You can all laugh as I stick with my MD player and it's 48 hour battery life. The only pain there is getting songs onto the discs, a one time trade I'm willing to make.
You're leaving out the pain of paying $12 for a 5-pack of media. After tax, you're approaching $3 per disk! I can't remember the last time I paid $10 for 100 blank CDs. And this ridiculous pricing follows just about everything that works with MD.
You are correct, but what do you think the odds are that he was never going to connect that box to the internet? Especially without saying so as part of his argument.
I think you just defined the exact reason why IMAP was created. So the question is, why the jumping through hoops with POP3 instead of just switching to IMAP and having this all done by default?
Might as well elect a king of the world, and go out on a rampant, imperialistic conquest, eh?
I mean, is this a popularity contest or what? I say nuke everyone that isn't the US! We are the only ones that matter anyway. I can't understand why anyone would not like us!
I see you conveniently forgot your argument about the Democrats spending more than the Republicans.
Does that mean you can now see the truth is the opposite?
That just goes to show how out of touch you are with the real world. A majority of the American public believes the Swift Boat Vets. And why shouldn't they?
And a majority of the world thinks Bush is a terrible president. And why shouldn't they?
If money can't buy votes, then surely you aren't against the campaign finance law, since it will obviously will make it easier to spend less money and still win. That's good for everyone, right?
You are the first person I've heard of that has believed the Swift Boat Vets.
Where are you getting your facts? Faux News?
Republicans are
spending more!
It is truly astounding how some on the right can equate a single item with "doing everything within his considerable power."
Didn't the parent JUST SAY that he voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, which was already partially found to be unconstitutional and is the topic of this story?
I do not know the details of the campaign finance reform law, but I do know that campaigning should not be reserved for the rich. How about mentioning the rest of the law that is clearly in the best interests of the American public, by limiting the super-rich from winning based soley on their power to advertise. I find it hard to believe that anyone (except the super rich) could find a reason to argue against the purpose of the finance reform law.
I don't have specific sites. Random porn sites that are transitory, most DEFINATELY have various trojans. Firefox lets them through, and my virus checker (http://free-av.com) picks them up. All kinds of trojans. Granted, there are probably fewer because Active X doesn't work, but depending on how much time I spend surfing, I average catching between 1-3 trojans a day that come by way of Firefox.
If you average catching between 1-3 trojans a day that come by the way of Firefox, which of course means you aren't CHOOSING to download these files (that would be no fault of the browser), then surely you'll be able to come up with specific sites and post them here for us to see.
[q]So what would you do if someone whispered into your ear: "A plane has just crashed into one of the the World Trade center buildings" - grab the nuclear football and cut loose? Run for cover? Tell the children they're all gonna die? Remember your history that planes have crashed into skyscrapers before, such as the B-29 bomber that went into the Empire State Building, and go about being a president while your people gather data?[/q]
A. Get the fuck to somewhere protective, since I am the fucking leader of the country and arguably the biggest target.
B. Figure out what planes have been hijacked, and where they are currently.
I suspect that other large cable/broadband providers will do the same (terminate, interrupt, or otherwise impede service), perhaps regardless of whether they provide on-demand services that directly compete with this Tivo/Netflicks offering.
And drive all their customers to DSL? Sounds like a great business plan!
I had Time Warner's iControl. We used it a couple times. There are major problems with the service when compared to the competition.
1. Extremely small selection. I estimate under 75 movies at any one time. This is [b]awful[/b] considering that many people own more than this amount of DVD's in their own collection, and this is a huge cable giant. Imagine if iTunes (or similar) were to only offer 75 different songs at any one time. There is no excuse for that in this day and age.
2. It costs $4 per movie. How is this BETTER than going to the video store down the street? For your $4 down the street, you get an actual non-lossy disc with all of the extras, actual DVD controls instead of the minimalist on-screen Play, Stop, Rewind, FForward, and you usually get to keep it for something like 2-7 days, instead of a measly 24 hrs. Not to mention, iControl movies are even further limited to 4 hours after you press play! Hope everyone is in the room for the first viewing!
I took back my digital box after I bought a TiVo. And if this goes through, I expect more people will do the same. $7 off my digital cable bill (renting the box) that covers more than half the TiVo account.
I agree, however at least he recognizes IE as a has-been.
Overall, IE's improvements are welcome, though I wish the company would take the extra time to bring IE up-to-speed with the competition. I use Mozilla Firefox for my daily browsing needs and will continue to do so.
The infrastructure here is maybe not as good as your college town or they are pushing the limits on distance or TimeWarner lies about the speed. The white box dealer I help on occasion went to DSL two years ago when RR was slower than dialup during the summer. He also saved 25% on his business class bill every month since. TW's prices go up at least twice a year.
I can't argue for how it worked in your area obviously, but my experience in two different states has been that the bandwidth is capped only by your contracted limit, not by anyone else's usage. I guess we'll only be able to agree that this is a YMMV kind of thing and you'll probably need to check something like dslreports.com and see what other customers have said for your area.
I have no interest in a cell phone. It might be useful for emergencies if I traveled a lot but since I don't, who needs it? They are also more expensive than a land line no matter who the vendor.
You interest is your own, so I'll only argue the facts. Like claiming that it invades your privacy when it can easily be turned of or left at home.
Pricing is true, BUT with equivalent options; voicemail, 3-way calling, caller id, call forwarding, etc, you'll probably see a similar price on a landline. Also, a good amount of cell phones plans include nationwide LD, which is quite pricey for land lines, under normal contracts.
I agree. I have a land line phone with DSL tied in and it's cheaper than Time Warner's Road Runner. TW would only do RR with digital cable, and the price of that is $15.00 more than Direct TV(with local channels and 2 receivers).
And the cost of your land line (required for DSL) is less than $15?
Plus the fact that there are alot of people hooked up to RR in my neighborhood and I have seen their systems running slower than dial-up when the kids get out of school.
I used RR for years in a crowded COLLEGE neighborhood in a major city--arguably the home users that use the most bandwidth. This crap about "slower" connections due to using the same trunk is just not true.
I do not have a cell phone and don't want one. I like being out of contact, it's quiet and peaceful driving somewhere. When I'm not at work or home, I don't want anyone getting in touch with me.
So turn if off!! Why does every anti-cell phone person say this like the phone is something they HAVE to answer at all times? Cell phones do not fuse to your body. You can leave it at home like just like your land line. You could even argue they are more peaceful than land lines, because you CAN turn them off or mute them very easily. Compare disconnecting all the phones in your house when you want to watch a movie to just turning off a cell phone.
Yes, it's matter of taste and volvos are mostly transparent to police.
I happened to see a S60R yesterday and other than being clean as a whistle, it didn't look hardly any different than any other Volvo, which isn't a positive thing. Volvo isn't exactly known for "exciting styling." More like ultra conservative safety concious. It did not look ugly, mind you, just not very sporty.
The M3 is not comparable to a 911 or 360, but when compared to a Volvo, I would still say it looks like a sports car.
In my opinion the M3 looks better than any current BMW at any price.
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IE != Windows XP SP2.
There are plenty of people running operatings systems other than XP with SP2.
Where is their pop up blocker?
Yes they did. Can't remember, but I think it was 1.0 that fixed that. Possibly RC2.
You can all laugh as I stick with my MD player and it's 48 hour battery life. The only pain there is getting songs onto the discs, a one time trade I'm willing to make.
You're leaving out the pain of paying $12 for a 5-pack of media. After tax, you're approaching $3 per disk! I can't remember the last time I paid $10 for 100 blank CDs. And this ridiculous pricing follows just about everything that works with MD.
Yes, I will laugh at you.
You are correct, but what do you think the odds are that he was never going to connect that box to the internet? Especially without saying so as part of his argument.
So you wanted to use a computer, connected to the internet, with no password?
I'd say their is a very good chance that your problem would become many other people's problem when your machine is compromised.
Well, where is the link to these numbers?
Ever used Google? How about Amazon.com?
as stated, is that many IE vulnerabilities are the result of the very *existance* of a "trusted sites" zone.
I think you just defined the exact reason why IMAP was created. So the question is, why the jumping through hoops with POP3 instead of just switching to IMAP and having this all done by default?
Perfect!
Might as well elect a king of the world, and go out on a rampant, imperialistic conquest, eh?
I mean, is this a popularity contest or what? I say nuke everyone that isn't the US! We are the only ones that matter anyway. I can't understand why anyone would not like us!
See other child posts for the reasons.
I see you conveniently forgot your argument about the Democrats spending more than the Republicans.
Does that mean you can now see the truth is the opposite? That just goes to show how out of touch you are with the real world. A majority of the American public believes the Swift Boat Vets. And why shouldn't they?
And a majority of the world thinks Bush is a terrible president. And why shouldn't they?
If money can't buy votes, then surely you aren't against the campaign finance law, since it will obviously will make it easier to spend less money and still win. That's good for everyone, right?
You are the first person I've heard of that has believed the Swift Boat Vets. Where are you getting your facts? Faux News?
Republicans are spending more!
It is truly astounding how some on the right can equate a single item with "doing everything within his considerable power."
Didn't the parent JUST SAY that he voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, which was already partially found to be unconstitutional and is the topic of this story?
I do not know the details of the campaign finance reform law, but I do know that campaigning should not be reserved for the rich. How about mentioning the rest of the law that is clearly in the best interests of the American public, by limiting the super-rich from winning based soley on their power to advertise. I find it hard to believe that anyone (except the super rich) could find a reason to argue against the purpose of the finance reform law.
I don't have specific sites. Random porn sites that are transitory, most DEFINATELY have various trojans. Firefox lets them through, and my virus checker (http://free-av.com) picks them up. All kinds of trojans. Granted, there are probably fewer because Active X doesn't work, but depending on how much time I spend surfing, I average catching between 1-3 trojans a day that come by way of Firefox.
If you average catching between 1-3 trojans a day that come by the way of Firefox, which of course means you aren't CHOOSING to download these files (that would be no fault of the browser), then surely you'll be able to come up with specific sites and post them here for us to see.
Otherwise it's just pure BS.
[q]So what would you do if someone whispered into your ear: "A plane has just crashed into one of the the World Trade center buildings" - grab the nuclear football and cut loose? Run for cover? Tell the children they're all gonna die? Remember your history that planes have crashed into skyscrapers before, such as the B-29 bomber that went into the Empire State Building, and go about being a president while your people gather data?[/q]
A. Get the fuck to somewhere protective, since I am the fucking leader of the country and arguably the biggest target.
B. Figure out what planes have been hijacked, and where they are currently.
This isn't what comes to your mind?
I suspect that other large cable/broadband providers will do the same (terminate, interrupt, or otherwise impede service), perhaps regardless of whether they provide on-demand services that directly compete with this Tivo/Netflicks offering.
And drive all their customers to DSL? Sounds like a great business plan!
I just came from www.tivocommunity.com where they have a specific forum for TiVo hacking. Video extraction is anything but trivial.
Although the soon-to-be-released TivoToGo aims to fix this all in one software update.
I had Time Warner's iControl. We used it a couple times. There are major problems with the service when compared to the competition.
1. Extremely small selection. I estimate under 75 movies at any one time. This is [b]awful[/b] considering that many people own more than this amount of DVD's in their own collection, and this is a huge cable giant. Imagine if iTunes (or similar) were to only offer 75 different songs at any one time. There is no excuse for that in this day and age.
2. It costs $4 per movie. How is this BETTER than going to the video store down the street? For your $4 down the street, you get an actual non-lossy disc with all of the extras, actual DVD controls instead of the minimalist on-screen Play, Stop, Rewind, FForward, and you usually get to keep it for something like 2-7 days, instead of a measly 24 hrs. Not to mention, iControl movies are even further limited to 4 hours after you press play! Hope everyone is in the room for the first viewing!
I took back my digital box after I bought a TiVo. And if this goes through, I expect more people will do the same. $7 off my digital cable bill (renting the box) that covers more than half the TiVo account.
I agree, however at least he recognizes IE as a has-been.
Overall, IE's improvements are welcome, though I wish the company would take the extra time to bring IE up-to-speed with the competition. I use Mozilla Firefox for my daily browsing needs and will continue to do so.
from his review on SP2
The infrastructure here is maybe not as good as your college town or they are pushing the limits on distance or TimeWarner lies about the speed. The white box dealer I help on occasion went to DSL two years ago when RR was slower than dialup during the summer. He also saved 25% on his business class bill every month since. TW's prices go up at least twice a year.
I can't argue for how it worked in your area obviously, but my experience in two different states has been that the bandwidth is capped only by your contracted limit, not by anyone else's usage. I guess we'll only be able to agree that this is a YMMV kind of thing and you'll probably need to check something like dslreports.com and see what other customers have said for your area.
I have no interest in a cell phone. It might be useful for emergencies if I traveled a lot but since I don't, who needs it? They are also more expensive than a land line no matter who the vendor.
You interest is your own, so I'll only argue the facts. Like claiming that it invades your privacy when it can easily be turned of or left at home. Pricing is true, BUT with equivalent options; voicemail, 3-way calling, caller id, call forwarding, etc, you'll probably see a similar price on a landline. Also, a good amount of cell phones plans include nationwide LD, which is quite pricey for land lines, under normal contracts.
Where are the mod points when you need them!
I agree. I have a land line phone with DSL tied in and it's cheaper than Time Warner's Road Runner. TW would only do RR with digital cable, and the price of that is $15.00 more than Direct TV(with local channels and 2 receivers).
And the cost of your land line (required for DSL) is less than $15?
Plus the fact that there are alot of people hooked up to RR in my neighborhood and I have seen their systems running slower than dial-up when the kids get out of school.
I used RR for years in a crowded COLLEGE neighborhood in a major city--arguably the home users that use the most bandwidth. This crap about "slower" connections due to using the same trunk is just not true.
I do not have a cell phone and don't want one. I like being out of contact, it's quiet and peaceful driving somewhere. When I'm not at work or home, I don't want anyone getting in touch with me.
So turn if off!! Why does every anti-cell phone person say this like the phone is something they HAVE to answer at all times? Cell phones do not fuse to your body. You can leave it at home like just like your land line. You could even argue they are more peaceful than land lines, because you CAN turn them off or mute them very easily. Compare disconnecting all the phones in your house when you want to watch a movie to just turning off a cell phone.
Please list these sites that don't work.
...If you can come up with any.
Yes, it's matter of taste and volvos are mostly transparent to police.
I happened to see a S60R yesterday and other than being clean as a whistle, it didn't look hardly any different than any other Volvo, which isn't a positive thing. Volvo isn't exactly known for "exciting styling." More like ultra conservative safety concious. It did not look ugly, mind you, just not very sporty.
The M3 is not comparable to a 911 or 360, but when compared to a Volvo, I would still say it looks like a sports car.
In my opinion the M3 looks better than any current BMW at any price.