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Group Outlines Specs For Linux-based Set-top boxes
Shadowhawk writes "According to
Silicon Strategies, a group called "TV Linux Alliance" is creating a spec for digital set-top boxes using Linux. The specifications, dubbed version 0.8, defines the functions for RF tuners and other components in Linux-based set-top boxes. It also outlines the application programming interfaces (APIs) for those devices, according to officials from the alliance."
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The motorists had returned to the road, of course, as they consistently did during this period of the day. He'd solicit each of them, whether five or one hundred people passed, at this intersection. Although the fact was unbeknownst to some, they were indebted, and the lanky man would be collecting today.
Steam ascended from the asphalt as a dark cloud parted overhead. The sun's radiant warmth graced the man's windburned skin as he looked to the traffic light, shivering with angst. It would become red at any time. During this moment, however, the cars passed apathetically, showering him with water and their unpleasant exhaust. The debt wasn't monetary, he thought. His dignity was to be returned. So many of them would scurry home to their families in their luxurious cars and even more astonishing houses, whereas he would return only to a desolate concrete bridge.
The lanky man winced and touched his face, dropping the bucket. It was here that the woman had robbed him a week before. Clad in a black leather jacket, she slashed him ruthlessly and demanded his every possession.
"I have nothing for you," he said to her. "Look at me."
"That's untrue," she responded, drawing the silver blade. "You always got something, boy. I see you still got a spirit."
The man's eyelids opened to reveal his pale, brown eyes. He looked to the street. What seemed like a hundred cars were stopped, each impatient driver waiting for the inevitable change. With the bucket in hand, he knocked on the window of the first car in line.
The driver turned to him, his face exhibiting a vehement hatred, then returned to the steering wheel. To the next car he walked, his ambition unwavering.
"Could you spare some change?" he asked the driver of the red minivan.
"When hell freezes over," the man responded, flicking cigarette ashes onto the ground.
The lanky man dropped the bucket, scoffed in frustration, and walked hastily to a convenience store located nearby. It was miniscule, poorly lit, and perhaps quite filthy, but the store served his purposes adequately. The door slammed behind him as he entered.
"Stranger, hey!" greeted the cashier. "So, uh, will it be the usual today?"
"Yeah-" he glanced expeditiously at the man's nametag "-Roger, yes. I just need something to fill me up, that's all."
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"I'll take it," the man replied inattentively.
Roger smiled with astonishment. "Well, man, ain't you even gonna look at it?"
"Just ring me up."
The cashier chuckled. "See some ID, please?"
The man scowled.
"Just joking, man," said Roger in an attempt to quell the man's resentment, "It'll be eight dollars. You never say anything about yourself."
The man silently slid a five-dollar bill across the counter.
"That's it, huh? Well, I guess your charismatic personality compensates for it. You know they say that money can't buy happiness. Where'd you get this money, anyway?"
"Smith Street," the man sighed. "And I don't want happiness. Just need the closest thing to it, and that's what I'm buyin'."
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