For me, if I want a cable, going down to CompUSA and paying $8 and having it in my hand immediately is a no-brainer, compared to having to order it online, pay perhaps a dollar or two less when you factor in shipping, and waiting three days, or going to Best Buy, being assaulted by the noise and idiot salesdroids there, and paying $30 for a sub-$1 part.
Back in the day, like about 10 or so years ago - when Windows 95 and OS/2 were duking it out, you could walk into a CompUSA and pick up 6' printer cables for a mere $1.99. Just a generic cable in a plastic bag hung on a peg with dozens of similar cables for other purposes at similar prices.
I don't consider $8 for a printer cable at CompUSA a big bargain over a $30 cable at Best Buy. Not when a $2 cable did the job.
Jump off that hate bandwagon and realize you being screwed over by both parties.
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Power Rangers and it's ilk have been around for a very long time. Power Rangers is just the latest incarnation of the Sentai/Tokusatsu genre. Gatchaman just has the honor of being one of the first, if not the very first animated sentai series.
How much do I watch? Here's my list of shows I have watched since the beginning of the year:
BSG Season 2 & Dr. Who
Since those seasons ended early this year, I watched no TV at all for most of this year until a few weeks ago when BSG season 3 started.
That's when I realized that spending money on a satellite dish was a real waste of money. I shut it off two weeks ago. Even though I was barely using it, it was difficult to get myself to shut it off. As the weeks pass, I am much more comfortable with it.
BitTorrent now supplies my 1-2 hour a week TV habit, at least until the current season of BSG ends. The wife gets her shows from Japan off of Bittorrent. MythTV organizes my media and we all are happy.
disclaimer: No TV at all means nothing broadcast OTA or on satellite. I do watch the occasional DVD, about one or two a month, and also play the occasional videogame.
Considering that this was said in the presence of the person he was talking about, and that this person was herself "not offended," this is a non-issue.
It's no different than any non-hispanic saying latino women are "hot" or the geek in the basement lusting over Japanese anime voice actresses.
It was a big issue on the radio here in Los Angeles yesterday. Not the comment, but how the comment was obtained. Essentially:
1. An anonymous source gives the clip to the Los Angeles Times, which runs with it. 2. No one is offended except for Schwartzenegger's opponent and a few activists and the Governor apologizes quickly as a form of damage control. 3. A claim of hacking goes out by the Governator's group and the CHP starts a criminal investigation 4. The IP address was traced to the opponent's campaign 5. The opponent's campaign quickly releases an announcement that the clips were obtained legally from links on a public website and names the two people responsible. 6. The Governor's office said they were on a non-public password-protected area. 7. The LA Times still refuses to say where the clips came from
The questions that came up was: If it *was* a link on a public website, why did the LA Times go with the "anonymous" source instead of obtaining the clip themselves? No one at the LAT has a web browser? This is what stinks.
And Fry's here in Woodland Hills, CA has had a unit on display for at least 6 months. It picks up at least 3 access points but can connect to none of them.
Billly Gates: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when RIM extorted Blackberry? Hell no! Brickwall: RIM? rworne: Forget it, he's rolling. Billly Gates: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough... [thinks hard] Billly Gates: the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go!
there was fear that the company could see everything you've ever deleted
This will be a problem only if Macs make big inroads onto corporate desktops. Considering corporate IT shops are based on whatever Microsoft and Dell have to offer, it will be some time before this becomes an issue. For the home user, it's great for the exact reason you mention.
That's not really meant to be an anti-apple troll, but rather a sad commentary on IT shops.
You don't trust politicians. Good. Neither do I. But I was talking about statesmen and not politicians. IIRC, "statesman" was no longer used after the 3rd or 4th presidency - much like another reply to my post.
Your number is a bit low. It's more likely Democracy ended when the people running the country stopped being called "Statesmen" and became "Politicians".
BTW: The mod war on the above post should prove interesting.
It is certainly possible to get new keys. The reason there is an "urban legend" that it's impossible is because of the dealers - who charge ridiculous amounts to replace said keys: typically $80-$120US.
I find that odd, since key blanks are really cheap. That and the RFID industry is claiming the technology is so cheap they can put these tags on merchandise for mere pennies.
Honda can reprogram the immobilizer system even if you have no keys. It does require the dealer's help - just because they have access to the HDS (Honda Diagnostic System) that is required to perform the task:
REPLACING ALL PROGRAMMED IGNITION KEYS If your customer has lost all of the programmed ignition keys, you need to replace all of the keys and rewrite the ECM/PCM with the HDS. The HDS clears all transponder codes from the memory of the ECM/PCM and stores the transponder codes of the replacement ignition keys.
Each manufacturer does this differently, so there are some manufacturers that have immobilizer systems that cannot be reprogrammed without an ECU change if the master/learning key is lost.
It seems to me they're doing the opposite of rushing anything. They announced this a very long time ago and we're just now seeing it. Transcoding is a very simple thing, and there are programs all over the web to do it. So why then does it take Tivo so long to add this feature? Why are mac users STILL waiting for TivoToGo support. What has it been? A year? Two years?
About January 2004. Two and a half years ago.
Not to mention that on the Tivocommunity website a TiVo rep there (TiVoPony) said Mac support would be there by mid year 2006. Well, I guess not - unless something gets shoved out the door over the next few days.
1. Sex offenders may be prohibited from using the Internet as part of their release/parole. 2. Anonymous surfing at an unsecured AP is a wonderful way of getting your "stuff" without being traced. 3. It's free
*soapbox on* Now I didn't read TFA, but if #1 and #2 applied in this case, they would be trumpeting the fact from coast to coast. As far as I can tell, they just threw out the sex offender part just to color public opinion of the "perp". I know they seized his computer and rifled through the contents. If they found anything, the press would know it too. Much like theat guy that was caught a couple years back with a laptop accessing an open AP with his pants around his ankles.
Since the police know he is a sex offender, they know what his conditions of release are and can't seem to find a problem (as of yet). All this guy is guilty of is sitting in a public place accessing free Internet service that a business was supplying (at no charge) to attract customers. If the business really wanted to get rid of his ilk, they could just set up a click-through TOS or use NoCatAuth or some other access control method (like a time-limited passcode on a receipt) that spells out the conditions for use of the network (such as for customers only) and prohibiting unauthorized use - oh, I'm sorry - that requires money and effort. *soapbox off*
Mr. Nadir said. A spokesman for Maxim Online said the discrepancy showed Scandoo's technology is "clearly broken."'"
No, it may have something to do with what is acceptable regarding nudity in Europe vs the US. Bare breasts is not apparently a big deal with our friends across the pond, but over here, it's cause to bring out the torches and pitchforks. Besides, last I saw Maxim (the US version) it contained no real nudity at all.
Yet another gets all her Japanese TV over the net - the #1 bandwidth hog And another watches streaming baseball games and other content for hours each day. #2 I play on-line games and use USENET and the web a lot. Download distros and tons of programs. - About a tie with #2 Another is a web junkie and spends hours looking a photos and sound/movie clips.
We also have squid set up as a web cache. Doubt there's that much overlap or redundancy.
I have 768/6.0 service from Speakeasy. We have 4 big time downloaders sharing that connection. And believe me, we made use of that download portion - until last month. We got a call from their security department (it turned out is was actually the abuse department) recommending that we first check our security (as in wireless routers), and failing that, curtail our downloading activity.
They were keen to say that there are no caps, but they way things were worded getting over 3.0-3.5 GB/day is considered excessive use. Because of this, downgrading the account to a 1.5Mb download rate might actually be more cost-effective now since we need the data more than we need the rate.
Most of the previous posters addressed my concerns. I want:
1. Component output. S-Video will do if there's no "tearing" during horizontal pans. 2. XBMC work-alike. I don't care about the scripting, MameoX, or XBOX games. I want to access any file MPlayerOSX/VLAN can handle over my home network. 3. The iTunes/MP3, photo stuff is already addressed.
Overscan isn't an issue - I want this to replace my aging XBMC center. MythTV is another option in a ShuttlePC case - but the form factor of the Mac Mini is unbeatable.
I can see why HDTV adoption has slowed. I am buying nothing until I need a new set. I'm perfectly happy with DVDs and my progressive-scan player. Because of the HDMI crap, I'm not buying into the new technology until it's been around and established. They will also have to kill off DVD to get me to move as well.
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Back in the day, like about 10 or so years ago - when Windows 95 and OS/2 were duking it out, you could walk into a CompUSA and pick up 6' printer cables for a mere $1.99. Just a generic cable in a plastic bag hung on a peg with dozens of similar cables for other purposes at similar prices.
I don't consider $8 for a printer cable at CompUSA a big bargain over a $30 cable at Best Buy. Not when a $2 cable did the job.
Well, it appears California isn't worth protecting.
Here is The San Onofre Nuke Plant in all it's high-rez glory.
That's because they were suspended from a crossbeam cleverly hidden off-camera or masked out in post-production.
Really?
The U.S. Senate voted 97-0 (with 3 nonvoting senators).
Congress voted in much a similar fashion: 392-5.
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Jump off that hate bandwagon and realize you being screwed over by both parties.
Power Rangers and it's ilk have been around for a very long time. Power Rangers is just the latest incarnation of the Sentai/Tokusatsu genre. Gatchaman just has the honor of being one of the first, if not the very first animated sentai series.
How much do I watch? Here's my list of shows I have watched since the beginning of the year:
BSG Season 2 & Dr. Who
Since those seasons ended early this year, I watched no TV at all for most of this year until a few weeks ago when BSG season 3 started.
That's when I realized that spending money on a satellite dish was a real waste of money. I shut it off two weeks ago. Even though I was barely using it, it was difficult to get myself to shut it off. As the weeks pass, I am much more comfortable with it.
BitTorrent now supplies my 1-2 hour a week TV habit, at least until the current season of BSG ends. The wife gets her shows from Japan off of Bittorrent. MythTV organizes my media and we all are happy.
disclaimer: No TV at all means nothing broadcast OTA or on satellite. I do watch the occasional DVD, about one or two a month, and also play the occasional videogame.
Considering that this was said in the presence of the person he was talking about, and that this person was herself "not offended," this is a non-issue.
It's no different than any non-hispanic saying latino women are "hot" or the geek in the basement lusting over Japanese anime voice actresses.
It was a big issue on the radio here in Los Angeles yesterday. Not the comment, but how the comment was obtained. Essentially:
1. An anonymous source gives the clip to the Los Angeles Times, which runs with it.
2. No one is offended except for Schwartzenegger's opponent and a few activists and the Governor apologizes quickly as a form of damage control.
3. A claim of hacking goes out by the Governator's group and the CHP starts a criminal investigation
4. The IP address was traced to the opponent's campaign
5. The opponent's campaign quickly releases an announcement that the clips were obtained legally from links on a public website and names the two people responsible.
6. The Governor's office said they were on a non-public password-protected area.
7. The LA Times still refuses to say where the clips came from
The questions that came up was:
If it *was* a link on a public website, why did the LA Times go with the "anonymous" source instead of obtaining the clip themselves? No one at the LAT has a web browser? This is what stinks.
And Fry's here in Woodland Hills, CA has had a unit on display for at least 6 months. It picks up at least 3 access points but can connect to none of them.
Billly Gates: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when RIM extorted Blackberry? Hell no!
Brickwall: RIM?
rworne: Forget it, he's rolling.
Billly Gates: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough...
[thinks hard]
Billly Gates: the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go!
This will be a problem only if Macs make big inroads onto corporate desktops. Considering corporate IT shops are based on whatever Microsoft and Dell have to offer, it will be some time before this becomes an issue. For the home user, it's great for the exact reason you mention.
That's not really meant to be an anti-apple troll, but rather a sad commentary on IT shops.
You don't trust politicians. Good. Neither do I. But I was talking about statesmen and not politicians. IIRC, "statesman" was no longer used after the 3rd or 4th presidency - much like another reply to my post.
True, but not everyone has $9000 burning a hole in their pocket just to reprogram their immobilizer keys.
Your number is a bit low. It's more likely Democracy ended when the people running the country stopped being called "Statesmen" and became "Politicians".
BTW: The mod war on the above post should prove interesting.
I find that odd, since key blanks are really cheap. That and the RFID industry is claiming the technology is so cheap they can put these tags on merchandise for mere pennies.
Honda can reprogram the immobilizer system even if you have no keys. It does require the dealer's help - just because they have access to the HDS (Honda Diagnostic System) that is required to perform the task:
Each manufacturer does this differently, so there are some manufacturers that have immobilizer systems that cannot be reprogrammed without an ECU change if the master/learning key is lost.
You think that's bad?
The larval stage of a politician is a lawyer.
About January 2004. Two and a half years ago.
Not to mention that on the Tivocommunity website a TiVo rep there (TiVoPony) said Mac support would be there by mid year 2006. Well, I guess not - unless something gets shoved out the door over the next few days.
Oh, there's reasons:
1. Sex offenders may be prohibited from using the Internet as part of their release/parole.
2. Anonymous surfing at an unsecured AP is a wonderful way of getting your "stuff" without being traced.
3. It's free
*soapbox on*
Now I didn't read TFA, but if #1 and #2 applied in this case, they would be trumpeting the fact from coast to coast. As far as I can tell, they just threw out the sex offender part just to color public opinion of the "perp". I know they seized his computer and rifled through the contents. If they found anything, the press would know it too. Much like theat guy that was caught a couple years back with a laptop accessing an open AP with his pants around his ankles.
Since the police know he is a sex offender, they know what his conditions of release are and can't seem to find a problem (as of yet). All this guy is guilty of is sitting in a public place accessing free Internet service that a business was supplying (at no charge) to attract customers. If the business really wanted to get rid of his ilk, they could just set up a click-through TOS or use NoCatAuth or some other access control method (like a time-limited passcode on a receipt) that spells out the conditions for use of the network (such as for customers only) and prohibiting unauthorized use - oh, I'm sorry - that requires money and effort.
*soapbox off*
No, it may have something to do with what is acceptable regarding nudity in Europe vs the US. Bare breasts is not apparently a big deal with our friends across the pond, but over here, it's cause to bring out the torches and pitchforks. Besides, last I saw Maxim (the US version) it contained no real nudity at all.
Why bother with that? Got to your local pet store and get a bunch of it for cheap from the fish/aquarium filter supplies.
None of it is redundant:
Yet another gets all her Japanese TV over the net - the #1 bandwidth hog
And another watches streaming baseball games and other content for hours each day. #2
I play on-line games and use USENET and the web a lot. Download distros and tons of programs. - About a tie with #2
Another is a web junkie and spends hours looking a photos and sound/movie clips.
We also have squid set up as a web cache. Doubt there's that much overlap or redundancy.
I have 768/6.0 service from Speakeasy. We have 4 big time downloaders sharing that connection. And believe me, we made use of that download portion - until last month. We got a call from their security department (it turned out is was actually the abuse department) recommending that we first check our security (as in wireless routers), and failing that, curtail our downloading activity.
They were keen to say that there are no caps, but they way things were worded getting over 3.0-3.5 GB/day is considered excessive use. Because of this, downgrading the account to a 1.5Mb download rate might actually be more cost-effective now since we need the data more than we need the rate.
Yeah, every try to find a Channel F on the 2nd-hand market? Sheesh!
Quite nice! Thank you!
The new version says nothing about component video, but I will check this out.
Most of the previous posters addressed my concerns. I want:
1. Component output. S-Video will do if there's no "tearing" during horizontal pans.
2. XBMC work-alike. I don't care about the scripting, MameoX, or XBOX games. I want to access any file MPlayerOSX/VLAN can handle over my home network.
3. The iTunes/MP3, photo stuff is already addressed.
Overscan isn't an issue - I want this to replace my aging XBMC center. MythTV is another option in a ShuttlePC case - but the form factor of the Mac Mini is unbeatable.
I can see why HDTV adoption has slowed. I am buying nothing until I need a new set. I'm perfectly happy with DVDs and my progressive-scan player. Because of the HDMI crap, I'm not buying into the new technology until it's been around and established. They will also have to kill off DVD to get me to move as well.