Don't plug your DVD into the internet... if you can do without the value-added services that they'll throw at you for a small subscription fee, that is..
(I can)
Funny how private ownership applied less and less to things high-tech.
I am a sysadmin by profession, working at a mid-sized ISP in Toronto. I chose to be a sysadmin because I don't really enjoy programming -- but the nature of the job dictates that I code to improve efficiency or functionality. Recently I had to work on an in-house web application, and I chose to do it in PHP, but quickly found that the relatively small webapps I've worked on in the past were not much preparation, so I bought this book..
To borrow a phrase, "in a nutshell", this book is excellent! Some of it is beyond my skills at the moment, but I appreciate every bit. The author covers OO in a way that I understood, and presented real-world solutions that helped me understand. But, IMO, the best part isn't the PHP, it's the operational theory -- the real problems that sysadmins and web programmers face with large websites, caching, load-balancing, scalability. This made the book worth the $80CND I paid for it.
This paper isn't a thesis paper for pete's sake! It isn't a dissertation! It's OBVIOUSLY a lark. He's a fan of Buffy, and he decided to engage his brain and see what he could conclude about the Buffy-verse. It's a hoot, relax people.
One of the most common problems I've encountered in my years as a systems administrator is poorly managed networks. If a network is designed without the presence of mind anticpating DoS attacks, then frankly, the victim company deserves *some* of the blame for the problem.
One mid-sized ISP I worked for had been operating for 5 years prior to my employ and the network operators had never heard of monitoring tools like MRTG, RRDTool, Netsaint or Big Brother etc etc!
"We do it to ourselves and that's what really hurts" -- Radio Head.
I'm Canadian, and since PVR's are exactly common here, excuse my ignorance on the subject. That said, I understand Replay differs from TIVO because the latter is subscription based. From that, I'd infer that there is some sort of communication occurring between the box and the corporation (via the cable or satellite provider). Does the Replay unit do this as well? Can it function as a standalone unit?
I've been looking for a product that can stream video & audio, look & sound good, AND preserve copyright/content protection controls. YOU and *I* may not agree with it, but unless you've been living in a hole, the big issue now for media companies is how to protect their investments - movies, TV, DVD's, music whatever -- and they will not venture forth until something like that exists.. No saving of the streams etc.
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.. if you can do without the value-added services that they'll throw at you for a small subscription fee, that is ..
Don't plug your DVD into the internet.
(I can)
Funny how private ownership applied less and less to things high-tech.
-- L.
What, did you find a security whole in Qmail? ;)
-- L.
I am a sysadmin by profession, working at a mid-sized ISP in Toronto. I chose to be a sysadmin because I don't really enjoy programming -- but the nature of the job dictates that I code to improve efficiency or functionality. Recently I had to work on an in-house web application, and I chose to do it in PHP, but quickly found that the relatively small webapps I've worked on in the past were not much preparation, so I bought this book..
To borrow a phrase, "in a nutshell", this book is excellent! Some of it is beyond my skills at the moment, but I appreciate every bit. The author covers OO in a way that I understood, and presented real-world solutions that helped me understand. But, IMO, the best part isn't the PHP, it's the operational theory -- the real problems that sysadmins and web programmers face with large websites, caching, load-balancing, scalability. This made the book worth the $80CND I paid for it.
I highly recommend it!
-- Steve.
/. should have a section for press releases and updates from publicists, then I could configure ./ to not show me any of these asinine topics.
Please give it some consideration.
-- L.
This paper isn't a thesis paper for pete's sake! It isn't a dissertation! It's OBVIOUSLY a lark. He's a fan of Buffy, and he decided to engage his brain and see what he could conclude about the Buffy-verse. It's a hoot, relax people.
-- L.
One of the most common problems I've encountered in my years as a systems administrator is poorly managed networks. If a network is designed without the presence of mind anticpating DoS attacks, then frankly, the victim company deserves *some* of the blame for the problem.
One mid-sized ISP I worked for had been operating for 5 years prior to my employ and the network operators had never heard of monitoring tools like MRTG, RRDTool, Netsaint or Big Brother etc etc!
"We do it to ourselves and that's what really hurts" -- Radio Head.
-- Steve.
I'm Canadian, and since PVR's are exactly common here, excuse my ignorance on the subject. That said, I understand Replay differs from TIVO because the latter is subscription based. From that, I'd infer that there is some sort of communication occurring between the box and the corporation (via the cable or satellite provider). Does the Replay unit do this as well? Can it function as a standalone unit?
-- Steve.
I've been looking for a product that can stream video & audio, look & sound good, AND preserve copyright/content protection controls. YOU and *I* may not agree with it, but unless you've been living in a hole, the big issue now for media companies is how to protect their investments - movies, TV, DVD's, music whatever -- and they will not venture forth until something like that exists.. No saving of the streams etc.
Lojak.