"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." -- 4th Ammendment to the U.S. Constitution
"[...]and every time we allow the government to grow in power at the expense of the people, we put ourselves in jeopardy of losing the ability to free ourselves of them if it goes too far." -- Thomas Jefferson
(quotes taken from matthew rothenberg's 7/11/2000 article on the fbi's carnivore: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2 601960,00.html )
the frustrations and payoffs of being an early adapter. this looks to have some features that promise flexibility and freedom that other dvr's don't offer. but the dilemma of which new personal tech to support...
my own personal example in the dvr world, just within the last week!
but how often have i seen a cool item, gone out and been severely disappointed by promises not met. take this latest tivo dual receiver instance. the website makes claims of great features that were available in the latest update that happened in august.
i've got to get this! after crawling through my attic and installing the second line from my dish (hot fun in the summer) i hook up the system and anxiously await the firmware update. no firmware, only tivo programming, hmmm.
call customer support, they say, call sony (the maker of my new dual system.) sony tells me that tivo had to pull the firmware update since it didn't work. i ask, any news on an e.t.a. for release to make the system work as advertised? no.
so, i call tivo. customer support there lets me know not to worry, they're working on it and most likely they'll have it out, hopefully, before summer is over. i say, well, summer ends in about 3 weeks, do you have a more specific estimate? no. i ask if there is anywhere on the website that states the delay on the firmware update? no. i explain how i purchased the lastest dual receiver with the belief that it would work based on the information on the tivo website that said it would. did he understand this? yes. i said, okay, just wanted to state the obvious, thank you for your time.
ah, what to do? if it wasn't for us throwing our money at the latest gadgets... uhm, where would we throw it?
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"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." -- 4th Ammendment to the U.S. Constitution "[...]and every time we allow the government to grow in power at the expense of the people, we put ourselves in jeopardy of losing the ability to free ourselves of them if it goes too far." -- Thomas Jefferson (quotes taken from matthew rothenberg's 7/11/2000 article on the fbi's carnivore: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2 601960,00.html )
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the frustrations and payoffs of being an early adapter. this looks to have some features that promise flexibility and freedom that other dvr's don't offer. but the dilemma of which new personal tech to support...
my own personal example in the dvr world, just within the last week!
but how often have i seen a cool item, gone out and been severely disappointed by promises not met. take this latest tivo dual receiver instance. the website makes claims of great features that were available in the latest update that happened in august.
i've got to get this! after crawling through my attic and installing the second line from my dish (hot fun in the summer) i hook up the system and anxiously await the firmware update. no firmware, only tivo programming, hmmm.
call customer support, they say, call sony (the maker of my new dual system.) sony tells me that tivo had to pull the firmware update since it didn't work. i ask, any news on an e.t.a. for release to make the system work as advertised? no.
so, i call tivo. customer support there lets me know not to worry, they're working on it and most likely they'll have it out, hopefully, before summer is over. i say, well, summer ends in about 3 weeks, do you have a more specific estimate? no. i ask if there is anywhere on the website that states the delay on the firmware update? no. i explain how i purchased the lastest dual receiver with the belief that it would work based on the information on the tivo website that said it would. did he understand this? yes. i said, okay, just wanted to state the obvious, thank you for your time.
ah, what to do? if it wasn't for us throwing our money at the latest gadgets... uhm, where would we throw it?