? Which would make the better coffee (or tea, for the British version)?
- Buy 10 drives (find wholesale price)
- Sell 9 drives (25% premium price)
- ???
- Profit!!!!
. I suspect you will find customers, even (or maybe especially) small businesses, are too price-concious.Now we know why he never gets invited to Bill Gates' lake parties...
One reason is that the US still has that quaint custom of "free phone calls". Many of us pay a flat rate for all calls in the local region. The phone company doesn't even report the minutes. Telling someone like that "by the way, that number you dialed may or may not cost you by the minute, and you won't know for a month" wouldn't work very well.
What exactly is it about using TDMA that makes this possible? Nothing. You could do the same thing with CDMA-based standards like IS-95 or CDMA2k. Or did you think GSM was going to drop that feature when it went to CDMA-based WCDMA?
Hell, sounds like you majored in Procrastination, with a minor in Indecision! Why not go to grad school and kill another decade?