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Comment downgraded TP Link/Tapo (Score 3, Informative) 147

by yourdog on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @09:13PM (#65847383) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Are the Best Locally-Hosted Wireless Security Cameras?

I have 15 of TPLink's Tapo line of cameras in my zoneminder setup. You can enable RTSP on most of their cameras (don't try on their solar versions) and never connect the cameras to their cloud. Newer firmware makes for heavy ghosting in streams due to cloud bloat, so downgrade the firmware. I put the camera on an isolated VLAN to block access to accidental automatic firmware updates. In the cases where I don't have easy electrical (but can run ethernet), I have raspberry pi 4 + POE + camera setups. My older setups (before the TPLinks) were pi 3 or zero (depending on other requirements) + camera. The self-built was cheaper years back, but are more expensive now. The maintenance costs of self-built were ongoing. Image quality on commercial RTSP product is much better than any pi I built.

Comment The Kama Sutra (Score 1) 700

by yourdog on Friday October 12, 2012 @04:43PM (#41635405) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life?

The Kama Sutra

Comment /dev/null (Score 5, Funny) 241

by yourdog on Thursday August 30, 2012 @03:02PM (#41181545) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks?

Most UNIX systems automatically subscribe to the Network Users List of Lamers. Just write up your complaint to a text file, then send the complaint to NULL, using the command 'cat $REPORT > /dev/null'

Xbox 720 Might Reject Used Games 543

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 26, 2012 @02:36PM from the insert-coin-to-continue dept.

silentbrad writes "Online passes are a recent staple in staving off used sales. Limiting what used buyers can access is a protective measure for publishers, much to the chagrin of parts of the gaming community. Chris Kohler of Wired argues that the death of used games is inevitable, and passes are the first step toward something exactly like a native anti-used game something integrated into consoles. He notes, of course, that digital is the future of buying games, but in the meantime we may be looking at 'an interim period in which the disc as a delivery method is still around but ... becomes more like a PC game, which are sold with one-time-use keys that grant one owner a license to play the game on his machine.' Also at Kotaku, the source for the Wired article (which is the source for the IGN article)."

Dell Indicates Windows 7 Pricing Will Be Higher 485

Posted by kdawson on Monday May 18, 2009 @07:38PM from the confidence-or-arrogance-in-a-recession dept.

ausekilis sends us word that a Dell spokesman said, without giving numbers, that Windows 7 pricing will be higher than Vista's or XP's. "Windows 7 pricing is potentially an obstacle to Windows 7 adoption for some users, though in just about every other aspect the operating system is beating Vista, according to a Dell marketing executive. ... [Darrell] Ward continued, 'In tough economic times, I think it's naive to believe that you can increase your prices on average and then still see a stronger swell than if you held prices flat or even lowered them. I can tell you that the licensing tiers at retail are more expensive than they were for Vista. ... Schools and government agencies may not be able to afford (the additional cost). Some of the smaller businesses may not be able to enjoy the software as soon as they'd like,' Ward said.'"

J.G. Ballard Dies at Age 78 162

Posted by timothy on Sunday April 19, 2009 @06:59PM from the not-left-blank dept.

jefu writes "J.G. Ballard, an author (of science fiction and other fiction) has died. His works include some of the strangest and most compelling novels ever, including 'The Crystal World,' 'Crash' and 'The Atrocity Exhibition.' For a truly weird read, try his 'Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race," compared with Alfred Jarry's "The Crucifixion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race.'" Here is Ballard's obituary at the BBC.

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