I don't care for the remote either. I hope the interface improves, but taking into consideration the amount of space their pamplet gave to PIP (as opposed to operating the DVR), I'm thinking Cox has an idea of their customers' expectations that do not parallel mine.
Not having a Tivo, I don't really know what makes a 'season pass' special.
The season pass gives the TiVo the capability to record a show whenever it airs. If the network changes the broadcast time, or airs another show on a different day and time, the TiVo will catch it. If the network airs the same show more than once, the TiVo will only record one airing. If two new shows are aired back to back, the TiVo will record them.
The Explorer supposedly has this capability, but it really just allows you to set up a day and time to record a show (much like a VCR). It doesn't appear to know what show is being recorded, because it sometimes records a different show that the network has substituted in the same time slot.
Another weakness is that your choices are to record only one episode, in one timeslot, or all of them in one timeslot, or all of them in all timeslots, never taking into account that two new episodes might sometimes be run back to back, or that a person might not need four copies of the same episode. Basically, it requires one to keep more "on top" of the TV lineup in order not to miss something. It seems like the cable company expects my life to revolve around TV, whereas TiVo allows me to watch the few shows I like, and glean out others that I might like, while freeing me from being a "vidiot".
The TiVo wishlist is a feature I frequently use. You can create a wishlist by pre-defined topics. For example: you could create a wishlist for "Sports-Fencing". Then every time a sports show featuring fencing was going to be aired, you would know about it. You can set up a wishlist for an actor. If you set one up for TOM HANKS, then every time a show, movie, whatever, with Tom Hanks in it came on, you would know about it. It helps you to zero in on the kinds of shows that YOU want to watch.
The short "user manual" (really just a few paragraphs) that came with my cable DVR was focused on pausing and recording shows that I was already watching. They seem to assume that I'm some sort of couch potato stuck in front of my TV all day long. Anything else I've learned about handling the DVR has been through trial and error. The interface is not very intuitive.
As I said, if you haven't had the pleasure of using a TiVo, you probably think the Cable company's DVR is great. Without a doubt, the cable DVR has technological advantages over TiVo. But I stand by my assessment that their interface is crap.
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163 hours of time to get the damn thing working: $8965
Total cost: $9370
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I've had a TiVo for over a year and recently got digital cable and the DVR from Cox. I have to say that TiVo has spoiled me. The Scientific Atlanta Explorer from Cox is laughably inferior. It can't handle "season passes" properly. Searching for shows takes forever; there is no searching by title and then displaying all upcoming episodes; no "wishlist" capability. If it is already in the middle of recording a show, you can't tell it to start playing the show from the beginning. It doesn't warn you if you have exceeded your capability -- it just stops recording shows. It is, in short, a piece of crap. It is like the Wal-Mart version of DVR's, and I predict in five years nobody will know what a TiVo was. That is because Cox' cable modem does something that my TiVo cannot do -- it records digital channels. A lot of consumers who have never used a TiVo will probably think it's great, which is sad.
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Your email got me to thinking a little more about the problem. It turns out that the problem seems to be with my ISP (Cox), and all of the other people who are having the same problem are using Cox. What they could possibly have done, is beyond me. I can see this is going to be a bear to troubleshoot.
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Sure, you can log in. Can you send and receive mail? No one I know is able to.
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It is my view, based only on personal experience and observation, i.e., not scientific study, that women are perfectly capable of doing well in science and math, but that they tend to just not like it.
At the same time, I think men are capable of doing well in languages and communication, but they tend to not like it.
Of course, exceptions abound, but I think each sex has their tendencies towards embracing different skills. These tendencies are base on personal whims and not on capabilities.
Are these tendencies hard-wired, or culturally learned, or a little bit of both? I don't know.
That's what I'm trying to understand, i.e., what would I see if I were on Titan? Does it look that bright to the naked eye, or have the photographs been enhanced? It sounds like they've been enhanced so we can make out more details. It stands to reason that if I were on Titan, things would seem pretty dark.
Perhaps it is a stupid question, by why do the pictures look so light? What I mean is, from that distance, I didn't think the Sun was very bright. Is the light in the photographs natural, or is it enhanced? Or, am I being influenced by sci-fi movies that portray the Sun as being so small way out there?
But, I read a story of some guy who was charged with disturbing the peace (he cussed out some kid working at a movie theater), and as his "third strike", he's now a lifer.
I have to apologize for that. That post of mine was intended as a response for the parent of your message. I don't know how I did that. I believe your story 100%. I'm also in agreement with you about the need for such assholes to be punished.
Your parent said: But, I read a story of some guy who was charged with disturbing the peace (he cussed out some kid working at a movie theater), and as his "third strike", he's now a lifer. His original two charges were nothing major, a couple assault charges that could probably be chalked up to drunken assholery.
It is THAT cock-and-bull story which I call an urban legend.
I wonder. What if he were exchanging emails with, I dunno, someone or some organization that might be embarrassing. Wouldn't he prefer that be kept private? Does his family really want to know the sordid details of his private life? Sure, it's not going to hurt his feelings now, but it can change the way his family perceives his life, and how they will remember him.
I can see arguments both for and against releasing his email. I think Yahoo is right to err on the side of caution, until the legality of the case can be sorted out.
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I don't care for the remote either. I hope the interface improves, but taking into consideration the amount of space their pamplet gave to PIP (as opposed to operating the DVR), I'm thinking Cox has an idea of their customers' expectations that do not parallel mine.
Not having a Tivo, I don't really know what makes a 'season pass' special.
The season pass gives the TiVo the capability to record a show whenever it airs. If the network changes the broadcast time, or airs another show on a different day and time, the TiVo will catch it. If the network airs the same show more than once, the TiVo will only record one airing. If two new shows are aired back to back, the TiVo will record them.
The Explorer supposedly has this capability, but it really just allows you to set up a day and time to record a show (much like a VCR). It doesn't appear to know what show is being recorded, because it sometimes records a different show that the network has substituted in the same time slot.
Another weakness is that your choices are to record only one episode, in one timeslot, or all of them in one timeslot, or all of them in all timeslots, never taking into account that two new episodes might sometimes be run back to back, or that a person might not need four copies of the same episode. Basically, it requires one to keep more "on top" of the TV lineup in order not to miss something. It seems like the cable company expects my life to revolve around TV, whereas TiVo allows me to watch the few shows I like, and glean out others that I might like, while freeing me from being a "vidiot".
The TiVo wishlist is a feature I frequently use. You can create a wishlist by pre-defined topics. For example: you could create a wishlist for "Sports-Fencing". Then every time a sports show featuring fencing was going to be aired, you would know about it. You can set up a wishlist for an actor. If you set one up for TOM HANKS, then every time a show, movie, whatever, with Tom Hanks in it came on, you would know about it. It helps you to zero in on the kinds of shows that YOU want to watch.
The short "user manual" (really just a few paragraphs) that came with my cable DVR was focused on pausing and recording shows that I was already watching. They seem to assume that I'm some sort of couch potato stuck in front of my TV all day long. Anything else I've learned about handling the DVR has been through trial and error. The interface is not very intuitive.
As I said, if you haven't had the pleasure of using a TiVo, you probably think the Cable company's DVR is great. Without a doubt, the cable DVR has technological advantages over TiVo. But I stand by my assessment that their interface is crap.
Generic case: $20
Hauppauge PVR 150 x2: $150
Generic mobo: $35
256 megs of RAM: $30
AMD 2200+: $70
GeForce MX4000 (For Svideo out): $30
Harddrive (120GB ~240 Hours@Tivo Quality): $70
$405
163 hours of time to get the damn thing working: $8965
Total cost: $9370
I've had a TiVo for over a year and recently got digital cable and the DVR from Cox. I have to say that TiVo has spoiled me. The Scientific Atlanta Explorer from Cox is laughably inferior. It can't handle "season passes" properly. Searching for shows takes forever; there is no searching by title and then displaying all upcoming episodes; no "wishlist" capability. If it is already in the middle of recording a show, you can't tell it to start playing the show from the beginning. It doesn't warn you if you have exceeded your capability -- it just stops recording shows. It is, in short, a piece of crap. It is like the Wal-Mart version of DVR's, and I predict in five years nobody will know what a TiVo was.
That is because Cox' cable modem does something that my TiVo cannot do -- it records digital channels. A lot of consumers who have never used a TiVo will probably think it's great, which is sad.
Your email got me to thinking a little more about the problem. It turns out that the problem seems to be with my ISP (Cox), and all of the other people who are having the same problem are using Cox. What they could possibly have done, is beyond me. I can see this is going to be a bear to troubleshoot.
Sure, you can log in. Can you send and receive mail? No one I know is able to.
Yahoo mail has been down for at least 24hrs.
Would be nice to know what's going on there too.
Good one.
Perhaps the mods were too illiterate to get it.
...How can we turn this into some sort of weapon?
It is my view, based only on personal experience and observation, i.e., not scientific study, that women are perfectly capable of doing well in science and math, but that they tend to just not like it.
At the same time, I think men are capable of doing well in languages and communication, but they tend to not like it.
Of course, exceptions abound, but I think each sex has their tendencies towards embracing different skills. These tendencies are base on personal whims and not on capabilities.
Are these tendencies hard-wired, or culturally learned, or a little bit of both? I don't know.
That's what I'm trying to understand, i.e., what would I see if I were on Titan? Does it look that bright to the naked eye, or have the photographs been enhanced? It sounds like they've been enhanced so we can make out more details. It stands to reason that if I were on Titan, things would seem pretty dark.
I got rated Off-Topic? As if urban legends are legitimate topics that deserve legitimate replies.
Thanks. That answered my question, and the link was fascinating.
Either you didn't understand my question, or you're just an ass.
Probably both.
Perhaps it is a stupid question, by why do the pictures look so light? What I mean is, from that distance, I didn't think the Sun was very bright. Is the light in the photographs natural, or is it enhanced? Or, am I being influenced by sci-fi movies that portray the Sun as being so small way out there?
Here are some other deep sea creatures washed up by the tsunami.
Your girlfriend said the same thing about mine.
So did your mother.
You forgot that the hero will be black and obnoxious.
There will also be a beautiful, overly serious, and insanely violent chick worked in somehow.
(yawn)
But, I read a story of some guy who was charged with disturbing the peace (he cussed out some kid working at a movie theater), and as his "third strike", he's now a lifer.
Urban legend.
I have to apologize for that. That post of mine was intended as a response for the parent of your message. I don't know how I did that. I believe your story 100%. I'm also in agreement with you about the need for such assholes to be punished.
Your parent said:
But, I read a story of some guy who was charged with disturbing the peace (he cussed out some kid working at a movie theater), and as his "third strike", he's now a lifer. His original two charges were nothing major, a couple assault charges that could probably be chalked up to drunken assholery.
It is THAT cock-and-bull story which I call an urban legend.
Sorry for the mix-up.
I wonder. What if he were exchanging emails with, I dunno, someone or some organization that might be embarrassing. Wouldn't he prefer that be kept private? Does his family really want to know the sordid details of his private life? Sure, it's not going to hurt his feelings now, but it can change the way his family perceives his life, and how they will remember him.
I can see arguments both for and against releasing his email. I think Yahoo is right to err on the side of caution, until the legality of the case can be sorted out.
Saaaaaaaay. That would make a GREAT movie....
Er....
PCs are appliances and talking about how people are "modding" them is about as interesting as talking about how people are "modding" their toasters.
I love the way you put that. I couldn't agree more.
The same idiots probably put huge spoilers on the rears of their front-wheel-drive cars.
Urban legend.