Draw a parallel to my DVR. I really love my DVR. I can't imagine watching
TV any other way. My DVR works fine -- probably has years of life in it.
I have a lifetime subscription to the programming service. Yet my DVR
only knows the NTSC standard and NTSC is going away in 14 months. So I am
I rarely use IE since the last one for Macs was v.5.5. I was at the
public library today looking up some reference information--couldn't
find it in Reference so I looked online. They have IE 6. I've requested
that they get Firefox too, so we could have a choice [of something that
While it's possible to code a site with all the excessive bells and
whistles, commercial and nonprofit sites ultimately need to develop
their pages to attract customers/clients, not the script-kiddies putting
the sites together. It's not necessary to have lots of scripts and Flash
to create an
The only dodgey parts are whether the software will allow you to use
the HD program guides and will they stop offering the guide since all
this equipment is NTSC.
My guess is that they will drop service at the earliest opportunity.
But I bet that no one deigns to think of you as brain-dead just because
you are embracing this less than cutting edge technology.
It is cutting edge for another 14 months. If I hold on to it any longer I
will be rightly called brain dead.
You are out of your depth on this one. The problems with IE are
fundamental errors with page geometry and how different page elements
interact. It has nothing to do with scripts and Flash except that some
developers use Flash as a way to avoid MS's bugs. Getting CSS to work
properly would be a
I rarely use IE since the last one for Macs was v.5.5. I was at the
public library today looking up some reference information--couldn't
find it in Reference so I looked online. They have IE 6. I've requested
that they get Firefox too, so we could have a choice [of something that
works]. It
I'm not familiar with IE causing so much trouble for people who don't
use it, but now it makes sense, sort of. The solution is for web authors
to put a note on the page, viewed best with [name a good browser], and a
warning that it may not work with IE. If that were done enough would
sites
Brain-dead users like me cling to Windows 2000 (because it works, and
because it supports the applications I use), which doesn't support IE7.
The Internet changed all that. If you are still operating as a computer
in isolation then we don't care if you are still running DOS. But if you
are
At 01:05 PM 12/3/2007, Tom Piwowar wrote:
The alternative is to throw the brain dead overboard: no Internet for
you. It might come to that.
Gee, I might get a life back.
Fred Holmes
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But if you are part of the internetwork you are part of a community. If
IE users won't upgrade it makes it impossible for the rest of us to
advance.
The alternative is to throw the brain dead overboard: no Internet for
you. It might come to that.
Far be it from me to disagree with our Fearless
Such people don't have huge amounts of time--and probably don't have the
knowledge--to mess around with tekkie things like downloading a new
browser and spending hours delicately adjusting it so that it actually
works.
I leave it you to explain to the young couple in rural Virginia who are
just
Which to my eye is the strongest argument that fundamental components
of the internet comply to standards so that everyone who complies
with that standard can just get on with their business.
On Dec 3, 2007, at 3:06 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
...the Internet doesn't just belong to us and
Quotes: Such people don't have huge amounts of time--and probably don't have
the
knowledge--to mess around with tekkie things like downloading a new
browser and spending hours delicately adjusting it so that it actually
works.
I leave it you to explain to the young couple in rural Virginia who
I think Tom's point was that technology leaves the old stuff behind,
eventually. For example, not many computers from the 1980's would be of
much use today, if one wanted to use that computer to connect to the
internet. Many web sites will also become unreadable by the oldest
browsers, too. Not
Is your dvr the tuner also?
Mike
On Dec 3, 2007 4:17 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think Tom's point was that technology leaves the old stuff behind,
eventually. For example, not many computers from the 1980's would be of
much use today, if one wanted to use that computer to
That's one advantage of the DIY HTPC I'm building: you can always swap out
the tuner card for another.
I have an ATI 550 on the way from eBay, which will complete the parts I
need. The rest are from my recent upgrade to my main PC (which now sports a
dual-core Athlon 5200, 2 GB of RAM and a 36
Is your dvr the tuner also?
Alas, yes. It is a Replay.
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While it's possible to code a site with all the excessive bells and
whistles, commercial and nonprofit sites ultimately need to develop
their pages to attract customers/clients, not the script-kiddies putting
the sites together. It's not necessary to have lots of scripts and Flash
to create an
But I bet that no one deigns to think of you as brain-dead just because you are
embracing this less than cutting edge technology.
Too bad that your mother never taught you the value of taking the high road.
You should try it sometime.
Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Draw a parallel to
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