I'm right there with you on the home media server (have a nice setup myself).
But how do you get content on the server? For years, I've done DVD content, but lately I've been adding blu-ray to the server since I've gotten a blu-ray drive for the computer.
Personally, I stream to a XBOX360, which means I lose the surround sound (which stinks) but the quality is very VERY good.
... if my library director did this, I'd be calling for her job the next day. No if ands or buts.
That said, I know how our director feels about stuff like this and *she'd* be calling for her own head on spike if this happened. There is NO way anyone in my library would give up those computers without a warrant.
Show a warrant and you've got all the cooperation in the world. No warrant, no dice.
You know what else? I know plenty of engineering majors in the real world. Many of them can't write an intelligible sentence. They can field strip a process controller blindfolded, but the technotes are only understandable if you already know the answer they are trying to explain.
Believe me, a lot of those "brilliant" engineers would flounder in a "soft" major with a lot of writing involved. It's a different skill. To put it in grade school terms... Jimmy is good at math. Johnny is good at spelling. It's rare to find the kid that is good at everything.
JHutch
PS Yes, I'm in an engineering job... but I also have a high school english teaching degree. I see both sides of the argument.
As soon as they get a handheld tablet that really feels good to work with (read: needs to be extremely thin so you wrist doesn't protest violently when you start taking lots of notes) this will be perfect, imo.
The biggest problem I saw was that the tap-tap of typing is extremely annoying, especially in smaller class sizes (granted in a huge lecture hall, the general noise of the room drowned it out).
Well, PG and DP (Distributed Proofreaders) have had various working relationships with Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive for a LONG time. Nothing specifically about this open library (though they will/do have PG stuff in their library).
The majority of their stuff is the scanned image sets, which dovetails nicely with DP and PG, in that it can be converted into a nicely proofed set of text by the folks over there (www.pgdp.net). Scans are pretty and useful in their way, but having the proofed text makes it infinitely more portable and useful (imo).
Have some kids. Turn them loose on their favorite DVDs. See how many still play without skipping after about 2 months.
I have a movie server in the basement cobbled together from old parts that plays movies to the main TV through an XBOX. No need to go looking for the DVD (which NEVER seems to get put back in the right container!)... just select it from the list and BAM! it's playing.
I'm not saying doctors are infallible (they are human just like the rest of us).
However, they are much more qualified than you to determine what a course of treatment should be. I don't care how much you've researched your condition.
That being said, an informed patient is a good thing. You can discuss your treatment with your doctor (everyone should do this), but you don't go into the office and tell the doctor that you need prescription "X". The patient is NOT an expert. Period. Well-informed, intelligent, perhaps... but not an expert.
Seriously, who goes to the doctor's office and tell him/her what medication MUST be prescribed? Unless you've been to medical school, tell the nice doctor your symptoms and then shut the hell up!
You can ask the doctor WHY this particular medicine is good for you (knowing what is going on is always a good idea), but do NOT presume to know more than the doctor about medicine! Geez.
"Your honor, they aren't using Microsoft approved Linux!"
WTF! The whole point of Free and Open Software is that no one CAN say that in a court.
Now, if the argument had been that MS might make business shy away from non-MS-approved Linux through marketing and strong-arm tactics... you might have an argument.
The current TV stations pump an ENORMOUS amount of power into their broadcasts to get that range too. And it's only one way. You'd need just as much power and a huge frickin' antenna to get the signal back to the starting point.
If you could pump similar amounts of power into your wireless router, you'd get some pretty amazing sending range too...
If you think calling yourself a geek has anything to do with the opposite sex... you aren't a true geek. Heck, most nerds are probably rolling their eyes at you right now.
(And your original comment DEFINITELY means you are not a geek... why would anybody need that much computational power?! Did you think Bill Gates had a point with his "no one needs more than 640k", too?
You ever actually been out here in the heartland? We rarely have a single church. More like 2-3 churchs for a medium sized village. (And usually at least 1 bar for every church, though that is supposedly just coincidence....)
Plus, it is usually a politician that stirs up morale outcry, not a preacher (unless the politician IS a preacher...) The preachers are usually too busy actually, you know, PREACHING morality IN their church.
If your DNA was the ONLY foreign DNA found in her vagina.. yep, that should be enough to convict you (provided there was evidence that it WAS rape and not consentual sex).
He likes to play World of Warcraft with me (it's really cut to watch him play). When my wife said something to effect that she was worried about the violence, he turned to her and said, "It's not real, mom. It's just pretend."
If my kid gets it at 5, you can be damn sure every teen-ager out there gets it. It's the ones that don't CARE about the difference between fantasy and reality that should scare you. And video games have nothing to do with it.
I absolutely couldn't agree more.
There was a time when unions served a purpose. But like the pigs in Animal Farm, the union leaders quickly have become the same as the corrupt company bosses they stood up to fight against in the first place.
Let me find my own job and work hard for it. If I can't compete, fine. I lose my job. But at least *I* got the job and held it on my own merits.
... is the day I quit that job and never look back. I come from a blue collar family and know plenty about unions. The evil that is a union far outweighs the good in my family's experience.
Why? When my father-in-law moved to being a supervisor, he became the "enemy" to men he had been friends with for 25+ years. These are guys he played golf with, went to their children's weddings, etc. When a union strike was called, my father in law received death threats because he was now "management". Not that he had a rat's ass say in anything regarding contracts. Hell, his car window was broken by a thrown brick when he reported to work (which he had to do, because the union sure as hell wasn't protecting HIS management job).
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I'm right there with you on the home media server (have a nice setup myself).
But how do you get content on the server? For years, I've done DVD content, but lately I've been adding blu-ray to the server since I've gotten a blu-ray drive for the computer.
Personally, I stream to a XBOX360, which means I lose the surround sound (which stinks) but the quality is very VERY good.
That said, I know how our director feels about stuff like this and *she'd* be calling for her own head on spike if this happened. There is NO way anyone in my library would give up those computers without a warrant.
Show a warrant and you've got all the cooperation in the world. No warrant, no dice.
JHutch
You know what else? I know plenty of engineering majors in the real world. Many of them can't write an intelligible sentence. They can field strip a process controller blindfolded, but the technotes are only understandable if you already know the answer they are trying to explain.
... Jimmy is good at math. Johnny is good at spelling. It's rare to find the kid that is good at everything.
... but I also have a high school english teaching degree. I see both sides of the argument.
Believe me, a lot of those "brilliant" engineers would flounder in a "soft" major with a lot of writing involved. It's a different skill. To put it in grade school terms
JHutch
PS Yes, I'm in an engineering job
Hey, I live in Amish country ...
and, yes, the city pays someone to go around town and shovel up manure. Seriously. That job still exists!
As soon as they get a handheld tablet that really feels good to work with (read: needs to be extremely thin so you wrist doesn't protest violently when you start taking lots of notes) this will be perfect, imo.
The biggest problem I saw was that the tap-tap of typing is extremely annoying, especially in smaller class sizes (granted in a huge lecture hall, the general noise of the room drowned it out).
Well, PG and DP (Distributed Proofreaders) have had various working relationships with Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive for a LONG time. Nothing specifically about this open library (though they will/do have PG stuff in their library).
The majority of their stuff is the scanned image sets, which dovetails nicely with DP and PG, in that it can be converted into a nicely proofed set of text by the folks over there (www.pgdp.net). Scans are pretty and useful in their way, but having the proofed text makes it infinitely more portable and useful (imo).
JHutch
Quote: == WolfriderV6 == I'm willing to admit that *I just might* be wrong... Are you??
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Oh, hell no! This is the Internet! What would be the fun in that?!
Have some kids. Turn them loose on their favorite DVDs. See how many still play without skipping after about 2 months.
... just select it from the list and BAM! it's playing.
I have a movie server in the basement cobbled together from old parts that plays movies to the main TV through an XBOX. No need to go looking for the DVD (which NEVER seems to get put back in the right container!)
I'm not saying doctors are infallible (they are human just like the rest of us).
... but not an expert.
However, they are much more qualified than you to determine what a course of treatment should be. I don't care how much you've researched your condition.
That being said, an informed patient is a good thing. You can discuss your treatment with your doctor (everyone should do this), but you don't go into the office and tell the doctor that you need prescription "X". The patient is NOT an expert. Period. Well-informed, intelligent, perhaps
Seriously, who goes to the doctor's office and tell him/her what medication MUST be prescribed? Unless you've been to medical school, tell the nice doctor your symptoms and then shut the hell up!
You can ask the doctor WHY this particular medicine is good for you (knowing what is going on is always a good idea), but do NOT presume to know more than the doctor about medicine! Geez.
"Your honor, they aren't using Microsoft approved Linux!"
... you might have an argument.
WTF! The whole point of Free and Open Software is that no one CAN say that in a court.
Now, if the argument had been that MS might make business shy away from non-MS-approved Linux through marketing and strong-arm tactics
The current TV stations pump an ENORMOUS amount of power into their broadcasts to get that range too. And it's only one way. You'd need just as much power and a huge frickin' antenna to get the signal back to the starting point.
If you could pump similar amounts of power into your wireless router, you'd get some pretty amazing sending range too...
Ah, ok. I was assuming they wanted continuous speech patterns. I stand corrected, thanks.
Librivox has THOUSANDS of hours of audio books available. Every last second is public domain.
I'm probably missing something in regards to why this stuff can't be used...
If you think calling yourself a geek has anything to do with the opposite sex ... you aren't a true geek. Heck, most nerds are probably rolling their eyes at you right now.
... why would anybody need that much computational power?! Did you think Bill Gates had a point with his "no one needs more than 640k", too?
(And your original comment DEFINITELY means you are not a geek
You call 32 "early middle age" again and I swear to God I will kick your ass.
JHutch (yes, I'm 32)
You ever actually been out here in the heartland? We rarely have a single church. More like 2-3 churchs for a medium sized village. (And usually at least 1 bar for every church, though that is supposedly just coincidence....)
Plus, it is usually a politician that stirs up morale outcry, not a preacher (unless the politician IS a preacher...) The preachers are usually too busy actually, you know, PREACHING morality IN their church.
If your DNA was the ONLY foreign DNA found in her vagina .. yep, that should be enough to convict you (provided there was evidence that it WAS rape and not consentual sex).
Ok, obviously that should say "cute to watch him play". Stupid fingers not typing what I tell 'em to...
He likes to play World of Warcraft with me (it's really cut to watch him play). When my wife said something to effect that she was worried about the violence, he turned to her and said, "It's not real, mom. It's just pretend."
If my kid gets it at 5, you can be damn sure every teen-ager out there gets it. It's the ones that don't CARE about the difference between fantasy and reality that should scare you. And video games have nothing to do with it.
I absolutely couldn't agree more. There was a time when unions served a purpose. But like the pigs in Animal Farm, the union leaders quickly have become the same as the corrupt company bosses they stood up to fight against in the first place. Let me find my own job and work hard for it. If I can't compete, fine. I lose my job. But at least *I* got the job and held it on my own merits.
Why? When my father-in-law moved to being a supervisor, he became the "enemy" to men he had been friends with for 25+ years. These are guys he played golf with, went to their children's weddings, etc. When a union strike was called, my father in law received death threats because he was now "management". Not that he had a rat's ass say in anything regarding contracts. Hell, his car window was broken by a thrown brick when he reported to work (which he had to do, because the union sure as hell wasn't protecting HIS management job).
Nothing beats the cost-effectiveness of a teen-ager, a desktop scanner and $20.
But it doesn't download an AVI (at least not on my computer). Does it give you an avi file or a google GVP file?