You're right. I apologize for getting the numbers wrong. It totally invalidates my argument! Oh wait... no it doesn't. My point was that video streaming adds up fast, and I'm wondering how quickly one would exceed the limit, regardless what it is. But seriously. I do apologize for not having the numbers or looking them up before posting.
1. MPAA who? 2. A lot of cable modem users are getting bandwidth limits imposed on them. Some companies (like cox) are limiting home users to 3 GB per month down, 1 up... How many hours of this TV Brick thing would that be?
I NEED to know which one is cooler than the other. I can't be going to school tomorrow and know I have the wrong video card in my computer. If the other kids find out, I will be the laughing stock of the A/V club!
Even to me, a Republican! By now, maybe these guys should have figured out that shooting off from the hip like that is a "Bad Thing"
I really think he'd gain a lot of credibility if anyone in the country thought he could install a printer. Now he's talking about destroying constituents' computers. Great idea. I think we need 400 more just like him! Geez.
For the short term hybrid vehicles are definitely the solution - they don't require any infrastrucutre and reduce pollution and oil use immediately
I really hope it's the way to go and becomes more and more efficient. But as it is now, the cars pretty much have to be made of tin-foil (light light light) to gain a lot of mileage.
Bah. 1000 feet is nearly useless. You lose 999 feet in the Central Office half the time. I'll take the 4Mb at home, though. It's nice to see DSL is still competitive with cable's downstream.
I tend to agree in that I find the wisdom of flying aircraft that can be interfered with by an every day gizmo a little questionable. I talked to a pilot about this a while back and he said that yes, it's true, the cabling is not very shielded, so sometimes even laptops in mid-flight can cause instruments/radio to flake out a little, since the EM tends to bounce all around inside the metal hollow cylinder you're in. Has anyone ever left their phone on anyway and checked their signal strength at 35,000 feet?
That has some merit to it, but keep in mind, the rover that landed a few years ago had a LOT of off-the-shelf parts in it. I doubt NASA or its contractors are going to build 1970's-era hardware (less tiny chips) for a 2003 mission. Heck, they don't even do it to replace parts on the shuttle. They buy them from ebay and other warehouses of old parts.
that would, sadly, create an enormous incentive for people to make false and misleading accusations against telemarketers in order to get the fine money false and misleading methods to obtain someone else's money... Some would say turnabout is fair play.
Hopefully mods will see past the topic before modding me down... TiVo has been saying they're doing to do this for years now. It's always been planned to do this by zip code with no names. Yeah, it's really going to suck. They're (The networks) are going to figure out what we like and make MORE OF IT! Yeah, we're screwed over on this one, alright. TiVo users are probably very heavily in the tech. industry. That means our shows are probably pretty similar. Family Guy, Futurama, John Doe (maybe), The Agency... Seeing a pattern here? Shows that were cancelled. Maybe we can balance out the Neilson ratings. They use, what? 4000 families for the whole country?
I hope you're not suggesting they hack their cards or illegally unencrypt signals just because "they happen to be falling into our backyard anyway." I don't think I want us to have to deal with an alien DMCA lawsuit with their version of the MPAA. Maybe it's just me.
Apple failed all consumer reports for not adequately dealing with the customers calling in for hardware/software issues on X86 compatible clones people built in their garages.
There is nothing wrong with my Mirrored Ghz Dual G4. No really. What? Fan noise? No no... We're close to an airport. No, my neck isn't itchy, why do you ask?
Agreed. Very insightful. I personally haven't upgraded because of the cost, and because I think my ability to extract video snippets from shows will disappear. On the plus side, the new units are faster and can get on my home network even more easily.
As for more more more features, let's not over-geek the product to a point where it's scaring people away. There is a large enough market between the people that fear computers but are OK with their VCR's that TiVo would be wise not to frighten off with too many buttons/menus.
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That's got to be step number one, no matter what. Without a method to send the mail in a sneaky manner, tracing it back to the source becomes a lot easier. Outlawing forged headers is almost tied with this. Set up a joint FTC/FCC task force that tracks down businesses running open/misconfigured mail servers that allow the relaying. Let's say a starting fine of $200 for servers that have relayed more than 1000 messages. $500 for 10,000+ and so on. Administrator ignorance is the #1 reason we're getting so much of this crap in our boxes. Motivate them to educate themselves with a hit to the pocketbook, and we may start making some progress. Anyone reading this knows there are a plethora of things to do... We just need to spread the word to our counterparts who don't.
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Quite right. Sorry about getting the numbers wrong. I should have looked them up.
You're right. I apologize for getting the numbers wrong. It totally invalidates my argument! Oh wait... no it doesn't. My point was that video streaming adds up fast, and I'm wondering how quickly one would exceed the limit, regardless what it is.
But seriously. I do apologize for not having the numbers or looking them up before posting.
1. MPAA who?
2. A lot of cable modem users are getting bandwidth limits imposed on them. Some companies (like cox) are limiting home users to 3 GB per month down, 1 up... How many hours of this TV Brick thing would that be?
I NEED to know which one is cooler than the other. I can't be going to school tomorrow and know I have the wrong video card in my computer. If the other kids find out, I will be the laughing stock of the A/V club!
By now, maybe these guys should have figured out that shooting off from the hip like that is a "Bad Thing"
I really think he'd gain a lot of credibility if anyone in the country thought he could install a printer. Now he's talking about destroying constituents' computers. Great idea. I think we need 400 more just like him! Geez.
For the short term hybrid vehicles are definitely the solution - they don't require any infrastrucutre and reduce pollution and oil use immediately
I really hope it's the way to go and becomes more and more efficient. But as it is now, the cars pretty much have to be made of tin-foil (light light light) to gain a lot of mileage.
Bah. 1000 feet is nearly useless. You lose 999 feet in the Central Office half the time. I'll take the 4Mb at home, though. It's nice to see DSL is still competitive with cable's downstream.
I agree. I hope it puts them under, quite frankly.
Man oh man is that gonna be a headache for telemarketers when the number portability goes through.
I tend to agree in that I find the wisdom of flying aircraft that can be interfered with by an every day gizmo a little questionable. I talked to a pilot about this a while back and he said that yes, it's true, the cabling is not very shielded, so sometimes even laptops in mid-flight can cause instruments/radio to flake out a little, since the EM tends to bounce all around inside the metal hollow cylinder you're in.
Has anyone ever left their phone on anyway and checked their signal strength at 35,000 feet?
What if you played a game of counterstrike or some other game where you shoot at terrorists?
Very nice. So I guess it runs off the pure power of geek? Or have they nailed that whole zero point energy conundrum?
That has some merit to it, but keep in mind, the rover that landed a few years ago had a LOT of off-the-shelf parts in it. I doubt NASA or its contractors are going to build 1970's-era hardware (less tiny chips) for a 2003 mission. Heck, they don't even do it to replace parts on the shuttle. They buy them from ebay and other warehouses of old parts.
I can't remember the difference. Is that extortion or blackmail?
that would, sadly, create an enormous incentive for people to make false and misleading accusations against telemarketers in order to get the fine money
false and misleading methods to obtain someone else's money... Some would say turnabout is fair play.
Hopefully mods will see past the topic before modding me down...
TiVo has been saying they're doing to do this for years now. It's always been planned to do this by zip code with no names. Yeah, it's really going to suck. They're (The networks) are going to figure out what we like and make MORE OF IT! Yeah, we're screwed over on this one, alright.
TiVo users are probably very heavily in the tech. industry. That means our shows are probably pretty similar. Family Guy, Futurama, John Doe (maybe), The Agency... Seeing a pattern here? Shows that were cancelled. Maybe we can balance out the Neilson ratings. They use, what? 4000 families for the whole country?
I hope you're not suggesting they hack their cards or illegally unencrypt signals just because "they happen to be falling into our backyard anyway."
I don't think I want us to have to deal with an alien DMCA lawsuit with their version of the MPAA. Maybe it's just me.
Someone needs to stream it. I hear Taco did a great little dance. Something about his girlfriend trying to get an Airport signal.
Apple failed all consumer reports for not adequately dealing with the customers calling in for hardware/software issues on X86 compatible clones people built in their garages.
There is nothing wrong with my Mirrored Ghz Dual G4. No really. What? Fan noise? No no... We're close to an airport. No, my neck isn't itchy, why do you ask?
I agree, if solar is efficient enough to bother with in 30 years. What's it at right now? 20% tops?
That's funny. We used to call our IP administrator the IP Nazi.
Of course, that changed when he was promoted and the new guy was German... Well, it changed out loud in public!
Agreed. Very insightful. I personally haven't upgraded because of the cost, and because I think my ability to extract video snippets from shows will disappear. On the plus side, the new units are faster and can get on my home network even more easily.
As for more more more features, let's not over-geek the product to a point where it's scaring people away. There is a large enough market between the people that fear computers but are OK with their VCR's that TiVo would be wise not to frighten off with too many buttons/menus.
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That's got to be step number one, no matter what.
Without a method to send the mail in a sneaky manner, tracing it back to the source becomes a lot easier. Outlawing forged headers is almost tied with this. Set up a joint FTC/FCC task force that tracks down businesses running open/misconfigured mail servers that allow the relaying. Let's say a starting fine of $200 for servers that have relayed more than 1000 messages. $500 for 10,000+ and so on.
Administrator ignorance is the #1 reason we're getting so much of this crap in our boxes. Motivate them to educate themselves with a hit to the pocketbook, and we may start making some progress.
Anyone reading this knows there are a plethora of things to do... We just need to spread the word to our counterparts who don't.