Recent content by qfour20

Some tools that I have recently started playing with: xwax - serato scratch live - like program. map digital audio files to vinyl! mixxx - powerful system for mixing audio ardour jackd -q

This card, plus a mac workstation would get you there: http://www.ceag.com/store/product.php?productid=136 Honestly, once it's come down another $1000 and supported on linux, I'm buying one. I just pray we can hold on to analog HD outputs on equipment long enough for it to remain useful...

Well, I hate to have to inform you, but you're screwed. It's just not gonna happen. You cannot currently record from an HDMI source. As far as "subscription free" pvr apps, MCE is highly regarded by many folks here. I use MythTV, which is excellent and was free. Until recently. Now I...

Saw this in another thread, and it may just help out: So, it would be seven of thse: http://www.avovercat5.com/products/hdmi.htm $3919.65 Run the output of the server into one of these...

It was my understanding that the FCC requires that if a STB has a firewire port, that the cable co must enable it at the customer's request. If the STB does not have firewire, then I'm not sure if you can request a cable box that does. The law does *NOT* stipulate that the cable co must...

Just FYI: mythtv supports QAM and has for a very long time. For free. It's a PITA to set up, though. -q

I'm on my second (and last ever) pair of these. I highly recommend them for durability and output volume: http://123dj.com/headphones/mdrv700dj.html In fact, it's the only piece of sony equipment still in use in my household. When they die, I'm not sure what I will replace them with. -q

Brute force cracking of a password is nowhere near as difficult as it used to be thanks to today's substantially faster hardware. You should be able to leave L0phtcrack running overnight (or many other tools that do the same) and have most of the 8 character keyboard mapped combinations tested...

I'm curious how tolerant everyone posting here would be of these "minor inconveniences" when you desperately need information provided by medical imaging devices that happen to be affected by this issue? Most certainly, I haven't heard about it happening yet, but it scares the living bejeezus...

Fair enough point, but I wasn't stating that this was new functionality. The article contains statements made by MS to its OEMs stating that this functionality was activated "as of this week". Any nonzero amount of false positive identifications are a grave consequence of the mindset that...

It's been BARELY more than two weeks since this: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/39679 I can't see how that *WOULDN'T* affect legit users. -q

Some of these may have already been covered, but... mythtv - best PVR suite I've ever played with audacity - audio editing tool mpg123 - great for playing mp3's on another device over ssh. Scare the crap outta your spouse for fun and profit! celestia - prove to yourself that you are very small...

I just about spit out my drink reading this over lunch: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9035478 MS has an internet connected service for monitoring the licensing of its operating system software. This system had a serious outage two weeks ago...

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/488988302 $145. And it comes with a p4 2.5ghz chip that runs a custom linux distro, a power supply and case, etc. In all seriousness, it's not that great as a standalone hd-dvd player, but it works well. But who cares. It's an IDE HD-DVD...

HOLY CRAP it's even cheaper than when I bought it at $189: http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/488988302 It's got an IDE HD-DVD Drive in there, as well as a 2.5ghz p4 chip and a ddr sodimm. For $145! It'll work okay as a HD-DVD standalone player, but ultimately, it's most...