AMD is putting the NX processor command into it's low end CPUs, I didn't see any mention of this in the article. Does anyone know if Intel is following suit with it's low end CPUs? Anyone tested the effectiveness of the NX command on an AMD CPU with Linux or the beta SP for XP? IMO if it's as good at stopping overflows as claimed this could provide a competitive edge to the company that has it if the other doesn't....
In my case Knoppix-STD has been awesome! It's allowed me to play with wireless security tools that I had previously had a bitch of a time trying to configure in a standard Linux Distro. No driver fiddling, no recompiling, no patches, no hair pulling! i fire up Knoppix-STD, plug ni my Lucent card, run an applet to configure my wireless, and away I go with Kismet, Airsnort, Wallenreiter (sp?), Airtraf, and other tools like Ethereal. Knoppix has allowed me, a Windows user, to experience and get accustomed to Linux without having to worry about hosing a drive or sweating arcane drivers issues. If I screw something up or get lost I can simply reboot and be back to square one with no damage done. as soon as I figure out how to mount a USB FOB and install my own apps on it etc. I'll be well on my way to moving a Linux partition onto my HD full time:-)
IMO, Knoppix provides a terrific way to introduce people to Linux. You can also use it to (more) securely surf on strange computers if you want. I see someone has linked to soemthing called Gnoppix below this - I'll be checking that out next! Live Distros rock!:-)
Not mentioned in the article but I know AMD has announced it's coming out with a low end CPU (Duron replacement) that supports the No Execute command - is this the one? If so that was fast! Has Intel said anything about doing the same with their P4 series or Celeron CPUs? I know that Intel does it or will do it with their 64bit stuff but I'm curious about more Joe User consumer level CPUs. AMD is doing it with their 64bit CPU too so it looks like Intel may have to follow them on again.
Along those lines - anyone tested this functionality? How effective is the NX going to be - is it all hoopla and wishful thinking? Does the beta SP2 for XP carry the code to support the NX stuff so that it can at least be tested for effectiveness?
News.com reported Linux will have this before MSFT (lol) but I'm really wondering just how many of the exploits out there this will stop...
Okay, so maybe OT but if this CPU command really is effective having low cost CPUs supporting it could really help things. Heh and being an AMD stock holder I'd love to see them beat Intel up on this:-)
Cute, my lengthy response was just lost:-( Fool me once...
What to look for on the gauge that I use and on another has been the subject of much debate. An engineer who has designed one of the W/Bs in question has told us to shoot for stoich or 14.7:1 unless I've misunderstood him. How it would correct I'm not sure but in any case I can read down to 9:1 if I must.
Unfortunatly E85 hasn't made much penetration here or I'd certainly be willing to try running it. My injectors ought to handle it so long as the additional volume isn't too great, my injector O-rings wouldn't though. Swapping out injectors and O-rings would be a small price to pay for the higher octane and lower cost although I'm sure I'd use it in grater quantities. The rail is my primary concern, I'm not sure it's anodized but that's nothing a bucket of acid and a battery couldn't fix.
I can understand not wishing to replace and reprogram an EMS if it's what you do for a living. However these days to wring out performance you're forced to either reprogram or toss the OEM computer. Since my OEM computer was pushing 10 years old it's not flash programmable like many of newer OBD-II models. It's been cracked by a few but non-specific soldered chip upgrades leave me pretty cold. I was also not interested in retaining the restrictive Toyota MAF. I'd have likely maxed it out in any case, I may try a hot wire MAF later though just for kicks. MAF replacements like the HKS VPC are hacks and band-aiding my stock setup seemed like a poor idea at best.
So, here I am with a brand new computer that allows me MANY more functions than the stock one did and can be reprogrammed completely. I can understand that this wouldn't be fun for you but for me it's a break from my job and different enough to be fun.:-) If nothing it's a challenge and something new to learn about which I enjoy....
No actually it wouldn't be that hard - I run a standalone EMS made by AEM on my car. Any retuning for the E85 would be done by the same guy that tuned it in the first place - me:-) My lines are already Teflon lined, my OEM tank plastic, my FPR anodized. I think that leaves my rail (might be anodized) and my injector O-rings.
Hrm, a nit - no firmware in the injectors, only in the computer running the show and in my case it's fully programmable. Not all cars run MAF either, mine is currently speed density which I prefer.
My W/B is also compatible and it will sense oxygen just as it always has - stoich doesn't change and oxygen doesn't come from the fuel. Why the oxygen sensor will still read correctly is complicated but the short answer I've been given is that my W/B (and most others actually) read Lambda and convert to A/F. Lambda for Meth is apparently the same for gas or somesuch. The engineers who imparted this knew better than I having done it so I asked few questions about it.
So yeah, I do know what's involved for the most part and am prepared to switch should an E85 station ever happen to open up near me. My biggest problem would probably be tank capacity and possibly injector capacity. However when I swap a ported head on I'm moving up to 6x 83lb injectors just to make sure I've got capacity to spare. I'm likely to begin maxing out the 72s I have now before too long and certainly if I go race gas and turn the boost way up...
More info on the EMS can be found at www.aempower.com in their forums if you or others are interested.
I'd love to use this stuff. High octane and cheaper! The only thing my fuel system would require to run this is an anodized fuel rail (can do myself) and some different O-rings on my injectors. Unfortunatly in my area (northern VA) there is only ONE station that sells it. WTF?! This stuff ought to be everywhere in an urban area and we only have one station? That sux! I drive a high performance car that could benefit from the octane and I'd love the lower cost. The more frequent tank fillups would suck but I could deal with that.
Right now they're using what, Turkey poo? How about all of the chicken poop that has to be disposed of so carefully to prevent runoff? Same with cow poo. How about the grass clippings that are disposed of in so many urban areas? We have recycling programs in many areas now (mine takes grass clippings BTW), would it be so hard for people to seperate out things like bannana peels into a 3rd container? There are bound to be TONS of different industries that could feed these plants instead of having to pay to send their waste to a dump somewhere.
Not having enough waste to feed these plants is a problem I'd personally LIKE to see us have!:-)
Nah, this is an easy one. Which one will fit in my Shuttle and NOT require a small nuclear reactor to run? My office is hot enough thanks, NVIDIA loses this round - again.
A shame that's not got a nice way of displaying the images without first storing them - ick! It's on his dev list though so there's hope. Now, if Knoppix would just incorporate Driftnet we'd be set!:-)
Session reconstruction, filtering, blah blah. Yes, Ethereal and Tethereal rock but I've had no end of fun seeing what people are up to on networks using IRIS. It's not cheap but it used to be and I've got an older version from WAAAY back that still works well. WIN32 based. http://eeye.com/html/Products/Iris/index.h tml
Let's not forget SUPPORT. These guys are buying, building, packaging, and shipping this device. They are also providing a warranty, some form of support, and at some point they want to be able to eat. In fact they would probably like to live somewhat comfortably as opposed to just eating and their employees probably feel about the same way. Who's guide service does it use - are they also paying for that and it's attendant bandwidth too? Is there a subscription fee for that service or not? If they point to it they pay for it somehow so that's a cost as well. If they don't have commited guide service and it goes away they have to deal with a bunch of angry customers so one way or another it's a cost to them.
Seems to me that they're doing this "right" so far as the GPL is concerned and they even spell out in their warranty what they feel is okay and not with regards to modifying the software. They haven't completely hacked out the ability to skip commercials either, just sort of turned it off in a way a smart consumer could turn it back on.
Frankly - this sounds alot like a damned nice ReplayTV replacement if the guide service is available. for awhile now I've used a Replay and now a DirecTIVO but have heard of MythTV. I have never set one up though as I simply didn't want the hassle - with a box like this being built in a SMART fashion many people such as myself could purchase it and get interested in MythTV development. Heck, with a sort of "standard" hardware platform out there the MythTV project could develop all sorts of interesting features geared toward it and these guys might even make enough dough to be able to help support that! they are apparenty WELL aware of the GPL and it looks like they tried to honor it, is there any reason to think they wouldn't be willing to support the project in turn if they manage to make some decent money here?
Isn't this sort of the way everyone would like to see good Open Source projects go? Personally this sounds really cool to me - if it were on a DIRECT box somehow or maybe a cable receiver with two tuners I'd be interested in purchasing one!
First of all - FEW DVD are $10 where I'm at - $20 is more the norm. Is a DVD of content wish to listen to worth that? Yup, I've purchased more than 300 of them to prove it. Now, is a CD that's 99% TRASH worth that SAME amount? Nope! I have plenty of MP3 from old CDs and from friends. I purchase songs from iTunes occasionlly and will once in awhile buy compilations and "best of" CDs. For the most part the RIAA can piss off so far as I'm concerned - the motion picture guys are doing a little better in my book. when they decide to break compaability with my current player, change to a different encryption scheme, or succeed in screwing up the HDTV standard (it's coming) then I will cease and they too can piss off.
P2P isn't about just trading feature movies despite what these bozos would have the legislature believe. I know more than a few people who use it to get free amatuer p0rn clips, race videos, and other USER made stuff - they have NEVER gotten an MP3 from P2P. Why should they be penalized?
The heart of this matter - despite everyone turning this into an RIAA debate - is that a member of the Motion Picture trade association appears to be helping AUTHOR documents for a legislative office. If this were a gun manufacturer or P0RN industry executive would we be a little more incentivized to talk about the REAL issue here perhaps? These people have NO business attempting to shape legislation in this manner - why is everyone debating P2P when that is NOT the issue here?
Umm, I had no ballz?! WTF are you talking about? I got pissed off at DISH's approach 5 months ago and dropped them ENTIRELY for DIRECT. It had nothing to do with packages and EVERYTHING to do with hardware and policies. I'm sorry if your pop-psych transference concerning "bitching" didn't stick. Perhaps you should examine your own feelings of frustration? I'm quite happy with what I get from DIRECT overall and my TIVO even more so...
WEP on an AP also makes it crystal clear that you're not expecting "visitors" so any legal proceedings later on are much more likely to bear fruit. Kind of hard for someone to say they just "stumbled" upon your network when the network is encrypted by default and requires effort to access...
I can't recomend a specific model but from what I've read on Dealdatabase all of the S2 models are equally easy to do. The key for me was to use "Sleeper's ISO" and to make sure I had a USB2 NIC that was specifically supported by his script. The one I used was a DLink model and it seems VERY reliable. Monte is indeed what's used to get around the anti-hack code and there's now yet another way to unscramble the video on the S2 models too - not sure it's been incorporated into Sleeper's code. The new method makes moving video among various TIVO pretty easy it would seem but since I've got just the one TIVO and can do extraction I don't sweat it.
The key is Dealdatabase.com/forum - that is a TERRIFIC resource even if some of the people are less than patient with N00bs;-) They have a forum just for S2 hacking, just for DIRECTIVO hacking, and for Video Extraction. If you read, read, and read some more you will get ALL of your questions answered.
I did this before my purchase and in the end my hack job on the TIVO was cake to do and pretty much uneventful. If you're into Linux it will be even easier, Linux isn't my native OS but this hack was cake...
Odd, I get just as many channels with DTV now as I did with DISH. I don't get their sports network either. My cost per month is almost exactly the same with the savings being becasue I no longer pay per month for a P0RN channel - DTV doesn't have monthly subs for those:-( What I DO get that I could NOT get on DISH is TIVO. IMO it was a worthwhile switch and it was NOT because of this VIACOM tiff either....
No, it's their own home brewed PVR with FAR more bugs than TIVO, no Season Pass functionality, no video extraction ability unless you pull the drive from the case, and overall a poorer feature set. TIVO isn't synonomous with DVR\PVR but it IS a DVR\PVR....
Good information! However functionality wise the DISH DVRs are nowhere near as feature complete IMO. Season Pass for one thing is VERY nice on TIVO. The abiloity to do video extraction without removing the HD is also VERY nice and can be easily done on a DIRECTIVO. The 5series DISH DVRs have had some serious bugs, the 721 supposedly cannot deconflict recordings between it's two tuners - this must be done manually by the user. The 921 (that right?) is hard as heck to get, costs a grand, and has it's Firewire ports disabled currently. DIRECT S2s have disabled USB2 ports too but they're easily enabled. DISH has higher capacity machines out of the box, DIRECT is DIRT simple to upgrade and has more mature software. I've "rebooted" my DIRECTIVO once in 3 months, some 5 series owners were reporting that they rebooted DAILY to retain functionality. DISH has terrific P0RN offerings, DIRECT has sports - I'd prefer P0RN personally.:-)
After reading the horror stories on the 5 series DVRs, seeing the reports the 721 couldn't deconflict it's tuners, and nearly fainting at the $1K pricetag of the 921 I spent $99 and went DIRECT. Yeah, as a new DISH subscriber they offer free DVRs but as a current DISH user I'd have gotten boned for new hardware or sold older hardware that was on it's way out (again). I NEVER had a problem with DISH service but it burned me I couldn't get a DVR that allowed extraction or the features I desired so I switched. I'd consider going back if they fixed those problems and I applaude their stand against VIACOM. Just don't ask me to weep at them being forced to take package deals on channels - we ALL suffer that from the various SAT and cable companies.
Charlie is whining because he's being forced to take content he doesn't want?! Cry me a river Charlie - I didn't want about half the crap I was forced to take when I had DISH too. You want sympathy?! Tell me they are trying to charge too much, tell me they are making other unreasonable demands, tell me anything but "I'm being forced to take channels I don't want" and I'll feel for him...
The ONLY feature the SA boxes have that a DIRECTIVO owner might want is the ability to do folders in the recorded shows listing. Newer code has already been hacked onto DIRECTIVOs which is why the image servers got nailed by TIVO. The HMO functionality can be hacked into the DIRECT boxes via code out there that duplicates the functionality and some have probably figured out how to get HMO working on the DIRECT boxes but aren't talking about it because it's service theft. HMO is NOT a good reason to go SA, dual tuners and the ability to watch something already recorded while BOTH tuners are recording IS a good reason to go DIRECTIVO...
I'll take an S2 over an S1 any day of the week! Head over to Dealdatabase.com and read a clue. I can do extraction via a 100meg USB NIC just as easily now as I could with my Replay. You do NOT have to pull the drive from a DIRECTIVO to do extraction, I get it over the network easily! The "scramble" crap that DIRECT insisted on is easily defeated using one of three different (software) methods detailed on dealdatabse.com. In fact Sleeper's ISO does it ALL for you step by step and even shows you the commandlines it runs before making each step (backup, restore, Monte, and hacks). Backup and hacking of a DIRECTIVO S2 is DIRT simple!
I'd LOVE to hear what exactly an S1 can do that an S2 cannot. I have console access, a WEB server running, FTP, Telnet, 2x 120Gigs worth of space, an off the shelf USB NIC, I could run wireless sans WEP if I wanted, and I get my guide updates via satellite. Oh, and my MPEG compression is better since DIRECTIVO don't recompress. Te video extracted from my DIRECTIVO is more compliant than my Replay box's video ever was too...
Reviews I read on the 721 stated that it wouldn't deconflict between the two tuners so if you had two things that needed to be recorded at the same time you had to assign tuners yourself - no thanks. Getting video out of the 721 to DVD takes removing the drive from the box and mounting it on a PC - that SUX.
The 921 is the box I wanted - they pushed it's release back an additional 6 months right around Christmas. There might be one or two running around on the streets but so far as I could tell mere mortals couldn't get them and they cost a GRAND. DISH seldom does hardware deals for current subscribers unless it was old crap they wanted to clear off the shelves. DISH can call me when they get a clue and license TIVO or Replay code for their boxes. They have yet to release a DVR that hasn't had bugs up the wazoo.
As to the 921 getting Firewire - why was it "released" (*cough*) with this disabled in the first place?! It was held back an entire year, is released in "limited quantities", costs a mint, and has crippled features - why exactly would I go DISH to have that? HD would sure be nice but considering the investment it requires and the baggage that the "content producers" are going to stick in it I'll wait thanks. I like my hacked DIRECTIVO just fine, I left DISH because of their stupidity over DVRs and the only thing I miss was the decent P0RN offerings...
the DISH PVR offerings suck. Read the forums - bug after bug after lost show(s!). They have single tuners, I tried a Replay and felt the pain of a single tuner but at least with the Replay I could pull the video off the system without removing the drive ala DISH. DISH used to let me get East and West coast locals so I could time shift without a second tuner but they stopped that, a single tuner wasn't going to cut it. Sure, DISH has some dual tuner PVR, one that I'm sure of, but it will NOT deconflict between the two tuners if you schedule two things to be recorded at once - you must do it yourself! (this from a review of the box when it was released) Season Pass? DISH never heard of it. Video Extraction? Pull the drive to do it with a DISH system. Network connection for streaming? Nope, cannot do it. I was about to purchase the new super duper duel tuner DISH PVR that could handle HDTV and everything else - DISH pushed it's release back another 6 months. It was already a year late. They revealed that it wouldn't be feature complete on release. I switched to DIRECT after more than 5 years as a DISH customer as a result of this news. Oh, they said they will waive my "reconnect fee" (?!) if I switch back since I was such a longtime customer. Puhlease!
I have a DIRECTIVO now. It has two 120+Gig drives with over 200 hours of capacity. It has a USB 100meg network connection that allows me to pull fairly compliant MPEG video (unscrambled) pretty easily. I can customize the graphics if I choose. It has a WEB server on it that allows me to monitor it's status. I can Telnet into it to do maintenance or make changes, I can also watch for errors as it boots on a console terminal. It won't skip commercials but my Replay couldn't do that anymore on many channels anyway. I DO have a 30second skip that works great for getting past commercials. The TIVO will also record shows it think I might like - often I don't want them but I can delete content easily enough.
My ONE complaint with the TIVO is the SLOW ass CPU. With this much data being recorded it can take forever to bring up a list of recorded shows . Oh, and yes I've hacked the snot out of my DIRECTIVO box, most of this simply cannot be done with the DISH PVR. Too bad DISH keeps developing their own crap, they should have bought Replay or licensed TIVO!
DISH has one single solitary advantage - P0RN. DIRECT needs to get a clue, DISH is MUCH better for P0RN and my girlfriend (!) was pissed that we can no longer pay a monthly fee to get an unlimited feed - SHE actually called and bitched at the DIRECT sales guy!:-O Luckily I had recorded a bunch with my Replay and now have it all on DVD:-P Skinamax stuff is crappy.
P.S. For those interested in extraction or hacking a TIVO Series2 as I've done you will want Sleeper's ISO offered on Dealdatabase.com where talk of video extraction is ENCOURAGED unlike the crappy Tivo "community" forum run by the TIVO Gestapo...
AEM makes drop in replacement ECUs for many different cars. http://www.aempower.com They're cheaper and have as many features if not more. Things you pay BUX for with MOTEC (including support) are standard with the AEM boxes. I have been running one for two years on a turbo Supra and am really happy with it. You can even goto http://www.Gauge-Tech.com and get a nice standalone display for the AEM EMS. A friend makes those and I've got one of his latest boxes, very cool to see realtime MPG, HP, Trq, and other things!
All in all MOTEC is overrated unless you REALLY need the potted ECU and Mil-Spec connectors or have more money than you know what to do with...
Actually to me th question becomes - what can it do OTHER than uncapping? Are there any legit uses for this? The article mentions the possibility of firewall and NAT but that's not yet done. What else does it do NOW?
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AMD is putting the NX processor command into it's low end CPUs, I didn't see any mention of this in the article. Does anyone know if Intel is following suit with it's low end CPUs? Anyone tested the effectiveness of the NX command on an AMD CPU with Linux or the beta SP for XP? IMO if it's as good at stopping overflows as claimed this could provide a competitive edge to the company that has it if the other doesn't....
In my case Knoppix-STD has been awesome! It's allowed me to play with wireless security tools that I had previously had a bitch of a time trying to configure in a standard Linux Distro. No driver fiddling, no recompiling, no patches, no hair pulling! i fire up Knoppix-STD, plug ni my Lucent card, run an applet to configure my wireless, and away I go with Kismet, Airsnort, Wallenreiter (sp?), Airtraf, and other tools like Ethereal. Knoppix has allowed me, a Windows user, to experience and get accustomed to Linux without having to worry about hosing a drive or sweating arcane drivers issues. If I screw something up or get lost I can simply reboot and be back to square one with no damage done. as soon as I figure out how to mount a USB FOB and install my own apps on it etc. I'll be well on my way to moving a Linux partition onto my HD full time :-)
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IMO, Knoppix provides a terrific way to introduce people to Linux. You can also use it to (more) securely surf on strange computers if you want. I see someone has linked to soemthing called Gnoppix below this - I'll be checking that out next! Live Distros rock!
Not mentioned in the article but I know AMD has announced it's coming out with a low end CPU (Duron replacement) that supports the No Execute command - is this the one? If so that was fast! Has Intel said anything about doing the same with their P4 series or Celeron CPUs? I know that Intel does it or will do it with their 64bit stuff but I'm curious about more Joe User consumer level CPUs. AMD is doing it with their 64bit CPU too so it looks like Intel may have to follow them on again.
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Along those lines - anyone tested this functionality? How effective is the NX going to be - is it all hoopla and wishful thinking? Does the beta SP2 for XP carry the code to support the NX stuff so that it can at least be tested for effectiveness?
News.com reported Linux will have this before MSFT (lol) but I'm really wondering just how many of the exploits out there this will stop...
Okay, so maybe OT but if this CPU command really is effective having low cost CPUs supporting it could really help things. Heh and being an AMD stock holder I'd love to see them beat Intel up on this
Cute, my lengthy response was just lost :-( Fool me once...
:-) If nothing it's a challenge and something new to learn about which I enjoy....
What to look for on the gauge that I use and on another has been the subject of much debate. An engineer who has designed one of the W/Bs in question has told us to shoot for stoich or 14.7:1 unless I've misunderstood him. How it would correct I'm not sure but in any case I can read down to 9:1 if I must.
Unfortunatly E85 hasn't made much penetration here or I'd certainly be willing to try running it. My injectors ought to handle it so long as the additional volume isn't too great, my injector O-rings wouldn't though. Swapping out injectors and O-rings would be a small price to pay for the higher octane and lower cost although I'm sure I'd use it in grater quantities. The rail is my primary concern, I'm not sure it's anodized but that's nothing a bucket of acid and a battery couldn't fix.
I can understand not wishing to replace and reprogram an EMS if it's what you do for a living. However these days to wring out performance you're forced to either reprogram or toss the OEM computer. Since my OEM computer was pushing 10 years old it's not flash programmable like many of newer OBD-II models. It's been cracked by a few but non-specific soldered chip upgrades leave me pretty cold. I was also not interested in retaining the restrictive Toyota MAF. I'd have likely maxed it out in any case, I may try a hot wire MAF later though just for kicks. MAF replacements like the HKS VPC are hacks and band-aiding my stock setup seemed like a poor idea at best.
So, here I am with a brand new computer that allows me MANY more functions than the stock one did and can be reprogrammed completely. I can understand that this wouldn't be fun for you but for me it's a break from my job and different enough to be fun.
No actually it wouldn't be that hard - I run a standalone EMS made by AEM on my car. Any retuning for the E85 would be done by the same guy that tuned it in the first place - me :-) My lines are already Teflon lined, my OEM tank plastic, my FPR anodized. I think that leaves my rail (might be anodized) and my injector O-rings.
Hrm, a nit - no firmware in the injectors, only in the computer running the show and in my case it's fully programmable. Not all cars run MAF either, mine is currently speed density which I prefer.
My W/B is also compatible and it will sense oxygen just as it always has - stoich doesn't change and oxygen doesn't come from the fuel. Why the oxygen sensor will still read correctly is complicated but the short answer I've been given is that my W/B (and most others actually) read Lambda and convert to A/F. Lambda for Meth is apparently the same for gas or somesuch. The engineers who imparted this knew better than I having done it so I asked few questions about it.
So yeah, I do know what's involved for the most part and am prepared to switch should an E85 station ever happen to open up near me. My biggest problem would probably be tank capacity and possibly injector capacity. However when I swap a ported head on I'm moving up to 6x 83lb injectors just to make sure I've got capacity to spare. I'm likely to begin maxing out the 72s I have now before too long and certainly if I go race gas and turn the boost way up...
More info on the EMS can be found at www.aempower.com in their forums if you or others are interested.
I'd love to use this stuff. High octane and cheaper! The only thing my fuel system would require to run this is an anodized fuel rail (can do myself) and some different O-rings on my injectors. Unfortunatly in my area (northern VA) there is only ONE station that sells it. WTF?! This stuff ought to be everywhere in an urban area and we only have one station? That sux! I drive a high performance car that could benefit from the octane and I'd love the lower cost. The more frequent tank fillups would suck but I could deal with that.
Right now they're using what, Turkey poo? How about all of the chicken poop that has to be disposed of so carefully to prevent runoff? Same with cow poo. How about the grass clippings that are disposed of in so many urban areas? We have recycling programs in many areas now (mine takes grass clippings BTW), would it be so hard for people to seperate out things like bannana peels into a 3rd container? There are bound to be TONS of different industries that could feed these plants instead of having to pay to send their waste to a dump somewhere.
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Not having enough waste to feed these plants is a problem I'd personally LIKE to see us have!
Nah, this is an easy one. Which one will fit in my Shuttle and NOT require a small nuclear reactor to run? My office is hot enough thanks, NVIDIA loses this round - again.
A shame that's not got a nice way of displaying the images without first storing them - ick! It's on his dev list though so there's hope. Now, if Knoppix would just incorporate Driftnet we'd be set! :-)
Session reconstruction, filtering, blah blah. Yes, Ethereal and Tethereal rock but I've had no end of fun seeing what people are up to on networks using IRIS. It's not cheap but it used to be and I've got an older version from WAAAY back that still works well. WIN32 based.h tml
http://eeye.com/html/Products/Iris/index.
Let's not forget SUPPORT. These guys are buying, building, packaging, and shipping this device. They are also providing a warranty, some form of support, and at some point they want to be able to eat. In fact they would probably like to live somewhat comfortably as opposed to just eating and their employees probably feel about the same way. Who's guide service does it use - are they also paying for that and it's attendant bandwidth too? Is there a subscription fee for that service or not? If they point to it they pay for it somehow so that's a cost as well. If they don't have commited guide service and it goes away they have to deal with a bunch of angry customers so one way or another it's a cost to them.
Seems to me that they're doing this "right" so far as the GPL is concerned and they even spell out in their warranty what they feel is okay and not with regards to modifying the software. They haven't completely hacked out the ability to skip commercials either, just sort of turned it off in a way a smart consumer could turn it back on.
Frankly - this sounds alot like a damned nice ReplayTV replacement if the guide service is available. for awhile now I've used a Replay and now a DirecTIVO but have heard of MythTV. I have never set one up though as I simply didn't want the hassle - with a box like this being built in a SMART fashion many people such as myself could purchase it and get interested in MythTV development. Heck, with a sort of "standard" hardware platform out there the MythTV project could develop all sorts of interesting features geared toward it and these guys might even make enough dough to be able to help support that! they are apparenty WELL aware of the GPL and it looks like they tried to honor it, is there any reason to think they wouldn't be willing to support the project in turn if they manage to make some decent money here?
Isn't this sort of the way everyone would like to see good Open Source projects go? Personally this sounds really cool to me - if it were on a DIRECT box somehow or maybe a cable receiver with two tuners I'd be interested in purchasing one!
First of all - FEW DVD are $10 where I'm at - $20 is more the norm. Is a DVD of content wish to listen to worth that? Yup, I've purchased more than 300 of them to prove it. Now, is a CD that's 99% TRASH worth that SAME amount? Nope! I have plenty of MP3 from old CDs and from friends. I purchase songs from iTunes occasionlly and will once in awhile buy compilations and "best of" CDs. For the most part the RIAA can piss off so far as I'm concerned - the motion picture guys are doing a little better in my book. when they decide to break compaability with my current player, change to a different encryption scheme, or succeed in screwing up the HDTV standard (it's coming) then I will cease and they too can piss off.
P2P isn't about just trading feature movies despite what these bozos would have the legislature believe. I know more than a few people who use it to get free amatuer p0rn clips, race videos, and other USER made stuff - they have NEVER gotten an MP3 from P2P. Why should they be penalized?
The heart of this matter - despite everyone turning this into an RIAA debate - is that a member of the Motion Picture trade association appears to be helping AUTHOR documents for a legislative office. If this were a gun manufacturer or P0RN industry executive would we be a little more incentivized to talk about the REAL issue here perhaps? These people have NO business attempting to shape legislation in this manner - why is everyone debating P2P when that is NOT the issue here?
Umm, I had no ballz?! WTF are you talking about? I got pissed off at DISH's approach 5 months ago and dropped them ENTIRELY for DIRECT. It had nothing to do with packages and EVERYTHING to do with hardware and policies. I'm sorry if your pop-psych transference concerning "bitching" didn't stick. Perhaps you should examine your own feelings of frustration? I'm quite happy with what I get from DIRECT overall and my TIVO even more so...
WEP on an AP also makes it crystal clear that you're not expecting "visitors" so any legal proceedings later on are much more likely to bear fruit. Kind of hard for someone to say they just "stumbled" upon your network when the network is encrypted by default and requires effort to access...
I can't recomend a specific model but from what I've read on Dealdatabase all of the S2 models are equally easy to do. The key for me was to use "Sleeper's ISO" and to make sure I had a USB2 NIC that was specifically supported by his script. The one I used was a DLink model and it seems VERY reliable. Monte is indeed what's used to get around the anti-hack code and there's now yet another way to unscramble the video on the S2 models too - not sure it's been incorporated into Sleeper's code. The new method makes moving video among various TIVO pretty easy it would seem but since I've got just the one TIVO and can do extraction I don't sweat it.
;-) They have a forum just for S2 hacking, just for DIRECTIVO hacking, and for Video Extraction. If you read, read, and read some more you will get ALL of your questions answered.
The key is Dealdatabase.com/forum - that is a TERRIFIC resource even if some of the people are less than patient with N00bs
I did this before my purchase and in the end my hack job on the TIVO was cake to do and pretty much uneventful. If you're into Linux it will be even easier, Linux isn't my native OS but this hack was cake...
Odd, I get just as many channels with DTV now as I did with DISH. I don't get their sports network either. My cost per month is almost exactly the same with the savings being becasue I no longer pay per month for a P0RN channel - DTV doesn't have monthly subs for those :-( What I DO get that I could NOT get on DISH is TIVO. IMO it was a worthwhile switch and it was NOT because of this VIACOM tiff either....
No, it's their own home brewed PVR with FAR more bugs than TIVO, no Season Pass functionality, no video extraction ability unless you pull the drive from the case, and overall a poorer feature set. TIVO isn't synonomous with DVR\PVR but it IS a DVR\PVR....
Good information! However functionality wise the DISH DVRs are nowhere near as feature complete IMO. Season Pass for one thing is VERY nice on TIVO. The abiloity to do video extraction without removing the HD is also VERY nice and can be easily done on a DIRECTIVO. The 5series DISH DVRs have had some serious bugs, the 721 supposedly cannot deconflict recordings between it's two tuners - this must be done manually by the user. The 921 (that right?) is hard as heck to get, costs a grand, and has it's Firewire ports disabled currently. DIRECT S2s have disabled USB2 ports too but they're easily enabled. DISH has higher capacity machines out of the box, DIRECT is DIRT simple to upgrade and has more mature software. I've "rebooted" my DIRECTIVO once in 3 months, some 5 series owners were reporting that they rebooted DAILY to retain functionality. DISH has terrific P0RN offerings, DIRECT has sports - I'd prefer P0RN personally. :-)
After reading the horror stories on the 5 series DVRs, seeing the reports the 721 couldn't deconflict it's tuners, and nearly fainting at the $1K pricetag of the 921 I spent $99 and went DIRECT. Yeah, as a new DISH subscriber they offer free DVRs but as a current DISH user I'd have gotten boned for new hardware or sold older hardware that was on it's way out (again). I NEVER had a problem with DISH service but it burned me I couldn't get a DVR that allowed extraction or the features I desired so I switched. I'd consider going back if they fixed those problems and I applaude their stand against VIACOM. Just don't ask me to weep at them being forced to take package deals on channels - we ALL suffer that from the various SAT and cable companies.
Charlie is whining because he's being forced to take content he doesn't want?! Cry me a river Charlie - I didn't want about half the crap I was forced to take when I had DISH too. You want sympathy?! Tell me they are trying to charge too much, tell me they are making other unreasonable demands, tell me anything but "I'm being forced to take channels I don't want" and I'll feel for him...
The ONLY feature the SA boxes have that a DIRECTIVO owner might want is the ability to do folders in the recorded shows listing. Newer code has already been hacked onto DIRECTIVOs which is why the image servers got nailed by TIVO. The HMO functionality can be hacked into the DIRECT boxes via code out there that duplicates the functionality and some have probably figured out how to get HMO working on the DIRECT boxes but aren't talking about it because it's service theft. HMO is NOT a good reason to go SA, dual tuners and the ability to watch something already recorded while BOTH tuners are recording IS a good reason to go DIRECTIVO...
I'll take an S2 over an S1 any day of the week! Head over to Dealdatabase.com and read a clue. I can do extraction via a 100meg USB NIC just as easily now as I could with my Replay. You do NOT have to pull the drive from a DIRECTIVO to do extraction, I get it over the network easily! The "scramble" crap that DIRECT insisted on is easily defeated using one of three different (software) methods detailed on dealdatabse.com. In fact Sleeper's ISO does it ALL for you step by step and even shows you the commandlines it runs before making each step (backup, restore, Monte, and hacks). Backup and hacking of a DIRECTIVO S2 is DIRT simple!
I'd LOVE to hear what exactly an S1 can do that an S2 cannot. I have console access, a WEB server running, FTP, Telnet, 2x 120Gigs worth of space, an off the shelf USB NIC, I could run wireless sans WEP if I wanted, and I get my guide updates via satellite. Oh, and my MPEG compression is better since DIRECTIVO don't recompress. Te video extracted from my DIRECTIVO is more compliant than my Replay box's video ever was too...
Reviews I read on the 721 stated that it wouldn't deconflict between the two tuners so if you had two things that needed to be recorded at the same time you had to assign tuners yourself - no thanks. Getting video out of the 721 to DVD takes removing the drive from the box and mounting it on a PC - that SUX.
The 921 is the box I wanted - they pushed it's release back an additional 6 months right around Christmas. There might be one or two running around on the streets but so far as I could tell mere mortals couldn't get them and they cost a GRAND. DISH seldom does hardware deals for current subscribers unless it was old crap they wanted to clear off the shelves. DISH can call me when they get a clue and license TIVO or Replay code for their boxes. They have yet to release a DVR that hasn't had bugs up the wazoo.
As to the 921 getting Firewire - why was it "released" (*cough*) with this disabled in the first place?! It was held back an entire year, is released in "limited quantities", costs a mint, and has crippled features - why exactly would I go DISH to have that? HD would sure be nice but considering the investment it requires and the baggage that the "content producers" are going to stick in it I'll wait thanks. I like my hacked DIRECTIVO just fine, I left DISH because of their stupidity over DVRs and the only thing I miss was the decent P0RN offerings...
the DISH PVR offerings suck. Read the forums - bug after bug after lost show(s!). They have single tuners, I tried a Replay and felt the pain of a single tuner but at least with the Replay I could pull the video off the system without removing the drive ala DISH. DISH used to let me get East and West coast locals so I could time shift without a second tuner but they stopped that, a single tuner wasn't going to cut it. Sure, DISH has some dual tuner PVR, one that I'm sure of, but it will NOT deconflict between the two tuners if you schedule two things to be recorded at once - you must do it yourself! (this from a review of the box when it was released) Season Pass? DISH never heard of it. Video Extraction? Pull the drive to do it with a DISH system. Network connection for streaming? Nope, cannot do it. I was about to purchase the new super duper duel tuner DISH PVR that could handle HDTV and everything else - DISH pushed it's release back another 6 months. It was already a year late. They revealed that it wouldn't be feature complete on release. I switched to DIRECT after more than 5 years as a DISH customer as a result of this news. Oh, they said they will waive my "reconnect fee" (?!) if I switch back since I was such a longtime customer. Puhlease!
:-O Luckily I had recorded a bunch with my Replay and now have it all on DVD :-P Skinamax stuff is crappy.
I have a DIRECTIVO now. It has two 120+Gig drives with over 200 hours of capacity. It has a USB 100meg network connection that allows me to pull fairly compliant MPEG video (unscrambled) pretty easily. I can customize the graphics if I choose. It has a WEB server on it that allows me to monitor it's status. I can Telnet into it to do maintenance or make changes, I can also watch for errors as it boots on a console terminal. It won't skip commercials but my Replay couldn't do that anymore on many channels anyway. I DO have a 30second skip that works great for getting past commercials. The TIVO will also record shows it think I might like - often I don't want them but I can delete content easily enough.
My ONE complaint with the TIVO is the SLOW ass CPU. With this much data being recorded it can take forever to bring up a list of recorded shows . Oh, and yes I've hacked the snot out of my DIRECTIVO box, most of this simply cannot be done with the DISH PVR. Too bad DISH keeps developing their own crap, they should have bought Replay or licensed TIVO!
DISH has one single solitary advantage - P0RN. DIRECT needs to get a clue, DISH is MUCH better for P0RN and my girlfriend (!) was pissed that we can no longer pay a monthly fee to get an unlimited feed - SHE actually called and bitched at the DIRECT sales guy!
P.S. For those interested in extraction or hacking a TIVO Series2 as I've done you will want Sleeper's ISO offered on Dealdatabase.com where talk of video extraction is ENCOURAGED unlike the crappy Tivo "community" forum run by the TIVO Gestapo...
AEM makes drop in replacement ECUs for many different cars. http://www.aempower.com They're cheaper and have as many features if not more. Things you pay BUX for with MOTEC (including support) are standard with the AEM boxes. I have been running one for two years on a turbo Supra and am really happy with it. You can even goto http://www.Gauge-Tech.com and get a nice standalone display for the AEM EMS. A friend makes those and I've got one of his latest boxes, very cool to see realtime MPG, HP, Trq, and other things!
All in all MOTEC is overrated unless you REALLY need the potted ECU and Mil-Spec connectors or have more money than you know what to do with...
Actually to me th question becomes - what can it do OTHER than uncapping? Are there any legit uses for this? The article mentions the possibility of firewall and NAT but that's not yet done. What else does it do NOW?