"And pretty soon everything within a 100-mile radius of any government or major industrial facility -- which means just about everywhere -- is being watched 24/7"
Yes, but isn't the point of their calls to eventually find some idiot who is actually interested in their product/service? Presumably, that call will last much longer than the standard "Not interested, FOAD! *click*". So, when they get a "live one" to place an order, that messes up the predictive dialer? That makes no sense.
Perhaps there is a way to signal the dialer when they get a sucker on the line, so as not to mess up the stats?
"It's a long, long wait while I'm sittin' in committee - but I know I'll be a law someday, at least I hope and pray that I will, but today I am still just a bill."
The name "ReplayTV" was a poor choice IMHO. Too many damn syllables. It hardly rolls of the tongue like Tivo does. I doubt that alone lead to their downfall but it certainly didn't help them in the brand recognition department.
The TiVo hacking community would be quite capable of "unlocking" the box, or getting it to download alternate program guide information if it came to that. They have not so far because they have no desire to piss TiVo off, but would rather peacefully coexist. TiVo has been generally supportive of the hacking community and will probably continue to be, so long as no attempt is made to deprive them of their main source of revenue (subscriptions, not hardware). I'd venture to say that Tivo's support has probably gone a long way in helping promote their product.
The TiVo community forum is a great resource for all thing TiVo. Having just got a Directv Tivo box (which is awesome, by the way), I intend to be spending alot of time there, learning as much as possible.
PHB: This laptop computer weighs too much. Do we have anything lighter? Wally: Why don't you just delete files to lower the weight on that one? PHB (curiously studying laptop): That's a thought. Wally: Technically, I only asked why not.
Why is Slashdot due any credit? Many people (some who've probably never even heard of Slashdot) go the BBC site to get news. Sure, the site is heavily loaded, but I doubt Slashdot had much to do with that.
Funny thing though... there is no mention of this huge security hole on their web page. If they were so interested in security, you'd think they would at least announce a "New version of Flash available - now with improved security. Click here to download"
Even better for Dell then. Since a good number of people aware of the Lexmark lawsuit will be unaware that Dell is reselling Lexmark printers, sales of Dell printers will likely go up.
JohnQ: "Fsck Lexmark, I'm getting a Dell printer" JaneQ: "Me too" DellDude: "Dudes, your getting some Dells" Bubba: "STFU and bend over"
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Check out the SpamBayes Outlook Addin. It's free, and based on the open source SpamBayes Project
I just read about this in Infoworld so I haven't had a chance to evaluate it, but they gave it rather high marks.
"And pretty soon everything within a 100-mile radius of any government or major industrial facility -- which means just about everywhere -- is being watched 24/7"
Oh, I get it. Like in the UK?
Yes, but isn't the point of their calls to eventually find some idiot who is actually interested in their product/service? Presumably, that call will last much longer than the standard "Not interested, FOAD! *click*". So, when they get a "live one" to place an order, that messes up the predictive dialer? That makes no sense.
Perhaps there is a way to signal the dialer when they get a sucker on the line, so as not to mess up the stats?
"It's a long, long wait while I'm sittin' in committee - but I know I'll be a law someday, at least I hope and pray that I will, but today I am still just a bill."
- Bill
"WOMAN = Wide Open Metropolitan Area Network, which is what most of those 802.11 networks will be..."
Presumably these will be equipped with an 802.11g-spot?
I agree. I've only had mine for a week and it's already recorded a few interesting things that I probably never would have seen otherwise.
I've been careful to "thumbs up" on some manly programs, just so my Tivo doesn't think I'm gay ("not that there's anything wrong with that")
The name "ReplayTV" was a poor choice IMHO. Too many damn syllables. It hardly rolls of the tongue like Tivo does.
I doubt that alone lead to their downfall but it certainly didn't help them in the brand recognition department.
The Audrey is quite hackable. You should check out this or this
The TiVo hacking community would be quite capable of "unlocking" the box, or getting it to download alternate program guide information if it came to that. They have not so far because they have no desire to piss TiVo off, but would rather peacefully coexist. TiVo has been generally supportive of the hacking community and will probably continue to be, so long as no attempt is made to deprive them of their main source of revenue (subscriptions, not hardware). I'd venture to say that Tivo's support has probably gone a long way in helping promote their product.
The TiVo community forum is a great resource for all thing TiVo. Having just got a Directv Tivo box (which is awesome, by the way), I intend to be spending alot of time there, learning as much as possible.
PHB: This laptop computer weighs too much. Do we have anything lighter?
Wally: Why don't you just delete files to lower the weight on that one?
PHB (curiously studying laptop): That's a thought.
Wally: Technically, I only asked why not.
Of course, Triple ROT13 would be even more secure than standard ROT13, much like Triple DES is more secure than standard DES. Right???
That was my immediate thought as well. Goes great with your 200GB porn collection too.
Shame it doesn't appear to be supported by Linux though.
"...now let's flatten those bastards because I froze my ass off this winter!"
The Rockies? Or the Europeans?
Secure Computing for Dummies... by Dummies.
Why is Slashdot due any credit? Many people (some who've probably never even heard of Slashdot) go the BBC site to get news.
Sure, the site is heavily loaded, but I doubt Slashdot had much to do with that.
I'm blind... you insensitive clod!
Funny thing though... there is no mention of this huge security hole on their web page. If they were so interested in security,
you'd think they would at least announce a "New version of Flash available - now with improved security. Click here to download"
How about "SPISPOPD"
Maybe they should change the name of their blog from ragingcow.com to slashcow.com
Slashcow
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Pissing and Moaning, and free stuff too!
Just be sure not to use this method to produce ozone while you are similtaneously producing methane.
Even better for Dell then. Since a good number of people aware of the Lexmark lawsuit will be unaware that Dell is reselling Lexmark printers, sales of Dell printers will likely go up.
JohnQ: "Fsck Lexmark, I'm getting a Dell printer"
JaneQ: "Me too"
DellDude: "Dudes, your getting some Dells"
Bubba: "STFU and bend over"
I'm renaming all my files from "office" to "0ph1c3".
We'll just see if they can crack that code.
"The leader of the country, Cesar Chavez I believe, wants to turn the country into another Cuba."
Make sense. Because Cuba has so much going for it right now.
Hey, cool. Can we make this an offical slashdot poll?
"Remember, Grafitti was developed by Palm for Newton"
Really? So perhaps Apple dumping the Newton was a preemptive Xerox-lawsuit-avoidance move?