Comments on: Some Of The "Immature" Tech Of 2009 http://www.pcmech.com/article/some-of-the-immature-tech-of-2009/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bkilinskihttp://www.pcmech.com/article/some-of-the-immature-tech-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-30366 bkilinski Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:27:52 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/some-of-the-immature-tech-of-2009/#comment-30366 I ditched cable for Internet TV. Sure, it may not be as convenient like pressing three buttons to watch a show, but how much of the shows that are out there do you watch anyway? That is what we asked ourselves. Most of them were on network stations. $99 for an antenna that picks up 25 stations in my area and an HTPC I built. I am off to the races. It is still in its infancy stage, but with apps like Boxee (www.boxee.tv) emerging as well as hulu and other sites streaming their most popular shows on-line, who need to pay the subscription fee for quality entertainment? Unfortunately, by the time Internet TV is mature, Cable companies will have already placed bandwidth caps on your internet services thereby doubling or tripling your internet bill which will make up for the revenue lost by people dropping their cable service.Consumers need to ban the cap!!!!!!!!!!! I'm off the box now. I ditched cable for Internet TV. Sure, it may not be as convenient like pressing three buttons to watch a show, but how much of the shows that are out there do you watch anyway? That is what we asked ourselves. Most of them were on network stations. $99 for an antenna that picks up 25 stations in my area and an HTPC I built. I am off to the races. It is still in its infancy stage, but with apps like Boxee (www.boxee.tv) emerging as well as hulu and other sites streaming their most popular shows on-line, who need to pay the subscription fee for quality entertainment? Unfortunately, by the time Internet TV is mature, Cable companies will have already placed bandwidth caps on your internet services thereby doubling or tripling your internet bill which will make up for the revenue lost by people dropping their cable service.

Consumers need to ban the cap!!!!!!!!!!! I’m off the box now.

]]> By: Steve Stonehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/some-of-the-immature-tech-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-30334 Steve Stone Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:59:02 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/some-of-the-immature-tech-of-2009/#comment-30334 Not ready for prime time: Home wireless printers. At least the ones I've worked with. Configure one to work with the typical home DHCP router, turn off the printer with a surge strip so that no power is available for the printer (we do want to be green, right?), and the next time the printer is powered up for use no computer on the home network can find the printer without running thru the config program again on each PC. Not ready for prime time:
Home wireless printers. At least the ones I’ve worked with. Configure one to work with the typical home DHCP router, turn off the printer with a surge strip so that no power is available for the printer (we do want to be green, right?), and the next time the printer is powered up for use no computer on the home network can find the printer without running thru the config program again on each PC.

]]> By: Kiddhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/some-of-the-immature-tech-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-30320 Kidd Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:47:03 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/some-of-the-immature-tech-of-2009/#comment-30320 I'll definitely back you up on the 'green' thing. It is WAY too soon to be making the sort of accusations and jumps into this stuff as the world wants to. OH, WE HAVE TO GO GREEN NOW, OR THE WORLD WILL END, OR AT LEAST, IT WILL MAKE US LOOK BAD IF WE DON'T! It does need time to mature (in ALL aspects and situations). Compact Flourescent lightbulbs across America? Great! Not actually reducing greenhouse gases, but getting tax write-offs like you are the 'greenest' company in America, because of 'cap-and-trade tax'? BAD IDEA. This is 5 seconds from becoming a political blog, so let's move on.Another "immature" tech is more of a personal gripe in a very niche market. Autodesk REVIT MEP is a horrible program that needs large amounts of computing power, but is underdeveloped and does not utilize multi-core processors. It really sucks that a $6,000 program can't utilize hardware as well as most $40 games do. So, to get the kind of power you need to run this program effectively, it costs as much for the hardware as it does for the software. I’ll definitely back you up on the ‘green’ thing. It is WAY too soon to be making the sort of accusations and jumps into this stuff as the world wants to. OH, WE HAVE TO GO GREEN NOW, OR THE WORLD WILL END, OR AT LEAST, IT WILL MAKE US LOOK BAD IF WE DON’T! It does need time to mature (in ALL aspects and situations). Compact Flourescent lightbulbs across America? Great! Not actually reducing greenhouse gases, but getting tax write-offs like you are the ‘greenest’ company in America, because of ‘cap-and-trade tax’? BAD IDEA. This is 5 seconds from becoming a political blog, so let’s move on.

Another “immature” tech is more of a personal gripe in a very niche market. Autodesk REVIT MEP is a horrible program that needs large amounts of computing power, but is underdeveloped and does not utilize multi-core processors. It really sucks that a $6,000 program can’t utilize hardware as well as most $40 games do. So, to get the kind of power you need to run this program effectively, it costs as much for the hardware as it does for the software.

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