Yes I enjoy fixing stuff, but I do it to stop over-consuming stuff. Stuff is made cheap and not easily fixable (VCR I'm looking at you), and you just throw it away and buy a new one. Makes sense to throw away something that could be fixed with a 2$ plastic clutch (looking at you again VCR).
Even if they recycle the old stuff, manufacturing new devices is not that green compared to fixing.
*When the power supply fan bearings get noisy, I replace the fan in the power supply. I've even replaced capacitors on motherboards and in power supplies rather than replace the whole unit.*
That's _exactly_ what I try to do here. When my old computer died and couldn't be repaired, I salvaged an old Optiplex, recapped it and I'm typing this message on it. Cost about 5-10$ in caps and about an hour to take the mobo out, recap and put everything back in. My Media Center is starting to act up, so it will get recapped soon. Found a vintage '70s chrome lamp (really, really nice lamp) that just needed a little love and its plug replaced. It's now sitting gloriously in my living room.
I too have been brought up with the repair-it mentality. If it can be reused or repaired, do it. A very large number of electronics from the '90s and 2ks simply fail due to cheap capacitors. Why is it a 2005 motherboard has to have its capacitors replaced while my old NES and C64 still work fine? My 1994 receiver also has issues while a 1973 receiver still works fine...
*No, you can't hear a difference between this $5000 speaker and this $150 speaker.*
WTF? If you care a little about sound, a *quality* loudspeaker will make a big difference in sound. (if the amplifier and the source is good).
I certainly can hear the difference between cheap or run-of-the-mill speakers and high-end ones. *IF* they're hooked up to a good amp. (and by good I mean with a flat sound reproduction).
Try comparing a set of Cerwin Vega speakers with something like Mirage, Mission or Polk (even those will make a huge difference in sound). The Cerwin Vega set will sound *louder*, but will add a bunch of coloration in sound.
For the wires, I agree, I'm using standard 14 gauge zip cord.
Wouldn't it be less harmful to put non-salt water back in than leave oil in the water? Depending on the size of the spill, it might just dilute salt concentration a little (amongst other things).
The ISP provides you with an internet connection (thus the SP part). If the ISP doesn't take action, what do you think happens? The *other* costumers might be prevented from using some services (as in unable to send email to @somedomain because my ISP's mail servers are blackholed or throttled).
If you're not able to reach the costumer, you flip the switch to prevent the problem from spreading.
My first computer (well my dad's) was an Apple ][e clone (Microcom). Woz's Floating Point BASIC was available if you booted with the system disk IIRC. If you upped the RAM to 64k with the Language Card, it had Integer BASIC in ROM. My C64 had BASIC built in, but those floppies were god awfully s-l-o-w, in a really painful way.
I've tried many of them, and my PVR is *still* on MCE 2005. IR blasters and remote (the MS/Phillips one), the VFD on the case and everything else just works practically out of the box. It's a shame Snapstream won't support their residential users. BTV is pretty nifty, but Beyond Media is simply just a train wreck.
As for MythTV, I haven't tried it in ages. But, MCE works, does the job. Besides, I can even play games on it.
Like they're really widespread. I've worked security for an ISP for 12 years, and *once* had to call a customer that owned a Mac, she was dual booting Win XP.
I own an iPhone, used to own an iPod gen 4, own several generations of Apple machines (][e, Mac 512k, Powermac G3 (Smurf), Powermac G4 (Gigabit), iMac G5 (ALS),Along PCs, a C64 and MIGs.
I Hackintoshed snow kitty on my eeePC and never installed another OS on it, my main computer is running Leopard (4GB with SSD, XP is there just for old games). *never* used any kind of antimalware on either iOS, 9.x or OS X.
That's one of the many reasons my next computer will have a fruity logo on it.
Posting from an old crappy P.O.S. 2.8 P4 Dell with 4GB just because I was playing Unreal.
Yup, spending 15$ for the movie, 10$ for the drink, another 10$ for the popcorn, listening to douchebags talking on cellphones, kids kicking the seats, people talking during the movie, sure beats watching a movie at home with friends...
I can wait a couple of weeks for the new crappy explosion fest, watch anything I already have, or maybe something a friend brings in, or anything already on the HTPC
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Yes I enjoy fixing stuff, but I do it to stop over-consuming stuff. Stuff is made cheap and not easily fixable (VCR I'm looking at you), and you just throw it away and buy a new one. Makes sense to throw away something that could be fixed with a 2$ plastic clutch (looking at you again VCR).
Even if they recycle the old stuff, manufacturing new devices is not that green compared to fixing.
If it just got T-Boned, it might make a delicious meal
*When the power supply fan bearings get noisy, I replace the fan in the power supply. I've even replaced capacitors on motherboards and in power supplies rather than replace the whole unit.*
That's _exactly_ what I try to do here. When my old computer died and couldn't be repaired, I salvaged an old Optiplex, recapped it and I'm typing this message on it. Cost about 5-10$ in caps and about an hour to take the mobo out, recap and put everything back in. My Media Center is starting to act up, so it will get recapped soon. Found a vintage '70s chrome lamp (really, really nice lamp) that just needed a little love and its plug replaced. It's now sitting gloriously in my living room.
I too have been brought up with the repair-it mentality. If it can be reused or repaired, do it. A very large number of electronics from the '90s and 2ks simply fail due to cheap capacitors. Why is it a 2005 motherboard has to have its capacitors replaced while my old NES and C64 still work fine? My 1994 receiver also has issues while a 1973 receiver still works fine...
*No, you can't hear a difference between this $5000 speaker and this $150 speaker.*
WTF? If you care a little about sound, a *quality* loudspeaker will make a big difference in sound. (if the amplifier and the source is good).
I certainly can hear the difference between cheap or run-of-the-mill speakers and high-end ones. *IF* they're hooked up to a good amp. (and by good I mean with a flat sound reproduction).
Try comparing a set of Cerwin Vega speakers with something like Mirage, Mission or Polk (even those will make a huge difference in sound). The Cerwin Vega set will sound *louder*, but will add a bunch of coloration in sound.
For the wires, I agree, I'm using standard 14 gauge zip cord.
Wouldn't it be less harmful to put non-salt water back in than leave oil in the water? Depending on the size of the spill, it might just dilute salt concentration a little (amongst other things).
So, can we expect CRTC to investigate Bell too?
^ this
No... The phone will simply revert to Edge speeds. On my iPhone 3G it helped with battery life (at the expense of much slower data speeds)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_Moon_(Tintin)#Representation_of_space_travel
*Why would you buy a TV that only does 1920x1080 when you can get a higher res monitor*
I don't think a 50" monitor is gonna be in the $1k range...
Even at 32" a TV will be cheaper than a monitor.
The ISP provides you with an internet connection (thus the SP part). If the ISP doesn't take action, what do you think happens? The *other* costumers might be prevented from using some services (as in unable to send email to @somedomain because my ISP's mail servers are blackholed or throttled).
If you're not able to reach the costumer, you flip the switch to prevent the problem from spreading.
Tell that to SONY
He's probably using the Great Machine to do so :)
Nice coincidence as I'm in a B5 watch marathon since yesterday.
Ultima VI would have made me rich in my case. Still booting it up sometimes, even hooked up a second 1541 to minimize disk swapping :)
My first computer (well my dad's) was an Apple ][e clone (Microcom). Woz's Floating Point BASIC was available if you booted with the system disk IIRC. If you upped the RAM to 64k with the Language Card, it had Integer BASIC in ROM. My C64 had BASIC built in, but those floppies were god awfully s-l-o-w, in a really painful way.
I've tried many of them, and my PVR is *still* on MCE 2005. IR blasters and remote (the MS/Phillips one), the VFD on the case and everything else just works practically out of the box. It's a shame Snapstream won't support their residential users. BTV is pretty nifty, but Beyond Media is simply just a train wreck.
As for MythTV, I haven't tried it in ages. But, MCE works, does the job. Besides, I can even play games on it.
The Floppy version and Collector's (the DOS one) use iMuse for music, not the redbook CD audio.
iMuse makes the DOS version much nicer to play.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMUSE#iMUSE
*Rimshot*
This _^
Like they're really widespread. I've worked security for an ISP for 12 years, and *once* had to call a customer that owned a Mac, she was dual booting Win XP.
Guess which OS had malware?
I own an iPhone, used to own an iPod gen 4, own several generations of Apple machines (][e, Mac 512k, Powermac G3 (Smurf), Powermac G4 (Gigabit), iMac G5 (ALS),Along PCs, a C64 and MIGs.
I Hackintoshed snow kitty on my eeePC and never installed another OS on it, my main computer is running Leopard (4GB with SSD, XP is there just for old games). *never* used any kind of antimalware on either iOS, 9.x or OS X.
That's one of the many reasons my next computer will have a fruity logo on it.
Posting from an old crappy P.O.S. 2.8 P4 Dell with 4GB just because I was playing Unreal.
Just hope the airbag doesn't inflate, otherwise it's gonna give a new meaning to retina display :)
Yup, spending 15$ for the movie, 10$ for the drink, another 10$ for the popcorn, listening to douchebags talking on cellphones, kids kicking the seats, people talking during the movie, sure beats watching a movie at home with friends...
I can wait a couple of weeks...
This ^
I can wait a couple of weeks for the new crappy explosion fest, watch anything I already have, or maybe something a friend brings in, or anything already on the HTPC