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Comment Re:What???? (Score 1) 581

...My friend's mother dropped out of accounting and picked up web application design in her late fifties, and developed a small but successful consultancy...

If she was that old when web application design first became "a thing", then in her previous life as an accountant she no doubt had 10 if not 20 years of experience with computers.

If she'd spent that time as a migrant worker picking lettuce and strawberries and such, or painting houses, or working as a short order cook, it might not have been as easy to make the transition.

Comment Re:Who ? (Score 1) 193

Am I the only one who, as a foreigner, has no idea who David Letterman is ? I've seen plenty of clips of gifs of Colbert on the 'Net though. He certainly is a lot more relevant than whoever Letterman is/was.

You've no idea who Letterman is, but you're certain that Colbert is more relevant?

More relevant in what context?

Comment Re:So no change then (Score 1) 193

During Johnny Carson's three decades of near stranglehold on late night TV in the US, CBS threw a little of everything (fortunately that included The Avengers and The Prisoner and Adderly) against the wall to see if something would stick. Near the end, Pat Sajak had a talk show for a little over a year.

Limbaugh filled in one night near the end of the run.

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Comment Re:The box is pretty much mandatory (Score 1) 97

I hate to defend Comcast, but I had to get a CableCard from them for my HDHomeRun Prime tuner and it was very easy. I went to the local Comcast office, handed over my DVRs, and told them I wanted a CableCard. They verified that I was looking for an "M" card (some older Tivo models only support "S" cards apparently, so they keep both on hand), then gave me a card and updated my account/billing information. When I got home I plugged the card into my tuner, called Comcast support, and in under 30 minutes had everything working perfectly fine.

The original Series 3 TiVo (the TCD648250), on the box of which TiVo placed the letters HD rather conspicuously, was released before the specs of the M cards were absolutely completely ironed out and nailed down, so when the M card did come out, it was the same deal as the old "Pentium Ready" 486 motherboards--they built to a spec that got changed on them after it was too late to accommodate the change.

So the original S3 can use 2 S cards, one in each slot, or 2 M cards, one in each slot, but it can't use just one M card to service both tuners.

So it doesn't fully support the M card (though to be fair it would be more accurate to say the M card doesn't fully support it), but can use one the same way it would use an S card.

The later Series 3 models--and here TiVo created all kinds of confusion by calling one (the TCD652160) the HD (and the slightly fancier version the HD XL)--can use 2 S cards or one M card.

Those who have TiVo questions can find knowledgeable and helpful TiVo owners at tivocommunity.com

which is not an "official" TiVo, Inc website.

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