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  1. isn't this just TIVO with muxed input on the video on Security Camera-to-DVR Setup on Linux? · · Score: 1

    a real simple kludge would be to have your Linux based TIVO recorder capture line signals fed from a video mux box. receiving input signals any attached video cams. treat the signal like a programmed channel on cable or sat? is ... http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/forum/2537 5.html ... helpful?

  2. lease only.... on Technology Makes New Cars Too Expensive to Fix · · Score: 1

    if cars were like homes, you could envision owning one and getting spare parts for them .... not now...

  3. Re:Who would have thought? re clearchannel station on The Joy of Random Shuffle · · Score: 1

    two of the kids on my block have a purposely unbocked wireless LAN in their basement which they stream their audio tunes thru 24/7. does this make them a noncleanchannel station? they insert their own .wav verbal snippets at times to add a personal 'flava' to the production. their friendsliving near enough can listen since the LAN signal is bridged/amplified and carries quite a distance nearby. their next project is a 12VDC wireless LAN for their cars to do that same thing at their local parking lot get togethers. this is so much fun!

  4. random shuffle is the surprise me vibe on The Joy of Random Shuffle · · Score: 1

    put a little mystery into life for gods sake...

  5. Re:Random shuffle = Broadcast Radio? not much ! on The Joy of Random Shuffle · · Score: 1

    not much different or not much different than listening to someone elses audio collection where they stage the tunes and you listen or not much different than another persons conversation when they talk without a script or not much in general

  6. sue them for their direct liability on Happy Spamiversary! · · Score: 1

    in a class action suit.

  7. may we suggest -two- on Will Linux For Windows Change The World? · · Score: 2, Informative

    running these two on separate hard drives at the least. that seems to work fine, sharing a drive has given us many issues which a second drive solves in each case.

  8. my solution on Use Multiple Channels for Faster Wireless Networking · · Score: 1

    would be to watch the packets and buffer them to a holding state if the system was 'busy' with whatever. when the system was clear or had a lull, then the packets in the holding state would be allowed to proceed. this transmit collision thing takes up a lot of time. not everything needs a go or no go status... perhaps a later go status is workable?

  9. try the AOL approach on U.S. Army Warns Microsoft To Back Off · · Score: 1

    really, to get the message out, MS should just mass snail mail free CDs or DVDs to everyone like AOL does. siince they would be free, the Armys complaints would be without merit.

    then they can let people try and see if the product is that good or if the old version people have or the OpenOffice suite LINUX software will do just as well.

    i have always felt MS could make a much better product and differentiate themselves by having the Office stuff solve real world problems...
    such as i want to send and receive EDI/XML things like invoices and payments from inside my QuickenBooks.

    i do not want to continually buy another version of what i already have, security holes and intentional mistakes and all.

  10. make SURE one LAN copy is in the garage on Distributed Data Storage on a LAN? · · Score: 1

    a fireproof insulated vault, safe and sound from your primary storage copies burning up at the house. separate copies are better than ones in the same physical location

  11. earth is digesting itself on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car · · Score: 1

    [QUOTE] by heironymouscoward (683461) on Monday October 27, @10:38AM (#7319008) (Last Journal: Tuesday September 23, @07: ...My theory (and it's probably not original) is that hydrocarbons are remains of annobacteria colonies that live off sulphur compounds deep in the earth's crust. Such bacteria are known to exist, observed around volcanic vents in the ocean floor, for instance. Now imagine _really_ large colonies of such bacteria, living in hot porous sulphur-rich rocks, and dying to rot and produce oil and gas. [END QUOTE] ====> well if our theory holds true and IF the earth is just one big super bean burrito, we will be enjoying oil and natural gas for a LONG TIME TO COME. gentlemen, start your engines! [:)]

  12. ... just make sure it has a KEYBOARD dude!!! on Death of the PDA? · · Score: 1

    if these devices merge, i sure as hell do not want to be typing on those '12345...' phone keyboards. some of us DO use them for more than talk and music.

  13. get your mobile DC router in your cars up on RIAA Sequentially Repeating Edison's Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    seriously, until we/kids/whoever gets the data and music we love off their network and their servers onto our network of cars and our servers on laptops and transceive with mobile wireless routers in our friends and peeps tuners, we are just a target in their sights! be independent and be free! peace!

  14. Schools are like corporations on Schools to Avoid: University of Florida · · Score: 1

    and in both, it is not yours, it is theirs! a solution? form your own non university wireless networks and servers and do what the f____ you want. hint; when you graduate, you will be doing that anyhow so why not get some experience in hands on building, system setup, and problem solving and creatively make the world a better (insert your definition here)place where you want to live. peace!

  15. suggest they place their product on toilet paper on Group Asks Gov't to Crack Down on Product Placement · · Score: 1

    currently, that is a whole untapped void for product placement awareness, you use it, you read it, you flush it. how simple and your TIVO box is not needed. (works just as well with paper towels by the way)

  16. salvation in everyone with their own genset on Electricity Apocalypse Soon? · · Score: 1

    more independent power producers is the key. you may trust the powerlines if you want, but keep your genset handy. this has worked for us.

  17. eveyone else had the chance to outbid that firm on Global Crossing (Nearly) Sold To Singapore · · Score: 1

    and no one did. the Singapore company got a lot of fiber and a worldwide footprint on the cheap. the chief reason the former owners got into hot water was mismanagement and fraud. good riddance! (and this is from a small ex Global Crossing shareholder)

  18. what has to happen on Has P2P Become a Passing Fad? · · Score: 1

    the clients have to become the servers AND the clients have to encrypt their data streams. AND the clients have to be connected to the internet by fat fast pipes. this gives the edge of the network control over what content is shared and how and to whom it is sent. the RIAA suits work mostly because they can find an easy ISP host target with easy to decipher file names and a list of subscribers. subtract these advantages and their goal becomes much less do-able. ( i still hope that a new internet is born from the wireless networking trend... say one where a wireless router in a home or a car or a backpack links to and interacts with other wireless routers in other homes and cars backpacks on a completely local basis. ) what will we call this? ...friendnet...peoplenet?

  19. are they stealing my Video Jacket Prototype? on Chic Gear to Suit Net Generation · · Score: 1

    for entertainment especially, i agree. most every teen people would crave an all LED video and audio surrounding, buildin some max powered sub-woofer speakers and add a full 65K+ color display to shock and amaze and they will buy them in carloads!!! make and roll your own environments dude

  20. A WAY AROUND THIS PROBLEM on EFF Warns Against RIAA Amnesty Program · · Score: 1

    go back to snail mail, and hand carried CD copies as the preferred internet providers of choice. same result, but different and non traceable Servie Providers.

  21. call me dumb...i thought Y2K solved this on Power Grid Insecurities Examined · · Score: 1

    the solution here in PA was to install and run a backup Genset system when the power company signs off,,,, this happens a lot by the way. how we, ( a small company ) managed to handle this issue 2-3 years ago is still amazing. how they, (everyone else) did not, is also amazing but predictable.

  22. Micosofts threat not OpenOffice..it's China /India on Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in · · Score: 1

    can any of us wait until the next import into the software market comes from China? if the Asians can make better cars, and import them and sell them, it is only a matter of time before MS becomes like the Big 3 auto companies and has to battle for it's life. then, GM and whoever is left will say, ...send me your quote on your least costly software package and we will evaluate which one to use as our standard worldwide. seems like a lower revenue stream to me ...

  23. water cooling on Silent Pump for Water-Cooled PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    does this firm include a sump pump for the times the system 'leaks'? if they asked me, i would use another inert liquid/gas/refrigerant as a coolant, instead of a conductive one...

  24. citing harassment. on NZ Spammer Shutdown Makes Big Difference · · Score: 1

    OH...isn't that just too too bad...

  25. two approaches CDRs and spare HDDs on Say Goodbye To Your CD-Rs In Two Years? · · Score: 1

    while i have had very good luck, if that is the status, in CDR recording and playback, i do make more than just one CDR backup... there is safety in numbers! also, i am coming to the conclusion that i must agree with a thread which i believe i found on another site, (was it =>ExtremeTech.com?) in which the author suggested backing up to a new HDD in addition to any other removable media CDR, tape, etc. each generation HDD seems to have so much more capacity... i wonder, why not just do a save of all your data into a folder or directory on a cheap spare hard drive... (\YR2003 for instance) and be done with the rest until you upgrade again.