I certainly don't advocate the use of cell phones on take off and landings
Certainly not! I'll second that statement. You especially don't want someone on a cellphone 1,500' above you and they're so absorbed in their conversation that they fly 15mph under the speed limit (read: stall speed. e.g., the speed at which your plane will drop rather than fly). That would make for a bad day!
Funny, lots of current GPS devices designed for EFIS panels are -- ta-da! That's right - embedded PCs. Some running Windows, some running Linux, and some use ARM processors running WinCE.
Actually this whole thing is a non-issue as a GPS is supposed to be used only as supplemental instrumentation during flight and NOT to be relied upon, unless things have changed in the last four years or so (It's been a while since I've read up on IFR requrements).
The problem is not the GPS receiver, but with improper antenna installation or a faulty cable. Your handheld GPS won't be connected with worn/frayed shielding, and the antenna won't have been damaged by clueless ground crews.
The crossovers, many of the equalizer/"boosters" (read: pretty flashing lights with a really cheap, low-fidelity distortion-ridden amplifier), and for a while ALL of the separate amplifiers were manufactured by Pyramid (Some of Pyramid's stuff is actually quite good - I'm a fan of their higher-end amps and subwoofers. Stay far FAR away from their lower end stuff, especially their IC-based amplifiers).
Er, um, many of the Optimus products were made by Pioneer. Compare the models side by side, usually only the name will differ, on some (very few) models the Optimus might have had a blue flourescent display while the exact same unit with the Pioneer badge had an amber display. Same exact specs, same exact internal construction (again, only the color of the display is different), and all of the internal badging is indicative of Pioneer.
Before I moved up to the Elite components I used to shop Pioneer for the feature list, and find out what the model was being sold as with the Optimus name because it was usually $200-$300 less for the same receiver, tape deck. CD player, etc.
When it came to the Elite line, I just bought the Elite components. I don't think any of the Elite line ever made it to Radio Trash. Right now I have a VSX26TX (if I recall the model # correctly) and aside from the lack of component or DVI video ports, I'm still very happy with it.:)
One reboot? If you install Windows, allowing for its one reboot, then install one app, skip the reboot (when prompted), install the next, skip the reboot, etc. you're getting right back to the exact DLL Hell that Win3x and Win9x were known for. The reboots are not just to waste your time, it's to upgrade files that are in use, and by skipping the reboot you'll be (potentially) overwriting the.1 files again and again with various versions - sometimes upgrading (which is usually not a problem) and sometimes downgrading again (usually a big problem and sometimes too sporadic to track down in a reasonable timeframe).
*nix is a little smarter than that. Need to update a library? Go right ahead. When the current processes end and new ones launch, the new version will be loaded automagically.
On Windows, when installing software, reboot when prompted. Your system will be more stable as a result. Anyone who has designed installers will tell you that.
Also, how exactly are you getting Windows XP itself installed in 15 minutes, let alone Windows XP plus a full suite of applications to be comparable to ubuntu?
Typical home DVR features:
- view tv using a tuner card
- view video from a single input
- high-fidelity video captures including high-bitrate audio, with emphasis on quelity and timeshifting
Typical security DVR features:
- capture video from 4 to 48 ports on video concentrator cards. Simultaneously. (video concentrator cards are multi-channel video capture cards)
- Focus on high compression (relying heavily on motion compensation)
- audio, if recorded, generally limited to 4 channels or fewer, at a very low bitrate. Also, audio recording is MONO, not stereo or binaural.
- dedicated solution
- frame rate may be variable
- multiplexer/quad processor views handled natively
- motion sensing/ alarm zone triggering
- motion-triggered recording
- object counting
- emails snapshots if motion detected during (n:x) hours
- P/T/Z control, multiple cameras
- networkable, stream multiple video feeds concurrently to one or more users (or even another remote DVR)
- heatbeat and watchdog features (self-monitoring)
The ONLY similarity is both are software, both can display at least one video signal, and can capture at least one video signal. That is where the similarity ends. The purpose, design, implementation, and practical use are otherwise COMPLETELY different. If you use MythTV as a security device you're losing out on a LOT of functionality, and you will likely be limited to two usable channels of video. If you try using a security DVR as a home entertainment device, you will not be happy with the video quality (focus is on resolution and not sound quality or a movie-like video experience) and an external tuner will be required. I've thought about taking a demo DVR home to toy with as a home DVR but haven't bothered because of all of the above reasons. That's right, even essentially for free, one is not usable for the other purpose.
Monitoring a couple of low-resolution cameras for your home? Sure, MythTV might work, but suggest MythTV for a real security solution, you'd be laughed out of town by any professional.
Also: nearly every concentrator card out there is designed with Windows in mind. Very few exist for Linux, and the ones that do exist are generally designed for embedded solutions (so they're going to be a proprietary subset of PCI, not a card you can shove into any old PC)
Don't be such a jerk. How does one learn without asking questions? Did it dawn on you that the poster might not even live on the same continent as you?
Cool! They're the ones who did the effects in Roger Waters' Amused to Death, and Roger Waters', er I mean, Pink Floyd's the final cut. I wish that company had the marketing prowess that Dolby or Bose has.
Notable Windows Vista features:
- WinFS (oops, nope, scratch that!)
- the bash-like shell Monad (oops, nope, scratch that!)
Let's try again!
Notable Windows Vista features:
- DRM to deny your Fair Use rights as provisioned by Copyright Law and The Constitution of The united States of America
- shiny new Aero skin (Oops, don't have an Nvidia 6x00 and Pentium 4 2.8 or higher? Still stuck with an ATI Radeon? Scratch this one!)
- Red Screen Of Death for the Really, Really Bad Errors
How about just TWO versions of the operating system?
Windows Vista - optimized for business, development, or personal use. Allows up to four discrete processors (eight-way proccessing on quad dual core systems). This will assure that customers are buying the right edition, and whitebox dealers will be compared on an even keel against Dell because business customers won't be comparing an unusable stripped version of Windows against one capable of joining a domain. Also, Activation becomes more customer-friendly because it allows for easy license transfer without accusing the customer of being a criminal.
Windows Vista Media Center: Windows Vista with native support for more media devices, a(n optional) user-friendly interface which is optimized for use as a media appliance.
But no, that would make it too easy and would end up with the result that a customer won't have to eat a Home license and buy AGAIto get real network functionality.
I downloaded the high-def Terminator 2 rip because I'm locked out of the content I paid for - there was no mention ANYWHERE on the packaging about any five-day limitation on the Windows Media high definition content plus it won't play on Linux (first media file I've found I can't play on Linux!). So, I was forced to download a cracked copy of it - well within my fair use rights, for any of you MPAA cretins out there.
They will refuse to accept returns on opened media (despite Best Buy's having aired commercials touting their "great" customer service and customers returning opened DVDs) but when that happens you can dispute the charge with your credit card company because Worst Buy is not honoring a warranty for merchantability and is selling defective products - chargebacks in significant numbers will hurt their credit with Mastercard/Visa, Amex, etc. and their rate will be raised. Don't pay cash for these piece of shit HD-DVDs.
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Certainly not! I'll second that statement. You especially don't want someone on a cellphone 1,500' above you and they're so absorbed in their conversation that they fly 15mph under the speed limit (read: stall speed. e.g., the speed at which your plane will drop rather than fly). That would make for a bad day!
Funny, lots of current GPS devices designed for EFIS panels are -- ta-da! That's right - embedded PCs. Some running Windows, some running Linux, and some use ARM processors running WinCE.
Surely you are not suggesting that the migration wizard would munch your custom controls. Say it ain't so! ;)
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I agree phones should be off during the flight but mostly because they're projectiles and because it's annoying.
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By that token so should books, pens, pencils, notepads, laptops, cameras, drinks, food, forks. . . eh, you get the idea.
Actually this whole thing is a non-issue as a GPS is supposed to be used only as supplemental instrumentation during flight and NOT to be relied upon, unless things have changed in the last four years or so (It's been a while since I've read up on IFR requrements).
The problem is not the GPS receiver, but with improper antenna installation or a faulty cable. Your handheld GPS won't be connected with worn/frayed shielding, and the antenna won't have been damaged by clueless ground crews.
Oh and for the car audio line:
The crossovers, many of the equalizer/"boosters" (read: pretty flashing lights with a really cheap, low-fidelity distortion-ridden amplifier), and for a while ALL of the separate amplifiers were manufactured by Pyramid (Some of Pyramid's stuff is actually quite good - I'm a fan of their higher-end amps and subwoofers. Stay far FAR away from their lower end stuff, especially their IC-based amplifiers).
Er, um, many of the Optimus products were made by Pioneer. Compare the models side by side, usually only the name will differ, on some (very few) models the Optimus might have had a blue flourescent display while the exact same unit with the Pioneer badge had an amber display. Same exact specs, same exact internal construction (again, only the color of the display is different), and all of the internal badging is indicative of Pioneer.
:)
Before I moved up to the Elite components I used to shop Pioneer for the feature list, and find out what the model was being sold as with the Optimus name because it was usually $200-$300 less for the same receiver, tape deck. CD player, etc.
When it came to the Elite line, I just bought the Elite components. I don't think any of the Elite line ever made it to Radio Trash. Right now I have a VSX26TX (if I recall the model # correctly) and aside from the lack of component or DVI video ports, I'm still very happy with it.
One reboot? If you install Windows, allowing for its one reboot, then install one app, skip the reboot (when prompted), install the next, skip the reboot, etc. you're getting right back to the exact DLL Hell that Win3x and Win9x were known for. The reboots are not just to waste your time, it's to upgrade files that are in use, and by skipping the reboot you'll be (potentially) overwriting the .1 files again and again with various versions - sometimes upgrading (which is usually not a problem) and sometimes downgrading again (usually a big problem and sometimes too sporadic to track down in a reasonable timeframe).
*nix is a little smarter than that. Need to update a library? Go right ahead. When the current processes end and new ones launch, the new version will be loaded automagically.
On Windows, when installing software, reboot when prompted. Your system will be more stable as a result. Anyone who has designed installers will tell you that.
Also, how exactly are you getting Windows XP itself installed in 15 minutes, let alone Windows XP plus a full suite of applications to be comparable to ubuntu?
Actually, it's not.
Typical home DVR features:
- view tv using a tuner card
- view video from a single input
- high-fidelity video captures including high-bitrate audio, with emphasis on quelity and timeshifting
Typical security DVR features:
- capture video from 4 to 48 ports on video concentrator cards. Simultaneously. (video concentrator cards are multi-channel video capture cards)
- Focus on high compression (relying heavily on motion compensation)
- audio, if recorded, generally limited to 4 channels or fewer, at a very low bitrate. Also, audio recording is MONO, not stereo or binaural.
- dedicated solution
- frame rate may be variable
- multiplexer/quad processor views handled natively
- motion sensing/ alarm zone triggering
- motion-triggered recording
- object counting
- emails snapshots if motion detected during (n:x) hours
- P/T/Z control, multiple cameras
- networkable, stream multiple video feeds concurrently to one or more users (or even another remote DVR)
- heatbeat and watchdog features (self-monitoring)
The ONLY similarity is both are software, both can display at least one video signal, and can capture at least one video signal. That is where the similarity ends. The purpose, design, implementation, and practical use are otherwise COMPLETELY different. If you use MythTV as a security device you're losing out on a LOT of functionality, and you will likely be limited to two usable channels of video. If you try using a security DVR as a home entertainment device, you will not be happy with the video quality (focus is on resolution and not sound quality or a movie-like video experience) and an external tuner will be required. I've thought about taking a demo DVR home to toy with as a home DVR but haven't bothered because of all of the above reasons. That's right, even essentially for free, one is not usable for the other purpose.
Monitoring a couple of low-resolution cameras for your home? Sure, MythTV might work, but suggest MythTV for a real security solution, you'd be laughed out of town by any professional.
Also: nearly every concentrator card out there is designed with Windows in mind. Very few exist for Linux, and the ones that do exist are generally designed for embedded solutions (so they're going to be a proprietary subset of PCI, not a card you can shove into any old PC)
Don't be such a jerk. How does one learn without asking questions? Did it dawn on you that the poster might not even live on the same continent as you?
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/510khome.html
Because the PC platform is commoditized and open, and while the Sparc processor itself is totally open, the rest of the box is not necessarily so.
That's the difference between a PC and a Sparc.
iPod? Plug and play.
Nikon cameras (both point-and-shoot and SLR)? Plug and play.
Canon? Plug and play.
SuSE 10.0.
What is a Spark laptop? I mean, I've hard of the Sparc processor,but is spark something new? ;)
Incidentally: NO one buys a Sparc with the intent of running Windows on it. No one.
Cool! They're the ones who did the effects in Roger Waters' Amused to Death, and Roger Waters', er I mean, Pink Floyd's the final cut. I wish that company had the marketing prowess that Dolby or Bose has.
re: "What does Vista do that 2000 doesn't?"
Notable Windows Vista features:
- WinFS (oops, nope, scratch that!)
- the bash-like shell Monad (oops, nope, scratch that!)
Let's try again!
Notable Windows Vista features:
- DRM to deny your Fair Use rights as provisioned by Copyright Law and The Constitution of The united States of America
- shiny new Aero skin (Oops, don't have an Nvidia 6x00 and Pentium 4 2.8 or higher? Still stuck with an ATI Radeon? Scratch this one!)
- Red Screen Of Death for the Really, Really Bad Errors
How about just TWO versions of the operating system?
Windows Vista - optimized for business, development, or personal use. Allows up to four discrete processors (eight-way proccessing on quad dual core systems). This will assure that customers are buying the right edition, and whitebox dealers will be compared on an even keel against Dell because business customers won't be comparing an unusable stripped version of Windows against one capable of joining a domain. Also, Activation becomes more customer-friendly because it allows for easy license transfer without accusing the customer of being a criminal.
Windows Vista Media Center: Windows Vista with native support for more media devices, a(n optional) user-friendly interface which is optimized for use as a media appliance.
But no, that would make it too easy and would end up with the result that a customer won't have to eat a Home license and buy AGAIto get real network functionality.
They will simply resell the item as an open-box item at a pittance of a discount.
They only allow exchanges for the same exact item.
No, due to recent improvements a new plasma screen will outlast a conventional CRT. 60,000 hours half-life. Even the venerable CRT can't match that!
I downloaded the high-def Terminator 2 rip because I'm locked out of the content I paid for - there was no mention ANYWHERE on the packaging about any five-day limitation on the Windows Media high definition content plus it won't play on Linux (first media file I've found I can't play on Linux!). So, I was forced to download a cracked copy of it - well within my fair use rights, for any of you MPAA cretins out there.
They will refuse to accept returns on opened media (despite Best Buy's having aired commercials touting their "great" customer service and customers returning opened DVDs) but when that happens you can dispute the charge with your credit card company because Worst Buy is not honoring a warranty for merchantability and is selling defective products - chargebacks in significant numbers will hurt their credit with Mastercard/Visa, Amex, etc. and their rate will be raised. Don't pay cash for these piece of shit HD-DVDs.
You meant to type:
The future is in unencumbereddownloadable content.
Good luck when your HD-DVD player dies and needs to be replaced.
OOps, you have to buy the content all over again - which is exactly what the entertainment industry wants.