Yep, I hear ya. I am recording from OTA signals only (no cable) so for me it is not a concern. I have been really impressed with the HDHomeRun for recording OTA HD signals.
I agree with this post overall, but want to add a couple of comments:
1. I have used the HDHomeRun unit with good success - it has two ATSC/QAM tuners and can record two streams simultaneously. It records over your network to a destination such as a MythTV box. It costs around $170.
2. Outputting HD video to an HDTV via MythTV is non-trivial. So much so that I am going to try a TiVo HD unit for a while to see if I can live with it (been using MythTV for 4 years), because MythTV requires endless tweaking to get this to work and I have not been entirely successful.
The freedom to do what you want with MythTV is great, and I have used pretty much all of the MythTV plugins over the years, but I am growing tired of messing with it. Paying $180 for a refurbished TiVo HD unit (e.g., recent woot.com deal) is attractive, even with the monthly charges. Believe me, I have paid so much for MythTV-related hardware over the years that I could have bought a couple of TiVo lifetime subscriptions.
The process he described is the same process that imaging companies have used since LONG before Google Earth acquired Keyhole. And many of those companies are still doing it. In fact, many of them are the same companies from which Google is now acquiring the imagery used in Google Earth. Does this guy really believe Google is conducting their own overflights and sending up their own balloons? Does Google now have their own satellites, too?
If this is money you may need in the near term, I highly recommend investing in a money market account. Not the money market account at your bank or credit union, which probably have a low-percentage rate of return, but rather something like Vanguard's Prime Money Market Fund, or Emigrant Direct. Both are paying around 5%, which is pretty darn good. Money market accounts are insured up to $100K by the FDIC. And both Vanguard and Emigrant direct offer all the services you might need, such as being able to write checks against the account, schedule automatic deposits or withdrawals from other accounts, etc.
Don't fool around with the stock market or mutual funds if you plan to need this money in the next few years. If you want to invest it for the long term, put it in something like Vanguard's Total Stock Market Index fund and let it sit. Better yet, set up a Roth IRA account with Vanguard, contribute the maximum amount each year, and don't touch it until you retire. This will be one of your smartest moves.
PostgreSQL has much better support for spatial features than MySQL, via PostGIS, which allows the PostgreSQL server to be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS). The question of which one to use is pretty much a no-brainer if you're working with GIS and spatial databases.
Yes, most work fine for me on Linux (using Firefox on FC4). Install the Flash plugin for Firefox and you'll be able to play most of the games. Some might require a different plugin, but most are Flash.
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Exactly. Same goes for someone who needs to support their kid who has serious, chronic medical problems. Walk away from a job? Walk away from health insurance? I don't think so.
Having some cash saved up might allow you to "walk away from ANY bad job" when you're 22 and without dependents, but it doesn't work for everyone. Sustaining health insurance coverage is a major deal for many people.
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So, what do you do for health insurance? I assume you have health insurance, having a kid and all.
Not a stretch at all. My MythTV box does all of this, except for the last (HD) bullet - only because I don't have an HD card.
My wife and kid use it all the time, with no difficulty. All of our home videos and digital pix are mounted via NFS and we watch them through MythTV. Ditto with our mp3s - thousands of songs on random getting played through the stereo via Myth.
It's one of the best things I've ever built. Check out Jarod's guide for building a FC3-based MythTV system. The guide is helpful even if you're not a fan of Fedora Core.
You know not of what you speak. The OSL has brought in a tremendous amount of money to OSU in the short time they have existed. Not only have they produced unique solutions for folks on campus (and farther away), they have generated a great deal of interest in open source technology within the campus community.
In addition to open source development activities, they are providing reliable hosting to some of the largest open source projects around.
What about education, you say? The OSL is providing unique job opportunities to students interested in open source technologies. Many students are choosing OSU over other schools in part because of the OSL.
They are not seen as a joke at OSU; on the contrary, they are seen as an asset.
I agree with DoktorMel. Even though I despise my boss and his management practices, I have chosen to stay with my job for the steady pay and health benefits since I have a young child who needs expensive medical care. If I weren't in this situation, or could have easily jumped to another job, I would have left a while ago.
And this is one of the reasons why Bush and his cronies will do ANYTHING to stay in office. Remember a month or two ago when a Bush flack was floating the idea of suspending the election? That was to get people warmed up to the idea of it possibly happening. I'm telling you - they will do anything to stay in office and avoid prosecution. They know they are screwed once they get booted out of office.
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Too many gummy bears: http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/10/28/170207/School-Children-Are-Now-Too-Fat-to-Fit-In-Class-Chairs
This is a cool idea. Another approach is to use lichens, although there might not be enough trees or other suitable substrates nearby.
Yep, I hear ya. I am recording from OTA signals only (no cable) so for me it is not a concern. I have been really impressed with the HDHomeRun for recording OTA HD signals.
I agree with this post overall, but want to add a couple of comments:
1. I have used the HDHomeRun unit with good success - it has two ATSC/QAM tuners and can record two streams simultaneously. It records over your network to a destination such as a MythTV box. It costs around $170.
2. Outputting HD video to an HDTV via MythTV is non-trivial. So much so that I am going to try a TiVo HD unit for a while to see if I can live with it (been using MythTV for 4 years), because MythTV requires endless tweaking to get this to work and I have not been entirely successful.
The freedom to do what you want with MythTV is great, and I have used pretty much all of the MythTV plugins over the years, but I am growing tired of messing with it. Paying $180 for a refurbished TiVo HD unit (e.g., recent woot.com deal) is attractive, even with the monthly charges. Believe me, I have paid so much for MythTV-related hardware over the years that I could have bought a couple of TiVo lifetime subscriptions.
Cue the poor grammar/spelling apologists in 3...2...oh wait, they already came...
The process he described is the same process that imaging companies have used since LONG before Google Earth acquired Keyhole. And many of those companies are still doing it. In fact, many of them are the same companies from which Google is now acquiring the imagery used in Google Earth. Does this guy really believe Google is conducting their own overflights and sending up their own balloons? Does Google now have their own satellites, too?
Someone else actually understands that distinction?! Hallelujah! I felt so alone.
If this is money you may need in the near term, I highly recommend investing in a money market account. Not the money market account at your bank or credit union, which probably have a low-percentage rate of return, but rather something like Vanguard's Prime Money Market Fund, or Emigrant Direct. Both are paying around 5%, which is pretty darn good. Money market accounts are insured up to $100K by the FDIC. And both Vanguard and Emigrant direct offer all the services you might need, such as being able to write checks against the account, schedule automatic deposits or withdrawals from other accounts, etc.
Don't fool around with the stock market or mutual funds if you plan to need this money in the next few years. If you want to invest it for the long term, put it in something like Vanguard's Total Stock Market Index fund and let it sit. Better yet, set up a Roth IRA account with Vanguard, contribute the maximum amount each year, and don't touch it until you retire. This will be one of your smartest moves.
Preventing click fraud should be the #1 thing they talk about. But do they? Noooo.
PostgreSQL has much better support for spatial features than MySQL, via PostGIS, which allows the PostgreSQL server to be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS). The question of which one to use is pretty much a no-brainer if you're working with GIS and spatial databases.
Yes, most work fine for me on Linux (using Firefox on FC4). Install the Flash plugin for Firefox and you'll be able to play most of the games. Some might require a different plugin, but most are Flash.
Exactly. Same goes for someone who needs to support their kid who has serious, chronic medical problems. Walk away from a job? Walk away from health insurance? I don't think so.
Having some cash saved up might allow you to "walk away from ANY bad job" when you're 22 and without dependents, but it doesn't work for everyone. Sustaining health insurance coverage is a major deal for many people.
So, what do you do for health insurance? I assume you have health insurance, having a kid and all.
Slashdot has a scope?
Why, when you young whippersnappers were still in diapers we were feeling lucky to get 100m accuracy with SA enabled.
AND we had to walk uphill both ways in the snow to get it.
That would be "dit" for dot and "dah" for dash
73 (dah-dah-di-di-dit di-di-di-dah-dah)
Beans and toast? Marmite? For breakfast? Sounds to me like they is torturin' them young'uns.
We use our MythTV system every day as the primary media center in our house. It has seen constant use for the past year and a half.
Not a stretch at all. My MythTV box does all of this, except for the last (HD) bullet - only because I don't have an HD card.
My wife and kid use it all the time, with no difficulty. All of our home videos and digital pix are mounted via NFS and we watch them through MythTV. Ditto with our mp3s - thousands of songs on random getting played through the stereo via Myth.
It's one of the best things I've ever built. Check out Jarod's guide for building a FC3-based MythTV system. The guide is helpful even if you're not a fan of Fedora Core.
You know not of what you speak. The OSL has brought in a tremendous amount of money to OSU in the short time they have existed. Not only have they produced unique solutions for folks on campus (and farther away), they have generated a great deal of interest in open source technology within the campus community.
In addition to open source development activities, they are providing reliable hosting to some of the largest open source projects around.
What about education, you say? The OSL is providing unique job opportunities to students interested in open source technologies. Many students are choosing OSU over other schools in part because of the OSL.
They are not seen as a joke at OSU; on the contrary, they are seen as an asset.
One of their employees is Carrie Bickner, author of Web Design on a Shoestring, which I was leafing through this morning. Great book!
I agree with DoktorMel. Even though I despise my boss and his management practices, I have chosen to stay with my job for the steady pay and health benefits since I have a young child who needs expensive medical care. If I weren't in this situation, or could have easily jumped to another job, I would have left a while ago.
You could install one of these on a BikeE (Google cache of related pages) and be the first kid on the block to have an EbikeBikeE!
And this is one of the reasons why Bush and his cronies will do ANYTHING to stay in office. Remember a month or two ago when a Bush flack was floating the idea of suspending the election? That was to get people warmed up to the idea of it possibly happening. I'm telling you - they will do anything to stay in office and avoid prosecution. They know they are screwed once they get booted out of office.
Yes, you were the first person to post second. Congratulations, you're a winner!