I make it a habit to start watching shows about 15 minutes into it. This way I have no commercials to watch for that hour.
I'll just watch 22 minutes of a commercialess Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, 24, ect...
Of course, this isn't "live tv" so much as letting my predetermined recordings start before I start watching them (you still record the Simpsons, even if you are there to watch it).
My inlaws had their Dish/Tivo for 4 months before they realized they could pause live TV. Imagine how they loved it then.
Google toolbar has been blocking popups for me for a whle now and it works great.
Using the internet is like driving a car. If you start and don't know what you are doing, you can crash and burn.
Frankly, I think people need to know about Adaware (and for simplicity sake) Trillian long before you get them to switch their browser. Now Outlook Express, on the other hand, is something to have poeple avoid. Having the "preview" feature turned on by default, is a HUGE problem.
In my home office (I mean third bedroom) I have about 1000 watts of boxes running, a tv, cable box, printer, scanner, external cd burner and three monitors going on 2 outlets (in the same room, which in reality, is like one outlet if its on the same circuit).
Whenever my wife vacumms (with our big tv, replaytv, vcr, dvd, and stereo going) she immediately trips a circuit.
I think what is a bigger deal than a lack of plugs, is that most of us are using dirty power. If you aren't using a *good* battery backup that not only protects against surges but spikes, well, it makes me nervous to think about all of the wquiptment I have that is only using a $5 surge protector (which is likely only providing me with extra plugs and not protection.
I had a Gateway computer that they replaced 5 times. Later I realized that the power was B-A-D. That's ok - I overpaid enough that I feel I made them jump through enough hoops to make up for it.
I can't wait until I have my own house. Not only will I hopefully have clean power, but I can change to a higher amp breakers and a thicker gauge wire going from the electric box to the room(s) in question. I think most old houses have 10 amp circuits. 20 would be my personal minimum for a room with lots of computers/electrical equiptment.
if your fan reboots your USB hub, there's a problem with your power strip. But that doesn't make it less funny.:)
this is why you need to make sure that you not only have an acceptable usage agreement with them, but also a bunch of stuff indemnifying yourself from being responsible for their actions both knowingly and unknowlingly.
I too have a dedicated server with clients and friends renting space. I am very nervous about their mailing habits, being an internet marketer. I know how much email looks like spam even when the sender is completely innocent. And unless they have their own mail server running (cause then they are using yours - look at the headers of one of their emails - it might have your domain name in it somewhere), you might be responsible for their spam. And more and more, "spammers" will be held accountable with their wallet.
Never thought you'd be a spammer just because you rent a dedicated box....
Because this is a news site and not a tin-foil-hat site.
If it was made public, many who frequent this site might have been made aware of it and thus could try to take appropriate measures to protect themselves.
your parent poster meant they were tired of paying for products with a service warranty and have to call in multiple times to find satisfaction.
I find this to be true and in my case, with Sprint. I would rather hand up with a jackass/unknowledgable service rep and wait on hold for another that is much morelikely to resolve my problem quickly and without attitude. It is a good tule of thumb to take notes when you call anytime. Mark the date, time and ask the rep their name if they don't tell you. At the end of your next call, complain about the last rep. Ask for the notes in your "file" to be read back to you so that you can check which stuff was deleted from the last time you complained. Get a $30 gizmo from Radio shack that will let you record phone conversations through your sound card. Tell each rep you speak to, that you too are recording the conversation for quality control purposes. Fankly, even if you don't record it, you'll be surprised at how well you get treated.
I have been involved with producing local Boston band's cds. I humbly disagree with you.
First, any band that wants to record has their instruments and inevitably equiptment simply because they like to play.
I built a dual Athalon box with a layla so I can either get 8 tracks at a time or use a mixing board with the s/pdif and get more tracks. I would personally use Cakewalk and an academic version at that (if you don't have the budget, why wouldn't you be creative about working within it). Mics are certainly something to consider. But chances are you are going to track to some extent or another, so you cab get away with buying 3 or 4 good ones (but seriously, I know of national bands who used $150 mics in the studio. For $2000, you will have a box that can record 16 tracks 1/4" simutaneously with rediculously low latency. Sure there are other costs, but many are covered by the fact that you are a musician anyway and have most of the stuff you need. If not, you likely know another band whom you can borrow stuff from.
I can get cds pressed in very short runs that are of a better than average (for an indie band) for about $3 a cd - with all of the marketing trappings a fan likes to see when they dole out money for a cd. If the budget doesn't allow for a larger initial inverstment, $3 per cd to make $7 is much better than no cds at $8.70 profit.
So really, for most bands that are talented enough to have been playing out for a while, have much of the equiptment they need. Play out in a decent club, and you can at least get live tracks recorded onto a mini disc player and get a stereo recording for less than $100. (In case one's budget is extremely low). At that point, you hope the sound guy who is doing the show is good enough to get you a good mix.
And your $30 dollor an hour place will take 15.00 if you are willing to do 6 hour blocks starting at midnight.
I worked at Cakewalk for a few years. I have heard stuff that customers sent in with not more than $2000 in equiptment, including computer and software and mics that shocked a lot of us.
And don't forget the types of music that one can make that has nothing to do with anyone but a sequencer, a bunch of samples and a microphone. I had Rizzo from the Wu Tang Clan show me a portable recording studio he had (his partners were trying to sell them for about $4000) where he recorded Old Dirty Bastard in a hotel lobby two nights earlier. The quality was almost that of what you hear as a finished product from them. It was amazing.
with digital audio editing programs. Long gone are the days that require million dollor studios to be able to create a polished piece of work.
Now, a talented producer/sound guy is still needed and still requires skills. But anyone with a natural sound for music and practice can be damned good.
When I logged in today (after reading the article), my preference hadn't been changed from about 8 months ago. But 8 months ago, I started to receive email, saying I had gotten it because I was a Yahoo member. When I logged into my account, the single line I had checked to NOT share my data with third parties had changed to multiple options that were all checked off as yes. So, yes, today my preferences were the same, but not before I had to re-opt-out.
When Yahoo bought Launch and Hotjobs, they took my accounts from them and created Yahoo accounts with my being opted into everything prior to my logging into it for the first time.
So I figure it is likely that some of the spam I get is as a result of being made available for sale on their lists. A company that big takes weeks to remove you from all of their lists, but while email addresses are usually brokered through a third party, direct mail lists are not.
I don't mind Yahoo making some money for the value they offer. I just don't like the way they have gone about things. Because of who they are, they rely upon branding heavily. Messing with privacy policies in a bad way does not win you positive mindshare. Look at Tivo. They are doing fine, but many of their customers were left with a bad taste when they shared large chunks of customer data with Hollywood.
So Yahoo sending out this email today certainly doesn't make up for their transgressions 8 months ago.
they hadn't changed it either from when I edited them about 8 months ago, but prior to that, they had "added more options" and changed me from a single no to a multiple yes. I had to opt out of everything. It wasn't much trouble to do, but had I not started to receive mail from folks they brokered my email addy to, I might not have noticed so quickly. On top of that, when they bought out HotJobs and Launch, they took my account info from those places, created a yahoo account for me and opted me into all of the stuff. One company had the same email address as I used with Yahoo, so they nixed that new account, but the other (Launch, I think) used a different email than Yahoo had seen before.
I subscribe to the belief that I will trade my personal data (to a point) when getting value in return, but I don't like it when they change their mind without notice. This time they are telling people - last time, they didn't with me.
see, just by signing up with them, they have something they can monitize - my information.
Instead of saying, to be able to get free email, free gmaes, free claendars, music, ect you must allow for us to market to you, they think its ok to just change their word (word is SUPPOSED to be bond). But tell me that and don't tell me you wont sell my information and the DO IT!
I don't know about you, but I take it personally when someone tells me one thing and does another.
But now what will Yahoo do with all of the user data they have from your list? Market to them of course. Just as they did when they bought Launch and Hotjobs.
Geesh, I got an email from Disney about changes in their privacy policy. Basically, if you don't click to agree to the changes, they still abide by the old agreement. You might just not have full access to their sites. But at least (in theory), they are honoring their original agreement with you instead of simply changing the entire intent of it because they say "we reserve the right to change it when we want".
But how much value do you actually get? I don't mind when Ziff Davis companies (EWEEK, Baseline, CRM, ect) send me 5 emails a day with special offers. Becuase inevitably, they also include free subscriptions to magazines. See? Send me free shit and you can make money by marketing to me...
what is apaling, is that instead of going from one "no" to many "no"s or at least one "no" to one "no" and a bunch of "yes"s, they simply change your preference to not hear from them at all, to hearing from them and everyone who gives them a ducket or two.
It is clearly about money and much, much less about doing what is right.
They did the same thing when they bought Launch and Hotjobs. Those two companies started to send me spam immediately when Yahoo bought them.
I just don't get how they can make wholesale changes to your preferences (not necessarily the privacy policy). If I say I don't want to be contacted, that doesn't change just because they want it to.
But Yahoo is fairly useless to me these days. Unless I want to play pool or free fantasy sports.
But then again, Yahoo is super shady in other areas. Good luck if you use their web store stuff. Once you are signed up, good luck hearing from them before your ship sinks.
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I have a ReplayTV.
I make it a habit to start watching shows about 15 minutes into it. This way I have no commercials to watch for that hour.
I'll just watch 22 minutes of a commercialess Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, 24, ect...
Of course, this isn't "live tv" so much as letting my predetermined recordings start before I start watching them (you still record the Simpsons, even if you are there to watch it).
My inlaws had their Dish/Tivo for 4 months before they realized they could pause live TV. Imagine how they loved it then.
"automatically configure the entire server, without any interaction beyond plugging it into the network and turning it on"
Isn't this type of methodology what gets wireless users in trouble?
Google toolbar has been blocking popups for me for a whle now and it works great.
Using the internet is like driving a car. If you start and don't know what you are doing, you can crash and burn.
Frankly, I think people need to know about Adaware (and for simplicity sake) Trillian long before you get them to switch their browser. Now Outlook Express, on the other hand, is something to have poeple avoid. Having the "preview" feature turned on by default, is a HUGE problem.
In my home office (I mean third bedroom) I have about 1000 watts of boxes running, a tv, cable box, printer, scanner, external cd burner and three monitors going on 2 outlets (in the same room, which in reality, is like one outlet if its on the same circuit).
:)
Whenever my wife vacumms (with our big tv, replaytv, vcr, dvd, and stereo going) she immediately trips a circuit.
I think what is a bigger deal than a lack of plugs, is that most of us are using dirty power. If you aren't using a *good* battery backup that not only protects against surges but spikes, well, it makes me nervous to think about all of the wquiptment I have that is only using a $5 surge protector (which is likely only providing me with extra plugs and not protection.
I had a Gateway computer that they replaced 5 times. Later I realized that the power was B-A-D. That's ok - I overpaid enough that I feel I made them jump through enough hoops to make up for it.
I can't wait until I have my own house. Not only will I hopefully have clean power, but I can change to a higher amp breakers and a thicker gauge wire going from the electric box to the room(s) in question. I think most old houses have 10 amp circuits. 20 would be my personal minimum for a room with lots of computers/electrical equiptment.
if your fan reboots your USB hub, there's a problem with your power strip. But that doesn't make it less funny.
this is why you need to make sure that you not only have an acceptable usage agreement with them, but also a bunch of stuff indemnifying yourself from being responsible for their actions both knowingly and unknowlingly.
I too have a dedicated server with clients and friends renting space. I am very nervous about their mailing habits, being an internet marketer. I know how much email looks like spam even when the sender is completely innocent. And unless they have their own mail server running (cause then they are using yours - look at the headers of one of their emails - it might have your domain name in it somewhere), you might be responsible for their spam. And more and more, "spammers" will be held accountable with their wallet.
Never thought you'd be a spammer just because you rent a dedicated box....
Because this is a news site and not a tin-foil-hat site.
If it was made public, many who frequent this site might have been made aware of it and thus could try to take appropriate measures to protect themselves.
so if they use PC's then the cost of the gift has gone from time spent to $1000?
how will Zope and Plone affect my box's resources?
I am interested in it but am concerned that it can slow down my box (like some *Nuke sites can).
I have heard of some annoying bugs in version 2 of Contribute. Forums seem to say to keep using version 1.
I am not sure if they have patched version 2 yet.
If you use Dreamweaver to set up websites, then Contribute makes a lot of sense.
Um, he wants to pay 20 or 30 bucks for a domain name and website, not $1500 on a computer.
your parent poster meant they were tired of paying for products with a service warranty and have to call in multiple times to find satisfaction.
I find this to be true and in my case, with Sprint. I would rather hand up with a jackass/unknowledgable service rep and wait on hold for another that is much morelikely to resolve my problem quickly and without attitude. It is a good tule of thumb to take notes when you call anytime. Mark the date, time and ask the rep their name if they don't tell you. At the end of your next call, complain about the last rep. Ask for the notes in your "file" to be read back to you so that you can check which stuff was deleted from the last time you complained. Get a $30 gizmo from Radio shack that will let you record phone conversations through your sound card. Tell each rep you speak to, that you too are recording the conversation for quality control purposes. Fankly, even if you don't record it, you'll be surprised at how well you get treated.
you insensitive clod
"did I miss anything?"
You forgot one; Someone will create your laundry list of typical posts types.
I remember the first time I actually followed a goatse link from Slashdot, having no idea what it would be.
Of course, I was at work. bleh
I have been involved with producing local Boston band's cds. I humbly disagree with you.
First, any band that wants to record has their instruments and inevitably equiptment simply because they like to play.
I built a dual Athalon box with a layla so I can either get 8 tracks at a time or use a mixing board with the s/pdif and get more tracks. I would personally use Cakewalk and an academic version at that (if you don't have the budget, why wouldn't you be creative about working within it). Mics are certainly something to consider. But chances are you are going to track to some extent or another, so you cab get away with buying 3 or 4 good ones (but seriously, I know of national bands who used $150 mics in the studio. For $2000, you will have a box that can record 16 tracks 1/4" simutaneously with rediculously low latency. Sure there are other costs, but many are covered by the fact that you are a musician anyway and have most of the stuff you need. If not, you likely know another band whom you can borrow stuff from.
I can get cds pressed in very short runs that are of a better than average (for an indie band) for about $3 a cd - with all of the marketing trappings a fan likes to see when they dole out money for a cd. If the budget doesn't allow for a larger initial inverstment, $3 per cd to make $7 is much better than no cds at $8.70 profit.
So really, for most bands that are talented enough to have been playing out for a while, have much of the equiptment they need. Play out in a decent club, and you can at least get live tracks recorded onto a mini disc player and get a stereo recording for less than $100. (In case one's budget is extremely low). At that point, you hope the sound guy who is doing the show is good enough to get you a good mix.
And your $30 dollor an hour place will take 15.00 if you are willing to do 6 hour blocks starting at midnight.
I worked at Cakewalk for a few years. I have heard stuff that customers sent in with not more than $2000 in equiptment, including computer and software and mics that shocked a lot of us.
And don't forget the types of music that one can make that has nothing to do with anyone but a sequencer, a bunch of samples and a microphone. I had Rizzo from the Wu Tang Clan show me a portable recording studio he had (his partners were trying to sell them for about $4000) where he recorded Old Dirty Bastard in a hotel lobby two nights earlier. The quality was almost that of what you hear as a finished product from them. It was amazing.
with digital audio editing programs. Long gone are the days that require million dollor studios to be able to create a polished piece of work.
Now, a talented producer/sound guy is still needed and still requires skills. But anyone with a natural sound for music and practice can be damned good.
When I logged in today (after reading the article), my preference hadn't been changed from about 8 months ago. But 8 months ago, I started to receive email, saying I had gotten it because I was a Yahoo member. When I logged into my account, the single line I had checked to NOT share my data with third parties had changed to multiple options that were all checked off as yes. So, yes, today my preferences were the same, but not before I had to re-opt-out.
When Yahoo bought Launch and Hotjobs, they took my accounts from them and created Yahoo accounts with my being opted into everything prior to my logging into it for the first time.
So I figure it is likely that some of the spam I get is as a result of being made available for sale on their lists. A company that big takes weeks to remove you from all of their lists, but while email addresses are usually brokered through a third party, direct mail lists are not.
I don't mind Yahoo making some money for the value they offer. I just don't like the way they have gone about things. Because of who they are, they rely upon branding heavily. Messing with privacy policies in a bad way does not win you positive mindshare. Look at Tivo. They are doing fine, but many of their customers were left with a bad taste when they shared large chunks of customer data with Hollywood.
So Yahoo sending out this email today certainly doesn't make up for their transgressions 8 months ago.
they hadn't changed it either from when I edited them about 8 months ago, but prior to that, they had "added more options" and changed me from a single no to a multiple yes. I had to opt out of everything. It wasn't much trouble to do, but had I not started to receive mail from folks they brokered my email addy to, I might not have noticed so quickly. On top of that, when they bought out HotJobs and Launch, they took my account info from those places, created a yahoo account for me and opted me into all of the stuff. One company had the same email address as I used with Yahoo, so they nixed that new account, but the other (Launch, I think) used a different email than Yahoo had seen before.
I subscribe to the belief that I will trade my personal data (to a point) when getting value in return, but I don't like it when they change their mind without notice. This time they are telling people - last time, they didn't with me.
This is the Dad of the girl.
....and no still means no....
Its not just you, EVERYONE likes her.
see, just by signing up with them, they have something they can monitize - my information.
Instead of saying, to be able to get free email, free gmaes, free claendars, music, ect you must allow for us to market to you, they think its ok to just change their word (word is SUPPOSED to be bond). But tell me that and don't tell me you wont sell my information and the DO IT!
I don't know about you, but I take it personally when someone tells me one thing and does another.
But now what will Yahoo do with all of the user data they have from your list? Market to them of course. Just as they did when they bought Launch and Hotjobs.
Geesh, I got an email from Disney about changes in their privacy policy. Basically, if you don't click to agree to the changes, they still abide by the old agreement. You might just not have full access to their sites. But at least (in theory), they are honoring their original agreement with you instead of simply changing the entire intent of it because they say "we reserve the right to change it when we want".
But how much value do you actually get? I don't mind when Ziff Davis companies (EWEEK, Baseline, CRM, ect) send me 5 emails a day with special offers. Becuase inevitably, they also include free subscriptions to magazines. See? Send me free shit and you can make money by marketing to me...
They think so too, as it means you missed the part where they installed Gator on your machine.
what is apaling, is that instead of going from one "no" to many "no"s or at least one "no" to one "no" and a bunch of "yes"s, they simply change your preference to not hear from them at all, to hearing from them and everyone who gives them a ducket or two.
It is clearly about money and much, much less about doing what is right.
They did the same thing when they bought Launch and Hotjobs. Those two companies started to send me spam immediately when Yahoo bought them.
I just don't get how they can make wholesale changes to your preferences (not necessarily the privacy policy). If I say I don't want to be contacted, that doesn't change just because they want it to.
But Yahoo is fairly useless to me these days. Unless I want to play pool or free fantasy sports.
But then again, Yahoo is super shady in other areas. Good luck if you use their web store stuff. Once you are signed up, good luck hearing from them before your ship sinks.