Does anyone remember the old RCA VideoDisc technology? It was developed in the mid 70's/early 80's at the Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, NJ. It read the video disc with a needle. Pretty neat for the time.
Apple is moving away from AppleTalk. This is why XP Server won't support it. It will support AppleShare over IP. AppleTalk ruled its roost of the time due to its autodiscovery capabilities. Everything is TCP/IP these days and there are things similar to what AppleTalk did except over IP.
Not everyone can justify spending $480/year for a cable modem when a dial-up costs only $240 ($20/year) and ties up your phone line. Wait, at best, an extra phone line will cost you, at best, $20/month, so we're looking at about the same price. What is my point? With a little digging and thinking, his prices are bogus.
Broadband will not be a 'standard' until a lot more people have access to it. Plain and simple. Also, people sign up for dial-up because their computers come with special offers and modems. A lot of these people don't know any better. They're taking baby steps into the world of computing and may not understand the benefits of broadband. They may not even know that they can access their AOL through their cable modem.
I had a Sony 200ES monitor that would cost $200 to fix--not worth it. So, I put it out on the curb with my trash the night before and it was GONE within 20 minutes. I'm sure it was just a fuse or a bum capacitor, but I don't have the time to track it down. Hell, you can put anything on your curb and it will disappear. Someone took the old, broken screendoor I put out there.
Lay down on the floor with your feet flat on the ground and knees bent. Let your legs fall to the left and then to the right. Do this 10 times on each side before you go to bed. If you do this for a few weeks you WILL feel a difference.
In order for TiVO to record on one channel while viewing a live program on another channel, it would need a second tuner. DirecTiVO has two tuners, the second isn't activated yet--it will be in a future revision of the software. I have digital cable where I live and I need the cable box to view most of the channels that come through. How would I be able to watch two different stations (effectively what you're doing when recording one live show and watching another) without two tuners (cable boxes in this case)?
This is not TiVO's fault. It is the cable company's fault. Isn't there supposed to be some sort of standard that would allow us to get whatever cable box we wanted and have it work with our cable system? Then companies like TiVO could have 'drop-in' tuners or reprogrammable ones for the box that would obviate the need of the cablebox itself. DirecTiVO is a TiVO and a dual tuner DSS box in one.
--Mike
For more info go to the AVS TiVO forum located here.
I thought Mel's father won big on some game show ($64,000 Pyramid) and then moved the whole family to Australia. I knew he was from upstate New York, but I didn't know mum was Australian.
I don't think he was attacking you. He just wanted to know if it makes a difference whether you miss the commercials because you're fast-forwarding or making a sandwhich, going to the bathroom, reading Slashdot, whatever. Wouldn't you be stealing?
That would be Royal Dutch Shell, right? Also, Hitler was under no obligation to declare war on the US once the US declared war on Japan. (D-Day, S. Ambrose 1994) In fact, Hitler didn't even consult his 'cabinet' before declaring war on the US in December 1941. Hitler's own arrogance and desire to defend every last bit of conquered ground did him in.
That would be vandalism. The schools have to make punishments stiff in order to DETER students from vandalising school property. If you did it and only got 1 day, then more kids would trash the computers. If you make it not worth their while, then you've accomplished order.
I am from the area and have plenty of friends that graduated in the late 80's/early 90's from WWP. That district has been anal for years. Granted, they have some of the best schools in the county (Mercer). They also have quite an educated demographic to choose from. Why isn't anyone questioning the parents here? Did the parents put any pressure on this bright child?
Jose Menendez put ungodly pressure on his two boys. Look what it got him and them.
I was wondering when someone was going to mention this. Williams used their unused pipleines to run their own back bone. Think about it, they already had the rights to it. The only other non-communication industry that has as much or more right-of-way is the railroad. They've been making big-bucks leasing their right-of-way to communication companies for fiber and other cabling.
I didn't mean it as punishment, just as time better spent for him and us. How? For him, obvious. For us? If he's wacking he ain't posting here.
--Mike
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Being the naive young child of Left Wing liberals up until recently I thought that crackers and cookies were:
1) What the black kids called me (see my post above).
2) What I called the black kids (cookie, burned) not realizing, since my parents were too liberal even to explain race relations in the 70's, that they might take offense. Hell I was called White Cracker. Why shouldn't I call them Burned Cookie? My whole education on race was "Just don't call them 'boy'." That I didn't figure out until college.
Just rambling...
Mike
Hey, I was called 'cracker' from 1st through 4th grade (early 80's) and sometimes 'white cracker' as well. Of course, I was the only white kid in my class of 30. I don't think they were referring to my computer skills.
--Mike
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That would be 'Security through Obscurity'
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IE is already on the Mac platform and the move to OS X was a small one. All they had to do was 'carbonize' IE for it to run natively (not using Classic) on the Mac. The jump from carbon to Linux is HUGE. Now, had IE been written for Cocoa, the jump would also be equally as huge. Sorry. No IE for Linux. Why would you want it? Netscape has been really good about updating Navigator.:)
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Does anyone remember the old RCA VideoDisc technology? It was developed in the mid 70's/early 80's at the Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, NJ. It read the video disc with a needle. Pretty neat for the time.
Apple is moving away from AppleTalk. This is why XP Server won't support it. It will support AppleShare over IP. AppleTalk ruled its roost of the time due to its autodiscovery capabilities. Everything is TCP/IP these days and there are things similar to what AppleTalk did except over IP.
--Mike
Not everyone can justify spending $480/year for a cable modem when a dial-up costs only $240 ($20/year) and ties up your phone line. Wait, at best, an extra phone line will cost you, at best, $20/month, so we're looking at about the same price. What is my point? With a little digging and thinking, his prices are bogus.
Broadband will not be a 'standard' until a lot more people have access to it. Plain and simple. Also, people sign up for dial-up because their computers come with special offers and modems. A lot of these people don't know any better. They're taking baby steps into the world of computing and may not understand the benefits of broadband. They may not even know that they can access their AOL through their cable modem.
Dvorak, as usual, is just being sensationalist.
--Mike
I had a Sony 200ES monitor that would cost $200 to fix--not worth it. So, I put it out on the curb with my trash the night before and it was GONE within 20 minutes. I'm sure it was just a fuse or a bum capacitor, but I don't have the time to track it down. Hell, you can put anything on your curb and it will disappear. Someone took the old, broken screendoor I put out there.
--Mike
On a side note: Ulcers can be effectively treated with antibiotics.
Another thing to try:
Lay down on the floor with your feet flat on the ground and knees bent. Let your legs fall to the left and then to the right. Do this 10 times on each side before you go to bed. If you do this for a few weeks you WILL feel a difference.
--Mike
What kind of driving do you do? Mostly long distances? Short trips? Just curious. What year is you Passat?
This is not TiVO's fault. It is the cable company's fault. Isn't there supposed to be some sort of standard that would allow us to get whatever cable box we wanted and have it work with our cable system? Then companies like TiVO could have 'drop-in' tuners or reprogrammable ones for the box that would obviate the need of the cablebox itself. DirecTiVO is a TiVO and a dual tuner DSS box in one.
--Mike
For more info go to the AVS TiVO forum located here.
I thought Mel's father won big on some game show ($64,000 Pyramid) and then moved the whole family to Australia. I knew he was from upstate New York, but I didn't know mum was Australian.
--Mike
I don't think he was attacking you. He just wanted to know if it makes a difference whether you miss the commercials because you're fast-forwarding or making a sandwhich, going to the bathroom, reading Slashdot, whatever. Wouldn't you be stealing?
Boston Consulting Group begat Bain Consulting.
Arthur Andersen begat Andersen Consulting begat Accenture.
It is all very WV-esque.
That would be Royal Dutch Shell, right? Also, Hitler was under no obligation to declare war on the US once the US declared war on Japan. (D-Day, S. Ambrose 1994) In fact, Hitler didn't even consult his 'cabinet' before declaring war on the US in December 1941. Hitler's own arrogance and desire to defend every last bit of conquered ground did him in.
Mike
That would be vandalism. The schools have to make punishments stiff in order to DETER students from vandalising school property. If you did it and only got 1 day, then more kids would trash the computers. If you make it not worth their while, then you've accomplished order.
You got 10 days. Live with it.
--Mike
I am from the area and have plenty of friends that graduated in the late 80's/early 90's from WWP. That district has been anal for years. Granted, they have some of the best schools in the county (Mercer). They also have quite an educated demographic to choose from. Why isn't anyone questioning the parents here? Did the parents put any pressure on this bright child?
Jose Menendez put ungodly pressure on his two boys. Look what it got him and them.
--mp
...or it's like saying the Ford Mustang and the Plymouth Voyager are one in the same since they were both Iacocca's babies.
--mike
(Self moderation down to -1 for Off-Topic. Don't waste your points on me)
Yup. I remember seeing that, too. They buried quite a bit of it, too. At least 8 conduits went in. Is it their fiber or did they lease the ROW?
--Mike
I was wondering when someone was going to mention this. Williams used their unused pipleines to run their own back bone. Think about it, they already had the rights to it. The only other non-communication industry that has as much or more right-of-way is the railroad. They've been making big-bucks leasing their right-of-way to communication companies for fiber and other cabling.
--Mike
I didn't mean it as punishment, just as time better spent for him and us. How? For him, obvious. For us? If he's wacking he ain't posting here.
--Mike
Being the naive young child of Left Wing liberals up until recently I thought that crackers and cookies were: 1) What the black kids called me (see my post above). 2) What I called the black kids (cookie, burned) not realizing, since my parents were too liberal even to explain race relations in the 70's, that they might take offense. Hell I was called White Cracker. Why shouldn't I call them Burned Cookie? My whole education on race was "Just don't call them 'boy'." That I didn't figure out until college. Just rambling... Mike
>Apple tried to sell OS8 with great fervor as well and were quite unsuccessful with it.
WHAT? They sold a bazillion copies of OS 8. Are you referring to OS 9, maybe? They sold quite a few copies of that, too.
Hey, I was called 'cracker' from 1st through 4th grade (early 80's) and sometimes 'white cracker' as well. Of course, I was the only white kid in my class of 30. I don't think they were referring to my computer skills.
--Mike
That would be 'Security through Obscurity'
IE is already on the Mac platform and the move to OS X was a small one. All they had to do was 'carbonize' IE for it to run natively (not using Classic) on the Mac. The jump from carbon to Linux is HUGE. Now, had IE been written for Cocoa, the jump would also be equally as huge. Sorry. No IE for Linux. Why would you want it? Netscape has been really good about updating Navigator. :)
There's also lacademy.edu--Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA. Great hockey program. Not a lot else, though.
In German pronunciation Wiener would sound like WEENER and Weiner would sound like WHINER.
--mike