I'll tell you why people aren't using MythTV. You need at least $400 in hardware (If you're a true hardware bargin shopper) unless you have old computers lying around like most of the slashdot crowd probably has. The core audience for Tivo is for people that aren't techheads.
The service through verizon is probably made to be easy as hell to setup and use. Sure they could surf to the tivo.com site but guess what? Mobile web is $5 a month on Verizon as well. If you don't have mobile-web and own a Tivo you might be likely to go with this service instead.
Personally I run a Beyond TV DVR and a Tivo for my mother who isn't tech literate.
This is great news actually! Think about how this will come at an ideal time to crush over the air tv and usher in an age of IPTV?
Three years from now there will be an excellent selection of shows for download on the web, broadband connections will be faster and more widespread (hopefully), and more people will own computers. The media giants are thinking this will enable them to lock down shows with DRM and push more control over their content being copied but it will just encourage the online community to take it's own route and completely split from over the air television (Which is mostly crap anyways IMHO).
Does anyone else think that perhaps this article should be linked to the actual source instead of a link to a link that links to another site with a quote from the original source and no link to it? I mean at what point does this become a rumor when it's so far from the original source?
Oh here's the link to the companies website:
http://www.liftport.com/
And here's one to their staff blog which is much more interesting reading then this quote:
http://www.liftport.com/progress/wp/
And heres a link to their september newsletter posted on their forums that talks about the FAA approval among other things:
http://www.liftport.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25 3
My unholy, disgusting, pig of a boss, actually told me the other day whilst shooting his mouth off that it's too bad they don't have WiMax to deploy in New Orleans.
This is a man who can't walk and chew gum at the same time. . . scary.
Apparently you haven't yet seen Mel Gibsons adaptation of the Passion of Christ...
"This is an absolute insult to those of us who hold religious beliefs. Now the faiths of Christianity, Judaism and Muslimism are on par with something made up in a movie!"
At least they have a sporting chance with robots. After all if they're running windows if they don't get the BSoD first it'll be infested with so much spyware that they won't even be able to see their target through the hail of pop-ups.
Thank god in America we can have human hunting robots for the military but god forbid we shoot something that would strip fields down to the soil with anything other than our nightscope equiped, low yield, laser-guided "hunting rifles".
Here is the link: http://dayton.senate.gov/webform.html
to Mark Dayton's public comment page. I left a lengthy 4 point comment about his suggestion for an internet tax. I'm hoping he seeks further assistance on understanding the nature of how the internet works before trying to push such a law through as I think educating him would probably make him realise the error of his ways.
Please leave a comment to him under the "Technology" category so that it doesn't get lost with the inevitable piles of "Taxes are too high!" comments he surely gets under the "Taxes" section.
I suspect if he sees quite a few comments telling him what a horrible idea it is that he'll drop the idea.
Apparently you aren't aware that the same UPS employees handle any type of package (Blue, Next day or ground). The packages are handled by just as many people too. The only difference is that Blue packages are given priority when sorted and loaded onto trucks. UPS ground shipments can sit in the back of a truck in an unsecured parking lot for days without moving or inside a only slightly more secure warehouse that is wide open 24/7 where most of the employees don't even know each other. If you've ever been inside a UPS shipping center you'd realize how things get damaged, they move packages around within the warehouse on those open-sideedluggage trains used in airports. Keeping that in mind they also park, wash and maintain there trucks INSIDE the warehouse right along side this. When at one shipping center I was nearly hit by both a package train and a UPS truck going accross the warehouse floor like it was a highway. Basically what it comes down to is that there are hundreds of ways your package could be damaged and a good portion of them is UPS's own corporate policy and may very well have nothing to do with the actual package handlers who frankly don't have the opportunity to hurl packages as they get backlogged if they stop to blow their noses.
If you want your equipment to arrive in one piece pack in boxes that are sturdy, easy to move and not rediculously heavy. Remember that those packages are moved almost exclusively by humans who aren't professional body builders. Imagine trying to move an 80lbs box, then imagine how many different people handle that 80lbs box between the origin and location, then realize that every one of those employee's is expected to handle thousands of packages like that in a day at a less than livable wage.
Anyways that's basically my rant, and yes I still think UPS should refund his money as it's still UPS' fault. I'm just saying don't blame this on the drivers and package handlers when they don't have any say about how things are done.
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I'll tell you why people aren't using MythTV. You need at least $400 in hardware (If you're a true hardware bargin shopper) unless you have old computers lying around like most of the slashdot crowd probably has. The core audience for Tivo is for people that aren't techheads. The service through verizon is probably made to be easy as hell to setup and use. Sure they could surf to the tivo.com site but guess what? Mobile web is $5 a month on Verizon as well. If you don't have mobile-web and own a Tivo you might be likely to go with this service instead. Personally I run a Beyond TV DVR and a Tivo for my mother who isn't tech literate.
This is great news actually! Think about how this will come at an ideal time to crush over the air tv and usher in an age of IPTV?
Three years from now there will be an excellent selection of shows for download on the web, broadband connections will be faster and more widespread (hopefully), and more people will own computers. The media giants are thinking this will enable them to lock down shows with DRM and push more control over their content being copied but it will just encourage the online community to take it's own route and completely split from over the air television (Which is mostly crap anyways IMHO).
Does anyone else think that perhaps this article should be linked to the actual source instead of a link to a link that links to another site with a quote from the original source and no link to it? I mean at what point does this become a rumor when it's so far from the original source? Oh here's the link to the companies website: http://www.liftport.com/ And here's one to their staff blog which is much more interesting reading then this quote: http://www.liftport.com/progress/wp/ And heres a link to their september newsletter posted on their forums that talks about the FAA approval among other things: http://www.liftport.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25 3
My unholy, disgusting, pig of a boss, actually told me the other day whilst shooting his mouth off that it's too bad they don't have WiMax to deploy in New Orleans. This is a man who can't walk and chew gum at the same time. . . scary.
Apparently you haven't yet seen Mel Gibsons adaptation of the Passion of Christ...
"This is an absolute insult to those of us who hold religious beliefs. Now the faiths of Christianity, Judaism and Muslimism are on par with something made up in a movie!"
At least they have a sporting chance with robots. After all if they're running windows if they don't get the BSoD first it'll be infested with so much spyware that they won't even be able to see their target through the hail of pop-ups.
Thank god in America we can have human hunting robots for the military but god forbid we shoot something that would strip fields down to the soil with anything other than our nightscope equiped, low yield, laser-guided "hunting rifles".
Here is the link: http://dayton.senate.gov/webform.html to Mark Dayton's public comment page. I left a lengthy 4 point comment about his suggestion for an internet tax. I'm hoping he seeks further assistance on understanding the nature of how the internet works before trying to push such a law through as I think educating him would probably make him realise the error of his ways. Please leave a comment to him under the "Technology" category so that it doesn't get lost with the inevitable piles of "Taxes are too high!" comments he surely gets under the "Taxes" section. I suspect if he sees quite a few comments telling him what a horrible idea it is that he'll drop the idea.
Apparently you aren't aware that the same UPS employees handle any type of package (Blue, Next day or ground). The packages are handled by just as many people too. The only difference is that Blue packages are given priority when sorted and loaded onto trucks. UPS ground shipments can sit in the back of a truck in an unsecured parking lot for days without moving or inside a only slightly more secure warehouse that is wide open 24/7 where most of the employees don't even know each other. If you've ever been inside a UPS shipping center you'd realize how things get damaged, they move packages around within the warehouse on those open-sideedluggage trains used in airports. Keeping that in mind they also park, wash and maintain there trucks INSIDE the warehouse right along side this. When at one shipping center I was nearly hit by both a package train and a UPS truck going accross the warehouse floor like it was a highway. Basically what it comes down to is that there are hundreds of ways your package could be damaged and a good portion of them is UPS's own corporate policy and may very well have nothing to do with the actual package handlers who frankly don't have the opportunity to hurl packages as they get backlogged if they stop to blow their noses.
If you want your equipment to arrive in one piece pack in boxes that are sturdy, easy to move and not rediculously heavy. Remember that those packages are moved almost exclusively by humans who aren't professional body builders. Imagine trying to move an 80lbs box, then imagine how many different people handle that 80lbs box between the origin and location, then realize that every one of those employee's is expected to handle thousands of packages like that in a day at a less than livable wage.
Anyways that's basically my rant, and yes I still think UPS should refund his money as it's still UPS' fault. I'm just saying don't blame this on the drivers and package handlers when they don't have any say about how things are done.