"Once IP TV gets beyond an early adopter stage it is doomed because the systems for delivering Internet content simply can't handle sending even 1 or 2 Mbps streams to every single house off the same DSLAM or neighborhood node."
Yes, that certainly presents challenges, but I don't think they're insurmountable. Bandwidth gets cheaper every year, despite what your ISP tells you.
Another would be to pay a monthly fee to have access to all the content owned by a particular "channel", as per Netflix. I'd like to have the option to do either.
By the way, welcome to the internet, and try to go easy on the name calling, it really doesn't add to the discussion.
Too successful, so let's sell it and kill it. The whole cable model needs to die, there's no reason to subscribe to hundreds of channels when the technology is in place to stream only the shows you want. I can see having a few sports channels for live events for sports junkies, but give those of us who don't watch sports 24/7 the option to stream the few events we want to watch for cheap. My cable set up is the same: minimum basic, most of what I watch is on Netflix. I tried DSL for a while, but the performance sucked.
"Oh, and if you insist on 5 minute long unskippable cutscenes followed by a hard bossfight for the love of Xenu have an autosave between them. Your beautifully rendered cutscene gets really tedious when you've heard the joke half-a-dozen times."
If I had a nickel for every time I had to listen to "...and your demon taint stains it!"
Anyone who thinks that it's OK to spy on little kids in their homes is a danger to society. The question is whether any laws were broken. Regardless, all involved should be looking for new jobs. In this economy, good luck with that losers.
For handing a child a camera that secretly allows them to take pictures remotely? Creepy as hell, yes, but I'm not sure there's a law being broken. they should definitely be canned.
How the hell does anyone get killed by wind, unless they fall off a tower? And deaths/megawatt hour for nuclear are hard to figure, as it may take years to die from radiation exposure, and it can manifest itself in a number of ways. Plus there's the whole issue of rendering a large area uninhabitable for generations.
Nope. Oooold laptop. If you sleep it, plan on 30-60 seconds to wake up and it will be unstable as hell. I'm not arguing that a DVD player is the best solution, just the cheapest and easiest. I don't care that much about my TV/movie viewing, so those are my top criteria. I don't expect most slashdotters to feel the same.
on an old laptop, and for me it just wasn't worth the hassle compared to a $99 DVD player(including remote!) that boots in a matter of seconds. No, it won't do Hulu and that sucks, but compared to the expense and ongoing hassle of using a PC, the convenience is worth it.
Say what you will about Sony, my Bluray player presented no hassles getting Netflix set up. Wish it had Hulu support, and better Youtube navigation, but for the most part I'm pretty happy with it.
if there's some kind of limit as to how many of these plants we can build. But as far as i can see, there's no reason we can't build 5 of these to replace one conventional plant. If doing so drives the price per MW to unacceptable levels, that's a problem. If it doesn't, it's not. Nobody cares if there electricity comes from one giant plant or a few smaller ones.
I'm looking at my Dell GX960, cutting edge in December 2009 and still in production, with parallel and serial ports. I'm pretty sure the HP I just bought has them too, but could be wrong.
I don't need Friends in hi-def. If I want to see every orc in Return of the King's battle scenes, I'll put the DVD in my queue and wait a couple days for it to show up in mailbox. I'd rather not have hi-def video clogging up the intertubes.
because in their universe ray guns and firearms exist, but it's firearms that triumphed. there's an episode where they steal a ray gun, not for it's awesomeness as a weapon but it's value as an antique. I can't remember if they get into why ray guns didn't catch on, I think they were incredibly expensive and unreliable. A firearm, after all, is pretty darn simple and effective.
sensitive--as opposed to embarrassing-- information? How could they not figure out the name of OBL's courier and his location shouldn't be public knowledge?
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"Once IP TV gets beyond an early adopter stage it is doomed because the systems for delivering Internet content simply can't handle sending even 1 or 2 Mbps streams to every single house off the same DSLAM or neighborhood node."
Yes, that certainly presents challenges, but I don't think they're insurmountable. Bandwidth gets cheaper every year, despite what your ISP tells you.
Another would be to pay a monthly fee to have access to all the content owned by a particular "channel", as per Netflix. I'd like to have the option to do either.
By the way, welcome to the internet, and try to go easy on the name calling, it really doesn't add to the discussion.
Too successful, so let's sell it and kill it. The whole cable model needs to die, there's no reason to subscribe to hundreds of channels when the technology is in place to stream only the shows you want. I can see having a few sports channels for live events for sports junkies, but give those of us who don't watch sports 24/7 the option to stream the few events we want to watch for cheap. My cable set up is the same: minimum basic, most of what I watch is on Netflix. I tried DSL for a while, but the performance sucked.
OK, so enlighten us. What is the ultimate objective of a corporation?
..."Practical" isn't in the top 1000.
"Oh, and if you insist on 5 minute long unskippable cutscenes followed by a hard bossfight for the love of Xenu have an autosave between them. Your beautifully rendered cutscene gets really tedious when you've heard the joke half-a-dozen times."
If I had a nickel for every time I had to listen to "...and your demon taint stains it!"
because this is epic fail.
...and HalfLife 2 got delayed for months? If this stunt delays Skyrim, these tools deserve a kick in the nuts!
Anyone who thinks that it's OK to spy on little kids in their homes is a danger to society. The question is whether any laws were broken. Regardless, all involved should be looking for new jobs. In this economy, good luck with that losers.
For handing a child a camera that secretly allows them to take pictures remotely? Creepy as hell, yes, but I'm not sure there's a law being broken. they should definitely be canned.
How the hell does anyone get killed by wind, unless they fall off a tower? And deaths/megawatt hour for nuclear are hard to figure, as it may take years to die from radiation exposure, and it can manifest itself in a number of ways. Plus there's the whole issue of rendering a large area uninhabitable for generations.
Given the the total failure of the War On Drugs, why would anyone assume that any component of it, including DARE, is a success?
Nope. Oooold laptop. If you sleep it, plan on 30-60 seconds to wake up and it will be unstable as hell. I'm not arguing that a DVD player is the best solution, just the cheapest and easiest. I don't care that much about my TV/movie viewing, so those are my top criteria. I don't expect most slashdotters to feel the same.
only outlaws will be slaves? Damn, I hate it when Slashdot memes are right!
Trying to speed-bump the PATRIOT renewal and now this. Makes me glad I voted for him.
on an old laptop, and for me it just wasn't worth the hassle compared to a $99 DVD player(including remote!) that boots in a matter of seconds. No, it won't do Hulu and that sucks, but compared to the expense and ongoing hassle of using a PC, the convenience is worth it.
Say what you will about Sony, my Bluray player presented no hassles getting Netflix set up. Wish it had Hulu support, and better Youtube navigation, but for the most part I'm pretty happy with it.
if there's some kind of limit as to how many of these plants we can build. But as far as i can see, there's no reason we can't build 5 of these to replace one conventional plant. If doing so drives the price per MW to unacceptable levels, that's a problem. If it doesn't, it's not. Nobody cares if there electricity comes from one giant plant or a few smaller ones.
...since the industry won't even build a plant without government loan guarantees.
I'm looking at my Dell GX960, cutting edge in December 2009 and still in production, with parallel and serial ports. I'm pretty sure the HP I just bought has them too, but could be wrong.
I don't need Friends in hi-def. If I want to see every orc in Return of the King's battle scenes, I'll put the DVD in my queue and wait a couple days for it to show up in mailbox. I'd rather not have hi-def video clogging up the intertubes.
I forgot we got to see it in action...guess it's time to raid my daughter's DVD collection again!
because in their universe ray guns and firearms exist, but it's firearms that triumphed. there's an episode where they steal a ray gun, not for it's awesomeness as a weapon but it's value as an antique. I can't remember if they get into why ray guns didn't catch on, I think they were incredibly expensive and unreliable. A firearm, after all, is pretty darn simple and effective.
I'm sure his audience is very comfortable with going to the moon looking for alternatives to fossil fuels.
sensitive--as opposed to embarrassing-- information? How could they not figure out the name of OBL's courier and his location shouldn't be public knowledge?