I'll say it again, if you can read the manual and use a screw driver, installing a PCI card is NOT difficult. If my 3 1/2 son can do it, without being able to read, I think ANY adult can do it.
First, I've never needed to look at the documentation, so I can't comment on it. But the fact that I didn't need it means the product is pretty easy to use.
Regarding recording radio, I've never actually USED the feature, so I had to go over to my Windows box and check, but you can schedule records of radio in either MP3, wav, or WMA formats.
If you recorded in wav format you could it edit using any sound software without losing any quality.
Over at newegg you can buy a WinFast TV2000 XP PCI card for about $36 shipped. It has both a TV tuner and AM/FM radio. You can scedule records for both TV and radio broadcasts. Why would ANYONE spend $70 for the RadioShark? Does looking "cool" really sway people that much?
Haven't you heard, DirecTV and Tivo are breaking up. http://www.betanews.com/article/DirecTV_TiVo_ Partn ership_in_Doubt/1105115186
And FreeVo and MythTV are doing great as niches. Maybe Tivo will do great as a niche too.
Most people in the coming years are going to want HD content from their cable and satellite providers. That will require proprietary set-top boxes that will not natively interface with TIVOs.
Cable and satellite companies will require their own proprietary DVRs to consumers that want them. TIVO will be toast because it will not even be given a chance to compete.
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Without the ability to natively interface with proprietary cable and satellite providers TIVO is toast.
First, the people working in government are usually not the brightest candles in the world. In government people are promoted almost entirely on seniority and not on skill or intellect. Thus the bright ones leave for greener pastures leaving behind a bunch of idiots. This can be seen in California where Oracle forced the buyers for the state to buy licenses for EVERY state employee, even janitors who never touched computers!
Second, the worst contractor gets the bid. Either as a pork favor for a friend in government or from being the lowest bidder. Neither of these is a good approach for picking the bidder most likely to succeed. This can be seen in nearly every other IT project the government has attempted to undertake.
The talk about flooding the right click menu nails it. Mac developers simply do not understand the purpose behind a two button mouse.
I used to use a program called First Class Client. It was initially a Mac program. I was ported to Win3.1. Then finally the Win95 version was released with full two button support.
To say the right click support was useless was an understatement. OS/shell developers for the PC (Windows, BeOS, KDE) understand to make the right click context sensitive. But the Mac developers for FFC didn't get that. If you right clicked you got a HUGE menu with nearly ever option the program offered. You got the exact same menu regardless of where you right clicked.
Instead of worrying about the "flood" why doesn't Apply simple learn how to use right clicking first?!
Once India has its space program up and running, we can outsource NASA to India. That'll save us a fortune! I'm sure those rocket scientists will be able to get work at their local Wal-Marts.
Steam is draconian DRM system! It limits your abilities and rights to what Valve wants. Valve wants everyone who plays to pay. So it forces online play. (Sure there is an off line mode, but you need to be on-line to enable it!) Valve doesn't want after market sales, so Valve forbids them. Valve doesn't want cheating, so it mandates that everyone uses the latest updates. And Valve does a bit "favor" in converting all of your other Valve games to the Steam format. So you'll need to go on line to play those too! How nice.
I bought Half-Life 2 when it first came out too. But I didn't bother opening it because I wanted to see what happened with Steam first. I'm glad as heck I sold it months ago because it saved me from being screwed.
I just don't get how the same people who were again Palladium can be so pro for Steam?! Is playing a "cool" game for a few hours really worth infesting your computer and PAYING for the privilege?!
Linux-heads are always getting Linux to run in odd things like game consoles, phones, and now an MP3 player. But how about something REALLY amazing. Remotely installing Linux on Bill Gates' personal computer!
Thanks for pointing that out. I've been trying and trying all day to find some evidence of what I (think I) read and cannot find anything. Maybe I dreamt the whole thing!
Sorry to disappoint. Hollywood didn't think "42" was a cool enough of an answer. The full answer is now, "Two lesbians in 69." And I should also point out that the answer is delivered by Pauly Shore's "Weasel" character.
You're right, certain statutes allow for treble damages against one party. But if treble damages were awarded in this case, they would have been awarded against the student. Since treble damages were not awarded against the student, they are obviously not relevant to this case.
Usually when there is a loss with co-conspirators charged, they all jointly and severally have to pay the damages. My question was what will happen if the student pays it all, then charges are brought against the other perpetrators. Either possibility just doesn't seem fair.
Let's say that the student finds the money and pays off the music industry. What's going to stop the industry from going after the source of those MP3 files?!
On one hand, it would seem odd that the source of the files are off the hook. On the other hand, it would seem unfair that the industry could double dip and get more than it lost.
All it does is search for files. It cannot distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate files.
But wouldn't it be much simpler for parents to simply search for "*.mpg *.avi *.mpg" on their computers?! Or is that too complicated for the average (l)user?!
I once read that the Teddy Ruckspin doll was supposed to play and "sing along" to all music cassettes. But the lawyers decided that they might get sued because it might be considered a "performance" which would require payments to the copyright holders. To play it safe, they stuck with proprietary tapes.
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I'll say it again, if you can read the manual and use a screw driver, installing a PCI card is NOT difficult. If my 3 1/2 son can do it, without being able to read, I think ANY adult can do it.
First, I've never needed to look at the documentation, so I can't comment on it. But the fact that I didn't need it means the product is pretty easy to use.
Regarding recording radio, I've never actually USED the feature, so I had to go over to my Windows box and check, but you can schedule records of radio in either MP3, wav, or WMA formats.
If you recorded in wav format you could it edit using any sound software without losing any quality.
Yeah, reading and using a screw driver are SO complicated!
Over at newegg you can buy a WinFast TV2000 XP PCI card for about $36 shipped. It has both a TV tuner and AM/FM radio. You can scedule records for both TV and radio broadcasts. Why would ANYONE spend $70 for the RadioShark? Does looking "cool" really sway people that much?
From reviewing the doodle, it's is my expert opinion that Bill Gates has the doodling skill of my five year old son!
I've been shown wrong, my original post was crap!
Yep, someone else already turned me around with the CableCard feature. That's a great idea on TIVO's part.
Mmm... You're right. That could definitely save TIVO!
I wonder if someone will make a USB 2.0 CableCard reader for homebuilt DVRs?!
Haven't you heard, DirecTV and Tivo are breaking up._ Partn ership_in_Doubt/1105115186
http://www.betanews.com/article/DirecTV_TiVo
And FreeVo and MythTV are doing great as niches. Maybe Tivo will do great as a niche too.
Most people in the coming years are going to want HD content from their cable and satellite providers. That will require proprietary set-top boxes that will not natively interface with TIVOs.
Cable and satellite companies will require their own proprietary DVRs to consumers that want them. TIVO will be toast because it will not even be given a chance to compete.
Without the ability to natively interface with proprietary cable and satellite providers TIVO is toast.
First, the people working in government are usually not the brightest candles in the world. In government people are promoted almost entirely on seniority and not on skill or intellect. Thus the bright ones leave for greener pastures leaving behind a bunch of idiots. This can be seen in California where Oracle forced the buyers for the state to buy licenses for EVERY state employee, even janitors who never touched computers!
Second, the worst contractor gets the bid. Either as a pork favor for a friend in government or from being the lowest bidder. Neither of these is a good approach for picking the bidder most likely to succeed. This can be seen in nearly every other IT project the government has attempted to undertake.
To make an even crappier Mini? Less powerful CPU. Less powerful graphics system. No DVD drive. Yep, great job there Kevin!
The talk about flooding the right click menu nails it. Mac developers simply do not understand the purpose behind a two button mouse.
I used to use a program called First Class Client. It was initially a Mac program. I was ported to Win3.1. Then finally the Win95 version was released with full two button support.
To say the right click support was useless was an understatement. OS/shell developers for the PC (Windows, BeOS, KDE) understand to make the right click context sensitive. But the Mac developers for FFC didn't get that. If you right clicked you got a HUGE menu with nearly ever option the program offered. You got the exact same menu regardless of where you right clicked.
Instead of worrying about the "flood" why doesn't Apply simple learn how to use right clicking first?!
Once India has its space program up and running, we can outsource NASA to India. That'll save us a fortune! I'm sure those rocket scientists will be able to get work at their local Wal-Marts.
Steam is draconian DRM system! It limits your abilities and rights to what Valve wants. Valve wants everyone who plays to pay. So it forces online play. (Sure there is an off line mode, but you need to be on-line to enable it!) Valve doesn't want after market sales, so Valve forbids them. Valve doesn't want cheating, so it mandates that everyone uses the latest updates. And Valve does a bit "favor" in converting all of your other Valve games to the Steam format. So you'll need to go on line to play those too! How nice.
I bought Half-Life 2 when it first came out too. But I didn't bother opening it because I wanted to see what happened with Steam first. I'm glad as heck I sold it months ago because it saved me from being screwed.
I just don't get how the same people who were again Palladium can be so pro for Steam?! Is playing a "cool" game for a few hours really worth infesting your computer and PAYING for the privilege?!
Linux-heads are always getting Linux to run in odd things like game consoles, phones, and now an MP3 player. But how about something REALLY amazing. Remotely installing Linux on Bill Gates' personal computer!
So essentially Microsoft is back to taking the approach that if they close their eyes tight enough, everything will be OK?
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Thanks for pointing that out. I've been trying and trying all day to find some evidence of what I (think I) read and cannot find anything. Maybe I dreamt the whole thing!
Sorry to disappoint. Hollywood didn't think "42" was a cool enough of an answer. The full answer is now, "Two lesbians in 69." And I should also point out that the answer is delivered by Pauly Shore's "Weasel" character.
Imagine what you could do with a beowulf cluster of these babies! They have built-in gigabit networking, right?
You're right, certain statutes allow for treble damages against one party. But if treble damages were awarded in this case, they would have been awarded against the student. Since treble damages were not awarded against the student, they are obviously not relevant to this case.
Usually when there is a loss with co-conspirators charged, they all jointly and severally have to pay the damages. My question was what will happen if the student pays it all, then charges are brought against the other perpetrators. Either possibility just doesn't seem fair.
Let's say that the student finds the money and pays off the music industry. What's going to stop the industry from going after the source of those MP3 files?!
On one hand, it would seem odd that the source of the files are off the hook. On the other hand, it would seem unfair that the industry could double dip and get more than it lost.
I guess it's too complicated for me! I cannot even distinguish between *.MP3 and *.MPG!
All it does is search for files. It cannot distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate files.
But wouldn't it be much simpler for parents to simply search for "*.mpg *.avi *.mpg" on their computers?! Or is that too complicated for the average (l)user?!
I once read that the Teddy Ruckspin doll was supposed to play and "sing along" to all music cassettes. But the lawyers decided that they might get sued because it might be considered a "performance" which would require payments to the copyright holders. To play it safe, they stuck with proprietary tapes.