As a group that describes themselves as "Scientists for Environmental Solutions" I have to consider that they have an agenda. Because they are a group seeking to prove things to steer policy, they have an axe to grind and I therefore have a hard time believing they would be unbiased.
Besides that, "scientist" and "usually unbiased" don't belong in the same discussion. A scientist should *always* be unbiased--else he is not being objective. If he is sometimes biased (that's what "usually unbiased really means") then how do you know when he/she is biased and when they are not?
We biased people wind up as engineers.:)
For example, I'm biased toward believing in conservation of matter & energy. This would make me cry foul on something that seemed to contradict my bias. If I were truly objective, I would look at everything on its own merits and draw my own conclusion. So, judging from the response of the scientific community every time a new idea is put forth, I have to say that there is very little objectivism and a lot of bias; therefore very few (if any) true scientists exist. Everyone has a pet theory.
Besides all that & to bring this on topic. Who cares about ethanol for fuel? Everyone knows ethanol is best used to kill the slower brain cells...
I wanted to do the same thing:
Record Discovery HD and ESPN HD from my Dish 6000 to a MythTV box I'm planning. I would like *everything* in one box, a box that I control. The PVR 921 looks nice, but I'd like everything in one place.
So I started thinking--how can I get that MPEG stream out of my 6000? I found 169time.com, but as mentioned, it is expensive. Another disadvantage is that it requires another PC to convert their proprietary 1394 stream into something that DVHS, PVR programs etc. can understand. Still another is that it won't record the SD satellite channels--just the HD sat & terrestrial channels.
It occurred to me that they must be tapping the MPEG stream from the 8VSB/8PSK lines, before they reach whatever switch or buffer there is in front of the MPEG decoder. It certainly seems doable to me to improve on it by capturing the stream as it enters the decoder, with a clock to tell you what bandwidth is needed. However--this is not at all cheap! To get your full 1080i or 720p MPEG stream, you are going to need to capture and reframe and stream out the data at up to 80Mbps! So you need one of those ARM-core processors with a built in 1394 or USB2 controller; then you need to write the capture and framing software & a corresponding driver for your linux box on the other end (preferably as a plugin to MythTV).
Is it possible? I think so. Is it worth spending the $$$$ on? Probably not--though it would get your around the broadcast flag for as long as your 6000 lasts & Dish sends signals it can understand.
I'm sure many didn't catch the fact that I puposely used "worst" incorrectly here.
"worst" = "worse" as is the mode today...sort of like everyone seems to spell the word "lose" (as in "Did you lose your file?") as "loose."
It seems to me that all this de-capitalization business is a bit silly. It should be a moot point.
Words in the English language are capitalized when:
(a) they are used to start a sentence.
(b) they are used as a "proper noun."
The term "internet" without the capital 'I' is an "improper noun", i.e., normal noun. Traditionally, the improper noun form has been used to mean "a network of networks."
However, when one is talking about *the* (commonly known) worldwide network of networks, overseen by some authorities with a documentable history; a proper noun "Internet" is not only possible, but proper!
If you want to de-capitalize something, how about newspapers quit printing "West Texas" and do it right: "west Texas," as Texas is not seperated into two states the way, say, Virginia and West Virginia are. "Texas" is the only proper noun in the phrase "west Texas" ("west" isn't even a noun, it's an adjective in this case!)
Why do I bother? Ppl r goeeeng 2 rite lke ths N teh footure newayzzz--'coz nobdy karzzz. Or worst, it'll be L33T.
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Here is my proposal:
Earth and Earth-like ("Class M") planets shall be known as Human planets.
All planets with pointy ears shall be called Elf or Orc planets--depending on whether they are good or evil.
All big rocky planets (turned to stone by their sun, of course) shall be called Troll planets.
But big rocky planets covered with trees shall be called Ent planets.
Little planets shall be called Dwarf planets if they have lots of gems and precious metals.
Little planets consisting primarily of soil fit for growing things shall be called Hobbit planets.
Planets that look like some lab experiment gone wrong shall be called Uruk-Hai planets.
All planets not fitting these criteria shall be named after me, JediGrover! Bow to your new overlord--master of planets!
As a group that describes themselves as "Scientists for Environmental Solutions" I have to consider that they have an agenda. Because they are a group seeking to prove things to steer policy, they have an axe to grind and I therefore have a hard time believing they would be unbiased. Besides that, "scientist" and "usually unbiased" don't belong in the same discussion. A scientist should *always* be unbiased--else he is not being objective. If he is sometimes biased (that's what "usually unbiased really means") then how do you know when he/she is biased and when they are not? We biased people wind up as engineers. :)
For example, I'm biased toward believing in conservation of matter & energy. This would make me cry foul on something that seemed to contradict my bias. If I were truly objective, I would look at everything on its own merits and draw my own conclusion. So, judging from the response of the scientific community every time a new idea is put forth, I have to say that there is very little objectivism and a lot of bias; therefore very few (if any) true scientists exist. Everyone has a pet theory.
Besides all that & to bring this on topic. Who cares about ethanol for fuel? Everyone knows ethanol is best used to kill the slower brain cells...
I wanted to do the same thing: Record Discovery HD and ESPN HD from my Dish 6000 to a MythTV box I'm planning. I would like *everything* in one box, a box that I control. The PVR 921 looks nice, but I'd like everything in one place. So I started thinking--how can I get that MPEG stream out of my 6000? I found 169time.com, but as mentioned, it is expensive. Another disadvantage is that it requires another PC to convert their proprietary 1394 stream into something that DVHS, PVR programs etc. can understand. Still another is that it won't record the SD satellite channels--just the HD sat & terrestrial channels. It occurred to me that they must be tapping the MPEG stream from the 8VSB/8PSK lines, before they reach whatever switch or buffer there is in front of the MPEG decoder. It certainly seems doable to me to improve on it by capturing the stream as it enters the decoder, with a clock to tell you what bandwidth is needed. However--this is not at all cheap! To get your full 1080i or 720p MPEG stream, you are going to need to capture and reframe and stream out the data at up to 80Mbps! So you need one of those ARM-core processors with a built in 1394 or USB2 controller; then you need to write the capture and framing software & a corresponding driver for your linux box on the other end (preferably as a plugin to MythTV). Is it possible? I think so. Is it worth spending the $$$$ on? Probably not--though it would get your around the broadcast flag for as long as your 6000 lasts & Dish sends signals it can understand.
I'm sure many didn't catch the fact that I puposely used "worst" incorrectly here. "worst" = "worse" as is the mode today...sort of like everyone seems to spell the word "lose" (as in "Did you lose your file?") as "loose."
It seems to me that all this de-capitalization business is a bit silly. It should be a moot point. Words in the English language are capitalized when: (a) they are used to start a sentence. (b) they are used as a "proper noun." The term "internet" without the capital 'I' is an "improper noun", i.e., normal noun. Traditionally, the improper noun form has been used to mean "a network of networks." However, when one is talking about *the* (commonly known) worldwide network of networks, overseen by some authorities with a documentable history; a proper noun "Internet" is not only possible, but proper! If you want to de-capitalize something, how about newspapers quit printing "West Texas" and do it right: "west Texas," as Texas is not seperated into two states the way, say, Virginia and West Virginia are. "Texas" is the only proper noun in the phrase "west Texas" ("west" isn't even a noun, it's an adjective in this case!) Why do I bother? Ppl r goeeeng 2 rite lke ths N teh footure newayzzz--'coz nobdy karzzz. Or worst, it'll be L33T.