I agree about the burning shows to disc thing. I used to have a Humax that did this, but unfortunately it won't accept a cablecard or record HD content (making it useless for anything besides basic analog cable).
As for adding on more hard drive space, most DVR's (even cable company ones) will let you add external storage now. I have a Scientific Atlanta DVR (from the cable company) that I use with a Western Digital DVR expander drive (basically just an external eSATA drive). Plugs right into the back of the DVR and works great.
Seriously, is there anyone under the age of 40 who DOESN'T use a DVR anymore? And I don't mean the "I don't even *OWN* a TV!" snobs, I'm talking about average people. I can't imagine going back to watching live TV, and can't believe that Nielsen is still not taking me adequately into account. I think they do finally factor in some DVR's now (contrary to the summary), but only one per household and only under weirdly strict conditions (like having to watch the show within 24 hrs. of its airing).
Okay, I can understand them not weighing us DVR watchers as much as grandma watching her stories on live TV (since we're a lot less likely to actually watch the ads that the Nielsens are all about). But to only count us under a few conditions is to ignore the reality that we're in the 21st century (some of us are even watching *gasp* HD content, which Nielsen is also still undervaluing).
Come on, I'm tired of seeing crap network shows that my great-aunt watches in the top ten and the shows *I* like getting shitcanned for "low ratings." I would even be willing to "opt-in" to a DVR viewing log system if it meant that my viewing habits could save a few decent shows.
It always cracks me up when a Linux advocate responds to a simple question with a solution involving manually editing the kernel source of the OS and recompiling the kernel, and then turns around and gets all pissy when someone complains that Linux isn't very user friendly to non-techies.
Most viruses these days will work with almost any browser. IE just has a longer legacy of old vulnerabilities. Sure, you could probably protect yourself by using the Cello browser with the OS/Warp operating system, but aside from going that far, you had better use your head and not get cocky (even Linux isn't bulletproof). The ultimate vector of any virus isn't the software, it's the user.
Considering how SOE screws up every single MMO they touch, I think they should change the acronym to from Sony Online Entertainment to "Shitty Online Effort."
Apple wasn't looking to screw over their employees. They merely wished to make the Apple employment experience more simple and elegant. With other employers, employees must make complicated and confusing decisions about raises and other job opportunities, resolve conflicts between competing employers, etc. At Apple, it's a simple "You work here" interface.
The circulation for EW is only 1.7 million for the *entire country*. The NYC and LA circulation is a small subset of that. And they never even said they would include it in *all* of the copies in NYC or LA. It's just a publicity stunt.
It's just a publicity stunt. Let me know when they can actually distribute these things en masse, and not just in a few hundred copies in two selected cities.
Hey, what was wrong with the Xbox 1? I had a launch model and, other than that shitty first controller and a somewhat bulky design, I never had any trouble out of it. It had a much better track record than the launch model PS2 (with its drive problems). There is no need to hate on the Xbox 1 just because the engineers dropped the ball on the 360's heat issues.
I own both a 360 and PS3 and I've had both since launch. I can say that I've had one RROD from my 360. MS fixed it and had it back to me (total time from RROD to new box was about 11 days). I am both one of the 54% who had a RROD and one of the 95% who would gladly buy a 360 again. Why? As embarrassing as the RROD fiasco was, MS made it right and it doesn't change the fact that the 360 has some of the best exclusives out there, streams video from my Netflix account, and (until the recent announcement) was significantly cheaper than the PS3, and has the better of the online services. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one again even if mine failed and they DIDN'T fix it for free.
I should also add that the newer models have a much lower rate of RROD failure than the old launch models (mine was a launch model).
Once you've given in, it's too late. Block even one site for the RIAA/MPAA, and you've given up any right to deny blocking the thousands of *other* sites the RIAA/MPAA have a problem with too. You've essentially given up any defense you might have had in a lawsuit in any future case.
Actually, as the grandparent pointed out, this ISP is giving them something VERY valuable. This ISP is now permanently stripped of the "We can't block it for technical/legal/consumer reasons" defense. Now the RIAA and its ilk are free to flood them with demands to block other sites, and the ISP will have no choice but to do so.
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Because I want it in decent quality HD?
you can love people of one race over all others for no reason other than they are members of that race, that's still racism
Does that make President Obama a racist just because he only dated black women? Does that make me anti-blonde because I prefer redheads?
Ah Hyong-man.
I agree about the burning shows to disc thing. I used to have a Humax that did this, but unfortunately it won't accept a cablecard or record HD content (making it useless for anything besides basic analog cable).
As for adding on more hard drive space, most DVR's (even cable company ones) will let you add external storage now. I have a Scientific Atlanta DVR (from the cable company) that I use with a Western Digital DVR expander drive (basically just an external eSATA drive). Plugs right into the back of the DVR and works great.
You may worship in any direction you choose. I am omnipresent.
We draw straws for it. The shortest straw from a country that doesn't make it legal to set a woman on fire for showing her ankles wins.
Seriously, is there anyone under the age of 40 who DOESN'T use a DVR anymore? And I don't mean the "I don't even *OWN* a TV!" snobs, I'm talking about average people. I can't imagine going back to watching live TV, and can't believe that Nielsen is still not taking me adequately into account. I think they do finally factor in some DVR's now (contrary to the summary), but only one per household and only under weirdly strict conditions (like having to watch the show within 24 hrs. of its airing).
Okay, I can understand them not weighing us DVR watchers as much as grandma watching her stories on live TV (since we're a lot less likely to actually watch the ads that the Nielsens are all about). But to only count us under a few conditions is to ignore the reality that we're in the 21st century (some of us are even watching *gasp* HD content, which Nielsen is also still undervaluing).
Come on, I'm tired of seeing crap network shows that my great-aunt watches in the top ten and the shows *I* like getting shitcanned for "low ratings." I would even be willing to "opt-in" to a DVR viewing log system if it meant that my viewing habits could save a few decent shows.
It always cracks me up when a Linux advocate responds to a simple question with a solution involving manually editing the kernel source of the OS and recompiling the kernel, and then turns around and gets all pissy when someone complains that Linux isn't very user friendly to non-techies.
Most viruses these days will work with almost any browser. IE just has a longer legacy of old vulnerabilities. Sure, you could probably protect yourself by using the Cello browser with the OS/Warp operating system, but aside from going that far, you had better use your head and not get cocky (even Linux isn't bulletproof). The ultimate vector of any virus isn't the software, it's the user.
Wouldn't that mean that everyone prosecuted under it for the last 25 years is also innocent?
Must not make gay joke...must not make gay joke.
Considering how SOE screws up every single MMO they touch, I think they should change the acronym to from Sony Online Entertainment to "Shitty Online Effort."
IF you were trying to drop me a hint, hint taken.
Yes, is mere accident. She fell in the well, not pushed.
Apple wasn't looking to screw over their employees. They merely wished to make the Apple employment experience more simple and elegant. With other employers, employees must make complicated and confusing decisions about raises and other job opportunities, resolve conflicts between competing employers, etc. At Apple, it's a simple "You work here" interface.
The circulation for EW is only 1.7 million for the *entire country*. The NYC and LA circulation is a small subset of that. And they never even said they would include it in *all* of the copies in NYC or LA. It's just a publicity stunt.
It's just a publicity stunt. Let me know when they can actually distribute these things en masse, and not just in a few hundred copies in two selected cities.
Bah, screw Greece. What have THEY ever accomplished?
...or proud that their product is otherwise so good that people are willing to put up with the RROD problem just to use it.
In other news, a recent call-in poll on Fox News indicated that 95% of the country is Republican.
Hey, what was wrong with the Xbox 1? I had a launch model and, other than that shitty first controller and a somewhat bulky design, I never had any trouble out of it. It had a much better track record than the launch model PS2 (with its drive problems). There is no need to hate on the Xbox 1 just because the engineers dropped the ball on the 360's heat issues.
I own both a 360 and PS3 and I've had both since launch. I can say that I've had one RROD from my 360. MS fixed it and had it back to me (total time from RROD to new box was about 11 days). I am both one of the 54% who had a RROD and one of the 95% who would gladly buy a 360 again. Why? As embarrassing as the RROD fiasco was, MS made it right and it doesn't change the fact that the 360 has some of the best exclusives out there, streams video from my Netflix account, and (until the recent announcement) was significantly cheaper than the PS3, and has the better of the online services. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one again even if mine failed and they DIDN'T fix it for free.
I should also add that the newer models have a much lower rate of RROD failure than the old launch models (mine was a launch model).
Once you've given in, it's too late. Block even one site for the RIAA/MPAA, and you've given up any right to deny blocking the thousands of *other* sites the RIAA/MPAA have a problem with too. You've essentially given up any defense you might have had in a lawsuit in any future case.
Actually, as the grandparent pointed out, this ISP is giving them something VERY valuable. This ISP is now permanently stripped of the "We can't block it for technical/legal/consumer reasons" defense. Now the RIAA and its ilk are free to flood them with demands to block other sites, and the ISP will have no choice but to do so.
But can it learn to love?