Possibly the compression scheme, however I have found that quality doesn't suffer on the burned disc. It all matters in the quality of the item being recorded/transfered and at what depth and sound. Now, while I wouldn't use CD-RW to do that (I am lazy and would just watch on the computer unless it was an ACTUAL movie I was watching), the medium has nothing to do with the quality of the original copy/mpeg. Yes, if too much compression is ued for the sake of space, the quality of the image (and sound as it is what takes up the most space) will be sacrificed to fit "more" onto one disc. I have found that 45 minutes per CD-R gives me a High quality image, and while it is only 45 minutes, that is just enough to remove the commercials from the captured file.
Sorry, I would have to say this has ALREADY happened.
Where are the Manufacturing Jobs? Where has our "technology" taken us that we have to import the chips that are designed HERE from a foreign nation and pay THEM and their workers cash that as a nation we NEED.
America as a nation needs to stop playing "Police" for the world and take a look at our OWN economy. Sure, the guy says "Anything you can build" but we WOULD NOT have to pay other workers for that priviledge. We as a nation need to realize that there is only SO Much Crap we can BUY.
We need to go back to a more industrialized nation. It was INDUSTRY that lifted us out of the Depression. Industry, the ability to make the products, to hire the workers, to rebuild OUR economy, needs to start HERE. Not elsewhere. We can make it cheaper to build here, and the reason we HAVEN'T is because Corporations DON'T want to spend the money needed. Why should they when they can sell us the same product made elsewhere for the same price....and half the cost for them to manufacture?
America needs to wake up to the reality that we are NO LONGER A PRODUCING nation. We are just a "dirty cop" and even worse to the rest of the world.
Oops....I am writing this like it means anything.....nevermind.
Tom Cowles, who heads one of the world's largest bulk e-mail, or spam, businesses, ought to be a happy guy.
By his account, his company makes $12 million a year e-mailing billions of advertisements, mainly to folks who don't want them.
It's an easy job, the way Cowles and others describe it:
12 Million? I am in the wrong business. Amazing that there are actually that many stupid people in the world that these guys can make a living off of sending out crap....well, wait a minute....we have politicians who do the same....
I think a law needs to be established that if a person DOES NOT want to receive this garbage, they should not receive it. All these "so-called" businesses should HAVE to be registered and LEGITAMIZED to where there CAN be legal recourse. I know for a fact that I bounce hundreds of "Bad Spam Email" from my server, and that and the residue left from Nimda taxes what limited bandwidth I have.
(Insert Schoolhouse rock theme here) "You are right, there oughta be a LAW!"
I don't know if this has just become standard or not, but:
Most BIOS setups have a "turn me off" setting that is available and adjustable. I have all my machines set to 149 degrees, to shut down.
The system usually run around 85-95 degrees, unless I am doing something with them. They don't ever go above 125 (this is the CPU core temp I am referring to).
In the BIOS's of the machines, there is also a setting for if the CPU fan dies to shutdown.
Also, I have found several dozen "Heat Watchers" available on the 'Net that allow you to check the temperature.
Simple stuff if you know your machines are running hot.
And ask:
Wheres the cash and wheres the button?
We live in a lottery world. The only chance the "average" person has of hitting it "big" is to win the lottery. Thats what the Stock / Dot.BOMB situation reflected. Everyone went crazy and wanted to be millionaires. All by selling a product that the average consumer could not hold touch see or smell. All they could do was look.
So, I ask again....wheres the button?
There is no better satisfaction to the "true geek" than to build his own machine. Not only does it give you access and knowledge to the components that make up the device, but you are also the one you will be yelling at when something doesn't go properly.
I have 4 machines that I have built from ordering separate components from MultiWave, and have yet to be disappointed. Yes, I have had instances when something did not work, and I was able to get a replacement shipped THAT day.
You also prevent the "lock in" that all of these major builders try to commit your system to. When I purchased a Gateway AMD system, it was with an ATI Radeon card. As I recently found out, after a year, ATI discontinued this model...thereby shutting me off from any updated drivers. This would lead you to believe "Well, just replace the card" and while this is my first suggestion, I can't do that due to the Motherboard/Video Card combination they used was specific to this case, and specific to Gateway.
By building your own, you know the exact limitations and upgradability of YOUR system. That way, if something is "out of date" or you need more room, you can expand with the knowledge that YOU made that happen.
You need to add the Hardware Bible onto this list. It covers all aspects of anything to do with computers on the Hardware Level. It will give you not only the background and implementation, but also a view into what is available. Excellent resource IMHO.
If they are using MY equipment to store a video for My neighbor, or Jowe in Bumfumble Idaho, then YES, they should give me some sort of compensation. or did I NOT pay for the PVR system sitting in MY Living room Hooked to MY HDTV, in MY HOUSE?
Unless thats a new acronym for PPV. This quote in and of itself states:
"But if you want to watch the new Lord of the Rings next December, you'll need to reserve a copy from Comcast, which will download it to your living-room hard disk the night it's released with a key that lets you watch it a certain number of times."
Meaning I won't control what is being stored on MY system. Yet, they expect me to pay for what they are using to store it with. No, this is not what I would want as a consumer.
Why does it seem that My wallet is the ONLY reason these people want to give me ANYTHING? And why does it seem I am Supposed to sit back and be the Cash Cow for these outdated indutries?
Actually, the cost & shipping of the Mod chip($80USD),
the cost of the XBox itself ($199.00 USD),
the cost of time & effort to download the DIVx Files and burn them to CD($40/hr *3),
and the time to get it to work properly( Who knows?)...You have invested a lot into just getting the ability to play DiVX (which are LOW grade to begin with) on your TV. You would be much better served going out & buying a "cheap" DVD player and just converting to VCD.
I say that is a bit much just so I don't have to dea with an ISP. But, then, I still am aren't I? A "Bandwidth Broker". Only they will actually allow me to use my connection any way I see fit? Might have to look further into this en I hit the lottery and can afford that kind of outlay every month.
"If you have competition between platforms, consumers will be better off," says Randolph May, a communications policy expert with the Progress and Freedom Foundation. "The problem is that [regulation] impedes investment and new entrants to the market."
All this talk about Competition, when they are limiting how many players there are on the field. This same rhetoric has been spouted on so many things in the past, only for it to come down to "Monopolies are good for security and the well being of the economy".
Why CAN'T I have my own Pipe, and control access to it Myself? Why do I need an ISP, when all I want is a big fat connection with plenty of speed?
What is so wrong with Greed?> Making money is the American Way. It is a capitalist society. The Net became a big commercial. Sure, it USED to be something worthwhile. Until the corporations got a hold of it. Amazon was one of the original few that created most of the mess the Internet is today. That doesn't make GREED bad. Hell, I want MONEY. If you don't want yours, you can give it to me. So while you are hugging the tree I can buy and pay my bills.
You don't read much, or you don't follow the paranoid writings of some of the worlds greatest authors. Orwell gave a great definition of monitoring habits and likes/dislikes, albeit was a rather extreme (yet seems to be hitting the mark these days) with his 1984. Heinlein, Asimov, Gibson have all written the extremes of what "COULD" happen with just simple monitoring. Hell, these days they want to monitor what you watch, download, upload, e-mail, converse telephonically. All this to target a product to me that I more than likely already have or would NEVER use? No thanks. I like to keep random times and choices. I like to do my own research, rather than be spoon fed (force fed) TARGETED advertisements.
Ever watch the movie RED DAWN? The invaders (at the time were Russian/Cuban) located and eliminated all the gun owners by tracking their records. Now, just imagine a corporation doing this...
Wildcat 5 (don't know what it is called now...google would have it...) supports all that. Used to work in Technical support there. Hopefully it has gotten better as the years have rolled by. It tried to be so much to so many...yet failed in all attempts miserably.
I thought Spider-Man was great. A really cool movie to watch, over & over. I thought the latest installment in the "Star Wars" saga was horrible. I was asleep through the first hour, and only woke when the plot actually started to mean something. I was surprised that we didn't get some other lovable creature for Lucas to pander asd a "feature" character, but then I remembered that they had "clones".
Talk about life imitating art. I think Lucas forgot why he was telling the story, once he realized "People are buying my crap!".
Just reminds me of Steve Martin in "The Jerk" when he was the 'Guess Your Weight' guy and found out he was charging a dollar for about a nickel's worth of CRAP.
I use it. I pay for it. If they change the service level, and it is NOT something I find justified, I will find some other way. I only have broadband to enhance my work, my education, and my personal sense of being "online". I use it to the extent that I may be considered one of the 1% that uses 30% of the total.
My question is, when were limits initiated to where it was a BAD thing to actually use something you PAY for?
When did I become the "bad guy" for actually knowing HOW to fully tax my connection to the extent that it still takes me hours to download an ISO? Yes, I have 3 systems hooked up to a 768/128 connection. Because I CAN. Because I want to use that single connection for ALL my Internet usage, as I am told because I am a "home" user I cannot get more than one line in. I pay every month for my access. I don't use their Tech Support, nor the e-mail they say they provided me, nor the functions of any "ISP" system. I don't need it.
All I ever wanted was a way to connect to the Net. I have that. Not as fast as I would like, but I can only afford so much. Now they say I need to pay more for LESS? Not going to happen. EVER.
I may be able to "use any application" but am I going to be able to do everything I could with each separate application? If the boss wants to use Word instead of OO, am I going to know ALL the intricate areas for all the available options? If the Job app REQUIRES I know Word, Or Photoshop....and I don't know them but I know GiMP I will get the job? Then by your logic I should get ANY job because I can turn on a computer and type. i think not.
I would have to say...with this economy and all of these people scrambling for jobs, that something like this would not be an issue.
People need jobs, and if this is the case, then lets get these jobs filled. Not only would you be working in these times of economic strife, but to also be helping in the "cause"?!?
Heck, if the jobs were there, I would be applying myself. The problem seems to be that the school workers have become entrenched in the system, and are waiting for that guaranteed 8% retirement every cycle. Would you give up a job that regardless of what the rest of the world was doing, you were guaranteed 8% paid to your retirement EACH and every year?
Until these people (who are as inept as you say) can be replaced with people who know what they are doing, this is a moot point.
Where having labs that are running Linux are suitable, if the student is only expected to learn the principles of Web, E-Mail, and Network services. With the "free" software available, they should be able to conduct basic skills enhancement to HTML structures, e-mail configuration/administration, C++ coding skill sets, and just overall general computer use.
However, if they are learning the "Business" side of the systems, they will be sorely lacking in how to run MS based Windows applications, which apparently is what 90% of the computers in the world run.
I have to applaud the efforts of the schools themselves, being as I live in the area and do understand the needs of the schools (although I don't feel it is as bad as everyone says it is here), and I think saving money now and in the future is the best approach. As long as the curriculum meets the needs of the students in real world applications and approaches.
Linux will at least give the students opportunity to learn about computers, thereby negating the initial "fear" that most people still have. It is a good start, but until the industry itself changes, the course can only be considered "generic" in the sense that it is NOT teaching what is in the workplace nor what the industry is doing.
it may not be the best approach, but it is definitely a start.
This claim is worthless to me. The claim form says I need receipts. I handled my own system and the only thing I lost was time and access. Why would I bill myself for working on my own computer?
Yes, I used AOL at that time, because it was the only service in the area I was living in that would allow me access. The only connection available was dial up, as this was rural area. Did the connect to AOL work? Yes, but it also prevented me from dialing into my work and connecting to the local system there.
I guess it doesn't matter at this point. This suit only allows for people who willingly used the AOL service, yet did not know anything was wrong with their system. Funny how the only people who would be able to know something was wrong are the same persons being excluded (because they are able to provide their own solution).
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Actually, the cheapest bang for the buck is AMD.
I don't read German....but this looked funny..... Translation
Possibly the compression scheme, however I have found that quality doesn't suffer on the burned disc. It all matters in the quality of the item being recorded/transfered and at what depth and sound. Now, while I wouldn't use CD-RW to do that (I am lazy and would just watch on the computer unless it was an ACTUAL movie I was watching), the medium has nothing to do with the quality of the original copy/mpeg. Yes, if too much compression is ued for the sake of space, the quality of the image (and sound as it is what takes up the most space) will be sacrificed to fit "more" onto one disc. I have found that 45 minutes per CD-R gives me a High quality image, and while it is only 45 minutes, that is just enough to remove the commercials from the captured file.
Where are the Manufacturing Jobs? Where has our "technology" taken us that we have to import the chips that are designed HERE from a foreign nation and pay THEM and their workers cash that as a nation we NEED.
America as a nation needs to stop playing "Police" for the world and take a look at our OWN economy. Sure, the guy says "Anything you can build" but we WOULD NOT have to pay other workers for that priviledge. We as a nation need to realize that there is only SO Much Crap we can BUY.
We need to go back to a more industrialized nation. It was INDUSTRY that lifted us out of the Depression. Industry, the ability to make the products, to hire the workers, to rebuild OUR economy, needs to start HERE. Not elsewhere. We can make it cheaper to build here, and the reason we HAVEN'T is because Corporations DON'T want to spend the money needed. Why should they when they can sell us the same product made elsewhere for the same price....and half the cost for them to manufacture?
America needs to wake up to the reality that we are NO LONGER A PRODUCING nation. We are just a "dirty cop" and even worse to the rest of the world.
Oops....I am writing this like it means anything.....nevermind.
Tom Cowles, who heads one of the world's largest bulk e-mail, or spam, businesses, ought to be a happy guy. By his account, his company makes $12 million a year e-mailing billions of advertisements, mainly to folks who don't want them. It's an easy job, the way Cowles and others describe it:
12 Million? I am in the wrong business. Amazing that there are actually that many stupid people in the world that these guys can make a living off of sending out crap....well, wait a minute....we have politicians who do the same....
I think a law needs to be established that if a person DOES NOT want to receive this garbage, they should not receive it. All these "so-called" businesses should HAVE to be registered and LEGITAMIZED to where there CAN be legal recourse. I know for a fact that I bounce hundreds of "Bad Spam Email" from my server, and that and the residue left from Nimda taxes what limited bandwidth I have.
(Insert Schoolhouse rock theme here) "You are right, there oughta be a LAW!"
Most BIOS setups have a "turn me off" setting that is available and adjustable. I have all my machines set to 149 degrees, to shut down.
The system usually run around 85-95 degrees, unless I am doing something with them. They don't ever go above 125 (this is the CPU core temp I am referring to).
In the BIOS's of the machines, there is also a setting for if the CPU fan dies to shutdown.
Also, I have found several dozen "Heat Watchers" available on the 'Net that allow you to check the temperature.
Simple stuff if you know your machines are running hot.(Your Quote) who didn't have extra money
anyone who has EXTRA money...send it to me, cause I have NEVER had any.
As for the "Impoverished Immigrant", oh well. I have more concerns than worry about anyone else who should not even BE in this country.
And ask: Wheres the cash and wheres the button? We live in a lottery world. The only chance the "average" person has of hitting it "big" is to win the lottery. Thats what the Stock / Dot.BOMB situation reflected. Everyone went crazy and wanted to be millionaires. All by selling a product that the average consumer could not hold touch see or smell. All they could do was look. So, I ask again....wheres the button?
I have 4 machines that I have built from ordering separate components from MultiWave, and have yet to be disappointed. Yes, I have had instances when something did not work, and I was able to get a replacement shipped THAT day.
You also prevent the "lock in" that all of these major builders try to commit your system to. When I purchased a Gateway AMD system, it was with an ATI Radeon card. As I recently found out, after a year, ATI discontinued this model...thereby shutting me off from any updated drivers. This would lead you to believe "Well, just replace the card" and while this is my first suggestion, I can't do that due to the Motherboard/Video Card combination they used was specific to this case, and specific to Gateway.
By building your own, you know the exact limitations and upgradability of YOUR system. That way, if something is "out of date" or you need more room, you can expand with the knowledge that YOU made that happen.
You need to add the Hardware Bible onto this list. It covers all aspects of anything to do with computers on the Hardware Level. It will give you not only the background and implementation, but also a view into what is available. Excellent resource IMHO.
If they are using MY equipment to store a video for My neighbor, or Jowe in Bumfumble Idaho, then YES, they should give me some sort of compensation. or did I NOT pay for the PVR system sitting in MY Living room Hooked to MY HDTV, in MY HOUSE?
"But if you want to watch the new Lord of the Rings next December, you'll need to reserve a copy from Comcast, which will download it to your living-room hard disk the night it's released with a key that lets you watch it a certain number of times."
Meaning I won't control what is being stored on MY system. Yet, they expect me to pay for what they are using to store it with. No, this is not what I would want as a consumer.
Why does it seem that My wallet is the ONLY reason these people want to give me ANYTHING? And why does it seem I am Supposed to sit back and be the Cash Cow for these outdated indutries?
Actually, the cost & shipping of the Mod chip($80USD),
the cost of the XBox itself ($199.00 USD),
the cost of time & effort to download the DIVx Files and burn them to CD($40/hr *3),
and the time to get it to work properly( Who knows?)...You have invested a lot into just getting the ability to play DiVX (which are LOW grade to begin with) on your TV. You would be much better served going out & buying a "cheap" DVD player and just converting to VCD.Management maybe the shittiest job you can imagine, but at least they still get PAID.
I say that is a bit much just so I don't have to dea with an ISP. But, then, I still am aren't I? A "Bandwidth Broker". Only they will actually allow me to use my connection any way I see fit? Might have to look further into this en I hit the lottery and can afford that kind of outlay every month.
But it never happens that way
"If you have competition between platforms, consumers will be better off," says Randolph May, a communications policy expert with the Progress and Freedom Foundation. "The problem is that [regulation] impedes investment and new entrants to the market."
All this talk about Competition, when they are limiting how many players there are on the field. This same rhetoric has been spouted on so many things in the past, only for it to come down to "Monopolies are good for security and the well being of the economy".
Why CAN'T I have my own Pipe, and control access to it Myself? Why do I need an ISP, when all I want is a big fat connection with plenty of speed?
What is so wrong with Greed?> Making money is the American Way. It is a capitalist society. The Net became a big commercial. Sure, it USED to be something worthwhile. Until the corporations got a hold of it. Amazon was one of the original few that created most of the mess the Internet is today. That doesn't make GREED bad. Hell, I want MONEY. If you don't want yours, you can give it to me. So while you are hugging the tree I can buy and pay my bills.
Ever watch the movie RED DAWN? The invaders (at the time were Russian/Cuban) located and eliminated all the gun owners by tracking their records. Now, just imagine a corporation doing this...
Wildcat 5 (don't know what it is called now...google would have it...) supports all that. Used to work in Technical support there. Hopefully it has gotten better as the years have rolled by. It tried to be so much to so many...yet failed in all attempts miserably.
Talk about life imitating art. I think Lucas forgot why he was telling the story, once he realized "People are buying my crap!".
Just reminds me of Steve Martin in "The Jerk" when he was the 'Guess Your Weight' guy and found out he was charging a dollar for about a nickel's worth of CRAP.
My question is, when were limits initiated to where it was a BAD thing to actually use something you PAY for?
When did I become the "bad guy" for actually knowing HOW to fully tax my connection to the extent that it still takes me hours to download an ISO? Yes, I have 3 systems hooked up to a 768/128 connection. Because I CAN. Because I want to use that single connection for ALL my Internet usage, as I am told because I am a "home" user I cannot get more than one line in. I pay every month for my access. I don't use their Tech Support, nor the e-mail they say they provided me, nor the functions of any "ISP" system. I don't need it.
All I ever wanted was a way to connect to the Net. I have that. Not as fast as I would like, but I can only afford so much. Now they say I need to pay more for LESS? Not going to happen. EVER.
I may be able to "use any application" but am I going to be able to do everything I could with each separate application? If the boss wants to use Word instead of OO, am I going to know ALL the intricate areas for all the available options? If the Job app REQUIRES I know Word, Or Photoshop....and I don't know them but I know GiMP I will get the job? Then by your logic I should get ANY job because I can turn on a computer and type. i think not.
People need jobs, and if this is the case, then lets get these jobs filled. Not only would you be working in these times of economic strife, but to also be helping in the "cause"?!?
Heck, if the jobs were there, I would be applying myself. The problem seems to be that the school workers have become entrenched in the system, and are waiting for that guaranteed 8% retirement every cycle. Would you give up a job that regardless of what the rest of the world was doing, you were guaranteed 8% paid to your retirement EACH and every year?Until these people (who are as inept as you say) can be replaced with people who know what they are doing, this is a moot point.
However, if they are learning the "Business" side of the systems, they will be sorely lacking in how to run MS based Windows applications, which apparently is what 90% of the computers in the world run.
I have to applaud the efforts of the schools themselves, being as I live in the area and do understand the needs of the schools (although I don't feel it is as bad as everyone says it is here), and I think saving money now and in the future is the best approach. As long as the curriculum meets the needs of the students in real world applications and approaches.
Linux will at least give the students opportunity to learn about computers, thereby negating the initial "fear" that most people still have. It is a good start, but until the industry itself changes, the course can only be considered "generic" in the sense that it is NOT teaching what is in the workplace nor what the industry is doing.
it may not be the best approach, but it is definitely a start.Yes, I used AOL at that time, because it was the only service in the area I was living in that would allow me access. The only connection available was dial up, as this was rural area. Did the connect to AOL work? Yes, but it also prevented me from dialing into my work and connecting to the local system there.
I guess it doesn't matter at this point. This suit only allows for people who willingly used the AOL service, yet did not know anything was wrong with their system. Funny how the only people who would be able to know something was wrong are the same persons being excluded (because they are able to provide their own solution).