You could always go the lifetime service route. It adds $400 to the upfront cost ($300 for any subsequent TiVo).
With a $20/month DVR rental fee and $5/month CableCard rental fee you'd break even in less than four years. Even sooner if you bought multiple TiVos with lifetime service plans.
I would estimate that you can reasonably expect a TiVo to last about 5 years, so in the long run it's cheaper to buy TiVo and you get a much better experience.
I downloaded it earlier this morning and listened to it this afternoon.
What's amazing to me is that they can spend over 45 minutes discussing what seems to me to be a matter this simple. But I guess this is exactly how lawyers make their money, says the prospective law student.
The government could always see where you were whether or not you wanted them to.
Having Google Latitude at least makes people aware that, even without GPS, it is possible to see where you are as long as your phone is on. The difference is that now, in addition to the government being able to see you, a select group of friends that you opt-in can also see where you are.
Ironically, they made far more information publicly available than the MIT kids ever intended to present by including the security report in their motion. You think they would have sealed the document, or whatever the legal term is for hiding sensitive information like that.
I consider myself a casual gamer, but I didn't find Ninja Gaiden to be all that difficult, at least not compared to the original NES version (I could at least beat the Xbox version...).
Ironically, the most difficult boss in the game for me was the first one.
A lot of movie studios allow for bigger budgets because even though they know they won't break even on the box office sales alone, the profits will be supplimented by the DVD sales. This day and age it seems as if theatrical releases are just big commercials for the DVD version of the movie, where the studios seem to make most of their money.
The CD is the main profit center for the Record Companies, but tours are where the artists make most of their money. Artists have to look at it the opposite way the movie industry does - the album is like an advertisement for their concerts.
I've had the TiVo HD pretty much since the first week it came out. I've had a dual tuner TiVo in one form or another for the past few years so I was really excited when the new TiVo HD came out. However, I've been less than impressed with it.
I love the TiVo software, it beats Comcast's DVR hands down, but there are technical limitations. For instance, there is a lot of random artifacting that occurs on digital channels. Even more annoying is the fact that the audio will drop out randomly at times. I'm told it's a problem with the Scientific Atlantic cableCARDs that I am using.
I've also been told that it should be fixed via a firmware upgrade, but the whole point of TiVo is that it is easy an intuitive, but when you have the audio dropping out, the picture pixelating, and now not being able to get channels at all, it would seem as if TiVo may be losing their edge. Of course, most of the problems are because of the Comcast, which is unfortunate, but I'm hoping everything will clear up when I switch to Verizon FiOS at the end of next month.
When I drive to work every morning, I come into DC and I'm greeted by a sign that says "this area is under video surveillance." It is assumed that you consent to being videotaped if you enter the area.
Why can't the same logic be applied to private citizens. For instance, if the person taping had informed the officer that he was recording the officer, couldn't there be implied consent since the officer didn't vacate the area?
Also, what difference does it matter who is recording whom? If the cop is allowed to record a traffic stop, a citizen should be able to record the same traffic stop.
Isn't this just another case of Nature Vs. Nature? That is a huge discussion in terms of child rearing, with no side being the clear winner because there are aspects of both that effect how people act.
I don't see any difference here. There are some things that are most likely inherent biologically, such as the fear of being chastised for doing something against the societal norm. Of course, that norm has to be put in place by society, but the fear is a function of biology.
There are some criminals with seemingly no morals that lack something in the brain that would cause them to have this valid fear.
These car companies seem to think that electric cars are the way to go. A lot of people like them because they are cleaner and cause less pollution. However, a lot of electricity is made by burning coal, which is not exactly a clean process. Also, transporting electricity is extremely inefficient. Depending on the length of the cable run, up to 50% of the electricity is lost, which means that even more coal has to be burned to compensate for that. Also, electricity is not stored very efficiently, either.
I don't know which is actually more efficient, burning fuel at the point of use, or creating electricity, transporting it over power lines, and then storing it on a battery, but I know that the actual benefit is not nearly as much as the perceived benefit.
Hybrid cars are a better idea, IMO, but I think I'll stick with regular gas until they come up with something like a hydrogen powered car.
The easiest way to prove that global warming exists is to point out the fact that we are not living in the ice age. Since the time the world was almost completely frozen over, it has gotten warmer.
It would seem the earth goes through a cycle of warming and cooling and we just happen to be around while the earth is warming up some. Even if we are contributing, the amount that we are is insignificant at best.
I would think that it would be in Target's best interest to enable their site so that blind people can read it. That is 200,000 people that they are not allowing to shop on their website.
However, if Target is too lazy to make the changes necessary then they shouldn't be made to make the changes. I know if I was blind, I would simply boycott them. If they aren't going to make it accessible, I'm certainly not going out of my way if I'm blind, I'll just shop at a competitor that does have these things enabled.
Vote with your wallet. But I'm a big fan of the free market, so what do I know?
So, whatever happened to good old fashioned house calls? I mean, if they are spending this much to influence 20 people, couldn't they just hire a lobbyist or somebody that can sweet talk them into whatever it is that they are selling?
With such a small group of people being targeted, this just seems like a terribly inefficient way to sell your service.
It's about time the record labels caught on somewhat. Just because you give something out for free doesn't mean you're not going to make money off of it. I'm sure Google's business model with youtube will involve this type of thing somehow - giving content to people for free without them realizing they're watching ads.
You can tell a kid not to touch a hot stove as much as you'd like, but they're not going to actually learn it themselves until they touch the hot stove and burn themselves. It's going to be painful, but it's a message they are going to remember.
If a child goes through life placidly believing what their parents tell them, as good as the advice may be, that child is going to grow up to be a worker bee, not challenging authority, just following orders. Kids need to learn to push boundaries, that is the only way they are going to get ahead.
Basically, the poorer you are, the more children you have. So inversely, the richer you are, the less children you have. Just think about it this way: People that are rich have time that is very valuable, so they can't afford to have many children, because they would waste too much of their own time.
Poor people, it seems, have nothing but free time, and can therefore have more children. Although the care they give per child is less than the care given by parents who have fewer children.
The amount saved is so minimal. You can make it sound large when you multiply it by the entire population, but if you compare that to the GDP of the nation, the amount saved is even more minimal!
Plus, who will feed the starving families of the power companies when we all start using $24 less of power each year!
I'm not in high school anymore, but I know it would have been impossible for my parents to monitor all of my online activities. I suppose the parents could have set up a filter to block certain sites, such as myspace, and while that may inconvenience the students, they would most likely find other means to let out their frustration, such as spray paint on the teacher's car.
Personally, I think what they did is about on par with yelling at somebody in a crowded room. It may hurt your feelings, but is anybody going to pay attention to it, and even if they do pay attention, how long are they going to remember it? Bringing a lawsuit will make even more people know about the incident, and assumedly, the teacher wants as few people to know that she had students calling her a lesbian, when she is in fact not.
Isn't there some sort of pollution that is created by vaporizing the trash? I can't imagine the process would be free of emissions. All I know is that I wouldn't want to live downwind of this place.
To be perfectly honest, it doesn't matter which format wins. I was personally leaning towards blu-ray, but the formats are similar enough that one can replace the other. Many people compare this to VHS and Betamax. I think it's different. I think it will be more like the current recordable DVD fiasco that's going on now. Consumers don't know what the difference between DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RAM, etc. This confusion hurts the entire industry because consumers don't know what is going on.
I wish the talks between the two had not broken down because I don't see this ending easily. Sony will put it in their PS3 which will tremondously help out the format, just like the PS2 did for DVDs. But of course the "official" format will not die easily, and now that they have the support of microsoft and intel, it will make it even more difficult for one format to just quietly leave the game.
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You could always go the lifetime service route. It adds $400 to the upfront cost ($300 for any subsequent TiVo).
With a $20/month DVR rental fee and $5/month CableCard rental fee you'd break even in less than four years. Even sooner if you bought multiple TiVos with lifetime service plans.
I would estimate that you can reasonably expect a TiVo to last about 5 years, so in the long run it's cheaper to buy TiVo and you get a much better experience.
Somebody get Jack Bauer - he'll find the C.I.P. device that made this possible.
I downloaded it earlier this morning and listened to it this afternoon.
What's amazing to me is that they can spend over 45 minutes discussing what seems to me to be a matter this simple. But I guess this is exactly how lawyers make their money, says the prospective law student.
PS, I think I created a torrent TPB
The government could always see where you were whether or not you wanted them to.
Having Google Latitude at least makes people aware that, even without GPS, it is possible to see where you are as long as your phone is on. The difference is that now, in addition to the government being able to see you, a select group of friends that you opt-in can also see where you are.
Ironically, they made far more information publicly available than the MIT kids ever intended to present by including the security report in their motion. You think they would have sealed the document, or whatever the legal term is for hiding sensitive information like that.
Ironically, the most difficult boss in the game for me was the first one.
The CD is the main profit center for the Record Companies, but tours are where the artists make most of their money. Artists have to look at it the opposite way the movie industry does - the album is like an advertisement for their concerts.
I love the TiVo software, it beats Comcast's DVR hands down, but there are technical limitations. For instance, there is a lot of random artifacting that occurs on digital channels. Even more annoying is the fact that the audio will drop out randomly at times. I'm told it's a problem with the Scientific Atlantic cableCARDs that I am using.
I've also been told that it should be fixed via a firmware upgrade, but the whole point of TiVo is that it is easy an intuitive, but when you have the audio dropping out, the picture pixelating, and now not being able to get channels at all, it would seem as if TiVo may be losing their edge. Of course, most of the problems are because of the Comcast, which is unfortunate, but I'm hoping everything will clear up when I switch to Verizon FiOS at the end of next month.
According to TFA, prices cap at $.98. I hardly think that's in the "causes piracy" level of pricing.
Why can't the same logic be applied to private citizens. For instance, if the person taping had informed the officer that he was recording the officer, couldn't there be implied consent since the officer didn't vacate the area?
Also, what difference does it matter who is recording whom? If the cop is allowed to record a traffic stop, a citizen should be able to record the same traffic stop.
This entire situation scares me a great deal.
Isn't this just another case of Nature Vs. Nature? That is a huge discussion in terms of child rearing, with no side being the clear winner because there are aspects of both that effect how people act.
I don't see any difference here. There are some things that are most likely inherent biologically, such as the fear of being chastised for doing something against the societal norm. Of course, that norm has to be put in place by society, but the fear is a function of biology.
There are some criminals with seemingly no morals that lack something in the brain that would cause them to have this valid fear.
These car companies seem to think that electric cars are the way to go. A lot of people like them because they are cleaner and cause less pollution. However, a lot of electricity is made by burning coal, which is not exactly a clean process. Also, transporting electricity is extremely inefficient. Depending on the length of the cable run, up to 50% of the electricity is lost, which means that even more coal has to be burned to compensate for that. Also, electricity is not stored very efficiently, either.
I don't know which is actually more efficient, burning fuel at the point of use, or creating electricity, transporting it over power lines, and then storing it on a battery, but I know that the actual benefit is not nearly as much as the perceived benefit.
Hybrid cars are a better idea, IMO, but I think I'll stick with regular gas until they come up with something like a hydrogen powered car.
The easiest way to prove that global warming exists is to point out the fact that we are not living in the ice age. Since the time the world was almost completely frozen over, it has gotten warmer.
It would seem the earth goes through a cycle of warming and cooling and we just happen to be around while the earth is warming up some. Even if we are contributing, the amount that we are is insignificant at best.
I would think that it would be in Target's best interest to enable their site so that blind people can read it. That is 200,000 people that they are not allowing to shop on their website.
However, if Target is too lazy to make the changes necessary then they shouldn't be made to make the changes. I know if I was blind, I would simply boycott them. If they aren't going to make it accessible, I'm certainly not going out of my way if I'm blind, I'll just shop at a competitor that does have these things enabled.
Vote with your wallet. But I'm a big fan of the free market, so what do I know?
So, whatever happened to good old fashioned house calls? I mean, if they are spending this much to influence 20 people, couldn't they just hire a lobbyist or somebody that can sweet talk them into whatever it is that they are selling?
With such a small group of people being targeted, this just seems like a terribly inefficient way to sell your service.
It's about time the record labels caught on somewhat. Just because you give something out for free doesn't mean you're not going to make money off of it. I'm sure Google's business model with youtube will involve this type of thing somehow - giving content to people for free without them realizing they're watching ads.
You can tell a kid not to touch a hot stove as much as you'd like, but they're not going to actually learn it themselves until they touch the hot stove and burn themselves. It's going to be painful, but it's a message they are going to remember.
If a child goes through life placidly believing what their parents tell them, as good as the advice may be, that child is going to grow up to be a worker bee, not challenging authority, just following orders. Kids need to learn to push boundaries, that is the only way they are going to get ahead.
Basically, the poorer you are, the more children you have. So inversely, the richer you are, the less children you have. Just think about it this way: People that are rich have time that is very valuable, so they can't afford to have many children, because they would waste too much of their own time.
Poor people, it seems, have nothing but free time, and can therefore have more children. Although the care they give per child is less than the care given by parents who have fewer children.
The amount saved is so minimal. You can make it sound large when you multiply it by the entire population, but if you compare that to the GDP of the nation, the amount saved is even more minimal!
Plus, who will feed the starving families of the power companies when we all start using $24 less of power each year!
I'm not in high school anymore, but I know it would have been impossible for my parents to monitor all of my online activities. I suppose the parents could have set up a filter to block certain sites, such as myspace, and while that may inconvenience the students, they would most likely find other means to let out their frustration, such as spray paint on the teacher's car.
Personally, I think what they did is about on par with yelling at somebody in a crowded room. It may hurt your feelings, but is anybody going to pay attention to it, and even if they do pay attention, how long are they going to remember it? Bringing a lawsuit will make even more people know about the incident, and assumedly, the teacher wants as few people to know that she had students calling her a lesbian, when she is in fact not.
Isn't there some sort of pollution that is created by vaporizing the trash? I can't imagine the process would be free of emissions. All I know is that I wouldn't want to live downwind of this place.
I wish the talks between the two had not broken down because I don't see this ending easily. Sony will put it in their PS3 which will tremondously help out the format, just like the PS2 did for DVDs. But of course the "official" format will not die easily, and now that they have the support of microsoft and intel, it will make it even more difficult for one format to just quietly leave the game.