You have to expect privacy to have it invaded. If you send packets across an unencrypted link, you should have no expectations of privacy, therefor there is no privacy to invade!
I would do some reserch before I make the Dish/DirecTv decision. From some of the stuff I've read in rec.video.satellite.dbs, there are some quality issues associated with Dish. The common consesus is that DirecTv has better equipment and a better picture (unless all you are worried about it cost)
You should be able to go to some stores and check out the picture difference between the two and see if you notice anything. Frankly, I'm happy that I lucked out and got DirecTv. The picutre is much better than what I got from Cable before (I got lucky because I hadn't done my reading before hand, just knew that I wanted a DirecTivo unit)
At the same time, TiVo will return to AOL $48 million of a $200 million investment made in June 2000 because "the new product offering will not require the subsidy payments contemplated at the time of the original agreement," TiVo officials said in a statement. AOL in turn will return 1.6 million shares of TiVo preferred stock to the DVR concern.
With all the talks about AOL-TimeWarner having some financial trouble (with AOL's stock dropping in the toiliet), I wonder if this has anything to do with AOL needing their money back?
In January 2001, AOL and TiVo expanded their relationship to include an enhanced multi-million dollar marketing and promotional campaign across various AOL Time Warner online, print and television media properties. The campaign focused on educating consumers about the TiVo personal television service.
As has been mentioned before, the hardest thing about a PVR is trying to explain it to other people. I've had mine for 1.5 years now, and I still have a hard time explaining what it is to people. But once I show it to them, they understand (and usually think its pretty neat). Haven't gotten any hooked on it yet, but I keep trying.
You can find out all kinds of interesting stuff about him on his Home Page
John Norris Maguire Professor of Information Technology and Leaders for Manufacturing Professor of Management Science Sloan School of Management / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
If you would have read all of the article, you would have noticed that they were also delaying the release because they didn't have their procedures ready yet to release security updates on woody and potato at the same time. I think we should applaud them for remembering how important security is (Maybe msoft should take note?).
They are not going to be "out-competing" my local isp
But they don't have to out compete your local ISP for your business. They don't want your business. They want average joe american who's heard of this internet thingy and wants to see what all the fuss is about. They want people willing to pay an arm and a leg for a simple user interface
"If you thought of first 30 million users were dumb, wait until you meet the next 30 million".
If there was ever a reason to fire up the Tivo/ReplayTV/VidCaptureCard, I would like to know.
I remember watching (and loving!) this show when I was younger, but I'm pretty sure that there was a lot (like social commentary) that went over my head at that age. Would be interesting to see what I think of it now that I'm older (and understand a bit more of it).
Would also be interesting to see how much of this has come true (always a good test of SciFi). Wouldn't the TV industry just love to make you keep your TV's on all the time?
So yes, let's say you have a templated class and instantiate it for 15 different type specalizations. What's the memory overhead of this? Not much.
If you'll kindly read the original post, I was talking about memory constrained environments. If you're running on a full fledged PC, we are picking nits. Today's PC's have more RAM then they know what to do with (hence WinXP).
On top of that, if you really do have 15 differen things, how are you going to shave off that overhead using a different mechanism? Will you create 15 seperate classes intead? That's even MORE overhead than the templating. Will you create one class with a type = field? Use comparision in all functions that relate to the class with seperate paths where needed for each of the 15 different cases?
15 separate classes is the same things as template classes, except with typing involved. You'll end up with pretty much the same amount of generate object code (with the possible exception that you can (possibly) reuse some of the template generated code with the basic types like char and int).
We're faced with a classic engineering problem here. It's a tradeoff. We can use templates and go for bloated code, or you could use inheritance/virutal functions and go for the runtime speed. Classic memory/speed tradeoff
For example, a container
of int * and a container of char * might use
the same object code.
But that argument only holds true for the basic types (of which there are only a handful). If you start using containers of classes, you can't make that optimization.
This may really only be a major concern for embedded and realtime platforms, but there is a lot of overhead with using the STL. Virtual functions and things of that like can make your code bigger and slower. The impact may not be noticed on a desktop system, but can cause havoc on your real-time requirements if you're not aware of them.
No, until we reach that day when IP laws are stricken down from the books forever (I propose a new Amendment!), we must do our utmost to defend these laws, for they are the very things which make this country good.
Feel free to blindly enforce those laws without question. Personally, I'm going to question laws that I don't think are right. I wouldn't enforce a law I thought was wrong. Guess that's why I'm not a cop
Huh? My ReplayTV 3030 is very easy to use., and it's cheaper in the long run. I bought it for $500 two years ago. A comparable Tivo was $400 back then, so at $10/mo, that Tivo after 2 years was ~$600, while the Replay is still $400.
You must have gotten a really good deal, since the 3030 still lists at $599. Even reviews from that time period listed it at $599. So with a $400 Tivo, the difference between the two is $200, which (suprise!) is the same as a lifetime subscription to Tivo was.
What I don't think you realize is that you can get lifetime subscriptions for the tivo. You don't always have to pay month-to-month.
Mod this parent down! This is an obvious troll and also full of shit! And my truthful posting gets modded down! What, did Malda give Billg moderator points today?
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You have to expect privacy to have it invaded. If you send packets across an unencrypted link, you should have no expectations of privacy, therefor there is no privacy to invade!
Let's just hope it doesn't totter as well!
If I were a cellular provider, I would encourage people to download large files, since they pay by the byte! Greedy, greedy, greedy!
Shouldn't this read: A new version of the popular computer drug "EverQuest" will make its debut late next...
I would do some reserch before I make the Dish/DirecTv decision. From some of the stuff I've read in rec.video.satellite.dbs, there are some quality issues associated with Dish. The common consesus is that DirecTv has better equipment and a better picture (unless all you are worried about it cost)
You should be able to go to some stores and check out the picture difference between the two and see if you notice anything. Frankly, I'm happy that I lucked out and got DirecTv. The picutre is much better than what I got from Cable before (I got lucky because I hadn't done my reading before hand, just knew that I wanted a DirecTivo unit)
Thats why I like hiring sales people and 2-year olds to test my code at the unit/integration level
You didn't need to repeat yourself
At the same time, TiVo will return to AOL $48 million of a $200 million investment made in June 2000 because "the new product offering will not require the subsidy payments contemplated at the time of the original agreement," TiVo officials said in a statement. AOL in turn will return 1.6 million shares of TiVo preferred stock to the DVR concern.
With all the talks about AOL-TimeWarner having some financial trouble (with AOL's stock dropping in the toiliet), I wonder if this has anything to do with AOL needing their money back?
In January 2001, AOL and TiVo expanded their relationship to include an enhanced multi-million dollar marketing and promotional campaign across various AOL Time Warner online, print and television media properties. The campaign focused on educating consumers about the TiVo personal television service.
As has been mentioned before, the hardest thing about a PVR is trying to explain it to other people. I've had mine for 1.5 years now, and I still have a hard time explaining what it is to people. But once I show it to them, they understand (and usually think its pretty neat). Haven't gotten any hooked on it yet, but I keep trying.
DOS is an OS? Really? Maybe just barely...
The Master was explaining the nature of Tao to one of his novices.
"The Tao is embodied in all software -- regardless of how insignificant,"
said the Master.
"Is the Tao in a hand-held calculator?" asked the novice.
"It is," came the reply.
"Is the Tao in a video game?" asked the novice.
"It is even in a video game," said the Master.
"Is the Tao in the DOS for a personal computer?" asked the novice.
The Master coughed and shifted his position slightly. "The lesson is over
for today," he said.
You can find out all kinds of interesting stuff about him on his Home Page
John Norris Maguire Professor of Information Technology and Leaders for Manufacturing Professor of Management Science Sloan School of Management / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
If you would have read all of the article, you would have noticed that they were also delaying the release because they didn't have their procedures ready yet to release security updates on woody and potato at the same time. I think we should applaud them for remembering how important security is (Maybe msoft should take note?).
They are not going to be "out-competing" my local isp
But they don't have to out compete your local ISP for your business. They don't want your business. They want average joe american who's heard of this internet thingy and wants to see what all the fuss is about. They want people willing to pay an arm and a leg for a simple user interface
"If you thought of first 30 million users were dumb, wait until you meet the next 30 million".
If there was ever a reason to fire up the Tivo/ReplayTV/VidCaptureCard, I would like to know.
I remember watching (and loving!) this show when I was younger, but I'm pretty sure that there was a lot (like social commentary) that went over my head at that age. Would be interesting to see what I think of it now that I'm older (and understand a bit more of it).
Would also be interesting to see how much of this has come true (always a good test of SciFi). Wouldn't the TV industry just love to make you keep your TV's on all the time?
it does not increase code size in any noticable manner.
But it still does increase it, even if its not "noticable"
If you'll kindly read the original post, I was talking about memory constrained environments. If you're running on a full fledged PC, we are picking nits. Today's PC's have more RAM then they know what to do with (hence WinXP).
But that argument only holds true for the basic types (of which there are only a handful). If you start using containers of classes, you can't make that optimization.
I'll admit that I may have spoken rashly about the virtual functions, but my other points about templates and code bloat still hold true.
And it will cause havok if you're not aware of it.
But templates increase code size as the compiler has to genarate a different version of the class for each unique instance that you use.
ie. If you use a Vector to hold 15 different things, the compiler has to generate 15 different version of the Vector class to compile your project.
May not be that much of a problem if you've got the memory.
This may really only be a major concern for embedded and realtime platforms, but there is a lot of overhead with using the STL. Virtual functions and things of that like can make your code bigger and slower. The impact may not be noticed on a desktop system, but can cause havoc on your real-time requirements if you're not aware of them.
Feel free to blindly enforce those laws without question. Personally, I'm going to question laws that I don't think are right. I wouldn't enforce a law I thought was wrong. Guess that's why I'm not a cop
Now why would the CIA warn China about an attack that they are planning? What is this world coming to?
Does this mean I can get Chicked Fried Rice delivered over the internet?
You must have gotten a really good deal, since the 3030 still lists at $599. Even reviews from that time period listed it at $599. So with a $400 Tivo, the difference between the two is $200, which (suprise!) is the same as a lifetime subscription to Tivo was.
What I don't think you realize is that you can get lifetime subscriptions for the tivo. You don't always have to pay month-to-month.
Mod this parent down! This is an obvious troll and also full of shit! And my truthful posting gets modded down! What, did Malda give Billg moderator points today?