For me, I never got a Tivo because of the cost. You need to purchase the equipment and then pay a monthly fee. I believe it is $12.95/month now. I already pay $80/month for cable and Internet access, $50/month for phone, add on heat, electricity and rent and I'm already down a paycheck. I have a DVR at home built with leftover parts and a $40 tuner card that works just fine. I can also move those files between my laptop and any other computer, so I can take my recorded shows anywhere.
I have an 11 year old Saturn and get 44 mpg on the highway at 70. I wouldn't give up my safety for 6 extra miles per gallon.
On a side note, I did own a Fiero once and it had TERRIBLE problems with the cooling system. On one fateful night, I lost all of the cooling fluid when I was away from home. I was closer to a mechanic than my house, so I drove it there. I live in a hilly town, so I would drive the Fiero up the hill, shut off the engine and coast down, then start it up for the next hill. One time I did this, I turned the key past the "accessories" mode and into the lock mode, locking my steering wheel, going 35 down a hill. I almost needed a new pair of underwear after that and know exactly how stupid and dangerous this is now.
I think it is because it is a silly part of the license. What would you think if you pulled into a gas station and the attendant said "I'm sorry, we can't put gas into cars like yours." They aren't saying the gas won't work, it is just their choice to sell it only to certain car owners.
I know this isn't the exact same situation but I can walk into an Apple store and buy a copy of OS X and go home and install on it on a system that isn't Apple. That should be my choice. I'm happy to give up whatever rights I have for support by doing this but it should be my choice. The same goes for all products. If I buy an iPhone, an EeePC, or a Dell, it should be my choice to mod it in anyway. I paid the money they asked for the product and now it becomes mine. They are willing to share their other software with my Windows machine (iTunes, Safari) so why not let us use their OS? We are paying for a license to use it.
Just out of curiosity, doesn't this seem like overkill? If you require such a massive amount of computing power, it seems you would take away from any decent AI algorithms and just do brute force computing.
$30 for an 8GB USB flash drive? That doesn't really compare to the 10 CENTS I pay for a blank DVD. I still need to share gigs of data with people where placing that data online isn't an option. If I had to spend $30 a pop to send these out, it would cost a small fortune.
And no, the information I'm sharing isn't illegal.
I agree. I would rather have the product work everywhere (car chargers, other people's chargers when I forget mine, etc) than have an inconvenience for a thief.
Nothing promises this technology won't be broken in the future, which just means the people who paid money for the device are the ones inconvenienced.
Because UW is a government facility, does that affect this at all? Are they able to make choices that would backfire on a privately owned company or college? Does the government have any extra access to their information due to the fact they are state funded?
I don't know how much seperation of government there is between a state college and the federal goverment or how much the government can lean on them due to the fact that is where some of their money comes from.
"Many attempts to drill deep into the planet barely get past the crust."
I wasn't aware of any drilling that has past the crust. The deepest I knew about was the Kola Borehole which only reached 12,262 meters. I understand drilling the seafloor saves us time and depth but I wasn't away of anyone getting through the crust yet.
Unless you are dealing with a company with one developer, they should be able to put people on the problem and find a solution ASAP. I understand it takes time to fix problems but nothing ticks me off more than when people drag their feet finding a resolution because they don't feel it is a high priority.
I hope they don't use information obtained from my searches or my GMail account. I haven't read their EULA lately but they could even dynamically create questions from this information.
I would agree with you if these chips were being sold to the common user. As of right now, I'm not familiar with any "e-machines" that run the IBM Cell processor. I don't see what IBM has to gain if their 5Ghz processor isn't an improvement on AMD or Intel because both of those companies already have a substantial amout of the market for home users. I can only assume these chips will be used in high-end products only.
It just seems like every web presence has to have some source of income to pay for their hosting and bandwidth. If they aren't very intrusive (GoogleAds), then it shouldn't harm anything.
The LED lights are already here but like everything else that is new, they are still pretty costly (per bulb that is). One site I found listed both cost and figures on saving.
The figures are from the same people trying to sell you the bulb, so take it as a starting point but they claim their "bulb" lasts for 60,000 hours, using 120 kWh for those 60,000 hours bring the total cost to: $46.95 (@$0.10/kWh)
Cost of bulb ($34.95) + cost of using bulb for 60,000 ($0.10/kWh * 120 kWh).
Compared to an incandescent 60 Watt Light Bulb which only lasts ~1000 hours over the same 60,000 hours costing $400.20:
(cost of bulbs (60 bulbs * $0.67 each) + cost of using bulb for 60,000 ($0.10/kWh * 3600 kWh)
Google also tells me a fluorescent lamp uses ~1/4 the energy of an incandescent bulb, so that would be approx. $100.05 using the same figures above. The cost savings do add up but I don't know if I can bring myself to paying $35 per LED bulb.
Note: I'm not affiliated with ccrane.com. I just found them via Google.
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You are correct:
http://thechive.com/2010/08/11/a-word-from-jenny-16-photos/
The Forbes article has a Google spreadsheet of the routers.
For me, I never got a Tivo because of the cost. You need to purchase the equipment and then pay a monthly fee. I believe it is $12.95/month now. I already pay $80/month for cable and Internet access, $50/month for phone, add on heat, electricity and rent and I'm already down a paycheck. I have a DVR at home built with leftover parts and a $40 tuner card that works just fine. I can also move those files between my laptop and any other computer, so I can take my recorded shows anywhere.
I'll trade you my Circuit City stock.
At least with CC, they had the decency to lie to you right your face versus hiding behind a sticker.
I have an 11 year old Saturn and get 44 mpg on the highway at 70. I wouldn't give up my safety for 6 extra miles per gallon.
On a side note, I did own a Fiero once and it had TERRIBLE problems with the cooling system. On one fateful night, I lost all of the cooling fluid when I was away from home. I was closer to a mechanic than my house, so I drove it there. I live in a hilly town, so I would drive the Fiero up the hill, shut off the engine and coast down, then start it up for the next hill. One time I did this, I turned the key past the "accessories" mode and into the lock mode, locking my steering wheel, going 35 down a hill. I almost needed a new pair of underwear after that and know exactly how stupid and dangerous this is now.
I think it is because it is a silly part of the license. What would you think if you pulled into a gas station and the attendant said "I'm sorry, we can't put gas into cars like yours." They aren't saying the gas won't work, it is just their choice to sell it only to certain car owners.
I know this isn't the exact same situation but I can walk into an Apple store and buy a copy of OS X and go home and install on it on a system that isn't Apple. That should be my choice. I'm happy to give up whatever rights I have for support by doing this but it should be my choice. The same goes for all products. If I buy an iPhone, an EeePC, or a Dell, it should be my choice to mod it in anyway. I paid the money they asked for the product and now it becomes mine. They are willing to share their other software with my Windows machine (iTunes, Safari) so why not let us use their OS? We are paying for a license to use it.
Just my 2 cents.
Just out of curiosity, doesn't this seem like overkill? If you require such a massive amount of computing power, it seems you would take away from any decent AI algorithms and just do brute force computing.
$30 for an 8GB USB flash drive? That doesn't really compare to the 10 CENTS I pay for a blank DVD. I still need to share gigs of data with people where placing that data online isn't an option. If I had to spend $30 a pop to send these out, it would cost a small fortune.
And no, the information I'm sharing isn't illegal.
I agree. I would rather have the product work everywhere (car chargers, other people's chargers when I forget mine, etc) than have an inconvenience for a thief.
Nothing promises this technology won't be broken in the future, which just means the people who paid money for the device are the ones inconvenienced.
The Joel vs Mike battle is like the Kirk vs Picard battle.
Good luck finding a winner.
Because UW is a government facility, does that affect this at all? Are they able to make choices that would backfire on a privately owned company or college? Does the government have any extra access to their information due to the fact they are state funded? I don't know how much seperation of government there is between a state college and the federal goverment or how much the government can lean on them due to the fact that is where some of their money comes from.
"Many attempts to drill deep into the planet barely get past the crust." I wasn't aware of any drilling that has past the crust. The deepest I knew about was the Kola Borehole which only reached 12,262 meters. I understand drilling the seafloor saves us time and depth but I wasn't away of anyone getting through the crust yet.
Unless you are dealing with a company with one developer, they should be able to put people on the problem and find a solution ASAP. I understand it takes time to fix problems but nothing ticks me off more than when people drag their feet finding a resolution because they don't feel it is a high priority.
I hope they don't use information obtained from my searches or my GMail account. I haven't read their EULA lately but they could even dynamically create questions from this information.
I would agree with you if these chips were being sold to the common user. As of right now, I'm not familiar with any "e-machines" that run the IBM Cell processor. I don't see what IBM has to gain if their 5Ghz processor isn't an improvement on AMD or Intel because both of those companies already have a substantial amout of the market for home users. I can only assume these chips will be used in high-end products only.
It just seems like every web presence has to have some source of income to pay for their hosting and bandwidth. If they aren't very intrusive (GoogleAds), then it shouldn't harm anything.
The LED lights are already here but like everything else that is new, they are still pretty costly (per bulb that is). One site I found listed both cost and figures on saving.
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http://www.ccrane.com/lights/led-light-bulbs/inde
The figures are from the same people trying to sell you the bulb, so take it as a starting point but they claim their "bulb" lasts for 60,000 hours, using 120 kWh for those 60,000 hours bring the total cost to: $46.95 (@$0.10/kWh)
Cost of bulb ($34.95) + cost of using bulb for 60,000 ($0.10/kWh * 120 kWh).
Compared to an incandescent 60 Watt Light Bulb which only lasts ~1000 hours over the same 60,000 hours costing $400.20:
(cost of bulbs (60 bulbs * $0.67 each) + cost of using bulb for 60,000 ($0.10/kWh * 3600 kWh)
Google also tells me a fluorescent lamp uses ~1/4 the energy of an incandescent bulb, so that would be approx. $100.05 using the same figures above. The cost savings do add up but I don't know if I can bring myself to paying $35 per LED bulb.
Note: I'm not affiliated with ccrane.com. I just found them via Google.
Actually, it isn't an HDDVD. The set includes a "Standard DVD and WMV-HD DVD" of the movie. http://www.piratesxxx.com/main.php?tab=about