The article is about why TV hardware is broken. Not the shows available, which seems like every thread in this post is complaining about.
and to me it just sounds like this guy is channeling the ghost of Andy Rooney. TV is very broken once you start using any device other than an antenna. It takes so much work to make multiple devices work together, and even when you succeed, the chances of family members knowing how to work it is unlikely at best.
Every piece of hardware should have a universal control protocol that allows it to work together seamlessly. When you turn on the dvd, it should set the receiver and the tv input automatically. If you get vendor lock, sometimes you can get such things but even that's rare. Most people struggle with the very concept of tv inputs and when you have tvs with 8 or so, it's easy for mom to get lost.
No matter what, function requires a massive traditional remote control, which people don't use a 1/10 of. I don't know what the solution will look like, but it's nice to think at some point man will advance to a point where they can operate their entertainment system.
Maybe they just didn't make the commercial loud enough, or maybe they should make the screen flash enough to induce a seizure, then more people will buy their product!
The real problem is that sure, it can be argued that it makes sense from the point of view of taking down movie downloads, or whatever torrent of media is out there. But this will be used for constant shutdown of simple websites (text, images, macros) that grab things from other sites. Not that sites should steal content, but it's a bit heavy handed.
the complication is its impossible to meet people because they are scattered amongst a hundred shards. Multiply it by the different zones and you never see the same people. Add to it the drop in drop out nature of grouping and the social aspect suffers. Having seperate servers like WoW have their own issues with having friends who play but are not on your server, but at least the people who are on the server you see day in and out.
I'm kinda stalled at 29 because of the group instances, but I don't know people. I don't even know where to go for lfg grouping (ala IF). The built in lfg tool seems to be ignored, to the point that when I tried it, trying to send a message to the people in the list showed noone was online. Maybe they were on an alt, I don't know. You would think the interface would send the message to the currently online character.
I suppose I could join a random supergroup recruiting but I like to actually meet people before joining a group.
Even if you use a gamecard you are required to sign up with a credit card. If he used his mothers, she would have no problem calling blizzard and getting access. If its someone elses, that would be a different challenge.
Why do you expect to move up when your only experience is tech support and out of college 2 years? You get hired based on real skills, learned in the real world, from real businesses. Knowledge is useless without application. If you're looking for a programming job, then look for a programming job, and take what you can get. Then you'll build experience that you can point to and people will have a reason to hire you.
Its like thinking you'll become a video game programmer by being a QA tester.
I use to work for a company that sent tens of thousands of collection notices (outsourced). There was a postal program that they were wanting to beta for tracking mail. It wasnt real time, there was like a day delay, and I think the last point it could track was the destination P.O. but it did track the mail they sent out. The letter itself just had a little bit of extra coding in the same area they use for address change notification. (If you ever look at your mail from a large volume mailer, you'll see a #XYZXYZZ and sometimes a code after it. Those first 7 characters is the mailer, who will receive back the change of address information. The characters following is an optional user defined account number. That service is called ACS (Address Change Service). Its not much of leap after that to tag it for tracking. Anyway, the USPS does use optical scanners that can read and OCR the mail provided its automation ready. Not the greatest OCR because it can have issues with fonts. It wouldnt be a huge jump to be able to track the mail. What slows things down considerably is handwritten addresses which end up being psuedo-hand routed. If you want to avoid any tracking, my recommendation is go handwriting, I cant imagine them using the resources to retype and label every single piece of mail that doesnt hit automation standards.
1) Its what she wants, and no matter what you feel, if that really what she wants then you should give it to her. Otherwise you're starting the marriage off with disappointment.
2) If you worry you're supporting blood deeds, then buy a used ring. Any pawn shop will have a selection at least the size of the local jeweler. After all Publishers complain used books dont pay rolalties, and neither do used rings.
3) The ring is a MAJOR factor as to how her girlfriends regard her and you. Get something other than a diamond and watch the polite compliments coming in. Every person she meets from then on will judge her by that ring.
4) If buying a ring at a pawn shop seems to impersonal, you can always buy one, have the stone removed and placed into a new setting.
5) Dont cheap out, in theory she will have to wear the thing for the rest of her life.
6) Since you're not going to surprise her with the ring than you might as well take her shopping for one. Dont buy it with her but learn the style she wants, that way you dont buy her some ugly white elephant of a ring that she's stuck with for life.
If the gov't thinks this process should be moving quicker, why don't they propose a standard, or build a cheaper TV set? I have no respect for those who whine about arbitrary deadlines, without considering the issues.
Hello bueler, what do you think the speech said. The FCC laid down an ultimatum to finish it in 6 months or take their draft.
Full CD section Full VHS section In their day they used to carry Laserdiscs, no longer Largest DVD section ive found about 300 feet of Computer books (4 shelves) with everything from certification to 'for dummies' Dreamcast,N64, Playstation Vacuum Cleaner, Pasta Maker, Convection Oven, Toaster Oven, Dishwasher, Deep Fryer, Coffee Makers, Coffee Grinders, Kitchen Aid Mixers & Slicers, Electric Rice Cooker, Bread Machines, Clothes Washer & Dryer, VCR's, DVDs, Receivers, Speakers, TV's (normal,hdtv, jumbothings)
THAT MAKES UP THE FIRST THIRD OF THE STORE
Then you have your software, your hardware (from crappy premade deal of the month type things to individual components (motherboard, floppies, cpu, ram, power) to the really prettily boxed Graphic cards and sound cards and speaker systems and then there are a couple isles for cabling for networks and hubs and switches and tigers oh my. They have some toys, whatever is popular, a magazine rack the size of hell, a small minimart worth of food and paper products. Then there is the small cafe for snacks, ice cream and coffee. Plus during checkout you are subjected to every candy known to man.
It is the truly one stop geek store.
But Frye's is pure evil
The staff is stupid No, beyond what you have encountered before. These people are specially shipped in. They are stupid, lazy, annoying, and have no interest in what you may or may not be purchasing.
Without a doubt they take returns, slap a sticker on them (if you are lucky) and put them on a shelf. My friend bought a spindle of CDR's and 90% of them had already been burnt. I know one guy got a video card, got home opened it, and their were scorch marks on it.
Exchanges take at least a half hour (more like an hour plus). It's an amazing process where they can go through as many as 5 supervisors depending on wether its a return, an exchange, and exchange for an item in their cage.. (did i mention they keep all their small electronics (chips, etc) locked in a cage with a special warden.)
Get this, to buy memory: They ring it up Call a supervisor The supervisor takes the request to the cage The cage person finds it The supervisor signs for it The supervisor brings it to you You pay for it Then they want to inspect it at the door
The golden lining. THEY ARE INCREDIBLY STUPID. If you know what you are shopping for you can make out like a bandit as they NEVER PRICE ANYTHING CORRECTLY
When 28.8k modems came out, I bought it at the 14.4 price. about $150 difference
Back when 4x CDRoms were a cool thing they had a 1x for $50. Oh and the identical boxes of 4x were the same price. (instead of like $300)
Back when DRAM was insanely priced and most boxes had 1024k, he bought 4 megs for his 386 running a bbs, and they only charged him for 1 meg. thousands in savings.
Lots of times they mark things down for sales and then dont fix it. So you find all these boxes at one price, and then another that is like 30 dollars below.
You absolutely must know what you are shopping for though. And accept you may have to a return (repeatedly)
And that, people, is what Frye's is. A little bit of heaven and hell all rolled up in one.
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LA's cut is 35% off the top i believe
It's an interesting thought, but I would be concerned that the OS may get a revision and move the key placements slightly and screw it all up.
The article is about why TV hardware is broken. Not the shows available, which seems like every thread in this post is complaining about.
and to me it just sounds like this guy is channeling the ghost of Andy Rooney. TV is very broken once you start using any device other than an antenna. It takes so much work to make multiple devices work together, and even when you succeed, the chances of family members knowing how to work it is unlikely at best.
Every piece of hardware should have a universal control protocol that allows it to work together seamlessly. When you turn on the dvd, it should set the receiver and the tv input automatically. If you get vendor lock, sometimes you can get such things but even that's rare. Most people struggle with the very concept of tv inputs and when you have tvs with 8 or so, it's easy for mom to get lost.
No matter what, function requires a massive traditional remote control, which people don't use a 1/10 of. I don't know what the solution will look like, but it's nice to think at some point man will advance to a point where they can operate their entertainment system.
They changed it to SyFy because they wanted to be able to trademark the name. They tried to trademark Sci-Fi but it was too generic.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-18603_1-10197108-73.html
So yeah, that's why.
Maybe they just didn't make the commercial loud enough, or maybe they should make the screen flash enough to induce a seizure, then more people will buy their product!
That would be 20 minutes into the future.
The real problem is that sure, it can be argued that it makes sense from the point of view of taking down movie downloads, or whatever torrent of media is out there. But this will be used for constant shutdown of simple websites (text, images, macros) that grab things from other sites. Not that sites should steal content, but it's a bit heavy handed.
She probably sees the camera, doesn't want to be filmed, and is holding her wallet up to cover her face.
Or perhaps they are using some big ass lighting and its blinding her.
But I think a wallet is more sensible an answer than a cellphone.
Besides, this thing SCREAMS viral marketing.
I'll give it 7 out of 10 for being an interesting hook.
the Obama administration has become very concerned with the situation in Azeroth and plan to spend 10 billion in on-line gold to help the cause.
I've heard rumors Azeroth is facing an upcoming Cataclysm that will allow the Obama administration to enforce marshal law and suspend elections.
the complication is its impossible to meet people because they are scattered amongst a hundred shards. Multiply it by the different zones and you never see the same people. Add to it the drop in drop out nature of grouping and the social aspect suffers. Having seperate servers like WoW have their own issues with having friends who play but are not on your server, but at least the people who are on the server you see day in and out.
I'm kinda stalled at 29 because of the group instances, but I don't know people. I don't even know where to go for lfg grouping (ala IF). The built in lfg tool seems to be ignored, to the point that when I tried it, trying to send a message to the people in the list showed noone was online. Maybe they were on an alt, I don't know. You would think the interface would send the message to the currently online character.
I suppose I could join a random supergroup recruiting but I like to actually meet people before joining a group.
I like wiki because it's such a clean, fast, text layout with nothing special. I don't see how this is going to improve things.
Now that they can't charge $50 for a few dozen bricks, I can't imagine them surviving. Expect layoffs and diminished lines.
On one hand, it's kinda cool, because for a very long time their product has been way overpriced.
On the other hand, it'll be an end of an era.
Too bad they aren't a US company. We probably could of just given them a 75 billion dollar bail out.
If it was true, planes would be crashing every hour.
ones who understand what native upscalers do for hdtvs.
Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!
Even if you use a gamecard you are required to sign up with a credit card. If he used his mothers, she would have no problem calling blizzard and getting access. If its someone elses, that would be a different challenge.
You want what you cant have more.
It could be some other type of browser.
Adulthood & Responsibility
I canceled netflix two years ago and they required calling. no news there.
I canceled my Tivo subscript yesterday and they required a call too.
Dell cant even ship their computers on time in the U.S.
Why do you expect to move up when your only experience is tech support and out of college 2 years? You get hired based on real skills, learned in the real world, from real businesses. Knowledge is useless without application. If you're looking for a programming job, then look for a programming job, and take what you can get. Then you'll build experience that you can point to and people will have a reason to hire you.
Its like thinking you'll become a video game programmer by being a QA tester.
I use to work for a company that sent tens of thousands of collection notices (outsourced). There was a postal program that they were wanting to beta for tracking mail. It wasnt real time, there was like a day delay, and I think the last point it could track was the destination P.O. but it did track the mail they sent out. The letter itself just had a little bit of extra coding in the same area they use for address change notification. (If you ever look at your mail from a large volume mailer, you'll see a #XYZXYZZ and sometimes a code after it. Those first 7 characters is the mailer, who will receive back the change of address information. The characters following is an optional user defined account number. That service is called ACS (Address Change Service). Its not much of leap after that to tag it for tracking. Anyway, the USPS does use optical scanners that can read and OCR the mail provided its automation ready. Not the greatest OCR because it can have issues with fonts. It wouldnt be a huge jump to be able to track the mail. What slows things down considerably is handwritten addresses which end up being psuedo-hand routed. If you want to avoid any tracking, my recommendation is go handwriting, I cant imagine them using the resources to retype and label every single piece of mail that doesnt hit automation standards.
1) Its what she wants, and no matter what you feel, if that really what she wants then you should give it to her. Otherwise you're starting the marriage off with disappointment.
2) If you worry you're supporting blood deeds, then buy a used ring. Any pawn shop will have a selection at least the size of the local jeweler. After all Publishers complain used books dont pay rolalties, and neither do used rings.
3) The ring is a MAJOR factor as to how her girlfriends regard her and you. Get something other than a diamond and watch the polite compliments coming in. Every person she meets from then on will judge her by that ring.
4) If buying a ring at a pawn shop seems to impersonal, you can always buy one, have the stone removed and placed into a new setting.
5) Dont cheap out, in theory she will have to wear the thing for the rest of her life.
6) Since you're not going to surprise her with the ring than you might as well take her shopping for one. Dont buy it with her but learn the style she wants, that way you dont buy her some ugly white elephant of a ring that she's stuck with for life.
If the gov't thinks this process should be moving quicker, why don't they propose a standard, or build a cheaper TV set? I have no respect for those who whine about arbitrary deadlines, without considering the issues.
Hello bueler, what do you think the speech said. The FCC laid down an ultimatum to finish it in 6 months or take their draft.
Frye's is the geeks holy pilgramage.
Lets take the Sacramento store...
Full CD section
Full VHS section
In their day they used to carry Laserdiscs, no longer
Largest DVD section ive found
about 300 feet of Computer books (4 shelves) with everything from certification to 'for dummies'
Dreamcast,N64, Playstation
Vacuum Cleaner, Pasta Maker, Convection Oven, Toaster Oven, Dishwasher, Deep Fryer, Coffee Makers, Coffee Grinders, Kitchen Aid Mixers & Slicers, Electric Rice Cooker, Bread Machines, Clothes Washer & Dryer, VCR's, DVDs, Receivers, Speakers, TV's (normal,hdtv, jumbothings)
THAT MAKES UP THE FIRST THIRD OF THE STORE
Then you have your software, your hardware (from crappy premade deal of the month type things to individual components (motherboard, floppies, cpu, ram, power) to the really prettily boxed Graphic cards and sound cards and speaker systems and then there are a couple isles for cabling for networks and hubs and switches and tigers oh my. They have some toys, whatever is popular, a magazine rack the size of hell, a small minimart worth of food and paper products. Then there is the small cafe for snacks, ice cream and coffee. Plus during checkout you are subjected to every candy known to man.
It is the truly one stop geek store.
But Frye's is pure evil
The staff is stupid
No, beyond what you have encountered before. These people are specially shipped in. They are stupid, lazy, annoying, and have no interest in what you may or may not be purchasing.
Without a doubt they take returns, slap a sticker on them (if you are lucky) and put them on a shelf. My friend bought a spindle of CDR's and 90% of them had already been burnt. I know one guy got a video card, got home opened it, and their were scorch marks on it.
Exchanges take at least a half hour (more like an hour plus). It's an amazing process where they can go through as many as 5 supervisors depending on wether its a return, an exchange, and exchange for an item in their cage.. (did i mention they keep all their small electronics (chips, etc) locked in a cage with a special warden.)
Get this, to buy memory:
They ring it up
Call a supervisor
The supervisor takes the request to the cage
The cage person finds it
The supervisor signs for it
The supervisor brings it to you
You pay for it
Then they want to inspect it at the door
The golden lining. THEY ARE INCREDIBLY STUPID.
If you know what you are shopping for you can make out like a bandit as they NEVER PRICE ANYTHING CORRECTLY
When 28.8k modems came out, I bought it at the 14.4 price. about $150 difference
Back when 4x CDRoms were a cool thing they had a 1x for $50. Oh and the identical boxes of 4x were the same price. (instead of like $300)
Back when DRAM was insanely priced and most boxes had 1024k, he bought 4 megs for his 386 running a bbs, and they only charged him for 1 meg. thousands in savings.
Lots of times they mark things down for sales and then dont fix it. So you find all these boxes at one price, and then another that is like 30 dollars below.
You absolutely must know what you are shopping for though. And accept you may have to a return (repeatedly)
And that, people, is what Frye's is. A little bit of heaven and hell all rolled up in one.