When the tech came out, after making the same claims, Dad called me. I told him to tell the tech to:
1) Unplug the S-VHS and optical cables from the existing box.
2) Plug the S-VHS and optical cables into the new box.
After doing so, the tech brought up "I Love Lucy" (I kid you not) and told Dad "See, you are not receiving HD-TV". Once he was told to actually tune a High Definition channel, everything was fine.
S-Video (often mistakenly called S-VHS) does not support HD resolutions. The technician was correct in specifying component connections to view HD at HD resolution.
It does actually say in the second part of the page on the link you posted that older dimmer switches are not rheostats. I don't know if it's just a US thing, but here in the UK I've never in my life seen a domestic light dimmer that isn't the type that chops the AC waveform.
If you think about it for a moment it is clear that dumping several hundred watts of heat from a rheostat into a wall switch box is just not a great idea, and a complete waste of energy.
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Why didn't you just type apt-get install openoffice.org2 ?
I also asked the TB devs about this many months ago and was told the same thing about Mission Control Desktop. However my requests for more information about it (such as where I could get it, or even just read about it!) were ignored. So I just built an MSI package and wrote a script to automate profile creation at install time with all our custom settings in.
I agree. I created an MSI for Firefox 0.8 using WinInstallLE and deployed throughout my organisation using Group Policy. However it's a bit of a pain to do each time there's an upgrade, and add in all the necessary customisations etc (such as homepage, proxy settings, set as default browser etc). It's even harder now, as the profiles directory has changed from Phoenix to Firefox, so it would require writing a script to migrate the users existing settings to the new location.
SP2 is a free update. If I download it, put it on a CD, and give it to someone else to install, it's not illegal. Likewise if I say "Hey, want SP2? Download it from my FTP." Now, if I MODIFY it and redistribute it, then yeah... but other than that, how would it be illegal?
I'm currently trying to make an MSI installer out of 0.9.1 so I can deploy it across the network using GPOs. Anyone had success with this?
Havn't tried with 0.9.1 but I did it with 0.8 no problem. Use the discover option of WininstallLE. I also included the Flash & Shockwave players within the same MSI file. I had to modify the package to change some reg entries which makes Firefox the default browser automatically at install time, it works really well.
I did document the changes on the Mozillazine forums, let me know if you want more info and I'll see if I can find the link.
Another problem is the integration of Microsoft Outlook into the Microsoft Office suite, which is turn has its hooks into Microsoft Exchange. Without the "full monty" people aren't going to change.
You can still run Outlook alongside OpenOffice, as each Exchange Client Access Licence covers the use of one instance of Outlook. No Office licence required.
I am doing exactly this right now. I originally wrote a multichannel MP3 server in Visual Basic, with a client to run on a separate computer to build playlists and control the system. Of course, who want to run Windows on a server? - not me, so I started learning Perl, and re-wrote it so I can run the server (Perl) on my Linux box, and run the same client (Perl/Tk) whether I'm booted into Linux or Windows. There is a bit of info on my website about the old Windows version, but I havn't finished writing the info about my new Perl version yet (doh!).
I chose to use Soundblaster 5.1 cards, because:
a) the quality is pretty good (well compared to some crappy cheapo cards anyway) b) They are widely available and fairly cheap, and have a linux driver c) They have a (working!) SPDIF output
And most importantly: d) You can assign front/rear outputs as separate DSP devices, so you get 2 'zones' per card.
At the moment I have 2 cards, to give me 4 zones - It runs multiple instances of MPG321, and it only uses about 1.5% CPU per stereo output on my 1200MHz Duron, so adding more cards should not be a problem.
I feed the outputs to a 4 channel car-amplifier (yes!) so I can get 2 rooms per amplifer. Sound quality is fine, and I can power the amplifiers off the 12V of the server computer (I might need a seperate supply soon though if I add any more amplifiers!). For the main room I feed the lineout into my AV amplifier instead. (I used to run an SPDIF into it, but have a problem setting an individial SB5.1 card to use the digital output - it's all the cards digital, or all analog it would seem...). I made a patch panel using 4-pole Speakon sockets, and run all the speakers back to them. I can then patch the amplifiers through to the speakers on a room-by-room basis.
I avoided a distributed system as I don't want a load of old PCs scattered around the place, with noisy fans, sucking power. I prefer the centralized system, so the server/amps/patch panel are all out of the way in one place.
As for remotely controlling it, well the server listens on a TCP socket for commands, such as PLAYLIST:1:PLAY, GET:PLAYLIST:3 etc etc, and either returns info (such as a list of albums for a selected artist), or controls the player. So I wrote a client in Perl/Tk which I use as the main interface, but also have written a small lirc client so I can use my Pronto to control it. Of course, it's a bit more limited because you can only send commands, and not build playlists etc coz there is no feedback on a IR remote! Oh and also a small CGI client so I can control from a web-browser (mainly Konquerer on my Zaurus by wi-fi, so I can wander about).
I too would like some touch panels so I can install them in each room. I would probably again write the software in Perl/Tk to run full-screen on the panel, and send/receive commands over Ethernet. But I just ain't got the $$$ for the screens. I was thinking of building a small control panel using an LCD character display plus keypad, controlled by a PIC. It would use one of those embedded Ethernet transceivers inside an RJ45 socket (can't find the link, sorry) to plug it into my existing network (after I run cable to the appropriate place on the wall), oh and with Power-over-Ethernet too.
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It does actually say in the second part of the page on the link you posted that older dimmer switches are not rheostats. I don't know if it's just a US thing, but here in the UK I've never in my life seen a domestic light dimmer that isn't the type that chops the AC waveform. If you think about it for a moment it is clear that dumping several hundred watts of heat from a rheostat into a wall switch box is just not a great idea, and a complete waste of energy.
Why didn't you just type apt-get install openoffice.org2 ?
http://www.widescreen.org/aspect_ratios.shtml
(right at the bottom of that page open-matte is explained)
Ben.
"We were looking at a beautiful white-tail buck..."
Isn't that beautiful? I know, let's blow it's fucking brains out.
I suppose I just don't get it....
I also asked the TB devs about this many months ago and was told the same thing about Mission Control Desktop. However my requests for more information about it (such as where I could get it, or even just read about it!) were ignored.
So I just built an MSI package and wrote a script to automate profile creation at install time with all our custom settings in.
I agree. I created an MSI for Firefox 0.8 using WinInstallLE and deployed throughout my organisation using Group Policy. However it's a bit of a pain to do each time there's an upgrade, and add in all the necessary customisations etc (such as homepage, proxy settings, set as default browser etc).
It's even harder now, as the profiles directory has changed from Phoenix to Firefox, so it would require writing a script to migrate the users existing settings to the new location.
Ben.
Well Microsoft say otherwise...
The 25 minute storage is just a RAM buffer. It has a 20GB hard drive as the main storage.
Havn't tried with 0.9.1 but I did it with 0.8 no problem. Use the discover option of WininstallLE. I also included the Flash & Shockwave players within the same MSI file. I had to modify the package to change some reg entries which makes Firefox the default browser automatically at install time, it works really well.
I did document the changes on the Mozillazine forums, let me know if you want more info and I'll see if I can find the link.
Ben
This is very true. Really, the term RAID-0 is misleading and shouldn't be called RAID at all, becuase there's nothing Redundant about it.
By adding the second physical disk as part of the volume you just double your chances of losing all your data if either drive fails.
Why don't they just set the 'evil' bit?!
You can still run Outlook alongside OpenOffice, as each Exchange Client Access Licence covers the use of one instance of Outlook. No Office licence required.
Yep, ever heard of mail2web ? Ben
I am doing exactly this right now.
I originally wrote a multichannel MP3 server in Visual Basic, with a client to run on a separate computer to build playlists and control the system. Of course, who want to run Windows on a server? - not me, so I started learning Perl, and re-wrote it so I can run the server (Perl) on my Linux box, and run the same client (Perl/Tk) whether I'm booted into Linux or Windows. There is a bit of info on my website about the old Windows version, but I havn't finished writing the info about my new Perl version yet (doh!).
I chose to use Soundblaster 5.1 cards, because:
a) the quality is pretty good (well compared to some crappy cheapo cards anyway)
b) They are widely available and fairly cheap, and have a linux driver
c) They have a (working!) SPDIF output
And most importantly:
d) You can assign front/rear outputs as separate DSP devices, so you get 2 'zones' per card.
At the moment I have 2 cards, to give me 4 zones - It runs multiple instances of MPG321, and it only uses about 1.5% CPU per stereo output on my 1200MHz Duron, so adding more cards should not be a problem.
I feed the outputs to a 4 channel car-amplifier (yes!) so I can get 2 rooms per amplifer. Sound quality is fine, and I can power the amplifiers off the 12V of the server computer (I might need a seperate supply soon though if I add any more amplifiers!). For the main room I feed the lineout into my AV amplifier instead. (I used to run an SPDIF into it, but have a problem setting an individial SB5.1 card to use the digital output - it's all the cards digital, or all analog it would seem...). I made a patch panel using 4-pole Speakon sockets, and run all the speakers back to them. I can then patch the amplifiers through to the speakers on a room-by-room basis.
I avoided a distributed system as I don't want a load of old PCs scattered around the place, with noisy fans, sucking power. I prefer the centralized system, so the server/amps/patch panel are all out of the way in one place.
As for remotely controlling it, well the server listens on a TCP socket for commands, such as PLAYLIST:1:PLAY, GET:PLAYLIST:3 etc etc, and either returns info (such as a list of albums for a selected artist), or controls the player. So I wrote a client in Perl/Tk which I use as the main interface, but also have written a small lirc client so I can use my Pronto to control it. Of course, it's a bit more limited because you can only send commands, and not build playlists etc coz there is no feedback on a IR remote!
Oh and also a small CGI client so I can control from a web-browser (mainly Konquerer on my Zaurus by wi-fi, so I can wander about).
I too would like some touch panels so I can install them in each room. I would probably again write the software in Perl/Tk to run full-screen on the panel, and send/receive commands over Ethernet. But I just ain't got the $$$ for the screens.
I was thinking of building a small control panel using an LCD character display plus keypad, controlled by a PIC. It would use one of those embedded Ethernet transceivers inside an RJ45 socket (can't find the link, sorry) to plug it into my existing network (after I run cable to the appropriate place on the wall), oh and with Power-over-Ethernet too.
Ben