VCRs are silent when not recording. They don't have cooling fans, get virii, etc.
My VCR performs at least three functions. It acts as a remote control enabled tuner for my TV, records and plays back scratch tapes for time delaying programming, and it acts as a composite to RF adapter for my DVD player.
I've played with hardware based MPEG2 tuner/capture cards for my PC, but typically they don't receive broadcast worth a shit. I guess you can't expect to do a good job with weak radio signals when you have so much digital hash from inside the PC case.
If you fall asleep in front of a playing DVD, you end up hearing the menu music all night. (Unless you remember to set the stereo and TV sleep timers.) With VHS, the player stops at the end of the tape.
In defense of DVD, the non-linear home editing suite is much easier and cheaper to build for DVD than for VHS. And the results are a format that is easier to distribute over the internet.
The dude used the word pudenda to refer to a dog twice in the same book. For that alone, his book and his thesaurus needs to go into the recycling bin.
Damn right. I went by Best Buy yesterday night, looking for a USB GPS (Pharos) and a Linksys NSLU2.
Looking through the linksys isle, I overheard a moderately high ranking store flunky telling his manager that they were only 25k$ shy of making their sales target. The flunky went on to say that he was sure they'd make target, cause the big screen plasma displays were on sale. (Idiots paying 5k$ for a TV. But that is a different story.)
Ultimately I ended up talking to the aforementioned flunky to see if the NSLU2s had been moved to some other part of the store. (I saw them in stock back at year end.) While standing next to the register as a inventory search was run, a lower level flunky walked up and asked "can I help you!" as though I was inconveniencing his boss by standing next to the register. (The snivling search results: "we don't stock it, but we can order it for you...". Yeah, I can order it myself pinhead.)
At that point I figured that any place that looks at me as an inconvenience would get nothing but a view of the soles of my shoes as I walked out the door.
For an extra 45 minutes of driving, I saved 30$ on the GPS, and picked up an NSLU2, a type 1 bluetooth USB adapter, and a few other minor things as well.
Comparatively, Fry's treated me well. And for their trouble, they made a 280$ sale.
Lets say you spend 50$ per month on boxed sets. Eventually you accumulate enough programming to have your own personal TV channel.
All the conglomerates need to do is realize that there is 600$ per year on the table they could have if they would just let me watch what I want, when I want.
If they can't be satisfied with 600$ per year, then they will not get the money, and I'll write a python script to put what I want to watch in rotation on my TV. Sure, I have to own a storage array or a DVD jukebox to hold the content, but its easier than wrestling with the bastards.
Same thing with music. If I buy one 15$ CD per month, then there is 180$ on the table per year. If they can offer me listen-to-what-I-want-when-I-want for 180$ per year, then we can talk. Otherwise it goes onto the array, or into the jukebox.
If 780$ per year isn't enough to keep the industry's interest then fuck them. I can always spend the money on a dual core AMD64 and a motherboard, and keep watching the boxed sets I already own.
And if you think these numbers don't make sense, look at what the average household cable and broadband bills look like.
Programmed (by the networks) TV may become the next radio, as radio became the next newspaper. If geeks can pay to get their favorite shows produced and on DVD, then who needs the middleman? And if it never plays in a public venue, who needs the film board?
If everyone on slashdot put even 500$ per year on the table for consumer directed video/music would it be enough to cause ripples in the pool? Who knows?
It is all a big misundertanding between Sony and IBM.
IBM told Sony it was going to "Sell" its PC busines. Sony has been telling everyone about IBM's "Cell" PC ever since.
Seriously though: For all we know, the PS3 may have four cells. (One CPU core, and three "APU" cells.) One APU for the boobs, one APU for animated low polygon count "hair", and one for inane dialog.
Maybe the new splice() based pipes in Linux can be used to move data between APUs.
Ever notice how much in common the Gamecube and the Mac Mini have in common?
If the telcos can afford to stay in the market, there is still profit in it for them. And if there is profit for them in it, there is some money there to be saved.
Telcos only know how to do things the expensive way. Look at VOIP for an example. People just want inexpensive dialtone.
What next? Google goes into the music business, and everyone suggests they align with the RIAA?
How long before the fools selling on ebay realize that they can't ask 600-800$ for a low end G4 powermac, when a higher spec'ed mini is selling for 499$, includes a warranty, and possibly an update to tiger when it come out?
Yes I know that you can put add in cards in a powermac. But do a majority of people actually install anything in the slots?
Hauppauge really needs to write good solid Mac drivers for the WinTV-PVR-USB2, and put the case through a redesign. At this point it looks like something that came out of a cat's ass.
If the new model ships in a brushed aluminum case, and is called the MacTV-PVR-USB2, it would go well with the Mac mini.
I've seen printed paper labels lift the data surface right off the top of a burned CD. So now I stay away from them.
If you look closely at the bottom side of a CD, there is a noticeable 3.5cm diameter ring that protrudes slightly from the surface of the disc. I wonder how critical this ring is in keeping the disk centered. I wonder if any compensation is required when mounting the CD upside down?
You ready for Solaris on Opteron, with Symantec branded Veritas.
Seriously though, Veritas could use an attitude adjustment. Or am I the only ones to work with them who thinks they have a serious superiority complex?
This does make IBM look good in the long run. I'd prefer to run AIX or Linux with LVM & TSM than the Sun/Windows/Symantec/Veritas mess.
The case isn't as easy to for VCS vs HA/CMP.
Maybe Symantec's purchase of VCS is in answer to EMC buying VMWare?
We need an opensouce friendly organization to put an "OSS friendly" or "OSS compatible" sticker on unencumbered hardware. If you're digging through the shelf at Frys, and you see such a badge, which product are you going to buy?
If part makers face pressure from Microsoft, all they have to do is change the part number to something unique.
If Intel won't play ball, then maybe its time for AMD to re-enter the network products market. Think of the goodwill they'd be buying themselves.
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VCRs are silent when not recording. They don't have cooling fans, get virii, etc.
My VCR performs at least three functions. It acts as a remote control enabled tuner for my TV, records and plays back scratch tapes for time delaying programming, and it acts as a composite to RF adapter for my DVD player.
I've played with hardware based MPEG2 tuner/capture cards for my PC, but typically they don't receive broadcast worth a shit. I guess you can't expect to do a good job with weak radio signals when you have so much digital hash from inside the PC case.
If you fall asleep in front of a playing DVD, you end up hearing the menu music all night. (Unless you remember to set the stereo and TV sleep timers.) With VHS, the player stops at the end of the tape.
In defense of DVD, the non-linear home editing suite is much easier and cheaper to build for DVD than for VHS. And the results are a format that is easier to distribute over the internet.
Monad sounds like the singular of gondad. So literally one-ball.
Where can I get a "I'm on channel 11. (802.11b)" sticker?
Even extra high tech new sensors are going to have a hard time with a big greasy hand print on them.
Star Wars was a bad movie. But it was a very good bad movie.
Doesn't mean that people don't have strong feelings for it anyway.
Too bad the SoundStorm audio chipset is off the market.
The dude used the word pudenda to refer to a dog twice in the same book. For that alone, his book and his thesaurus needs to go into the recycling bin.
Damn right. I went by Best Buy yesterday night, looking for a USB GPS (Pharos) and a Linksys NSLU2.
Looking through the linksys isle, I overheard a moderately high ranking store flunky telling his manager that they were only 25k$ shy of making their sales target. The flunky went on to say that he was sure they'd make target, cause the big screen plasma displays were on sale. (Idiots paying 5k$ for a TV. But that is a different story.)
Ultimately I ended up talking to the aforementioned flunky to see if the NSLU2s had been moved to some other part of the store. (I saw them in stock back at year end.) While standing next to the register as a inventory search was run, a lower level flunky walked up and asked "can I help you!" as though I was inconveniencing his boss by standing next to the register. (The snivling search results: "we don't stock it, but we can order it for you...". Yeah, I can order it myself pinhead.)
At that point I figured that any place that looks at me as an inconvenience would get nothing but a view of the soles of my shoes as I walked out the door.
For an extra 45 minutes of driving, I saved 30$ on the GPS, and picked up an NSLU2, a type 1 bluetooth USB adapter, and a few other minor things as well.
Comparatively, Fry's treated me well. And for their trouble, they made a 280$ sale.
Best Buy, your doors can't close too soon.
Until recently, my thoughts were similar to yours.
When I finally was equipped with a company supplied laptop, I began to see how blurry my old 21 inch CRT had become.
Six months later, I put a 19 inch LCD (DVI-D) on my A7N8X-VM/400 at home, and now my personal 19 inch CRT looks blurry in comparison as well.
I don't yet know how long LCDs stay fresh, but I do know that CRTs get increasingly blurry over the years.
Maybe they should call themselves the Sour Grapes Club.
Would a HDMI cable fit? There are adapters to and from HDMI to DVI.
The Apple Powermac Dual G5: worth running Linux on if the hardware is free.
Q:Why do smart people buy powermacs?
A:To install Linux on.
Q:What version of OS X are you running?
A: 2.6.11.
First it was MOL, now its LOA.
Summary so far:
Some Microsoft sucks answer ".Net is not crap" to the DDJ crank's ".Net is crap".
Next up:
Some Sun sucks are going to jump in with "java is not crap".
How about paying a "reserve a season" fee up front before a season is produced. This fee could be refunded if the season doesn't make it in the can.
This "reserve fee" would allow for a discount on watching the episodes from the season.
In this way the production of the season would be bankrolled, and people would be rewarded for being early adopters.
If shows were never aired on broadcast or cable, there wouldn't be a need to go through the ratings or sensors.
If the shows do ultimately go into broadcast distribution, then the folks who paid the reserve fee could be in for a profit.
Hey, don't laugh, its not as stupid an idea as what Enron tried to do.
Lets say you spend 50$ per month on boxed sets. Eventually you accumulate enough programming to have your own personal TV channel.
All the conglomerates need to do is realize that there is 600$ per year on the table they could have if they would just let me watch what I want, when I want.
If they can't be satisfied with 600$ per year, then they will not get the money, and I'll write a python script to put what I want to watch in rotation on my TV. Sure, I have to own a storage array or a DVD jukebox to hold the content, but its easier than wrestling with the bastards.
Same thing with music. If I buy one 15$ CD per month, then there is 180$ on the table per year. If they can offer me listen-to-what-I-want-when-I-want for 180$ per year, then we can talk. Otherwise it goes onto the array, or into the jukebox.
If 780$ per year isn't enough to keep the industry's interest then fuck them. I can always spend the money on a dual core AMD64 and a motherboard, and keep watching the boxed sets I already own.
And if you think these numbers don't make sense, look at what the average household cable and broadband bills look like.
Programmed (by the networks) TV may become the next radio, as radio became the next newspaper. If geeks can pay to get their favorite shows produced and on DVD, then who needs the middleman? And if it never plays in a public venue, who needs the film board?
If everyone on slashdot put even 500$ per year on the table for consumer directed video/music would it be enough to cause ripples in the pool? Who knows?
It is all a big misundertanding between Sony and IBM.
IBM told Sony it was going to "Sell" its PC busines. Sony has been telling everyone about IBM's "Cell" PC ever since.
Seriously though: For all we know, the PS3 may have four cells. (One CPU core, and three "APU" cells.) One APU for the boobs, one APU for animated low polygon count "hair", and one for inane dialog.
Maybe the new splice() based pipes in Linux can be used to move data between APUs.
Ever notice how much in common the Gamecube and the Mac Mini have in common?
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "rat motor". Now instead of a Chevy 350, you get a tiny robot.
Now we can rate systems in MHz and Horsepower.
XEN does for the Intel platform what OpenPower does for the Power platform.
If the telcos can afford to stay in the market, there is still profit in it for them. And if there is profit for them in it, there is some money there to be saved.
Telcos only know how to do things the expensive way. Look at VOIP for an example. People just want inexpensive dialtone.
What next? Google goes into the music business, and everyone suggests they align with the RIAA?
How long before the fools selling on ebay realize that they can't ask 600-800$ for a low end G4 powermac, when a higher spec'ed mini is selling for 499$, includes a warranty, and possibly an update to tiger when it come out?
Yes I know that you can put add in cards in a powermac. But do a majority of people actually install anything in the slots?
Hauppauge really needs to write good solid Mac drivers for the WinTV-PVR-USB2, and put the case through a redesign. At this point it looks like something that came out of a cat's ass.
If the new model ships in a brushed aluminum case, and is called the MacTV-PVR-USB2, it would go well with the Mac mini.
Oh come on. Cisco was cofounded by Sandy Lerner.
Flash forward to the future. Any retro product you reverse engineer will get you some jail time?
I've seen printed paper labels lift the data surface right off the top of a burned CD. So now I stay away from them.
If you look closely at the bottom side of a CD, there is a noticeable 3.5cm diameter ring that protrudes slightly from the surface of the disc. I wonder how critical this ring is in keeping the disk centered. I wonder if any compensation is required when mounting the CD upside down?
You ready for Solaris on Opteron, with Symantec branded Veritas.
Seriously though, Veritas could use an attitude adjustment. Or am I the only ones to work with them who thinks they have a serious superiority complex?
This does make IBM look good in the long run. I'd prefer to run AIX or Linux with LVM & TSM than the Sun/Windows/Symantec/Veritas mess.
The case isn't as easy to for VCS vs HA/CMP.
Maybe Symantec's purchase of VCS is in answer to EMC buying VMWare?
We need an opensouce friendly organization to put an "OSS friendly" or "OSS compatible" sticker on unencumbered hardware. If you're digging through the shelf at Frys, and you see such a badge, which product are you going to buy?
If part makers face pressure from Microsoft, all they have to do is change the part number to something unique.
If Intel won't play ball, then maybe its time for AMD to re-enter the network products market. Think of the goodwill they'd be buying themselves.