I place the tivo remote face down on the arm of my armchair and haven't had any problems with it sliding off (or with buttons being accidentally pressed from being upside down).
The solution to your problem, should it arise again in the future, is to call your credit card company and dispute the charge. You have, IIRC, 60 days from purchase to do this (or maybe it's 60 days from statement date) which is plenty of time to assess whether a patch is actually coming. As long as you have a reasonable reason for requesting a chargeback, it will be given to you. If a company has a high enough percentage of customers request a chargeback then the credit card companies issue them to anyone who asks regardless of reason. Taking your money back from the company is often more effective than giving them a black mark with the BBB, and advising people on the mailing list to get their money back could have caused them to actually implement the feature.
Remember this: if you paid with a credit card then no company actually has your money until 60 days later.
According the the MPAA not all of the studios mentioned in this article are members (maybe none of them are, I only checked the ones listed in the slashdot blurb).
Microsoft forced the author of Virtualdub to remove support for the ASF format since Microsoft had patented the file format. That's the only one I remember.
We're gonna try to initiate a registrar transfer, but OLM can reject the transfer, and I have an odd feeling they will.
Years ago I transferred a domain in which I was listed as the registrant and admin but the registrar was the tech contact. An email was sent to me and to my registrar since those were the contacts on the domain. I approved the transfer and the registrar refused it but since I was listed as the registrant the transfer went through, so I don't think there's anything they can do to prevent you from transferring it.
You may want to give filetracer a try. Files are indexed in real time so there's no need to update the index unless the computer crashes or the program is otherwise not terminated properly. It also integrates well with Windows.
John Companies is not giving you a colocated server, they're giving you a "collocated" server (note the extra 'l'). You're given a virtual machine on a shared physical machine. I'd steer clear of any company that uses such deceptive advertising.
Seeing the incredible anti-spam sentiment is quit amazing to me. It seems to be a bit out-of-proportion to the actions in question.
The reason you're seeing it is because just about everyone here experiences spam. If I got punched in the head a dozen times a day, I would be pretty fucking angry at people who go around punching people in the head and I would want them all to die a slow horrible death. Fortunately, I don't get punched in the head on a regular basis so I tolerate head punchers much more than I would if they affected me on a regular basis.
you can definitely tape-record a conversation as long as ONE of the parties involved gives their consent
In the USA this varies from state to state. This page offers a state by state summary of wiretap laws.
otherwise, answering machines would be illegal
Answering machines are legal in all states because the person being recorded knows that they are being recorded. You can legally record a phone call with someone in any state as long as you tell them that it is being recorded, but if you record it without their knowledge then the legality depends on which state you are in.
duh!
If you're going to say that, at least know what you're talking about first.
The salesman told us that DV cameras were very delicate and needed to be professionally cleaned twice a year at a cost of nearly $100/year just for cleaning.
When I bought a CD player for my car at Best Buy, the salesman and the person who installed it both insisted that I get the warranty since CD players required the laser to be re-aligned once a year. When I bought a microwave from Sears, the salesman pushing the warranty pointed to the plastic ring under the turntable and told me that it would cost $70 to replace if it ever broke. I commented that the microwave itself was selling for $50 so if the plastic thing ever broke I'd save myself some cash and just buy a new microwave. He kept a straight face and said something along the lines of "well, for $20 more we can upgrade your warranty to the gold warranty where we'll replace the entire microwave." I decided against the "gold warranty" though I did wonder if infact they had such a warranty that specified that if the plastic ring is broken you get a new microwave.
Does anyone know of a pre-paid, rechargable card along the same lines?
Sounds like a Visa Buxx card. I don't know much about it or what fees (if any) they charge, just that the commercials make it sound like the card you're looking for.
Spending 47 years in jail is not a waste of 47 years of time since in or out of jail he would spend a third of his time sleeping, 70 years in jail would give him 47 years worth of conscious time imprisoned.
DVDs can use VBR. 9.8Mb/s is the maximum rate for video/audio/subpictures but the average rate can be and usually is much lower. Recordable DVDs are 4,700,000,000 bytes though most current DVD videos are up to twice that (dual layer), but it's generally possible to reduce the size of a dual layer dvd to fit on a single dvd-5 without noticeably affecting video quality.
We saw something similar happen with cable stations. As channels begin to mature, they will try to go to the widest possible audience.
It's not just the cable stations. Fox, UPN, and the WB all began with a lot of Black shows. I think UPN is still in that phase but Fox and WB gradually moved on to the larger White audience. (I hope that didn't sound racist, that's just way new networks operate)
Remember TNN?
I think that's different. I think they went from being The Nashville Network and airing country shows to being The National Network and airing TNG overnight. It wasn't really a case of them maturing or gradually moving in one direction, they basically just shut down one business and started another but still used the name TNN because of the name recognition.
Remember Sci Fi? it used to be THE PLACE for geeks like us. Now their canceling Farscape and such.
I haven't seen scifi since AT&T made it digital cable only, glad to hear I'm not missing much anymore. When Scifi first started it was mostly Star Trek the original series and a bunch of really really really shitty movies, is it reverting back to that or has it found a whole new way to suck?
10 minutes to search (unless it's popular), 30 minutes to download
Tom: Hey Bryan, do you want to hang out tomorrow? Bryan: I can't. I'm defrosting a turkey, so I'll be busy for the next 36 hours.
Yes, it may take 30 minutes to download an album, but that's all done in the background, it consumes none of your time (apart from the 30 seconds you spent putting things into your download queue). If you're able to use kazaa lite, you can use the Auto Search More tool that comes with it and cut your time spent for a 10 minute search down to about 30 seconds. The only thing I can think of that is time consuming is finding music by bands like Limp since searching for Limp will bring up nothing but Limp Bizkit songs, but if the mp3's have the album name in it you can avoid searching for individual songs by searching for the album name.
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I place the tivo remote face down on the arm of my armchair and haven't had any problems with it sliding off (or with buttons being accidentally pressed from being upside down).
The solution to your problem, should it arise again in the future, is to call your credit card company and dispute the charge. You have, IIRC, 60 days from purchase to do this (or maybe it's 60 days from statement date) which is plenty of time to assess whether a patch is actually coming. As long as you have a reasonable reason for requesting a chargeback, it will be given to you. If a company has a high enough percentage of customers request a chargeback then the credit card companies issue them to anyone who asks regardless of reason. Taking your money back from the company is often more effective than giving them a black mark with the BBB, and advising people on the mailing list to get their money back could have caused them to actually implement the feature.
Remember this: if you paid with a credit card then no company actually has your money until 60 days later.
Can someone please verify this?
Verification
Goldenpalace.com was written on his back. It's not the first time they've employed a streaker.
large corps *never* fudge on their taxs *Cough* ENRON *Cough*
Enron paid more taxes than they should have because they were reporting fraudulent income (they have also asked for a refund because of this).
Most ultimate is more bester than just plain ultimate.
According the the MPAA not all of the studios mentioned in this article are members (maybe none of them are, I only checked the ones listed in the slashdot blurb).
Microsoft forced the author of Virtualdub to remove support for the ASF format since Microsoft had patented the file format. That's the only one I remember.
We're gonna try to initiate a registrar transfer, but OLM can reject the transfer, and I have an odd feeling they will.
Years ago I transferred a domain in which I was listed as the registrant and admin but the registrar was the tech contact. An email was sent to me and to my registrar since those were the contacts on the domain. I approved the transfer and the registrar refused it but since I was listed as the registrant the transfer went through, so I don't think there's anything they can do to prevent you from transferring it.
The company that does it is Sportvision they have some fairly interesting technologies other than just the first down line.
You may want to give filetracer a try. Files are indexed in real time so there's no need to update the index unless the computer crashes or the program is otherwise not terminated properly. It also integrates well with Windows.
John Companies is not giving you a colocated server, they're giving you a "collocated" server (note the extra 'l'). You're given a virtual machine on a shared physical machine. I'd steer clear of any company that uses such deceptive advertising.
Seeing the incredible anti-spam sentiment is quit amazing to me. It seems to be a bit out-of-proportion to the actions in question.
The reason you're seeing it is because just about everyone here experiences spam. If I got punched in the head a dozen times a day, I would be pretty fucking angry at people who go around punching people in the head and I would want them all to die a slow horrible death. Fortunately, I don't get punched in the head on a regular basis so I tolerate head punchers much more than I would if they affected me on a regular basis.
The sponsor...is Microsoft ... VISA...have not sponsored or offered this contest in any way
Not only that, it also states: "Puerto Rico... to... become the property of Microsoft Corporation"
you can definitely tape-record a conversation as long as ONE of the parties involved gives their consent
In the USA this varies from state to state. This page offers a state by state summary of wiretap laws.
otherwise, answering machines would be illegal
Answering machines are legal in all states because the person being recorded knows that they are being recorded. You can legally record a phone call with someone in any state as long as you tell them that it is being recorded, but if you record it without their knowledge then the legality depends on which state you are in.
duh!
If you're going to say that, at least know what you're talking about first.
The salesman told us that DV cameras were very delicate and needed to be professionally cleaned twice a year at a cost of nearly $100/year just for cleaning.
When I bought a CD player for my car at Best Buy, the salesman and the person who installed it both insisted that I get the warranty since CD players required the laser to be re-aligned once a year. When I bought a microwave from Sears, the salesman pushing the warranty pointed to the plastic ring under the turntable and told me that it would cost $70 to replace if it ever broke. I commented that the microwave itself was selling for $50 so if the plastic thing ever broke I'd save myself some cash and just buy a new microwave. He kept a straight face and said something along the lines of "well, for $20 more we can upgrade your warranty to the gold warranty where we'll replace the entire microwave." I decided against the "gold warranty" though I did wonder if infact they had such a warranty that specified that if the plastic ring is broken you get a new microwave.
Does anyone know of a pre-paid, rechargable card along the same lines?
Sounds like a Visa Buxx card. I don't know much about it or what fees (if any) they charge, just that the commercials make it sound like the card you're looking for.
Like interlaced GIFs (or those weird blocky JPEGs whose correct name I don't know)
Progressive jpegs.
I think studios are realizing any footage beyond an hour and a half would be best used as filler to boost sales of their DVDs
I think studios are responding to movie theaters who all want shorter movies to increase the number of times a movie can be shown in a night.
Spending 47 years in jail is not a waste of 47 years of time since in or out of jail he would spend a third of his time sleeping, 70 years in jail would give him 47 years worth of conscious time imprisoned.
DVDs can use VBR. 9.8Mb/s is the maximum rate for video/audio/subpictures but the average rate can be and usually is much lower. Recordable DVDs are 4,700,000,000 bytes though most current DVD videos are up to twice that (dual layer), but it's generally possible to reduce the size of a dual layer dvd to fit on a single dvd-5 without noticeably affecting video quality.
We saw something similar happen with cable stations. As channels begin to mature, they will try to go to the widest possible audience.
It's not just the cable stations. Fox, UPN, and the WB all began with a lot of Black shows. I think UPN is still in that phase but Fox and WB gradually moved on to the larger White audience. (I hope that didn't sound racist, that's just way new networks operate)
Remember TNN?
I think that's different. I think they went from being The Nashville Network and airing country shows to being The National Network and airing TNG overnight. It wasn't really a case of them maturing or gradually moving in one direction, they basically just shut down one business and started another but still used the name TNN because of the name recognition.
Remember Sci Fi? it used to be THE PLACE for geeks like us. Now their canceling Farscape and such.
I haven't seen scifi since AT&T made it digital cable only, glad to hear I'm not missing much anymore. When Scifi first started it was mostly Star Trek the original series and a bunch of really really really shitty movies, is it reverting back to that or has it found a whole new way to suck?
10 minutes to search (unless it's popular), 30 minutes to download
Tom: Hey Bryan, do you want to hang out tomorrow?
Bryan: I can't. I'm defrosting a turkey, so I'll be busy for the next 36 hours.
Yes, it may take 30 minutes to download an album, but that's all done in the background, it consumes none of your time (apart from the 30 seconds you spent putting things into your download queue). If you're able to use kazaa lite, you can use the Auto Search More tool that comes with it and cut your time spent for a 10 minute search down to about 30 seconds. The only thing I can think of that is time consuming is finding music by bands like Limp since searching for Limp will bring up nothing but Limp Bizkit songs, but if the mp3's have the album name in it you can avoid searching for individual songs by searching for the album name.
I couldn't find an imdb entry for "Indie Movies"
I think he's referring to the Indiana Jones trilogy, though I believe the correct spelling is Indy not Indie.
Consider Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. That made over $100 million
According to the page you linked to, it made over 100 million pesetas in Spain, it made less than $35 million worldwide.