See, I think you overestimate the intelligence of UPS's.
Of some, I'm sure I did. Of others, well, you're welcome to try it. I repeat, congratulations, but you're lucky.
Personally, I've never really seen the need to mod them. Since one is voiding the warranty anyway, I found it's just as cheap to purchase a used large UPS and replace the batteries. I've bought 3 now that the original purchaser had discarded as "broken." A new set of batteries later, however, and I got a UPS that really CAN handle one PC for 20 hours:) Total cost has yet to exceed $CAD110 per unit.
Congratulations, your 12 amp-hour UPS has just been upgraded to 135 amp-hours.
Well, maybe. If the charging circuitry isn't very smart. If it is, it'll be wondering why the charge hasn't finished after [insert timeout here] minutes, and flag the battery as needing replacement. That, and the charging characteristics of an SLA battery is different enough from a marine wet cell to possibly cause the same thing to happen.
If you've done this and it worked, congrats. But you were lucky.
Not only does Canada have violent media, we have the same violent media that the US does. Prime time, for example, is almost exclusively filled with US programming. The lions share of the vid game market comes from, you guessed it, the USA.
I know that. I'm not talking about repeated recordings in the sense of "every day at 9:00pm," I'm talking about recording any episode of a program at any time on any channel, with duplicates on or off (your choice), which a quick google search says is pretty much what Tivo does, plus some nice filtering. Showshifter seems to have licensed the use of the marketing term.
You're right about wishlists. Suggestions are being worked on.
What does Tivo do that, say Mythtv doesn't? And don't say Season's Pass. That's trivial to implement once you have a database of guide data, and has been done by every PVR software package that I've seen.
Yeah, I started with a relay rack, and the discovered why it was so cheap:) Damn thing did nothing for noise control or air circulation, and cable management sucked hard.
So, I picked up a fully-enclosed rack at an auction, and haven't looked back.
The "expensive" part I was referring to was the rack-cases themselves. I know you can just use a shelf, but sliding-drawer-style rails are soooo much nicer.
"He is wise, but inexperienced. His pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking."
-Mr. Spock
I invested in rack mount cases and an enclosure a few years back, and haven't regretted it. If you have little floorspace and need several machines, racks can't be beat. They use airspace that is otherwise wasted. Mine uses a closet.
>>so, unless this is a project that's more about the journey than the destination, get a tivo.
...or maybe it's because not all of us are in the US. Canada has no Tivo. No ReplayTV. Not a damn thing. Not available here, and no service even if I import one.
The tariff is on "recordable media," not any particular type of it (at least, not a fixed list of types). The CPCC website describes it as a framework more than a tax, that can be applied to a (periodically reviewed) list of media.
More info: http://www.cpcc.ca/english/tariffInContext.htm
>>Now if they'd just offer Tivo up here in Canada.
You've got that right. What burns me is the newer Tivo's and ReplayTV's go into doorstop/boat anchor mode without a subscription.
I'd drive to Washington and buy one tonight, but I don't want to pay for a listings service that I can't even use (one that taunts me with incorrect cable listings)!
Even if the new ones worked in "digital VCR" mode without the service, I'd still go for it. Nicer to deal with than tapes.
Ditto here. Fedex last week, Canada Post parcels(from USPS) several times over the last year.
Merdark, I don't know where you're getting your info, do you live in Quebec or something (sometimes strange regs there)? I'm in Vancouver. No such regs here.
Yeah, my wife and I used the service last year for the premiere of FOTR. The theatre we were at didn't have the barcode readers either, but the site was upfront about that, and we just had to bring the receipt to the human-based ticket counter along with the credit card used to purchase the tickets.
Worked great, though I loathe the (at the time) 1.00/ticket "convenience fee." Haven't used it since because of that.
>> It also says that God got tired of people living into their 700's, so he set the limit at 120.
Spoken like someone who only skimmed it (at best). The context of this isn't God setting a limit on any one human's life. This is in the story of Noah (Gen 7). It was God setting a time limit for the lifespan of *the whole human race* before he wiped them out in the great flood, save for the few that were on the Ark. There were people who lived longer than that only a few chapters later in the same Bible, that should have been a bit of a clue.
I don't really want to debate whether the Bible is right or wrong, but please read carefully before you make sweeping statements like that.
Ps, No, I don't trust ages given in the scriptures - any scriptures - either.
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See, I think you overestimate the intelligence of UPS's.
:) Total cost has yet to exceed $CAD110 per unit.
Of some, I'm sure I did. Of others, well, you're welcome to try it. I repeat, congratulations, but you're lucky.
Personally, I've never really seen the need to mod them. Since one is voiding the warranty anyway, I found it's just as cheap to purchase a used large UPS and replace the batteries. I've bought 3 now that the original purchaser had discarded as "broken." A new set of batteries later, however, and I got a UPS that really CAN handle one PC for 20 hours
Oh yeah, there's a good article on doing just this here.
Congratulations, your 12 amp-hour UPS has just been upgraded to 135 amp-hours.
Well, maybe. If the charging circuitry isn't very smart. If it is, it'll be wondering why the charge hasn't finished after [insert timeout here] minutes, and flag the battery as needing replacement. That, and the charging characteristics of an SLA battery is different enough from a marine wet cell to possibly cause the same thing to happen.
If you've done this and it worked, congrats. But you were lucky.
Canada and Japan have violent media
Not only does Canada have violent media, we have the same violent media that the US does. Prime time, for example, is almost exclusively filled with US programming. The lions share of the vid game market comes from, you guessed it, the USA.
The only package that actually claims season passess is showshifter
You sure about that? Googling doesn't seem verify this, though Showshifter does have very similar functionality.
repeated recordings are *not* season passes.
I know that. I'm not talking about repeated recordings in the sense of "every day at 9:00pm," I'm talking about recording any episode of a program at any time on any channel, with duplicates on or off (your choice), which a quick google search says is pretty much what Tivo does, plus some nice filtering. Showshifter seems to have licensed the use of the marketing term.
You're right about wishlists. Suggestions are being worked on.
and don't care about much of Tivo's functionality
What does Tivo do that, say Mythtv doesn't? And don't say Season's Pass. That's trivial to implement once you have a database of guide data, and has been done by every PVR software package that I've seen.
You're right about cost, though.
What happens when there's a blackout?
...my UPS takes over. Really, it's no different than having nothing but portable phones with powered base stations in the house (which we have).
built in photo printer, etc.
Photo printer? The last thing I expected to see in my lifetime was an "out of ink" prompt on my TV.
Evidently General Motors thinks the same way (they make locomotives, too :)
http://www.gmemd.com/eu/innovations/em2000/
Do you have a published study that proves high-protein diets are hard on one's kidneys?
I haven't found one yet, despite what "many" medical professionals will tell me.
-Robyn
Like so many things in this world: If you need to get into a tight spot, it's best to lube first.
Check here.
Yeah, I started with a relay rack, and the discovered why it was so cheap :) Damn thing did nothing for noise control or air circulation, and cable management sucked hard.
So, I picked up a fully-enclosed rack at an auction, and haven't looked back.
The "expensive" part I was referring to was the rack-cases themselves. I know you can just use a shelf, but sliding-drawer-style rails are soooo much nicer.
"He is wise, but inexperienced. His pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking."
-Mr. Spock
I invested in rack mount cases and an enclosure a few years back, and haven't regretted it. If you have little floorspace and need several machines, racks can't be beat. They use airspace that is otherwise wasted. Mine uses a closet.
But God Allmighty, it's not cheap.
But I don't want satellite :)
Okay, I stand partially corrected. There aren't any *cable* options in Canada.
If you want a Tivo and you live in Canada... umm... well...
Build your own. That's about the only option.
I use MythTV. 3 tuners all at once with a P4 3.06 with HT on, about 55% CPU. Sweeet.
>>so, unless this is a project that's more about the journey than the destination, get a tivo.
...or maybe it's because not all of us are in the US. Canada has no Tivo. No ReplayTV. Not a damn thing. Not available here, and no service even if I import one.
Because I live in Canada. No Tive, No ReplayTV. No damn nothing.
Attn Tivo Inc:
I am standing just north of the 49th parallel. I am waving fistfulls of cash. Please take heed.
Thank you.
The tariff is on "recordable media," not any particular type of it (at least, not a fixed list of types). The CPCC website describes it as a framework more than a tax, that can be applied to a (periodically reviewed) list of media.
More info: http://www.cpcc.ca/english/tariffInContext.htm
>>Now if they'd just offer Tivo up here in Canada.
You've got that right. What burns me is the newer Tivo's and ReplayTV's go into doorstop/boat anchor mode without a subscription.
I'd drive to Washington and buy one tonight, but I don't want to pay for a listings service that I can't even use (one that taunts me with incorrect cable listings)!
Even if the new ones worked in "digital VCR" mode without the service, I'd still go for it. Nicer to deal with than tapes.
Robyn
$11.30USD, from a place I frequent:
e ms /212-650.asp
http://www.rpelectronics.com/English/Content/It
Ditto here. Fedex last week, Canada Post parcels(from USPS) several times over the last year.
Merdark, I don't know where you're getting your info, do you live in Quebec or something (sometimes strange regs there)? I'm in Vancouver. No such regs here.
Yeah, screwy isn't it. BTW I am in Canada, and I *did* say "fuck that noise!" :)
Yeah, my wife and I used the service last year for the premiere of FOTR. The theatre we were at didn't have the barcode readers either, but the site was upfront about that, and we just had to bring the receipt to the human-based ticket counter along with the credit card used to purchase the tickets.
Worked great, though I loathe the (at the time) 1.00/ticket "convenience fee." Haven't used it since because of that.
-Robyn
More topical drift... oh well :)
>> It also says that God got tired of people living into their 700's, so he set the limit at 120.
Spoken like someone who only skimmed it (at best). The context of this isn't God setting a limit on any one human's life. This is in the story of Noah (Gen 7). It was God setting a time limit for the lifespan of *the whole human race* before he wiped them out in the great flood, save for the few that were on the Ark. There were people who lived longer than that only a few chapters later in the same Bible, that should have been a bit of a clue.
I don't really want to debate whether the Bible is right or wrong, but please read carefully before you make sweeping statements like that.
Ps, No, I don't trust ages given in the scriptures - any scriptures - either.