I've read several times that TiVo has a "boat anchor" plan in place in case the company goes out of business. The plan is to release all the specs so that users may reconfigure the system to use another guide service.
Actually, I understood it to be an update to all units to remote the subscription requirement and to allow recordings without subscription or nagging, not a full spec release.
However, that promise came from a TiVo representative (Richard "TiVolutionary" Bullwinkle) that later left TiVo and went to work for ReplayTV. I have yet to hear that promise reiterated by the current public relations people.
But enough is known about the service specs that it can be easily replaced. There are people using it in Canada and Australia now where TiVo doesn't support use of their devices.
The TiVo HDTV recorder requires DirecTV service, and only records HDTV from either DirecTV or over the air (you'll need a UHF antenna), not from cable.
I recently had problems burning DVDs. No-name -Rs, Verbatum +Rs, and Memorex -Rs all were failing to play back in my RCA DVD player (hanging on play, "No disc", or "Disk error" respectively). But the no-name -Rs bought in bulk would play in a friend's cheaper player.
I swapped out the burner replacing it with a new one and everything would play again.
The old burner was a MicroAdvantage. The new one is a Philips. (Unfortunately the tray is as wide as the drive so I have to run without the computer's bezel in place.)
Borrow another DVD burner and try it. It could just be that your burner can no longer reliably record on dash-media.
They voted for that act because, at the time (just after 9/11), anyone who voted against it would automatically be labeled a "terrorist supporter" and have his/her political career finished.
Senator Russell Feingold voted against it. He was the only one who did.
He was reelected.
Remember, people weren't exactly rational at that time.
Ah yes, the worm that countered another that was to do a denial of service attack on Windows Update, where the new worm would download and install a patch from... Windows Update, thereby effectively triggering the denial of service attack itself.
And brought to you by the Good-Intentions Division of the Department of Roads.
Looks like they're only enabling transfer of video from your TiVo to your PC and not the other way around. At least, that's how they're define TiVoToGo. Their FAQ on it mentions nothing about transferring programs from the PC back to the TiVo.
I've been having problems with one of my Series2 TiVos and was hoping I could transfer everything from it to the PC, do a full reset of the unit, and transfer everything back. Since the upgrade to two 120 GB drives, and several times yesterday, it would restart and hang on the first grey startup screen until it was unplugged and reconnected. (It's spending the day off today.)
I'd rather not have to buy more hard drives to upgrade the other Series2 when I have 800 GB available on the PC's SATA drives. Especially if it will make the second box just as unstable.
And if the protections are too onerous, I might still opt for another digital-analog-digital conversion to get the video to my Mac OS X system for editing and burning.
These sites were CLEARLY offering illegal content.
Um, last I heard the actual.torrent files did not contain any illegal content. Unless telling someone where they can buy drugs is illegal, all they were were links that identified a tracker which does not carry the content, only tracks who does.
And did they even host the.torrent files themselves or did they link to.torrent files on another site? If the latter, that's 3 links removed from the exchange of the content.
And again, the content isn't what's illegal, it is the copying of the content from others without the legal right (namely the copyright) to do so. Just because you have a TV episode on your computer doesn't mean you acquired it illegally. Perhaps you have a pcHDTV card.
(I am aware of the 2600 DeCSS case which made links to illegal links illegal, thus making it illegal to make any links to outside sites as they can all eventually be made to point to illegal content, and without your knowledge, control, or consent. I just find that ruling ridiculous.)
Anyone consider using P2P as a replacement for archie? Or that P2P is even an evolution of archie?
Archie was an FTP database search client. Freeware and shareware sites would publish what they have, archie would search those databases for programs, and then connect to the FTP site and download the software.
P2P programs are a live version of this, dynamically updating, mirroring the high demand content, and in some cases distributing the load of distribution better than a set of mirroring FTP sites.
Archie and FTP may have fallen in popularity to the web's rise, but P2P distribution of shareware and freeware programs should be a natural progression of this service.
Add in some web content pushing and P2P software searches could even supplant Google. Searches would turn up sharers which could host HTML pages for each file they share. You could download the page first to be sure you'll be pulling down what you expect, and it can still be used by the original publisher to track how often their software is P2P-shared.
The thing with this networking model is if there's a bug in the computer code where two machines could provide the same inputs but get different outputs, there can be problems.
I'll say. Every time two machines provide the same inputs but get different outputs, Schrödinger half-kills another cat.
In this case, the restrictions placed on Kevin Mit[nick] by the judge and the prison authorities were legal, prudent and (IMO) fair.
Excuse me, but shortly after his ban on contact with computers expired wasn't it reported that there was a court ruling that such bans were unconstitutional? I remember people talking about the suspicious timing of that ruling.
But then, a ban on contact with all computers isn't the same as a ban on contact with the Internet. They haven't some out to say that the latter is not needlessly restrictive. At least until VoIP becomes more mainstream.
Not just that, but the series image (pardon the darkness, calibrated for Macintosh) has the hand clutching an Earth that is a top-to-bottom mirror image of a more famous image. Note the cloud pattern by the thumb.
Oh yes, it has. I have two copies. One of them is a UK import which has four bonus (dance) remix tracks. They include the same artwork, and some concept drawings of other Martian machines made in development of the PC game. But the artwork is not as large as you would have with a vinyl album of course.
The image you described is there, of the ironclad Thunder Child attacking a tripod.
Lashing ropes and smashing timbers
Flashing Heat Rays pierced the deck Dashing hopes for our deliverance As we watched the sinking wreck With the smoke of battle clearing Over graves in waves defiled Slowly disappearing Farewell Thunder Child!
There's another two-disc version that is all remix tracks that I ordered from amazon.com, which they apparently imported from Australia.
The track "Forever Autumn" is also available, with the narration parts excised. I think it's available on one of The Moody Blues' albums, but I haven't acquired it yet, unless it's on that all-remix 2 CD set.
The flying machine reference I recall is from the last chapter of book one:
The sun sank into grey clouds, the sky flushed and darkened, the evening star trembled into sight. It was deep twilight when the captain cried out and pointed. My brother strained his eyes. Something rushed up into the sky out of the greyness -- rushed slantingly upward and very swiftly into the luminous clearness above the clouds in the western sky; something flat and broad, and very large, that swept round in a vast curve, grew smaller, sank slowly, and vanished again into the grey mystery of the night. And as it flew it rained down darkness upon the land.
I recall that early illustrations of this had it shaped like a flying cross. I took the "darkness" referenced there to be deployments of the black smoke.
I don't recall mention of the parts of the flying machine being mentioned, and I may have adapted the radio play mentioning the Martians learning to fly into it. This on-line copy may be of useful reference to work this out.
On the Martian's "provisions", I did say grey aliens, but it was admittedly a fanciful interpretation to be sure, and clearly not what the author had intended:
Their undeniable preference for men as their source of nourishment is partly explained by the nature of the remains of the victims they had brought with them as provisions from Mars. These creatures, to judge from the shrivelled remains that have fallen into human hands, were bipeds with flimsy, silicious skeletons (almost like those of the silicious sponges) and feeble musculature, standing about six feet high and having round, erect heads, and large eyes in flinty sockets. Two or three of these seem to have been brought in each cylinder, and all were killed before earth was reached. It was just as well for them, for the mere attempt to stand upright upon our planet would have broken every bone in their bodies.
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And, as it pertains to the topic, it will not play back HDTV content recorded with EyeTV 500 or other devices.
Did Apple ever hear of SwarmStream, or BitTorrent?
Last I checked, neither of those were suitable for live streaming video.
Apple has its own QuickTime streaming server, so the cost of the technology is not an issue.
I've read several times that TiVo has a "boat anchor" plan in place in case the company goes out of business. The plan is to release all the specs so that users may reconfigure the system to use another guide service.
Actually, I understood it to be an update to all units to remote the subscription requirement and to allow recordings without subscription or nagging, not a full spec release.
However, that promise came from a TiVo representative (Richard "TiVolutionary" Bullwinkle) that later left TiVo and went to work for ReplayTV. I have yet to hear that promise reiterated by the current public relations people.
But enough is known about the service specs that it can be easily replaced. There are people using it in Canada and Australia now where TiVo doesn't support use of their devices.
The TiVo HDTV recorder requires DirecTV service, and only records HDTV from either DirecTV or over the air (you'll need a UHF antenna), not from cable.
I guess their software developers will have to work overtime to put together some patches.
All while drinking the magic espresso?
If it's DRM'd, it is unobtanium!
I recently had problems burning DVDs. No-name -Rs, Verbatum +Rs, and Memorex -Rs all were failing to play back in my RCA DVD player (hanging on play, "No disc", or "Disk error" respectively). But the no-name -Rs bought in bulk would play in a friend's cheaper player.
I swapped out the burner replacing it with a new one and everything would play again.
The old burner was a MicroAdvantage. The new one is a Philips. (Unfortunately the tray is as wide as the drive so I have to run without the computer's bezel in place.)
Borrow another DVD burner and try it. It could just be that your burner can no longer reliably record on dash-media.
This has Betamax written all over it.
It already has Digital Video Express (DiVX) written all over it. Adding Betamax on top of that could only improve its chances!
They voted for that act because, at the time (just after 9/11), anyone who voted against it would automatically be labeled a "terrorist supporter" and have his/her political career finished.
Senator Russell Feingold voted against it. He was the only one who did.
He was reelected.
Remember, people weren't exactly rational at that time.
Are they yet?
Note to self: don't try to signal departing rescue craft with laser pointer.
"forever change the way we build roads
So it's going to have a Segway lane?
Ah yes, the worm that countered another that was to do a denial of service attack on Windows Update, where the new worm would download and install a patch from... Windows Update, thereby effectively triggering the denial of service attack itself.
And brought to you by the Good-Intentions Division of the Department of Roads.
Looks like they're only enabling transfer of video from your TiVo to your PC and not the other way around. At least, that's how they're define TiVoToGo. Their FAQ on it mentions nothing about transferring programs from the PC back to the TiVo.
I've been having problems with one of my Series2 TiVos and was hoping I could transfer everything from it to the PC, do a full reset of the unit, and transfer everything back. Since the upgrade to two 120 GB drives, and several times yesterday, it would restart and hang on the first grey startup screen until it was unplugged and reconnected. (It's spending the day off today.)
I'd rather not have to buy more hard drives to upgrade the other Series2 when I have 800 GB available on the PC's SATA drives. Especially if it will make the second box just as unstable.
And if the protections are too onerous, I might still opt for another digital-analog-digital conversion to get the video to my Mac OS X system for editing and burning.
But how will I know whether or not I like if I don't read it?
By not reading it, it remains in a quantum superstate of being both funny and not funny.
For example, there's billions of hilariously dull books out there I haven't read.
These sites were CLEARLY offering illegal content.
.torrent files did not contain any illegal content. Unless telling someone where they can buy drugs is illegal, all they were were links that identified a tracker which does not carry the content, only tracks who does.
.torrent files themselves or did they link to .torrent files on another site? If the latter, that's 3 links removed from the exchange of the content.
Um, last I heard the actual
And did they even host the
And again, the content isn't what's illegal, it is the copying of the content from others without the legal right (namely the copyright) to do so. Just because you have a TV episode on your computer doesn't mean you acquired it illegally. Perhaps you have a pcHDTV card.
(I am aware of the 2600 DeCSS case which made links to illegal links illegal, thus making it illegal to make any links to outside sites as they can all eventually be made to point to illegal content, and without your knowledge, control, or consent. I just find that ruling ridiculous.)
Record? Get with the times.
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Anyone consider using P2P as a replacement for archie? Or that P2P is even an evolution of archie?
Archie was an FTP database search client. Freeware and shareware sites would publish what they have, archie would search those databases for programs, and then connect to the FTP site and download the software.
P2P programs are a live version of this, dynamically updating, mirroring the high demand content, and in some cases distributing the load of distribution better than a set of mirroring FTP sites.
Archie and FTP may have fallen in popularity to the web's rise, but P2P distribution of shareware and freeware programs should be a natural progression of this service.
Add in some web content pushing and P2P software searches could even supplant Google. Searches would turn up sharers which could host HTML pages for each file they share. You could download the page first to be sure you'll be pulling down what you expect, and it can still be used by the original publisher to track how often their software is P2P-shared.
The thing with this networking model is if there's a bug in the computer code where two machines could provide the same inputs but get different outputs, there can be problems.
I'll say. Every time two machines provide the same inputs but get different outputs, Schrödinger half-kills another cat.
Headline writers should be careful about creating needless and misleading abbreviations. Especially a headline that uses both "spouse" and "organ".
In this case, the restrictions placed on Kevin Mit[nick] by the judge and the prison authorities were legal, prudent and (IMO) fair.
Excuse me, but shortly after his ban on contact with computers expired wasn't it reported that there was a court ruling that such bans were unconstitutional? I remember people talking about the suspicious timing of that ruling.
But then, a ban on contact with all computers isn't the same as a ban on contact with the Internet. They haven't some out to say that the latter is not needlessly restrictive. At least until VoIP becomes more mainstream.
Not just that, but the series image (pardon the darkness, calibrated for Macintosh) has the hand clutching an Earth that is a top-to-bottom mirror image of a more famous image. Note the cloud pattern by the thumb.
So technically they both clutch from the bottom.
The image you described is there, of the ironclad Thunder Child attacking a tripod.
There's another two-disc version that is all remix tracks that I ordered from amazon.com, which they apparently imported from Australia.
The track "Forever Autumn" is also available, with the narration parts excised. I think it's available on one of The Moody Blues' albums, but I haven't acquired it yet, unless it's on that all-remix 2 CD set.
I recall that early illustrations of this had it shaped like a flying cross. I took the "darkness" referenced there to be deployments of the black smoke.
I don't recall mention of the parts of the flying machine being mentioned, and I may have adapted the radio play mentioning the Martians learning to fly into it. This on-line copy may be of useful reference to work this out.
On the Martian's "provisions", I did say grey aliens, but it was admittedly a fanciful interpretation to be sure, and clearly not what the author had intended:
That Greg Bear book wher the earth is destroyed... whats its name...
Eon?