Does RedHat support CentOS? If you want a "name brand" server OS, then go with RHEL. But in my mind if I'm looking at free server distros that I support myself or with a community, CentOS and Ubuntu Server are on the same level...
To give you an example, if I run a bank, and the government says, you have to lend money to joe, and I know Joe can't afford it, and will probably foreclose, I don't just "do it and blame the government when joe forecloses", I set the interest rate on ALL my customers a little higher to ensure that when Joe forecloses I'm not bankrupt.
Why not? If I know Joe isn't going to pay me back, but some 3rd party is forcing me to loan him, why should my other customers pay for that 3rd party's incompetence? I agree that there's plenty of blame to go around to everyone involved, but I don't see why banks should have to cover being forced to give loans out to bums.
You can either live a secluded life as a hermit, and live life to its fullest by interacting with others. The cruel truth of it is, if you interact with another human then your "privacy" (in your terms) is gone. All the Gmails and Facebooks have done is move it online and cataloged it. Before the Internet, if you walked outside and met a friend at the park, neighbors could see you, other friends might see you, they could take pictures, tell their friends and family about it, etc.
What difference does it make if those acquaintances that see you or whatnot are living on your street, or linked to you online?
They already have something like this. It's called the Internet. I can have my group of Facebook friends, my self-hosted blog where people know it's me, my self-hosted blog at a different registered domain under a pseudonym where I can post my propaganda, my Flickr stream, my Google Groups persona, my Slashdot persona, and my personas at any number of other forums/communities.
Is something like reCAPTCHA as vulnerable? It would seem like with a virtually limitless supply of texts to be digitized, you could minimize the affect of image solvers. Wouldn't there be enough variations of phrases to not make it worth it to document every possibility? And if you've got OCR software good enough to solve scanned texts reliably, that's a win for everyone, right?
You do realize that the online habits of those few who are "causing problems" for the ISP will eventually become mainstream, right? The ISPs can't head off the inevitable digital download era that companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Netflix, etc., are ushering in.
But what if you're talking on Skype, downloading iTunes songs and movies and TV shows, watching shows on Hulu, downloading linux isos, streaming Netflix with your Roku box, watching YouTube videos, downloading things off WiiWare and Xbox Live, etc., etc. Those things all add up, and as everything gets more and more internet-connected, it's going to become that much more of a problem!
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In my experience trying to get web-based video like Hulu and the respective network sites hooked up to a TV for a true TV-like experience is a PITA. Sure, you can s-video out, or have something like Media Center or MythTV....but ultimately I've found you still have a computer hooked up to a TV, with the same interface pitfalls.
Watching your shows on a computer monitor may work in the dorms, but for relaxing on the couch with the wife, it doesn't cut it.
No, I definitely agree on that! The Internet can be a powerful discussion forum, but I'm sooooo tired of threads that end before they start simply because instead of discussing points of issues or differing opinions...they go immediately off course into "funny" name calling that only shows their minds are made up before they even begin.
You see, there you go again. You could have the most incredibly insightful thoughts and opinions, but you lose any and all credibility as soon as you use the term "Nobama". It's akin to "Micro$oft" and such....it immediately makes you come across as childish and immature, and I stopped taking you seriously as soon as I read it.
Soooooo....Comcast is just making itself irrelevant in a world where more and more (legal) content is available online. How can so many ISPs be limiting usage, while at the same time there are more and more digital content providers (every major network, iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft, Nintendo, I know there's a ton more but those are off the top of my head) providing more and more content. How pissed are people going to be when their Netflix or iTunes video downloads are clipping along, and then fall to a stutter? God, I hate hate HATE Comcast...and I don't even have them anymore!
How does it work with something like DirecTV? I currently have cable but am wanting to get satellite as soon as I rerun some coax in my house. I've heard that some of the DirecTV boxes come with an OTA HD tuner that you can hook an antenna up to...does that mean an internal antenna like rabbit ears, or can the satellite on the house roof work like an OTA regular antenna, too? Or will I need *yet another* antenna on my roof (in that case, running even more cables and such)?
Please Verizon, please.....let this work out some kinks for a few months and release an Android phone around the holidays or shortly after. And don't badge it or lock it down!
Maybe if someone like Alltel gets it or something, it would be easy enough to connect to Verizon's network since the phone is open and all?
I could probably look it up, and maybe I'm ignorant....but for all the pain in the ass they've made flying now, how often do they actually thwart terrorist attempts or find people trying to smuggle explosives through security? I just don't recall hearing any news in recent history about DHS actually *doing* anything productive.
Weird. I had to click on the link to come in here. Normally I just "j" past it in the newsreader, or scroll on my merry way. I'd love to have this new-fangled Internet of yours automatically clicks on every link and pulls pages (and comments forms, too!) for me...
You chose a closed solution with little flexibility over paying $20 *per year* for guide data? Really? Meh, to each his/her own, I guess.
Mostly it was I got it for free from work, and had grown frustrated with MythTV. I'm thinking of looking back into it, and granted the schedule thing isn't that big of a deal:-)
Fortunately, you can hook XBMC into MythTV. Wouldn't that be a solution for you?
I guess that's what I wasn't sure of. So XBMC can run on an xbox and hook into MythTV? Or does XBMC need to be running on an actual computer (possibly even the same MythTV box?) to actually be able to use the DVR things that MythTV does? Hmmmm...I'll have to look into this - thanks!
How can I, or what are my options for, integrating XBMC into a DVR setup?
I used to use MythTV but hated the interface; that combined with the free TV guides going away made me try out MCE 2005, which I currently run.
MCE2005 works, the interface is great (for PVR stuff at least...I don't really like the music manager, though), but the management is crap compared to MythTV. I can't remote onto it easily because it's XP-based, and the web management is garbage, too. I've been thinking of trying out something else, or seeing how MythTV is now.
Basically my setup is this: I have a FreeNAS that I use for file sharing that I have my music and downloaded videos on. I have the MCE box in the living room doing DVR stuff, with connections to the file shares for music and the rest of the videos. And I an original Xbox sitting around doing nothing.
I'd love to be able to put the DVR somewhere out of the way, have it do it's thing, and pump everything to XBMC somewhere. But can you do the live-tv thing with XBMC? Maybe I'm missing some other package out there completely?
Are these commercials actually supposed to be about Windows or something, or are they actually a launching platform for a Wes Anderson-style sitcom starting the new comedic buddy team?
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Does RedHat support CentOS? If you want a "name brand" server OS, then go with RHEL. But in my mind if I'm looking at free server distros that I support myself or with a community, CentOS and Ubuntu Server are on the same level...
To give you an example, if I run a bank, and the government says, you have to lend money to joe, and I know Joe can't afford it, and will probably foreclose, I don't just "do it and blame the government when joe forecloses", I set the interest rate on ALL my customers a little higher to ensure that when Joe forecloses I'm not bankrupt.
Why not? If I know Joe isn't going to pay me back, but some 3rd party is forcing me to loan him, why should my other customers pay for that 3rd party's incompetence? I agree that there's plenty of blame to go around to everyone involved, but I don't see why banks should have to cover being forced to give loans out to bums.
What's that, buddy?
You can either live a secluded life as a hermit, and live life to its fullest by interacting with others. The cruel truth of it is, if you interact with another human then your "privacy" (in your terms) is gone. All the Gmails and Facebooks have done is move it online and cataloged it. Before the Internet, if you walked outside and met a friend at the park, neighbors could see you, other friends might see you, they could take pictures, tell their friends and family about it, etc.
What difference does it make if those acquaintances that see you or whatnot are living on your street, or linked to you online?
Since when was "morals" restricted to religion? It's the distinction and perception between right and wrong - that's human nature!
They already have something like this. It's called the Internet. I can have my group of Facebook friends, my self-hosted blog where people know it's me, my self-hosted blog at a different registered domain under a pseudonym where I can post my propaganda, my Flickr stream, my Google Groups persona, my Slashdot persona, and my personas at any number of other forums/communities.
Is something like reCAPTCHA as vulnerable? It would seem like with a virtually limitless supply of texts to be digitized, you could minimize the affect of image solvers. Wouldn't there be enough variations of phrases to not make it worth it to document every possibility? And if you've got OCR software good enough to solve scanned texts reliably, that's a win for everyone, right?
You do realize that the online habits of those few who are "causing problems" for the ISP will eventually become mainstream, right? The ISPs can't head off the inevitable digital download era that companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Netflix, etc., are ushering in.
But what if you're talking on Skype, downloading iTunes songs and movies and TV shows, watching shows on Hulu, downloading linux isos, streaming Netflix with your Roku box, watching YouTube videos, downloading things off WiiWare and Xbox Live, etc., etc. Those things all add up, and as everything gets more and more internet-connected, it's going to become that much more of a problem!
Can you stream Netflix video on your MythTV box?
In my experience trying to get web-based video like Hulu and the respective network sites hooked up to a TV for a true TV-like experience is a PITA. Sure, you can s-video out, or have something like Media Center or MythTV....but ultimately I've found you still have a computer hooked up to a TV, with the same interface pitfalls.
Watching your shows on a computer monitor may work in the dorms, but for relaxing on the couch with the wife, it doesn't cut it.
I discovered that my wife was sleeping with her best friend (who is a lesbian). You should take a look at it.
So you're saying an IM filter can eventually lead to a 3-way with my wife and her friend? Awesome!
No, I definitely agree on that! The Internet can be a powerful discussion forum, but I'm sooooo tired of threads that end before they start simply because instead of discussing points of issues or differing opinions...they go immediately off course into "funny" name calling that only shows their minds are made up before they even begin.
You see, there you go again. You could have the most incredibly insightful thoughts and opinions, but you lose any and all credibility as soon as you use the term "Nobama". It's akin to "Micro$oft" and such....it immediately makes you come across as childish and immature, and I stopped taking you seriously as soon as I read it.
Soooooo....Comcast is just making itself irrelevant in a world where more and more (legal) content is available online. How can so many ISPs be limiting usage, while at the same time there are more and more digital content providers (every major network, iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft, Nintendo, I know there's a ton more but those are off the top of my head) providing more and more content. How pissed are people going to be when their Netflix or iTunes video downloads are clipping along, and then fall to a stutter? God, I hate hate HATE Comcast...and I don't even have them anymore!
How does it work with something like DirecTV? I currently have cable but am wanting to get satellite as soon as I rerun some coax in my house. I've heard that some of the DirecTV boxes come with an OTA HD tuner that you can hook an antenna up to...does that mean an internal antenna like rabbit ears, or can the satellite on the house roof work like an OTA regular antenna, too? Or will I need *yet another* antenna on my roof (in that case, running even more cables and such)?
Please Verizon, please.....let this work out some kinks for a few months and release an Android phone around the holidays or shortly after. And don't badge it or lock it down!
Maybe if someone like Alltel gets it or something, it would be easy enough to connect to Verizon's network since the phone is open and all?
No multitouch. I'd figure with the next generation of smartphones with big screens this wouldve been a no-brainer.
Isn't this because Apple has a patent or something on the multi-touch phone screen? I thought I read that somewhere?
I bet they made the shifty eyes! You can always tell someone is up to something by the shifty eyes!
I could probably look it up, and maybe I'm ignorant....but for all the pain in the ass they've made flying now, how often do they actually thwart terrorist attempts or find people trying to smuggle explosives through security? I just don't recall hearing any news in recent history about DHS actually *doing* anything productive.
How do you keep the carnies from messing with the servers, though? Or what if you get cotton candy stuck in the cooling vents?
Weird. I had to click on the link to come in here. Normally I just "j" past it in the newsreader, or scroll on my merry way. I'd love to have this new-fangled Internet of yours automatically clicks on every link and pulls pages (and comments forms, too!) for me...
You chose a closed solution with little flexibility over paying $20 *per year* for guide data? Really? Meh, to each his/her own, I guess.
Mostly it was I got it for free from work, and had grown frustrated with MythTV. I'm thinking of looking back into it, and granted the schedule thing isn't that big of a deal :-)
Fortunately, you can hook XBMC into MythTV. Wouldn't that be a solution for you?
I guess that's what I wasn't sure of. So XBMC can run on an xbox and hook into MythTV? Or does XBMC need to be running on an actual computer (possibly even the same MythTV box?) to actually be able to use the DVR things that MythTV does? Hmmmm...I'll have to look into this - thanks!
How can I, or what are my options for, integrating XBMC into a DVR setup?
I used to use MythTV but hated the interface; that combined with the free TV guides going away made me try out MCE 2005, which I currently run.
MCE2005 works, the interface is great (for PVR stuff at least...I don't really like the music manager, though), but the management is crap compared to MythTV. I can't remote onto it easily because it's XP-based, and the web management is garbage, too. I've been thinking of trying out something else, or seeing how MythTV is now.
Basically my setup is this: I have a FreeNAS that I use for file sharing that I have my music and downloaded videos on. I have the MCE box in the living room doing DVR stuff, with connections to the file shares for music and the rest of the videos. And I an original Xbox sitting around doing nothing.
I'd love to be able to put the DVR somewhere out of the way, have it do it's thing, and pump everything to XBMC somewhere. But can you do the live-tv thing with XBMC? Maybe I'm missing some other package out there completely?
Are these commercials actually supposed to be about Windows or something, or are they actually a launching platform for a Wes Anderson-style sitcom starting the new comedic buddy team?