As long as we're comparing Apples and, um... (what's a beige fruit?), one should mention the cost of a good PC DVD authoring system, movie editor, photo organizer/editor.
iLife is all a home user will ever need for most media uses, comes free, and is beautifully integrated as a suite.
I misspoke about HDTV, really meaning the FCC mandate to move to digital broadcast; we have a difference of opinion about cablecos and their hardware (see my other post on the faux-wood boxes).
As far as the opening and tone of the response - it's all good. This is slashdot. One geek's Flamebait is another geek's Insightful.
While this may be true in the recent past, do you remember your pre-digital cable box?
Was it, like mine and many others, a faux-wood-panelled box with two red LED numbers? Was that box 10-15 years old, long since paid for, and you were still charged $5-10 for it? Remember how they charged you extra for the remote?
You can't tell me that by renting out all those ancient Jerrolds and General Instruments boxes, the cable company wasn't making a profit on hardware rental.
The brave new world of cablecos losing money on boxes you cite is a result of the digital upgrades of the last few years.
The cable companies hate CableCard, which was federally mandated. They lose another revenue stream (hardware), and you have an interface they can't necessarily control and spam OnDemand ads onto.
With the repeated granting of 1-year extensions on the CableCard deadline, don't hold your breath waiting for it. We still don't have all the HD content that was FCC mandated...
Apple already knows about these holes, and puts the simple ones out there so that no one goes after the killer ones.
They "fix" the hole by only allowing a version of the client that's been out for a year? Seems like the fix was out there, just waiting to be turned on.
Maybe while DVD Jon attacks the edges, Apple is shoring up the center. Kind of like sacrificing your pawns to take their bishop.
Set a freaking example. Read with them. Buy them books. Get them hooked on rockclimbing or yoga or the drums. Have them join choir or band or football or the school play to get them doing something and keep them focused for the few hours after school.
Much as I love me some video games, developing kids need to do productive activities with adult guidance.
Grand Theft Auto never taught me how to kill someone with a chainsaw, only that it was possible. As if I needed to realize that.
And what they fail to take into account is that all the video-game addicted fat little teens/tweens with atrophied muscles who can't bear daylght aren't exactly capable of chasing you down while wielding a heavy object.
Sneaking up on you in your sleep is a different matter, tho. Which would explain the raging success of the "Pillow Snuffer" series of games.
Even if your cable is busy in the evening, it's still much better than dial-up.
Probably.
However, the upload speed on cable is bad, and hurts roundtrip latency. So you can download a movie trailer superquick, but sending the clicks out to Amazon to get to the trailer may be kind of poky.
For example, on World of Warcraft, with my RADSL 1.5/768Mbps, I get a latency of 26ms. People on cable modems of 3+ Mbps often report a latency of 5 times mine.
I should get this for my apartment. My 802.11g doesn't work 40 feet. (I'm serious, I tried to log on this morning and I had no signal. I can see the laptop from here, right next to the router.)
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As long as we're comparing Apples and, um... (what's a beige fruit?), one should mention the cost of a good PC DVD authoring system, movie editor, photo organizer/editor.
iLife is all a home user will ever need for most media uses, comes free, and is beautifully integrated as a suite.
By combining these two brands you now have the Blue Oval of Death.
I wouldn't even say I'm uneducated.
I misspoke about HDTV, really meaning the FCC mandate to move to digital broadcast; we have a difference of opinion about cablecos and their hardware (see my other post on the faux-wood boxes).
As far as the opening and tone of the response - it's all good. This is slashdot. One geek's Flamebait is another geek's Insightful.
While this may be true in the recent past, do you remember your pre-digital cable box?
Was it, like mine and many others, a faux-wood-panelled box with two red LED numbers? Was that box 10-15 years old, long since paid for, and you were still charged $5-10 for it? Remember how they charged you extra for the remote?
You can't tell me that by renting out all those ancient Jerrolds and General Instruments boxes, the cable company wasn't making a profit on hardware rental.
The brave new world of cablecos losing money on boxes you cite is a result of the digital upgrades of the last few years.
My mistake. I blobbed digital and HDTV together.
The FCC mandated a switch to digital (not HDTV per se, although it is heavily being used for it), which was repeatedly appealed and postponed.
The cable companies hate CableCard, which was federally mandated. They lose another revenue stream (hardware), and you have an interface they can't necessarily control and spam OnDemand ads onto.
With the repeated granting of 1-year extensions on the CableCard deadline, don't hold your breath waiting for it. We still don't have all the HD content that was FCC mandated...
Here's a theory:
Apple already knows about these holes, and puts the simple ones out there so that no one goes after the killer ones.
They "fix" the hole by only allowing a version of the client that's been out for a year? Seems like the fix was out there, just waiting to be turned on.
Maybe while DVD Jon attacks the edges, Apple is shoring up the center. Kind of like sacrificing your pawns to take their bishop.
</tinfoil hat>
Apple, usually called "Cmd", short for "command", by longtime users (that's what the four-leaf clover is, I don't know why)
I have also heard it referred to as the "splat" key, maybe in reference to that icon design.
Yes and no. The latest Tivo boxes can operate over ethernet or 802.11, but you still need to set the box up over a phone line (which really sucks).
This was not true for my 80g Series 2 TiVo that I got 2 years ago.
I put a USB Ethernet adapter on it, ran a cable to my DHCP router, and picked some settings. No phone line was ever required.
Can't see how wireless would be different.
"I am a bad parent."
Set a freaking example. Read with them. Buy them books. Get them hooked on rockclimbing or yoga or the drums. Have them join choir or band or football or the school play to get them doing something and keep them focused for the few hours after school.
Much as I love me some video games, developing kids need to do productive activities with adult guidance.
You, Mom and Dad America, are lacking.
Grand Theft Auto never taught me how to kill someone with a chainsaw, only that it was possible. As if I needed to realize that.
And what they fail to take into account is that all the video-game addicted fat little teens/tweens with atrophied muscles who can't bear daylght aren't exactly capable of chasing you down while wielding a heavy object.
Sneaking up on you in your sleep is a different matter, tho. Which would explain the raging success of the "Pillow Snuffer" series of games.
Which poster are you refering too .. the top parent?
To whoever butchered the subject line.
The author acknowledges the non-uniqueness of time offsets...
Well, except for 3ms clock-drift, which I just patented.
So y'all have to pay me to use it. And I keep detailed records, so when the fuzz comes I'm taking you down with me.
So what kind of instrumentation do you use to measure your "Atomic Cock"?
However, I recently was offered a job about 3 hours away...but the pay is 2x what I make now, so I'm going to try at least.
Are you going to move to be near this job, or commute 6 hours a day? Because I would have to get paid a crapload to commute that much.
Lexmark will be dead soon even if they had won this lawsuit.
According to Forbes, in 2003 Lexmark was 2nd in U.S. market share with 17.4%, and 4th (almost 3rd) globally with 13%.
Not quite "dead soon" unless their 2004 numbers really tank...
If that's true, why are most shows now about previously unknown twits who will sell their soul to get on TV eating llama nipples?
Defeating their encryption scheme is against the law.
Just because you can jimmy my Kryptonite lock with a Bic, that doesn't give you legal rights to take my bike.
Also, you get your first month free (so deduct that cost too.)
Even if your cable is busy in the evening, it's still much better than dial-up.
Probably.
However, the upload speed on cable is bad, and hurts roundtrip latency.
So you can download a movie trailer superquick, but sending the clicks out to Amazon to get to the trailer may be kind of poky.
For example, on World of Warcraft, with my RADSL 1.5/768Mbps, I get a latency of 26ms. People on cable modems of 3+ Mbps often report a latency of 5 times mine.
I should get this for my apartment. My 802.11g doesn't work 40 feet. (I'm serious, I tried to log on this morning and I had no signal. I can see the laptop from here, right next to the router.)
You have an apt. with a 40 ft. long living room?
Is this in North Dakota or something?
Definitely. Longhorn is 100% secure due to the fact that you can't infect or compromise vaporware.
Also, Longhorn is the only OS that can play Duke Nukem Forever.
...that Roomba keeps humping my foot.
Or, for $79.95/year, all your duplicate submissions will automatically be posted two days later.
Monster is an outstanding marketing machine.
That's true.
They've suckered so many people that they can buy a freakin' football stadium.
(Of course, the real monster is John York for putting together a 2-14 team.)