The problem with TVersity and PS3Media Server is that they require your desktop to be on to transcode everything. I store my media on a NAS and I even have to run Twonky on the NAS to get it to talk to the 360's custom uPnP thing. I'm holding out for the Boxee Box so it can stream online and local network content without having a go-between.
This is why I'm still hopeful for the Boxee Box. It's twice the price of the Roku but the local/networked media streaming, multiple content sources and QWERTY remote all look promising.
We're talking about two different things here. You're talking about the end user's connection. Net Neutrality is about the content providers' connection.
I have no problem with tiered bandwidth plans. I play online games and stream movies and TV shows over Hulu and Netflix so I gladly pay for the top tier service to have the most available bandwidth. My parents check email and read the news online so they have the basic tier. There's no need for everyone to have a 30/10 Internet connection.
To quote SaveTheInternet.com
"Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from blocking, speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination....The free and open Internet brings with it the revolutionary possibility that any Internet site could have the reach of a TV or radio station. The loss of Net Neutrality would end this unparalleled opportunity for freedom of expression."
Since you cite Comcast as the example, they just bought NBC. Without Network Neutrality, what's to stop Comcast from throttling the ABC and CBS websites unless they pay for top tier service? The lack of neutrality undermines competition and traps us in a system where a few powerful corporations control the content we see and hear. When was the last time you heard independent music on a radio station that wasn't in a college town? ClearChannel decides what music you want to hear and then puts it on repeat.
The success of the Internet itself and the countless success stories that have arisen from the Internet are because of the unfettered access it gives you to the rest of the world. Anyone can create something and share it with everyone without a corporation deciding to charge them or even prevent them from sharing because it doesn't agree with the corporation's viewpoint.
Network neutrality isn't about unabated access to download copyrighted content, it's about keeping the Internet a level playing field. Without network neutrality, big companies like Microsoft, Google and Apple can pay ISPs to put their sites on the premium tier so that you get fast access to them, while poor startups and normal people with brilliant ideas will be relegated to the slower tier. I've even seen concern about ISPs one day offering packages a la cable TV - you can get Google, Yahoo and MSN with the basic package but then you'd have to add a sports/tech/music/etc. package to access those sites. It's not even limited to websites. ISPs could grant you HTTP access with the basic package and then you'd have to add FTP, NNTP, VOIP and other "value add" services".
I realize that's hyperbole and possibly FUD but it's not the type of Internet I'd like to use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
Yes it was hyperbole, but we already hear about users getting unfairly sued or threatened with being sued because their IP was supposedly torrenting copyrighted material. I can only imagine that NATing IPs would increase the probability of this happening.
If the **AAs crack team of network security pros can't correctly determine which user is using a static IP, how much trouble will they have with NAT IPs?
Only if you consider the possibility of getting a letter from the RIAA/MPAA's lawyers trying to blackmail you for several thousand dollars because some teenager sharing your IP via NAT decided to torrent the latest Uwe Boll movie "disastrous".
Although, I guess if sharing IPs will make it more difficult for the RIAA/MPAA to "legally blackmail" people it can't be all bad.
"The tar balls, though not harmful to humans, are likely to wash up on shore for some time"
They're still toxic and can kill an animal that ingests them. Not to mention the tarball can still deposit oil onto sea birds destroying their insulation and preventing them from flying.
Agreed. I always like trying different combinations that may not be best suited for each other. For the last campaign I was in I rolled a minotaur bard - the DM normally doesn't allow monster classes but he made an exception since it wasn't a typical combination. The roleplay element alone made the character more than worth it.
I get the joke, but almost all intros are skippable by pressing STOP, STOP, PLAY on your DVD remote. It should jump you straight into the movie.
The only thing I haven't seen it work on is the new Alice in Wonderland which has Disney's "Fast Play" technology which automatically starts the movie...after forcing you to sit through all of the previews and animations without the ability to skip anything at all. Any attempt to do anything dumps you back at the beginning of the "Fast Play" process.
I play games for the escapism. If I wanted mundane I'd stick to my real life and go to work, do my laundry and clean my house...or I guess I could play the Sims.
My mom erased not one, but two gold Zelda NES carts when I was a child. I would play the game continuously just working through the main quest and then the master quest over and over. I would leave it running, of course, while I was forced to do my homework or 'go play outside' and my frustrated mother would pull the plug on the "intendo" because she "hated the damn thing so much". And she would refuse to buy games for me so I had to save up for months to be able to buy the game the first time, but after she erased a second cart, I guilt tripped her into buying me the third one and calmly explained how not to erase NES carts. (calmly for a 6 year old)
bingo, i'd recommend this thing to anyone. Its simple to set up and maintain, and it catches 99% of the spam on my office network with 0 false positives to date.
Your hardware is surveyed and submited after running the 3d test within CS:Source, after you've set up all your control/video/sound options.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that OpenGL is the default setting, and I'm sure that a large number of people get a game and click "New Game" right away without even bothering to check the settings, so they get the default setting of OpenGL submitted as their survey.
I always like to at least check over the settings before I run a game for the first time. Even if they're all right, I like to make sure....cause I'm a nerd.
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The problem with TVersity and PS3Media Server is that they require your desktop to be on to transcode everything. I store my media on a NAS and I even have to run Twonky on the NAS to get it to talk to the 360's custom uPnP thing. I'm holding out for the Boxee Box so it can stream online and local network content without having a go-between.
Wish I could mod this funny...too bad all my mod points argon.
This is why I'm still hopeful for the Boxee Box. It's twice the price of the Roku but the local/networked media streaming, multiple content sources and QWERTY remote all look promising.
We're talking about two different things here. You're talking about the end user's connection. Net Neutrality is about the content providers' connection.
I have no problem with tiered bandwidth plans. I play online games and stream movies and TV shows over Hulu and Netflix so I gladly pay for the top tier service to have the most available bandwidth. My parents check email and read the news online so they have the basic tier. There's no need for everyone to have a 30/10 Internet connection.
To quote SaveTheInternet.com
"Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from blocking, speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination....The free and open Internet brings with it the revolutionary possibility that any Internet site could have the reach of a TV or radio station. The loss of Net Neutrality would end this unparalleled opportunity for freedom of expression."
Since you cite Comcast as the example, they just bought NBC. Without Network Neutrality, what's to stop Comcast from throttling the ABC and CBS websites unless they pay for top tier service? The lack of neutrality undermines competition and traps us in a system where a few powerful corporations control the content we see and hear. When was the last time you heard independent music on a radio station that wasn't in a college town? ClearChannel decides what music you want to hear and then puts it on repeat.
The success of the Internet itself and the countless success stories that have arisen from the Internet are because of the unfettered access it gives you to the rest of the world. Anyone can create something and share it with everyone without a corporation deciding to charge them or even prevent them from sharing because it doesn't agree with the corporation's viewpoint.
Network neutrality isn't about unabated access to download copyrighted content, it's about keeping the Internet a level playing field. Without network neutrality, big companies like Microsoft, Google and Apple can pay ISPs to put their sites on the premium tier so that you get fast access to them, while poor startups and normal people with brilliant ideas will be relegated to the slower tier. I've even seen concern about ISPs one day offering packages a la cable TV - you can get Google, Yahoo and MSN with the basic package but then you'd have to add a sports/tech/music/etc. package to access those sites. It's not even limited to websites. ISPs could grant you HTTP access with the basic package and then you'd have to add FTP, NNTP, VOIP and other "value add" services". I realize that's hyperbole and possibly FUD but it's not the type of Internet I'd like to use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
I'll hold out for the inevitable 3D Extended Edition BluRay Director's Cut.
Yes it was hyperbole, but we already hear about users getting unfairly sued or threatened with being sued because their IP was supposedly torrenting copyrighted material. I can only imagine that NATing IPs would increase the probability of this happening.
If the **AAs crack team of network security pros can't correctly determine which user is using a static IP, how much trouble will they have with NAT IPs?
Only if you consider the possibility of getting a letter from the RIAA/MPAA's lawyers trying to blackmail you for several thousand dollars because some teenager sharing your IP via NAT decided to torrent the latest Uwe Boll movie "disastrous".
Although, I guess if sharing IPs will make it more difficult for the RIAA/MPAA to "legally blackmail" people it can't be all bad.
Mom always told me not to play with plastic bags...
I may disagree with your computing preferences but I'm pretty sure you're not a Nazi.
"The tar balls, though not harmful to humans, are likely to wash up on shore for some time"
They're still toxic and can kill an animal that ingests them. Not to mention the tarball can still deposit oil onto sea birds destroying their insulation and preventing them from flying.
Jon Stewart's been going strong on The Daily Show for 11 years now. Not to say that it will never backfire, but it hasn't so far.
Also, I'm fairly certain that although they are "competing rallies" they are actually a single rally with two headliners.
I think one of my favorite things about Windows 95 was the music video for Weezer's Buddy Holly on the install disc.
Agreed. I always like trying different combinations that may not be best suited for each other. For the last campaign I was in I rolled a minotaur bard - the DM normally doesn't allow monster classes but he made an exception since it wasn't a typical combination. The roleplay element alone made the character more than worth it.
I get the joke, but almost all intros are skippable by pressing STOP, STOP, PLAY on your DVD remote. It should jump you straight into the movie. The only thing I haven't seen it work on is the new Alice in Wonderland which has Disney's "Fast Play" technology which automatically starts the movie...after forcing you to sit through all of the previews and animations without the ability to skip anything at all. Any attempt to do anything dumps you back at the beginning of the "Fast Play" process.
Not indefinitely...does anyone know the half-life of bacon?
although according to their website ( http://plone.org/documentation/faq/name ) the CMS is, in fact, named after the late 90's electro band. They had a song in a Reese's cup commercial a while back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr16k7C3wo
I play games for the escapism. If I wanted mundane I'd stick to my real life and go to work, do my laundry and clean my house...or I guess I could play the Sims.
My mom erased not one, but two gold Zelda NES carts when I was a child. I would play the game continuously just working through the main quest and then the master quest over and over. I would leave it running, of course, while I was forced to do my homework or 'go play outside' and my frustrated mother would pull the plug on the "intendo" because she "hated the damn thing so much". And she would refuse to buy games for me so I had to save up for months to be able to buy the game the first time, but after she erased a second cart, I guilt tripped her into buying me the third one and calmly explained how not to erase NES carts. (calmly for a 6 year old)
bingo, i'd recommend this thing to anyone. Its simple to set up and maintain, and it catches 99% of the spam on my office network with 0 false positives to date.
Your hardware is surveyed and submited after running the 3d test within CS:Source, after you've set up all your control/video/sound options. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that OpenGL is the default setting, and I'm sure that a large number of people get a game and click "New Game" right away without even bothering to check the settings, so they get the default setting of OpenGL submitted as their survey. I always like to at least check over the settings before I run a game for the first time. Even if they're all right, I like to make sure....cause I'm a nerd.