Pluto: Linux-based Do-everything System

tazzzzz writes "Ever wanted an easy-to-configure, whole-house, internet-accessible, Linux-based VOIP PBX with video, PVR, firewall/router, security system, MP3 player, file server, personal web server, home automation (lights, thermostat) controller? I just came across the Pluto which claims to do all of this (and more, of course!). It'll set you back $15,000 if you're living in a small bachelor pad, but you didn't need that car anyway, did you?"

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Re:A little too successful with my PVR :(

[evilviper]

All that time he is spending doing constructive things, he could be watching TV.

No matter what your opinion of TV, my point was that his Tivo really isn't doing it's job very well. Tivo is not the TV-patch... It certainly isn't designed to make TV less enjoyable, to the point where you don't want to watch anymore.

Another rant: Just because some people spend all their time watching reality TV and soap operas, does not mean there isn't anything worthwile on TV. PBS is a good example.

Also, what do you know about the "constructive things" he is doing now? He could be spending all his time snorting crack for all you know. The point is, your anti-TV bitching is irrelivant.

Re:A little too successful with my PVR :(

[evilviper]

Evilviper you'd make a good "reporter". Put a spin on what someone said and then challenge/make a story out of what they "said".

No, I'm not spinning anything... I'm just looking at his comments from a different perspective than he intended.

He said that Tivo got him to stop watching TV, and I said that implies Tivo wasn't really doing it's job. No spin, just critical thinking, instead of blindly accepting everything you hear.

Having left TV alone for six months my kid (13) says she's happier from not watching it.

That's nice to hear. However, whatever your opinions of TV, Tivo is not the TV-patch. It is not meant to make TV so unpleasant that you don't want to watch it anymore.

it's creepy to see how afraid the american society is. Did you know in Canada many people don't evel lock their doors? They don't see any reason to lock themselves in.

Cause and effect is the issue here. People lock their doors in the US, because they need to. The news reports all the murders and crimes because, unlike in Canada, there is a LOT of murder and crimes.

If you want to blame the crime and murder-rate on TV News programs (as Moore baselessly insists) then you are going to need a LOT of evidence to back that up.

The impact is so gradual that it's easy to miss. But once you have successfully stepped off TV you realize the difference.

There were several months where I didn't watch any TV at all. Mainly due to college, work, etc. After I had time for TV, I started watching again. Your suggestion that TV is evil, or something like an addiction that people would be glad to get rid of, is not shared by me. Again, you need some very convincing facts to prove your point. Your own 'impression' is not a good argument.

And I would also like to mention that you've shown your bias. You complain about my post, only because you are blindly anti-TV, and since my comment isn't in-line with what you'd like to hear, you try to disparage it.