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DishPVR 721 Review
An anonymous submitter writes "TiVo's not the only Linux based PVR in the US market anymore. Echostar's Dish Network is now offering their own Linux based PVR, the dual tuner, 120 GB DP721. The first review can be found here at DBSTalk.com." Another anonymous person (how hard is it to give yourself a handle? sheesh) describes the gizmo and notes a possible problem: "Echostar is now shipping a Linux based set-top box called the DishPVR-721 that won best of show at CES. It has a 120GB drive, a pentium like processor and supports dual channel PVR. Also, from my call to their technical support this morning, they aren't planning on giving up any of the GPLed source code they have modified. I've got one in front of me right now, ugly silver box but nice specs. I'm going to open it up this morning and start taking it apart."
I was almost this excited when I got circumsized!
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They need to release the source code! If they don't someone start sueing them please.
Everyone that reads this message, call Dish networks, and demand the modified GPL source code now.
Modesty is one of life's greatest attributes
So I went home with this girl last night, right? This morning - I woke up with small red itchy bumps on my dick. Anyone know of any STDs that have symptoms that appear in less than 24 hours?
The "Low Speed Data" port on DSS recievers can be hooked up to a PC serial port for control. This guy has an interesting project, with downloadable source code for just that purpose. There's even scripts for pulling down the program guide from direcTV's website. Email him if you want.
I'm currently using a setup like this with another debian box running samba, so I have near unlimited storage space.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Mozilla does suck. Leaving it open for more than a day with "quickstart" causes RAM usage to jump to ridiculous levels, we're talking about > 60 MB here. That is just unacceptable. I cannot believe people actually put up with such a slow crappy browser. The menus draw so damn slowly I sometimes wonder if I am using a Java application instead of a "native" application. The interface is worse. It doesn't even look like any other windows apps. I realize that people want it to look the same on all platforms, but why? That is just about the worst idea I've ever heard. If you want Windows (or any) users to adopt your crappy browser, at least you could take the time to make it not look like a piece of shit on Windows. The "modern" skin looks like ass.
I'm just glad NS4.7x is phasing out of use. I've wasted more hours than I like to admit fooling with pages to render halfway decently on that piece of shit browser. Modern versions are much better (4.77 seems to at least render 25% of my CSS) but still really suck in comparison to IE or even Opera.
And a 9+ meg download for a browser WITHOUT a Java VM? Jesus Christ, talk about bloat. IE may not be the most trim download either, but at least it supports just about everything on the web.
The worst part about Mozilla is that it doesn't support the PWP. How can I enjoy all of Klerck's hard work if it just comes out as a long post? Pages want to be wide.
My favorite is hearing people talk about how bloated IE is and how fast Mozilla is. I am not sure what alternate dimension they live on, but here in reality Mozilla is a bloated, ugly, slow piece of shit.
I really really did try to give Mozilla a decent shot. Too bad it sucks ass. On a linux platform, Konqueror is really a much better choice, especially if you use KDE. But KDE is another bloated piece of shit too. Don't get me started on that. Opera is pretty nice, the mouse gestures rock, and I love the tabbed interface. Mozilla's implementation of the tabbed interface is joke compared to what Opera has done.
It's not like I have anything against Open Source. I have a Debian NAT/firewall that works nicely. My video capture card also works much better on my Debian box (blame ATI for writing sorry ass TV Tuner drivers). But I can't get used to the shitty GUI systems that are X-Windows, KDE, Gnome, etc. The command line interface is nice for admining servers over a network, but for everday use (which it is almost necessary to do anything remotely useful on a Linux machine) it is absolutely awful. Are these people addicted to typing a lot? How do people stand to use Mutt or Pine to access their email? Step into the 21st century, we are not in the 70s anymore. My monitor has more than 16 colors, is it wrong to want to use all of them?
I can't stand all of the Slashdot fags that try to say how much Linux is better than Windows or FreeBSD is better than windows or X is better than Y. Linux is not the end-all solution to every problem. It won't solve world hunger. Linux isn't perfect. The open sores development model isn't perfect. Windows isn't perfect. Get over it.
Also, the open source model isn't perfect either. There's something to be said for a good QC department. There's something to be said for any sort of Quality Control in general. I think it explains this question: Why is it that Linux lags several years behind any commercial operating system in terms of usability? The open source model lets you work on whatever the fuck you want to. Well, who wants to work on the not-fun-never-will-be-fun-in-a-million-years parts of an application? Nobody, so it takes a long time getting done. No boss to tell you you have to get that done.
Try saying anything bad about Linux or Open Sores to the bastards on Slashdot. You'll be modded "-1, Troll" faster than you can blink. Although everyone knows you should be modded "+5, Truthful and Non-Homosexual."
People that insist all software should be free are also fucking morons. I'm a software developer, is it wrong to want to be paid for my work? You pay the grocer for your food, the car mechanic to fix your car, rent to your landlord/apartment complex, so why the fuck is it wrong to pay for software? I'm sorry if I don't want to end up a fat bastard with a ruddy complexion that drinks way too much Jaegermeister.
Go push your communist agenda somewhere else you cumguzzling ass-fucking retarded free software zealots.
OK I'm done. Feel free to use this to crapflood or do anything else with. It is released under the NHFL (non homosexual free license).
PS Thanks Trollaxor for having a place like this so I can rant about this kind of crap and not get made fun of for being heterosexual.