This is nothing new - they're already doing this on iOS and on the web. You'll still need to subscribe to cable in order to utilize the programming on the XBOX, much like you must pay Netflix to watch their movies on the Xbox. All they're doing is replacing the Set Top Box / DVR with the Xbox, and for that I'd applaud them - one less energy sucking device on the table is always good, but they won't be cutting out the cable companies in this, just shifting the medium.
That would be because it's not gps. It's triangulation of signals based on nearby cell towers and relative signal strength. No towers? Outta luck! Only one tower? Sucks! You're 10 miles off. Like the GP said, just drop the $80 on a Garmin or TomTom or what have you.
Ironically enough, we have a stack of USB to RS-232 connectors here at the office. You still need them to access the console on most SMB+ firewalls and managed switches from Cisco, 3COM and a variety of other vendors. They still do it because the technology's cheap and when you're doing console, you don't need a lot of bandwidth.
The current trend appears to be 64-bit only computing - most of HP's stock either comes 64 bit or has options for 64 bit clearly marked on the restore CD's. Give it to Windows 8 and I'm sure we'll see them drop 32-bit support in favor of some solid 64-bit integration.
My elderly neighbor, some fifteen years ago, twice argued that her car's brake, when pressed, suddenly caused her car to accelerate rapidly through her own garage door.
My money's not so much on the brake being a problem in this case as it is a confused old lady trying to drive.
If older people are significantly over-represented, and they fit the category I'm describing, it's possibly they're lying and blaming their screw-up on the car's 'known' mechanical problem. You can't expect everyone you survey to be completely truthful.
There's a difference between snow covering your license plate and a layer of schmutz making it difficult to read at a distance of more than a few meters.
I've seen people pulled over because they had some mud on it from driving in all the slush. When I look at their license plate, I can tell what the numbers and letters are. Just harassment at that point.
Pretty sure any quality wireless router won't actually let you do wireless administration of the device. I know the Linksys box I have sitting on my desk requires you do be physically plugged in if you want to do any administration.
Many universities don't publish the names of the books before you set foot in their bookstore. You're all but required to go to the store if you want to get the titles, and if you're getting the titles anyway, you might as well write down the ISBN's - it's a hell of a lot easier to find the book this way.
When I was in college, I did this very same thing every semester, because it was the only way for me to get a list of the textbooks required for my classes far enough ahead of time to order them online.
They also have an obscene markup because they know they're the only game in town for most of the students on campus who are either too lazy or don't know they can pick the books up at bargain prices from a discount seller on Amazon or Half.com.
Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Mini key communicate with the car's computer system when it's inserted?
I know when I take my car in for its 10k checkups, they just drop the key in this little scanner and pull the mileage off. Could be RF, too, for all I know. I guess one check would be to take my spare key around the car, but not use it to start/unlock the doors and then take it to the dealer and trick em.
Verizon does something similar. When you sign up for their DSL service they ship a self-install CD that "brands" IE, installs a bunch of bloat and requires Windows to work.
If you call them up to ask for help and actively tell them you don't want to install the software, they'll grumble for a while but eventually cave and step you through how to manually connect to and configure the DSL Bridge/Router they ship you.
Assuming there isn't one or more of the following also attached to the same USB Bus.
Wired/Wireless Mouse
Printer
Keyboard
Digital Camera
USB Flash Drive
etc
Because Satellite TV companies control the transmission and encryption...
The difference is that for HD-DVD you have both the source and the player, where for Satellites you have only the player and they can change the source to disable whatever smartcard was emulated.
Changing the source for already-shipped HD-DVDs is troublesome, at best.
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This is nothing new - they're already doing this on iOS and on the web. You'll still need to subscribe to cable in order to utilize the programming on the XBOX, much like you must pay Netflix to watch their movies on the Xbox. All they're doing is replacing the Set Top Box / DVR with the Xbox, and for that I'd applaud them - one less energy sucking device on the table is always good, but they won't be cutting out the cable companies in this, just shifting the medium.
I'm pretty sure there's a Civ4 analogy in here somewhere.
That would be because it's not gps. It's triangulation of signals based on nearby cell towers and relative signal strength. No towers? Outta luck! Only one tower? Sucks! You're 10 miles off. Like the GP said, just drop the $80 on a Garmin or TomTom or what have you.
Ironically enough, we have a stack of USB to RS-232 connectors here at the office. You still need them to access the console on most SMB+ firewalls and managed switches from Cisco, 3COM and a variety of other vendors. They still do it because the technology's cheap and when you're doing console, you don't need a lot of bandwidth.
What's it matter?
The current trend appears to be 64-bit only computing - most of HP's stock either comes 64 bit or has options for 64 bit clearly marked on the restore CD's. Give it to Windows 8 and I'm sure we'll see them drop 32-bit support in favor of some solid 64-bit integration.
Exactly my point.
My elderly neighbor, some fifteen years ago, twice argued that her car's brake, when pressed, suddenly caused her car to accelerate rapidly through her own garage door.
My money's not so much on the brake being a problem in this case as it is a confused old lady trying to drive.
If older people are significantly over-represented, and they fit the category I'm describing, it's possibly they're lying and blaming their screw-up on the car's 'known' mechanical problem. You can't expect everyone you survey to be completely truthful.
Or maybe it's that older people are over-represented in Toyota crash stats because older people are involved in more accidents?
(This statement in no way implies that I believe older people are more dangerous drivers.)
(( Though I do. ))
There's a difference between snow covering your license plate and a layer of schmutz making it difficult to read at a distance of more than a few meters. I've seen people pulled over because they had some mud on it from driving in all the slush. When I look at their license plate, I can tell what the numbers and letters are. Just harassment at that point.
And three Galleons brought Columbus to America.
What if you're in the Plaster and/or Particleboard business?
You say POSATO, I say POSATA.
If it can decrypt CSS for 20th Century FOX DVDs, wouldn't it be able to do it for any other producer?
African or European?
What if he started at 0?
Do yourself a favor. Use Robocopy.
Pretty sure any quality wireless router won't actually let you do wireless administration of the device. I know the Linksys box I have sitting on my desk requires you do be physically plugged in if you want to do any administration.
Many universities don't publish the names of the books before you set foot in their bookstore. You're all but required to go to the store if you want to get the titles, and if you're getting the titles anyway, you might as well write down the ISBN's - it's a hell of a lot easier to find the book this way.
When I was in college, I did this very same thing every semester, because it was the only way for me to get a list of the textbooks required for my classes far enough ahead of time to order them online.
They also have an obscene markup because they know they're the only game in town for most of the students on campus who are either too lazy or don't know they can pick the books up at bargain prices from a discount seller on Amazon or Half.com.
Idiocy.
Nice to see a fellow Mini driver on /.
Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Mini key communicate with the car's computer system when it's inserted?
I know when I take my car in for its 10k checkups, they just drop the key in this little scanner and pull the mileage off. Could be RF, too, for all I know. I guess one check would be to take my spare key around the car, but not use it to start/unlock the doors and then take it to the dealer and trick em.
Verizon does something similar. When you sign up for their DSL service they ship a self-install CD that "brands" IE, installs a bunch of bloat and requires Windows to work.
If you call them up to ask for help and actively tell them you don't want to install the software, they'll grumble for a while but eventually cave and step you through how to manually connect to and configure the DSL Bridge/Router they ship you.
Assuming there isn't one or more of the following also attached to the same USB Bus. Wired/Wireless Mouse Printer Keyboard Digital Camera USB Flash Drive etc
Man, that's an easy one. The Riddler.
Because Satellite TV companies control the transmission and encryption...
The difference is that for HD-DVD you have both the source and the player, where for Satellites you have only the player and they can change the source to disable whatever smartcard was emulated.
Changing the source for already-shipped HD-DVDs is troublesome, at best.
Because only Microsoft would use Windows XP as the core platform for their Console OS.
Maybe JASC is out the $150 they would've got for PaintShop by my using GIMP instead.