From the Netflix site, a break down of the devices that support streaming:
Game consoles: PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Stand-alone media devices: AppleTV, Logitech Revue, Roku, FreeAgent Theater+, Sony Dash, Sony NMP, WD TV, Boxee, Tivo
Select Blu-ray players from: Insignia, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Yamaha, Vizio
Select HDTVs from: LG, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Vizio, Panasonic
Handheld devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Windows Phone 7
Home theater systems from: Insignia, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony
And more are announced every month, it seems. But just looking at game consoles, most households with internet service and someone under 30 probably have at least one of them..
I would trust the government to be an email provider. They can send their stuff anywhere they want, including an email account they setup for me. In fact if it requires a smart card for access, it's likely more secure than postal mail.
That doesn't mean I trust them to be my only email provider...
If, in creating their system, they outlawed all other email providers, then I'd have some serious problems. I suspect that enough others would also have problems that PGP/GnuPG would become much more popular and widespread were that to happen. Of course, that would then be outlawed too...
*sigh*
I routinely watch Netflix streams via 5 different devices, and not one of them requires MS Silverlight. I view on an AppleTV, a Tivo HD, an iPad, an iPod Touch, and occasionally a Wii.
This is not the big win for Silverlight you think it is. This is proof that Netflix streaming is being built into more and more consumer devices. If the only way I could view their streams was via my PC, I wouldn't bother... I'd just stick with the disc mailers.
One of my fondest hacks was a shell script. It was for an embedded Solaris box where we didn't have the ability (through written policy) to add any other programs or packages, but scripting was OK. Ultimately, it was a job for expect, as I was communicating via telnet to another platform to upload firmware. But I only had sh, csh, or ksh. I chose vanilla Bourne shell, and wrote a script that accepted as inputs the IP address to upload the file, and the name of the file to upload. It set some variables relaunched itself in the format
exec $0 | telnet $DEST_IP | $0
The script receiving stdout from telnet would watch for input lines, keeping track of what response was expected, and send either a USR1 or a USR2 back to the script outputting commands into telnet's stdin, which would then either bail or send the next command. It was rudimentary pass/fail error checking, but much better and faster than echo a; sleep 1; echo b; sleep 1; echo c...
I often prefer #!/bin/sh as I know it's a common denominator on all *nix systems, and often my scripts work even if the shell is busybox. Yes, perl or python may handle the task more efficiently and with less code, but keeping fresh on Bourne shell makes it easier to fiddle with initramfs images and embedded systems with limited space and no advanced shells. In fact, I'll often stick with it just for the challenge. I like making the original Bourne shell truly sing...
Open your eyes. There's much more to the world than just "every major (and most minor) distros." Even more than just Linux and the BSDs.
Crikey. If nobody learned assembly, we wouldn't even have operating systems.
JavaScript code is no different to languages like Python, C++ or Ruby — applications written in those languages running on our computers should be free software, so we can run, modify and share them if we wish.
Should? Why?
I understand it's RMS's and FSF's belief, but why must it be everyone's? What's clearly missing is the qualifier, "We believe that..." or "It is the FSF's position that..."
FWIW, that's a rhetorical question. I know why he believes what he does. I also know that his is an extreme position that not many people share. That he wants some corporation to open up their code for others to use/share/modify is Not News ®. <yawn>
Same here. There was an about link and a description of how to disable it that I searched for (pardon the pun) as soon as they turned on instant searches.
So, Comcast has a franchise agreement from 1982 that they are about to break. Let them break it, then sue them for breach of contract and have their franchise revoked. Allow rebidding among rival cable providers and choose one that fits your needs and offers the community the best value.
The whole community (except local Comcast stakeholders) wins!
"Local university miserably fails to prepare its students for the working world. More at 11."
Sad is it is, professors are usually so detached from real life that they think they can steer industry by molding the minds of the students they teach. In reality, the industry either just chews them up and spits them out, or spends extra time remolding them into useful employees.
My advice:
1. Go to college and have a good time
2. Get good grades; that GPA is really the only thing of use that may come out of your time there
3. Teach yourself a select few useful industry skills between parties (or find a good internship)
4. Emphasize those useful skills on your resume
Once flash is hardware accelerated and such acceleration works on my hardware
What? Are you high?!?
H.264 is hardware accelerated on many platforms, but you'll be hard pressed to find something that accelerates FLV. Theora is fighting that battle and losing, and I'd be surprised of Google's VP8 makes into very many chipsets, even with their clout...
As much as I hate playing into MPEG-LA's hands, I think they pretty much have hardware accelerated video in the bag.
The best part for me was the ads displayed if the site detected you were running adblock. They were actually entertaining enough I reloaded the page a few times to see a few more of them. I didn't buy anything as they requested, though, since after all the site owners were calling me a dick for running adblock, but at least they were not so controlling that they tried to ban me from their site altogether.
Overall, a pragmatic approach to the fact that many of us don't like the intrusive, gawdy ads that are commonly used to monetize that type of site. Kudos!
A list of 343 vulnerabilities (and growing rapidly) on a 5 year old Joomla component ecosystem is a good reason to be critical of Joomla. The problem with allowing anyone to write components is that anyone will components...
In TFA, he describes viewing the device's serial number by using Linux's/sys directory. Does anyone have details on how to do that? I've viewed the USB adapter's info by using lsusb -vs : but don't know how to view the actual microSD device.
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d) all of the above
Most multiple choice have four options, after all...
You could use the standard Do Not Disturb (DND) feature. Callers are greeted with an announcement instead of ringback, and only callers knowing the correct PIN are allowed through.
Its a standard LSSGR and PacketCable feature, MSOs should have it too...
So, in other words, the algae ponds should be located close to the waste water treatment plants, which are located next to large population centers. And how much more does land cost in urban/suburban areas than in rural or even desert areas?
I think there's a production flaw here somewhere; I just can't put my finger on it.
You need a home base. A $50-60 OpenWRT box is enough if you don't have a spare PC laying around.
I'd suggest running the following servers:
OpenSSH + Squid (or tinyproxy) - SSH:22 and basic HTTP proxying via an SSH tunnel
OpenVPN - for an easier remote experience (both UDP:1194 and TCP:443)
HttpTunnel - When only HTTP:80 requests are allowed from your AP
iodine - When only DNS:53 requests are allowed (eg. captive portal)
I'd also suggest full disk encryption on your PC/Mac.
Don't do it. My neighbor has a Sprint dongle (I know 'cuz I'm his free tech support). The speed is barely better than dial-up, and the reliability isn't there. He never leaves the house with his laptop, so doesn't take advantage of the mobility it offers. All he does is email and light web surfing, so caps weren't an issue, but he's dropping it as soon as he can due to all the other issues...
I used to work in the telecomunication industry. If you've ever set foot in a well-maintained central office, you'll understand their fascination with well dressed cables.
When they started getting rid of the old circuit-switched behemoths and replacing them with VoIP equipment, I started seeing many more ethernet cables instead of the usual thicker proprietary cables. But, when we racked something that needed a Cat-5 cable run, if we ever used a pre-made one, we got chided for the extra loop that invariably resulted.
With hand-made cables, you cut them long, crimp one end, connect it, lay them out neatly in your cable run, and finally trim the other end and crimp it. You end up with a neat looking rack where every cable is labeled and has just the right amount of slack. Three tricks I would recommend if you do this:
1) Use a good crimper (I've had the best luck with Radio Shack, surprisingly!)
2) Use strain reliefs such as these. 3) Label each cable at both ends.
4) Test each and every one after you finish it.
5) Find your longest one, and run an extra of that length just in case. Label it as a spare.
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... we need non-compete clauses for elected and appointed officials ...
I was hoping someone would bring this up. Thank you, macraig.
From the Netflix site, a break down of the devices that support streaming:
Game consoles: PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Stand-alone media devices: AppleTV, Logitech Revue, Roku, FreeAgent Theater+, Sony Dash, Sony NMP, WD TV, Boxee, Tivo
Select Blu-ray players from: Insignia, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Yamaha, Vizio
Select HDTVs from: LG, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Vizio, Panasonic
Handheld devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Windows Phone 7
Home theater systems from: Insignia, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony
And more are announced every month, it seems. But just looking at game consoles, most households with internet service and someone under 30 probably have at least one of them..
I would trust the government to be an email provider. They can send their stuff anywhere they want, including an email account they setup for me. In fact if it requires a smart card for access, it's likely more secure than postal mail.
That doesn't mean I trust them to be my only email provider...
If, in creating their system, they outlawed all other email providers, then I'd have some serious problems. I suspect that enough others would also have problems that PGP/GnuPG would become much more popular and widespread were that to happen. Of course, that would then be outlawed too...
*sigh*
I routinely watch Netflix streams via 5 different devices, and not one of them requires MS Silverlight. I view on an AppleTV, a Tivo HD, an iPad, an iPod Touch, and occasionally a Wii.
This is not the big win for Silverlight you think it is. This is proof that Netflix streaming is being built into more and more consumer devices. If the only way I could view their streams was via my PC, I wouldn't bother... I'd just stick with the disc mailers.
The script receiving stdout from telnet would watch for input lines, keeping track of what response was expected, and send either a USR1 or a USR2 back to the script outputting commands into telnet's stdin, which would then either bail or send the next command. It was rudimentary pass/fail error checking, but much better and faster than echo a; sleep 1; echo b; sleep 1; echo c...
I often prefer #!/bin/sh as I know it's a common denominator on all *nix systems, and often my scripts work even if the shell is busybox. Yes, perl or python may handle the task more efficiently and with less code, but keeping fresh on Bourne shell makes it easier to fiddle with initramfs images and embedded systems with limited space and no advanced shells. In fact, I'll often stick with it just for the challenge. I like making the original Bourne shell truly sing...
Open your eyes. There's much more to the world than just "every major (and most minor) distros." Even more than just Linux and the BSDs.
Crikey. If nobody learned assembly, we wouldn't even have operating systems.
Should? Why?
..." or "It is the FSF's position that ..."
I understand it's RMS's and FSF's belief, but why must it be everyone's? What's clearly missing is the qualifier, "We believe that
FWIW, that's a rhetorical question. I know why he believes what he does. I also know that his is an extreme position that not many people share. That he wants some corporation to open up their code for others to use/share/modify is Not News ®. <yawn>
That's what I was thinking. As someone once said about the internet, "You're less than 100ms from every creep out there."
Same here. There was an about link and a description of how to disable it that I searched for (pardon the pun) as soon as they turned on instant searches.
So, Comcast has a franchise agreement from 1982 that they are about to break. Let them break it, then sue them for breach of contract and have their franchise revoked. Allow rebidding among rival cable providers and choose one that fits your needs and offers the community the best value.
The whole community (except local Comcast stakeholders) wins!
"Local university miserably fails to prepare its students for the working world. More at 11."
...
Sad is it is, professors are usually so detached from real life that they think they can steer industry by molding the minds of the students they teach. In reality, the industry either just chews them up and spits them out, or spends extra time remolding them into useful employees.
My advice:
1. Go to college and have a good time
2. Get good grades; that GPA is really the only thing of use that may come out of your time there
3. Teach yourself a select few useful industry skills between parties (or find a good internship)
4. Emphasize those useful skills on your resume
(and the obligatory)
5.
6. Profit!
What? Are you high?!?
H.264 is hardware accelerated on many platforms, but you'll be hard pressed to find something that accelerates FLV. Theora is fighting that battle and losing, and I'd be surprised of Google's VP8 makes into very many chipsets, even with their clout...
As much as I hate playing into MPEG-LA's hands, I think they pretty much have hardware accelerated video in the bag.
The best part for me was the ads displayed if the site detected you were running adblock. They were actually entertaining enough I reloaded the page a few times to see a few more of them. I didn't buy anything as they requested, though, since after all the site owners were calling me a dick for running adblock, but at least they were not so controlling that they tried to ban me from their site altogether.
Overall, a pragmatic approach to the fact that many of us don't like the intrusive, gawdy ads that are commonly used to monetize that type of site. Kudos!
A list of 343 vulnerabilities (and growing rapidly) on a 5 year old Joomla component ecosystem is a good reason to be critical of Joomla. The problem with allowing anyone to write components is that anyone will components...
I've never wished that I had mod points more than I do now. Well said!
The blog was cross-posted to asheesh.org. Lets slashdot them too!
In TFA, he describes viewing the device's serial number by using Linux's /sys directory. Does anyone have details on how to do that? I've viewed the USB adapter's info by using lsusb -vs : but don't know how to view the actual microSD device.
d) all of the above
Most multiple choice have four options, after all...
Mod parent up. From the short, non-technical video blurb, it sounds like a capacitor, not a battery.
Puncture a lead-acid battery, and you've got an acid spill. Puncture a charged capacitor, and you've got fireworks!
You could use the standard Do Not Disturb (DND) feature. Callers are greeted with an announcement instead of ringback, and only callers knowing the correct PIN are allowed through.
Its a standard LSSGR and PacketCable feature, MSOs should have it too...
So, in other words, the algae ponds should be located close to the waste water treatment plants, which are located next to large population centers. And how much more does land cost in urban/suburban areas than in rural or even desert areas?
I think there's a production flaw here somewhere; I just can't put my finger on it.
For those who missed the changes Lenovo has made to Esc and Del keys, this article has a nice picture.
You need a home base. A $50-60 OpenWRT box is enough if you don't have a spare PC laying around. I'd suggest running the following servers:
OpenSSH + Squid (or tinyproxy) - SSH:22 and basic HTTP proxying via an SSH tunnel
OpenVPN - for an easier remote experience (both UDP:1194 and TCP:443)
HttpTunnel - When only HTTP:80 requests are allowed from your AP
iodine - When only DNS:53 requests are allowed (eg. captive portal)
I'd also suggest full disk encryption on your PC/Mac.
... the two were flying through space at 17,200 MPH, 300 miles above the Earth's surface.
That's nothing. I just touched my nose while I was flying through space at 67,062 MPH, 92,955,819 miles above the sun's surface.
Is it just the slashdot crowd that sees through sensationalist statements like that?
Don't do it. My neighbor has a Sprint dongle (I know 'cuz I'm his free tech support). The speed is barely better than dial-up, and the reliability isn't there. He never leaves the house with his laptop, so doesn't take advantage of the mobility it offers. All he does is email and light web surfing, so caps weren't an issue, but he's dropping it as soon as he can due to all the other issues...
I used to work in the telecomunication industry. If you've ever set foot in a well-maintained central office, you'll understand their fascination with well dressed cables.
When they started getting rid of the old circuit-switched behemoths and replacing them with VoIP equipment, I started seeing many more ethernet cables instead of the usual thicker proprietary cables. But, when we racked something that needed a Cat-5 cable run, if we ever used a pre-made one, we got chided for the extra loop that invariably resulted.
With hand-made cables, you cut them long, crimp one end, connect it, lay them out neatly in your cable run, and finally trim the other end and crimp it. You end up with a neat looking rack where every cable is labeled and has just the right amount of slack. Three tricks I would recommend if you do this:
1) Use a good crimper (I've had the best luck with Radio Shack, surprisingly!)
2) Use strain reliefs such as these.
3) Label each cable at both ends.
4) Test each and every one after you finish it.
5) Find your longest one, and run an extra of that length just in case. Label it as a spare.