I commented during the first written comment period and will most likely request an appearence at these hearings.
My clients include Universities, Colleges, and High Schools whose teachers are currently unclear in regards to fair use for educational purposes. Additionally, the DMCA on its face prevents them from media shifting their archives of older media to new formats.
With that being said, some caveats for new Dazzle customers. Dazzle has historically had customer service problems, particularly in regards to the bridge. The first versions of the bridge had some rather serious technical problems. (they also stripped out macrovision, but thats beside the point) The newer models don't seem to have as many issues as the older ones did. Problems included lock ups, artifacting, timing problems.
My bridge is now nearly 3 years old. It runs fine unless it overheats. Overheating can be caused be nearly anything at its agenow *grin*. If I keep it cool, it operates very well. I only use it to strip macrovision from sources now. (Under fair use, I have the right to shift the presentation media).
The MSI Gforce 4 TI4x00 series of cards have very good video capture features. The captures are only 640x480, but if you are pulling in an analog source, going to 720x only tends to dilute the image from a vhs tape anyway.
I am young enough not to have the "parent" problem a lot of you are experiencing. My dad was only about 5 years ahead of me in getting started with PCs, and I'v managed to pass him in the last 20 years in some areas of expertise (in others, he knows a smidge more)
But, HIS father, a different story. The dear man is over 80 years old. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the fact that at the age of 75 or 76 he decided that a PC could be useful for him. And I'm pleased that he decided he was still able to learn a few new tricks. And honestly, its NOT the grandfather that presents/introduces the problems. Its his friends!
*sarcasm on* See, his peer group are all experts. 80 year old experts. They all know the tips/tricks. The OEM burning software that came with their drive is superior to ANYTHING his son or grandson could recommend. This OEM video player is much better then this commercial application that was recommended. Windows 98 should be replaced with Windows ME! Its newer, its better! Refilling your ink cartridges is cheaper and better. No, it doesn't matter you have ink all over the place, on keyboards, the tile floors, your fingers. You are sticking it to the printer manufacturer by saving money! HP makes the best computers. OEM computers that cost more than $600 arent worth the money. Just get the celeron special, it will be ok. This isn't a virus, its a cute little screen saver. Your email application is locking up? Virus, naw, uninstall OE and reinstall it, yeah, that must be it. *sarcasm off*
New rules: 1. All requests for family help must be in written form. That way when I ask you a question, and you answer and then your friend helps you argue with me, I have a paper trail.
2. Don't start your support session with the words "a friend of mine is here and he says..."
3. Don't ask a question you have no intention of listening to the response for.
Worse, the article reported, "Dr. Epstein, in a speech after the event, noted that he had learned from the day's proceedings that 'little progress has been made in the last twenty-five years.'"
It had to be said, and Epstein said it: The emperor had no clothes. After decades of government-funded research by the brightest minds in computer science, A.I. programs still stank, and the National Science Foundation and Sloan Foundation had just spent $80,000 to demonstrate this sad fact to the world.
All of the Federal and academic monies put into A.I. research have produced very little progress in all the years since Turing's test was introduced.
The "dirty little secret" of the research world is out. "We are getting paid handsomely to produce nothing".
Isn't that the case. When my daughter was about 4, she received a package in the mail full of porno stuff.
We went to the post office, filled out a form to block all adult material from coming to the house.
We were told at the time, that we wouldn't have to refile the order.
Well, 4 months ago (kid is 9 now) we begin to receive junk in the mail again. I package it up, carry to the post office, to be informed, um, yeah that order? Not much we can do about it.
IE: Glad the order made you feel good for a few years, have your porn back again.
Now, if I take a porno magazine, and show it to a child, in Georgia, I'm contributing to the delinquency of a minor. But its ok, when Uncle Sam delivers it to my house, leaves it on my property, for my kid to pick it up.
I have to agree. By just throwing a bunch of people together, the show will start to reak of "Experiment Island", the show for whiners and tantrum throwers.
I find it interesting, that others here are making claims against Bush and implying Bush has something to do with all of NASA's current money problems.
Columbia was built in 1978, first flown in 1981. thats 3 years. Now, scroll the time back to the beginning of the design process. Even if Bush handed NASA an unlimited budget the day he made it into office, we wouldn't have a new shuttle to use today.
Now, terrorism? Yeah, the terrorists have a missle that can hit a Mach20+ target. *sarcasm*
Seven explorers died today. Get off your political high horses, and think about that. Accidents do happen.
Was watching one of the Talking Head programs last night. The head of one of the telemarketing associations was claiming that some absurdly high percentage of those that want a no-call-list would actually buy from a telemarketer.
Let me see. Sure, I'll part with my money to someone who calls me out of the blue, offers to sell me a product I may or may not be interested in, on a whim. I have NO idea who this person is, the stability of their company.
They have been billing our company roughly $54 a month, for 3 years for services we never ordered and do not desire. Namely, web hosting space.
Then, after multiple letters to their billing, then legal offices, they have the nerve to stick a collecter on us.
Last time I talked to the collector, I said, you want the money, sue us! Because the counter claim will include a federal charge of "false billing by mail" and other collection violations under Georgia law.
He said, "they won't sue you, they just hope you are dumb enough to pay."
Hrm, I wonder just how many "bad debts" they have been writing off each year on the books. Or how much they have in "accounts receivable".
I'd suggest a visitor read the "About Us" page pretty quickly. else it all seems like gobblydee gook. After you understand his basic premise, one can begin understanding the writings rather quickly.
I will not only second the afore mentioned opinion, but add that Ingram Micro recently told all its small business customers to go screw themselves, that they were cutting off all their lines of credit.
Was it for bad credit reviews? Was it for late payments? No, it was because you were small, insignificant in their minds. Let me see, buy overpriced, backordered kit form Ingram and pay cash now, or get it on credit from another supplier? Hrm, thanks for your support Ingram. It was the small shops that MADE Ingram Micro, so f*ck them.
I've talked to SpeakEasy, SnappyDSL and DSLi tonight. Going to read up on the reviews of them all.
Yes, I was a Telocity customer. Only had one serious problem, and it ended up being the X2 going bad. One processor refused to sync time with the other one, so lots of errors. After getting to level 3 support and them trying 2 rom updates, I got a new modem in 24 hours.
Their techs may not have been required to support linux, but they were very understaning.
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I commented during the first written comment period and will most likely request an appearence at these hearings.
My clients include Universities, Colleges, and High Schools whose teachers are currently unclear in regards to fair use for educational purposes. Additionally, the DMCA on its face prevents them from media shifting their archives of older media to new formats.
if we go in through Turkey and take Iraq from behind, would Greece help?
No, but protestors in San Fransico might be inclined to join in!
Interesting list of stats/facts regarding "The Three". cfm
http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/wm217
I am the happy owner of a bridge.
With that being said, some caveats for new Dazzle customers. Dazzle has historically had customer service problems, particularly in regards to the bridge. The first versions of the bridge had some rather serious technical problems. (they also stripped out macrovision, but thats beside the point) The newer models don't seem to have as many issues as the older ones did. Problems included lock ups, artifacting, timing problems.
My bridge is now nearly 3 years old. It runs fine unless it overheats. Overheating can be caused be nearly anything at its agenow *grin*. If I keep it cool, it operates very well. I only use it to strip macrovision from sources now. (Under fair use, I have the right to shift the presentation media).
The MSI Gforce 4 TI4x00 series of cards have very good video capture features. The captures are only 640x480, but if you are pulling in an analog source, going to 720x only tends to dilute the image from a vhs tape anyway.
Just some ideas to keep in mind.
I am young enough not to have the "parent" problem a lot of you are experiencing. My dad was only about 5 years ahead of me in getting started with PCs, and I'v managed to pass him in the last 20 years in some areas of expertise (in others, he knows a smidge more)
But, HIS father, a different story. The dear man is over 80 years old. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the fact that at the age of 75 or 76 he decided that a PC could be useful for him. And I'm pleased that he decided he was still able to learn a few new tricks. And honestly, its NOT the grandfather that presents/introduces the problems. Its his friends!
*sarcasm on*
See, his peer group are all experts. 80 year old experts. They all know the tips/tricks. The OEM burning software that came with their drive is superior to ANYTHING his son or grandson could recommend. This OEM video player is much better then this commercial application that was recommended. Windows 98 should be replaced with Windows ME! Its newer, its better! Refilling your ink cartridges is cheaper and better. No, it doesn't matter you have ink all over the place, on keyboards, the tile floors, your fingers. You are sticking it to the printer manufacturer by saving money! HP makes the best computers. OEM computers that cost more than $600 arent worth the money. Just get the celeron special, it will be ok. This isn't a virus, its a cute little screen saver. Your email application is locking up? Virus, naw, uninstall OE and reinstall it, yeah, that must be it.
*sarcasm off*
New rules:
1. All requests for family help must be in written form. That way when I ask you a question, and you answer and then your friend helps you argue with me, I have a paper trail.
2. Don't start your support session with the words "a friend of mine is here and he says..."
3. Don't ask a question you have no intention of listening to the response for.
So they pay people to allow dupes through?
All of the Federal and academic monies put into A.I. research have produced very little progress in all the years since Turing's test was introduced.
The "dirty little secret" of the research world is out. "We are getting paid handsomely to produce nothing".
Isn't that the case.
When my daughter was about 4, she received a package in the mail full of porno stuff.
We went to the post office, filled out a form to block all adult material from coming to the house.
We were told at the time, that we wouldn't have to refile the order.
Well, 4 months ago (kid is 9 now) we begin to receive junk in the mail again. I package it up, carry to the post office, to be informed, um, yeah that order? Not much we can do about it.
IE: Glad the order made you feel good for a few years, have your porn back again.
Now, if I take a porno magazine, and show it to a child, in Georgia, I'm contributing to the delinquency of a minor. But its ok, when Uncle Sam delivers it to my house, leaves it on my property, for my kid to pick it up.
I have to agree. By just throwing a bunch of people together, the show will start to reak of "Experiment Island", the show for whiners and tantrum throwers.
Disney is kid friendly?
Maybe we would need to define "friendly"/
Because going to court in the US is like tossing a coin?
I've filed some claims with a ton of evidence and lost. I've filed some with just enough documentation to show proof, and won.
Heads, get a good judge? Tails, get a grumpy old fool.
I find it interesting, that others here are making claims against Bush and implying Bush has something to do with all of NASA's current money problems.
Columbia was built in 1978, first flown in 1981. thats 3 years. Now, scroll the time back to the beginning of the design process. Even if Bush handed NASA an unlimited budget the day he made it into office, we wouldn't have a new shuttle to use today.
Now, terrorism? Yeah, the terrorists have a missle that can hit a Mach20+ target. *sarcasm*
Seven explorers died today. Get off your political high horses, and think about that. Accidents do happen.
My thoughts are with the families of the crews.
Was watching one of the Talking Head programs last night. The head of one of the telemarketing associations was claiming that some absurdly high percentage of those that want a no-call-list would actually buy from a telemarketer.
Let me see. Sure, I'll part with my money to someone who calls me out of the blue, offers to sell me a product I may or may not be interested in, on a whim. I have NO idea who this person is, the stability of their company.
Yeah, that would be a bright financial decision.
At the "end of this year". Um, its only January. Dont get excited about it, she still has 11 months left to put the world through hell.
I'll comment on XO Communications...
They have been billing our company roughly $54 a month, for 3 years for services we never ordered and do not desire. Namely, web hosting space.
Then, after multiple letters to their billing, then legal offices, they have the nerve to stick a collecter on us.
Last time I talked to the collector, I said, you want the money, sue us! Because the counter claim will include a federal charge of "false billing by mail" and other collection violations under Georgia law.
He said, "they won't sue you, they just hope you are dumb enough to pay."
Hrm, I wonder just how many "bad debts" they have been writing off each year on the books. Or how much they have in "accounts receivable".
I'd suggest a visitor read the "About Us" page pretty quickly. else it all seems like gobblydee gook. After you understand his basic premise, one can begin understanding the writings rather quickly.
Little wristband with my id on it, as I enter a room, get scanned, it sets the lighting, mood music I want...
Hot Grits?
I will not only second the afore mentioned opinion, but add that Ingram Micro recently told all its small business customers to go screw themselves, that they were cutting off all their lines of credit.
Was it for bad credit reviews? Was it for late payments? No, it was because you were small, insignificant in their minds. Let me see, buy overpriced, backordered kit form Ingram and pay cash now, or get it on credit from another supplier? Hrm, thanks for your support Ingram. It was the small shops that MADE Ingram Micro, so f*ck them.
Supporters say the law will help prevent accidental gun deaths and suicides.
Um, and a gun tuned to my handprint, will stop me from shooting myself..how?
My understanding is that its proprietary, and wont work with any other providers.
The reverse has not been true however. There were other models of DSL devices that would work with Telocity.
Saw that SpeakEasy offered 2 static ips, unlimited dialup for $89.
Also, in month of December, free xbox or Ps2 with 18 month committment.
Thanks for the other company name, will look to see if they have service here.
I've talked to SpeakEasy, SnappyDSL and DSLi tonight. Going to read up on the reviews of them all.
Yes, I was a Telocity customer. Only had one serious problem, and it ended up being the X2 going bad. One processor refused to sync time with the other one, so lots of errors. After getting to level 3 support and them trying 2 rom updates, I got a new modem in 24 hours.
Their techs may not have been required to support linux, but they were very understaning.
Just FREAKING great.
Damn Slashdot finds out before the freaking customers do.
My Apex DVD/CDR/CDRW/MP3 player has yet to skip, yet to run into anything it wont play. $59
Buddy's Sony? Won't play CDRs, CDRWs, MP3s and skips like a school girl. $279
27" Sanyo tv was bought in 1996 to watch the Olympics in Atlanta. Still clear as the day I bought it.