The math isn't hard, and 250 GB is not at all hard to achieve with a cable modem or even lower-end DSL speed. How much bandwidth is required to reach 250 GB in about a month?
Gigs 250.0 MB 256,000 KB 262,144,000 B 268,435,456,000 b 2,147,483,648,000 Mb 2,147,484
days 30.0 hours 720.0 mins 43,200 secs 2,592,000
Take Mb / seconds to get: 0.8285 Mbps sustained throughput to reach 250 GB per month. So even a 1 Mbps connection could use the limit if the connection worked at full capacity all month.
As far as how much a 10 Mbps connection could use, we already know how many seconds per month, so Mbps multiplied by seconds shows:
Mbps 10.00 (will assume 100% efficiency) Mb 25,920,000 b 25,920,000,000,000 B 3,240,000,000,000 KB 3,164,062,500 MB 3,089,905 Gigs 3,017
On a flawless 10 mbps link you could download 3,017 gigabytes in 30 days; not bad. Still, that's 'only' about 3 terabytes, so that link isn't going to be fast enough to back up a hypothetic individual's porn collection even in a month of 24/7 transfers.
I haven't played the game or heard the alleged cover. Regardless, all I can think of on the topic is last week's South Park episode, called "Guitar Queer-o". Of course if I were a musician and a facsimile of my music were being featured in a lame video game, I might sue to try to stop that. As a gay guy myself I'm not enthused about the Parker-Stones (ab)using the gay = lame meme. Pussy-whipped straight guys seem a lot closer to deserving a lame tag than guys into raw man-on-man action, but I digress. The overall mocking of Guitar Hero in the episode was pretty funny, and aside from the last minute was quite enjoyable.
I believe you answered your own question. MythTV is for people looking for a full featured PVR. XBMC is a media center, which looks like a great way to play content but not record it.
Credit card companies charge $25 for a charge-back. So if you buy something for $10, then return it and have the money charged back to your card, you get $10 back and the store pays out $35 to recover the $10 item. Do you have a source for this? It doesn't seem to fit with how stores behave. Brick and morter stores usually choose to refund items bought with a CC back to the card. Many insist on it. If they could give you a $10 cash refund out of the drawer and avoid paying a $25 fee, wouldn't they? My understanding has been that any significant chargeback fee only applies when the card holder disputes the charge. With so many stores requiring refunds to go back to the card, that behavior led me to believe that voluntary refunds let the merchant avoid at least some of the original processing fee for the transaction.
The reason I've seen claimed is that a substantial percentage of commercials are for date-limited sales, and so the commercials are essentially perishable.
It doesn't make so much sense to me either. Most commercials don't actually seem to be date-sensitive, and even those that are would still aid brand recognition and could lead to sales. The whole idea could be nothing more than a tactic to keep ad view numbers, and thus ad costs, down.
Executive Producer David Eick is quoted as saying, "For those of you who have been paying attention over the years, this is not the first time Eddie has made an announcement about the possibility of the show's end... I promise you that when Ron and I make a decision about Galactica's future, we'll let you know."
Changes like that in new versions of Windows remind me of the occasional reorganizations that used to be popular with grocery stores, at least in this area. The supposed reason for that change is to cause customers to have to hunt for what they want, because most people will buy more things along the way that they hadn't planned to. As irritating as that is, at least it is a better reason than "just because". With Vista, Microsoft has again reshuffled the location of many features/controls, slowing down anyone with previous Windows experience. The interface change in Office 2007 also has its problems, but at least that was a clear effort to simplify a UI that had gotten fairly unmanageable when finding anything but the most used features. I'm not looking forward to the migration of our entire organization to Office 2007 and Vista, which will happen in a year or so, but am interested to see the reactions of non-techie staff to the new interfaces.
You and I are likely in a very small minority of people who make significant use of keyboard shortcuts to launch programs in Windows. However as memory prices fell and stability increased under NT4 then 2000/XP, I've become as likely to keep frequently used applications minimized when not in use so they are just one single-click away.
I see a pretty wide variety of Windows desktops while assisting other techs with unusual problems. Upwards of 95% of the staff don't make much use of the Start Menu, but that's because the wallpaper of their young or a landscape is almost completely covered in desktop shortcuts to every program they ever use. They seem to like that method, but when the icon placement gets reshuffled due to a glitch they probably lose a day's productivity hunting for icons.
The link is appreciated. For anyone else who is interested in listening, note that the talk about the drive technology starts 35 minutes into the hour-long 132MB talk and lasts about 15 minutes not counting Q&A. While there were a few diagrams it is a shame there weren't actual photos or even video of a prototype in action. While I found that part of the talk interesting, be prepared for weird audio artifacts. He also talks about his career, work on the Apple Lisa interface, and the IT business.
The thing he didn't mention, and may have assumed would be understood: If the technology is as promised not only could it help with power use in the data center, but also heat generation and so cooling needs. Heat is a consequence of power use, and if the mass/friction/etc of the drive requires a far less powerful motor to keep it spinning, that ought to mean it runs cooler. It was also stressed that the original intent of the tech was for small mobile devices, which should mean the engineers who worked on it accounted for things like angular motion while spinning.
American Express did have such a service, but they ended it in early 2005. I know, it was a feature I used regularly, required no software beyond a decent web browser, and I miss it. There are similar services, but knowing some similar services also ended and without knowing which would survive, seeking out another was a hard sell. Since AmEx stated in writing that they'll fully reverse or cover any false charges made with the primary account number I've decided to ride it out for now. Oh, and of course I'm not an AOL customer, thank goodness.
Props on a reasonably interesting and entertaining Q&A. However, having seen many of the endless reruns of ST: TOS for about 30 years now, I must point it out if no one else will:
Anti-grabs? WTF?! Surely a true sci-fi fan knows that anti-graV is shorthand for anti-gravity, which perhaps would be a reasonable technical basis for dragging Nomad around good old NCC-1701. The V and B keys are adjacent, so maybe that was just a typo.
I just hope I'm not wrong. If it turns out that they did use anti-grabs, which would be I suppose a defense against unwanted sexual advances, then I'd have to surrender my fake Starfleet uniform after having made such a basic scientific error.
Uh oh... perhaps I have said too much.;-) Since I'm already in too deep, may as well point out that in (one of) the TOS episodes about androids, phrases like "I remember the old ones" must not be uttered without a 'Yes' coming either before or after said statement, no matter how deep one's voice is.
Oh well, a certain twitch tells me it is time to watch the DS9 episode again where crewmembers inadvertently trigger old security systems, after which hilarity ensues. Must consult TiVo on when it will be shown again.
Finally, I've been waiting for a good Trek thread to say, as shameful as some might believe these admissions to be: I like Captain Janeway, enjoyed many of the Voyager episodes (though the series had as many rough spots as any ST series) regardless of 7of9's cleavage, and occasionally even enjoy an EP of Enterprise. Speaking of cleavage, was it just my circle of friends who referred to Counselor Troi as Counselor Cleavage in TNG, or was that more universal?
If it helps redeem my sci-fi cred' at all, I'd much rather be watching a new series from JMS, whether or not it was based on the Babylon 5 universe. Dark and heavy or not, I miss great new JMS material like B5 even more than I miss great ST material, damn it.
Describing the horrible ST: Enterprise title sequence music as "Gay-ass" is an insult to gay people and their asses.
On the bright side, I think my reflexes improved from lunging for the remote to hit the FF button quickly so's not to inflict the trauma of that garbage on my psyche again.
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The math isn't hard, and 250 GB is not at all hard to achieve with a cable modem or even lower-end DSL speed. How much bandwidth is required to reach 250 GB in about a month?
Gigs 250.0
MB 256,000
KB 262,144,000
B 268,435,456,000
b 2,147,483,648,000
Mb 2,147,484
days 30.0
hours 720.0
mins 43,200
secs 2,592,000
Take Mb / seconds to get: 0.8285 Mbps sustained throughput to reach 250 GB per month. So even a 1 Mbps connection could use the limit if the connection worked at full capacity all month.
As far as how much a 10 Mbps connection could use, we already know how many seconds per month, so Mbps multiplied by seconds shows:
Mbps 10.00 (will assume 100% efficiency)
Mb 25,920,000
b 25,920,000,000,000
B 3,240,000,000,000
KB 3,164,062,500
MB 3,089,905
Gigs 3,017
On a flawless 10 mbps link you could download 3,017 gigabytes in 30 days; not bad. Still, that's 'only' about 3 terabytes, so that link isn't going to be fast enough to back up a hypothetic individual's porn collection even in a month of 24/7 transfers.
I haven't played the game or heard the alleged cover. Regardless, all I can think of on the topic is last week's South Park episode, called "Guitar Queer-o". Of course if I were a musician and a facsimile of my music were being featured in a lame video game, I might sue to try to stop that. As a gay guy myself I'm not enthused about the Parker-Stones (ab)using the gay = lame meme. Pussy-whipped straight guys seem a lot closer to deserving a lame tag than guys into raw man-on-man action, but I digress. The overall mocking of Guitar Hero in the episode was pretty funny, and aside from the last minute was quite enjoyable.
I believe you answered your own question. MythTV is for people looking for a full featured PVR. XBMC is a media center, which looks like a great way to play content but not record it.
The reason I've seen claimed is that a substantial percentage of commercials are for date-limited sales, and so the commercials are essentially perishable.
It doesn't make so much sense to me either. Most commercials don't actually seem to be date-sensitive, and even those that are would still aid brand recognition and could lead to sales. The whole idea could be nothing more than a tactic to keep ad view numbers, and thus ad costs, down.
Executive Producer David Eick is quoted as saying, "For those of you who have been paying attention over the years, this is not the first time Eddie has made an announcement about the possibility of the show's end ... I promise you that when Ron and I make a decision about Galactica's future, we'll let you know."
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Changes like that in new versions of Windows remind me of the occasional reorganizations that used to be popular with grocery stores, at least in this area. The supposed reason for that change is to cause customers to have to hunt for what they want, because most people will buy more things along the way that they hadn't planned to. As irritating as that is, at least it is a better reason than "just because". With Vista, Microsoft has again reshuffled the location of many features/controls, slowing down anyone with previous Windows experience. The interface change in Office 2007 also has its problems, but at least that was a clear effort to simplify a UI that had gotten fairly unmanageable when finding anything but the most used features. I'm not looking forward to the migration of our entire organization to Office 2007 and Vista, which will happen in a year or so, but am interested to see the reactions of non-techie staff to the new interfaces.
You and I are likely in a very small minority of people who make significant use of keyboard shortcuts to launch programs in Windows. However as memory prices fell and stability increased under NT4 then 2000/XP, I've become as likely to keep frequently used applications minimized when not in use so they are just one single-click away. I see a pretty wide variety of Windows desktops while assisting other techs with unusual problems. Upwards of 95% of the staff don't make much use of the Start Menu, but that's because the wallpaper of their young or a landscape is almost completely covered in desktop shortcuts to every program they ever use. They seem to like that method, but when the icon placement gets reshuffled due to a glitch they probably lose a day's productivity hunting for icons.
Slip of the keyboard there?
Maybe the poster had been looking at these recent photos of Daniel Radcliffe:http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/index.php?articl eID=9447
The thing he didn't mention, and may have assumed would be understood: If the technology is as promised not only could it help with power use in the data center, but also heat generation and so cooling needs. Heat is a consequence of power use, and if the mass/friction/etc of the drive requires a far less powerful motor to keep it spinning, that ought to mean it runs cooler. It was also stressed that the original intent of the tech was for small mobile devices, which should mean the engineers who worked on it accounted for things like angular motion while spinning.
American Express did have such a service, but they ended it in early 2005. I know, it was a feature I used regularly, required no software beyond a decent web browser, and I miss it. There are similar services, but knowing some similar services also ended and without knowing which would survive, seeking out another was a hard sell. Since AmEx stated in writing that they'll fully reverse or cover any false charges made with the primary account number I've decided to ride it out for now. Oh, and of course I'm not an AOL customer, thank goodness.
Props on a reasonably interesting and entertaining Q&A. However, having seen many of the endless reruns of ST: TOS for about 30 years now, I must point it out if no one else will:
;-) Since I'm already in too deep, may as well point out that in (one of) the TOS episodes about androids, phrases like "I remember the old ones" must not be uttered without a 'Yes' coming either before or after said statement, no matter how deep one's voice is.
Anti-grabs? WTF?! Surely a true sci-fi fan knows that anti-graV is shorthand for anti-gravity, which perhaps would be a reasonable technical basis for dragging Nomad around good old NCC-1701. The V and B keys are adjacent, so maybe that was just a typo.
I just hope I'm not wrong. If it turns out that they did use anti-grabs, which would be I suppose a defense against unwanted sexual advances, then I'd have to surrender my fake Starfleet uniform after having made such a basic scientific error.
Uh oh... perhaps I have said too much.
Oh well, a certain twitch tells me it is time to watch the DS9 episode again where crewmembers inadvertently trigger old security systems, after which hilarity ensues. Must consult TiVo on when it will be shown again.
Finally, I've been waiting for a good Trek thread to say, as shameful as some might believe these admissions to be: I like Captain Janeway, enjoyed many of the Voyager episodes (though the series had as many rough spots as any ST series) regardless of 7of9's cleavage, and occasionally even enjoy an EP of Enterprise. Speaking of cleavage, was it just my circle of friends who referred to Counselor Troi as Counselor Cleavage in TNG, or was that more universal?
If it helps redeem my sci-fi cred' at all, I'd much rather be watching a new series from JMS, whether or not it was based on the Babylon 5 universe. Dark and heavy or not, I miss great new JMS material like B5 even more than I miss great ST material, damn it.
Describing the horrible ST: Enterprise title sequence music as "Gay-ass" is an insult to gay people and their asses. On the bright side, I think my reflexes improved from lunging for the remote to hit the FF button quickly so's not to inflict the trauma of that garbage on my psyche again.