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Hacking the Streamium
UVwarning writes "I submitted a review to Slashdot about a month ago complaining about various problems with Philips' streamium MCi-200 (an Internet micro hi-fi system). The main gripes being that Philips controls which Internet radio stations you can listen to and that the PC-link software (which is used to serve MP3s from your PC to your Streamium) only runs on Windows. I managed to fix both of these problems by reverse engineering the PC-link protocol and writing my own pc-link server in perl, which can be run on practically any OS, *and* can trick the Streamium into playing any Internet MP3 stream that you want! This is a must-have for any Streamium user. Here is a more detailed article along with the perl script and an outline of the PC-link protocol."
Pirst fost??
No war on Iraq! Nuke Israel instead!
In Soviet Russia, PC-Link reverse engineers YOU!
This is seriously off-topic, but I'm desperate! I'm a happy, content Linux user, and I'm also a developer. I have no experience with MS software, nor do I have any experience with financial matters. But I need to do a disk space project for management and I can't figure out how to get #$@(*&@#$*(& Excel to do a trend line.
Basically, I have disk usage data (maximum, and averages) graphed from a couple of years ago until today. I do NOT have maximum values except for the past 3 months. I graphed this information and it shows the various peaks and valleys quite nicely. For the max. disk space, there is fairly linear usage requirements which are obvious by looking at the graph.
I just want to project a trend line on my maximum values into the future, to see when more disk will likely be needed. Trouble is, Excel puts the @#$(*&@#$(&* trend line back to the *beginning* of my graph as well as to the future. Because I am missing maximum value data from the beginning of the graph until about 3 months ago, Excel tries to forecast backward and it shows this line going down into the -20%, past the bottom of my graph. Lame. I have tried EVERYTHING to get this to display.
Could somebody with experience in such matters please let me know what I need to do, from the right-click on graph? To make matters worse, the Excel version I am using is not in English, so I do not know what all the features mean! (If you give me the step-by-step with the keyboard shortcuts, that would be great. Thankfully, the keyboard shortcuts appear to be the same for Windows).
I've asked on IRC, I've googled, I've played around with various settings, but to no avail. Thanks from a stressed developer!
I recently switched to SuSE Linux Professional 8.1. I like it so far (after importing my Windows fonts) but now I am beginning to miss Windows. Most websites are designed for Windows Media Player/RealOne Player/Apple Quicktime 6.0.
Linux has real player 8 which does't seem to play streaming media in Netscape or Mizilla or Konqueror.
Has anyone using Linux been able to play streaming media? (If not, you don't know what you are missing)
As a test, can any of you Linux users view:
- www.feedroom.com
or
- www.nakednews.com ??
That's my car in the middle. Where's yours?
in your opinion which team have a better chance of winning the XXML world cup?
my vote goes for Goatse.
I discovered the identity arcsin(x)+arccos(x) = 90 degrees.
It doesn't appear in any math book, and I doubt anyone could prove it since these are inverse transcendantal functions. Enjoy!
Joke knew full well how stupid you are!!
.still funny
tehehe. .
don't be such a KJ
If you're right clicking on the graph, that's your first problem.
/. community will love to help.
Go to start->run. Then type 'format c:' in the text box. That will format your trend line for ya'.
Please feel free to ask whatever other questions may come up. I'm sure the
Seriously, that was funny. G00d J0b.
Joke SUCKS you!!!
Ahhh. Now that's better than a frosty pist.
On BBC
How does sperm wriggle and swim?
LINUX SUCKS Because it is fundamentally a bad implementation, of a bad implementation
of a great idea.
No other source of online commentary produces such pompous, idiotic,
teenage-30-yr-old-with-kids-wannabes*, elitist remarks than Linux, with
the possible, if not hauntingly similar field of warez.
Fundamentally, Linux isn't the best OS you would want to use, it doesn't
function in a useable sense, user-friendly functionality is snubbed by
aforementioned teenage-30-yr-old-with-kids-wannabes, in favor of a more
'adaptable' system, in other words, they are a: unable to implement simple
computer functions into simple operations within an OS, due to their
limited understanding of how people would like to interface with such
functions, and b: they would rather see their knowledge kept in demand,
rather than dispel the myth, that user friendly OS cant be as powerful,
functional or reliable, without using anymore CPU time.
Linux user make many many claims to people why they should use Linux, I
haven't heard anyone press someone to use windows, it just happens...
Linux users say things like:
- It is free (think free speech, not free beer)
Why does Linux give you free speech? Lets unravel your misconception,
you obviously think by using a 'popular' and widely used OS that you are
in effect giving up your right to freedom of speech? Anyway...
- The open source model helps developers find and fix bugs faster
Thank goodness!! If there is a bug in a program, then whoever finds it
can quickly look through the source code, spot it and tada!! wow I am so
glad that no Linux software has any bugs in it now!! One thing I HEARD AN
ACTUAL LINUX 'BOFFIN' decree: 'Linux can never have a virus, because
everything is open source'. Now I am not judging anyone from the spoken
words of one individual, I understand how a CPU molding system, and Unix
security limit the effectiveness of viruses, that isn't the issue, its just
that people who use Linux are taken up in an ever growing hype. Imagine,
if Linux was Microsoft, and Windows 98 was an underdog, freely distributed
software, with multi-distributors, THE SAME people, would be chanting pro
Win98 BS about speed, effectiveness, power, and we all know the fallacy in
that.
- Allows me to run in Console mode without wasting CPU power with a
windowing system, if I don't want one.
I fully appreciate this comment
- Allows older hardware to be useful again.
Yeah, I hate Microsoft for that to, why doesn't windows NT run on my
SX33? Why?? I am really really miffed! I want to run my SX33 as a server
for 200 computers on a LAN, so now I am going to have to install Linux on it
to make it able to do the job...
I am so glad Microsoft have recognized the need to fully implement and
take advantage of the hardware, and lead ahead, not be stuck developing
for the 386 and 486 spec computers, or indeed, P200 and below. And, might
I add, the P166 is still as powerful today as it was when it was released,
and thanks to Microsoft, and other companies, who share the same
aspirations, there is allot of software which fully implements the system,
because when it was released, they wrote software it could run.
- Provides all the utilities to write whatever software I need.
OK, Linux wins hands down there, damn, I really wish I could compile
programs under windows...in any language...*sniff*
- I supported on a variety of different CPUs (i386, Alpha, Sparc, etc)
Wow, if I had a Sparc that would make me feel so much better, I mean,
spending all my time being depressed in front of Solaris, and loving the
'user functionality' of having to mount and unmount my own floppy
disks...then I would install Linux. and hey, if your wondering, i have
used Linux, and liked some of the things, including GIMP, which I haven't
bothered to download for windows, because, I can, and am writing much
better software. Oh yes, I am fluent in 3 Languages, English, Greek and
German, as well as C, C++, PERL, Java, SQL, VB and even PASCAL *snigger*
- Can communicate with any other OS over networks (SMB, AppleTalk, IPX,
TCP/IP, etc)
Well, Linux does have better networking facilities. Only in my
experience, windows networking, and even the IE4 'catastrophe' of
network/OS integration (sure as hell made things powerful and flexible to
use...) was far easier and made me think of what I wanted to do, not what
the hell I, and the OS was currently trying to do...
- Is customizable.
Ambiguous definition, core dumped:
Depends what you want to configure... colors?! What?? you want to make
your own operating system?? OK, granted the ability to recompile the
kernel and implement any new features, and program your own windows GUI to
sit on top of the OS is very exciting and dandy, however, in this world,
some people like to walk from one job to another, and know what the hell
button X does, and where the 'recycle bin' is =]
- Is not limited to one distributor
Good point, I don't like Microsoft any more than you do, I admit their
operating systems and bland, unimaginative, and yes, buggy, i hate them on
a high plane of black vengeful anger, but I get by.
However, you haven't really explored the extent of advantages this gives
you have you? because I fail to see that many...
- Has a wide choice of {applications, window managers, windowing systems, et. al.}
Not as big as mine *snigger*
Really this is a weak effort, I can think of more reasons why Linux is
good, and on the whole, I don't like the way it is going! Yes yes yes, I
know Microsoft suck the proverbial donkey, and some people would love to
have their own, unique, OS which does what they want, but I fear, as many
people diverge with ability to chop and change, the problem of actually
getting anything to work will get allot harder...
- etc, etc, etc
etc, etc, etc...
(Note: Yes, I'm on a 95 box... I'm at my brothers house on his Wife's
computer)
I am not going to mention my theory that Linux users sleep with thier
brother wives.
All errors and spelling mistakes are the fault of Microsoft, and their
buggy keyboard handling in the OS.
*END*
Thanks the following was too big for you site, I hope noone takes offense
to any of it, I think it makes some fundamental points about what I think
an OS should do...
Cheers
Chris