TWiT 9 and 10 out

[analogue40]

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The Late Lamented Episode 9 Is Here
Submitted by Leo Laporte on 19 June, 2005 - 1:19pm.

It's here. It's here. I sincerely apologize for the lateness of this episode. Several unforseen technical issues, including a hard drive crash and an FTP failure, plus my monthly week in Canada taping Call for Help, delayed the editing. I'm also still learning how best to mix these tracks. It's getting easier every time as I learn my way around Adobe Audition.

I can't promise it won't happen again but I can promise we'll continue to record on schedule and I'll do my best to get it out as quickly as I can thereafter.

Unforutnately we're having serious issues with the web site right now, so you'll have to get your copy from one of the mirrors.

In this Episode:

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, and Robert Norton

Topics:

* Windows Updates - should they be daily or monthly?
* Burning in Gaming Machines
* To Update or Not to Update Drivers
* OEM bloatware on Windows machines
* Backing up to network drives
* Patrick recommends Server Elements open source NAS
* Leo says don't buy Iomega's BOSS
* Using Gmail to backup your files
* Is OS X for Intel on the warez sites?
* The merits of live CDs like Knoppix
* The FCC advances the move to digital broadcast TV to 2006
* The TWiTs debate digital TV
* The best way to get HD
* Kevin admits to watching women's tennis
* Robert says NASCAR in HD is the way to go
* Leo says life sucks
* AMD Quadcore chips are on the way
* The limitations of multi-processor systems
* The end of the processor clock speed race
* Robert admits to building a Prescott-based system, it's fast... and hot: 75° C
* Processors will get faster, but we're in a transition period
* Sony hard drive add-on for PS/3 will come with Linux
* ATI Crossfire vs. SLI
* The benefits of nVidea's SLI dual card gaming
* The 1080p format
* Patrick and Leo ask Robert for TV buying advice
* Robert likes the Sharp 45-inch Aquos, but plasma is better for video
* Wait until the end of the year to buy
* 37-inch LCDs with 1080p resolution for under $2000 should appear soon
* Thanks to Textamerica for The TechTV-On This Date moblog
* Patrick is sticking with CRT displays
* Winbook's new HD LCD has some problems but it's very affordable
* LCD TVs are poised to replace CRT and rear-projection at the low end
* DVD Decrypter ceases and desists
* Kevin prefers DVD Shrink and it's not dead yet
* Was it because Decrypter broke Sony's copy protection?
* Canada is about to go down the DMCA road
* Cory Doctorow says WIPO's membership is the problem
* Patrick defends copy protection but says theonline music store experience stinks
* Kevin and Leo love JHymn for iTunes Music Store decryption
* Kevin will print the Free Leo Bumper Stickers
* Robert's off to play Battlefield 2
* Kevin's newest SYSTM is out: learn how to build your own Myth DVR using KnoppMyth
* HD3000 brings HDTV to Myth
* Leo loves Knoppix MAME
* Patrick plugs ExtremeIpod.com - enter the contest for free music
* Drupal throttling and moving to a new server (any day now)
* Patrick plays pitchman
* We're working on non-Paypal options to contribute (maybe Google?)
* Patrick's Box o' Crap is looking good, we'll announce winners soon. Honest.

Running Time: 1:10

Episode 10 will be out in the next 24 hours, which means there's going to be a traffic jam on the site. Please be patient, use BitTorrent if you can, and watch for a couple of big distribution deal announcements this week to ease your pain. It's getting better all the time.

[freonchill]

yea, im listening to it now...

is it just me or is leo in a really bad/mad mood?

[analogue40]

He's probably just tired (doing CFH, KFI, TLR, TWiT must be tiring) and on the twit web site the last few days he's been defending against angry subscribers for the lack of regular releases. I subsribed myself, and although the irregular release is a little annoying, it is a voluntary subscription and they always release enough shows to cover the weeks they've been out....10 looks to have been just released.

It's Episode 10 and TWiT goes double digits.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, David Prager, and Yoshi DeHererra

Topics:

* Server woes
* Good, Cheap, or Fast - pick any two
* Yoshi's new job at Gentle Giant Digital
* Firmware
1.5 for
Sony PSP
* MAME on the PSP
* Porno UMDs
* iTrip Mod for PSP
* Dell laptoplKeylogger hoax
* Microsoft buys TechTV. Not.
* Mastercard loses 40 million records
* Black American Express cards - not
a rumor
* Paypal problems - Google solutions
* Who doesn't love McDonald's?
* Automating Windows update
* Service Pack 2, must or bust?
* Raw Sockets die a quiet death
* 14 year-old boy steals a Cessna
* Cat from Detroit on voiceovers from home
* Marcus from Marblehead - fix your punctuation!
* Sheila from Tri-Cities, WA suggests we call you Twitters
* Philip from Panang, Malaysia looking for things to do with broadband
* Mark Swain from Valencia, CA asks about the digital audio recorders we
use
* Lucky Phil from Sydney on Wimax - he uses iBurst
* Ventrilo for intragame communications
* We're going to try Asterisk (thanks
to Digium for the interface cards!)
* Scott from Indianapolis on W-Fi dropout - disable Wireless Zero Config
* Matt Troxel ask about BitTorrent and spyware

Running Time: 58:58

Looks like the podcast feed and torrents are back working. For now. Download your copy from the usual places. I've also uploaded it to Our Media and it should show up there shortly.

[freonchill]

yea, ya find out near the end of 9 that he is trying to re-install XP after he has had such a problem in the last week or two w/ his personal machines

then all their server problems for the twit servers

and this is all on top of their regular jobs (not that some of their jobs arent dream jobs - such as [patrick iirc] job of reviewing HDtv's