I agree. Not only does keeping IE broken with respect to CSS force people to code to it, but that in turn makes it harder for people to chose an alternative browser since much of the web only works correctly with IE.
I asked my Microsoft-Loving nephew-in-law why Microsoft doesn't support CSS properly and he said that based on what he's been told in various classes, etc. they want to push a completely different presentation model and kill CSS with it.
I would like my cell phone to have a gps, a decent camera and an MP3 player in it though. A usuable web browser might be nice too, but I'd need some kind of magnifying atttachment to see it and still have a small phone. Then there's the keyboard problem....
"...what could possibly be on tv that is so good that it warrants recording?"
I thought the same thing. I just got a new Windows box (sony). It has Media Center on it. I plugged it in and did some quick searches after it downloaded its free guide. Now the hard drive is staying flush with stuff I was missing and am now enjoying watching.
It turns out there is too much good stuff on TV, now that I can watch it when I want and skip the commercials. Part of the disk usage problem was I bought the PC right when all the year-end TV Marathons happened.
Cool thing is I can fix that by burning shows to DVD's very easily too.
I hope TiVo doesn't die, but considering how cheap my new PC was(1,300 USD), and how well it does DVR on top of being a good PC, I have to wonder about the future of dedicated DVR systems.
This book by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle described the tracking of an asteroid which ultimately strikes the earth, causing, among other things, a mile-high tidal wave in Los Angeles.
The devastating effects leave only isolated pockets of civilazation still functioning.
Lucifer's Hammer is a large book, but well worth reading.
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I agree. Not only does keeping IE broken with respect to CSS force people to code to it, but that in turn makes it harder for people to chose an alternative browser since much of the web only works correctly with IE. I asked my Microsoft-Loving nephew-in-law why Microsoft doesn't support CSS properly and he said that based on what he's been told in various classes, etc. they want to push a completely different presentation model and kill CSS with it.
I predict that TiVo is near death because of Windows Media Center and this is a desperate attempt to stay afloat.
Have them move the town close to a major highway. Problem solved!
Oh yeah, and it should function as a large USB jump drive too!
I would like my cell phone to have a gps, a decent camera and an MP3 player in it though. A usuable web browser might be nice too, but I'd need some kind of magnifying atttachment to see it and still have a small phone. Then there's the keyboard problem....
I feel the same way about Reno911.
In fact it was watching COPS that made me wish there was a Reno911 type show before it existed.
"...what could possibly be on tv that is so good that it warrants recording?"
I thought the same thing. I just got a new Windows box (sony). It has Media Center on it. I plugged it in and did some quick searches after it downloaded its free guide. Now the hard drive is staying flush with stuff I was missing and am now enjoying watching.
It turns out there is too much good stuff on TV, now that I can watch it when I want and skip the commercials. Part of the disk usage problem was I bought the PC right when all the year-end TV Marathons happened.
Cool thing is I can fix that by burning shows to DVD's very easily too.
I hope TiVo doesn't die, but considering how cheap my new PC was(1,300 USD), and how well it does DVR on top of being a good PC, I have to wonder about the future of dedicated DVR systems.
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This book by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle described the tracking of an asteroid which ultimately strikes the earth, causing, among other things, a mile-high tidal wave in Los Angeles. The devastating effects leave only isolated pockets of civilazation still functioning. Lucifer's Hammer is a large book, but well worth reading.