Watching that makes me feel a combination of disgusted and jealous. Disgusted in myself because while I consider myself to be a fairly decent programer, there is no way I couldn't pull something like that off.
What kind of freaks make this stuff? Amazing.
I remember the first time I saw second reality from Future Crew many many years ago. I still like it the best. I wish I could make it run on my 2000 box here at work.
I just added it to my tools cd that I carry around with me.
How many times have you installed NT 4 and not been able to get to the service pack downloads because the browser doesn't send the right headers? Geez.
Anyway, it's been added. I love stuff like this!;)
formkey bugs have been pissing me off for longer than just the weekend. It happens at like 1 out of 3 posts for me. It is actually pretty annoying to be told you cannot post b/c you already did.
I submitted this bug over a month ago after having it happen to me several times. It was closed because they said that I had screwed up and hit submit twice or something. I replied back saying that wasn't the case, but I was told that I didn't understand what I had screwed up.
This is the first time I've really felt badly towards/.
And then what do you do when/. has to shut down? A project like this couldn't just be taken over by a bunch of enthusiasts. I'm sure the hosting cost alone would make it prohibitive.
Why try to cheat? You obviously like/. or you wouldn't be here. Isn't it worth it to you for them to stay around? I know it is for me.
How would you feel if you struggled to keep something alive that you loved and all the people hitting the site blocked your only revenue generating system? I'd be really disappointed in humanity.
I know that I derive about the same amount of pleasure from participating in/. as I do from my Tivo. I paid $300 for that. Not only this, but/. helps keep me up to date on issues that affect my profession. It's hard to put a number on that, but I certainly think it would be worth as much as a yearly subscription to a paper magazine.
With you moving them around all the time, maybe you can answer a question that I had about them.
How do they hold up against scratches and brushes? I'll be the first to admit that I am kinda rough with the cases that I throw into my trunk all the time. I'd really be afraid that the case would look horrible after just a few of my moves.
Heh, Microsoft thinks of China as a one CD country. They buy one CD and everyone uses it.
I guess they see apartments as one line neighborhoods. I'm sure I could offset the price of the line by offering 802.11b/a to all the folks in my building.
This is basically just a shrunken desktop computer.
That's what makes it so cool. It's pretty small, yet you still have an open PCI slot and it uses a standard 3 1/2" hard drive. The drive is the biggest selling point for me. The box you mentioned is cool, but it will only accept a 2 1/2" hard drive. Those drives are too expensive and don't have nearly the storage capacity as a standard ATA100 drive.
I'm looking for a box to carry along with me to client sites. While there, I can plug into their LAN and have my samba box with everything I need on it, or even for making backups of machines on their network. Get this baby, stick in a 100Gig drive and you're set.
I actually made another similiar response, but I want to make sure this is clear. There is no way Sony would introduce content control functions into Tivo unless it was done industry wide. This market is too competitive. If someone knew that if they bought a Tivo the "Transfer to Tape" function would be disabled for all Sony Media, but if they bought a ReplyTV or MS UltimateTV they wouldn't have this restriction, nobody would buy them.
Am I wrong? How could they get away with it? Now if they had a monopoly (like some people) they probably could, but they don't.
The biggest drawback I see to this argument is dealing with upgrades. While much can be done via software upgrades, the hardware sometimes needs to be changed to add features.
What if you where to add $300 to the price of your TV with a built in Tivo and a new version (with 12 tuners;) comes out 6 months later. Do you buy a new TV/Tivo unit? Do you disable the internal Tivo and opt to purchase a stand alone? Or do you just make due with what you have (not likely for me!)
I like the idea of seperate components. If my DVD player dies and I have to do without it for awhile or send it to the shop, I can still watch my TV.
Yes, you would set up a season pass for "Family Guy" on whatever channel it comes on. You could also specify that it only record first runs, how many episodes to keep, recording quality for that show, etc.
Even if they change where "Family Guy" is in the schedule it will be recorded.
Season passes can be prioritized for dealing with conflicts so if "Family Guy" moves from 7:30 to 7:00, but you already have a show scheduled to be recorded at 7:00, the show with the highest priority gets recorded.
You can also set up wishlists. Basically keywords that appear in different fields in the program description (ie, director, actor, description). I have a wishlist item with the word "slashdot". It hasn't had a hit yet, but I'm waiting! I have had it record many shows that I normally would never have seen based on wishlists. Once again, all wishlists are included in the main priority setup to arbitrate conflicts.
It's just not the same. Like the guy above said, you have to have one to appreciate it. And yeah, you could probably throw in $300 and get something that would work but why? For the same price you could get a unit that is a sheer pleasure to use and not tie up your computer at all.
I understand the hack value of pulling something like this off on your pc, and that's cool. It might work in your dorm room or in your bedroom at your parents house, but as a component in the home entertainment system of the average family, there is just no way to make this work. They won't put up with the headaches.
People make money to spend it on things that they enjoy and make their lives easier. This is hard for a student or someone just starting out to understand. Sometimes it's just better to get the right tool for the job and don't sweat it.
On one job I had the clients had 24 pairs of fiber going from one building to another a couple of miles away. For some reason they forgot to label anything and couldn't figure out how to match up the ends. We had someone stand on one end with a flashlight shining at the connector and someone on the other end checking each fiber to see when they saw the light.
The client thought we where crazy for trying such a low tech method, but it worked like a charm.
There where transfer protocols used for downloading files, some of which are still in use today. I'm not really sure of their history, but I know at least some of them where created for use with the BBS.
I can think of x, y, and zmodem right off the top of my head. Us commodore guys had the great Punter Protocol which blew everything else away.
The only thing that makes me hope that the average consumer can indeed choose VASTLY improved quality over price is the success of DVD.
I'm sorry, I know you want to have hope for the humans, but I think your assumption that quality is what makes most people choose DVD is incorrect.
Most people that I've discussed this subject with (and this is quite a few) who have delved into DVD have done so for 3 main reasons: 1) Eliteness factor, 2) Nonsequential access methods to parts of the disk without all that messy waiting around for tape to wind, and 3) Bonus material not available on VHS.
Most people either don't have good enough televisions, acute senses, or motivation to grasp the enhanced quality. They know it looks ok, but don't put a lot of thought into it.
If I read his reply correctly he said that voice over the Internet sucked, but they use it INTERNALLY on their own lan instead of a standard PBX. If used internally you would have control on all IP based portions of the system so if something did go wrong (which would be pretty unlikely) you can fix it immediately.
Slashdot Mirror
What is the url of the article that this picture was part of?
Watching that makes me feel a combination of disgusted and jealous. Disgusted in myself because while I consider myself to be a fairly decent programer, there is no way I couldn't pull something like that off.
What kind of freaks make this stuff? Amazing.
I remember the first time I saw second reality from Future Crew many many years ago. I still like it the best. I wish I could make it run on my 2000 box here at work.
I just added it to my tools cd that I carry around with me.
;)
How many times have you installed NT 4 and not been able to get to the service pack downloads because the browser doesn't send the right headers? Geez.
Anyway, it's been added. I love stuff like this!
formkey bugs have been pissing me off for longer than just the weekend. It happens at like 1 out of 3 posts for me. It is actually pretty annoying to be told you cannot post b/c you already did.
/.
I submitted this bug over a month ago after having it happen to me several times. It was closed because they said that I had screwed up and hit submit twice or something. I replied back saying that wasn't the case, but I was told that I didn't understand what I had screwed up.
This is the first time I've really felt badly towards
Interesting? Now what would REALLY be interesting would be a link to your FTP repository! ;)
And then what do you do when /. has to shut down? A project like this couldn't just be taken over by a bunch of enthusiasts. I'm sure the hosting cost alone would make it prohibitive.
/. or you wouldn't be here. Isn't it worth it to you for them to stay around? I know it is for me.
Why try to cheat? You obviously like
How would you feel if you struggled to keep something alive that you loved and all the people hitting the site blocked your only revenue generating system? I'd be really disappointed in humanity.
I know that I derive about the same amount of pleasure from participating in /. as I do from my Tivo. I paid $300 for that. Not only this, but /. helps keep me up to date on issues that affect my profession. It's hard to put a number on that, but I certainly think it would be worth as much as a yearly subscription to a paper magazine.
I'd be willing to pay a premium above the subscription price if all "Slow down cowboy" and lameness filters where disabled for my account.
Geez that's annoying.
So when will we start seeing registered passwordz on crack sites for /.?
Yeah, and you could sit your coffee mug on your case to keep it warm. Everybody wins!
With you moving them around all the time, maybe you can answer a question that I had about them.
How do they hold up against scratches and brushes? I'll be the first to admit that I am kinda rough with the cases that I throw into my trunk all the time. I'd really be afraid that the case would look horrible after just a few of my moves.
Is this an issue?
I've been looking seriously at the Black mini cube ATX server case that directron has. The layout seems nice, and it looks pretty cool.
procooling.com has a good review about it.
Anybody have any experience with it?
Heh, Microsoft thinks of China as a one CD country. They buy one CD and everyone uses it.
I guess they see apartments as one line neighborhoods. I'm sure I could offset the price of the line by offering 802.11b/a to all the folks in my building.
a buck-a-pop high-quality (CD) songs as keepers
;)
Well, so much for those one-hit-wonder bands!
Yeah, but their price is $100 more than the place selling them via the link in the article. (Well, $99 actually)
Maybe I missed something...
This is basically just a shrunken desktop computer.
That's what makes it so cool. It's pretty small, yet you still have an open PCI slot and it uses a standard 3 1/2" hard drive. The drive is the biggest selling point for me. The box you mentioned is cool, but it will only accept a 2 1/2" hard drive. Those drives are too expensive and don't have nearly the storage capacity as a standard ATA100 drive.
I'm looking for a box to carry along with me to client sites. While there, I can plug into their LAN and have my samba box with everything I need on it, or even for making backups of machines on their network. Get this baby, stick in a 100Gig drive and you're set.
I actually made another similiar response, but I want to make sure this is clear. There is no way Sony would introduce content control functions into Tivo unless it was done industry wide. This market is too competitive. If someone knew that if they bought a Tivo the "Transfer to Tape" function would be disabled for all Sony Media, but if they bought a ReplyTV or MS UltimateTV they wouldn't have this restriction, nobody would buy them.
Am I wrong? How could they get away with it? Now if they had a monopoly (like some people) they probably could, but they don't.
The biggest drawback I see to this argument is dealing with upgrades. While much can be done via software upgrades, the hardware sometimes needs to be changed to add features.
;) comes out 6 months later. Do you buy a new TV/Tivo unit? Do you disable the internal Tivo and opt to purchase a stand alone? Or do you just make due with what you have (not likely for me!)
What if you where to add $300 to the price of your TV with a built in Tivo and a new version (with 12 tuners
I like the idea of seperate components. If my DVD player dies and I have to do without it for awhile or send it to the shop, I can still watch my TV.
Yes, you would set up a season pass for "Family Guy" on whatever channel it comes on. You could also specify that it only record first runs, how many episodes to keep, recording quality for that show, etc.
Even if they change where "Family Guy" is in the schedule it will be recorded.
Season passes can be prioritized for dealing with conflicts so if "Family Guy" moves from 7:30 to 7:00, but you already have a show scheduled to be recorded at 7:00, the show with the highest priority gets recorded.
You can also set up wishlists. Basically keywords that appear in different fields in the program description (ie, director, actor, description). I have a wishlist item with the word "slashdot". It hasn't had a hit yet, but I'm waiting! I have had it record many shows that I normally would never have seen based on wishlists. Once again, all wishlists are included in the main priority setup to arbitrate conflicts.
It's really pretty elegant.
They won't unless everyone else does. If they did then everybody would just buy PVR's from their competitors.
Stop being so paranoid. Geez.
It's just not the same. Like the guy above said, you have to have one to appreciate it. And yeah, you could probably throw in $300 and get something that would work but why? For the same price you could get a unit that is a sheer pleasure to use and not tie up your computer at all.
I understand the hack value of pulling something like this off on your pc, and that's cool. It might work in your dorm room or in your bedroom at your parents house, but as a component in the home entertainment system of the average family, there is just no way to make this work. They won't put up with the headaches.
People make money to spend it on things that they enjoy and make their lives easier. This is hard for a student or someone just starting out to understand. Sometimes it's just better to get the right tool for the job and don't sweat it.
On one job I had the clients had 24 pairs of fiber going from one building to another a couple of miles away. For some reason they forgot to label anything and couldn't figure out how to match up the ends. We had someone stand on one end with a flashlight shining at the connector and someone on the other end checking each fiber to see when they saw the light.
The client thought we where crazy for trying such a low tech method, but it worked like a charm.
There where transfer protocols used for downloading files, some of which are still in use today. I'm not really sure of their history, but I know at least some of them where created for use with the BBS.
I can think of x, y, and zmodem right off the top of my head. Us commodore guys had the great Punter Protocol which blew everything else away.
The only thing that makes me hope that the average consumer can indeed choose VASTLY improved quality over price is the success of DVD.
I'm sorry, I know you want to have hope for the humans, but I think your assumption that quality is what makes most people choose DVD is incorrect.
Most people that I've discussed this subject with (and this is quite a few) who have delved into DVD have done so for 3 main reasons: 1) Eliteness factor, 2) Nonsequential access methods to parts of the disk without all that messy waiting around for tape to wind, and 3) Bonus material not available on VHS.
Most people either don't have good enough televisions, acute senses, or motivation to grasp the enhanced quality. They know it looks ok, but don't put a lot of thought into it.
If I read his reply correctly he said that voice over the Internet sucked, but they use it INTERNALLY on their own lan instead of a standard PBX. If used internally you would have control on all IP based portions of the system so if something did go wrong (which would be pretty unlikely) you can fix it immediately.