I don't think so - Ultimate TV is (well, was...it's orphaned now) for DTV. It seems to me that this has a lot more to do with DTV trying to hamper EchoStar than anything else.
DTV and TIVO seemed to be joined at the hip. Tivo is a big winner for DTV, so I'm guessing that they're using it to throw a monkey wrench in the gears, so to speak.
No, Apple was not the first to abandon the standard power cord...
AFAIK, it was Dell with their laptop PS. Detachable, non-standard power cord. At least a couple of time I've lost mine, and resorted to taking a jacknife to a standard cord to get juice to the supply.
The identity theft they are talking about here is the low-tech 'steal a bundle of mail' variety. Here's a recent article on it.
I think this could find a niche, if you can get over the hump of trusting them. My boss runs around the world, and doesn't really have a fixed address. He has to count on a business partner and his parents to take care of his mail...
Is anyone else doing this?
I figure it'll be back down under $1 inside of a year.
The shitty part about shorting something is that even if it tanks, you can only make back what you invested!
Mmmm, I wasn't at that lovely company, but my wife was, and filled me in. Wloo location?
It seems that they had some other banking machines where the customer demanded NT, because it was 'corporate policy'. They couldn't port the app to NT, so they put two boxes in the unit, one running *Nix (QNX, I think?) networked to a second box, running NT, solely there as a GUI so the customer could say 'See, it runs NT'.
BTW I've seen this elsewhere; it seems to be somewhat common.
I was recently there, and experienced this. My favorite extra fee was one related to the county sporting authority. Like I was going to stop by a hockey arena while I was there or something.
Wait...they probably don't have one of those anyways!
Well, maybe, but the jist of the suit is that he's causing harm to their good name and, sarcasm, aside, if he was selling old klunkers through his websight, I'd agree that this is true.
However, the point is moot. Another poster said that he never did advertise cars; a quick look through the wayback machine shows that this is true. In that case, since he stayed away from vehicles, I don't see how they can have a case.
Well, yes. And I agree with the fact that he registered it first, and should be allowed to keep it.
However, my understanding is that Nissan (motors) pretty much left him alone until he started advertising used cars on his websight. Looking now though, he seems to have stopped doing that.
Did any other fans of the original Survivor immediately think of the (in)famous 'Gervace X' scam pulled off by CBC?
A synopsis:
When a 'survivor' was voted off, they would place his picture with a red X over it on the site.
When Survivor popularity skyrocketed, CBC placed pictures with Xs of all characters, except one, on the site. But they only linked those who had already been voted off.
They got mucho free publicity from all media outlets, as they scrambled to interview the 'hacker' who had manually typed in the URL's to locate the pictures, tried to located the firm who did the web design, etc.
All this talk about them being so rare...are they really?
Here's one and another SX-64.
Not trying to troll here. I happen to collect (original, full size) arcade machines from the eighties, so I understand the pain when I see one gutted.
I'm surprised not to see any references to Pegasus. I know it's windows only, but that is where Outlook runs...
I don't have enough recent experience with Outlook to comment on how they compare, but I've been using it for a while and am quite happy with it.
One feature is has that Outlook got rid of a few versions ago is the ability to pick and choose what to download from you POP server.
Yes, Dell did the same. You can save $100 on a low end machine by getting Corel Office instead of MSOffice. However, the higher end units are bundled (can I still use that word?) with MSOffice.
The interesting part? Open Office would be more $$$. Why? Because if you select the 'no office suite' option the machine is $50 more than if you take the 'Corel suite'.
I remember articles in Electronic Games (anyone else get that magazine? It was great!) discussing the various techniques used to shoot the commercials to avoid seeing the scan line.
There were long discusions about some fellow who developed a method of actually having someone stand in front of a TV and talk about a game being played in the backround. IIRC it was something similar to the 'blue screen' used in movies and newscasts...big stuff in early eighties!
I remember they came out around Christmas, for about $1000. I spent paper route money and got one hot off the presses.
If anyone remembers, they were incredibly buggy. They were on sale for about $300 a couple of months later, and I spent the next year returning the thing every 30 days.
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I don't think so - Ultimate TV is (well, was...it's orphaned now) for DTV. It seems to me that this has a lot more to do with DTV trying to hamper EchoStar than anything else.
DTV and TIVO seemed to be joined at the hip. Tivo is a big winner for DTV, so I'm guessing that they're using it to throw a monkey wrench in the gears, so to speak.
No, Apple was not the first to abandon the standard power cord...
AFAIK, it was Dell with their laptop PS. Detachable, non-standard power cord. At least a couple of time I've lost mine, and resorted to taking a jacknife to a standard cord to get juice to the supply.
The identity theft they are talking about here is the low-tech 'steal a bundle of mail' variety. Here's a recent article on it.
I think this could find a niche, if you can get over the hump of trusting them. My boss runs around the world, and doesn't really have a fixed address. He has to count on a business partner and his parents to take care of his mail...
Is anyone else doing this? I figure it'll be back down under $1 inside of a year. The shitty part about shorting something is that even if it tanks, you can only make back what you invested!
You're already drinking light beer, eh? You're just getting that much closer to @#$ water! (yes, I'm Canadidan, and yes, I like my 5%...)
Damn I wish I had mod points right now to boost you to +5!!!
Mmmm, I wasn't at that lovely company, but my wife was, and filled me in. Wloo location?
It seems that they had some other banking machines where the customer demanded NT, because it was 'corporate policy'. They couldn't port the app to NT, so they put two boxes in the unit, one running *Nix (QNX, I think?) networked to a second box, running NT, solely there as a GUI so the customer could say 'See, it runs NT'.
BTW I've seen this elsewhere; it seems to be somewhat common.
*sigh*
Yup, I've got a few that I've picked up...surprisingly cheap a few years ago when the arcades were really going through tough times
My best pieces are:
Tempest cocktail
Battlezone - yup, with the sticks and periscope
Kiss pinball
Wacko cabinet
The Tempest machine, BTW, is largely considered the 'Holy Grail' of this search.
Y'know what would be more useful here on /. ? Help for us geeks buying gifts for others!
/. readers. I mean, we know what we want...
What I REALLY need is help purchasing gifts for an SO. Apparently she wants something that smells good, or that she can put on her feet. Who knew?
Ok, I'm not that bad, but this would be more useful information for most
Can someone explain why they would need 'Tens of Billions' dollars to equip amplifiers and such?
Was this a 'trillions, uh I mean billions, I think' mix-up A LA Dubya Bush?
We'll see. They're building up towards a full on attack on their servers by allowing /. to have a run at them first!
WE are the first wave!
Mmmm, I think this is the third dup today...
...,
Trying to think of something original to say...,
Nope, sorry, I failed.
Funny you should mention Houston.
I was recently there, and experienced this. My favorite extra fee was one related to the county sporting authority. Like I was going to stop by a hockey arena while I was there or something.
Wait...they probably don't have one of those anyways!
Well, maybe, but the jist of the suit is that he's causing harm to their good name and, sarcasm, aside, if he was selling old klunkers through his websight, I'd agree that this is true.
However, the point is moot. Another poster said that he never did advertise cars; a quick look through the wayback machine shows that this is true. In that case, since he stayed away from vehicles, I don't see how they can have a case.
Well, yes. And I agree with the fact that he registered it first, and should be allowed to keep it. However, my understanding is that Nissan (motors) pretty much left him alone until he started advertising used cars on his websight. Looking now though, he seems to have stopped doing that.
Did any other fans of the original Survivor immediately think of the (in)famous 'Gervace X' scam pulled off by CBC?
A synopsis:
When a 'survivor' was voted off, they would place his picture with a red X over it on the site.
When Survivor popularity skyrocketed, CBC placed pictures with Xs of all characters, except one, on the site. But they only linked those who had already been voted off.
They got mucho free publicity from all media outlets, as they scrambled to interview the 'hacker' who had manually typed in the URL's to locate the pictures, tried to located the firm who did the web design, etc.
All this talk about them being so rare...are they really?
Here's one and another SX-64.
Not trying to troll here. I happen to collect (original, full size) arcade machines from the eighties, so I understand the pain when I see one gutted.
I'm surprised not to see any references to Pegasus. I know it's windows only, but that is where Outlook runs... I don't have enough recent experience with Outlook to comment on how they compare, but I've been using it for a while and am quite happy with it. One feature is has that Outlook got rid of a few versions ago is the ability to pick and choose what to download from you POP server.
Yes, Dell did the same. You can save $100 on a low end machine by getting Corel Office instead of MSOffice. However, the higher end units are bundled (can I still use that word?) with MSOffice.
The interesting part? Open Office would be more $$$. Why? Because if you select the 'no office suite' option the machine is $50 more than if you take the 'Corel suite'.
Mmmm....
Well, my read on the story is that they got busy 'offing each other just when the belt got finished up.
I remember articles in Electronic Games (anyone else get that magazine? It was great!) discussing the various techniques used to shoot the commercials to avoid seeing the scan line.
There were long discusions about some fellow who developed a method of actually having someone stand in front of a TV and talk about a game being played in the backround. IIRC it was something similar to the 'blue screen' used in movies and newscasts...big stuff in early eighties!
*Shudder*
I remember they came out around Christmas, for about $1000. I spent paper route money and got one hot off the presses.
If anyone remembers, they were incredibly buggy. They were on sale for about $300 a couple of months later, and I spent the next year returning the thing every 30 days.
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Imagine for a moment a world without hypothetical situations...