I think they are missing the point in saying that the universal remote's days are numbered. Smartphones just allow another way to do the same thing, and not always better. Currently, I use my desktop when im sitting at the pc, an ir remote when not, and an ipaq when roaming around the house.
All three have different situation where they are better than others so to say one will hail the death of the other is missing the point that more options are available in general.
I use linuxMCE for all my home AV needs and it allows me to use all three with the same interface. If anything I think the end result of smartphones being used more and more is less lost remotes.
Mine came with wireless off, and when you turned it on it required you to use the wep key it had or create your own. You CAN turn off the encryption, but it makes a point to tell you its a bad idea.
And thats a product from At&t! Seriously though, most wireless products DONT come protected by default and I think the manufacturers should be somehow pressed to make this the default. It should really be the consumer who takes the time to educate themselves, but thats just not happening.
my router is a 2wire home gateway 1800 (me thinks)
My gun instructor said it was an efficient way for a noob to improve their accuracy. He said that upon squeezing the trigger, a novice tends to pull the gun to the left or right. When turning the gun sideways that movement translates into vertical movement. Since people are generally taller than wider, this theoretically increased their chance to hit the intended target.
So yeah, but I doubt most of them even know why.
wtf are you people doing to your smart phones? i regularly use a music player, the adobe pdf viewer and pocket word. it runs fine. it dies when i try and open more programs than it has memory, but then what doesn't?
seriously, i think i must be 1 lucky bastard or something.
now you know someone who likes theirs! I am the proud owner of an hp ipaq 6300. A few years old but still works great. It was apparently horrible when it came out, but they released a service pack and that was before I bought it. All in all, i am a happy man. You are right about the 'exit program' or lack there of...wtf were they thinking.
It wasn't a red button, thank god. I was in a tech school as part of becoming a missile technician on an ssbn...we were in the missile control lab...i got bored with the particular procedure read as we had done it a billion times already. So i wander over to a panel, and maybe I flip some switches here and there. Who knew they were actually connected to a huge lab on the other side of the building. The lab was um...in need of repair and I was almost eaten alive by the command. Until I pointed out that it wasn't 'red tagged' as per the SOP. I was still was on the shit list for a while, but nothing too bad. Yikes. Needless to say i let someone else press the buttons from there on out.
i agree with you that a comp is a tool for a job in most cases, but I think you are wrong on the pc hardware. Any guy can just go out and buy a pc, but some of us, like with any new purchase, do some research. So yeah, an off the shelf mac purchased with no real knowledge of what your getting would probably beat a pc as far as usability. But it sounds like you didn't know much to begin with about what you were looking for. I agree the pc market has a lot less control of components but that was never an issue for me because I like to know what goes in my pc before I buy.
and yes, I have a pc notebook...works great. Love writing notes on the screen and saving some trees.
you know, if I had mod points I would throw some your way. Yeah he needs to be punished, but I think a fine line between punishment & use of his knowledge would be fine. Alienating people doesn't seem like such a good idea. Maybe put him in sort of community service type of position where he can see a benefit when actually contributing as opposed to just wreaking havok. But my whole opinion really hangs on his reasons for doing what he did. if his intent was as he says, why not try to bring him into the fold? Not without some penance of course...
One has to wonder what? That a saw a violent movie or video game was the trigger as opposed to the range of violence one can find on a day to day basis? Equating this to a video game is just dumb, and to say that it 'was those darned movies and games' is just ridiculous. He was a weak minded fuck who chose to seek some attentions in the saddest way, and while not a religious man, it makes me wanna believe in god so that I can know he is somewhere on the 1st level of hell right now...I feel bad for the families.
Another rocket scientist who obviously understands next to nothing about video game consoles. I think one can hardly judge a system on its launch titles. If you look at the typical cycle of games, there is always one sweet launch title. then it goes to poop while people actually learn how to make games that fully take advantage of the systems capabilities. Just look at the previous generation systems. Is that you ranting about how dead the ps3 is Mr Gates? Or just some pseudo analyst? Meanwhile, when I buy a ps3, i don't have to spend an arm and a leg for add-ons (see cause the blu ray player is included). But thats cool. enjoy your xbox. I probably wouldn't want to play with someone who probably thinks halo actually a good game...
I worked on a sub and one of my main gripes was the computers. They were old. Older than me. Why nothing new? Because they were proven to work. It seems a little risky investing in these systems and I actually remember when they told us about the upgrade. So nice, but scary because there were more windows boxes. The upside to that was that they could essentially be bypassed if they went down in favor of a backup system. But in retrospect, I preferred the old system as it was less susceptible to modern electronic warfare techniques.
Maybe its just me, but football seems a lil to close to manual labor. I figure a high school tom delay would have been taking bets. And what sport did mark foley play? Or was he on the cheer squad?
porn bot spam.
I noticed yahoo started doing this with most urls and that i had to break them up for them to show up. I think this was in response to all the phishing and general scams via links posted. I dont know if youTube should feel special...it even blocks my website when I try and prove I have a job;)
I've tried watching video on that tiny ipod screen too...decided it was wasnt worth it. This sounds like a cool idea however but I wonder exactly how many people cant operate a tivo? And the issues with a. paying twice for content because of bundling b. lack of regular shedule. If they overcome that they may have something.
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I think they are missing the point in saying that the universal remote's days are numbered. Smartphones just allow another way to do the same thing, and not always better. Currently, I use my desktop when im sitting at the pc, an ir remote when not, and an ipaq when roaming around the house. All three have different situation where they are better than others so to say one will hail the death of the other is missing the point that more options are available in general. I use linuxMCE for all my home AV needs and it allows me to use all three with the same interface. If anything I think the end result of smartphones being used more and more is less lost remotes.
Mine came with wireless off, and when you turned it on it required you to use the wep key it had or create your own. You CAN turn off the encryption, but it makes a point to tell you its a bad idea. And thats a product from At&t! Seriously though, most wireless products DONT come protected by default and I think the manufacturers should be somehow pressed to make this the default. It should really be the consumer who takes the time to educate themselves, but thats just not happening. my router is a 2wire home gateway 1800 (me thinks)
My gun instructor said it was an efficient way for a noob to improve their accuracy. He said that upon squeezing the trigger, a novice tends to pull the gun to the left or right. When turning the gun sideways that movement translates into vertical movement. Since people are generally taller than wider, this theoretically increased their chance to hit the intended target. So yeah, but I doubt most of them even know why.
wtf are you people doing to your smart phones? i regularly use a music player, the adobe pdf viewer and pocket word. it runs fine. it dies when i try and open more programs than it has memory, but then what doesn't? seriously, i think i must be 1 lucky bastard or something.
now you know someone who likes theirs! I am the proud owner of an hp ipaq 6300. A few years old but still works great. It was apparently horrible when it came out, but they released a service pack and that was before I bought it. All in all, i am a happy man. You are right about the 'exit program' or lack there of...wtf were they thinking.
I miss the ferry rides. Yeah I know. Nothin to do with the topic but take a ferry ride across the sound. Its nice.
It wasn't a red button, thank god. I was in a tech school as part of becoming a missile technician on an ssbn...we were in the missile control lab...i got bored with the particular procedure read as we had done it a billion times already. So i wander over to a panel, and maybe I flip some switches here and there. Who knew they were actually connected to a huge lab on the other side of the building. The lab was um...in need of repair and I was almost eaten alive by the command. Until I pointed out that it wasn't 'red tagged' as per the SOP. I was still was on the shit list for a while, but nothing too bad. Yikes. Needless to say i let someone else press the buttons from there on out.
i agree with you that a comp is a tool for a job in most cases, but I think you are wrong on the pc hardware. Any guy can just go out and buy a pc, but some of us, like with any new purchase, do some research. So yeah, an off the shelf mac purchased with no real knowledge of what your getting would probably beat a pc as far as usability. But it sounds like you didn't know much to begin with about what you were looking for. I agree the pc market has a lot less control of components but that was never an issue for me because I like to know what goes in my pc before I buy. and yes, I have a pc notebook...works great. Love writing notes on the screen and saving some trees.
you know, if I had mod points I would throw some your way. Yeah he needs to be punished, but I think a fine line between punishment & use of his knowledge would be fine. Alienating people doesn't seem like such a good idea. Maybe put him in sort of community service type of position where he can see a benefit when actually contributing as opposed to just wreaking havok. But my whole opinion really hangs on his reasons for doing what he did. if his intent was as he says, why not try to bring him into the fold? Not without some penance of course...
One has to wonder what? That a saw a violent movie or video game was the trigger as opposed to the range of violence one can find on a day to day basis? Equating this to a video game is just dumb, and to say that it 'was those darned movies and games' is just ridiculous. He was a weak minded fuck who chose to seek some attentions in the saddest way, and while not a religious man, it makes me wanna believe in god so that I can know he is somewhere on the 1st level of hell right now...I feel bad for the families.
heh...aborted with about 1 1/2 min left...curses!
4:25 and the batteries and fuel are go...but no more audio or moving video...oh wait...t-minus 20min & counting.
And destroy /. readership? Who will lampoon MS then?
Another rocket scientist who obviously understands next to nothing about video game consoles. I think one can hardly judge a system on its launch titles. If you look at the typical cycle of games, there is always one sweet launch title. then it goes to poop while people actually learn how to make games that fully take advantage of the systems capabilities. Just look at the previous generation systems. Is that you ranting about how dead the ps3 is Mr Gates? Or just some pseudo analyst? Meanwhile, when I buy a ps3, i don't have to spend an arm and a leg for add-ons (see cause the blu ray player is included). But thats cool. enjoy your xbox. I probably wouldn't want to play with someone who probably thinks halo actually a good game...
the bigger question is why are those guys looking up?
You make a good point.
I worked on a sub and one of my main gripes was the computers. They were old. Older than me. Why nothing new? Because they were proven to work. It seems a little risky investing in these systems and I actually remember when they told us about the upgrade. So nice, but scary because there were more windows boxes. The upside to that was that they could essentially be bypassed if they went down in favor of a backup system. But in retrospect, I preferred the old system as it was less susceptible to modern electronic warfare techniques.
the term 'solar' is key in that sentence...im sitting here imagining a full on gas heater on a roof...
what the hell is your pool heater doing on your roof?
Maybe its just me, but football seems a lil to close to manual labor. I figure a high school tom delay would have been taking bets. And what sport did mark foley play? Or was he on the cheer squad?
Either way it would be a pre-text to invade Egypt. They've got space wmd!
maybe google has space :)
porn bot spam. I noticed yahoo started doing this with most urls and that i had to break them up for them to show up. I think this was in response to all the phishing and general scams via links posted. I dont know if youTube should feel special...it even blocks my website when I try and prove I have a job ;)
Ninja Gaiden on Xbox, because flipping out ninja style is a cure for what ails ya
HL2, I really love this game...maybe its the disenegration...
Tekken (5 currently), Because once again nothin like beating the Snot outta somethin..
Battlefield 2, not really a classic, but im not really a cs fan and its really relaxing to blow up things with c4.
Fifa 06, Because in the imaginary EA universe, the USA can win every time. ;)
And they say games are bad!
Im the opposite. I enjoy no annoying people around that wanna talk about american idol or some other crap. Solace is peace...until i wanna get drunk!
I've tried watching video on that tiny ipod screen too...decided it was wasnt worth it. This sounds like a cool idea however but I wonder exactly how many people cant operate a tivo? And the issues with a. paying twice for content because of bundling b. lack of regular shedule. If they overcome that they may have something.