Rich bastards:-p
I'm jealous!
HIS car computer was about $1000 US AND installed in a older BMW.
All my dreams he has done (carputer, go karts, touchscreen entertainment systems), due to him and/or his family having such money.
The site is http://www.quietagent.com.i/ found it because they had a rejected Superbowl ad and it's funny. Anyway, the site seems to be a great solution to the questions in the OP. According to their site:
“It's like having a head-hunter who knows exactly what you want, looks at every job for you and keeps your identity a secret.”
We ask you key questions, you don't search or apply for jobs
You set the minimum job, career and pay you will consider
We allow only the 'non-private' parts of your data to be seen
You get sent job invitations from interested employers
You accept if you're interested, or decline and stay private
I am so excited someone else besides me noticed why those were there!
The fact that is the only reason the poles are there is hilarious to me because it takes a clever person to proactively think of having the poles. Of course, it's not so clever if they're a reactive measure!
TFA doesn't explain what "put on hold" is. This vague problem could be with any number of systems, which could belong to Qwest (very big here in Minnesota), or some other company. Or , to echo other comments, the 911 center in Chanhassen ould have been understaffed and may have put the caller on hold.
Moreover, KSTP Channel 5 has shitty sensationalist news. I live in Saint Paul MN. In my opinion, Channel five news is a joke. The news team offers interesting headlines without necesary details in the actual stories.
In conclucsion, readers, please don't give this ancedotal/. story any consideration; there simply aren't enough details, and I think the station that first reported the story isn't trustworthy for detailed, accurate stories.
The comercial had the background action and background detail right but that doesn't make up for the actors and main action being stiff, uninspired and unfunny.
If am officially underwhelmed. Perhaps because it's British humour?
HAHAHA... just kidding about British humour. Don't flame me pleeeeeease.
I find it disturbing that a Patent Holder may suy an entity for Infringement many years after the patent was granted... OK let me explain.
RIM is successful with its email system and Blackberry devices. But what if RIM had to license the patents in question that belong to NTP? Would this drain on profit hurt RIM's ability to be so succesful? It doesn't seem fair that NTP can sue after years of RIM's success and expect to garner a large settlement or victory.
I think that perhaps requiring patent holders to actively pursue Infringers in a timely manner (like in copyright law) would be more fair. IANAL, but IIRC a judge may rule that a copyright holders has not actively pursued copyright breakers for certain property then that property may be ruled by the judge to be in Public Domain.
I know that NTP's story is that a "Patent Review" or review of their IP "discovered" this Patent, but any possible claim of this as an excuse for the timing of the suit is bull. It would be too late to cash in by virtue of my argument that "you shouldn't be entitled to attractive settlements or victorys if you did not sue in a timely manner becuase A) you may or may not have been able to license your IP and B) that license (and associated monetary agreements, etc) may or may not have precluded the success of things based on that IP."
A friend told me once that Cheney and/or Rumsfeld and/or some of Bush's cabinet/staff were on PBS expounding upon their necesary plan to invade Iraq. The people may have been on Frontline or another program but the program probably was some interview/discussion format, not an investigative program like Frontline.
I shall endeavor to email my friend and ask him for the specifics as I'm not being the most helpful with my description.
The point is, does anyone in the/. community recall this particular program and what transpired? I think it must be significant and a shame if it would be forgotten.
Castaway (with Tom Hanks on DVD has a THX-brand picture and sound calibration tool that I like.
The crash scene is fantastic in sight and sound.
The DVD is often sold for only $9.99.
I'm curious: Why would a person need 72 hours to finish a movie after the initial press of the play button?
I could guess the most probable interruption as "kids," and then there are any number of possible interruptions each less likely than kids to interrupt a person's viewing.
But how disruptive could these interruptions be? I myself usually am determined to watch a rental in one sitting, though this isn't very hard to accomplish. A 72 hour viewing period is a red herring, at least for me. Selection, price, conevenience matter to me.
Or perhaps you mean 72 hours after download? Because customers have typically 30 days after download to watch the movie. Plus, movies can be streamed after about 2-5 minutes of buffering.
Ooh, ooh, I've done this before. It was for my former boss. He's a big HDTV fan and tapes his kid's hockey game. I built him an awesome box for video editing with half a terrabyte of raid-protected storage. It's easily scalable to about two terrabytes, but he only needed a half terrabyte:-) There're people who use more?!?
Visit my University website and email me and we can talk more!
Hi there! What does your "Can someone PLEASE un-break the 2 minute gap check?" sig mean? I googled but couldn't find anything. Plus you're/. info has no links to a web page etc.
Current online movie rental services hideously bog down their users with unnecessary crud and thus do not have a very high level of success. This is to be expected, as not very many people place a $7 value on having 24 hour viewing privileges for a movie on their 17 inch screen.
At the very least, I disagree. More importantly, you are misinformed about a few things. First, I am an avid Movielink.com user, and movies are only $2.99 for a 24-viewing priod (time starts upon first viewing). Second, the DRM is transparent on the Movielink services. It works for me on four different windows XP computers, and the picture quality is better than vhs, even comparable to good quality DVD transfers. Third, I frequently and easily hook up either of two laptops (brother-in-laws or mine) to different televisions and watch Movielink movies with no problems at all.
Movielink is an overall fantastic service that has with excellent value IMHO. My only gripe is the limited selection.
And that is my point: I believe conumer demand is there, at the current price and feature set, but the limited selection (because of studio piracy apprehension) is the major limiting factor of the service's success!
I believe this comment's parent has a point. A bad implementation could make piracy easier.
OTOH, I wish that entreprenuers could gloss over concerns of encouraging piraacy.
Isn't that the argument so many pirates use to rationalize their actions? IE, "If only the RIAA had offered music online for my convenience and pleasure, I wouldn't have to use Kazaa!"
At every turn, the **AAs (and those who fund the production of media)oppose most any digital content distribution system because of fears of piracy. I say that creators of convenient digital content distribution systems should flat dismiss such fears of piracy. Piracy will always occur, partly because of the hacker desire to grok most anything that's interesting or a challenge. The consumption of such readily available digital content would far outpace any ancillary piracy. The success of legitimate online music stores is a good example. Despite the continued easy availability of pirated content, millions of people prefer to purchase and receive their music through their choice of many competing online music stores.
Producers need to push piracy out of their mind. When companies make quality content conveniently available, people will gladly pay, and such revenue should outstrip any "missed" (not "lost revenue", IMHO, b/c would a pirate buy the content anyway? Maybe, maybe not)revenue.
PS: A good implementation would discourage piracy. For example, AFAIK, the only way to strip WMA 10 audio files of their DRM is to record them in real time, in analog. This means that the same could be true for video; that pirates could only rip movies in real time, which is a pain in the ass. I think that's an acceptable detterent.
I believe that part of eliminating identity theft is to pass legislation that requires mail to be delivered to mail slots in postal customers' doors. Much identity theft could be be prevented by taking this simple step.
BTW, to reiterate other posts, people then should follow up by shredding their mail after reading it, or saving it in a secure file.
According to LiveVault's website and some Google research, LiveVault is in no way owned by CA (Computer Associates). No offense, but where did you get that idea?
Better yet, MilkDrop is the shiznit.
The best features are the MilkDrop-is-your-Windows-desktop-background mode, and full screen mode.
The optimal performance requirements are kind of steep though, IMO.
...licensed, or what? Can't we see it now?
How dare those engineers tantalize us with the story and the photos and the frustratingly short clip!
I would love to see a video of the contraption operating from start to end, as I'm sure many other people would.
I've come across this shell replacement before, and it virtually useless. The current XP 2d desktop paradigm is an order, if not several orders, of magnitude more useful.
The creator has a good idea, unfortunately I don't think he has the takent and/or skill to elegantly implement the paradigm.
Perhaps the fact that its been done is not/. worthy, but I'd like to see what/.ers could turn out.
In short, kudos the creator for trying, but it's just not good enough.
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Yes, to sum up your point: What is the latency? And besides, the user's experience also depends on the computer on the other end serving the content.
Rich bastards :-p
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I'm jealous!
HIS car computer was about $1000 US AND installed in a older BMW.
All my dreams he has done (carputer, go karts, touchscreen entertainment systems), due to him and/or his family having such money.
According to their site:
“It's like having a head-hunter who knows exactly what you want, looks at every job for you and keeps your identity a secret.”
Either that viedo is less than 15 fps, or it is sped up, because the people's movements are quite jerky.
I am so excited someone else besides me noticed why those were there!
The fact that is the only reason the poles are there is hilarious to me because it takes a clever person to proactively think of having the poles. Of course, it's not so clever if they're a reactive measure!
I see no conclusive evidence to blame Vonage.
/. story any consideration; there simply aren't enough details, and I think the station that first reported the story isn't trustworthy for detailed, accurate stories.
TFA doesn't explain what "put on hold" is. This vague problem could be with any number of systems, which could belong to Qwest (very big here in Minnesota), or some other company. Or , to echo other comments, the 911 center in Chanhassen ould have been understaffed and may have put the caller on hold.
Moreover, KSTP Channel 5 has shitty sensationalist news. I live in Saint Paul MN. In my opinion, Channel five news is a joke. The news team offers interesting headlines without necesary details in the actual stories.
In conclucsion, readers, please don't give this ancedotal
The comercial had the background action and background detail right but that doesn't make up for the actors and main action being stiff, uninspired and unfunny.
If am officially underwhelmed. Perhaps because it's British humour?
HAHAHA... just kidding about British humour. Don't flame me pleeeeeease.
I find it disturbing that a Patent Holder may suy an entity for Infringement many years after the patent was granted... OK let me explain.
RIM is successful with its email system and Blackberry devices. But what if RIM had to license the patents in question that belong to NTP? Would this drain on profit hurt RIM's ability to be so succesful? It doesn't seem fair that NTP can sue after years of RIM's success and expect to garner a large settlement or victory.
I think that perhaps requiring patent holders to actively pursue Infringers in a timely manner (like in copyright law) would be more fair. IANAL, but IIRC a judge may rule that a copyright holders has not actively pursued copyright breakers for certain property then that property may be ruled by the judge to be in Public Domain.
I know that NTP's story is that a "Patent Review" or review of their IP "discovered" this Patent, but any possible claim of this as an excuse for the timing of the suit is bull. It would be too late to cash in by virtue of my argument that "you shouldn't be entitled to attractive settlements or victorys if you did not sue in a timely manner becuase A) you may or may not have been able to license your IP and B) that license (and associated monetary agreements, etc) may or may not have precluded the success of things based on that IP."
A friend told me once that Cheney and/or Rumsfeld and/or some of Bush's cabinet/staff were on PBS expounding upon their necesary plan to invade Iraq. The people may have been on Frontline or another program but the program probably was some interview/discussion format, not an investigative program like Frontline.
/. community recall this particular program and what transpired? I think it must be significant and a shame if it would be forgotten.
I shall endeavor to email my friend and ask him for the specifics as I'm not being the most helpful with my description.
The point is, does anyone in the
What is "proper" 3:2 pulldown? Thanks
Castaway (with Tom Hanks on DVD has a THX-brand picture and sound calibration tool that I like.
The crash scene is fantastic in sight and sound.
The DVD is often sold for only $9.99.
I'm curious: Why would a person need 72 hours to finish a movie after the initial press of the play button?
I could guess the most probable interruption as "kids," and then there are any number of possible interruptions each less likely than kids to interrupt a person's viewing.
But how disruptive could these interruptions be? I myself usually am determined to watch a rental in one sitting, though this isn't very hard to accomplish. A 72 hour viewing period is a red herring, at least for me. Selection, price, conevenience matter to me.
Or perhaps you mean 72 hours after download? Because customers have typically 30 days after download to watch the movie. Plus, movies can be streamed after about 2-5 minutes of buffering.
In summary, I am genuinely curious. Thanks!
Ooh, ooh, I've done this before. It was for my former boss. He's a big HDTV fan and tapes his kid's hockey game. I built him an awesome box for video editing with half a terrabyte of raid-protected storage. It's easily scalable to about two terrabytes, but he only needed a half terrabyte :-) There're people who use more?!?
Visit my University website and email me and we can talk more!
Best,
BcNexus
Hi there! What does your "Can someone PLEASE un-break the 2 minute gap check?" sig mean? I googled but couldn't find anything. Plus you're /. info has no links to a web page etc.
Thanks!
Current online movie rental services hideously bog down their users with unnecessary crud and thus do not have a very high level of success. This is to be expected, as not very many people place a $7 value on having 24 hour viewing privileges for a movie on their 17 inch screen.
At the very least, I disagree. More importantly, you are misinformed about a few things. First, I am an avid Movielink.com user, and movies are only $2.99 for a 24-viewing priod (time starts upon first viewing). Second, the DRM is transparent on the Movielink services. It works for me on four different windows XP computers, and the picture quality is better than vhs, even comparable to good quality DVD transfers. Third, I frequently and easily hook up either of two laptops (brother-in-laws or mine) to different televisions and watch Movielink movies with no problems at all.
Movielink is an overall fantastic service that has with excellent value IMHO. My only gripe is the limited selection.
And that is my point: I believe conumer demand is there, at the current price and feature set, but the limited selection (because of studio piracy apprehension) is the major limiting factor of the service's success!
I believe this comment's parent has a point. A bad implementation could make piracy easier.
OTOH, I wish that entreprenuers could gloss over concerns of encouraging piraacy.
Isn't that the argument so many pirates use to rationalize their actions? IE, "If only the RIAA had offered music online for my convenience and pleasure, I wouldn't have to use Kazaa!"
At every turn, the **AAs (and those who fund the production of media)oppose most any digital content distribution system because of fears of piracy. I say that creators of convenient digital content distribution systems should flat dismiss such fears of piracy. Piracy will always occur, partly because of the hacker desire to grok most anything that's interesting or a challenge. The consumption of such readily available digital content would far outpace any ancillary piracy. The success of legitimate online music stores is a good example. Despite the continued easy availability of pirated content, millions of people prefer to purchase and receive their music through their choice of many competing online music stores.
Producers need to push piracy out of their mind. When companies make quality content conveniently available, people will gladly pay, and such revenue should outstrip any "missed" (not "lost revenue", IMHO, b/c would a pirate buy the content anyway? Maybe, maybe not)revenue.
PS: A good implementation would discourage piracy. For example, AFAIK, the only way to strip WMA 10 audio files of their DRM is to record them in real time, in analog. This means that the same could be true for video; that pirates could only rip movies in real time, which is a pain in the ass. I think that's an acceptable detterent.
I believe that part of eliminating identity theft is to pass legislation that requires mail to be delivered to mail slots in postal customers' doors. Much identity theft could be be prevented by taking this simple step.
BTW, to reiterate other posts, people then should follow up by shredding their mail after reading it, or saving it in a secure file.
According to LiveVault's website and some Google research, LiveVault is in no way owned by CA (Computer Associates).
No offense, but where did you get that idea?
Interestingly, Iron Mountain has invested in LiveVault according to the LiveVault website.
Better yet, MilkDrop is the shiznit.
The best features are the MilkDrop-is-your-Windows-desktop-background mode, and full screen mode.
The optimal performance requirements are kind of steep though, IMO.
...licensed, or what? Can't we see it now?
How dare those engineers tantalize us with the story and the photos and the frustratingly short clip!
I would love to see a video of the contraption operating from start to end, as I'm sure many other people would.
Hey, are you from Minnesota? Iowa?
RAID 0 on a Mac with Flash drives
I've come across this shell replacement before, and it virtually useless. The current XP 2d desktop paradigm is an order, if not several orders, of magnitude more useful.
/. worthy, but I'd like to see what /.ers could turn out.
The creator has a good idea, unfortunately I don't think he has the takent and/or skill to elegantly implement the paradigm.
Perhaps the fact that its been done is not
In short, kudos the creator for trying, but it's just not good enough.
IIRC, a CMOS is not a CCD sensor, no?