I want to record a Duke game, I pull up my Google Fiber TV app, and type in Duke, and tap on Duke University from the options. It tells me there's two games coming up - football and soccer. I select Football, and it informs me they are playing Georgia Tech (not as some human written summary mind you, but because it knows who is playing). I can hit record here. I can also tap a button and get a list of other upcoming college football games, or get the option to record all upcoming Georgia Tech games. When it recognizes you are setting it to record a live event, it asks if you want to extend the recording time for a certain period beyond the scheduled end, because they do sometimes run long.
Also fun - you can type in a movie name and set it to record, even if it's nowhere on the schedule. It will just keep it in memory and record it whenever it does eventually come on. You can do this with actors and directors too, and it will just watch for whatever they are in that comes up. I think maybe TiVO does this too? But, I've never had it, so...
And one thing that Google Fiber is doing that both TiVO and Apple aren't, is providing the connection to the content.
In high school, for a science project, I put together a simple timing device, that involved two photovoltaic eyes from Radio Shack, a cheap electronic stopwatch, a breadboard, a bunch of red and black wires, and a couple large lantern batteries for power. Most of the components were just held to the batteries with duct tape. And yes, it looked a lot like a cartoon bomb. I joked how it looked like a cartoon bomb, and so did my parents. My teachers joked about it looking like a cartoon bomb. Somehow, I managed to not get arrested, or have to talk with any police officer that day.
It sure is nice being white some days (ok, just about every day). I suppose it being the early 90s didn't hurt either.
Hell, the school had an engineering teacher. Maybe if you really think you have something slightly suspicious, you give him a call, let him have a look at it. Maybe point out the complete lack of high explosives in it.
My belief is that it's not that you are using your cell phone, but how. I'm OK with people using it during whatever social event as long as it is in a constructive manner. Say, to pull up movie times while discussing after dinner plans, coordinating with other people to meet up, settle an argument with some facts, etc.
The phone makes it easier for someone to be non-social if they want to be, but it doesn't automatically turn social people non-social.
Great, April 1st is here again... the day a bunch of idiots come out of the woodwork to complain about some people having a little bit of fun for one out of 365 (and 1/4) days.
Although maybe not the sole reason, I'm guessing it is a major contributing factor.
For those who are reading this and don't already know, TWC, until recently, was the major cable provider for the Kansas City metro - Comcast had some of the more distant Missouri suburbs, and TWC only had the ever-changing entity that is Surewest/Everest/Consolidated as a minor competitor in a part of the metro. This year has marked a big uptick in the Google Fiber rollout, especially through south KC, and parts of Johnson County.
Of course, Google isn't saying what their subscription numbers are like. I've seen poll-based estimates that they are now providing service for 1/2 to 4/5 of the homes in areas they service.
I can't remember where, but I've seen this in use this past week. When I saw it, first thing I thought was that this was one of those annoying ads disguised as a game that are out there. Still, once recognized for what it was, it was simple, much less a pain in the a$$ than the text based CAPCHAs.
Sooo... your evaluation of S/O/L (heh, cute) Office is based upon how they convert to and from proprietary formats created and designed by other developers? Out of curiosity, any complaints involving files created in their native formats, used exclusively with their respective suites?
I've tried to support a mixed Open Office/MS Office shop, and yeah, it was a pain. But, if something was going to stay entirely within one sphere or the other, no problems.
Not only that, but they are willing to let you pay that install fee in monthly installments, over the course of a year, no financing fees involved.
That's $300 up front, or $25/month for one year, after which you have guaranteed 6 more years of free service. If you want to break it down, that's around $3.57 a month of the course of this agreement. AND there were NPO's offering to help people offset even that much.
Until someone sends every car a rogue "Look out you're about to crash!" signal, and every car hits the brakes as hard as they can. Then you get to find who has sub-par brakes, and who doesn't have a smart vehicle yet (or maybe who circumvented it).
Would emergency vehicles have this as well? I can see not implementing it in police vehicles (might need to ram, or otherwise contact another vehicle in the course of duty), or Fire or EMS vehicle. They would then be susceptible to this sort of thing (when the car in front gets the rogue signal, not them).
Have you seen the scale of rates being charged? They are charging $300 for the fiber install, which they are even willing to finance at 0% interest over a year ($25 a month!), and if you do nothing else, you get a FREE 5 Mbps connection. If you opt for the full connection, they waive the install fee, and then give you 1 GBps down AND up for $70. In addition, they are providing free gigabit service to schools, libraries and hospitals.
And what is the city giving in return? An expedited permit process, and only charging half as much per pole to connect. How is this a bad deal for the city or it's constituents?
You make your sarcastic comments, but where I am, it's getting very very competitive here. Hell, recently TWC bumped us up from 2 to 10 Mbps for free. Also gave us free HBO (not an introductory offer, just plain free), and offered to give us a wifi point (already covered, but still).
Of course, I'm in KCMO, in a section where Google Fiber isn't yet, but is imminently on its way, but I'm sure that's completely irrelevant, and does not undermine the cableco's competitiveness message in any way at all.
This is why Google is rolling out to KC, Provo and Austin. I know in KC, the city agreed to streamline and cut a deal on government costs on rolling out the hardware - less giving "big business" a break, and more taking the course of action that's best for it's citizens, really. I believe Provo and Austin have done similar, and if I recall, Provo even had a small, existing fiber rollout in place to start from.
One drive in here, the Boulevard Drive-In, has the 4K digital projectors, and claims to be the first drive in to do so. It is doing great business, with one screen, occasionally running theme nights, and engaging with the community. It is definitely worth checking it out if you are in the area.
There are 2 more drive-ins in the metro (one news report claimed this was the most active drive-in in any major metro today, but I never saw any substantiation for it); the Twin Drive In, which has two screens of course, and is fairly nice and in a remote, peaceful location, and the I-70 Drive-In, has 4 screens, and last time I went there many years ago, was a festering hole. I really want to go back to the Boulevard soon, and I'd like to go to the Twin again sometime, though it can probably use some updating.
I don't. Larryville is home to college kids, the type of weird that aggregates around universities, and some rednecks. The name definitely appeals to 2 out of those three demographics, and at least plays off of the "Wizard of Oz" vibe for the 3rd.
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I want to record a Duke game, I pull up my Google Fiber TV app, and type in Duke, and tap on Duke University from the options. It tells me there's two games coming up - football and soccer. I select Football, and it informs me they are playing Georgia Tech (not as some human written summary mind you, but because it knows who is playing). I can hit record here. I can also tap a button and get a list of other upcoming college football games, or get the option to record all upcoming Georgia Tech games. When it recognizes you are setting it to record a live event, it asks if you want to extend the recording time for a certain period beyond the scheduled end, because they do sometimes run long.
Also fun - you can type in a movie name and set it to record, even if it's nowhere on the schedule. It will just keep it in memory and record it whenever it does eventually come on. You can do this with actors and directors too, and it will just watch for whatever they are in that comes up. I think maybe TiVO does this too? But, I've never had it, so...
And one thing that Google Fiber is doing that both TiVO and Apple aren't, is providing the connection to the content.
I love how you went for the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch, and the replies went full on Conspiracy Theory and Rant About The Establishment.
In high school, for a science project, I put together a simple timing device, that involved two photovoltaic eyes from Radio Shack, a cheap electronic stopwatch, a breadboard, a bunch of red and black wires, and a couple large lantern batteries for power. Most of the components were just held to the batteries with duct tape. And yes, it looked a lot like a cartoon bomb. I joked how it looked like a cartoon bomb, and so did my parents. My teachers joked about it looking like a cartoon bomb. Somehow, I managed to not get arrested, or have to talk with any police officer that day.
It sure is nice being white some days (ok, just about every day). I suppose it being the early 90s didn't hurt either.
Hell, the school had an engineering teacher. Maybe if you really think you have something slightly suspicious, you give him a call, let him have a look at it. Maybe point out the complete lack of high explosives in it.
My belief is that it's not that you are using your cell phone, but how. I'm OK with people using it during whatever social event as long as it is in a constructive manner. Say, to pull up movie times while discussing after dinner plans, coordinating with other people to meet up, settle an argument with some facts, etc.
The phone makes it easier for someone to be non-social if they want to be, but it doesn't automatically turn social people non-social.
Great, April 1st is here again... the day a bunch of idiots come out of the woodwork to complain about some people having a little bit of fun for one out of 365 (and 1/4) days.
Although maybe not the sole reason, I'm guessing it is a major contributing factor.
For those who are reading this and don't already know, TWC, until recently, was the major cable provider for the Kansas City metro - Comcast had some of the more distant Missouri suburbs, and TWC only had the ever-changing entity that is Surewest/Everest/Consolidated as a minor competitor in a part of the metro. This year has marked a big uptick in the Google Fiber rollout, especially through south KC, and parts of Johnson County.
Of course, Google isn't saying what their subscription numbers are like. I've seen poll-based estimates that they are now providing service for 1/2 to 4/5 of the homes in areas they service.
Maybe more places will adopt Fritz's cutting edge restaurant automation technology. I know my daughter would love it.
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I'll be happy when I can use it to detonate those remote mines that I set.
So, did Peter Capaldi get a demotion?
I can't remember where, but I've seen this in use this past week. When I saw it, first thing I thought was that this was one of those annoying ads disguised as a game that are out there. Still, once recognized for what it was, it was simple, much less a pain in the a$$ than the text based CAPCHAs.
Sooo... your evaluation of S/O/L (heh, cute) Office is based upon how they convert to and from proprietary formats created and designed by other developers? Out of curiosity, any complaints involving files created in their native formats, used exclusively with their respective suites?
I've tried to support a mixed Open Office/MS Office shop, and yeah, it was a pain. But, if something was going to stay entirely within one sphere or the other, no problems.
Not only that, but they are willing to let you pay that install fee in monthly installments, over the course of a year, no financing fees involved.
That's $300 up front, or $25/month for one year, after which you have guaranteed 6 more years of free service. If you want to break it down, that's around $3.57 a month of the course of this agreement. AND there were NPO's offering to help people offset even that much.
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Until someone sends every car a rogue "Look out you're about to crash!" signal, and every car hits the brakes as hard as they can. Then you get to find who has sub-par brakes, and who doesn't have a smart vehicle yet (or maybe who circumvented it).
Would emergency vehicles have this as well? I can see not implementing it in police vehicles (might need to ram, or otherwise contact another vehicle in the course of duty), or Fire or EMS vehicle. They would then be susceptible to this sort of thing (when the car in front gets the rogue signal, not them).
Have you seen the scale of rates being charged? They are charging $300 for the fiber install, which they are even willing to finance at 0% interest over a year ($25 a month!), and if you do nothing else, you get a FREE 5 Mbps connection. If you opt for the full connection, they waive the install fee, and then give you 1 GBps down AND up for $70. In addition, they are providing free gigabit service to schools, libraries and hospitals.
And what is the city giving in return? An expedited permit process, and only charging half as much per pole to connect. How is this a bad deal for the city or it's constituents?
You make your sarcastic comments, but where I am, it's getting very very competitive here. Hell, recently TWC bumped us up from 2 to 10 Mbps for free. Also gave us free HBO (not an introductory offer, just plain free), and offered to give us a wifi point (already covered, but still).
Of course, I'm in KCMO, in a section where Google Fiber isn't yet, but is imminently on its way, but I'm sure that's completely irrelevant, and does not undermine the cableco's competitiveness message in any way at all.
I think the point was, in that case it would be ^H^H^H^H^H. In caps.
Ain't no pedantry like technological pedantry.
This is why Google is rolling out to KC, Provo and Austin. I know in KC, the city agreed to streamline and cut a deal on government costs on rolling out the hardware - less giving "big business" a break, and more taking the course of action that's best for it's citizens, really. I believe Provo and Austin have done similar, and if I recall, Provo even had a small, existing fiber rollout in place to start from.
One drive in here, the Boulevard Drive-In, has the 4K digital projectors, and claims to be the first drive in to do so. It is doing great business, with one screen, occasionally running theme nights, and engaging with the community. It is definitely worth checking it out if you are in the area.
There are 2 more drive-ins in the metro (one news report claimed this was the most active drive-in in any major metro today, but I never saw any substantiation for it); the Twin Drive In, which has two screens of course, and is fairly nice and in a remote, peaceful location, and the I-70 Drive-In, has 4 screens, and last time I went there many years ago, was a festering hole. I really want to go back to the Boulevard soon, and I'd like to go to the Twin again sometime, though it can probably use some updating.
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At least Lucas has Jar Jar Binks to liven things ups.
So, in other words, point for Al Lowe then?
Great timing! Now, how soon can I get this for my Verizon phone?
I don't. Larryville is home to college kids, the type of weird that aggregates around universities, and some rednecks. The name definitely appeals to 2 out of those three demographics, and at least plays off of the "Wizard of Oz" vibe for the 3rd.
I think that's what that odd last line is meant to address - I think it may be an attempt to prevent an argument like the FSM.