My wife works at the cable company and I continuly complain to her about the lack of HD channels and picture quility (although not too bad really on my XBR5). Accourding to her, most providers are in a bind because they either have to lease more lines or run new cable to get more bandwidth, which both are expensive. Plus, the demand for HD subscribers isn't has high as the media or TV manufactors make it out to be either. Yes it's growing, but not everyone has a set yet. Color TV yes, but not HD. Lets not forget the cost to provide those channels are expensive to boot! It's not as profitable for some HD providers as you think. Why do bigger cities always have the latest and greatest?...because of the population.
I could go on on about this, but really it comes down to cost and how much they want to pass on to the customer...So they cut corners...
Is it wrong? Yes..Are they working on it? Yes, companies just need to get passed the 1950's infrastructure were still using...ugh...
Doing anything sufficiently advanced on a Mac seems impossible (even with the unix backend, a simple task like editing/etc/hosts requires jumping through tons of hoops on the mac just because it's designed to be "easier".)
Psystar is a company, not some geek in mom's basement selling bought copies of Mac OS X and bundling it with old computer equipment for some cash.
Psystar is making money "Hacking" a computer to redistribute the Mac OS software and updates provided by Apple...That should be illegally for a company of any kind, regardless of the current laws...If they have permission then fine...But we all know they don't.
They should have sold the shit for free and sold support instead!!
This only works if the person hasn't already created a back door and all the person has to do is send and SMS messages to an email account triggering a script to accomplish what he did. It's quite simple to do, really.
The idea behind touch screen seems to be an uncomfortable place.
If I had to sit at a desk and work on a computer for over 8 hours with touch screen technology, I think my arms would fall off. My monitor is at least 20cm away...Either I would be kissing my monitor or I'd be bent over touching my screen....Very uncomfortable...
Rather then place this technology on a monitor, companies should place this on the keyboard. Or replace the keyboard entirely...That would seem more feasible for long periods of computer usage.
I know Apple currently has this on Laptops, but that's not my point....
The Tunguska event could be mis-interpreted as a nuclear strike if it were to happen today over a populated area. I doubt a meteor plummeting to the earth at a high rate of speed would go unnoticed by billions of people. With so many amateur astronomers today, someone is bound to make a movie and post it somewhere on the net....
Parents, please get involved with your children lives!!
There isn't a day that I'm not in my 14 year old daughters life or my other 2 year old daughter life.
I'm constantly on my children about school, studying, and what to expect in life. And the effect of this?? My 14 year old is on the honor role and already has a plan to become an anthropologist. Will she make it? Who knows....I don't care....But at least she has a goal going forward.
One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey! Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass, no! So I tried my best illegal move A big black and white come and crushed my groove again!
Go on & write me up for 125 Post my face, wanted dead or alive Take my license n' all that jive I can't drive 55! Oh No! Uh!
So I signed my name on number 24, hey! Yeah the judge said, "Boy, just one more I'm gonna throw your ass in the city joint" Looked me in the eye, said, "You get my point?" I said "Yeah!, Oh yea!"
Write me up for 125 Post my face, wanted dead or alive Take my license, all that jive I can't drive 55! Oh, yea!
I can't drive 55! Uh!
When I drive that slow, you know it's hard to steer. And I can't get my car out of second gear. What used to take two hours now takes all day. Huh - It took me 16 hours to get to L.A.!
Go on & write me up for 125 Post my face, wanted dead or alive Take my license n' all that jive I can't drive 55!
No, no, no, I can't drive...(I can't drive 55!) I can't drive... (I can't drive 55!) I can't drive 55!
Oh please...Spare us your sob story....Its quite clear you can upgrade the ram at the time of the purchase for $100 bucks...
The only thing that is cheap here, is you!
God, I could write a book on so many stories about the Apple IIe and C64 and gaming. And how gaming really got me into computers back then. Spending endless hours of trying to solve Ultima 1-V or Bards Tales or even Moebius before my friends. Countless hours of hacking the programs to give me all stats/items I wanted. Which in turn lead me to pirating the software and distributing the software on BBS like Garden North/East/West/South, The Phenix BBS (2mg online!!!) under an assumed elite cracking group called The Brotherhood of Hades (Bob where are you?). All of this provided a path that I would later take on as my career later in life.
No regrets folks, no regrets.......TBH FOR LIFE!!!
Not sure how to take the 10 million subscribers, really. When the servers in the US haven't seen a new Realm in months. And the newest realms they did create are nothing but ghost towns. In my guild, we just had like a huge app the other day with 18 players wanting to move from one of the latest batch of new realms and come to more populated servers. Their reasoning was that there are not enough skilled players on a very low population server.
I know according to Blizz, player caps have been increased on all servers and has activated free character transfer to those low pop realms.
However after 3 years of playing (still playing) I've come to the conclusion that US subscriptions are not as plentiful as they once were.
And no I don't have any real numbers, those are just my observation....
I've been with the same company for over 12 years now and about 7 years ago I did about the same thing with LAMP. The Web Database applications are still being used today and are continued to be improved as we speak.
However my zest to be the best isn't there anymore. In fact I hate this fucking company now. And do you know why?
No matter how much time you spent at work doing work, or spending nights and weekends doing work from home. In the end the company doesn't give a flying fuck! They will cast you right out and not blink and eye. Pure dedication doesn't mean shit to companies anymore. You want that promotion? Nope! You want that huge raise? Nope! It's all about the bottom line.
So my advise to most of you is get what you can and if you can screw around, go for it! Whatever makes you happy!!
Interesting. Why do you believe that the cable company would want to do a completely unnecessary digital->analog->digital conversion in the middle of the chain?
If there's a digital converter box on top of every set, there's no reason NOT to send everything to it as a digital signal.
It's quite simple, really..Not every cable connection has a box. Cable companies still offer direct connect cable. Limited, but available.
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My wife works at the cable company and I continuly complain to her about the lack of HD channels and picture quility (although not too bad really on my XBR5). Accourding to her, most providers are in a bind because they either have to lease more lines or run new cable to get more bandwidth, which both are expensive. Plus, the demand for HD subscribers isn't has high as the media or TV manufactors make it out to be either. Yes it's growing, but not everyone has a set yet. Color TV yes, but not HD. Lets not forget the cost to provide those channels are expensive to boot! It's not as profitable for some HD providers as you think. Why do bigger cities always have the latest and greatest?...because of the population.
I could go on on about this, but really it comes down to cost and how much they want to pass on to the customer...So they cut corners...
Is it wrong? Yes..Are they working on it? Yes, companies just need to get passed the 1950's infrastructure were still using...ugh...
You have no fucking idea what your talking about do you!?!?!?
Single user mode?!?! Huh?!?!!?!?
This is how I stop my daughter from accessing myspace. I direct it to 127.0.0.1.
Works every time...And there isn't ANYTHING special about her install..
When I ran linux-PPC I used something called MOL...Mac-On-Linux
http://mac-on-linux.sourceforge.net/
Not sure if it runs on INTEL, but PPC it does...
Doing anything sufficiently advanced on a Mac seems impossible (even with the unix backend, a simple task like editing /etc/hosts requires jumping through tons of hoops on the mac just because it's designed to be "easier".)
Open terminal
sudo pico /etc/hosts
How is that jumping through hoops???
You must be doing it wrong....
Psystar is a company, not some geek in mom's basement selling bought copies of Mac OS X and bundling it with old computer equipment for some cash.
Psystar is making money "Hacking" a computer to redistribute the Mac OS software and updates provided by Apple...That should be illegally for a company of any kind, regardless of the current laws...If they have permission then fine...But we all know they don't.
They should have sold the shit for free and sold support instead!!
This only works if the person hasn't already created a back door and all the person has to do is send and SMS messages to an email account triggering a script to accomplish what he did. It's quite simple to do, really.
To play pocket poll on my next flight. Wonder if they can guess what I'm doing...
The idea behind touch screen seems to be an uncomfortable place.
If I had to sit at a desk and work on a computer for over 8 hours with touch screen technology, I think my arms would fall off. My monitor is at least 20cm away...Either I would be kissing my monitor or I'd be bent over touching my screen....Very uncomfortable...
Rather then place this technology on a monitor, companies should place this on the keyboard. Or replace the keyboard entirely...That would seem more feasible for long periods of computer usage.
I know Apple currently has this on Laptops, but that's not my point....
It should be placed down...Not up...
EVERYONE PANIC!!!!
Piss Off!!
Anyone else already sick of the new buzz word, "Green" ??
Troll perhaps...
But the truth is a tough pill to swallow....
It's obvious you are enjoying the Apple product then, hey?
How about supporting the company with purchasing the product from Apple.
Oh thats right, your one of those who thinks cause it's too expensive to buy, your entitled to steal it instead of paying for it.
This isn't the solution....
Parents, please get involved with your children lives!!
There isn't a day that I'm not in my 14 year old daughters life or my other 2 year old daughter life.
I'm constantly on my children about school, studying, and what to expect in life. And the effect of this?? My 14 year old is on the honor role and already has a plan to become an anthropologist. Will she make it? Who knows....I don't care....But at least she has a goal going forward.
I'm glad I wasn't the test subject on that one!
Our society and our governments are in serious need of a reboot...Shit needs to change people................
The links play in Quicktime just fine.
Yeah well...
One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey!
Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass, no!
So I tried my best illegal move
A big black and white come and crushed my groove again!
Go on & write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license n' all that jive
I can't drive 55! Oh No! Uh!
So I signed my name on number 24, hey!
Yeah the judge said, "Boy, just one more
I'm gonna throw your ass in the city joint"
Looked me in the eye, said, "You get my point?"
I said "Yeah!, Oh yea!"
Write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license, all that jive
I can't drive 55!
Oh, yea!
I can't drive 55!
Uh!
When I drive that slow, you know it's hard to steer.
And I can't get my car out of second gear.
What used to take two hours now takes all day.
Huh - It took me 16 hours to get to L.A.!
Go on & write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license n' all that jive
I can't drive 55!
No, no, no, I can't drive...(I can't drive 55!)
I can't drive... (I can't drive 55!)
I can't drive 55!
Oh please...Spare us your sob story....Its quite clear you can upgrade the ram at the time of the purchase for $100 bucks... The only thing that is cheap here, is you!
Format Hardrive and reinstall OS...That seemed to solve my problems...
God, I could write a book on so many stories about the Apple IIe and C64 and gaming. And how gaming really got me into computers back then. Spending endless hours of trying to solve Ultima 1-V or Bards Tales or even Moebius before my friends. Countless hours of hacking the programs to give me all stats/items I wanted. Which in turn lead me to pirating the software and distributing the software on BBS like Garden North/East/West/South, The Phenix BBS (2mg online!!!) under an assumed elite cracking group called The Brotherhood of Hades (Bob where are you?). All of this provided a path that I would later take on as my career later in life.
No regrets folks, no regrets.......TBH FOR LIFE!!!
Not sure how to take the 10 million subscribers, really. When the servers in the US haven't seen a new Realm in months. And the newest realms they did create are nothing but ghost towns. In my guild, we just had like a huge app the other day with 18 players wanting to move from one of the latest batch of new realms and come to more populated servers. Their reasoning was that there are not enough skilled players on a very low population server.
I know according to Blizz, player caps have been increased on all servers and has activated free character transfer to those low pop realms.
However after 3 years of playing (still playing) I've come to the conclusion that US subscriptions are not as plentiful as they once were.
And no I don't have any real numbers, those are just my observation....
I've been with the same company for over 12 years now and about 7 years ago I did about the same thing with LAMP. The Web Database applications are still being used today and are continued to be improved as we speak.
However my zest to be the best isn't there anymore. In fact I hate this fucking company now. And do you know why?
No matter how much time you spent at work doing work, or spending nights and weekends doing work from home. In the end the company doesn't give a flying fuck! They will cast you right out and not blink and eye. Pure dedication doesn't mean shit to companies anymore. You want that promotion? Nope! You want that huge raise? Nope! It's all about the bottom line.
So my advise to most of you is get what you can and if you can screw around, go for it! Whatever makes you happy!!
Play WOW of course!!!! How do you think got all that rep! At home? With a Wife? No way in hell!!!
Interesting. Why do you believe that the cable company would want to do a completely unnecessary digital->analog->digital conversion in the middle of the chain? If there's a digital converter box on top of every set, there's no reason NOT to send everything to it as a digital signal. It's quite simple, really..Not every cable connection has a box. Cable companies still offer direct connect cable. Limited, but available.