You have a Series 2. Those DON'T have the crappy slow interface. And the fact that the newer Tivos don't have built in wireless and you have to buy their custom wi-fi adapter for a ridiculous price is just plain stupid. I remember talking to customer support once and even they told me I'm better off just going with ethernet. And in my experience, they were exactly right. But either way, I'm not talking about Series 2.
Tivo has been in decline since Series 2. Their UI since then has been so slow it is unusable, and a good number of people (like myself) are using the SD or old interface. I don't understand how you release an interface that unresponsive and slow when you own the hardware you are releasing it on, and have a second processor in the machine that isn't even used. Wireless support is useless and it requires ethernet to realistically work. Their customer support is also complete garbage. The only good thing they got for them right now is it's relatively easy to copy videos to a computer. This is the only reason I use Tivo. If they can at least make an interface in Series 5 that is responsive enough that it doesn't give you a headache they could at least be on the road to redeeming themselves.
That's nothing. Back in the 1920s, we used to wait a whole 80 years before a movie came out on DVD. And we liked it. And nobody complained. Sure we'd be dead and burried by the time we saw it, but I'll be damned if it wasn't worth the wait. Ah, those were the days.
For me, it never even crossed my mind to actually download something illegally. But then Kazaa started popping up error messages left and right encouraging me to download something illegal instead. For instance, I would be downloading public domain pdf files on world peace and energy conservation, and a message box would come pop up saying something like "Paying is for suckers!", or "RIAA don't care about YOU!".
I just ignored it at first, but then it started coming in the form of threats. Such as "We are now logging your personal information. And if you continue defying my requests we will kidnap your family and tie your dog to the rail road tracks with a collar made of dynamite." I even tried other file sharing programs, but they all did the same. It was just threat after threat after threat. Eventually, I had to change my identity and move to another state. Since then, i've had nightmares constantly, and am too afraid to use my computer.
I, for one, am excited that someone is finally standing up to these criminals. The RIAA is a great organization, one that really cares about my privacy and safety. And truely I hope they finally put an end to this conspiracy, once and for all. Because our precious freedom is at stake here.
1. Create crappy mp3 player 2. Loose market share to apple 3. find a way to sue apple for creating better products. 4. File a patent. 5. Find an idiot judge and idiot jury. 6.... 7. Profit!
Now all we need to do is figure out how to connect a Monitor, a Printer, and a scanner. Oh, and a mouse too. And then build a full sized case that it can go in with usb ports, audio and flash ports and such... Now THAT would be the killer app.
This is just a simple case of, "He can do something we don't understand. And since we can't understand it, it must be immoral, so he must be a witch, and therefore, he must be burned at the stake"
...Attention everyone, attention. You. You in the white truck, You are following too closely. and You in the grey sedan, please try to stay at least 5 mph above the limit, and you, the girl in the red celica, please write down your phone number and hold it up to the window. It is very critical that you all do this. Thank you. And now back to regular programming...
There is a lot of room for improvement in today's search engines. Whoever helps people find the stuff they are looking for best, people will use them. That is how google won in the first place. I'm thinking the next step will be more along the lines of artificial intelligence moreso than pure number crunching.
Yes, I've been looking for a cost-effective solution of telling time myself. Just the other day, a salesman was trying to sell me one of those plastic watches you sometimes can find in cereal boxes. Ultimately, the $1 price tag was just a bit too pricey so I had to decline. Thats why this story interested me. FINALLY a clock I can afford!! But when I read the story, I realized. That damn thing is $12,000! I couldn't believe it? I can get a REAL watch for that price.
Not that I care, but this is pointless. Honestly. Anybody who is willing to sit through two months of constant harddrive thrashing, bandwidth sucking, by their favorite file sharing virus to download a Movie to watch in a 320*200 artifacted and pixelated window, is probably so low on cash they wouldn't have paid money for it anyway.
Because "HD DVD" is too hard to say. Blu-Ray is easy and quick to say. 2 syllables: Blu, Ray. It's even easier to say that DVD, which is 3. Blu-Ray is a pronounciation dream. HD DVD is an acronym nightmare. Nobody wants to deal with that mess.
Around 88% of the productivity boost was attributed to the constant syncronized nagging from all the woman in the office decreasing at once when the temperature was raised. Male workers found they could get a lot more work done when not responding to "Isn't it cold in here" by the female workers throughout the day. And Female workers found they could get more work done when not nagging Male workers about how cold it was.
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You have a Series 2. Those DON'T have the crappy slow interface. And the fact that the newer Tivos don't have built in wireless and you have to buy their custom wi-fi adapter for a ridiculous price is just plain stupid. I remember talking to customer support once and even they told me I'm better off just going with ethernet. And in my experience, they were exactly right. But either way, I'm not talking about Series 2.
Tivo has been in decline since Series 2. Their UI since then has been so slow it is unusable, and a good number of people (like myself) are using the SD or old interface. I don't understand how you release an interface that unresponsive and slow when you own the hardware you are releasing it on, and have a second processor in the machine that isn't even used. Wireless support is useless and it requires ethernet to realistically work. Their customer support is also complete garbage. The only good thing they got for them right now is it's relatively easy to copy videos to a computer. This is the only reason I use Tivo. If they can at least make an interface in Series 5 that is responsive enough that it doesn't give you a headache they could at least be on the road to redeeming themselves.
I hear there is also a virus, called HIV, that causes promiscuity.
That's nothing. Back in the 1920s, we used to wait a whole 80 years before a movie came out on DVD. And we liked it. And nobody complained. Sure we'd be dead and burried by the time we saw it, but I'll be damned if it wasn't worth the wait. Ah, those were the days.
For me, it never even crossed my mind to actually download something illegally. But then Kazaa started popping up error messages left and right encouraging me to download something illegal instead. For instance, I would be downloading public domain pdf files on world peace and energy conservation, and a message box would come pop up saying something like "Paying is for suckers!", or "RIAA don't care about YOU!".
I just ignored it at first, but then it started coming in the form of threats. Such as "We are now logging your personal information. And if you continue defying my requests we will kidnap your family and tie your dog to the rail road tracks with a collar made of dynamite." I even tried other file sharing programs, but they all did the same. It was just threat after threat after threat. Eventually, I had to change my identity and move to another state. Since then, i've had nightmares constantly, and am too afraid to use my computer.
I, for one, am excited that someone is finally standing up to these criminals. The RIAA is a great organization, one that really cares about my privacy and safety. And truely I hope they finally put an end to this conspiracy, once and for all. Because our precious freedom is at stake here.
1. Create crappy mp3 player ...
2. Loose market share to apple
3. find a way to sue apple for creating better products.
4. File a patent.
5. Find an idiot judge and idiot jury.
6.
7. Profit!
NO NO NO. that will never compile. try this:
int getenergy(int mass, int velocity)
{
return mass * (velocity * velocity);
}
Maybe Yahoo indexes more useless pages than google does.
Comments are more important than Code?
I once tried writing code that was completely made up of comments. It was easy to write and all, but didn't work very well.
Well, I, for one, welcome our new omnipotant internet Machine God overlords 10 years into the future.
Now all we need to do is figure out how to connect a Monitor, a Printer, and a scanner. Oh, and a mouse too. And then build a full sized case that it can go in with usb ports, audio and flash ports and such... Now THAT would be the killer app.
This is just a simple case of, "He can do something we don't understand. And since we can't understand it, it must be immoral, so he must be a witch, and therefore, he must be burned at the stake"
Due to bad publicity, Hormel renames it's canned meat product back to its original name, Junk Mail.
...Attention everyone, attention. You. You in the white truck, You are following too closely. and You in the grey sedan, please try to stay at least 5 mph above the limit, and you, the girl in the red celica, please write down your phone number and hold it up to the window. It is very critical that you all do this. Thank you. And now back to regular programming...
Yea, but none of my Anti-Virus programs run on Linux.
I'm mad as hell and i'm not going to RTFA anymore.
There is a lot of room for improvement in today's search engines. Whoever helps people find the stuff they are looking for best, people will use them. That is how google won in the first place. I'm thinking the next step will be more along the lines of artificial intelligence moreso than pure number crunching.
People seem to lose all sense of reality when you tell them they are on hold
Actually what they say while they think they are on hold IS the reality.
Yes, I've been looking for a cost-effective solution of telling time myself. Just the other day, a salesman was trying to sell me one of those plastic watches you sometimes can find in cereal boxes. Ultimately, the $1 price tag was just a bit too pricey so I had to decline. Thats why this story interested me. FINALLY a clock I can afford!! But when I read the story, I realized. That damn thing is $12,000! I couldn't believe it? I can get a REAL watch for that price.
Not that I care, but this is pointless. Honestly. Anybody who is willing to sit through two months of constant harddrive thrashing, bandwidth sucking, by their favorite file sharing virus to download a Movie to watch in a 320*200 artifacted and pixelated window, is probably so low on cash they wouldn't have paid money for it anyway.
Spam (the unsolicited email, not the meat product) is made out of people!!!
Because "HD DVD" is too hard to say. Blu-Ray is easy and quick to say. 2 syllables: Blu, Ray. It's even easier to say that DVD, which is 3. Blu-Ray is a pronounciation dream. HD DVD is an acronym nightmare. Nobody wants to deal with that mess.
Is that it wasn't portable. Very interesting.
Around 88% of the productivity boost was attributed to the constant syncronized nagging from all the woman in the office decreasing at once when the temperature was raised. Male workers found they could get a lot more work done when not responding to "Isn't it cold in here" by the female workers throughout the day. And Female workers found they could get more work done when not nagging Male workers about how cold it was.
Yea, I know this game sounds like vaporware and all, but I assure you, it will be out before Duke Nukem Forever.