Not only MythTV users, but people like me using a Replay TV in countries such as Canada are now SOL as well. This sucks, I hope a alternative I can pay for shows up soon.
From the article: "Technology Review: Name the coolest and lamest programs ever written in C++, and say what worked and didn't work. Bjarne Stroustrup: Google! Can you even remember the world before Google? (It was only five years ago, after all.)
OK, I really try not to be elitist/whatever but this one kind of bugs me. Google has been around, and part of (mostly) popular culture for more than 5 years. And I would imagine that a decent amount of people actually do remember the days before Google. Writing like that is just lazy.
Well put, people don't seem to realize that value behind goods and the cost of purchasing them are two different things you should look at before buying something.
It would primarily be used to outdoor survivalists/military (I'd think), but I thought of a small compass implanted in the back of a persons neck. Something very very subtle so that a person could just slightly percieve the direction of magnetic north. Personally I can't wait till there are a bunch of usefull body modifications, I never understood jabbing steel into your arm (or worse) but I'd totally get a implant that performed a usefull task.
Well I can guess that part of the reason things are more expensive there is that the whole provence has a population less than the city of Calgary. Someone has to foot the bill to run coper to every farm and house in the middle of no where. At one point I worked for a major CLEC and we had the central Canadian sales reps constantly begging for us to put a switch into Sask, and we had to deny them just based on the fact that it was not feasable using traditional TDM/POTS to provide service there. In sparsely populated areas you pretty much have to rely on crown corps to provide service at even a close to decent rate, unless you're willing to pay the standard crtc/stentor backhaul charges for a T1 from Calgary to Regina.
Steam is to Valve as Quicken (with DRM) is to Intuit. I've stopped using both.
I have to agree with you there. I was a loyal QuickTax user for as long as I can remember the product existing (I think 1993?). Then in the spring of 2003 (tax time) I moved cities and I don't know how, but the movers totally killed my pc and I had to get a new motherboard. Well that happened to also be the first year that Intuit put into effect their online forced activation of their software and although I had done most of my taxes before the move I was SOL until intuit decided to let me re-install on my new pc.
The worst part is that they made me feel like a thief the entire time I was trying to get my new copy re-activated (I didn't even bother with reactivating quicken at this point) several of the CSR agents I spoke with were extremely rude and were continually hinting that they thought I was a pir8. I had friends who had downloaded cracked versions and were able to print their returns, while I was left staring at 10 boxes/years of supporting Intuit and no tax software.
After a whole bunch of hassle I finally got my copy re-activated, and I told the guy on the phone that I would never purchase one of their products again, and I would make it a side mission to ensure that no one I know ever buys their products again either. Both years now I've either gotten a random telemarketing call from them or some piece of direct mail offering me great deals on their software (yadda yadda yadda), and each time I've called them up, told them the story, and asked to be removed from their lists.
I feel the same way about steam, even though the only real trouble I had was installing and playing the game on release day. I took the day off of work, bought my copy, and then spent 6 hours waiting to be able to play the game that I had just bought. The pirates always find a way around these things, and they wind up screwing over the legal user trying to protect themselves from the evil thieves.
Just like with Intuit, I'm going to vote with my wallet and with my voice. I'll never purchase a steam game again and I'll do all that I can to convince my friends and family to do the same. HL2 was fun, but it wasn't worth all the hassle that went with it, and the future problems that could come out of a steam platform game.
I am a 'Neilson household', and a DirecTiVo user. Neilson contacted me/because/ I was a DirecTiVo user.
Alton Brown (Good Eats and Iron Chef) and BSG will get my nod (in the form of season passes, and triple-thumbs-up)
Allthough I disagree with your choice of Iron Chef, I have to salute you with Good Eats. He makes me think of Bill Nye(sp?) the science guy except for food.
is 'thereisalotofwifihere' since from my couch I can see 15 other AP's on a good day and 5-7 on a quiet day. A few months ago I noticed a new AP in my building 'youknowit' and most recently 'yeaitssilly'.
From what I understand, if you uninstall Half-Life 2 after activating it on Steam, then install off of Steam, you won't have to use your media anymore.
Nope, not that I've seen. I bought the game on CD and then at work though, "hey how cool I'll download via steam and try playing during downtime". After the 3+GB of downloads were done, and I tried to launch the game, it still asked me to insert the game disc. I think I'll just make a image with alcohol 120% on my laptop then transfer it over to the work machine.
ohhh you poor poor bastard. I spent 5 years living in Hellberta, before returning "home" to Vancouver and that was bad enought for me. Prarie living is not for the faint of heart. Here's hoping you get out soon.
I'm in the middle learning Spanish and it's been working out quite well for the wife and I. I guess that airport kiosk at Regan International has paid off:>
I have to agree that it's a decent enough magazine. It's one of the few mags out there that isn't filled with glowing product reviews that were written by the companies marketing department. I like it when I can actually read a review on something that calls crap for what it is. Besides the reviews the HardHat section is pretty good as well, even if it can be a little brief.
Microsoft Exchange Server
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Very few large organizations use Exchange as the external MTA. I've spent the last year and a bit doing anti-spam projects for large companies (10k users to 500k users) and while they do use notes or exchange on the internal network, it's almost always Sendmail or Postfix at the gateway. Of the 60+ companies I dealt with last year I can think of only one largeish company that actually used exchange as the external MTA, and they were extremely anxious to move away from having to support that many internet facing boxes.
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even though ICBC (the socialized insurance scam)
Don't complain too much about ICBC or you'll wind up with a system like Alberta (I just escaped from 5 years there). When I first moved to that provence they wanted 4-5k/yr for simple car insurance. They based this on the fact that I was a white, unmarried male who was under 25. They did not take into account the fact that I had never had an accident, never had a speeding ticket, and never had a parking ticket. That really made me wish I was back in BC paying ICBC:>
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wow, sweet... Do you have any more info on this guy? I just moved here and I'd love to be in line on day one.
That way they'll have complete control over who watches what... Just ask Direct TV or Dishnetwork about how much security smartcards can provide. All this will do is create a whole bunch of hassle for the consumer and the hardware vendors as they deal with broken cards, and scratched contacts.
Nothing in the world makes people do more insane and idiotic things, then the belief that their invisible man in the sky is more right and valid then your invisible man in the sky...
Heh I like that one, it might just become a.sig on a few e-mail accounts.
IPSEC over cheap connections works fine until you have a setup that cannot go down. I did some consulting for a company that had 5+ tills in 9 locations. If the connection went down, the tills didn't function, and they might as well close the doors and kick everyone out. 56k Frame Relay was more expensive than a bunch of cable modems and OBSD boxes, but the fact that he didn't have to put a AS/400, an admin at each location, and could centralize his costs made up for it.
One last note, don't mistake carriers for service providers. There may be lots of service providers to choose from but, when you look closer, you'll likely find that they are all simply reselling the services of one or two carriers.
I have to second this opinion, in the past I've had good luck with Sprints IP and Frame service in both the US and in Canada. You will want to avoid the little guys like GT and even my arch enemy MTS. Another important thing to consider is the after sale support your account gets, how you get treated once the money is in their pocket can change drastically. I found the Sprint Canada folk to be a hell of a lot more responsive and helpful than either team from Bell or Telus.
I use the nvrec tools (specifically DIVX4rec) to record tvshows into divx4 without a problem on a PIII 833. I had a fair amount of problems until I moved to the Video 4 Linux 2 API which is leaps and bounds better for what I use it for. I would like to mention though that recent versions of the nvrec tools were causeing quite a bit of interlacing problems for me, so I've gone back to the end of may snapshots. I've never had a sound synch problem before, are you using v4l2 or v4l?
I purchased the original 6GB NJB, and although it does work well as a MP3 player there are a lot of bugs that Creative will probably never fix. Some of these bugs sound simple to correct (eg. no line wrap on long song titles), but I now suspect that firmware development for the first NJB is done (last update sometime last year). I'm not sure when I will learn my lesson and stop buying creative products. They used to be a really great company and I have bought thousands of dollars worth of their products over the years (from several of the original soundblasters all the way to Live5.1 bla bla bla's, video cards, you name it). In the past few years I've just started to feel like support beyond their latest gizmo is not a priority for them. Oh well my next MP3 player purchase is a few months away so we'll see how the reviews are....
I've never owned one of these things, but a company called Exit Consulting claim to make a GPS clock accurate to a millionth of a second. Suprisingly enough the URL for their product is http://www.gpsclock.com/:> The price is about $380usd for a unit (some assembly required), and they provide everything you need to get this running as a Stratum 1 NTP server.
Not to nitpick, but if IIRC Hockey was invented in the US. I also seem to remember something about Basketball being invented in Canada (remember those little Canada Post "Our history commercials), but I could be wrong.
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Awesome, thank you! I don't mind $5/mo for listings.
Not only MythTV users, but people like me using a Replay TV in countries such as Canada are now SOL as well. This sucks, I hope a alternative I can pay for shows up soon.
OK, I really try not to be elitist/whatever but this one kind of bugs me. Google has been around, and part of (mostly) popular culture for more than 5 years. And I would imagine that a decent amount of people actually do remember the days before Google. Writing like that is just lazy.
Well put, people don't seem to realize that value behind goods and the cost of purchasing them are two different things you should look at before buying something.
It would primarily be used to outdoor survivalists/military (I'd think), but I thought of a small compass implanted in the back of a persons neck. Something very very subtle so that a person could just slightly percieve the direction of magnetic north. Personally I can't wait till there are a bunch of usefull body modifications, I never understood jabbing steel into your arm (or worse) but I'd totally get a implant that performed a usefull task.
Well I can guess that part of the reason things are more expensive there is that the whole provence has a population less than the city of Calgary. Someone has to foot the bill to run coper to every farm and house in the middle of no where. At one point I worked for a major CLEC and we had the central Canadian sales reps constantly begging for us to put a switch into Sask, and we had to deny them just based on the fact that it was not feasable using traditional TDM/POTS to provide service there. In sparsely populated areas you pretty much have to rely on crown corps to provide service at even a close to decent rate, unless you're willing to pay the standard crtc/stentor backhaul charges for a T1 from Calgary to Regina.
I have to agree with you there. I was a loyal QuickTax user for as long as I can remember the product existing (I think 1993?). Then in the spring of 2003 (tax time) I moved cities and I don't know how, but the movers totally killed my pc and I had to get a new motherboard. Well that happened to also be the first year that Intuit put into effect their online forced activation of their software and although I had done most of my taxes before the move I was SOL until intuit decided to let me re-install on my new pc.
The worst part is that they made me feel like a thief the entire time I was trying to get my new copy re-activated (I didn't even bother with reactivating quicken at this point) several of the CSR agents I spoke with were extremely rude and were continually hinting that they thought I was a pir8. I had friends who had downloaded cracked versions and were able to print their returns, while I was left staring at 10 boxes/years of supporting Intuit and no tax software.
After a whole bunch of hassle I finally got my copy re-activated, and I told the guy on the phone that I would never purchase one of their products again, and I would make it a side mission to ensure that no one I know ever buys their products again either. Both years now I've either gotten a random telemarketing call from them or some piece of direct mail offering me great deals on their software (yadda yadda yadda), and each time I've called them up, told them the story, and asked to be removed from their lists.
I feel the same way about steam, even though the only real trouble I had was installing and playing the game on release day. I took the day off of work, bought my copy, and then spent 6 hours waiting to be able to play the game that I had just bought. The pirates always find a way around these things, and they wind up screwing over the legal user trying to protect themselves from the evil thieves.
Just like with Intuit, I'm going to vote with my wallet and with my voice. I'll never purchase a steam game again and I'll do all that I can to convince my friends and family to do the same. HL2 was fun, but it wasn't worth all the hassle that went with it, and the future problems that could come out of a steam platform game.
Wait a minute, Alton Brown is on Iron Chef now? Well that changes things :P I guess I'll have to ask my replaytv to record a few eps for me.
Alton Brown (Good Eats and Iron Chef) and BSG will get my nod (in the form of season passes, and triple-thumbs-up)
Allthough I disagree with your choice of Iron Chef, I have to salute you with Good Eats. He makes me think of Bill Nye(sp?) the science guy except for food.
is 'thereisalotofwifihere' since from my couch I can see 15 other AP's on a good day and 5-7 on a quiet day. A few months ago I noticed a new AP in my building 'youknowit' and most recently 'yeaitssilly'.
Nope, not that I've seen. I bought the game on CD and then at work though, "hey how cool I'll download via steam and try playing during downtime". After the 3+GB of downloads were done, and I tried to launch the game, it still asked me to insert the game disc. I think I'll just make a image with alcohol 120% on my laptop then transfer it over to the work machine.
ohhh you poor poor bastard. I spent 5 years living in Hellberta, before returning "home" to Vancouver and that was bad enought for me. Prarie living is not for the faint of heart. Here's hoping you get out soon.
I'm in the middle learning Spanish and it's been working out quite well for the wife and I. I guess that airport kiosk at Regan International has paid off :>
I have to agree that it's a decent enough magazine. It's one of the few mags out there that isn't filled with glowing product reviews that were written by the companies marketing department. I like it when I can actually read a review on something that calls crap for what it is. Besides the reviews the HardHat section is pretty good as well, even if it can be a little brief.
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Domain Name System
Very few large organizations use Exchange as the external MTA. I've spent the last year and a bit doing anti-spam projects for large companies (10k users to 500k users) and while they do use notes or exchange on the internal network, it's almost always Sendmail or Postfix at the gateway. Of the 60+ companies I dealt with last year I can think of only one largeish company that actually used exchange as the external MTA, and they were extremely anxious to move away from having to support that many internet facing boxes.
Don't complain too much about ICBC or you'll wind up with a system like Alberta (I just escaped from 5 years there). When I first moved to that provence they wanted 4-5k/yr for simple car insurance. They based this on the fact that I was a white, unmarried male who was under 25. They did not take into account the fact that I had never had an accident, never had a speeding ticket, and never had a parking ticket. That really made me wish I was back in BC paying ICBC :>
wow, sweet... Do you have any more info on this guy? I just moved here and I'd love to be in line on day one.
That way they'll have complete control over who watches what... Just ask Direct TV or Dishnetwork about how much security smartcards can provide. All this will do is create a whole bunch of hassle for the consumer and the hardware vendors as they deal with broken cards, and scratched contacts.
Heh I like that one, it might just become a .sig on a few e-mail accounts.
IPSEC over cheap connections works fine until you have a setup that cannot go down. I did some consulting for a company that had 5+ tills in 9 locations. If the connection went down, the tills didn't function, and they might as well close the doors and kick everyone out. 56k Frame Relay was more expensive than a bunch of cable modems and OBSD boxes, but the fact that he didn't have to put a AS/400, an admin at each location, and could centralize his costs made up for it.
I have to second this opinion, in the past I've had good luck with Sprints IP and Frame service in both the US and in Canada. You will want to avoid the little guys like GT and even my arch enemy MTS. Another important thing to consider is the after sale support your account gets, how you get treated once the money is in their pocket can change drastically. I found the Sprint Canada folk to be a hell of a lot more responsive and helpful than either team from Bell or Telus.
I use the nvrec tools (specifically DIVX4rec) to record tvshows into divx4 without a problem on a PIII 833. I had a fair amount of problems until I moved to the Video 4 Linux 2 API which is leaps and bounds better for what I use it for. I would like to mention though that recent versions of the nvrec tools were causeing quite a bit of interlacing problems for me, so I've gone back to the end of may snapshots. I've never had a sound synch problem before, are you using v4l2 or v4l?
I purchased the original 6GB NJB, and although it does work well as a MP3 player there are a lot of bugs that Creative will probably never fix. Some of these bugs sound simple to correct (eg. no line wrap on long song titles), but I now suspect that firmware development for the first NJB is done (last update sometime last year). I'm not sure when I will learn my lesson and stop buying creative products. They used to be a really great company and I have bought thousands of dollars worth of their products over the years (from several of the original soundblasters all the way to Live5.1 bla bla bla's, video cards, you name it). In the past few years I've just started to feel like support beyond their latest gizmo is not a priority for them. Oh well my next MP3 player purchase is a few months away so we'll see how the reviews are....
I've never owned one of these things, but a company called Exit Consulting claim to make a GPS clock accurate to a millionth of a second. Suprisingly enough the URL for their product is http://www.gpsclock.com/ :> The price is about $380usd for a unit (some assembly required), and they provide everything you need to get this running as a Stratum 1 NTP server.
Not to nitpick, but if IIRC Hockey was invented in the US. I also seem to remember something about Basketball being invented in Canada (remember those little Canada Post "Our history commercials), but I could be wrong.