IIRC in the novel "Tru-View(tm) Blasses" were a favorite among elderly (who seem to be fond of wearing really big glasses anyway) to report nuisance and vandalism crimes by those damned teenagers.
But more likely, local news shows will have a "Rodney King Minute of the Day".
Either way, soon to be the bane of police departments everywhere.
Apologies to all, I cut and pasted my response from the PCMag forum and not only forgot to reformat it but also included the opening paragraph re a problem on their forums not/.
Any mods that can delete the previous post? Anywyay here it is more readable.
First of all, (and besides the blasphemy:) this article is inappropriate considering The TiVo is not dead nor dying yet. It is as inappropriate as Time running a cover on "Why Bush Has Already Lost the Election" or "Why You Need To Dump Your IBM Stock Now".
Yes, TiVo has a difficult fight simply because it is the "early adopter", which generally means that when huge corporations find someone making a profit in a new market, they jump in and take over. We've seen it before. Anyone remember when everyone predicted the death of Amazon.com because all the other publishers jumped into the market? If this was simply the case, Apple would have died off 20 years ago.
The author also goes on to blast TiVo for not having HDTV recording until this year. This is utterly ridiculous when it's clear that trying to push technology the public isn't ready for is the basis for TiVo's problem. DirecTV's new HDTiVo is superior in functionality to anything on the market allowing simultaneous recording of two HDTV programs from satellite and/or off-air programming. Nobody else offers anything close to this.
I have no more a crystal ball than the author of this article. It is very clear that TiVo has and is continuing to come up with new ways to innovate and expand. By adding HomeMedia media option I can hear about a program and go to my Palm and tell my TiVo to record the show no matter where I am. They have already made deals with software publishers to allow TiVo content to be burned to DVD (along with DRM). Whether TiVo survives as a standalone set top unit remains to be seen. TiVo began by diversifying itself with licensing to different manufacturers including DirecTV. Who knows what the future holds with "Strangeberry."
This past Christmas we saw a flood of new technology in PVRs and PVR to DVD recording units. Yet these things function no better than a crappy VCR. Clearly, whatever these companies do, they will be following the development path of TiVo. They can either license TiVo's software or take the time and money to develop the equivalent consumer friendly software and still pay TiVo to license the patents they own.
No matter what, calling a corporation dead when it's not even down is poor and wildly speculative journalism.
Poor Journalism and not even insightful
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Sorry, this is my first post here and I assumed responses would be threaded appropriately considering this forum is run by a hi-tech outfit. I'll try to keep responses to the flow of conversation.
First of all, (and besides the blasphemy:) this article is inappropriate considering The TiVo is not dead nor dying yet. It is as inappropriate as Time running a cover on "Why Bush Has Already Lost the Election" or "Why You Need To Dump Your IBM Stock Now".
Yes, TiVo has a difficult fight simply because it is the "early adopter", which generally means that when huge corporations find someone making a profit in a new market, they jump in and take over. We've seen it before. Anyone remember when everyone predicted the death of Amazon.com because all the other publishers jumped into the market? If this was simply the case, Apple would have died off 20 years ago.
The author also goes on to blast TiVo for not having HDTV recording until this year. This is utterly ridiculous when it's clear that trying to push technology the public isn't ready for is the basis for TiVo's problem. DirecTV's new HDTiVo is superior in functionality to anything on the market allowing simultaneous recording of two HDTV programs from satellite and/or off-air programming. Nobody else offers anything close to this.
I have no more a crystal ball than the author of this article. It is very clear that TiVo has and is continuing to come up with new ways to innovate and expand. By adding HomeMedia media option I can hear about a program and go to my Palm and tell my TiVo to record the show no matter where I am. They have already made deals with software publishers to allow TiVo content to be burned to DVD (along with DRM). Whether TiVo survives as a standalone set top unit remains to be seen. TiVo began by diversifying itself with licensing to different manufacturers including DirecTV. Who knows what the future holds with "Strangeberry."
This past Christmas we saw a flood of new technology in PVRs and PVR to DVD recording units. Yet these things function no better than a crappy VCR. Clearly, whatever these companies do, they will be following the development path of TiVo. They can either license TiVo's software or take the time and money to develop the equivalent consumer friendly software and still pay TiVo to license the patents they own.
No matter what, calling a corporation dead when it's not even down is poor and wildly speculative journalism.
Before I get started here, Sony, Pioneer and others make a 300 disc DVD carousel. You could always buy a couple of these.
Look, transferring a zillion DVDs to a hard drive each into their own directory is a no brainer. So it takes 4TB instead of 1TB uncompressed, no big deal. Time consuming - yes, difficult - no. A PC that can display them on a TV, monitor, HDTV, an off the shelf item.
Here are the drawbacks:
1) Insulating the drive array from producing excessive noise and ruining the experience. Your choices are either build a sound-proof cage for it or network it from another room via gigabit or if you USB or 1394 if you trust them. Downside is wires through your house.
2) The interface to 1000 titles. A directory window won't cut it. You want software that can fly through your list by categories etc. the way a good MP3 player will let you browse your music collection. I don't know of one yet, I could be wrong but you might end up writing this yourself.
In my modest setup, I use a networked PC with dual display, one going to a small 15" LCD on a coffee table and the other to the HDTV. Dual monitors are easier because the desktop and some software is happier on a standard sized screen vs. 960x540 etc.
One last note, don't use a Shuttle mini thinking it will work because it's small and cute and may match your decor. The have the noisiest fans I have ever come accross and are louder than a standard medium tower PC with 5. There are some other very low profile ones that are very quiet. I've also notice Western Digital's drives are much quiter than Maxtor's which seem to have a regular audible click (both with 8MB buffer) very noticable during a movie.
Have you thought of using the excess heat to run a popcorn popper for your home cinema?
Everyone knew the Mob wanted in on entertainment as part of their move to legit businesses. First record companies and then film studios. The way recording artists and their works are "owned", the way the market is contolled and owned, the way alternatives are squashed, and even the "protection money" blank media must pay them, all of these things show who is really standing behind the curtain. Buying politicians, law makers and even law enforcement? The Mob wrote the book on it. That's why it's called "organized" crime.
I think most of your statements correct with only one small oversight. While law enforcement may only apprehend criminals dumber than they are, they have procedures to follow that aid them in doing their task no matter how stupid they are.
First time criminals are the easiest to apprehend and fortunately this includes most murderers. Without experience most of them are caught simply by the investigator going through a checklist of what to look for and who are the most likely people to focus on. Without their own training in procedure they are at a disadvantage against someone equally stupid.
Hopefully, that means no Shane episode and no Planet Vegas either.
But if I see a Daggit, I'm reaching for a weapon.
It's not just a good idea. It's the law!
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It's not just a good idea. It's frighteningly good if they can pull it off. Have you ever heard this response? I have. "What OS do you have, Mac or Windows?" "I think it's AOL."
Despite as little as 5,000 actual respondents the remaing "evidence" of deleted music was from "millions" misreading results of a recent Slashdot polls. How do you keep illegal MP3s on your PC?
[ ]1. I'm deaf you insensitive clod. [ ]2. at 68 degrees Farnheit [ ]3. I had Scotty put it in and infinite transporter feedback loop. [ ]4. It's in Ogg Vorbis [ ]5. at Cowboy Neal's house
Despite as little as 5,000 actual respondents the remaing "evidence" of deleted music was from "millions" misreading results of a recent Slashdot polls.
How do you keep illegal MP3s on your PC?
[ ]1. I'm deaf you insensitive clod.
[ ]2. at 68 degrees Farnheit
[ ]3. I had Scotty put it in and infinite transporter feedback loop.
[ ]4. It's in Ogg Vorbis
[ ]5. at Cowboy Neal's house
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=957
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=922
Many viewers are unhappy that the Matrix did not play out the way the envisioned in their heads while they were taking a particularly good dump one day.
So sorry you need everything spelled out for you. But the purpose was to make you think while you enjoyed your popcorn not to show you Matrix I two more times.
Why is Neo the one? Because the machines needed a programmable human that could go among the humans and return.
Why does he have some abilities outside the Matrix? Because of that link to the machine world. Smith is an equal and opposite balancing program. Smith is out of control because Neo is. Both have the ability to wreck the machine and human world. As Neo grows so does Smith.
"Nobody is freed." Wrong. All humans that choose freedom over the Matrix will be given freedom, that's the truce.
"The focus is on Zion." No the focus is on the war, it always was.
Is Neo dead? Probably, but the final shot of him is going off King Arthur style to Avalon until he is needed again.
"I'm completely disenchanted with the Wachowskis." This series isn't for you. Enjoy your blue pill there's a cookie waiting when you wake up.
Way less adrenaline, way less cool fight correography than previous, but so what?
If you want the action and newness of the original just pop it in your DVD player. If you want over the top impossiblity of the action in #2 the go watch that.
The Matrix Trilogy is one of the few big studio franchises that doesn't rehash the first movie as many times as they think they can get away with it.
Revolutions is what it is. It is the conclusion, it is the winding down and the end of everything that went before it. So sit back and relax and remember it's a movie. And there'll be books and such to milk, I mean fill in the blanks.
I've been saying this since the whole mess started. The entire purpose of SCO's suit has been to undermine the GPL. "People" kept telling me the GPL was iron clad and it was just a simple scheme to get rich quick with FUD. Yes, it's a gamble for them, but it's a gamble that isn't costing any real money, when you see some companies paying them off and their owners cashing out stock. If their scheme works the reward for certain parties is in the billion$.
We need to stop sitting on our asses like a bunch of Democrats watching their House on fire. It's time to hit them legally with every recourse available. Even a marginal compromise to the GPL would be catastrophic. The GPL is just like any other legal document (or patent). The only proof of how valid it is, is in a court of law.
"Every description of why someone should buy a TiVo sounds like it's aimed at people who have never seen a VCR." YES! And very description of CDs is aimed at people who don't have 8-Tracks.
Orexin produced by the hypothalmus is what keeps us awake. Without it the brain returns to its natural state of unconsciousness. At night our body clock tells the hypothalmus to reduce its production and we go to sleep.
I learned this this week because my TiVo recorded a science program for me based on my interests. So, chances are there was already a program on timeshifting your sleep but you missed it because you don't have TiVo. I suggest buying a TiVo and putting the words "timeshifting" and "sleep" as your keywords.
There's also a serious concern is that orexin regulation may be used to make 24 hour work force. So be careful what you wish for.
I could use something cheaper but I use TiVo. I can build a PVR but I use TiVo. Heck, I could do a much better job than the lame homebrew alternatives I've seen posted here (vidcap cards that can't sync audio). I do it not simply becuase I think they did it better. Few corporations out there "get it". TiVo does. They have not only been hacker friendly, turning a blind eye to nearly all of it, but put in the minimal amount to keep the MPAA happy in newer models. They are also respectful of privacy in an industry that doesn't.
Recently a TiVo exec in a TV interview explained the level of privacy intrusion commercial PVRs are capable of. Not only could they report to interested parties that you watched Bend It Like Beckham at 2:00AM last night but you freezed framed on Kiera Knightley's upskirt cartwheel for 20 minutes. Most companies in a position to collect and distribute information like this are all to happy to profit and obfuscate their actions under a general license agreement. TiVo doesn't. They tell you exactly what they collect and where it goes. There also keen on keeping it this way.
Instead of just screaming violently at the groups that want to violate our electronic freedoms shouldn't we support the ones that think like us?
We need to support the few companies like this with our cash so maybe more will "get it". If respecting privacy isn't profitable what corp. is going to care? We already now what side the government is on.
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IIRC in the novel "Tru-View(tm) Blasses" were a favorite among elderly (who seem to be fond of wearing really big glasses anyway) to report nuisance and vandalism crimes by those damned teenagers.
But more likely, local news shows will have a "Rodney King Minute of the Day".
Either way, soon to be the bane of police departments everywhere.
Apologies to all, I cut and pasted my response from the PCMag forum and not only forgot to reformat it but also included the opening paragraph re a problem on their forums not /.
:) this article is inappropriate considering The TiVo is not dead nor dying yet. It is as inappropriate as Time running a cover on "Why Bush Has Already Lost the Election" or "Why You Need To Dump Your IBM Stock Now".
Any mods that can delete the previous post?
Anywyay here it is more readable.
First of all, (and besides the blasphemy
Yes, TiVo has a difficult fight simply because it is the "early adopter", which generally means that when huge corporations find someone making a profit in a new market, they jump in and take over. We've seen it before. Anyone remember when everyone predicted the death of Amazon.com because all the other publishers jumped into the market? If this was simply the case, Apple would have died off 20 years ago.
The author also goes on to blast TiVo for not having HDTV recording until this year. This is utterly ridiculous when it's clear that trying to push technology the public isn't ready for is the basis for TiVo's problem. DirecTV's new HDTiVo is superior in functionality to anything on the market allowing simultaneous recording of two HDTV programs from satellite and/or off-air programming. Nobody else offers anything close to this.
I have no more a crystal ball than the author of this article. It is very clear that TiVo has and is continuing to come up with new ways to innovate and expand. By adding HomeMedia media option I can hear about a program and go to my Palm and tell my TiVo to record the show no matter where I am. They have already made deals with software publishers to allow TiVo content to be burned to DVD (along with DRM). Whether TiVo survives as a standalone set top unit remains to be seen. TiVo began by diversifying itself with licensing to different manufacturers including DirecTV. Who knows what the future holds with "Strangeberry."
This past Christmas we saw a flood of new technology in PVRs and PVR to DVD recording units. Yet these things function no better than a crappy VCR. Clearly, whatever these companies do, they will be following the development path of TiVo. They can either license TiVo's software or take the time and money to develop the equivalent consumer friendly software and still pay TiVo to license the patents they own.
No matter what, calling a corporation dead when it's not even down is poor and wildly speculative journalism.
Sorry, this is my first post here and I assumed responses would be threaded appropriately considering this forum is run by a hi-tech outfit. I'll try to keep responses to the flow of conversation. First of all, (and besides the blasphemy :) this article is inappropriate considering The TiVo is not dead nor dying yet. It is as inappropriate as Time running a cover on "Why Bush Has Already Lost the Election" or "Why You Need To Dump Your IBM Stock Now".
Yes, TiVo has a difficult fight simply because it is the "early adopter", which generally means that when huge corporations find someone making a profit in a new market, they jump in and take over. We've seen it before. Anyone remember when everyone predicted the death of Amazon.com because all the other publishers jumped into the market? If this was simply the case, Apple would have died off 20 years ago.
The author also goes on to blast TiVo for not having HDTV recording until this year. This is utterly ridiculous when it's clear that trying to push technology the public isn't ready for is the basis for TiVo's problem. DirecTV's new HDTiVo is superior in functionality to anything on the market allowing simultaneous recording of two HDTV programs from satellite and/or off-air programming. Nobody else offers anything close to this.
I have no more a crystal ball than the author of this article. It is very clear that TiVo has and is continuing to come up with new ways to innovate and expand. By adding HomeMedia media option I can hear about a program and go to my Palm and tell my TiVo to record the show no matter where I am. They have already made deals with software publishers to allow TiVo content to be burned to DVD (along with DRM). Whether TiVo survives as a standalone set top unit remains to be seen. TiVo began by diversifying itself with licensing to different manufacturers including DirecTV. Who knows what the future holds with "Strangeberry."
This past Christmas we saw a flood of new technology in PVRs and PVR to DVD recording units. Yet these things function no better than a crappy VCR. Clearly, whatever these companies do, they will be following the development path of TiVo. They can either license TiVo's software or take the time and money to develop the equivalent consumer friendly software and still pay TiVo to license the patents they own.
No matter what, calling a corporation dead when it's not even down is poor and wildly speculative journalism.
Before I get started here, Sony, Pioneer and others make a 300 disc DVD carousel. You could always buy a couple of these.
Look, transferring a zillion DVDs to a hard drive each into their own directory is a no brainer. So it takes 4TB instead of 1TB uncompressed, no big deal. Time consuming - yes, difficult - no. A PC that can display them on a TV, monitor, HDTV, an off the shelf item.
Here are the drawbacks:
1)
Insulating the drive array from producing excessive noise and ruining the experience. Your choices are either build a sound-proof cage for it or network it from another room via gigabit or if you USB or 1394 if you trust them. Downside is wires through your house.
2)
The interface to 1000 titles. A directory window won't cut it. You want software that can fly through your list by categories etc. the way a good MP3 player will let you browse your music collection. I don't know of one yet, I could be wrong but you might end up writing this yourself.
In my modest setup, I use a networked PC with dual display, one going to a small 15" LCD on a coffee table and the other to the HDTV. Dual monitors are easier because the desktop and some software is happier on a standard sized screen vs. 960x540 etc.
One last note, don't use a Shuttle mini thinking it will work because it's small and cute and may match your decor. The have the noisiest fans I have ever come accross and are louder than a standard medium tower PC with 5. There are some other very low profile ones that are very quiet. I've also notice Western Digital's drives are much quiter than Maxtor's which seem to have a regular audible click (both with 8MB buffer) very noticable during a movie.
Have you thought of using the excess heat to run a popcorn popper for your home cinema?
is a buyout offer from Microsoft.
And no, this is not a joke.
Everyone knew the Mob wanted in on entertainment as part of their move to legit businesses. First record companies and then film studios. The way recording artists and their works are "owned", the way the market is contolled and owned, the way alternatives are squashed, and even the "protection money" blank media must pay them, all of these things show who is really standing behind the curtain. Buying politicians, law makers and even law enforcement? The Mob wrote the book on it. That's why it's called "organized" crime.
I think most of your statements correct with only one small oversight. While law enforcement may only apprehend criminals dumber than they are, they have procedures to follow that aid them in doing their task no matter how stupid they are.
First time criminals are the easiest to apprehend and fortunately this includes most murderers. Without experience most of them are caught simply by the investigator going through a checklist of what to look for and who are the most likely people to focus on. Without their own training in procedure they are at a disadvantage against someone equally stupid.
"Bloody glove? Huh, wha? Ummm...It's not mine."
Hopefully, that means no Shane episode and no Planet Vegas either.
But if I see a Daggit, I'm reaching for a weapon.
It's not just a good idea. It's frighteningly good if they can pull it off. Have you ever heard this response? I have.
"What OS do you have, Mac or Windows?"
"I think it's AOL."
Imagine hearing it a lot more.
Despite as little as 5,000 actual respondents the remaing "evidence" of deleted music was from "millions" misreading results of a recent Slashdot polls. How do you keep illegal MP3s on your PC?
[ ]1. I'm deaf you insensitive clod.
[ ]2. at 68 degrees Farnheit
[ ]3. I had Scotty put it in and infinite transporter feedback loop.
[ ]4. It's in Ogg Vorbis
[ ]5. at Cowboy Neal's house
Also:
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=957
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=922
sorry 'bout that formatting
Despite as little as 5,000 actual respondents the remaing "evidence" of deleted music was from "millions" misreading results of a recent Slashdot polls. How do you keep illegal MP3s on your PC? [ ]1. I'm deaf you insensitive clod. [ ]2. at 68 degrees Farnheit [ ]3. I had Scotty put it in and infinite transporter feedback loop. [ ]4. It's in Ogg Vorbis [ ]5. at Cowboy Neal's house http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=957 http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=922
Many viewers are unhappy that the Matrix did not play out the way the envisioned in their heads while they were taking a particularly good dump one day.
So sorry you need everything spelled out for you. But the purpose was to make you think while you enjoyed your popcorn not to show you Matrix I two more times.
Why is Neo the one?
Because the machines needed a programmable human that could go among the humans and return.
Why does he have some abilities outside the Matrix?
Because of that link to the machine world.
Smith is an equal and opposite balancing program. Smith is out of control because Neo is. Both have the ability to wreck the machine and human world. As Neo grows so does Smith.
"Nobody is freed."
Wrong. All humans that choose freedom over the Matrix will be given freedom, that's the truce.
"The focus is on Zion."
No the focus is on the war, it always was.
Is Neo dead? Probably, but the final shot of him is going off King Arthur style to Avalon until he is needed again.
"I'm completely disenchanted with the Wachowskis."
This series isn't for you. Enjoy your blue pill there's a cookie waiting when you wake up.
Way less adrenaline, way less cool fight correography than previous, but so what?
If you want the action and newness of the original just pop it in your DVD player. If you want over the top impossiblity of the action in #2 the go watch that.
The Matrix Trilogy is one of the few big studio franchises that doesn't rehash the first movie as many times as they think they can get away with it.
Revolutions is what it is. It is the conclusion, it is the winding down and the end of everything that went before it. So sit back and relax and remember it's a movie. And there'll be books and such to milk, I mean fill in the blanks.
Don't post pictures like that at lunchtime. We see NSFW warnings how about NSFL?
I've been saying this since the whole mess started. The entire purpose of SCO's suit has been to undermine the GPL. "People" kept telling me the GPL was iron clad and it was just a simple scheme to get rich quick with FUD. Yes, it's a gamble for them, but it's a gamble that isn't costing any real money, when you see some companies paying them off and their owners cashing out stock. If their scheme works the reward for certain parties is in the billion$. We need to stop sitting on our asses like a bunch of Democrats watching their House on fire. It's time to hit them legally with every recourse available. Even a marginal compromise to the GPL would be catastrophic. The GPL is just like any other legal document (or patent). The only proof of how valid it is, is in a court of law.
"Every description of why someone should buy a TiVo sounds like it's aimed at people who have never seen a VCR." YES! And very description of CDs is aimed at people who don't have 8-Tracks.
Orexin produced by the hypothalmus is what keeps us awake. Without it the brain returns to its natural state of unconsciousness. At night our body clock tells the hypothalmus to reduce its production and we go to sleep. I learned this this week because my TiVo recorded a science program for me based on my interests. So, chances are there was already a program on timeshifting your sleep but you missed it because you don't have TiVo. I suggest buying a TiVo and putting the words "timeshifting" and "sleep" as your keywords. There's also a serious concern is that orexin regulation may be used to make 24 hour work force. So be careful what you wish for.
I could use something cheaper but I use TiVo. I can build a PVR but I use TiVo. Heck, I could do a much better job than the lame homebrew alternatives I've seen posted here (vidcap cards that can't sync audio). I do it not simply becuase I think they did it better. Few corporations out there "get it". TiVo does. They have not only been hacker friendly, turning a blind eye to nearly all of it, but put in the minimal amount to keep the MPAA happy in newer models. They are also respectful of privacy in an industry that doesn't. Recently a TiVo exec in a TV interview explained the level of privacy intrusion commercial PVRs are capable of. Not only could they report to interested parties that you watched Bend It Like Beckham at 2:00AM last night but you freezed framed on Kiera Knightley's upskirt cartwheel for 20 minutes. Most companies in a position to collect and distribute information like this are all to happy to profit and obfuscate their actions under a general license agreement. TiVo doesn't. They tell you exactly what they collect and where it goes. There also keen on keeping it this way. Instead of just screaming violently at the groups that want to violate our electronic freedoms shouldn't we support the ones that think like us? We need to support the few companies like this with our cash so maybe more will "get it". If respecting privacy isn't profitable what corp. is going to care? We already now what side the government is on.