Personally I don't think anyone really needs to be forced to switch to digital...it's already happening and people will eventually realize the difference.
Have you tried to purchase a VCR recently? They're not easy to find, and when you do find them they cost MORE than a DVD player!
Unfortunately digital televisions are much more expensive than their analog counterparts. I'm about to buy an old analog TV simply because it's cheap, and I don't need a high end set.
DVDs have many advantages over VHS tapes, not just better picture quality. DVDs are lighter, smaller, easier to carry, cheaper, and easier to navigate (indexing, no need to rewind). These are all valid reasons for switching to DVD. There isn't really an incentive to trash your analog TV and upgrade to digital other than quality and the 'I'm cool' factor.
If things were left to the market to decide, digital TVs will be eventually reach the prices as analog TVs and the analog TVs will be phased out (why pay more for older technology with lower quality?) Setting a deadling for broadcasters just speeds things along.
I went to clean up a relative's old computer (get rid of spyware and a few other malicious programs/processes) and though it was USB equipped, it didn't recognize the thumb drive.
I ran into the same problem when I went to transfer pictures from that relative's PC to my thumb drive. The computer recognized the camera when connected, but I couldn't get it to recognize the thumb drive.
Unfortunately I couldn't even fit ONE of the 5MP pictures onto a single floppy.
Legal movie downloads sound great, but what does this mean for those of us with bandwidth-limiting ISPs? Remember the slashdot discussion on Cablevision's 50Mbps service http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/ 28/2254219&tid=215&tid=95&tid=103? Lots of people complained that their ISPs (mostly cable) capped their speed after hitting an ambiguous limitation that wasn't explicitly defined by the ISP.
Legal movie downloads at near-dial up speeds on capped cable connections don't sound very fun. I'll take the disc in the mail.
Just like many people on./ have previously commented on next-gen console discussions, these new consoles don't have anything truly revolutionary about them. The game demos that I've seen look just like any other old game with slightly better graphics.
What we need is a revolution, and I'm very curious to see what Nintendo is going to offer.
How exactly would I go about doing that? How do I encrypt all transmissions (or at least the ones where I'm sending passwords or viewing banking data) using SSL or ipsec?
I currently use a company-provided WinXP laptop to connect to my home wireless network. This laptop is locked down and I can't freely install whatever I want on it.
I use unprotected wireless points in hotels and airports to connect to my company's VPN because I'm not worried. What about when I want to browse the web on an unprotected network and yet still keep my data secure? I guess I could install a VPN server on my home system, but would that require me keeping my home system turned on all the time?
It's far easier just to use AES encryption for my wireless home network and not share it with anyone else.
Though it is something I may look into when I get the time. I'm currently playing around with FreeBSD on an old machine I had lying around.
I don't have any problem with allowing anyone in my neighborhood to connect to my wireless access point. I do have concerns about data security and privacy, however.
I have WPA authentication with AES encryption turned on because I don't want anyone to obtain any of the personal information that I send across my network such as passwords. I feel comfortable with the level of protection that AES encryption provides.
Is there a way I can allow anonymous users to connect to my access point, yet still be able to keep all my transmissions secure?
I was ice fishing with my father this past winter and he pulled a monster largemouth bass (18-20") out of a small pond. What's amazing is that the ice fishing rods we were using only had a very light line on them that wasn't even rated close to hold what that bass weighed. What's even more amazing is that we weren't fishing for bass and my father never caught a bass in his life, let alone while ice fishing.
I thought for sure something was going to happen like the fish falling back through the hole in the ice, but we managed to get some pictures of it.
I work as a systems engineer for a very large corporation. It's scary to see people who are higher than me within the company misuse words, almost the same examples as above! I find even managers making mistakes like that.
What's worse is when I find these same errors when I'm reviewing documentation that's about to be submitted to our customers!
I'm not a spelling/grammar nazi, but when you're releasing professional documentation to customers in return for millions of dollars the least you could do is make sure there are no blatant grammatical/spelling errors. I guess that's why they have people like me proofread before it's sent out.
Wow! I wouldn't mind helping. I was looking for a campground in Northern California last fall and had a very difficult time finding a decent one. I ended up blindly picking a campground and luckily it turned out to be incredible! It was my wife's first time camping and now her camping standards are way too high because of that experience.
Are the Acelas running yet? Last I heard they found cracks in the brake rotors and stopped all service. I was driving through Philadelphia yesterday and noticed a few Acela trains just sitting there in the yard.
I agree... though I don't know how it will really change anything.
Comcast has a virtual monopoly on broadband access in my area. I'm too far from the CO to get DSL and satellite is out of the question, so Comcast can pretty much charge whatever they want and anyone who wants broadband will pay it. I don't think Comcast leased their cable in the first place, at least not in my area. I looked into Earthlink broadband but it's not available in my area.
I'm paying a lot for cable internet service. $59.99 a month isn't all that bad, but it's disappointing to see $29/month DSL advertised and not being able to get it.
That relates to the same gripe I have about most ISPs or even computer manufacturers such as Dell.
Almost every commercial for a broadband ISP raves about how you can "download movies and music" fast! Even a recent Dell commercial I saw mentioned how you can use your new PC to download movies and music.
I know there are a few places where you can legitimately download music online, but a large number of people don't use them. Even if they do, 1GB of AAC/WMA songs isn't cheap.
I still don't know of any place where you can download movies online (legally) - not just little video clips, but full movies and TV shows.
I had a sypware app exibiting similar effects on my father's computer. It turned out to be a dirty Windows service that was somehow installed without consent. Deleting registry keys and related EXE/DLL files didn't do anything until I stopped the service.
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is there anything on the moon that we can use/do that would be cool
We won't know until we get there and start playing around. Isn't that how 'exploration' works? How often do (or did) explorers go to a new place knowing exactly what they would find there?
I'd have to agree with a lot of people and say that those exploratory jobs should be left to robots for now. There are a lot of things that humans can do, but human bodies aren't exactly designed for the extreme environment found in space.
I still wonder what kind of minerals exist deep in the surface of the moon. Is there any documentation on this? I have this wild imagination that there's lots of gold, diamonds, and oil hidden below the surface of the moon just waiting for some exploratory team to dig up. To hell with a transcontinental pipeline - in 2020 we'll have the Transplanetary pipeline pumping billions of gallons of crude from the Moon to Earth! Or maybe by 2020 we'll find a way to teleport all that oil (along with gold & diamonds) back to earth.
Most of my problems occur when trying to restore from suspension/hibernation.
Other problems include applications (such as IE, Firefox, Word, and Outlook) frequently crashing or running painfully slow.
I've also noticed that laptops in general aren't as reliable as desktops (as someone else posted in reply to my original comment). A friend of mine has a 3 month old Sony Vaio laptop that has some serious hardware issues. Maybe those Best Buy extended warranties aren't so bad for laptops. ^-^
On my systems, Windows 2000 is MUCH more stable than XP. I currently run 2000 at home and it has not crashed once in the past five years I've been running it. My company laptop has XP installed on it, and it gets so unstable requiring a reboot about every other day.
I'll eventually upgrade, but I don't feel like paying out the ears for Windows. Once 2000 support ends, it may be a good time to primarily use Mandrake that I installed but rarely use. Actually, I'd like to remove that and use something a little less 'bloated'.
I'm sure with a little encouragement I can get my wife to use and enjoy linux.
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My home in Northeast PA is sitting on top of a coal mine.
Have you tried to purchase a VCR recently? They're not easy to find, and when you do find them they cost MORE than a DVD player!
Unfortunately digital televisions are much more expensive than their analog counterparts. I'm about to buy an old analog TV simply because it's cheap, and I don't need a high end set.
DVDs have many advantages over VHS tapes, not just better picture quality. DVDs are lighter, smaller, easier to carry, cheaper, and easier to navigate (indexing, no need to rewind). These are all valid reasons for switching to DVD. There isn't really an incentive to trash your analog TV and upgrade to digital other than quality and the 'I'm cool' factor.
If things were left to the market to decide, digital TVs will be eventually reach the prices as analog TVs and the analog TVs will be phased out (why pay more for older technology with lower quality?) Setting a deadling for broadcasters just speeds things along.
I ran into the same problem when I went to transfer pictures from that relative's PC to my thumb drive. The computer recognized the camera when connected, but I couldn't get it to recognize the thumb drive.
Unfortunately I couldn't even fit ONE of the 5MP pictures onto a single floppy.
Legal movie downloads at near-dial up speeds on capped cable connections don't sound very fun. I'll take the disc in the mail.
What we need is a revolution, and I'm very curious to see what Nintendo is going to offer.
I remember my cousin, who is a wanna-be rock star, purposely DETUNING his guitar to play Nirvana songs.
I currently use a company-provided WinXP laptop to connect to my home wireless network. This laptop is locked down and I can't freely install whatever I want on it.
It's far easier just to use AES encryption for my wireless home network and not share it with anyone else.
Though it is something I may look into when I get the time. I'm currently playing around with FreeBSD on an old machine I had lying around.
I have WPA authentication with AES encryption turned on because I don't want anyone to obtain any of the personal information that I send across my network such as passwords. I feel comfortable with the level of protection that AES encryption provides.
Is there a way I can allow anonymous users to connect to my access point, yet still be able to keep all my transmissions secure?
I thought for sure something was going to happen like the fish falling back through the hole in the ice, but we managed to get some pictures of it.
What's worse is when I find these same errors when I'm reviewing documentation that's about to be submitted to our customers!
I'm not a spelling/grammar nazi, but when you're releasing professional documentation to customers in return for millions of dollars the least you could do is make sure there are no blatant grammatical/spelling errors. I guess that's why they have people like me proofread before it's sent out.
Seriously, my 14 year old cousin got a new 'slim' PS2 even though his old one was working just fine.
Wow! I wouldn't mind helping. I was looking for a campground in Northern California last fall and had a very difficult time finding a decent one. I ended up blindly picking a campground and luckily it turned out to be incredible! It was my wife's first time camping and now her camping standards are way too high because of that experience.
I'm experiencing this a lot. If I leave my modem/router on for extended periods of time, I lose my connection and need to unplug/replug my modem.
Secret Missions? Come on, we all know that plutonium is the perfect fuel to produce the 1.21 Jigawatts that our flux capacitors need.
Are the Acelas running yet? Last I heard they found cracks in the brake rotors and stopped all service. I was driving through Philadelphia yesterday and noticed a few Acela trains just sitting there in the yard.
Comcast has a virtual monopoly on broadband access in my area. I'm too far from the CO to get DSL and satellite is out of the question, so Comcast can pretty much charge whatever they want and anyone who wants broadband will pay it. I don't think Comcast leased their cable in the first place, at least not in my area. I looked into Earthlink broadband but it's not available in my area.
I'm paying a lot for cable internet service. $59.99 a month isn't all that bad, but it's disappointing to see $29/month DSL advertised and not being able to get it.
Gee, have they ever thought of not answering the phone? Most if not all cell phone plans include caller ID.
Like Gmail?
Almost every commercial for a broadband ISP raves about how you can "download movies and music" fast! Even a recent Dell commercial I saw mentioned how you can use your new PC to download movies and music.
I know there are a few places where you can legitimately download music online, but a large number of people don't use them. Even if they do, 1GB of AAC/WMA songs isn't cheap.
I still don't know of any place where you can download movies online (legally) - not just little video clips, but full movies and TV shows.
I had a sypware app exibiting similar effects on my father's computer. It turned out to be a dirty Windows service that was somehow installed without consent. Deleting registry keys and related EXE/DLL files didn't do anything until I stopped the service.
We won't know until we get there and start playing around. Isn't that how 'exploration' works? How often do (or did) explorers go to a new place knowing exactly what they would find there?
I'd have to agree with a lot of people and say that those exploratory jobs should be left to robots for now. There are a lot of things that humans can do, but human bodies aren't exactly designed for the extreme environment found in space.
I still wonder what kind of minerals exist deep in the surface of the moon. Is there any documentation on this? I have this wild imagination that there's lots of gold, diamonds, and oil hidden below the surface of the moon just waiting for some exploratory team to dig up. To hell with a transcontinental pipeline - in 2020 we'll have the Transplanetary pipeline pumping billions of gallons of crude from the Moon to Earth! Or maybe by 2020 we'll find a way to teleport all that oil (along with gold & diamonds) back to earth.
Other problems include applications (such as IE, Firefox, Word, and Outlook) frequently crashing or running painfully slow.
I've also noticed that laptops in general aren't as reliable as desktops (as someone else posted in reply to my original comment). A friend of mine has a 3 month old Sony Vaio laptop that has some serious hardware issues. Maybe those Best Buy extended warranties aren't so bad for laptops. ^-^
I'll eventually upgrade, but I don't feel like paying out the ears for Windows. Once 2000 support ends, it may be a good time to primarily use Mandrake that I installed but rarely use. Actually, I'd like to remove that and use something a little less 'bloated'.
I'm sure with a little encouragement I can get my wife to use and enjoy linux.