I'm not familiar with the internals of a Tivo, but it must have video out, right? That's how you'd normally use the Tivo to watch TV or replay recorded shows. So, is there a Linux (or other OS) driver for that video output device?? If not, Myth has a frontend that'll run on any PC, which I'll grant you is not necessarily as good as pushing it out directly to a TV.
1) it doesn't need to run an X11 display itself. As long as X11 compiles and installs OK you can export DISPLAY to somewhere else and crank it up. 2) what about MythWeb?? I haven't looked at it in a year or so, but that's supposed to be able to drive MythTV via a browser.
Yes, you have to defend, but if there are substantial differences between the products, it's very possible no infringement would be found. On the one hand you have a confidential system for banks and financial institutions to discuss currency market research among themselves, on the other hand there's a publically available email system. There's not going to be *any* confusion in the minds of most of the public, because by far the majority of us are not bankers...
The way I read the article, the IIR version of G-Mail sounds more like a subscriber-only bulletin board for discussing currency market research. If you're not a banker, you probably *wouldn't* hear about it, which merely strengthens Google's case. Even if they are infringing, it's very unlikely that anyone using Gmail is going to confuse it with a currency market chat board.
The summary may correctly state what the chairman says, but he's talking out his ass anyway... From the article:
IIR's version of G-Mail was developed by one of its subsidiaries, Pronet, which specialises in research about the currency markets for banks and other financial institutions.
The idea was that subscribers to its research could use G-Mail to disseminate it and discuss it over the web confidentially.
That doesn't sound much like a publically available, store-it-forever email system. More like a private, subscriber only bulletin board.
Why wouldn't it work with wind?? A large funnel narrowing to a small neck would give a jet of air. Always seemed to work at school, which was built in the shap of an H, with the open ends facing north and south There was *always* a breeze flowing through an arch in the center of the "crossbar", even on a flat calm day...
The ice is at least partly the result of snow accumulation. As the snow settles there'll be some air trapped, along with atmospheric contaminants. That's at least part of what the scientists are looking at.
It's been a while since I read a Windows EULA - does it still say something to the effect that "This product is not warranted to be suitable for any purpose at all"?? It's the standard "get out" clause that allows them to shrug off lawsuits with "hey, we *said* is wasn't guaranteed to work. It's not our fault your heart-lung machine/navy cruiser/space probe quit working."
If "Mission Critical" means "good enough for government work", then Windows NT is right up there. Or is it?? I bet the Captain of the USS Yorktown wasn't terribly impressed when it couldn't handle a divide-by-zero. I suspect he'd prefer to install Linux rather than be towed back into port...
According to this page, the Navy is getting Outlook and Outlook Web Access, so I'm betting there's an Exchange server behind the scenes. Maybe that's part of the problem??
Ummmm, how about building the RF transponder into a USB key?? The transponder still operates the car, and the USB key can transfer MP3s and stuff as promised. If the key contacts fail, it wouldn't stop the car from working, and the RF transponder could be moved to a new keyfob by the dealer.
So, maybe the USB port wouldn't be on the steering column?? Why is a regular key there?? So that it can disengage the steering lock with a (supposedly) unique edge pattern. The USB key won't do that, so it will probably use a solenoid or some other method to lock the steering. The USB key could easily sit in a pocket on the dashboard, along with whatever regular keys you have hanging on it.
I would think that rescue services would benefit enough from the extra communications with victims that there'd be no argument about airlifting in the trucks. Plus, the helicopters would be used both directions, carrying victims out of the area.
As for calling people, I think I read that someone hit by Katrina was able to get a call through to Tulsa, and thereby get a rescue team in to dig them out. Personally, if I knew *anyone* outside the disaster area, I'd call them if I couldn't get 911. Notifying *somebody* will always increase your chances of getting rescued.
In this particular pool, more lifeguards may not help - they already have 5. Now, if one or more lifeguards was squatting on the bottom with a scuba set or a wall-mounted air system, yeah, more lifeguards would help. It could even be cheaper than the video system, though possibly not as effective.
Is there any technical reason why any cellphone company couldn't fit a trailer with a generator, a tower, and a cellphone repeater?? Tow/fly it to a disaster area, find some stable high ground and crank up the tower. It wouldn't be very big investment (per truck or trailer), and the return would be enormous in terms of lives saved. It might even be possible to get a tax write-off.
There's usually plenty of warning about hurricanes, even if the exact track isn't totally predictable. Repeater trailers could be stationed outside the ground zero area and airlifted in, or driven if the roads are OK.
Reminds me of a time in school - we had some old WW2 ex-army backpack HF radios with, I think, about 5W output. We took one on an Adventure Training week in North Wales and were able to contact the school, south of London, using an inverted L antenna. That's a couple of hundred miles.
Interestingly, the chump that calculated the antenna length made NASA's mistake - calculated in metres, cut to length in feet. Still managed to get through, which might have had something to do with having a flat granite rockface behind the antenna. Or maybe not - I'm not any kind of expert in these thing.
Sounds like the Ankh-Morpork solution might be the way to go:
Ankh-Morpork is built on black loam, broadly, but mostly what it is built on is more Ankh-Morpork. Because of the nature of the Ankh-Morpork citizenry and the flooding of the River Ankh, they figured it was simply easier to build on top of the existing buildings when the sediment grew too high, rather than excavate them out.
I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect the levees are probably mostly silt dredged out of the main channel. Concrete could be inserted while piling up the silt, but maybe that didn't occur to anyone, or they couldn't get the funding. The silt arrives for free, all they have to do is haul it out of the river...
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I'm not familiar with the internals of a Tivo, but it must have video out, right? That's how you'd normally use the Tivo to watch TV or replay recorded shows. So, is there a Linux (or other OS) driver for that video output device?? If not, Myth has a frontend that'll run on any PC, which I'll grant you is not necessarily as good as pushing it out directly to a TV.
1) it doesn't need to run an X11 display itself. As long as X11 compiles and installs OK you can export DISPLAY to somewhere else and crank it up.
2) what about MythWeb?? I haven't looked at it in a year or so, but that's supposed to be able to drive MythTV via a browser.
Just a wild guess - they both have scum sucking, bottom feeding lawyers??
Yes, you have to defend, but if there are substantial differences between the products, it's very possible no infringement would be found. On the one hand you have a confidential system for banks and financial institutions to discuss currency market research among themselves, on the other hand there's a publically available email system. There's not going to be *any* confusion in the minds of most of the public, because by far the majority of us are not bankers...
The way I read the article, the IIR version of G-Mail sounds more like a subscriber-only bulletin board for discussing currency market research. If you're not a banker, you probably *wouldn't* hear about it, which merely strengthens Google's case. Even if they are infringing, it's very unlikely that anyone using Gmail is going to confuse it with a currency market chat board.
That doesn't sound much like a publically available, store-it-forever email system. More like a private, subscriber only bulletin board.
Yeah, but IIR inserted a dash in there - G-Mail - so you're screwed...
Why wouldn't it work with wind?? A large funnel narrowing to a small neck would give a jet of air. Always seemed to work at school, which was built in the shap of an H, with the open ends facing north and south There was *always* a breeze flowing through an arch in the center of the "crossbar", even on a flat calm day...
Doesn't the Peltier also require a large amount of electricity??
The ice is at least partly the result of snow accumulation. As the snow settles there'll be some air trapped, along with atmospheric contaminants. That's at least part of what the scientists are looking at.
Maybe Apache is just playing Microsoft's game??
If "Mission Critical" means "good enough for government work", then Windows NT is right up there. Or is it?? I bet the Captain of the USS Yorktown wasn't terribly impressed when it couldn't handle a divide-by-zero. I suspect he'd prefer to install Linux rather than be towed back into port...
According to this page, the Navy is getting Outlook and Outlook Web Access, so I'm betting there's an Exchange server behind the scenes. Maybe that's part of the problem??
A tax on the floating, off-shore casinos would some way towards helping out You know, the barges that pushed ashore by the high winds.
Ummmm, how about building the RF transponder into a USB key?? The transponder still operates the car, and the USB key can transfer MP3s and stuff as promised. If the key contacts fail, it wouldn't stop the car from working, and the RF transponder could be moved to a new keyfob by the dealer.
So, maybe the USB port wouldn't be on the steering column?? Why is a regular key there?? So that it can disengage the steering lock with a (supposedly) unique edge pattern. The USB key won't do that, so it will probably use a solenoid or some other method to lock the steering. The USB key could easily sit in a pocket on the dashboard, along with whatever regular keys you have hanging on it.
As for calling people, I think I read that someone hit by Katrina was able to get a call through to Tulsa, and thereby get a rescue team in to dig them out. Personally, if I knew *anyone* outside the disaster area, I'd call them if I couldn't get 911. Notifying *somebody* will always increase your chances of getting rescued.
In this particular pool, more lifeguards may not help - they already have 5. Now, if one or more lifeguards was squatting on the bottom with a scuba set or a wall-mounted air system, yeah, more lifeguards would help. It could even be cheaper than the video system, though possibly not as effective.
There's usually plenty of warning about hurricanes, even if the exact track isn't totally predictable. Repeater trailers could be stationed outside the ground zero area and airlifted in, or driven if the roads are OK.
Interestingly, the chump that calculated the antenna length made NASA's mistake - calculated in metres, cut to length in feet. Still managed to get through, which might have had something to do with having a flat granite rockface behind the antenna. Or maybe not - I'm not any kind of expert in these thing.
Yeah, but they could beachfront on *both* sides of the country.
I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect the levees are probably mostly silt dredged out of the main channel. Concrete could be inserted while piling up the silt, but maybe that didn't occur to anyone, or they couldn't get the funding. The silt arrives for free, all they have to do is haul it out of the river...
Are you nutz?? All that prime beachfront real estate?? Who needs convincing?? I'm surprised Libya hasn't tried it already...