DirecTivos don't do their software updates over the phone, they get them from the satellite, then dialup to verify that the machine is active, then run the patches. I can't be 100% sure, but the standalones and the DirecTivos are completely different, so there's no way to just magically make HMO (Home Media Options) work.
As we have both projectors and plasma screens in the office, and it's my job to take care of them, I know the difference. For the people complaining about resolution: You have to be kidding. All you need is 1356x768. You know what that is? 16:9 resolution, for displaying DVD-like and HDTV like video. Exactly what you would use in a presentation. Make the resolution higher, and the crowd that was brough into see something can't read what is on the screen. On top of that, you need a hella-powerful video processor on-board, which will spike up the cost of the unit, and when we bought our 50" model, it was 26K plus change. It's meant as a videoconferencing or powerpoint display, or as a huge television.
Second, why not use a projector? The answer is lumens. A top-model projector can't be properly used in a fully-lit room. Incandescent lights kill the projector's power. A plasma screen, however, can be used outside in direct sunlight, and people can still see it. The other issue is intropolation. A projector may function at a higher resolution, but anything over 1280x1024 is intropolated, and you lost picture qulaity as it dithers the pixels. You get resolution and size, and you sacrifice quality. A plasma screen runs at it's set resolutions, and is clearer than any display on the planet.
Your experience must be pretty limited.
I work in a company where we have a fleet of developers, and we have NT4, Win2K, and any choice of Linux you would like, and yes, we support them all. It all has to do with the configuration of the operating system. Much like Linux, if you do it diligantly the first time, NT4 is stable as any Linux OS. Win2K is having some problems, but they are few and far between on my system
Linux around here crashes just as often, because it's not ready for the enterprise, and may never be.
You guys can fire up ye olde flamethrowers here, but Gates did do somethign incredible. He brought computers to the masses. Without alll this technology available to many others, there would be no Linus, no Linux, or anything remotely like it. Was there no Microsoft, no Windows, there would be no computer revolution, and without the inherently broken and terrible things about Windows, there would be no Linux.
It's a simple point of looking at how much is it worth to move your data. Bandwidth costs money. At work, wehn we are doing H.323 traffic across the internet for a videoconference, we're willing to drop all the coin necesary to make sure we get a great frame rate and excellent sound. When I am at home, on my DSL, I don't expect that kind of throughput. I'd like a high-speed connection, but I don't need it to be satisfied.
It's not an issue of turning the net into a capitalist "I have money, so therefore my traffic gets through." It's setting up priorities, and it will strengthen the net by increating the size of the pipes for everyone.
I deal with about 10 spams a day at my mowrk email address. A simple mail to webmaster@whereever.com seems to end the problem quickly. The last time we had a serious spam problem in our company is when someone broke into our mail server and was sending spam through our system. It took our Notes Admin about 5 hours, but he tracked it, called the company with the IP address the problem came from, which was in Canada, and dealt with their system admins. The problem stopped immediately. The employee that hacked our system was terminated, and arrested Hooray for the good guys.
First of all, I can't even think about this topic without feeling that naseous ripping at the bottom of my stomach. \n Second of all, whn I was in high school, not more than 7 years ago, I wandered the halls like everyone else there. The only difference between me and them was the fact that I liked working with computers instead of sports, and that I embraced the fact that I could think for myself, and I had talents that would be useful to me in the future. And the response to that was abuse, both verbal and physical. And I adapted to avoid the trouble, and learned to defend myself in the best ways that I could. \n \n But, the thing I found remarkable, was the fact that it was allowed to happen. Teachers and administrators turned a blind eye to my suffering. I decided then and there I would do the best I could in my future to help people who are like me. And I have done his through supporting the "nerds, geeks, and weirdo's" by listening and offering ways to survive. I try my best to listen when someone who has been alienated needs to talk, and offer support the best I can. It may be a small thing, but it is what I can do. And I encourage them that one day they will not be a weakling. They will have money and power, and people will listen to them when they have those tools at their disposal. And I hope they will have the place in their hearts to look after the younger generation of their own kind. \n \n Now is the time that we have the power. We have the access, we control the tools. Why not make a statement through civil disobediance? See how well the elite do business without their email. Without their web access? Without basic needs that run their world? Turn off their computers, and watch them scurry. Show them they NEED us, and that we won't take getting kicked around.
You do nearly every day, if you use a cash station, or deal with your bank. IBM did a whole bunch of financial applications that ran on OS/2 ONLY. The bank I used to do support with had a whole OS/2 infrastructure, just like most other banks at the time. It was the only OS that would run their proprietary client software, which was very slick for the time. On the occaision that I have had to reboot ATMs, they all run OS/2 id they do any graphics at all, due to the fact that it was *tada* stable as hell... I miss the days of Novell 3.x and Os/2 3.x Now, all I get to do is NT, NT, NT, and it's got the uptime of an old lady falling down stairs.
Sure, lets send a kid to a phsychiatrist every sixth months and if they have a problem, drug them, or put them into a "seperate enviroment." Does that not sound insane? It takes people in the mental health profession months sometimes to find out what the roots of someone problems. Drugs aren't the answer most of the tim, for God's sake, a lot of the time, kids just need to be heard, and payed attention to. If we were to make this a mandatory thing, most of the population of the earth would be in a "safe enviroment." Like there'd be any Slashdot, and there wouldn't be any there would be no technology on this planet. God knows I would have been in a home, and so would most of the people I work with Also, the GAP children would be running the planet, and it'd be a pretty broing place to live. What we do need more of, is training PARNETS to pay attention to their kids, and teaching kids to NOT have kids of their own. The problem is education. Educate kids to be resposible, and to get what is goin on inside their heads out so people can hear them and not think they're 'different' from everyone else.
This is true, actually, we used them at Kinko's, and there was a huge rauccous when one of ther braindead employees at onther store tried to copy a $20. The FBI had to make a stop by and question everyone.
Granted, I like the idea of being able to do a lot of my tasks by sitting in my chair in my cube and just thinking my way through that. But I think the frightening part is that we wouldn't see anything like that come along. As soon as you had the ability to plug yourself into the network, and take control like that, you'd have some nefarious folks figure out a way to take control of people with it.
Also, once you let the computer take control of the brain, that adds a whole new mess to the mix. I for one would love to run everything with a blink of an eye, but as soon as the OS starts optimizing my neural pathways, I'd be pretty scared.
The federal government shouldn't have any say at all in the internet. The physical companants of the net span every border in every nation, what right does the United States have to dictate any policy over it. Granted, when it was established, it was a government agency, but it has expanded well beyond that. Every time you see the U.S. try to set up policy for anything, you see a horribly complex and almost totally useless policy. Granted, I really believe that their heart is in the right place, keeping kids away from pornography is a decent idea, but it isn't the government's job, it is the parent's job. Also, the speed in which laws are enacted and adjusted in this country are slower than maple syrup on a frostewd window. As we all know, the internet moves fast, and rules change daily. Set up rules tomorrow, and by next Friday, there will be a whole new way to break those rules. As far as identification and privacy on the net. I like the fact that I can choose how much people can know. If I want to buy something online, I restart my browser with a different security setting and a different profile, I buy my products, and go back to my work anonymously. If someone were to take away that choice, be it either with a CPUid, or a smart card needed to get on the net, I'd start looking into sharing my information the old fashioned way, a modem and a BBS, where the SysOp was the only one who set the rules defining who you had to say you were. Let the net self govern, or have a council of sorts, it is an international network. Put some politicians on there, but have a large group of technical people to make the calls, and allow the citizens of the net vote. I'm pretty sure I don't have the answers, but I know my government doesn't.
Once again, I am surprised by the total wackiness of the Web. It flew around my office like wildfire, and we all are still saying "I kiss you" to everyone we know. It is just another example of how something that could be considered totally useless in the physical world brings happiness and craziness in the digital realm. Let the man have his 15 of fame, and let him deal with it as he sees fit. I laughed my ass off. So did a lot of other people who were having a bad day.
Back when I was in high school, I would have killed to have the opportunity to play with an advanced device. I learned how to do Novell networks on a 386 based network. Where did it lead me? I have a great job doing IT now. Let the kids have the Palms, if it inspires just one or two of them do get into a career they never would have even considered, especially with a marketable skill, then high school is doing it's job. The whole point of school in the first place is to give kids the chance to learn. The ones who have no interest will not use them, but the ones who do have th opportunity will have an edge in the future. All of most good IT people these days spent their first few attempts of doing something cool causing trouble. But that can teach them the power of knowing technology. All you have to do is set up the infrastructure to educate students on the ramifications of their actions with them.
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DirecTivos don't do their software updates over the phone, they get them from the satellite, then dialup to verify that the machine is active, then run the patches. I can't be 100% sure, but the standalones and the DirecTivos are completely different, so there's no way to just magically make HMO (Home Media Options) work.
No, he was right, it was $90.00. It would be better spent on a TiVo.
Wrong.
As we have both projectors and plasma screens in the office, and it's my job to take care of them, I know the difference. For the people complaining about resolution: You have to be kidding. All you need is 1356x768. You know what that is? 16:9 resolution, for displaying DVD-like and HDTV like video. Exactly what you would use in a presentation. Make the resolution higher, and the crowd that was brough into see something can't read what is on the screen. On top of that, you need a hella-powerful video processor on-board, which will spike up the cost of the unit, and when we bought our 50" model, it was 26K plus change. It's meant as a videoconferencing or powerpoint display, or as a huge television.
Second, why not use a projector? The answer is lumens. A top-model projector can't be properly used in a fully-lit room. Incandescent lights kill the projector's power. A plasma screen, however, can be used outside in direct sunlight, and people can still see it. The other issue is intropolation. A projector may function at a higher resolution, but anything over 1280x1024 is intropolated, and you lost picture qulaity as it dithers the pixels. You get resolution and size, and you sacrifice quality. A plasma screen runs at it's set resolutions, and is clearer than any display on the planet.
Your experience must be pretty limited.
I work in a company where we have a fleet of developers, and we have NT4, Win2K, and any choice of Linux you would like, and yes, we support them all. It all has to do with the configuration of the operating system. Much like Linux, if you do it diligantly the first time, NT4 is stable as any Linux OS. Win2K is having some problems, but they are few and far between on my system
Linux around here crashes just as often, because it's not ready for the enterprise, and may never be.
You guys can fire up ye olde flamethrowers here, but Gates did do somethign incredible. He brought computers to the masses. Without alll this technology available to many others, there would be no Linus, no Linux, or anything remotely like it. Was there no Microsoft, no Windows, there would be no computer revolution, and without the inherently broken and terrible things about Windows, there would be no Linux.
22" flat screens around my home hit the market starting at $2800.00.
It's a simple point of looking at how much is it worth to move your data. Bandwidth costs money. At work, wehn we are doing H.323 traffic across the internet for a videoconference, we're willing to drop all the coin necesary to make sure we get a great frame rate and excellent sound. When I am at home, on my DSL, I don't expect that kind of throughput. I'd like a high-speed connection, but I don't need it to be satisfied.
It's not an issue of turning the net into a capitalist "I have money, so therefore my traffic gets through." It's setting up priorities, and it will strengthen the net by increating the size of the pipes for everyone.
Aren't we boycotting DVDs?
I deal with about 10 spams a day at my mowrk email address. A simple mail to webmaster@whereever.com seems to end the problem quickly. The last time we had a serious spam problem in our company is when someone broke into our mail server and was sending spam through our system. It took our Notes Admin about 5 hours, but he tracked it, called the company with the IP address the problem came from, which was in Canada, and dealt with their system admins. The problem stopped immediately. The employee that hacked our system was terminated, and arrested Hooray for the good guys.
First of all, I can't even think about this topic without feeling that naseous ripping at the bottom of my stomach. \n Second of all, whn I was in high school, not more than 7 years ago, I wandered the halls like everyone else there. The only difference between me and them was the fact that I liked working with computers instead of sports, and that I embraced the fact that I could think for myself, and I had talents that would be useful to me in the future. And the response to that was abuse, both verbal and physical. And I adapted to avoid the trouble, and learned to defend myself in the best ways that I could. \n \n But, the thing I found remarkable, was the fact that it was allowed to happen. Teachers and administrators turned a blind eye to my suffering. I decided then and there I would do the best I could in my future to help people who are like me. And I have done his through supporting the "nerds, geeks, and weirdo's" by listening and offering ways to survive. I try my best to listen when someone who has been alienated needs to talk, and offer support the best I can. It may be a small thing, but it is what I can do. And I encourage them that one day they will not be a weakling. They will have money and power, and people will listen to them when they have those tools at their disposal. And I hope they will have the place in their hearts to look after the younger generation of their own kind. \n \n Now is the time that we have the power. We have the access, we control the tools. Why not make a statement through civil disobediance? See how well the elite do business without their email. Without their web access? Without basic needs that run their world? Turn off their computers, and watch them scurry. Show them they NEED us, and that we won't take getting kicked around.
You do nearly every day, if you use a cash station, or deal with your bank. IBM did a whole bunch of financial applications that ran on OS/2 ONLY. The bank I used to do support with had a whole OS/2 infrastructure, just like most other banks at the time. It was the only OS that would run their proprietary client software, which was very slick for the time. On the occaision that I have had to reboot ATMs, they all run OS/2 id they do any graphics at all, due to the fact that it was *tada* stable as hell... I miss the days of Novell 3.x and Os/2 3.x Now, all I get to do is NT, NT, NT, and it's got the uptime of an old lady falling down stairs.
Sure, lets send a kid to a phsychiatrist every sixth months and if they have a problem, drug them, or put them into a "seperate enviroment." Does that not sound insane? It takes people in the mental health profession months sometimes to find out what the roots of someone problems. Drugs aren't the answer most of the tim, for God's sake, a lot of the time, kids just need to be heard, and payed attention to. If we were to make this a mandatory thing, most of the population of the earth would be in a "safe enviroment." Like there'd be any Slashdot, and there wouldn't be any there would be no technology on this planet. God knows I would have been in a home, and so would most of the people I work with Also, the GAP children would be running the planet, and it'd be a pretty broing place to live. What we do need more of, is training PARNETS to pay attention to their kids, and teaching kids to NOT have kids of their own. The problem is education. Educate kids to be resposible, and to get what is goin on inside their heads out so people can hear them and not think they're 'different' from everyone else.
Dude, if you have the data, post some links, if not, shut up. Let the data tell the story.
This is true, actually, we used them at Kinko's, and there was a huge rauccous when one of ther braindead employees at onther store tried to copy a $20. The FBI had to make a stop by and question everyone.
Granted, I like the idea of being able to do a lot of my tasks by sitting in my chair in my cube and just thinking my way through that. But I think the frightening part is that we wouldn't see anything like that come along. As soon as you had the ability to plug yourself into the network, and take control like that, you'd have some nefarious folks figure out a way to take control of people with it.
Also, once you let the computer take control of the brain, that adds a whole new mess to the mix. I for one would love to run everything with a blink of an eye, but as soon as the OS starts optimizing my neural pathways, I'd be pretty scared.
The federal government shouldn't have any say at all in the internet. The physical companants of the net span every border in every nation, what right does the United States have to dictate any policy over it. Granted, when it was established, it was a government agency, but it has expanded well beyond that. Every time you see the U.S. try to set up policy for anything, you see a horribly complex and almost totally useless policy. Granted, I really believe that their heart is in the right place, keeping kids away from pornography is a decent idea, but it isn't the government's job, it is the parent's job. Also, the speed in which laws are enacted and adjusted in this country are slower than maple syrup on a frostewd window. As we all know, the internet moves fast, and rules change daily. Set up rules tomorrow, and by next Friday, there will be a whole new way to break those rules. As far as identification and privacy on the net. I like the fact that I can choose how much people can know. If I want to buy something online, I restart my browser with a different security setting and a different profile, I buy my products, and go back to my work anonymously. If someone were to take away that choice, be it either with a CPUid, or a smart card needed to get on the net, I'd start looking into sharing my information the old fashioned way, a modem and a BBS, where the SysOp was the only one who set the rules defining who you had to say you were. Let the net self govern, or have a council of sorts, it is an international network. Put some politicians on there, but have a large group of technical people to make the calls, and allow the citizens of the net vote. I'm pretty sure I don't have the answers, but I know my government doesn't.
Once again, I am surprised by the total wackiness of the Web. It flew around my office like wildfire, and we all are still saying "I kiss you" to everyone we know. It is just another example of how something that could be considered totally useless in the physical world brings happiness and craziness in the digital realm. Let the man have his 15 of fame, and let him deal with it as he sees fit. I laughed my ass off. So did a lot of other people who were having a bad day.
Back when I was in high school, I would have killed to have the opportunity to play with an advanced device. I learned how to do Novell networks on a 386 based network. Where did it lead me? I have a great job doing IT now. Let the kids have the Palms, if it inspires just one or two of them do get into a career they never would have even considered, especially with a marketable skill, then high school is doing it's job. The whole point of school in the first place is to give kids the chance to learn. The ones who have no interest will not use them, but the ones who do have th opportunity will have an edge in the future. All of most good IT people these days spent their first few attempts of doing something cool causing trouble. But that can teach them the power of knowing technology. All you have to do is set up the infrastructure to educate students on the ramifications of their actions with them.