I have the HD TiVo as well with an antenna to pick up the HD locals in Seattle, and I couldn't be more pleased. And you're right about HD looking better OTA than over satellite. It makes me wonder how much more DirecTV is going to compress the signal when they eventually add more HD content. There is no comparison watching football on my local CBS channel vs. one of the SuperFan channels.
That being said, once Comcast gets their TiVo based PVR and DirecTV finishes moving away from TiVo...I may have to switch. I'd sure miss Sunday Ticket, though.
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Most people are novice user's. They do not know how to untar a file, they do not know what a binary is, or how to compile. they need to learn these things. not everyone has the luxury of being born back in the 70's and growing up while computers evolved beside them.
I think you're missing the middle ground. There are a significant number of users that aren't power users who are hacking the registry, but also aren't those who can't figure what the foot pedal is supposed to do, or why their cupholder broke. If MS can target that segment in the middle, they may be able to continue to fight off competitors for the desktop.
As opposed to the country which imprisons without trial and tortures in Abu Gharib and Guantanamo, then lies about it?
I hate responding to ACs and Trolls, but let's get one thing clear: "the Country" does not imprison people without trial. A few people do. As much as it gets bashed, the US Justice system works pretty well. Slow and inefficient, yes. But aside from TV shows, how many people actually know someone who was wrongly convicted of a crime they didn't commit?
My heart goes out to the popoulation of New Orleans, and all of Louisiana and Mississippi right now. While its reputation is that of a party town, it's easy to forget that there are a lot of people who live (or perhaps lived) there who had no way out of the city.
All of that being said, however, I predict Hand Grenades will outsell Hurricanes 5:1 at Pat O's during Mardi Gras '06.
guess what, you either need to reduce your caloric intake or do some of the extreme diets to lose weight.
I've lost some weight recently, and while it won't sell any books, the solution is really simple:
1) Eat less. Seriously. Lots of people are shocked when they realize just how much a "portion" of something is. For instance, that "small" 12 oz steak is actually 3 servings of meat.
2) Eat healthier. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, stay away from processed or prepared foods, and get the vitamins and minerals your body needs.
3) Get active. It doesn't have to be anything too stressful, just get out and go for a walk. Just about everyone can take a half hour out of their day (say at lunch) to go for a walk.
That's it. The only tough part is sticking to it, but after you do it for a month or so, it all becomes a lot easier.
Partial rant: the "lose weight fast and easy" plans always drive me nuts. Atkins, South Beach, etc. They may work for some people, but what they really do is make their inventors/publicists money. Like I said, eating healthier, eating less, and getting exercise won't sell any books, but it works!
Is there anyone who thinks this is a good investment of $FOUR BILLION DOLLARS?
Do you have any idea how much civil projects like this normally cost? Here in Seattle, we're adding a third runway parellel to the other two. Not a new airport with 6 runways, three terminal buildings, miles of taxiways, etc. Just one new runway about 1000 feet from the others. Want to know how much it's going to cost?
Your map is a bit out of date, by the way. It's missing runway 34L, the recently added runway to the northwest side of the field.
Oh, and the reason for the layout is pretty simple, aside from the obvious weather strange-ness that pervades Denver. When winds are out of the northwest (pretty common), planes can land on 26, 35L, and 35R and taxi to the terminal without delay if they roll all the way to the end of the runway on landing. Similarly, planes can take off from 34L, 34R, and 25 with a relatively short taxi from the terminal. That, and the fact that all of the runways are spaced far enough apart that they can take concurrent instrument approaches in bad weather points to some pretty clever designers in my book.
Liz: It's just that with Ed here, it's no wonder I always bring my flatmates out, and then that only exacerbates things. Shaun: What you mean? Liz: Well, you guys hardly get on, do you? Shaun: No, I mean, what does "exacerbates' mean?
So let's go watch Constantine.. Wait, it's not listed. Okay, let's go watch Hellboy..wait. No, wait, the only have bottom-of-the box office barrel movies available.
Iam sorry to contest you, but if you are considered as a threat to national security, or an enemy of state by Ashcroft, your much-vaunted rights to an attorney or a speedy trial will disappear like an ice cube under hot sahara sun.
I hate to break it to you, but Ashcroft isn't the U.S. Attorney General anymore. Alberto Gonzales is.
So don't go preaching with one finger when three fingers are pointing at yourself.
Thanks for that wisdom. Why don't you try looking at the real world before making your vitriolic diatribes?
No, they won't. How many people actually watch broadcasts via an over the air antenna in the US? Not many. Those that do will need to either purchase a converter or a new TV capable of receiving digital signals.
For the vast majority of the population, though, chances are your cable or satellite company will provide a box that handles it for you.
You can turn off the "crappy wizard" in XP by hitting "Change Preferences" and then "Without a screen character."
What was wrong with 2000's search is the same thing that is currently wrong with XP's search: it sucks. It's slow and inaccurate.
Google Desktop Search isn't bad...at least it's fast, though I'd like to be able to do some more advanced searching (i.e. messages from a particular address etc). Currently, the best search system I've used for speed and relevance is Spotlight.
4: Don't put a mediocre support person on first-tier phone support because it's "easier" than the levels for more complex problems. First tier interacts with almost everybody who calls in, it's an important job, get somebody good at it.
That's a tough one. From my experience, any one who is good at doing first level tech support will get bored with it so quickly that their initial enthusiasm will drop and you're left with someone about as effective as one who knows nothing about the problem.
Good organizations bring people into support with a career path planned from day 1. If you're a phone monkey, but know that after a year you can move on to more advanced support, on-site, detailed troubleshooting, etc, it gives you something keep you motivated when the inevitable repeated questions and problems start to come in.
The Supreme's overturned it 9-0 in a remarkably short time. I get tired of hearing that everyone is now guilty (or guilty by association) until proven innocent. The fact of the matter is that they were found not guilty.
Why must everyone now immediately judge based off of opinions by talking heads on Fox News or MSNBC?
I had this happen quite often when I first got a GMail account about a year ago. All of my non-techy friends on Hotmail were not receiving my messages...because Hotmail was flagging them as spam.
To test it, I signed up for a Hotmail account, and then sent the new Hotmail account a GMail invite...right into the spam filter it went!
Halliburton, Enron, Aldelphia, AOL Time Warner, Arthur Andersen... All these scandals were pulled off not by disgruntled underpaid employees, but by high-paid execs.
The best one in the past few years has to be Scrubs. Maybe it's the fact that it's a geniunely funny show that doesn't use a laugh track, but it's the one show that consistently makes me laugh.
If we're going to complain about this, can we at least call it by its correct name? It is not the patriot act, nor the Patriot Act, nor the PATRIOT act.
It is the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001: The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act.
And for those who complain that the Republicans need to be voted about because of their abuse of power, don't forget that the Act was approved 98-1 (with one abstaining) in the Senate .
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I have the HD TiVo as well with an antenna to pick up the HD locals in Seattle, and I couldn't be more pleased. And you're right about HD looking better OTA than over satellite. It makes me wonder how much more DirecTV is going to compress the signal when they eventually add more HD content. There is no comparison watching football on my local CBS channel vs. one of the SuperFan channels.
That being said, once Comcast gets their TiVo based PVR and DirecTV finishes moving away from TiVo...I may have to switch. I'd sure miss Sunday Ticket, though.
\++ at the top looked like Ars
\\I guess this'll make it look like Fark
Most people are novice user's. They do not know how to untar a file, they do not know what a binary is, or how to compile. they need to learn these things. not everyone has the luxury of being born back in the 70's and growing up while computers evolved beside them.
I think you're missing the middle ground. There are a significant number of users that aren't power users who are hacking the registry, but also aren't those who can't figure what the foot pedal is supposed to do, or why their cupholder broke. If MS can target that segment in the middle, they may be able to continue to fight off competitors for the desktop.
I cannot think of a more successfully branded company than Google.
I can think of a few:
-Apple
-Coca Cola
-Nike
Building a brand is an extremely difficult thing to do, but Google's doing a pretty good job of it.
Good Lord, where are my mod points when I need them? Any "Dr. Strangelove" related comment should automatically be modded up.
As opposed to the country which imprisons without trial and tortures in Abu Gharib and Guantanamo, then lies about it?
I hate responding to ACs and Trolls, but let's get one thing clear: "the Country" does not imprison people without trial. A few people do. As much as it gets bashed, the US Justice system works pretty well. Slow and inefficient, yes. But aside from TV shows, how many people actually know someone who was wrongly convicted of a crime they didn't commit?
My heart goes out to the popoulation of New Orleans, and all of Louisiana and Mississippi right now. While its reputation is that of a party town, it's easy to forget that there are a lot of people who live (or perhaps lived) there who had no way out of the city.
All of that being said, however, I predict Hand Grenades will outsell Hurricanes 5:1 at Pat O's during Mardi Gras '06.
I'm sorry to say this, but for world leaders, Americans might just have the poorest gastonimical sense on this planet...
I can tell you've never visited England...
guess what, you either need to reduce your caloric intake or do some of the extreme diets to lose weight.
I've lost some weight recently, and while it won't sell any books, the solution is really simple:
1) Eat less. Seriously. Lots of people are shocked when they realize just how much a "portion" of something is. For instance, that "small" 12 oz steak is actually 3 servings of meat.
2) Eat healthier. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, stay away from processed or prepared foods, and get the vitamins and minerals your body needs.
3) Get active. It doesn't have to be anything too stressful, just get out and go for a walk. Just about everyone can take a half hour out of their day (say at lunch) to go for a walk.
That's it. The only tough part is sticking to it, but after you do it for a month or so, it all becomes a lot easier.
Partial rant: the "lose weight fast and easy" plans always drive me nuts. Atkins, South Beach, etc. They may work for some people, but what they really do is make their inventors/publicists money. Like I said, eating healthier, eating less, and getting exercise won't sell any books, but it works!
Is there anyone who thinks this is a good investment of $FOUR BILLION DOLLARS?
Do you have any idea how much civil projects like this normally cost? Here in Seattle, we're adding a third runway parellel to the other two. Not a new airport with 6 runways, three terminal buildings, miles of taxiways, etc. Just one new runway about 1000 feet from the others. Want to know how much it's going to cost?
Between 1.1 and 1.2 billion dollars. For 25% of the cost it took to build a new airport, we're building one new runway.
DIA
Off topic and nit picky, but the IATA code for Denver International is DEN, not DIA. DIA was the code for the old Stapleton airport.
Rrrrright. No other airports have a layout with runways in different directions. Certainly not places like (caution, PDF warnings):
JFK
Chicago O'Hare
San Francisco
Your map is a bit out of date, by the way. It's missing runway 34L, the recently added runway to the northwest side of the field.
Oh, and the reason for the layout is pretty simple, aside from the obvious weather strange-ness that pervades Denver. When winds are out of the northwest (pretty common), planes can land on 26, 35L, and 35R and taxi to the terminal without delay if they roll all the way to the end of the runway on landing. Similarly, planes can take off from 34L, 34R, and 25 with a relatively short taxi from the terminal. That, and the fact that all of the runways are spaced far enough apart that they can take concurrent instrument approaches in bad weather points to some pretty clever designers in my book.
I think it was "What I Am" by Edie Brickell and New Bohemians.
Liz: It's just that with Ed here, it's no wonder I always bring my flatmates out, and then that only exacerbates things.
Shaun: What you mean?
Liz: Well, you guys hardly get on, do you?
Shaun: No, I mean, what does "exacerbates' mean?
So let's go watch Constantine.. Wait, it's not listed. Okay, let's go watch Hellboy..wait. No, wait, the only have bottom-of-the box office barrel movies available.
You mean like Constantine and Hellboy?
Iam sorry to contest you, but if you are considered as a threat to national security, or an enemy of state by Ashcroft, your much-vaunted rights to an attorney or a speedy trial will disappear like an ice cube under hot sahara sun.
I hate to break it to you, but Ashcroft isn't the U.S. Attorney General anymore. Alberto Gonzales is.
So don't go preaching with one finger when three fingers are pointing at yourself.
Thanks for that wisdom. Why don't you try looking at the real world before making your vitriolic diatribes?
Millions of people now HAVE to buy new TVs
No, they won't. How many people actually watch broadcasts via an over the air antenna in the US? Not many. Those that do will need to either purchase a converter or a new TV capable of receiving digital signals.
For the vast majority of the population, though, chances are your cable or satellite company will provide a box that handles it for you.
You can turn off the "crappy wizard" in XP by hitting "Change Preferences" and then "Without a screen character."
What was wrong with 2000's search is the same thing that is currently wrong with XP's search: it sucks. It's slow and inaccurate.
Google Desktop Search isn't bad...at least it's fast, though I'd like to be able to do some more advanced searching (i.e. messages from a particular address etc). Currently, the best search system I've used for speed and relevance is Spotlight.
4: Don't put a mediocre support person on first-tier phone support because it's "easier" than the levels for more complex problems. First tier interacts with almost everybody who calls in, it's an important job, get somebody good at it.
That's a tough one. From my experience, any one who is good at doing first level tech support will get bored with it so quickly that their initial enthusiasm will drop and you're left with someone about as effective as one who knows nothing about the problem.
Good organizations bring people into support with a career path planned from day 1. If you're a phone monkey, but know that after a year you can move on to more advanced support, on-site, detailed troubleshooting, etc, it gives you something keep you motivated when the inevitable repeated questions and problems start to come in.
The Supreme's overturned it 9-0 in a remarkably short time. I get tired of hearing that everyone is now guilty (or guilty by association) until proven innocent. The fact of the matter is that they were found not guilty.
Why must everyone now immediately judge based off of opinions by talking heads on Fox News or MSNBC?
I had this happen quite often when I first got a GMail account about a year ago. All of my non-techy friends on Hotmail were not receiving my messages...because Hotmail was flagging them as spam.
To test it, I signed up for a Hotmail account, and then sent the new Hotmail account a GMail invite...right into the spam filter it went!
Halliburton, Enron, Aldelphia, AOL Time Warner, Arthur Andersen... All these scandals were pulled off not by disgruntled underpaid employees, but by high-paid execs.
One of these kids is not like the other. Arthur Anderson's conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court.
Slashdot jumped the shark when it hit 700 thousand members.
Damn...just missed it. And here I was going to add you to my friend's list due to your Lost sig...
The best one in the past few years has to be Scrubs. Maybe it's the fact that it's a geniunely funny show that doesn't use a laugh track, but it's the one show that consistently makes me laugh.
If we're going to complain about this, can we at least call it by its correct name? It is not the patriot act, nor the Patriot Act, nor the PATRIOT act.
It is the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001: The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act.
And for those who complain that the Republicans need to be voted about because of their abuse of power, don't forget that the Act was approved 98-1 (with one abstaining) in the Senate .
I'll buy that there was a lot of supsicious activity in 2000, but I'd really like to see your proof for the gross election fraud in 2004...