My PVR is a mini-itx system built into a $5.99 K-Mart toolbox. I use an ATI TV Wonder VE card under Windows 2000. It works great. Not as flexible as a Tivo, but I like it.
And my "Tivo" plays DVD's, rips DVD's, plays games, surfs the web...
I was at a conference in Chicago in 2002. They rented D&B for the night, set up buffets everywhere, had free drinks and gave everyone a loaded up card.
Buy a Tapwave Zodiac, then purchase and install NesEm for $19.99. You can play 300+ NES games (more being added) on a superb 480x320 screen with an analog controller and stereo sound.
You can get a nice Game Gear/SMS emulator from Kalemsoft, too.
There are: watches with simple computer functions, watches with atomic clock radio recievers, watches with digital cameras, watches with IR remotes, watches with calculator/basic PIM functions, watches that run on Mars time and pager watches.
About as likely as dumping a glass of water in the ocean, waiting a month, then scooping out the exact same water molecules, on the other side of the world. Possible, but highly fscking unlikely.
Hitting the backbone costs and costs big. Use of the local servers is a fixed cost. The servers get refreshed whether anyone makes use of them or not.
The ISP gets billed by the MB for backbone use.
You cannot possibly think that only your "internet" traffic is costly. Oh wait, you just said precisely that.
Oh wait, no I didn't. Read my post again, slowly this time. I implied use of local USENET servers is cheaper for the ISP than use of the bacbone. Which it is...
Well AC, I would assume that most working folks go to bed around 10-11. So by grabbing my "Art Films" late at night, I should be slowing down the least amount of people. I don't care how slow it is overnight. I start the program and go to bed.
I think about 95% of my downloads are from the local USENET servers. This traffic does not hit the backbone AT ALL (other than server refreshes, which happen anyway). Since most of my traffic is from their local servers, I'm only causing the neighborhood loop to slow down. I kick off my news harvester at bedtime (11:30PM), so this should cause the neighbors no grief.
Bandwidth limitations should only apply to backbone use, not local server use.
But Dog only knows, that is to complicated for TW...
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My PVR is a mini-itx system built into a $5.99 K-Mart toolbox. I use an ATI TV Wonder VE card under Windows 2000. It works great. Not as flexible as a Tivo, but I like it.
And my "Tivo" plays DVD's, rips DVD's, plays games, surfs the web...
Jeebus, why would anyone PAY for a M$ product?
AND we LIKED it!
D&B rocks!
I was at a conference in Chicago in 2002. They rented D&B for the night, set up buffets everywhere, had free drinks and gave everyone a loaded up card.
Eat, drink and play all night!
There's an even BETTERER way!
Buy a Tapwave Zodiac, then purchase and install NesEm for $19.99. You can play 300+ NES games (more being added) on a superb 480x320 screen with an analog controller and stereo sound.
You can get a nice Game Gear/SMS emulator from Kalemsoft, too.
I own a Tapwave Zodiac. There is no cooler PDA.
It's a bitch to strap to my arm, though...
What are some of the current great geek watches?
There are: watches with simple computer functions, watches with atomic clock radio recievers, watches with digital cameras, watches with IR remotes, watches with calculator/basic PIM functions, watches that run on Mars time and pager watches.
Any others? What is your fav?
Bastard! You mad coffee come out my nose!
Geek's Not Unix?
I saw a display of early clocks in the British Museum a while back. Talk about a geek wet dream...
In the same, unique file format?
About as likely as dumping a glass of water in the ocean, waiting a month, then scooping out the exact same water molecules, on the other side of the world. Possible, but highly fscking unlikely.
Some other ideas: If you can reassemble the part, try making a mold and making a new epoxy part.
First, you may need to make one of these. You can make your own lego parts, too.
Sony Vaio celeron
Sony Vaio F150 with missing battery door:
Sony parts: $25 for plastic lid
$25 little wire that holds on lid
My Fix: $0.0000001 for duct tape to hold battery in
Selling laptop with duct tape for more than I gave for it: Priceless!
Uhh, you don't lick a lego?
"Brain"? I thought it was a booger.
They need a box of gears, ball joints and "universal pins" you can buy.
Or just rob your son of all his and strip out the parts...
Have you tried them out? Sure you can build one following the directions, but you can also use the parts to build lots of wild stuff.
My boys are nuts over them too. I was bored over xmas holiday and started taking them apart and building new things.
They are actually fun to mess with. I just wish they included some extra connectors, cogs and "univeral pins".
...think he got laid?
Hitting the backbone costs and costs big. Use of the local servers is a fixed cost. The servers get refreshed whether anyone makes use of them or not.
The ISP gets billed by the MB for backbone use.
You cannot possibly think that only your "internet" traffic is costly. Oh wait, you just said precisely that.
Oh wait, no I didn't. Read my post again, slowly this time. I implied use of local USENET servers is cheaper for the ISP than use of the bacbone. Which it is...
Well AC, I would assume that most working folks go to bed around 10-11. So by grabbing my "Art Films" late at night, I should be slowing down the least amount of people. I don't care how slow it is overnight. I start the program and go to bed.
And the crappy network is *ALWAYS* slow.
It's RoadRunner, in Memphis. Seems pretty fast to not be local. Well, as fast a RR ever gets...
I think about 95% of my downloads are from the local USENET servers. This traffic does not hit the backbone AT ALL (other than server refreshes, which happen anyway). Since most of my traffic is from their local servers, I'm only causing the neighborhood loop to slow down. I kick off my news harvester at bedtime (11:30PM), so this should cause the neighbors no grief.
Bandwidth limitations should only apply to backbone use, not local server use.
But Dog only knows, that is to complicated for TW...
Oh, that's bull.
As the creator of the internet, Al was able to use the web to change the numbers in the tally computers.
He's an EE-VIL genius, you see. EE-VIL, but no charisma. Not a bit.
And he's backing Dean. So Howard is just his puppet. Controlled by the internet. Which Al created.
See?
A 40GB, 1.5" drive?
Damn, I'm getting a chub...
The marketing power of Apple?
Isn't that kind of like the charisma of Al Gore?