1. Newegg 2. ZipZoomFly 3. Fry's (if I absolutely need something right now, cant wait for shipping)
Stay away from: Best Buy, Buy.com (check out reseller ratings for why).
I've actually managed to stop shopping at Best Buy. I'm going to test out how much I can push them in May when I get a big screen, surround sound system, etc. If they dont give me an outstanding deal (read: make them sell it to me at cost or very small profit margin), I'm going to Ultimate Electronics (cant go to Circuit City since they dont carry Mitsubishi TVs).
There is a big difference between what these companies are doing. Some have advanced services that analyze your return and ask you questions to get you a bigger return, and others just provide a field-for-field copy of the 1040 form that they charge for you to send to the IRS. I'm sure the IRS operates cheaper if its done electronically, so they should take the savings and offer their own free-file service (instead of having to wade through a sea of "upgrade to xxxxxx for $29.95" offers when you try to fill it out for free).
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SNOW. No, not the rapper from the early/mid 90s, but that white stuff that falls from the sky. Kinda odd, considering that Las Vegas is a desert climate - it reaches about 110F in the summertime.
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Yes, the porn convetion is at the sands expo center (just 1 mile or so from the LVCC, where CES is at).
Last year, Tivo announced TivoToGo at CES 2004. They annouced availablity this past Monday (Jan 3, 2005), and a very few people have got the new 7.1 software required for TivoToGo at the moment (check out the Tivo Community).
Tivo showed a demo of a CableCard 1.0 demo at CES today. They plan to offer a CC HD Tivo in 2006. They needed to get this cable card Tivo out in APRIL 2005, not 2006!!! CableCard is an open standard anyone can implement, Tivo or anyone else doesnt need permission from the cable companies.
There is only one caveat with their 2006 annoucement - there are a few limitations that Tivo might be waiting for CC 2.0 to come about for. The first big thing is that now CableCard 1.0 is unidirectional (from the cable co to your box). CC 1.0 is also limited to one tuner (analog or digital channel) per physical cable card. CableCard 2.0 is bidirection (so the Tivo box can talk to the cable company, allows PPV-on-demand, interactive guide data, etc), and CC2.0 provides up to 5 tuners per physical cable card.
I would bet that if Tivo is waiting until 2006 to release their CableCard HiDef-capable Tivo, it damn well better be CableCard 2.0. Tivo can provide splitters inside the box to allow for anywhere from 2, 3, up to 5 tuners. I doubt most people have a practical need for 5 tuners UNLESS... (this is my wish) Tivo enhances their Home Media Option to allow smart scheduling, so that you can have one SuperTivo and several client Tivos (pass through tuner, no Hard disk) that just stream content from the SuperTivo over a home network.
Do you know what people would do with 100s of megabits per second? Even 10s of megabits per second! MPAA and RIAA, hold on to your lawyers, and watch those movies and songs fly!!!
A fascinating man. He discovered electricity, and used it to torture small animals and green mountain men. And that key he tied to the end of a kite, IT OPENED THE GATES OF HELL!
We've been tracking our field staff using Airlink CDMA PinPoint modems. Not only does it provide our field staff with cellular-based internet access for our web-based field applications, but it also provides us with GPS coordinates of the device every 5 seconds. It also came in handy when one of our trucks was stolen a while back, it was easy to track it and find it. We just cant wait 'til they upgrade the modems from 1xRTT to 1xEVDO. 200kbit/s wireless access!
$1.1B / 1M people = $1,100 each. Now granted this is california money (CA = very high cost of living in LA, SF, Si Valley, etc), but still $1,000 could buy a new Athlon64 system.
From what I have read, this will make EA the single largest stock holder of Ubisoft stock. So unless everyone else gangs up on EA, they're going to be dictating whats going down at Ubisoft.
Some context: This is a "freeper". They have also been known to use militant mob-style tactics to bother/silence those who dont agree with them, as parent has dealt with. Kinda ironic ya know... they are freepers yet they work hard to silence those who dont agree with them.
The hardware for such a system is only $6,000 or so at the most for a real head-end unit, and maybe $750 for each client unit. If you roll your own using DVD ripping software and something like MyHTPC (and a daemon tools plugin to mount the DVD images), its free in terms of software....
Hardware breakdown Server: Case and dual power supplies ($500) Mobo + Processor + RAM ($600) DVD Drive ($50) 3Ware RAID-5 12-port card ($800) 12 400GB Seagate SATA Drives ($3600) (10 data, 1 parity, 1 hot spare) for 4TB. Total: $5550 + SH + Taxes
Client: Shuttle SFF box ($300) CPU, RAM ($300) 40GB HD ($70) DVD Drive ($50) RF or IR keyboard/mouse ($70) Total: $790 for each client
So I'm thinking the DVDCCA license is REALLY expensive if they charge $27,000 per unit.
The idea is that the major intersections would be on a seperate signal timing and syncronization system, and since there are two major intersections adjacent to this semi-major intersection (and two minor intersections, usually a 4-way stop sign) would keep the road empty for certain intervals, at which the light would turn green for traffic to get out.
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In order of preference..
1. Newegg
2. ZipZoomFly
3. Fry's (if I absolutely need something right now, cant wait for shipping)
Stay away from:
Best Buy, Buy.com (check out reseller ratings for why).
I've actually managed to stop shopping at Best Buy. I'm going to test out how much I can push them in May when I get a big screen, surround sound system, etc. If they dont give me an outstanding deal (read: make them sell it to me at cost or very small profit margin), I'm going to Ultimate Electronics (cant go to Circuit City since they dont carry Mitsubishi TVs).
There is a big difference between what these companies are doing. Some have advanced services that analyze your return and ask you questions to get you a bigger return, and others just provide a field-for-field copy of the 1040 form that they charge for you to send to the IRS. I'm sure the IRS operates cheaper if its done electronically, so they should take the savings and offer their own free-file service (instead of having to wade through a sea of "upgrade to xxxxxx for $29.95" offers when you try to fill it out for free).
SNOW. No, not the rapper from the early/mid 90s, but that white stuff that falls from the sky. Kinda odd, considering that Las Vegas is a desert climate - it reaches about 110F in the summertime.
Yes, the porn convetion is at the sands expo center (just 1 mile or so from the LVCC, where CES is at).
MythTV can support cablecard? Thats what I'm after. An all-in-one box...
Last year, Tivo announced TivoToGo at CES 2004. They annouced availablity this past Monday (Jan 3, 2005), and a very few people have got the new 7.1 software required for TivoToGo at the moment (check out the Tivo Community).
Tivo showed a demo of a CableCard 1.0 demo at CES today. They plan to offer a CC HD Tivo in 2006. They needed to get this cable card Tivo out in APRIL 2005, not 2006!!! CableCard is an open standard anyone can implement, Tivo or anyone else doesnt need permission from the cable companies.
There is only one caveat with their 2006 annoucement - there are a few limitations that Tivo might be waiting for CC 2.0 to come about for. The first big thing is that now CableCard 1.0 is unidirectional (from the cable co to your box). CC 1.0 is also limited to one tuner (analog or digital channel) per physical cable card. CableCard 2.0 is bidirection (so the Tivo box can talk to the cable company, allows PPV-on-demand, interactive guide data, etc), and CC2.0 provides up to 5 tuners per physical cable card.
I would bet that if Tivo is waiting until 2006 to release their CableCard HiDef-capable Tivo, it damn well better be CableCard 2.0. Tivo can provide splitters inside the box to allow for anywhere from 2, 3, up to 5 tuners. I doubt most people have a practical need for 5 tuners UNLESS... (this is my wish) Tivo enhances their Home Media Option to allow smart scheduling, so that you can have one SuperTivo and several client Tivos (pass through tuner, no Hard disk) that just stream content from the SuperTivo over a home network.
Do you know what people would do with 100s of megabits per second? Even 10s of megabits per second! MPAA and RIAA, hold on to your lawyers, and watch those movies and songs fly!!!
3 of these in RAID 5 = 1TB. 5 is 2TB. I'm still waiting for Seagate 500GB drives, they are more reliable in my experience.
I still remember from going from 330MB HDs to 520MB HDs, and then to 740MB and 1GB HDs. Hopefully we'll be up to 1TB disks at the end of 2006.
Linux...
Yeah! What??? OKAY....
A fascinating man. He discovered electricity, and used it to torture small animals and green mountain men. And that key he tied to the end of a kite, IT OPENED THE GATES OF HELL!
(oblig. Simpsons quote)
We've been tracking our field staff using Airlink CDMA PinPoint modems. Not only does it provide our field staff with cellular-based internet access for our web-based field applications, but it also provides us with GPS coordinates of the device every 5 seconds. It also came in handy when one of our trucks was stolen a while back, it was easy to track it and find it. We just cant wait 'til they upgrade the modems from 1xRTT to 1xEVDO. 200kbit/s wireless access!
$1.1B / 1M people = $1,100 each. Now granted this is california money (CA = very high cost of living in LA, SF, Si Valley, etc), but still $1,000 could buy a new Athlon64 system.
I use an 8 digit PIN and a RSA hardware token to log into work remotely.
he last thing you need is Microsoft changing their APIs yet again to some god-forsaken, bloated, filth.
Whats to keep Sun from doing the same thing?
Nah.. I'm waiting for SpaceShipXP SP2.
Couldnt he just declare bankruptcy and the judgment against him would become null and void?
From what I have read, this will make EA the single largest stock holder of Ubisoft stock. So unless everyone else gangs up on EA, they're going to be dictating whats going down at Ubisoft.
Some context: This is a "freeper". They have also been known to use militant mob-style tactics to bother/silence those who dont agree with them, as parent has dealt with. Kinda ironic ya know... they are freepers yet they work hard to silence those who dont agree with them.
Or just not make such shitty movies. Mary-kate and Ashely, Olsen, Mandy Moore, etc. Hell, even Alexander tanked at the box office.
Its a Ford, it wont. Now if it were a honda or toyota... maybe... =^P
I hit 10,000 on my car yesterday, does that count?
That can be done....
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The hardware for such a system is only $6,000 or so at the most for a real head-end unit, and maybe $750 for each client unit. If you roll your own using DVD ripping software and something like MyHTPC (and a daemon tools plugin to mount the DVD images), its free in terms of software....
Hardware breakdown
Server:
Case and dual power supplies ($500)
Mobo + Processor + RAM ($600)
DVD Drive ($50)
3Ware RAID-5 12-port card ($800)
12 400GB Seagate SATA Drives ($3600) (10 data, 1 parity, 1 hot spare) for 4TB.
Total: $5550 + SH + Taxes
Client:
Shuttle SFF box ($300)
CPU, RAM ($300)
40GB HD ($70)
DVD Drive ($50)
RF or IR keyboard/mouse ($70)
Total: $790 for each client
So I'm thinking the DVDCCA license is REALLY expensive if they charge $27,000 per unit.
IBM Thinkpads were the only top-tier notebook in the US, and now all thats left that I would like is an Apple iBook.
The idea is that the major intersections would be on a seperate signal timing and syncronization system, and since there are two major intersections adjacent to this semi-major intersection (and two minor intersections, usually a 4-way stop sign) would keep the road empty for certain intervals, at which the light would turn green for traffic to get out.