Door is already swung...wide that is
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TiVo and Rendezvous
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· Score: 3, Insightful
I've taken my (Korean) satellite TV feed, sent it to my G4, and piped it right back out...onto the internet, using QuickTime Streaming Server and Broadcaster (both free from Apple).
Only I'm using Firewire and a Sony DV cam to get it into the Mac. What would a TiVO get me, I wonder...maybe better control over the source?
Now to figure out a way to change TV stations remote, via a web browser, and I'm set:)
...check their site.....in conjunction w/MacWorld. $239.00/free shipping I believe...too bad it's not wireless tho. HP must be wishing they were back in the small gadget business.
Little known fact. Jobs and Apple have made QT one of the top 3 players worldwide when it comes to video enabled cellphones. I'd agree with the statement about MPEG4.
And I agree with your logic about extending the ride being perhaps counterproductive to the experience. They way this thing is marketed is time to speed...this means short...the only way to make it last longer is to go faster (not practical from a health and safety point of view?)...and faster would mean taller. I think even a little more speed would add a lot more height...they might simply be at practical limits all the way around.
Do we know what the average modern coaster ride time average is? How long is MF?
Update from the command line details
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QuickTime 6.1 Released
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· Score: 4, Interesting
> softwareupdate Software Update Tool Copyright 2002 Apple Computer, Inc.
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
To install an update, run this tool with the item name as an argument. e.g. 'softwareupdate <item>...'
======= > softwareupdate QuickTimeSU-6.1
======= This is what it looks like after entering that command: [clip] Installing "QuickTime"... 96% Installing "QuickTime"... 99% Installing "QuickTime"... 99% Installing "QuickTime"... 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% done.
You have installed one or more updates that requires that you restart your computer. Please restart immediately.
But this two ride thing makes me wonder...since they use a dragster theme, why didn't they put two tracks next to each other? Thus doubling the capacity, while expanding on the drag race theme?
The tracks could twist inside each other on the downrun, and add even more thrill...wonder if they thought about this and rejected it?
At least we agree that it's not a simple answer. Spending and making money never is, or we'd all be rolling around in it, wouldn't we. In this case, rather than speed up the line, we'll wait to see if they increase the fare instead. Any doubt the TTD costs more to ride than the MF? And that increase has to do with what?...right...making money...
ROI...return on investment.... I can imagine that there is tremendous cost in making these things. Just getting one into operation has to be hard enough. If I were a backer, I'd want some sore of guarantee that a second one would be busy full time before I'd approve it.
The more bodies they can run thru the gate, the more income they can grab to help pay for the next model. Just like turning over tables at a restaurant, fares in a taxi or Johns on the street.
Want a longer ride? Buy another ticket...it's all about money, after all.
When I came in, there were no messages showing (below my view level?)....don't ask why, as the first one about this was 20 minutes ahead of mine.
I would not have wasted my time if I'd known that others had posted the same thing earlier. Oh well...luck of the draw I guess...be a bit more reasonable next time, thanks:)
R. Buckminster Fuller would have loved to see his dream mature. Bucky wanted to give a metal lathe to every other person...with the agreement that the first thing they would make would be another lathe for the remaining half of the population.
I'm a Skylife satellite subscriber, here in South Korea, and the company has recently offered their service [site not in English] for those that wish to receive TV and music programming in the cars/vans, etc. Costs/fees work out to approx. US$500.00 per year.
I've seen the installs, and while I'd like to have one myself, the external receiver unit is rather large at this time, and I'll wait for something less bulky. With the amount of time spent sitting in traffic here, this would be a welcome break. It's about the size of a 12" tire/wheel, and looks a bit out of place sitting on the roof or trunk of the average car.
...this is what is known as writing/speaking without really having anything to say. No one really talks like this and expects to be taken seriously. I'm sure whatever point that was trying to be made could have been said in 80% less words.
Serial perfunction....wholesale alacrity....unmoderated duplicity....characteristic of a bygone glance...shot thru with seamless gall....meritoriously orchastrated... I'm a gonna puke.
Modding me down on this one tells more about you than me, and since modding via negatives is tracked just like positives, you might want to think of your own well being this time around:)
OS X will read from the hard disc. Just mount the DVD in the Finder, and drag the files you see in the DVD file heirarchy to a folder on your hard drive.
Then run DVD Player, and pull down 'file'...'open'...and navigate to the video folder on the hd and grab whichever chapter you want to start with. Things run normally from there. This is Macintosh....you just do it. Nothing cryptic. Note you'll use up disc space quickly this way...that's one reason I have over 300 gb online at home. Make sure to use a version above OS X 10.1.0
...one of the new X-wing fighter pilot action figures named "Jorge Sacul"....limited edition, I promise...still in the blister pack, with neatly trimmed goatee....? Serious offers only.
I travel with a late model Apple 12" iBook. Smaller than a TI, and much less expensive, these are the stealth deals of the year. They are excellent for DVD use on an airplane, etc. You can copy DVD's to the hard disc and play from their, or leave one in the drive, ready to watch when the in-flight movie leaves you flat. You get a large clear screen, and easy controls. One battery is more than enough for one movie.
In the car, I have a 7" (widescreen - $200.00) LCD that is dash mounted, and I use a Sony Psyc headless portable player...these are selling now for $99.00.
I looked at the portables with screens, but a nice one, with a large screen, decent controls and battery life sells for more than $500.00, and in some cases, more than $1000.00. For that kind of money, it's not a hard step to an iBook for around $1200.00, and you get the obvious benefits of an excellent laptop.
Any of these will also play audio...most will also play VCD. If you travel far and wide, you'll want a player that is region free, so you can buy DVD's from various countries. Again, my iBook fills this requirement, but not without some minor tweaking.
Before you spend too much, watch for portable MPEG players coming to an outlet near you.
My use of the word 'protest' was in jest (obviously not related to a proper definition)...a verbal sarcastic exaggeration to prove my point that no one has or will have strong issues with this sort of thing (now you've got me afraid to use 'issue'...darn it all).
The discussion as begun seemed to hint that public unrest (serious problem?) is just around the corner, so if there is taint casting a shadow on the carpet, it was here when I walked in...sorry if I stepped in it:)
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I've taken my (Korean) satellite TV feed, sent it to my G4, and piped it right back out...onto the internet, using QuickTime Streaming Server and Broadcaster (both free from Apple).
:)
Only I'm using Firewire and a Sony DV cam to get it into the Mac. What would a TiVO get me, I wonder...maybe better control over the source?
Now to figure out a way to change TV stations remote, via a web browser, and I'm set
...check their site.....in conjunction w/MacWorld. $239.00/free shipping I believe...too bad it's not wireless tho. HP must be wishing they were back in the small gadget business.
Ok, what I meant was... HP sucks.
"wireless networking....802.11b"
:)
Nice to know HP managed to announce it just in time for the leap to 802.11g
I was busy posting those naked shots of your sister...is that you down there? hehehehe
The topic (tip) of updating from the command line for OS X software updates in not new here, and it's been well received in the past as being helpful.
:)
OK?
I update from the command line when I am remote (like now, when I'm in the office). When I'm at the box, I use the built in panel...
Just trying to be helpful...if it doesn't float your boat, then you, like all, are free to ignore.
usb to usb is one thing...fw400 to fw800 is another. Please remake your point.
Little known fact. Jobs and Apple have made QT one of the top 3 players worldwide when it comes to video enabled cellphones. I'd agree with the statement about MPEG4.
I see.
And I agree with your logic about extending the ride being perhaps counterproductive to the experience. They way this thing is marketed is time to speed...this means short...the only way to make it last longer is to go faster (not practical from a health and safety point of view?)...and faster would mean taller. I think even a little more speed would add a lot more height...they might simply be at practical limits all the way around.
Do we know what the average modern coaster ride time average is? How long is MF?
> softwareupdate
...'
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002 Apple Computer, Inc.
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
- QuickTimeSU-6.1
QuickTime (6.1), 19890K - restart required
To install an update, run this tool with the item name as an argument.
e.g. 'softwareupdate <item>
=======
> softwareupdate QuickTimeSU-6.1
=======
This is what it looks like after entering that command:
[clip]
Installing "QuickTime"... 96%
Installing "QuickTime"... 99%
Installing "QuickTime"... 99%
Installing "QuickTime"... 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% done.
You have installed one or more updates that requires that you restart your
computer. Please restart immediately.
But this two ride thing makes me wonder...since they use a dragster theme, why didn't they put two tracks next to each other? Thus doubling the capacity, while expanding on the drag race theme?
The tracks could twist inside each other on the downrun, and add even more thrill...wonder if they thought about this and rejected it?
Was it safety or money that held them back?
...as a theme park owner/operator, I take it?
...right...making money...
Or simply an engineering approach, perhaps?
At least we agree that it's not a simple answer. Spending and making money never is, or we'd all be rolling around in it, wouldn't we. In this case, rather than speed up the line, we'll wait to see if they increase the fare instead. Any doubt the TTD costs more to ride than the MF? And that increase has to do with what?
ROI...return on investment.... I can imagine that there is tremendous cost in making these things. Just getting one into operation has to be hard enough. If I were a backer, I'd want some sore of guarantee that a second one would be busy full time before I'd approve it.
The more bodies they can run thru the gate, the more income they can grab to help pay for the next model. Just like turning over tables at a restaurant, fares in a taxi or Johns on the street.
Want a longer ride? Buy another ticket...it's all about money, after all.
When I came in, there were no messages showing (below my view level?)....don't ask why, as the first one about this was 20 minutes ahead of mine.
...be a bit more reasonable next time, thanks :)
I would not have wasted my time if I'd known that others had posted the same thing earlier. Oh well...luck of the draw I guess
And if you don't have this magic cable?
:)
Sounds like an adapter to me
Firewire 800 uses a different port/connector. Yes, you can connect(legacy) Firewire 400, but you will need an adapter at the port.
R. Buckminster Fuller would have loved to see his dream mature. Bucky wanted to give a metal lathe to every other person...with the agreement that the first thing they would make would be another lathe for the remaining half of the population.
This one is for you, R.B. Thanks!
Approx. US$#500.00 will get you equipment, installed, and service, for one year. Available now. I use Skylife at home now, and when they include Internet, I'm down w/the mobile receiver.
As usual in the US, the [communications] consumer is being taken for a ride.
I'm a Skylife satellite subscriber, here in South Korea, and the company has recently offered their service [site not in English] for those that wish to receive TV and music programming in the cars/vans, etc. Costs/fees work out to approx. US$500.00 per year.
I've seen the installs, and while I'd like to have one myself, the external receiver unit is rather large at this time, and I'll wait for something less bulky. With the amount of time spent sitting in traffic here, this would be a welcome break. It's about the size of a 12" tire/wheel, and looks a bit out of place sitting on the roof or trunk of the average car.
Given enough eyeballs
...this is what is known as writing/speaking without really having anything to say. No one really talks like this and expects to be taken seriously. I'm sure whatever point that was trying to be made could have been said in 80% less words.
:)
persistent criticism
parallelize the problem
can do for feature requests
closed source development methods
Serial perfunction....wholesale alacrity....unmoderated duplicity....characteristic of a bygone glance...shot thru with seamless gall....meritoriously orchastrated... I'm a gonna puke.
Modding me down on this one tells more about you than me, and since modding via negatives is tracked just like positives, you might want to think of your own well being this time around
OS X will read from the hard disc. Just mount the DVD in the Finder, and drag the files you see in the DVD file heirarchy to a folder on your hard drive.
Then run DVD Player, and pull down 'file'...'open'...and navigate to the video folder on the hd and grab whichever chapter you want to start with. Things run normally from there. This is Macintosh....you just do it. Nothing cryptic. Note you'll use up disc space quickly this way...that's one reason I have over 300 gb online at home. Make sure to use a version above OS X 10.1.0
...one of the new X-wing fighter pilot action figures named "Jorge Sacul"....limited edition, I promise...still in the blister pack, with neatly trimmed goatee....? Serious offers only.
I travel with a late model Apple 12" iBook. Smaller than a TI, and much less expensive, these are the stealth deals of the year. They are excellent for DVD use on an airplane, etc. You can copy DVD's to the hard disc and play from their, or leave one in the drive, ready to watch when the in-flight movie leaves you flat. You get a large clear screen, and easy controls. One battery is more than enough for one movie.
In the car, I have a 7" (widescreen - $200.00) LCD that is dash mounted, and I use a Sony Psyc headless portable player...these are selling now for $99.00.
I looked at the portables with screens, but a nice one, with a large screen, decent controls and battery life sells for more than $500.00, and in some cases, more than $1000.00. For that kind of money, it's not a hard step to an iBook for around $1200.00, and you get the obvious benefits of an excellent laptop.
Any of these will also play audio...most will also play VCD. If you travel far and wide, you'll want a player that is region free, so you can buy DVD's from various countries. Again, my iBook fills this requirement, but not without some minor tweaking.
Before you spend too much, watch for portable MPEG players coming to an outlet near you.
My use of the word 'protest' was in jest (obviously not related to a proper definition)...a verbal sarcastic exaggeration to prove my point that no one has or will have strong issues with this sort of thing (now you've got me afraid to use 'issue'...darn it all).
:)
The discussion as begun seemed to hint that public unrest (serious problem?) is just around the corner, so if there is taint casting a shadow on the carpet, it was here when I walked in...sorry if I stepped in it