If you're using the wireless exclusively as a bridge to your cable modem, then that makes sense. Going from wired to wireless does not, however.
For example, my linux server has all my important data on it, and I transfer a lot of data to my other computers regularly, and there's no way a wireless link will cut it, whether a,b or g.
More work? There's basically no work involved. If you can extract a zip file, you can install ReplayPC with a GUI.. it took me all of 10-15 seconds (literally) to "setup".
At first, I thought that was a really good point. Okay, I still think it is (since I may also be concerned), but there should be a simple solution..
Use a script to periodically check your bandwidth usage (or page views), and after it reaches a certain amount, move your files to a different directory and replace it with a message stating that your bandwidth has been exhausted, or similar.
Or else.. you could always try reading/. regularly and just waiting until you see *your site* linked to!:-)
The last few sentences of his webpage...
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On occasion a web site will modify its linking policy in response to public ridicule. Perhaps their appearance in Don't Link to Us! will help encourage some of these sites to move forward into the 20th century. (emphasis mine)
But perhaps they've changed their policies in the last 100 years??...
The key with the HMMWVs is configuration. They're much more useful than little jeeps.
they hold exactly the same number of people, don't accelerate any faster, and aren't any better at navigating the offroad
Not really -- HMMWVs have a 10-passenger configuration. We have a configuration in my unit that basically is a mobile cell phone antenna on the back of a HMMWV, and it tops out at about 55 mph down a hill. Very, very heavy, but important equipment to keep the military communicating.
They have pickups and blazers, but they just can't do the job. (and are actually the replacement for jeeps, not the HMMWV).
Three years ago would anybody have predicted that we would go to war in Afghanistan?
Three years ago, I was sitting in a military science class where my professor (Lieutenant Colonel and Green Beret/Special Forces) said, "you're going to go to training for regular land warfare, but remember this... this guy is the one we'll really be fighting". He put up a couple of quotes of Osama Bin Laden (who I had never heard of at the time). I couldn't believe that someone believed what he did and what he said, and figured that maybe my prof was overreacting....until later that year.
Heh, I have to agree, with a few corrections (IMO, of course)..
I agree that the "real fighting" is over by the time they send in the Reserves/NG. However, maybe it's just my (ARNG) unit, but we've been evaluated alongside active duty units and were more superior (though I'm in a Signal unit, so most of it is due to many soldiers having full-time civilian technical jobs).
Thanks for jumping on the pathetic "married with kids" argument -- as if the regular army soldiers aren't "married with kids"! It reminds me of a quote from the lame movie "Speed" where the big guy says "I got kids", and another guy says, "yeah? well I'm single, so does that make me expendable?!?"
I also wonder why they didn't just dump this on the back of the HMMWV as yet another configuration.
Oh, and regarding the "7-year old boys" (parent post)... that's where the Army is now marketing with its "Army of One" campaign.. Coolness factor so it makes it seem more adventurous and fun to be in the Army.
From my experience, HMMWVs rock. I've driven over everything with them, including small trees and boulders. Four-wheel independent suspension and eight-feet wide, baby.
They take a licking and keep on ticking. I've never had a problem with them -- oh yeah, but that's also because we take care of them.
It's honestly really too bad that the people you were around weren't doing their jobs. Don't fault the vehicle for the operator's negligence. The HMMWV is an amazing and versatile vehicle.
The Army people now days don't know anything.
I gotta believe this is nothing more than a troll... you obviously don't know what you're talking about.
How about we keep our army here in the US protecting and training like they are supposed to. and when we need forces somewhere else, we call up the reserves to perform the duty they were trained to do.
Okay, so to summarize:
1) Active duty army is protecting the US by being in the states
2) Active army is training
3) Reserves/NG is training
4)...but reserves should go do the dirty work abroad as opposed to active duty, which is trained ten times more than the reserves...
That makes zero sense.
50,000 people out of 1.4 million active is hardly leaving one person on each territory.
Move slow? At least we see the seasons pass... I can't imagine seeing green and brown 24/7/365... yuk.
On a side note, it's January and my backyard (in MN) is all grass.:-(
No. Inbox, as in the same place email goes:/var/spool/mail/ME -- a single ingress point for distribution. That way it matters not if the video comes locally, from a friend, or somewhere on the net. O.K. So, a url to the video instead, and an ftp server.
You want 1+ GB files in your email inbox?!? FTP isn't a great option either.
(regarding video streaming): Yeah, in a proprietary format to propriatary boxes. And if they all break, what then?
Yep, they're so proprietary, that I can connect my ReplayTV to my PC using DVArchive (with very short learning curve) and stream video to and from my Replay and PC (playing on my TV or PC).
What if I want to provide my own source of program schedule, like from a source, that their service does not cover?
Um, one of the three virtues of a programmer (according to the Great Wall) is laziness.. reuse the code, or at least use what is useful and given to you (or the functionality provided by your purchase).
C-band satellite anyone?
There's probably not a big enough market for this yet. Or perhaps, they need to gain larger market-share with the mainstream crowd by improving certain aspects of it, that they're not concentrating on this yet.
Gimme a box that take RF in, a spec of what to tune, and when, and MPEG2 over IP over Cat5e out.
Okay, here's a ReplayTV with DVArchive on another PC on your LAN (streaming MPEG-2 back and forth)
but I'd really like tighter intergration of the TV to MPEG2 over IP thing (think multicast on the home LAN instead of all that RG-6/U cable).
See above.
No, I want the unbundled option as primary.
????... there is no "primary". When you activate the box, you select monthly or lifetime -- just select lifetime. ReplayTV tried this option before and the business model failed because TiVo was doing it the activate-after-buying way, which made their box look cheaper.
If you wanna flog a service to me too, that's fine. As long as I'm not forced into subscribing to it, or getting nagged when I don't.
Just pay for the lifetime service, and you won't ever be nagged again. It's basically like splitting up the cost of the device and paying for it in two halves instead of one whole. Like I mentioned before, this is due to TiVo's business model.
It certainly IS possible, because people do roll their own.
I should clarify.. I shouldn't have said "because it's just not possible".. I meant "because it's just not feasible from a business perspective", and also "they're working on some of those features, and a lot of what you want is already available"..
Perhaps the reason that PVRs haven't taken off is because they're too much like the kitchen sink: an integrated unit that in inflexible and does nothing well.
What home theater component do you buy that IS flexible? (Yes, I realize it's trying to bridge the gap from home theater to computer, but individual users are helping make that possible with programs like DVArchive).
I would argue that it does many things well -- and almost a million other people agree with me.
Sheesh, you can have recordings in your inbox. Select what you want to record, and they'll come in your "inbox". You'd have to do something like that from what you describe anyway.
What does "kinda klunky still" mean? It's video streaming.
Tell me how to tell the box what to record and let mo choose the service that will I can subscribe to to get that information in the necessary format to seamlessly integrate with the recorder.
Okay, I'll tell you: you subscribe to their service and they'll give you all of that information seemlessly. Don't like that option? Want it from a third party? Do you think there's a big enough market for a third party to care about making a compatible guide to download? Even if there was, what's wrong with subscribing through the same company from whom you bought the PVR? That is mindless, "nothing will come between me and my free speech/anti-DRM rights" thinking.
Yeah, if that means the recorder has to be sold for it's actually retail price, if I don't accept the manufacturer's subscription service, so be it.
Let me get this straight.. you want one option of pricing instead of two? You can have your "unbundled" price... 400 bucks.
If I were a PVR manufacturer, you're the type of consumer I could care less whether I pleased.. because it's just not possible.
"See? Same thing, no site organization or heirarchies involved anywhere."
Really?
www.slashdot.com [sic]
www.yahoo.com
www.msn.com
Here are the algorithmic rules applied:
1. Every time you click a direct link (or type in address bar, et al), you move "down" in the heirarchy
2. Every time you hit the back button, you move back up in the heirarchy. The problem is that you can't see multiple items at the same level with the back button -- which is what they're trying to solve.
Articles like: "Videogame Networks or Online Training Camps?" "Videogame and Tobacco Companies: Frightening Similarities. Secret Industry Report Revealed"
One thing that seemed to point to the contrary was: "MAVAV (pronounced may-vav) is a new organization run by a group of worried parents..."...though a whois query turns up:
Organization:
MAVAV
David Yoo
172 E. 7th
New York, NY 10009
US
Phone: 646-245-8414
Email: contact@mavav.org
That's a good point about a book with too much breadth. Have a beginner's book and advanced book (probably multiple of the latter).
It seems they're trying to make a book where you can "grow into". By the time you grow into some of the advanced concepts, you'll probably need a new book anyway..
Maybe a few people could check out the source code, make documentation themselves (without signing the membership agreement), and distribute it themselves. Beyond just this project, it would discourage the ridiculous OS/CD model.
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No kidding, not mention there's no component/progressive out or HD tuner..
If you're using the wireless exclusively as a bridge to your cable modem, then that makes sense. Going from wired to wireless does not, however.
For example, my linux server has all my important data on it, and I transfer a lot of data to my other computers regularly, and there's no way a wireless link will cut it, whether a,b or g.
More work? There's basically no work involved. If you can extract a zip file, you can install ReplayPC with a GUI.. it took me all of 10-15 seconds (literally) to "setup".
At first, I thought that was a really good point. Okay, I still think it is (since I may also be concerned), but there should be a simple solution..
/. regularly and just waiting until you see *your site* linked to! :-)
Use a script to periodically check your bandwidth usage (or page views), and after it reaches a certain amount, move your files to a different directory and replace it with a message stating that your bandwidth has been exhausted, or similar.
Or else.. you could always try reading
On occasion a web site will modify its linking policy in response to public ridicule. Perhaps their appearance in Don't Link to Us! will help encourage some of these sites to move forward into the 20th century. (emphasis mine)
But perhaps they've changed their policies in the last 100 years??...
The key with the HMMWVs is configuration. They're much more useful than little jeeps.
they hold exactly the same number of people, don't accelerate any faster, and aren't any better at navigating the offroad
Not really -- HMMWVs have a 10-passenger configuration. We have a configuration in my unit that basically is a mobile cell phone antenna on the back of a HMMWV, and it tops out at about 55 mph down a hill. Very, very heavy, but important equipment to keep the military communicating.
They have pickups and blazers, but they just can't do the job. (and are actually the replacement for jeeps, not the HMMWV).
Three years ago would anybody have predicted that we would go to war in Afghanistan?
...until later that year.
Three years ago, I was sitting in a military science class where my professor (Lieutenant Colonel and Green Beret/Special Forces) said, "you're going to go to training for regular land warfare, but remember this... this guy is the one we'll really be fighting". He put up a couple of quotes of Osama Bin Laden (who I had never heard of at the time). I couldn't believe that someone believed what he did and what he said, and figured that maybe my prof was overreacting.
Heh, I have to agree, with a few corrections (IMO, of course)..
I agree that the "real fighting" is over by the time they send in the Reserves/NG. However, maybe it's just my (ARNG) unit, but we've been evaluated alongside active duty units and were more superior (though I'm in a Signal unit, so most of it is due to many soldiers having full-time civilian technical jobs).
Thanks for jumping on the pathetic "married with kids" argument -- as if the regular army soldiers aren't "married with kids"! It reminds me of a quote from the lame movie "Speed" where the big guy says "I got kids", and another guy says, "yeah? well I'm single, so does that make me expendable?!?"
I also wonder why they didn't just dump this on the back of the HMMWV as yet another configuration.
Oh, and regarding the "7-year old boys" (parent post)... that's where the Army is now marketing with its "Army of One" campaign.. Coolness factor so it makes it seem more adventurous and fun to be in the Army.
From my experience, HMMWVs rock. I've driven over everything with them, including small trees and boulders. Four-wheel independent suspension and eight-feet wide, baby.
They take a licking and keep on ticking. I've never had a problem with them -- oh yeah, but that's also because we take care of them.
It's honestly really too bad that the people you were around weren't doing their jobs. Don't fault the vehicle for the operator's negligence. The HMMWV is an amazing and versatile vehicle.
The Army people now days don't know anything.
I gotta believe this is nothing more than a troll... you obviously don't know what you're talking about.
But I'll save my breath.
Please, do.
There's at least a dozen variations of the HMMWV, and the ambulance is definitely one of them. Heck, I've been in one.
How about we keep our army here in the US protecting and training like they are supposed to. and when we need forces somewhere else, we call up the reserves to perform the duty they were trained to do.
...but reserves should go do the dirty work abroad as opposed to active duty, which is trained ten times more than the reserves...
Okay, so to summarize: 1) Active duty army is protecting the US by being in the states 2) Active army is training 3) Reserves/NG is training 4)
That makes zero sense.
50,000 people out of 1.4 million active is hardly leaving one person on each territory.
Move slow? At least we see the seasons pass... I can't imagine seeing green and brown 24/7/365... yuk. On a side note, it's January and my backyard (in MN) is all grass. :-(
No. Inbox, as in the same place email goes: /var/spool/mail/ME -- a single ingress point for distribution. That way it matters not if the video comes locally, from a friend, or somewhere on the net. O.K. So, a url to the video instead, and an ftp server.
You want 1+ GB files in your email inbox?!? FTP isn't a great option either.
(regarding video streaming): Yeah, in a proprietary format to propriatary boxes. And if they all break, what then?
Yep, they're so proprietary, that I can connect my ReplayTV to my PC using DVArchive (with very short learning curve) and stream video to and from my Replay and PC (playing on my TV or PC).
What if I want to provide my own source of program schedule, like from a source, that their service does not cover?
Um, one of the three virtues of a programmer (according to the Great Wall) is laziness.. reuse the code, or at least use what is useful and given to you (or the functionality provided by your purchase).
C-band satellite anyone?
There's probably not a big enough market for this yet. Or perhaps, they need to gain larger market-share with the mainstream crowd by improving certain aspects of it, that they're not concentrating on this yet.
Gimme a box that take RF in, a spec of what to tune, and when, and MPEG2 over IP over Cat5e out.
Okay, here's a ReplayTV with DVArchive on another PC on your LAN (streaming MPEG-2 back and forth)
but I'd really like tighter intergration of the TV to MPEG2 over IP thing (think multicast on the home LAN instead of all that RG-6/U cable).
See above.
No, I want the unbundled option as primary.
????... there is no "primary". When you activate the box, you select monthly or lifetime -- just select lifetime. ReplayTV tried this option before and the business model failed because TiVo was doing it the activate-after-buying way, which made their box look cheaper.
If you wanna flog a service to me too, that's fine. As long as I'm not forced into subscribing to it, or getting nagged when I don't.
Just pay for the lifetime service, and you won't ever be nagged again. It's basically like splitting up the cost of the device and paying for it in two halves instead of one whole. Like I mentioned before, this is due to TiVo's business model.
It certainly IS possible, because people do roll their own.
I should clarify.. I shouldn't have said "because it's just not possible".. I meant "because it's just not feasible from a business perspective", and also "they're working on some of those features, and a lot of what you want is already available"..
Perhaps the reason that PVRs haven't taken off is because they're too much like the kitchen sink: an integrated unit that in inflexible and does nothing well.
What home theater component do you buy that IS flexible? (Yes, I realize it's trying to bridge the gap from home theater to computer, but individual users are helping make that possible with programs like DVArchive).
I would argue that it does many things well -- and almost a million other people agree with me.
I've never used Struts, and my web apps are almost all Perl/CGI, but I'm still curious (of course)..
Would this analogy be reasonably accurate?
Struts : web apps as Cascading Style Sheets : HTML ?
Sheesh, you can have recordings in your inbox. Select what you want to record, and they'll come in your "inbox". You'd have to do something like that from what you describe anyway.
What does "kinda klunky still" mean? It's video streaming.
Tell me how to tell the box what to record and let mo choose the service that will I can subscribe to to get that information in the necessary format to seamlessly integrate with the recorder.
Okay, I'll tell you: you subscribe to their service and they'll give you all of that information seemlessly. Don't like that option? Want it from a third party? Do you think there's a big enough market for a third party to care about making a compatible guide to download? Even if there was, what's wrong with subscribing through the same company from whom you bought the PVR? That is mindless, "nothing will come between me and my free speech/anti-DRM rights" thinking.
Yeah, if that means the recorder has to be sold for it's actually retail price, if I don't accept the manufacturer's subscription service, so be it.
Let me get this straight.. you want one option of pricing instead of two? You can have your "unbundled" price... 400 bucks.
If I were a PVR manufacturer, you're the type of consumer I could care less whether I pleased.. because it's just not possible.
Really?
- www.slashdot.com [sic]
- www.yahoo.com
- www.msn.com
Here are the algorithmic rules applied:1. Every time you click a direct link (or type in address bar, et al), you move "down" in the heirarchy
2. Every time you hit the back button, you move back up in the heirarchy. The problem is that you can't see multiple items at the same level with the back button -- which is what they're trying to solve.
While subsequently being the treasurer for the Business Transexuals of America (BTA).
And those are taken from just the top 22 posts in the list...
Clues that it is a parody:
...though a whois query turns up:
Articles like:
"Videogame Networks or Online Training Camps?"
"Videogame and Tobacco Companies: Frightening Similarities. Secret Industry Report Revealed"
One thing that seemed to point to the contrary was:
"MAVAV (pronounced may-vav) is a new organization run by a group of worried parents..."
Organization:
MAVAV
David Yoo
172 E. 7th
New York, NY 10009
US
Phone: 646-245-8414
Email: contact@mavav.org
For those who still think they're not coming up with anything different...
Basically they want a two-dimensional navigation button(s), not the current one-dimensional ones (back/forward).
Does this mean they're also obsolete in one day?
:-)
That's a chunk of change out the door in a hurry...
Really... my four years' worth of textbooks take up three shelves next to my desk.
What, did you all carry hockey bags?
Sorry, but I'm unable to believe that statement. Stack overflow error.
That's a good point about a book with too much breadth. Have a beginner's book and advanced book (probably multiple of the latter).
It seems they're trying to make a book where you can "grow into". By the time you grow into some of the advanced concepts, you'll probably need a new book anyway..
Maybe a few people could check out the source code, make documentation themselves (without signing the membership agreement), and distribute it themselves. Beyond just this project, it would discourage the ridiculous OS/CD model.
Slashdot has obviously taken an editorial stance on this issue that could influence a large community.
...and exactly, how is this new?