Pretty nasty attitude, but still, I'm a fan of his work, and I'd be plenty happy to see Gilliam's efforts at a Harry Potter movie. I'm a fan of the books, too, despite the target audience.
Oops, this article is no longer relevant. Sadly, the submitter of the article was pronounced dead on the scene. The 8 gunshots to the head have been described by the state-run medical crew as "the worst suicide we've seen in days."
Huh? I'm a smart person with a TiVo. Video extraction is no problem. My 120 GB drive is only ever half full. I'm working out of the country right now, so every trip home means dumping my TiVo into my PowerBook so I can take it on the road.
Additionally, I can access my TiVo from my job site. I haven't installed the spooler yet, but I can, and get my TiVo down in Mexico. This is bandwidth prohibitive though. If I had more time, I could have my PowerMac serve as an intermediary, get the TiVo video, and stream it to me in Mexico in a compressed format. But as I'm not home long enough to get it working, it's my fault (not Tivo's) that it's not doing it yet.
Also, being in Mexico, I've started to download some things that I don't get down here. Battlestar Galactica comes to mind. I've always avoided the SciFi channel because every time I turn it on its about those damn big worms (Tremors the series). If I'd NOT pirated Battlestar Galactica, then SciFi'd never get a chance from me. Now they have a viewer (once I'm back home, that is).
Finally, I look for Good Eats as soon as it's out. Can't wait to copy that one off the TiVo -- I want it right away.
But gosh! What if it were in the Mini price range? It would totally KILL all says of those super overpriced Philips universal remotes. A quick application and Bam! A completely useful computer with a fully customizable remote control.
Um... portable Macs still come with IR ports, right? I've got a AlBook at home, and don't even know... never use the IR port.
Well, if your point that they don't get taught evolution is correct, then your overall point is well-taken. We were taught evolution in public school as part of biology. I just assumed it was standard fare.
You open yourself for an interesting argument in mentioning Aristotle. I rememember quite well being taught about epicycles and planetary motion in a bonafide science class, despite knowing it was wrong. But the information that was presented had a point, despite its lack of correctness.
For what it's worth, I'm not some fundy ID promotor; but I don't feel threatened or offended by having ID known about in school. I think, though, that we don't have enough information about how it's being taught versus evolution to form a *correct* opinion -- I'll just say that there's no reason for a fundamental objection to its teaching, but there defintely ought to be raised eyebrows about its implementation.
I don't get it... how is everyone made stupider? They still get taught evolution, right? I think knowledge about something is increased knowledge nonetheless. Consider literature classes -- what there is "knowledge"? It's all about critical thinking and interpretation. Wouldn't teaching ID be kind of the same thing? Again, I asked, HOW is ID being taught? I'm on the assumption that there's no brainwashing going on -- but then I'd be against the brainwashing more than the idea that it's ID. Another question: how is this different than teaching about the religions in the world? Or is this not taught any more?
Would all of the objectioners change their objections if, for example, science time was over and ID studies time started? Or you leave science class and go to ID studies class?
So what's the fuss here? Really? Who has what to lose?
It's obvious that there are religious ID'ers who want their views to be exposed. But they're not introducing a religion. If you think they are, then get rid of Christmas vacation, Easter vacation, and most of the other holidays.
If you're a vehement athiest, then what's the danger to you? Do you think children of ID'ers won't receive a good dose of ID at home or in church? Isn't it a good idea to expose athiest children to the tactics of their enemies?
Am I totally wrong about what the ID'ers want to teach in school? Or how they teach it? Are there any examples of how it's taught IN SCHOOLS? As long as we're all jumping in to bitch about it, can't we see what this evil is?
Yeah, I *do* know what I'm doing, but have to read all the damn ads anyway to make sure they're not trying to sneak something by me.
In any case, I'm a "small" user; they manage my 7 domains for me for a fair and reasonable price, and their controls are simple, and I have no complaints about the service per se.
1984 *is* the classic fear of liberalism. Just because the current national admininstration resembles 1984 doesn't mean that the party philosophy resembles 1984 -- that's the liberal agenda.
Okay... Print, Save as PDF on the Mac, or Print, select PDF Writer on Windows, or print to ps and "distill" with gs on anything else, and there goes the tracking. Not right?
I don't know about your Wal-Marts, but ours have crappy selection, and generally only the very low models of any brand. So obviously I just *can't wait* until it's the only option in town:-(
Interestingly enough, when I was contract to GM in Lansing, I was *supposed* to pay Lansing income taxes for the days I worked in Lansing, but the contract house never reported. In your case, the contract house was *supposed* to report income you earned in Detroit.
...that despite the fact that there's potential doubleplusungood here, a $50,000 bond can probably be bought for a lot less than $50,000? Kind of like all those bad guys release on a bail bond; you don't really think they come up with $50-big, right?
Obviously Access just doesn't run on the Mac, and VPC 7 with XP is so slow that I don't bother.
My Mac is always my principal machine. But... I do a LOT of data crunching at work on XP in Excel that I wouldn't want to do on the Mac. I used the Alt shortcut keys by reflex, and they just don't exist on the Mac version.
You did say PUBLIC school, right? Really, they'll be thrilled to have anything that works. All but the most poor send their children to private school. The public school teachers probably send their own children to private school. So, it's great that the public school get anything at all.
Wow. This is curious timing. My Macs are my principle computers when I'm not at work. My TiVo is my principle TV-watching device (really, I couldn't imagine TV without it -- look for my Ask Slashdot question about it!).
Despite all this, I'm just about to dump TiVo. My story is long...
I have a 14-hour Sony Series 1 that I purchased when TiVo was a brand new thing -- I got it back in 2000. I've never had a single problem with it, and it's supurbly built. Within a week, I wouldn't watch television any other way.
Two years ago or so I read about the Hacking Tivo book here on Slashdot, and ordered it immediately. The original 30GB Quantum drive has since been replaced with a 150GB Maxtor, and an ethernet card's been added to it. I've manually added some of the more interesting (to me) hacks that I've come across in the TiVo communities.
But if I'm so perfectly happy, why replace it, you may ask? Well, I'm greedy now, as well as working out of the country where 24 is from last year, and Taken and Stargate: Atlantis appear on Fox.
Now Mac haters can rejoice in my failure: in the time I had to set it up, I just couldn't get video to stream from my TiVo to my Mac. Well, I could get it to stream, but a working mplayer for.ty files on the Mac was problematic.
That's when I decided that I was just going to build a MythTV box (yes, even as a Mac-first person, I'm comfortable with Linux). Sure, I could use my noisy PC (yes, as a Mac-first person, I own a PC -- home-built, at that). It'd be comfortable in the basement where the cable and DirecTV come in. I could eliminate cables from the living room. I could put Mini Macs in the rest of the house for front ends. I could consolidate all my iTunes and iPhoto and DVD's and every piece of media I have on a single device. And, doing it myself, the use of a credit card wouldn't be required!
Good thing I'm -- as I mentioned -- out of the country, or I'd've already jumped the gun and bought the PC parts. Now for the summary of my post:
I'm a thrilled TiVo owner. Absolutely. But I'm going to jump ship really, really soon now. Not because I don't love my TiVo, but because I now need more flexibility. I wish -- oh I wish -- that TiVo would release some propriety x86 binaries to the Linux crowd. This would let them keep their subscription model, but it would let me build the box I want. The box I want is what's going to replace my TiVo. It's going to a pain in the butt, cause me lots of heartache, trouble, and money, but in the end it will be so much more than the TiVo. The only thing my new box won't do that makes TiVo "extra" special is learning my preferences and recording things by itself. Well, maybe someday.
This is what would really make TiVo compatible for the/. crowd: release the TiVo proprietary stuff binary only (so they won't have their pay scheme broken [although you can already get around it {Canada/Mexico}]), with an SDK for attaching to it. Then I can build my own TiVo box a la MythTV or Freevo, but with the superior TiVo interface. Then we can support everything else we can manage to write software for on the platform.
Are the series 2 TiVos still PPC based, or have they moved to x86 or something else? TiVo on a Mac Mini would be swell...
Has anyone ever really cracked the protocol that Quicken uses to talk to the bank? Here are a couple of good reasons I ask:
The Windows version works with every bank that supports Quicken. I, as a Mac user, don't have that choice; only certain of the financial institutions work with the Mac version. So for BankOne I'm okay, but for my Ford Money Market I'm stuck downloading stupid little files and importing them (or doing it by hand). There's no technical reason that the Windows and Mac versions have any different.
Likewise, there's no technical reason that Quicken 2002 couldn't continue to talk to the bank. Somewhere there's a stupid little bit in the protocol headers that say "hey, I'm the Mac version" or "hey, I'm Quicken 2002" -- and it's the bank's software that rejects the transaction.
So, c'mon crackers? If you can defeat virtual every copy protection known to man, you can figure out how to defeat version checking in Quicken, right?
For us Mac users, there's just no substitute for Quicken -- not even MS-Money, and no, I'm not going to boot into Virtual PC for something so stupid.
Intuit started me on this obsolesence track back in 1999, when they forced me to upgrade. At the time, it kind of made sense, though -- they took away the dial-up aspects of downloading data. There was not really any sense in preserving it with internet access everywhere.
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Pretty nasty attitude, but still, I'm a fan of his work, and I'd be plenty happy to see Gilliam's efforts at a Harry Potter movie. I'm a fan of the books, too, despite the target audience.
Oops, this article is no longer relevant. Sadly, the submitter of the article was pronounced dead on the scene. The 8 gunshots to the head have been described by the state-run medical crew as "the worst suicide we've seen in days."
Huh? I'm a smart person with a TiVo. Video extraction is no problem. My 120 GB drive is only ever half full. I'm working out of the country right now, so every trip home means dumping my TiVo into my PowerBook so I can take it on the road.
Additionally, I can access my TiVo from my job site. I haven't installed the spooler yet, but I can, and get my TiVo down in Mexico. This is bandwidth prohibitive though. If I had more time, I could have my PowerMac serve as an intermediary, get the TiVo video, and stream it to me in Mexico in a compressed format. But as I'm not home long enough to get it working, it's my fault (not Tivo's) that it's not doing it yet.
Also, being in Mexico, I've started to download some things that I don't get down here. Battlestar Galactica comes to mind. I've always avoided the SciFi channel because every time I turn it on its about those damn big worms (Tremors the series). If I'd NOT pirated Battlestar Galactica, then SciFi'd never get a chance from me. Now they have a viewer (once I'm back home, that is).
Finally, I look for Good Eats as soon as it's out. Can't wait to copy that one off the TiVo -- I want it right away.
But gosh! What if it were in the Mini price range? It would totally KILL all says of those super overpriced Philips universal remotes. A quick application and Bam! A completely useful computer with a fully customizable remote control.
Um... portable Macs still come with IR ports, right? I've got a AlBook at home, and don't even know... never use the IR port.
Well, if your point that they don't get taught evolution is correct, then your overall point is well-taken. We were taught evolution in public school as part of biology. I just assumed it was standard fare.
You open yourself for an interesting argument in mentioning Aristotle. I rememember quite well being taught about epicycles and planetary motion in a bonafide science class, despite knowing it was wrong. But the information that was presented had a point, despite its lack of correctness.
For what it's worth, I'm not some fundy ID promotor; but I don't feel threatened or offended by having ID known about in school. I think, though, that we don't have enough information about how it's being taught versus evolution to form a *correct* opinion -- I'll just say that there's no reason for a fundamental objection to its teaching, but there defintely ought to be raised eyebrows about its implementation.
I don't get it... how is everyone made stupider? They still get taught evolution, right? I think knowledge about something is increased knowledge nonetheless. Consider literature classes -- what there is "knowledge"? It's all about critical thinking and interpretation. Wouldn't teaching ID be kind of the same thing? Again, I asked, HOW is ID being taught? I'm on the assumption that there's no brainwashing going on -- but then I'd be against the brainwashing more than the idea that it's ID. Another question: how is this different than teaching about the religions in the world? Or is this not taught any more?
Would all of the objectioners change their objections if, for example, science time was over and ID studies time started? Or you leave science class and go to ID studies class?
So what's the fuss here? Really? Who has what to lose?
It's obvious that there are religious ID'ers who want their views to be exposed. But they're not introducing a religion. If you think they are, then get rid of Christmas vacation, Easter vacation, and most of the other holidays.
If you're a vehement athiest, then what's the danger to you? Do you think children of ID'ers won't receive a good dose of ID at home or in church? Isn't it a good idea to expose athiest children to the tactics of their enemies?
Am I totally wrong about what the ID'ers want to teach in school? Or how they teach it? Are there any examples of how it's taught IN SCHOOLS? As long as we're all jumping in to bitch about it, can't we see what this evil is?
Not to mention that Office Pro: Mac doesn't have Access, either, regrettably.
No, my seven domains all point to my virtual account at bluehost, for example.
Yeah, I *do* know what I'm doing, but have to read all the damn ads anyway to make sure they're not trying to sneak something by me.
In any case, I'm a "small" user; they manage my 7 domains for me for a fair and reasonable price, and their controls are simple, and I have no complaints about the service per se.
1984 *is* the classic fear of liberalism. Just because the current national admininstration resembles 1984 doesn't mean that the party philosophy resembles 1984 -- that's the liberal agenda.
Okay... Print, Save as PDF on the Mac, or Print, select PDF Writer on Windows, or print to ps and "distill" with gs on anything else, and there goes the tracking. Not right?
I don't know about your Wal-Marts, but ours have crappy selection, and generally only the very low models of any brand. So obviously I just *can't wait* until it's the only option in town :-(
I just can't wait until this day is over.
Please, mod me redundant.
Interestingly enough, when I was contract to GM in Lansing, I was *supposed* to pay Lansing income taxes for the days I worked in Lansing, but the contract house never reported. In your case, the contract house was *supposed* to report income you earned in Detroit.
...that despite the fact that there's potential doubleplusungood here, a $50,000 bond can probably be bought for a lot less than $50,000? Kind of like all those bad guys release on a bail bond; you don't really think they come up with $50-big, right?
I'm suprised no one mentioned Monopoly. Yeah, I know, too many Bush haters here, but come on! It's just a game!
Obviously Access just doesn't run on the Mac, and VPC 7 with XP is so slow that I don't bother.
My Mac is always my principal machine. But... I do a LOT of data crunching at work on XP in Excel that I wouldn't want to do on the Mac. I used the Alt shortcut keys by reflex, and they just don't exist on the Mac version.
You did say PUBLIC school, right? Really, they'll be thrilled to have anything that works. All but the most poor send their children to private school. The public school teachers probably send their own children to private school. So, it's great that the public school get anything at all.
Wow. This is curious timing. My Macs are my principle computers when I'm not at work. My TiVo is my principle TV-watching device (really, I couldn't imagine TV without it -- look for my Ask Slashdot question about it!).
Despite all this, I'm just about to dump TiVo. My story is long...
I have a 14-hour Sony Series 1 that I purchased when TiVo was a brand new thing -- I got it back in 2000. I've never had a single problem with it, and it's supurbly built. Within a week, I wouldn't watch television any other way.
Two years ago or so I read about the Hacking Tivo book here on Slashdot, and ordered it immediately. The original 30GB Quantum drive has since been replaced with a 150GB Maxtor, and an ethernet card's been added to it. I've manually added some of the more interesting (to me) hacks that I've come across in the TiVo communities.
But if I'm so perfectly happy, why replace it, you may ask? Well, I'm greedy now, as well as working out of the country where 24 is from last year, and Taken and Stargate: Atlantis appear on Fox.
Now Mac haters can rejoice in my failure: in the time I had to set it up, I just couldn't get video to stream from my TiVo to my Mac. Well, I could get it to stream, but a working mplayer for .ty files on the Mac was problematic.
That's when I decided that I was just going to build a MythTV box (yes, even as a Mac-first person, I'm comfortable with Linux). Sure, I could use my noisy PC (yes, as a Mac-first person, I own a PC -- home-built, at that). It'd be comfortable in the basement where the cable and DirecTV come in. I could eliminate cables from the living room. I could put Mini Macs in the rest of the house for front ends. I could consolidate all my iTunes and iPhoto and DVD's and every piece of media I have on a single device. And, doing it myself, the use of a credit card wouldn't be required!
Good thing I'm -- as I mentioned -- out of the country, or I'd've already jumped the gun and bought the PC parts. Now for the summary of my post:
I can't wait to see how this comes out.
I'm a thrilled TiVo owner. Absolutely. But I'm going to jump ship really, really soon now. Not because I don't love my TiVo, but because I now need more flexibility. I wish -- oh I wish -- that TiVo would release some propriety x86 binaries to the Linux crowd. This would let them keep their subscription model, but it would let me build the box I want. The box I want is what's going to replace my TiVo. It's going to a pain in the butt, cause me lots of heartache, trouble, and money, but in the end it will be so much more than the TiVo. The only thing my new box won't do that makes TiVo "extra" special is learning my preferences and recording things by itself. Well, maybe someday.
Never thought I'd be so glad to be in Mexico. Hope my Lokitorrents downloads were done back in Michigan, though...
This is what would really make TiVo compatible for the /. crowd: release the TiVo proprietary stuff binary only (so they won't have their pay scheme broken [although you can already get around it {Canada/Mexico}]), with an SDK for attaching to it. Then I can build my own TiVo box a la MythTV or Freevo, but with the superior TiVo interface. Then we can support everything else we can manage to write software for on the platform.
Are the series 2 TiVos still PPC based, or have they moved to x86 or something else? TiVo on a Mac Mini would be swell...
Has anyone ever really cracked the protocol that Quicken uses to talk to the bank? Here are a couple of good reasons I ask:
The Windows version works with every bank that supports Quicken. I, as a Mac user, don't have that choice; only certain of the financial institutions work with the Mac version. So for BankOne I'm okay, but for my Ford Money Market I'm stuck downloading stupid little files and importing them (or doing it by hand). There's no technical reason that the Windows and Mac versions have any different.
Likewise, there's no technical reason that Quicken 2002 couldn't continue to talk to the bank. Somewhere there's a stupid little bit in the protocol headers that say "hey, I'm the Mac version" or "hey, I'm Quicken 2002" -- and it's the bank's software that rejects the transaction.
So, c'mon crackers? If you can defeat virtual every copy protection known to man, you can figure out how to defeat version checking in Quicken, right?
For us Mac users, there's just no substitute for Quicken -- not even MS-Money, and no, I'm not going to boot into Virtual PC for something so stupid.
Intuit started me on this obsolesence track back in 1999, when they forced me to upgrade. At the time, it kind of made sense, though -- they took away the dial-up aspects of downloading data. There was not really any sense in preserving it with internet access everywhere.