Norton AntiVirus will continue to do its job after those 60 days - it will still scan for viruses known to it. It just won't accept new virus definitions.
NAV is pretty insistent that it won't update itself after that trial expires, also.
I've never seen this happen with my "favorites" list, because I don't use it.
I know they're automatically selected on my "Channels I Receive" list on my DirecTiVo. I expect this behavior, it is a channel I receive. I would imagine that it's just a simple bug and not worth getting upset about. When I see a suggestion on a channel I don't watch, I just go update the list.
On the standalone TiVos, you used to get notified via messages about pending channel changes. DirecTiVos don't do that. I thought it was more of an annoyance than anything else.
If you could get an HDTV card with a QAM tuner, you can view HDTV broadcasts over cable. ATSC is used for over-the-air, QAM is the cable standard.
Most cable operators here in the US (including Comcast and TimeWarner) have promised NOT to re-encode the HD locals, so if you have a QAM tuner you can pull them right off your coax.
THEN you can just record the actual QAM stream! Basically do exactly what a DirecTiVo does. That wuold be the most efficient way to do it. Your PC just isn't fast enough to encode the video and audio in realtime.
The current XFree86 driver works, but relies on VESA video modes. The driver released two years ago or so by Intel is useless, as it just causes X to crash immediately.
I really hate it when vendors make one release of the driver then EOL the product. (Kinda like the Radeon M7 in my Dell Inspiron 4150!)
Don't lump the actual developers at Microsoft in with management's decisions. You're implying that the developers do not want to do a good job or write good code. This is simply untrue, and I know that from personal experience.
Just because management decided not to allow a developer to fix this bug six months ago, does not mean the developer does not want to! Blame management, don't blame the developers.
On a Windows platform, #1 and #3 are certainly not true.
#1) WScript.echo("foo"); #3) var foo = new ActiveXObject("ADODB.Recordset");
Yes, you won't be running this in a web browser (unless you find the next script vulnerability in Windows), but save it as a.js file locally and run with:
cscript foo.js
if you want it on the console, or
wscript foo.js
if you want it ran without the console.
Also, you could save it locally as a.hta and run it. That's an "HTML Application" - full browser interface, zero security.
If I see one more msndirect.com billboard in Los Angeles...
I don't want a watch that tells me my stocks. I can do that with my cell phone if I really want to, with a bigger and easier to read screen. Even that isn't necessary but every once in a while WAP is handy.
It's NOT that the XP interface is perfect. It's that it is well understood and used by people every day! If Linux looks completely foreign to your normal, average end user, you'll have a very hard time getting them to use it.
If you were to go to a car dealership and find a new car that had its speedometer upside down, steering wheel was a yoke (think helicopter), etc etc, would you be wary of it at first?
The current TimeWarner DVR box (atleast here in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles) allows you to timeshift normal programs. The box you're thinking of is the standard box that does iControl (on-demand - I have that box also)
The TimeWarner DVR box has a great interface, but has one major drawback - DO NOT put it in your stereo cabinet, especially if it has doors on it. The unit has no cooling system and will quite quickly eat its hard drive alive.
The TW DVR box is also dual tuner, so it defintely competes with the DirecTV DVR (TiVo) service.
The DirecTV HD-DVR will set you back $1k also, unless you're a new subscriber, then you can pick one up for like $99 or something, when it's actually released.
Weather does not greatly impact DirecTV signal either. I moved to LA from Seattle, and my satellite never suffered from "rain fade". The key is to make sure you have a signal quality of 90% or more on a clear, sunny day, then you won't be affected. A friend can't get better than 75-80% on a good day, and he was drastically affected by rain fade. That ruined more than one Mariners game we tried to watch!
"I don't buy Kia's [kia.com] because I believe that they are lousy automobiles."
I drive a 2001 Kia Rio with 42,000 miles on it so far. It has been a fantastic car. Only regularly scheduled maintenance and a brake job at 38,000 miles.
By comparison, one of my best friends drives a 2001 Jaguar X-Type. It has been in the shop countless times. As a matter of fact, he's on his second X-Type. Jaguar bought back his first one due to the number of problems. His second one is only slightly better.
I think your definition of a quality vehicle might be lacking a bit.
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Corporations regularly push out restrictive Windows policies to stop users from tweaking the desktop beyond repair.
IT departments want a unified desktop - it'll lower support costs. Picture this help desk call:
HD: Sir, what desktop are you using?
User: I dunno.
HD: Do you see a K or a foot in the lower left?
User: Ummm, it's a foot.
HD: Hold on while I transfer you to a GNOME specialist.
User: A what? I'm not a gnome!
Saying, "Vulcan Venture's Paul Allen" would be more accurate at this point.
Norton AntiVirus will continue to do its job after those 60 days - it will still scan for viruses known to it. It just won't accept new virus definitions.
NAV is pretty insistent that it won't update itself after that trial expires, also.
I've never seen this happen with my "favorites" list, because I don't use it.
I know they're automatically selected on my "Channels I Receive" list on my DirecTiVo. I expect this behavior, it is a channel I receive. I would imagine that it's just a simple bug and not worth getting upset about. When I see a suggestion on a channel I don't watch, I just go update the list.
On the standalone TiVos, you used to get notified via messages about pending channel changes. DirecTiVos don't do that. I thought it was more of an annoyance than anything else.
I just attempted to install the new drivers on a Radeon M7 (in my Dell Inspiron 4150).
Well, I'm not shocked, but it doesn't work with this card. ATI has this very bad habit of dropping support for a card too early.
Atleast NVIDIA releases unified drivers, so recent updates even work for my old Diamond Viper V330 card!
No, you really don't need CVS or ClearCase for that. Right click on a file, choose Compare With... then Local History.
It keeps a history.
It is NOT Microsoft's fault the document was leaked.
Calling the "Track Changes" feature a security exploit is just like calling cvs a security exploit!
Okay I have to bite on this one. Word has the ability to track changes to a document. Exactly how is this a Microsoft security breach?!
In my copy of Microsoft Word 2002, this is turned off by default and you have to turn it on.
Hrm.. Let's see here. Eclipse, the IDE, keeps an internal history repository of my source code. Damn security breach!
Stop karma whoring by bashing Microsoft with stupid crap. If you're going to bash them for security holes, pick a real exploit.
Hotmail blocks my best friend's last name, which is Raper, because it's "offensive"...
No, you're trolling.
Here's a small sample of still active commercial products:
* Windows
* Office
* Mac OS
* Visual Studio
* CorelDRAW
* Netscape
* QuarkXPress
* Adobe Photoshop
No, that still isn't the best thing to do.
If you could get an HDTV card with a QAM tuner, you can view HDTV broadcasts over cable. ATSC is used for over-the-air, QAM is the cable standard.
Most cable operators here in the US (including Comcast and TimeWarner) have promised NOT to re-encode the HD locals, so if you have a QAM tuner you can pull them right off your coax.
THEN you can just record the actual QAM stream! Basically do exactly what a DirecTiVo does. That wuold be the most efficient way to do it. Your PC just isn't fast enough to encode the video and audio in realtime.
I prefer my 56" of DLP viewing pleasure. :)
Anyhow, if you're in 1600x1200, you CAN see a 1080i broadcast pixel-for-pixel on your monitor.
Some regular monitors will do native HDTV resolutions too, so that would work.
The current XFree86 driver works, but relies on VESA video modes. The driver released two years ago or so by Intel is useless, as it just causes X to crash immediately.
I really hate it when vendors make one release of the driver then EOL the product. (Kinda like the Radeon M7 in my Dell Inspiron 4150!)
While you are absolutely correct, he with the most money wins in the US court system.
Microsoft will just sue you into oblivion, and when you run out of money, they'll have won.
Now wait a minute here.
Don't lump the actual developers at Microsoft in with management's decisions. You're implying that the developers do not want to do a good job or write good code. This is simply untrue, and I know that from personal experience.
Just because management decided not to allow a developer to fix this bug six months ago, does not mean the developer does not want to! Blame management, don't blame the developers.
On a Windows platform, #1 and #3 are certainly not true.
.js file locally and run with:
.hta and run it. That's an "HTML Application" - full browser interface, zero security.
#1) WScript.echo("foo");
#3) var foo = new ActiveXObject("ADODB.Recordset");
Yes, you won't be running this in a web browser (unless you find the next script vulnerability in Windows), but save it as a
cscript foo.js
if you want it on the console, or
wscript foo.js
if you want it ran without the console.
Also, you could save it locally as a
Wrong!!
Think Big Brother, the television show!
Atleast, that's what I thought of immediately, and that's how it was intended.
I agree with you on operator overloading 100%.
Since Java doesn't support it, I can expect to be able to do this:
if(foo.equals("blah")) {
}
to work, but in C++, for example:
if(foo == "blah") {
}
Riiiight, doesn't work. If someone overloads == properly, it might work.
Operator overloading is the equivalent of giving someone three feet of rope and waiting for them to hang themselves.
That reminds me.
If I see one more msndirect.com billboard in Los Angeles...
I don't want a watch that tells me my stocks. I can do that with my cell phone if I really want to, with a bigger and easier to read screen. Even that isn't necessary but every once in a while WAP is handy.
*argh*
It's NOT that the XP interface is perfect. It's that it is well understood and used by people every day! If Linux looks completely foreign to your normal, average end user, you'll have a very hard time getting them to use it.
If you were to go to a car dealership and find a new car that had its speedometer upside down, steering wheel was a yoke (think helicopter), etc etc, would you be wary of it at first?
The current TimeWarner DVR box (atleast here in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles) allows you to timeshift normal programs. The box you're thinking of is the standard box that does iControl (on-demand - I have that box also)
The TimeWarner DVR box has a great interface, but has one major drawback - DO NOT put it in your stereo cabinet, especially if it has doors on it. The unit has no cooling system and will quite quickly eat its hard drive alive.
The TW DVR box is also dual tuner, so it defintely competes with the DirecTV DVR (TiVo) service.
The DirecTV HD-DVR will set you back $1k also, unless you're a new subscriber, then you can pick one up for like $99 or something, when it's actually released.
Weather does not greatly impact DirecTV signal either. I moved to LA from Seattle, and my satellite never suffered from "rain fade". The key is to make sure you have a signal quality of 90% or more on a clear, sunny day, then you won't be affected. A friend can't get better than 75-80% on a good day, and he was drastically affected by rain fade. That ruined more than one Mariners game we tried to watch!
"I don't buy Kia's [kia.com] because I believe that they are lousy automobiles."
I drive a 2001 Kia Rio with 42,000 miles on it so far. It has been a fantastic car. Only regularly scheduled maintenance and a brake job at 38,000 miles.
By comparison, one of my best friends drives a 2001 Jaguar X-Type. It has been in the shop countless times. As a matter of fact, he's on his second X-Type. Jaguar bought back his first one due to the number of problems. His second one is only slightly better.
I think your definition of a quality vehicle might be lacking a bit.
I can see it now:
Next up on TechTV, "Queer Eye for the Geek Guy!"
The 800XL had a normal keyboard :)
Atari 8 bit computers and BASIC... Couldn't afford to buy the software so we wrote it ourselves.
The only software that was ever purchased for my Atari 800XL was AtariWriter and Hardball. I wrote everything else myself and was never bored.
I would not be where I am today if I had not gotten that Atari as a kid.