That's exactly what you do...just mix a bag of concrete and pour it in. A concrete truck would be overkill given that you don't have that much sidewalk in front of your house. At most you pay a local handyman a couple bucks. Either way, it's not as if sidewalks wear out every year. Plus, I'd rather hang onto that little piece of land and maintain it for the public good than have the government take it away.
At least around here (NJ), the sidewalks in neighborhoods are privately owned. The sidewalk in front of each homeowner's home is part of his plot. Local laws provide that 1. you must maintain your sidewalk (ie shovel the snow) and 2. your sidewalk is considered a public easement (ie meant for the public to walk across).
"Therefore, a TiVo really doesn't have the legally established right to have a "Save Until I Delete" feature. Current TiVo devices offer that "green ball" as a keep-forever setting, but that's really in the gray area that we've never seen any court rulings about how legal that is."
Using the language of that cunt, Mary Bono, I'm only saving for "forever less one day." It cuts both ways.
There is no license. Period. You're paying to have HBO descrambled on your cable box. There are no further terms or conditions. The only thing you can't do by standard copyright law is distribute copies to other people.
The presence of broadcast or recording flags does not infer a license, either. They are inconveniences that I will route around by using hardware that I control or by cancelling my HBO subscription.
I swear to God, I'm reading so many comments on various/. threads about these ficticious "licenses" and "contracts" (not to say there aren't real licenses and contracts in certain cases) that I've come to a couple conclusions:
1. There are a lot of ignorant people that need a basic primer in business law to tell the difference between a legitimate contract and a EULA; or
2. The *AA's are running an astroturfing campaign to spread lies.
I believe it. I once interviewed a video store owner for a college project many years ago and he made most of his money renting out pr0n. Some lonely wanker would rent out a new release with his favorite starlett and keep it for a week, regardless of all the late fees built up (which wouldn't apply with Netflix rentals).
I'm pretty sure you can do business with iTunes, Tivo and Netflix and not buy anything from any of the *AAs...you just have to check ahead of time.
Over the air (commercial) radio - a joke. There are very few good stations and lots of commercials. I end up making a contribution to the commercial-free community college station in the end.
Over the air TV - Aside from PBS, there is a lot of mainstream pap. I end up paying for cable to get the History Channel, Discovery Channel and other topic-focused channels. I also subscribe to HBO for quality drama and comedy.
Apparently you haven't seen "Demolition Man," where it's predicted that the law will get changed to let Arnold run for president...because he had done such a good job with being governor of California.
My 80Gb Tivo will record 80 hours (3 1/3 days) of video at "Basic Quality," which is equivalent to a low quality VHS recording (by VHS standards). Therefore, a 400Gb hard drive, using Tivo's standards anyway, will yield 16 2/3 days of video--yet they claim 28 days at that capacity. If that is the case, the picture will suck so much that you'll have to up the recording quality level and will get much less than 28 days worth of video.
Serial ports are available on Dell's regular-sized laptops. In fact, their "desktop replacement" systems offer all the same ports as an ATX desktop system.
Tivo gives you 2 weeks of programming data. $12/mo or $300 for the lifetime of the unit (and replacements under warranty). You can recover your $300 lifetime fee in full if you sell your Tivo on eBay (hardware value will vary).
Comcast's DVR is $10/mo not $5. I have it. The interface is frustrating to the point that I don't even bother recording things with it. I got it to be able to record High-Def shows and I end up watching most of that stuff live in the end.
In the end, I paid for Tivo once upfront and it keeps getting better. I pay for the Comcast DVR monthly and I feel like I'm being leeched for $10/month.
"As for the $300 package, $300 would buy me five years worth of TWC DVR service...."
You also get your $300 *back* if you go to sell your Tivo on eBay when it's time to buy an upgraded unit. Unlike the hardware, which will obviously be worth less, the $300 service fee will not depreciate.
They only have the kernel modifications available for download...in other words just the stuff that they're required to offer. A copy of the GPL can be found in the back of the instruction manual.
To use ethernet with a Series 2 Tivo, plug a USB ethernet adapter into the USB port. Series 2 is broadband-ready.
There is no easy way to pull an MPEG from a Series 2. AFAIK, the "community" is generally aware it can be done, but there is little in the way of info being published out of respect to TiVo as to not spoil a good thing.
I can already program my Series 2 Tivo remotely at the office by logging into my account at tivo.com. Surely they would modify their remote programming system to include queuing up Netflix movies. So, I work all day and go save a trip to the store (with a smaller selection) because my Tivo will already have movies for me.
"The smaller cable channels. There were quite a few passionate pleas to the FCC to NOT use this model,..."
In response to this, let me quote one of the greatest posts ever made on/. (author unknown):
"Tough. Adapt or die."
In my mind, "TV channels" are another middle man that should be done away with. In a perfect world, a studio or production house should be able to sell their shows directly to cable companies, who would then put the shows offered under different categories in an on-demand type of system. As long as the commercials are included, they could sell access to the shows for about $0.25 or less (or more for commercial-free HBO programs) and use some sort of revenue splitting scheme the way Apple gets a small cut of iTunes revenue.
Unfortunately, Comcast has no real selection. Then sent us a coupon for a free pay-per-view and I've yet to use it because the only thing they offer new release, dumbed-down movies (ie..along the lines of Dude...Car?, 2 Fast 2 Furious and not many mainstream serious movies). There is some good anime on the On-Demand system for regular TV shows, but they rarely get updated.
Oh yeah, and Comcast charges you $10/month if you want to use their DVR. Unfortunately, this is the only way for me to record HDTV shows since my Series 2 Tivo is not HD ready and Tivo is dragging ass on getting out a standalone HD model.
Right now I'm using Blockbuster's $29/month 3-at-a-time flat rate plan. The store I go to is really good at offering the videos that you request (they had Red Dwarf up on the shelves within a week of me asking for it on the request sheet!).
Lifetime service fee of $300...if you go to sell your Tivo on Ebay, you're guaranteed to recoup 100% of that lifetime fee, if nothing for the hardware.
"Conservative" New Jersey? We're pretty much a liberal stronghold and have an openly-gay governor (although I don't think he wanted anyone to know).
Neither of those insurance companies are socialist. NJM is an old, private company that's been around for about 100 years. They also have an online bank that reimburses you for other banks' ATM fees. NJ CURE is run by individuals, not the govt, so it too is a capitalist institution.
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MusicMatch uninstalled itself from my Dell laptop just like any other app. It looked like an OK program, but I was already set in my ways.
That's exactly what you do...just mix a bag of concrete and pour it in. A concrete truck would be overkill given that you don't have that much sidewalk in front of your house. At most you pay a local handyman a couple bucks. Either way, it's not as if sidewalks wear out every year. Plus, I'd rather hang onto that little piece of land and maintain it for the public good than have the government take it away.
At least around here (NJ), the sidewalks in neighborhoods are privately owned. The sidewalk in front of each homeowner's home is part of his plot. Local laws provide that 1. you must maintain your sidewalk (ie shovel the snow) and 2. your sidewalk is considered a public easement (ie meant for the public to walk across).
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"Therefore, a TiVo really doesn't have the legally established right to have a "Save Until I Delete" feature. Current TiVo devices offer that "green ball" as a keep-forever setting, but that's really in the gray area that we've never seen any court rulings about how legal that is."
Using the language of that cunt, Mary Bono, I'm only saving for "forever less one day." It cuts both ways.
There is no license. Period. You're paying to have HBO descrambled on your cable box. There are no further terms or conditions. The only thing you can't do by standard copyright law is distribute copies to other people.
/. threads about these ficticious "licenses" and "contracts" (not to say there aren't real licenses and contracts in certain cases) that I've come to a couple conclusions:
The presence of broadcast or recording flags does not infer a license, either. They are inconveniences that I will route around by using hardware that I control or by cancelling my HBO subscription.
I swear to God, I'm reading so many comments on various
1. There are a lot of ignorant people that need a basic primer in business law to tell the difference between a legitimate contract and a EULA; or
2. The *AA's are running an astroturfing campaign to spread lies.
I believe it. I once interviewed a video store owner for a college project many years ago and he made most of his money renting out pr0n. Some lonely wanker would rent out a new release with his favorite starlett and keep it for a week, regardless of all the late fees built up (which wouldn't apply with Netflix rentals).
I'm pretty sure you can do business with iTunes, Tivo and Netflix and not buy anything from any of the *AAs...you just have to check ahead of time.
Over the air (commercial) radio - a joke. There are very few good stations and lots of commercials. I end up making a contribution to the commercial-free community college station in the end.
Over the air TV - Aside from PBS, there is a lot of mainstream pap. I end up paying for cable to get the History Channel, Discovery Channel and other topic-focused channels. I also subscribe to HBO for quality drama and comedy.
You get what you pay for.
A password-protected BIOS will prevent one from booting with anything other than the IT-approved device (ie the hard drive).
Apparently you haven't seen "Demolition Man," where it's predicted that the law will get changed to let Arnold run for president...because he had done such a good job with being governor of California.
My 80Gb Tivo will record 80 hours (3 1/3 days) of video at "Basic Quality," which is equivalent to a low quality VHS recording (by VHS standards). Therefore, a 400Gb hard drive, using Tivo's standards anyway, will yield 16 2/3 days of video--yet they claim 28 days at that capacity. If that is the case, the picture will suck so much that you'll have to up the recording quality level and will get much less than 28 days worth of video.
Serial ports are available on Dell's regular-sized laptops. In fact, their "desktop replacement" systems offer all the same ports as an ATX desktop system.
Tivo gives you 2 weeks of programming data. $12/mo or $300 for the lifetime of the unit (and replacements under warranty). You can recover your $300 lifetime fee in full if you sell your Tivo on eBay (hardware value will vary).
Comcast's DVR is $10/mo not $5. I have it. The interface is frustrating to the point that I don't even bother recording things with it. I got it to be able to record High-Def shows and I end up watching most of that stuff live in the end.
In the end, I paid for Tivo once upfront and it keeps getting better. I pay for the Comcast DVR monthly and I feel like I'm being leeched for $10/month.
200? That's about 5 times more than what Comcast offers in terms of on-demand movies. They hardly ever update the on-demand tv shows either.
"As for the $300 package, $300 would buy me five years worth of TWC DVR service. ..."
You also get your $300 *back* if you go to sell your Tivo on eBay when it's time to buy an upgraded unit. Unlike the hardware, which will obviously be worth less, the $300 service fee will not depreciate.
To answer all of your questions:
They only have the kernel modifications available for download...in other words just the stuff that they're required to offer. A copy of the GPL can be found in the back of the instruction manual.
To use ethernet with a Series 2 Tivo, plug a USB ethernet adapter into the USB port. Series 2 is broadband-ready.
There is no easy way to pull an MPEG from a Series 2. AFAIK, the "community" is generally aware it can be done, but there is little in the way of info being published out of respect to TiVo as to not spoil a good thing.
When it first came out, HMO was $99. It's now a free feature on all Series 2 boxes...I'm glad I procrastinated!
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I can already program my Series 2 Tivo remotely at the office by logging into my account at tivo.com. Surely they would modify their remote programming system to include queuing up Netflix movies. So, I work all day and go save a trip to the store (with a smaller selection) because my Tivo will already have movies for me.
"The smaller cable channels. There were quite a few passionate pleas to the FCC to NOT use this model, ..."
/. (author unknown):
In response to this, let me quote one of the greatest posts ever made on
"Tough. Adapt or die."
In my mind, "TV channels" are another middle man that should be done away with. In a perfect world, a studio or production house should be able to sell their shows directly to cable companies, who would then put the shows offered under different categories in an on-demand type of system. As long as the commercials are included, they could sell access to the shows for about $0.25 or less (or more for commercial-free HBO programs) and use some sort of revenue splitting scheme the way Apple gets a small cut of iTunes revenue.
Unfortunately, Comcast has no real selection. Then sent us a coupon for a free pay-per-view and I've yet to use it because the only thing they offer new release, dumbed-down movies (ie..along the lines of Dude...Car?, 2 Fast 2 Furious and not many mainstream serious movies). There is some good anime on the On-Demand system for regular TV shows, but they rarely get updated.
Oh yeah, and Comcast charges you $10/month if you want to use their DVR. Unfortunately, this is the only way for me to record HDTV shows since my Series 2 Tivo is not HD ready and Tivo is dragging ass on getting out a standalone HD model.
Right now I'm using Blockbuster's $29/month 3-at-a-time flat rate plan. The store I go to is really good at offering the videos that you request (they had Red Dwarf up on the shelves within a week of me asking for it on the request sheet!).
It works fine on Safari (KHTML) on my iBook. Of course, now I can't afford the system shown in the link :)
Lifetime service fee of $300...if you go to sell your Tivo on Ebay, you're guaranteed to recoup 100% of that lifetime fee, if nothing for the hardware.
"he ran into a dark council estate"
For us USians here, is that a public housing project?
"Conservative" New Jersey? We're pretty much a liberal stronghold and have an openly-gay governor (although I don't think he wanted anyone to know).
Neither of those insurance companies are socialist. NJM is an old, private company that's been around for about 100 years. They also have an online bank that reimburses you for other banks' ATM fees. NJ CURE is run by individuals, not the govt, so it too is a capitalist institution.
They'll have to program the blackboxes on the senior citizens' cars with the coordinates of all the farmers' markets in the area for best results :)