I know nothing about the show, but how can a geek pass up intelligent scifi? Cheapest I've found so far is $28.76 with free ship (below). Found the coupon codes on FW.
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AT BEST, with your HDTV OTA card you will get marginal quality from a handful of HDTV channels. With satellite or cable you will get dozens of absolutely pure channels - and you can't get them into your PVR.
I've been using a MyHD HDTV PCI card for several months now. I'm a good 25 miles away from the transmission towers, have tall mature trees blocking my line of sight, and live on a lake where high winds are common, yet I've got DVDs full of bit perfect recordings of my TV shows. All it took was a nice UHF antenna sitting on top of my garage. I have no idea how it picks up signals through all those trees, but it's rare that I have any continuity errors. And after watching a show in 1920x1080i, the only thing you'll call marginal is the reduced quality of the DVD version.
I'll never understand why they don't want people redistributing their binary drivers. What do they have to lose from it? It would just cause more people to actually use their drivers. Do they not want people using their drivers or something?
I believe that you can redistribute the NVIDIA drivers. From their License
2.1.2 Linux Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux operating system may be copied and redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except for unzipping of compressed files).
I've never paid much attention to license issues (boring!), but when I sold linux DVDs I thought this license makes it ok to do so.
Counting cards isn't illegal. It's just that casinos get to choose who can and cannot use their establishment, and they'd prefer you not count cards (i.e. make a profit).
Most casinos don't even really mind card counters since most people make too many mistakes and therefore still lose money.
How is Fedora dumping the home user? It's fantastic! What's more, yum and apt are much better that up2date, and moving out from RedHat (the company) has allowed them to migrate.
fantastic? It trashes Windows partition maps, breaks NVIDIA drivers, screws up X configuration files, has missing popular packages (XCDroast), and NO firewire support! And that's just what I personally experienced! It's the biggest piece of horsesh*t distribution that has ever shown it's head and it's a RELEASE for goodness sake. I would rank it as the worst test release ever, never mind comparing it to something normal users are supposed to use. What's staggering is that they're blaming everybody but themselves for the problems, like people's time is free and they've got nothing better to do than learn about Grub and the fun details of recovering a partition map.
Also, don't skimp on the screen you get
Glidden makes a paint color called "Misty Evening" that somebody at avsforum (where else?) found was the ideal color for LCD projection. The stuff really works and many people report their projections looking "3d" ish especially for animated movies. Best part is that it only costs $20 to find out!
You can really survive pretty well with just a good modem. I held on a long time before getting a DSL connection, and unlike the grandma's I used it a lot. I mean I would download the entire release images for Debian,Mandrake,Red Hat,Slackware just by downloading at night, day after day. I also played a lot of Q3 and UT over a modem, which seems amazing now, but you just have to accept your limitations and learn what works and what doesn't and deal.
I had a really great ISP that had shell accounts on unix machines with all the usual GNU tools, so I'd write scripts to handle whatever tasks that required a constant connection. I had scripts that would even buy stuff without any user interaction. It's a good way to learn to test your code a lot before putting it into production.
So it's not at all suprising that people can do without broadband. If a heavy user like myself could get by just about anybody could.
Return to Castle Wolfenstine Enemy Territory...
excellent game that REQUIRES team play and has lots of friendly people if you are interested in actually being a team member...
There's also a cool "trick" to playing with opponents who are also new don't install the upgrade! Without the upgrade, your game will run the older Protocol Version 82 and you'll find servers completely populated by noobs who will be kind enough to stand nearly motionless while you shoot them in the head.
If you've returned an Asus board recently (RMA service), when you get a replacement you get a nice help sheet that suggests using paper washers, so they don't seem to agree.
Sometimes the grounded area will be too small (or the screw too big). Sometimes you'll also get an area with too much solder so that the screw will angle as it gets tightened, so that it rubs against the PCB board (which voids the warranty).
I've built a couple hundred systems and had good results.
Already slashdotted, but I'll give a short primer for those confused diy'ers
You generally only need two different size screws: M3 and 6-32.
The M3 always seem to come in the same length and get used for 3.5" floppy drives, DVD-ROM, CDROM, Burner (ie anything that goes into the 5 1/4" bays). They usually get used to attach the motherboard by screwing into the brass standoffs that the mobo sits on (more on that later).
The 6-32 get used to secure PCI/AGP cards onto the case, for securing the case side panels, and sometimes also fit the standoffs used to secure a motherboard (Enlight cases are an example of this). If you try to put an M3 screw into a standoff that wants a 6-32, it will probably work going in but not out, which pretty much sucks but we've all done it. It's pretty hard to differentiate a 6-32 brass standoff from a M3 one just by looking at it.
Hard drives also use 6-32 screws, but they have to be shorter than what ordinarily gets used elsewhere. The hard drive manufacturers aren't obvious about what length is recommended, but 1/4" or 4mm is about right. For some cases with removable drive bays (like Antec), the hex head screws stick out too far and won't work, so you'll need a flat head. This is usually where the bag of screws you get with the case comes in useful, so I try to use those first. You don't want to use an ordinary 6-32 length screws (not sure how long they are), since they could damage the drive.
Other than screws, I suggest buying some paper washers that go between the screw and the motherboard. Not really necessary, but they insure that there's no electrical short and prevent damage of the motherboard. Well worth the $0.10 each or whatever.
Since you never seem to get directions with a case (or they're totally incomprehensible), I suggest separating all the hardware into groups to figure out what you've got. It's easiest just to buy the screws and washers in bulk and not mess with all the different weird screws you'll ordinarily get though.
then maybe i should spread the word on how NewEgg fucked me on replacing my $600 digital camera and wouldn't return EVEN ONE of my e-mail contacts to them? (btw i originally heard about them through positive word of internet-mouth).
Did you try calling?
Customer Service Phone Number:
Toll Free: (800) 390-1119
That number is located in their help section under Contact
And what you say doesn't make much sense. If you wanted to return the camera, they have an automated system which gives you a RMA# automatically if your claim is within the return period (which they fudge in the buyers favor btw). They don't offer full support since they're just a reseller.
I placed 320 orders from them since 2002 (you can check your entire order history!), and probably RMA'd about 50 items (out of over a thousand) without even a single problem. They're not perfect, but that's pretty close.
We saw a whopping 30% decrease in encoding time with HT enabled on the 3.2GHz P4C. We were using an application that is certainly multi-threaded in TMPGEnc, so each logical processor had plenty of work to do and they both had plenty of bandwidth available to share.
That's pretty cool, but if your primary concern is encoding, then there are some things to keep in mind. A Celeron is much cheaper than a P4 with the hyperthreading ($90 for a 2.6GHz Celeron, and $170 for a P4 2.6C). And if the app you're using doesn't support HT, then a Celery will likely encode faster than a P4 with HT on. HT can also reveal nasty bugs in some drivers (my HDTV card is an example). So unless you're playing games, the P4 is just added expense.
a spell checker/thesaurus would certainly help, but we'll need a little grammar help added to the rom too that detects when a word is an adverb and not a preposition and replaces all Taco's to's with too.
cdrecord-PRODVD is a mess. You have to deal with license restricitons, time-limited keys, and limits on the speed you can write discs.
A much better solution is to use the regular cdrecord with growisofs, which lets you lay down and grow an ISO9660 file system on (as well as to burn an arbitrary pre-mastered image to) all supported DVD media.
Well I've never been burned for a large amount of money, I have had items for under $20 become "lost" in the mail. I find it hard to believe that in the 20 years I've used the postal service I've never once had a piece of mail become lost, yet ebay sellers seem to magically have trouble in this area.
As a powerseller on ebay, before shipping stuff I always run the buyers address through the usps database to make sure it's right. You wouldn't believe how often people get their own address wrong! My point is don't always blame the seller.
I do agree with you, however, on "lost" mail. USPS has never lost any of the 500 or so packages I've mailed afaik.
It pisses me off too because they know that for $20 or less its not worth my trouble to do anything. Plus they can send negative feedback regarding the transaction if I do the same. I know I've been burned and still ended up with negative feedback against myself as "retaliation." The Feedback system in ebay needs to seriously be reworked. As the article states the seller could buy a hundred stamps for a dollar and have a great rating and then just rip everyone off.
This point is just plain ridiculous. Buyer feedback doesn't matter! Nada. Zilch. All ebay cares about is whether or not the buyer completes his contract to purchase the items he wins. If a buyer accumulates three warnings from SafeHarbor, he gets booted. But feedback doesn't matter at all. And if you're worried about a seller cancelling your bid, then just snipe it (like you should have been doing anyway).
So don't worry about leaving negative feedback for a seller (once you're sure he deserves it). It's best to use a separate account for selling anyway.
The only way that I can recommend giving yourself a little extra security is to Always pay for the damned insurance. At least then when they say its "lost in the mail" you can say "ok fill out the form and get the money back to me." Then you could take things further up the ladder if you don't get anywhere. I really think that most sellers know this and that is why they use non insured auctions as a way to take extra money.
Insurance is a catch-22. The USPS will not pay out claims over $50 without taking a vital organ in exchange. $50 and under is easier and they have a good rep for paying those out. But if you take out insurance for an item > $50, be prepared to take into account depreciation over a long period of time. The stories I've heard (from sellers I know), is that they either won't pay your claim, or will delay paying it for so long you won't care.
So the only option (other than FedEx etc) is to only buy insurance for $50. But it's only a smart bet if you expect sellers to rip you off by non delivery, not bad merch (which insurance won't cover). And it certainly ain't cheap. Better yet, stop buying from seller's like fugativeontherun. Really, unless you're real unlucky, all you have to worry about is incompetent sellers, not scammers.
The least, the very, very least they could do is a small "report suspect listings" button
The easiest way to get somebody NARUed (stands for "not a registered user") is to simply bid on their auction, request their contact info, and then send a report to SafeHarbor claiming that the contact info isn't valid. Usually the user gets booted within hours.
I've read a lot of stories about people getting screwed by rebates, but sometimes the consumer comes out on top.
Many years ago I bought a modem and game together to get a $50 rebate (offered by CompUSA). Basically you got the game for free.
So I made copies of receipts and sent in my rebate and waited.
Months later I still hadn't received my rebate check, so I gave them a call. Nobody seemed to know what they were doing, and each person I talked to gave me different answers, but just about every customer service person I talked to wanted to see proof of receipt, so I probably faxed my receipts to them a dozen times.
More time passed and I'd pretty much given up hope. Then letters starting arriving...
In all I got three rebate checks for $50 each, and several letters explaining why I wasn't getting my rebate check! So in the end I bought a modem and game and got the modem for free!
I've never had a problem with rebates since then. Just unlucky I guess.
I couldnt care less if it's about global warming or the ozone layer or saving pink river dolphins from extinction. Environmental-friendly living is a worthy pursuit in and of itself!
I agree, but there are limited resources available and so it isn't really a question of being environmentally friendly. That's the easy part. The hard part is deciding where we can use limited resources to do the greater good. Spending tons on clean air acts regulations might be beneficial, but the money might have a much greater effect by setting aside land for reserves that provide clean air and also save natural habitats.
does this remind anyone else of the columbian drug cartels?...sure drugs are everywhere, but a small number of columbian drug cartels are responsible for a large portion of the world's drug traffic
They aren't the same at all. There is demand for drugs. Buyers find sellers, not the other way around. It's like Chris Rock's joke about how har d it is to sell drugs "Have you ever heard a drug dealer say I just cannot sell this crack!" There is zero demand for spam. While there may be a small cadre of drug cartels supplying the majority of the drugs, there is also a very large support structure. The farmers, dealers, shippers, etc are all willing participants in the drug trade. Spam is basically one guy with low morals.
Re:Except they're not, if you had RTFA
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Actually no, I didn't. I was trying to find something that said what ebay tells you when they pull your auction, which seems to contradict what they say above. Them email said, no CD-R's,period, not even if you're the copyright holder or even if the material is in the public domain. Yes, I know it contradicts the page I linked. But in practice that's what they do. Since it's a form letter, I doubt that it differs any from what happened here.
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The guy's web site clearly states that he complied with all E-Bay rules. He is the copyright owner, which he stated in his listings.
You can't list any CD-R, except blank ones. See rules. I've sold many motherboards and other computer hardware on ebay, and used to provide a CD-R with updated drivers on it. But my competitors started reporting me to safe harbor (ebay gestapo) and my auctions got pulled. The rule is: no CDR's. He did break that rule.
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When I first read this comment at Score:1 I didn't get the sarcasm, probably because I DO use SpamAssassin. Oh the irony.
I know nothing about the show, but how can a geek pass up intelligent scifi? Cheapest I've found so far is $28.76 with free ship (below). Found the coupon codes on FW.
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Use any codes below for 20% off thru 6/26
SUMMERSALE
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DVDSALE
USATODAY
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KLSX
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I've been using a MyHD HDTV PCI card for several months now. I'm a good 25 miles away from the transmission towers, have tall mature trees blocking my line of sight, and live on a lake where high winds are common, yet I've got DVDs full of bit perfect recordings of my TV shows. All it took was a nice UHF antenna sitting on top of my garage. I have no idea how it picks up signals through all those trees, but it's rare that I have any continuity errors. And after watching a show in 1920x1080i, the only thing you'll call marginal is the reduced quality of the DVD version.
I believe that you can redistribute the NVIDIA drivers. From their License
2.1.2 Linux Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux operating system may be copied and redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except for unzipping of compressed files).
I've never paid much attention to license issues (boring!), but when I sold linux DVDs I thought this license makes it ok to do so.
Counting cards isn't illegal. It's just that casinos get to choose who can and cannot use their establishment, and they'd prefer you not count cards (i.e. make a profit).
Most casinos don't even really mind card counters since most people make too many mistakes and therefore still lose money.
fantastic? It trashes Windows partition maps, breaks NVIDIA drivers, screws up X configuration files, has missing popular packages (XCDroast), and NO firewire support! And that's just what I personally experienced! It's the biggest piece of horsesh*t distribution that has ever shown it's head and it's a RELEASE for goodness sake. I would rank it as the worst test release ever, never mind comparing it to something normal users are supposed to use. What's staggering is that they're blaming everybody but themselves for the problems, like people's time is free and they've got nothing better to do than learn about Grub and the fun details of recovering a partition map.
Also, don't skimp on the screen you get
Glidden makes a paint color called "Misty Evening" that somebody at avsforum (where else?) found was the ideal color for LCD projection. The stuff really works and many people report their projections looking "3d" ish especially for animated movies. Best part is that it only costs $20 to find out!
I had a really great ISP that had shell accounts on unix machines with all the usual GNU tools, so I'd write scripts to handle whatever tasks that required a constant connection. I had scripts that would even buy stuff without any user interaction. It's a good way to learn to test your code a lot before putting it into production.
So it's not at all suprising that people can do without broadband. If a heavy user like myself could get by just about anybody could.
excellent game that REQUIRES team play and has lots of friendly people if you are interested in actually being a team member...
There's also a cool "trick" to playing with opponents who are also new don't install the upgrade! Without the upgrade, your game will run the older Protocol Version 82 and you'll find servers completely populated by noobs who will be kind enough to stand nearly motionless while you shoot them in the head.
Just to be clear I meant riser->motherboard->washer->screw.
So the riser still meets the motherboard, but the screw doesn't.
If you've returned an Asus board recently (RMA service), when you get a replacement you get a nice help sheet that suggests using paper washers, so they don't seem to agree.
Sometimes the grounded area will be too small (or the screw too big). Sometimes you'll also get an area with too much solder so that the screw will angle as it gets tightened, so that it rubs against the PCB board (which voids the warranty).
I've built a couple hundred systems and had good results.
The M3 always seem to come in the same length and get used for 3.5" floppy drives, DVD-ROM, CDROM, Burner (ie anything that goes into the 5 1/4" bays). They usually get used to attach the motherboard by screwing into the brass standoffs that the mobo sits on (more on that later).
The 6-32 get used to secure PCI/AGP cards onto the case, for securing the case side panels, and sometimes also fit the standoffs used to secure a motherboard (Enlight cases are an example of this). If you try to put an M3 screw into a standoff that wants a 6-32, it will probably work going in but not out, which pretty much sucks but we've all done it. It's pretty hard to differentiate a 6-32 brass standoff from a M3 one just by looking at it.
Hard drives also use 6-32 screws, but they have to be shorter than what ordinarily gets used elsewhere. The hard drive manufacturers aren't obvious about what length is recommended, but 1/4" or 4mm is about right. For some cases with removable drive bays (like Antec), the hex head screws stick out too far and won't work, so you'll need a flat head. This is usually where the bag of screws you get with the case comes in useful, so I try to use those first. You don't want to use an ordinary 6-32 length screws (not sure how long they are), since they could damage the drive.
Other than screws, I suggest buying some paper washers that go between the screw and the motherboard. Not really necessary, but they insure that there's no electrical short and prevent damage of the motherboard. Well worth the $0.10 each or whatever.
Since you never seem to get directions with a case (or they're totally incomprehensible), I suggest separating all the hardware into groups to figure out what you've got. It's easiest just to buy the screws and washers in bulk and not mess with all the different weird screws you'll ordinarily get though.
Did you try calling?
Customer Service Phone Number: Toll Free: (800) 390-1119
That number is located in their help section under Contact
And what you say doesn't make much sense. If you wanted to return the camera, they have an automated system which gives you a RMA# automatically if your claim is within the return period (which they fudge in the buyers favor btw). They don't offer full support since they're just a reseller.
I placed 320 orders from them since 2002 (you can check your entire order history!), and probably RMA'd about 50 items (out of over a thousand) without even a single problem. They're not perfect, but that's pretty close.
That's pretty cool, but if your primary concern is encoding, then there are some things to keep in mind. A Celeron is much cheaper than a P4 with the hyperthreading ($90 for a 2.6GHz Celeron, and $170 for a P4 2.6C). And if the app you're using doesn't support HT, then a Celery will likely encode faster than a P4 with HT on. HT can also reveal nasty bugs in some drivers (my HDTV card is an example). So unless you're playing games, the P4 is just added expense.
Somebody already made the movie
a spell checker/thesaurus would certainly help, but we'll need a little grammar help added to the rom too that detects when a word is an adverb and not a preposition and replaces all Taco's to's with too.
A much better solution is to use the regular cdrecord with growisofs, which lets you lay down and grow an ISO9660 file system on (as well as to burn an arbitrary pre-mastered image to) all supported DVD media.
As a powerseller on ebay, before shipping stuff I always run the buyers address through the usps database to make sure it's right. You wouldn't believe how often people get their own address wrong! My point is don't always blame the seller.
I do agree with you, however, on "lost" mail. USPS has never lost any of the 500 or so packages I've mailed afaik.
It pisses me off too because they know that for $20 or less its not worth my trouble to do anything. Plus they can send negative feedback regarding the transaction if I do the same. I know I've been burned and still ended up with negative feedback against myself as "retaliation." The Feedback system in ebay needs to seriously be reworked. As the article states the seller could buy a hundred stamps for a dollar and have a great rating and then just rip everyone off.
This point is just plain ridiculous. Buyer feedback doesn't matter! Nada. Zilch. All ebay cares about is whether or not the buyer completes his contract to purchase the items he wins. If a buyer accumulates three warnings from SafeHarbor, he gets booted. But feedback doesn't matter at all. And if you're worried about a seller cancelling your bid, then just snipe it (like you should have been doing anyway).
So don't worry about leaving negative feedback for a seller (once you're sure he deserves it). It's best to use a separate account for selling anyway.
The only way that I can recommend giving yourself a little extra security is to Always pay for the damned insurance. At least then when they say its "lost in the mail" you can say "ok fill out the form and get the money back to me." Then you could take things further up the ladder if you don't get anywhere. I really think that most sellers know this and that is why they use non insured auctions as a way to take extra money.
Insurance is a catch-22. The USPS will not pay out claims over $50 without taking a vital organ in exchange. $50 and under is easier and they have a good rep for paying those out. But if you take out insurance for an item > $50, be prepared to take into account depreciation over a long period of time. The stories I've heard (from sellers I know), is that they either won't pay your claim, or will delay paying it for so long you won't care.
So the only option (other than FedEx etc) is to only buy insurance for $50. But it's only a smart bet if you expect sellers to rip you off by non delivery, not bad merch (which insurance won't cover). And it certainly ain't cheap. Better yet, stop buying from seller's like fugativeontherun. Really, unless you're real unlucky, all you have to worry about is incompetent sellers, not scammers.
The easiest way to get somebody NARUed (stands for "not a registered user") is to simply bid on their auction, request their contact info, and then send a report to SafeHarbor claiming that the contact info isn't valid. Usually the user gets booted within hours.
I've read a lot of stories about people getting screwed by rebates, but sometimes the consumer comes out on top.
Many years ago I bought a modem and game together to get a $50 rebate (offered by CompUSA). Basically you got the game for free.
So I made copies of receipts and sent in my rebate and waited.
Months later I still hadn't received my rebate check, so I gave them a call. Nobody seemed to know what they were doing, and each person I talked to gave me different answers, but just about every customer service person I talked to wanted to see proof of receipt, so I probably faxed my receipts to them a dozen times.
More time passed and I'd pretty much given up hope. Then letters starting arriving...
In all I got three rebate checks for $50 each, and several letters explaining why I wasn't getting my rebate check! So in the end I bought a modem and game and got the modem for free!
I've never had a problem with rebates since then. Just unlucky I guess.
I couldnt care less if it's about global warming or the ozone layer or saving pink river dolphins from extinction. Environmental-friendly living is a worthy pursuit in and of itself!
I agree, but there are limited resources available and so it isn't really a question of being environmentally friendly. That's the easy part. The hard part is deciding where we can use limited resources to do the greater good. Spending tons on clean air acts regulations might be beneficial, but the money might have a much greater effect by setting aside land for reserves that provide clean air and also save natural habitats.
They aren't the same at all. There is demand for drugs. Buyers find sellers, not the other way around. It's like Chris Rock's joke about how har d it is to sell drugs "Have you ever heard a drug dealer say I just cannot sell this crack!" There is zero demand for spam. While there may be a small cadre of drug cartels supplying the majority of the drugs, there is also a very large support structure. The farmers, dealers, shippers, etc are all willing participants in the drug trade. Spam is basically one guy with low morals.
Actually no, I didn't. I was trying to find something that said what ebay tells you when they pull your auction, which seems to contradict what they say above. Them email said, no CD-R's ,period, not even if you're the copyright holder or even if the material is in the public domain. Yes, I know it contradicts the page I linked. But in practice that's what they do. Since it's a form letter, I doubt that it differs any from what happened here.
You can't list any CD-R, except blank ones. See rules. I've sold many motherboards and other computer hardware on ebay, and used to provide a CD-R with updated drivers on it. But my competitors started reporting me to safe harbor (ebay gestapo) and my auctions got pulled. The rule is: no CDR's. He did break that rule.
their made-up pronunciation (Guh-New)
Anybody else not know this? I've been to Perl and Linux meetings and never heard somebody pronounce it Guh-New. Makes you sound like a donkey.
I think they stole this from Donald Knuth anyway. He says in his FAQ that his name is pronounced Ka-NOOTH.