[Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
Theron Conrey
cialug@cialug.org
Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:52:07 -0500
Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>It can nearly cut the commercials out automatically - maybe the latest
>version can. I don't mind hitting the right arrow a couple times to bump
>through the commercials. Wouldn't want to miss Hooty sing on that Burger
>King jingle. Tivo is a little more polished, but MythTV is improving in
>leaps and bounds.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: n00b [mailto:admin@c0wzftp.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:30 PM
>To: cialug@cialug.org
>Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
>
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>ah didn't know myth did that. i've had a fund started for some time to build
>a "tivo-like" box for my home entertainment, have to definetly check that
>out once i get funds allocated.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Nathan C. Smith" <smith@ipmvs.com>
>To: "'cialug@cialug.org'" <cialug@cialug.org>
>Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:15:15 -0500
>Subject: RE: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
>
>
>
>>It's called MythTV, check it out. http://www.mythtv.org
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: n00b [mailto:admin@c0wzftp.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 5:20 PM
>>To: cialug@cialug.org
>>Subject: Re: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
>>
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>>someoene needs to design a device that blocks commercials. i hate
>>onmedia advertising(looks so cheap and crappy). i also think they
>>should put a limit
>>to the number of mobility/girls gone wild/infomercials that can be on
>>any
>>given channel in a 60 minute period of time. commercials are almost as
>>bad
>>as spam anymore.
>>
>>sorry for the off topic
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: "Dave J. Hala Jr." <dave@58ghz.net>
>>To: Cialug <cialug@cialug.org>
>>Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:22:08 -0500
>>Subject: Re: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yeah, mediacom obviously took some lessons from MS.
>>>
>>>On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 16:15, Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Haven't you seen Mediacom's FUD commercials? What good is another
>>>>government controlled industry? Didn't you learn from ICN?!?
>>>>
>>>>:)
>>>>
>>>>-barry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>timwilson011@mchsi.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Mediacom, basically because that's what I signed up with 4+
>>>>>years
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>ago. At that
>>>
>>>
>>>>>time, DSL couldn't give the bandwidth cable could. It still
>>>>>can't,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>but it is
>>>
>>>
>>>>>much better than it used to be. I've been toying with the idea
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>of
>>
>>
>>>switching to
>>>
>>>
>>>>>DSL (and InternetSolver), but just haven't been pushed (read:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>pissed off) enough
>>>
>>>
>>>>>I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>>I wonder whatever happened to multiple ISPs on cable...
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Tim W.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Fellow Lugites:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I, like many of you, run servers out of my home. I have a mail
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>and web
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>server, and I guess my mythtv qualifies as a server, as I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>remotely
>>
>>
>>>can
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>schedule recordings via apache, so reading slashdot's link
>>>>>>today:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/12/ifpi_drafts_code_of_conduct/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>rattled me in my socks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>After comcast's leaving a bad taste in my mouth in NJ i swore
>>>>>>never
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>be bogged down by such a repressive eula (You saw him repressing
>>>>>>me didn't ya?!?!?) and found Freese-Notis here in Des Moines.
>>>>>>Bridged
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> IP
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>from Quest, static IP, an agreement that lets me do what I want
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>with my
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>service, blah blah, blah ISP Nirvana.........
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So this question is posed: What ISP do you use and why?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-Theron
>>>>>>
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>>>
>>>Open Source Information Systems (OSIS)
>>>Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave@osis.us>
>>>641.485.1606
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Have been using Myth for a while and yes, it has improved greatly, and
to date I don't think that MCE2005 can rip DVD's on the fly..........
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