User talk:Jdogtotherescue

I am Jdogtotherescue. I have a wife, Samantha, and son, Tate. I like to mess around with computers. The best thing about computers for me is their ability to communicate between each other. Computer networks are my passion. They are quickly taking over the world in a silent swarm of progression. I have this dream of a "New Internet". An internet that is available everywhere. Imagine that there was a LAN network that was just like one you would find in a corporate office building but this one spans an entire city. It is physically possible but security is an issue so it is not a finished idea. i would just like to build one. Start at one point with a computer and shared files on it connected to a router that spans the maximum 305 feet that connects to a switch that re-broadcasts the same signal again and again. Theoretically, miles away, the shared files would be able to be accessed by another device acting as the client. Then make this network a grid rather than just a direct line from point a to point b and youve got some cool stuff going on. Your friends could play local games while not really being that local at all. I use the original Microsoft Xbox softmodded with XBMC to watch all my movies and various videos. I have a desktop pc at home that hosts all my videos and music to my XBMC. I feel that its pretty much the coolest thing ever. I looked for a solution to connect a tv to a computer to play videos but none are as good as something like the XBMC. There are commercial options available like Boxee, Roku, Western Digital Tv Live, Appletv. I haven't used these others because i dont own any of them but they seem to have better hardware than the original xbox so they have the ability to put out higher quality video than the original xbox. For those of you using XBMC4XBOX and you want to share files from Windows 7 but it hasnt been so successful, set up you windows 7 machine as an FTP server with Filezilla server interface or something similar and then access those shared files from the xbox. it does work. .ISO dont seem to play but .AVI files do and probably most of the other file formats. I looked for a solution for a long time but to no avail, and then i just figured it out one night.Jdogtotherescue (talk) 20:30, 20 January 2011 (UTC)